[PASCAL ON THE MOUNTAIN]

[dramatispersonae]

Characters: Pascal, Brother Deer
Location: ???
Time: Day 116, Night
Description:

[a quest]

Comments

[Before]

[dramatispersonae]

[if needed]

Re: [Before]

[featherfetch]

. . .

Brother Deer?

Re: [Before]

[dramatispersonae]

[There's a clatter of hooves, and he's here.]

Hero Pascal~

Re: [Before]

[featherfetch]

[oh gosh it worked]

Hello. I brought five locks of hair.

Re: [Before]

[dramatispersonae]

Well done!

[A golden bowl filled with water appears on the ground.]

Dip it in the water three times, keehaha!

Re: [Before]

[featherfetch]

Okay. . .

[does so!]

Re: [Before]

[dramatispersonae]

[It's now a white bandage! Dry, too.]

Tie it on, tight and true! But I can see this will not be enough... if at all.

The task I asked of you before - are you ready this hour?

Re: [Before]

[featherfetch]

[tying it on his skelefingers]

Ah, sorry, wait––not enough? What do you mean?

Re: [Before]

[dramatispersonae]

[lowers his head .-.]

It is strong. It is wrong!! It's no simple injury.

The mountain

[dramatispersonae]

[You are at the foot of a tall, barren mountain rising from the middle of a vast forest. Any greenery ends where you stand, as if they don't dare to grow further, and there is nothing but dirt and rock in front of you. There's a vague trace of an old path leading up the mountain, but the way doesn't look easy. There's something that looks like the mouth of a cave, high up.]

Your task is to carry the water up to it, near the peak. Can you see the cave?

[Brother Deer is also here, with the water-filled golden bowl.]

Re: The mountain

[featherfetch]

Yes, I see it. What are the dangers?

Re: The mountain

[dramatispersonae]

Creatures and riddles. And lots of rocks! Answer them and they may let you pass, though some may not be too faiiir. The way is high and the road can be narrow. I cannot go, I cannot go...

Re: The mountain

[featherfetch]

. . .Alright. I am ready.

Re: The mountain

[dramatispersonae]

Take up the bowl and take a sip! On this task you may transform into a beast. Fight or flee, try not to spill!

And if you arrive to the top... pour the water over the one you will find in the cave. Please.

Re: The mountain

[featherfetch]

. . .?

[takes a sip??]

Re: The mountain

[dramatispersonae]

[You gain a new ability: Transform! You know you can change into an animal when you desire it, though your one hand will remain as a skeleton. Though remember, animals can't really carry bowls of water...]

It will last the journey! Now go, and good luck!!

Re: The mountain

[featherfetch]

Thank you.

[off we go /o/]

The Cave

[dramatispersonae]

[The cave is wide and tall with smooth walls that curve gently. At the center of this cave, on a stone bed, lies... a woman? Her eyes are closed and she is still. She's beautiful and wears an ornate dress, with hair that would be long and dark except for a faint, unnatural glow all around her. All the color seems to have been drawn away from her, leaving her pale and lifeless. You can actually see straight through her.

She's a ghost. What do?]

Re: The Cave

[featherfetch]

[Hover uncertainly at the mouth of the cave.

do i have to go in there with the ghost '-']

Re: The Cave

[dramatispersonae]

[Seems like it. '-'

The ghost does nothing. Maybe she's asleep.]

Re: The Cave

[featherfetch]

. . .Hello? Miss?

Re: The Cave

[dramatispersonae]

[...




Silence.]

Re: The Cave

[featherfetch]

[. . .Okay. . .]

Er. I'm sorry, this seems a bit rude, but. . .




[Approaches cautiously and starts pouring the water over her slowly.]

Re: The Cave

[dramatispersonae]

[There's no reaction from her.

As you pour, the water seems to spread and sink into the ghost. She becomes less translucent, if only a little.]

Re: The Cave

[featherfetch]

[pours until it's empty :|a]