[TeirQuest]

[dramatispersonae]

Characters: Brother Deer, Teir (Malik)
Location: ???
Time: Day 130
Description:

[You may have been chasing this deer for fucking ever.]

Keeyahaha! You caught me! Good job. Ok, let's go!

Comments

[doubleminded]

[bends over to catch his breath.] What's next?

[dramatispersonae]

[tailflick]

Aah, you may rest a moment, that's right.

I will need you to deliver water to a place at the top of a mountain. There are some dangers there, however. What skills do you have?

[doubleminded]

The only thing I remember is playing cards, and I don't even remember the rules from that. That's how things work here, isn't it?

[dramatispersonae]

Yes! Oh, so you are new~ Ah, but if you don't know how to defend, then there are other things I can offer to help you on the way.

But first, come! Place your hand on my collar.

[he straightens his neck, where there's a golden collar]

[doubleminded]

[reaches out to touch the collar with a grin.]

[dramatispersonae]

[The collar is warm and smooth.

The world seems to tilt and sway under your feet and shifts...]

[The Mountain]

[dramatispersonae]

[You are at the foot of a tall, barren mountain rising from the middle of a vast forest. The weather is windy, and the clouds hang low. Grass and moss and greenery creep up the mountain a fourth of the way, but ends as if cut off and then it's all rocks and dirt. There's a mouth of a cave, high up.]

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

[Brother Deer is here too of course]

Re: [The Mountain]

[doubleminded]

The cave? [squints up.]

I can see it, just barely.

Re: [The Mountain]

[dramatispersonae]

[It looks as if there are several old paths around the mountain, too.]

Here, take this!

[A water-filled bowl made of peridot appears on the ground - or was it a bowl? NOW it's a little gem-green bottle on a leather cord. It looks like you could wear it.]

Re: [The Mountain]

[doubleminded]

Water, huh.

[picks it up and puts it around his neck.]

Is the challenge to find the right path myself?

Re: [The Mountain]

[dramatispersonae]

There are many paths, but with them come many dangers - creatures and riddles and rocks... Answer them and they may let you pass, though some may not be too fair. The way is high and the road can be rough, and I cannot go.

[he tosses his head back]

Open the bottle and take a sip! On this task you may transform into any beast which you can think of - though you won't be much larger than I am. Fight or fly or flee, try not to lose the water!

Re: [The Mountain]

[doubleminded]

[stares at the water.] I can transform, huh…

[opens it and takes an experimental sip, thinking: falcon.]

Re: [The Mountain]

[dramatispersonae]

[You gain a new ability: Transform! You know you can change into any number of animals when you desire it.

The feeling of change rushes through you and heck yeah you're a falcon. CONVENIENTLY, the cord and bottle is now comfortably snug around your neck, adjusting to size.]

Keeyahaha! Bird Hero Teir! Now go, and good luck!!

Re: [The Mountain]

[doubleminded]

[AWW YES THIS IS AMAZING I AM GOING TO FLY UP THIS MOUNTAIN STRAIGHT TO THE CAVE

well

I am going to try, anyway.]

Re: [The Mountain]

[dramatispersonae]

[You don't get to far when the dark clouds converge in your path and a harsh wind blows and tries to spin you around in midair. Warning, turbulence.]

Re: [The Mountain]

[doubleminded]

[spun; attempts to fight through it, but failing that lands in a semi-crash.]

[The Cave]

[dramatispersonae]

[The cave is wide and tall with smooth walls that curve gently. At the center of this cave is... an altar? It rises above you, fabric draping down from it. It's hard to see things from ground level.]

Re: [The Cave]

[doubleminded]

[looks around as best he can, then tries: human.]

Re: [The Cave]

[dramatispersonae]

[Human again, the bottle still around your neck.

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. She's colorless and frozen in place and semi-transparent - she's like a ghost.]

Re: [The Cave]

[doubleminded]

[takes the bottle off his neck and steps up to press it to her lips… if he can get close enough.]

Re: [The Cave]

[dramatispersonae]

[You can and do.

As the water pours into her color starts to flood her cheeks, her skin, and clothing. What was gray starts turning a dusky pink.]

Re: [The Cave]

[doubleminded]

[takes a breath and steps back to watch.]

Re: [The Cave]

[dramatispersonae]

[She seems warmer, and solid, if still frozen in place]

With the water gone, the cave starts to fade... Suddenly you're back in Aather, and Brother Deer is in front of you.]

Welcome back!

Re: [The Cave]

[doubleminded]

[blinks and looks around him.]

That wasn't too bad. Your quest was more fun than the knights' quests.

Re: [The Cave]

[dramatispersonae]

How was it? You made it?