saturations | Week 6 cyoa: hei, jiuqing, vin, and kashuu

[she swats at the bird. i'm so sorry bird. it's not a very effective swat, at least...]

Get away from him!

[then she'll join kashuu in glancing around, seeing if there's any indication about where the fighters might have gone after their dragon battle.]

Yes, because of the eyes. We should be careful.

[especially after hearing this strange message.

eli 🔪 vin Roll: [3] Result: 3 for bird swatting]

This bird is definitely cursed.

[Just fckin squinting at it. He doesn't try to bat it away but he is definitely just vibing in his displeasure.

Me reading this comment like damb I can't believe hei is implying we gotta skin these dragons to use their hides as shields and their bones as swords.]

Mm, okay. Yell if you notice anything weird.

[He'll move to get a closer look at this eyeless dragon corpse in the meantime.]

[ The bird easily hops to dodge the smack, still perched on Vax. However, its talons are gentle... Just a well-behaved bird that seems to like this man. Birds of a feather, I guess.

But as they walk, the bird flaps to follow them.

Also, it is that or you find chests!! Nidhogg is just a lump, but to be frank with you there's no way you'd be able to break down his body in a single day. Like his brother, he's quite large. Ysayle is like... 6' to understand the scale and his body is long like a serpent. His eyes are gone and, with your cyoa-ff14 senses, Kashuu and Vin sense he really is dead. There is no aether in this flesh.

On the floor, they will see blood, fresh enough to stain fingers but old enough not pool past its splatters or pools. Deep grooves and dips would imply large claws, then some thinner scratches. There is one scratch that seems to stretch long in length, though. ]

[hmmmm.

she's giving this bird a very dirty look, especially after kashuu says it's cursed, but she'll go to examine the longer scratch, carefully putting a hand down to touch it. can she tell anything about it from looking?

eli 🔪 vin Roll: [13] Result: 13 to investigate this weird scratch]

[ Maybe Kashuu's intuition is wrong?

She can tell it was made by primed material, based on how thin yet deep it is. Its width is also consistent throughout with no abnormalities or changes, so the action that made this is also consistent and drawn out. If she continues to follow the scratch, she will find it leads in or out of this arena.

As if dragged. ]

[as she notices the scratch stretching out of this area, she looks over to speak to kashuu.]

It leads out of here... I think we should follow it.

[she'll wait to see what he says before doing anything! gently waits for aki to awaken]

[stumbles back STOP HE'S DECIDED HE DOESN'T LIKE THIS GENTLE BIRD. Anyway after he is done examining this super dead dragon he'll go over to look at the potential drag mark.]

--Might as well, yeah.

[Time to go follow the mark to hell, he will leave sweet Vax's dead body here and hope it doesn't spontaneously combust or something.]

[ you guys are just leaving his corpse? I should have left some dragons to eat him. As they follow it, they pass by a treasure chest!

sweats time to roll my friends ]

[STOP i forgot about him but vin did not so she's going to try to continue pulling him along with her fourteen... she can't abandon her very real vax...

hello to this treasure chest, though! she pauses as she looks at it.

weekend at vax's: eli 🔪 vin Roll: [14] Result: 14
the roll hei needed that i'm terrified of: eli 🔪 vin Roll: [7] Result: 7]

[STOP HE WAS GOING TO LEAVE IT HERE BECAUSE IT SEEMED SAFER THAN TRYING TO WEEKEND AT VAX'S-ING IT IF THERE'S DANGER AHEAD but he's not going to stop her either. He's going to be barely any help because he rolled a 7 for that so maybe he's just here making sure their bird friend doesn't peck out Vax's eyes before he goes over to take a look at the chest, too. 15 roll for that one! LOOT.]

[ The black bird is just chilling.

Me, nodding at Kashuu falling for the treasure chest. My roll is higher, so being a bundle of thieves, the chest snaps its teeth at Kashuu. They can get a sense that there is loot in it, however. ]

[she hates this chest already but also wants what's in it for when she assumes they have to boss battle something... that being said, she does not want to get bitten, so she's going to try to move around behind it and kick at the hinges with her good leg to try and break it.

since it snapped at him, though:]

Are you alright?

[eli 🔪 vin Roll: [8] Result: 8]

[SO RUDE. 12 for dodging means he doesn't make it away completely clear, but those nastyass wooden teeth don't do a lot of damage anyway. It probably just blends in with the damage from their arrest that i keep forgetting about,,

He's also giving the chest a nasty look though HE HATES IT HERE. To Vin:]

Yeah, I'm fine.

[He's also TIRED OF THIS SHIT so with an 18 roll he's also just going to try doing that thing where you just hold something open by putting your foot on the bottom and your hands on the top and pushing down/up at the same time.]

[ You are ABUSING this chest and doing well at abusing it. It keeps trying to snap, first at Vin's leg with a whole ass 16. It's knocked away after, though, and gets manhandled by Kashuu. It tries to nip at him again with an 11!! Suddenly, its mouth doesn't want to open so wide? Finicky thing.

As they just. Wrangle this chest with a dead Vax and a black bird, they hear a loud roar overhead. It is primordial and shakes them to their core, almost touching their souls with fear. ]

[DISCORD NOOOO

it manages to bite her on the leg, even though it's brief - she still winces. the wince grows as she hears that sound, though, and she immediately reaches for kashuu's arm as she looks up.

in case u need it i'm in tears]

[THIS FCKIN CHEST IS SO RUDE but with his 13 he'll be able to avoid too much damage once again, and he also just abandons it because he decides it is not as important as whatever the hell is roaring at them from the heavens. It strikes fear through him, but also, the exhausted fires of hysteric fury are slowly creeping back through his body, too. He just curses under his breath as he also looks skyward, shifting to stand somewhat in front of Vin and muttering:]

Well, this is stupid.

[THEIR WEAPONSLESS FIGHT THAT'S ABOUT TO ENSUE.]

[ ... VIN AND KASHUU REALLY ARE JUST PREPARED TO DIE. They are here, holding hands, as if the roar is coming closer to them. Instead, they will see a familiar form coming from their left, flying past the Aery with large flaps of their wings.

... It's Nidhogg, glowing with draconic aether. He starts singing his song, the way the dragons record their history, how they rally their kin. Another roar: ]

Come, my kin! We shall bring end to the sons of Thordan! Vengeance will be ours!

[ The dragon's language is in their own, but their words reach Vin and Kashuu. They understand it. They can watch the dragon fly further into the Churning Mists.

The treasure chest is still here, tired after being hassled by bullies, and spits out a shield. ]

[what the fuck

after a moment of shocked horror as she watches the dragon fly off, she starts kicking this chest even harder in the hopes that it will give them an actual weapon in addition to the shield.]

We have to hurry—!

[how does she plan on catching up to it even once they have a weapon?? good question don't worry about it

eli 🔪 vin Roll: [5] Result: 5]

[ Quickly pats this as we wait for Aki so we get this out of the way. Ow? The chest keeps getting kicked? And it coughs up another greatsword. It growls before spitting a skinny sword quickly after.

Also who knows... I wonder how you guys got here. ]

[neat she's grabbing them and kashuu can decide which he wants when aki returns from the errand war!!

and then they can head back to the manacutter which i definitely didn't forget about thanks hei]

[YEAH TIME TO HEAD BACK TO A FCKIN SHIP TO GO CHASE THIS DRAGON WHERE KASHUU'S JUST LIKE ISN'T THIS FCKIN DRAGON SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD. WHAT IS HAPPENING. HE HATES IT HERE, AGAIN.

Anyway with his perfect 20 roll he's also dragging Bernie's corpse along with them as they go time to nyoom after this dragon and find out where the fck it's going he GUESSES.]

[ hello my good friends... we are on the manacutter. Vax is efficiently and carefully put back into the ship. At least he has stopped bleeding?

Who is driving? Roll to see how smooth this ride is, now that they see a flurry of dragons take to the skies, singing a song of war. ]

[presumably kashuu is driving again!! and vin is trying to make sure neither the weapons or vax slam around too much.

im mobile but i rolled a 12]

[Kashuu rolled a 6 so this is gonna be a bumpyass ride. He'll at least try to keep a fair distance from the flurry of dragons considering they're enemies and he does not want to get heatgunned out of the air. i typed hetgunned first]

[ Damn... With Kashuu rolling a 6 for driving, Vax edges over the seats, a handful of his bodyweight slipping out and weighing him. He's close to slipping off to be engulfed by clouds.

It's getting the attention of Nidhogg's brood as they have their rocky ride. Uh-oh. Please control your dead Vax. ]

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