Earthshaker Earth Shakers - RPLOG
From Rusted Promises
Participants
Date
25/7/476
Log
An early morning in Eastbank Forest, just after dawn. One would probably have expected to hear birdsong so early, but the air is deathly silent, thanks to a noticeable lack of animal life out and about. A black bear in a green, long-sleeved uniform and wide-brimmed hat lounges by the parth at the forest's periphery, awaiting the arrival of the group of Freeswords from Firmament.
Shaytalis is first to arrive from Firmament, approaching the black bear and nodding to him. Looking over his uniform, she asks, "Have you requested the assistant of the Freeswords? My name is Shaytalis. I understand that the earth has been trembling."
Leian was wandering through the woods, playing her flute, when she felt the tremors and saw the animals fleeing. She had headed in the direction they came from with a curious look in her eyes as she looked about at those who were near by " Whats going on? I felt the ground quaking and saw animals fleeing. Is everything alright?"
There is a birdlike screech from above as a shadow crosses over those gathered. A Raven/Panther hybrid griffon has arrived, and it has a rider! Seems these two have worked together like this in the past, for the flyer comes in for a gentle landing that has it prancing for a bit after coming down so as not to jostle the rider too much. Yes, this means the bird has a harness complete with saddle, but it doesn't seem to mind it.
Always in need of a little coin here and there to support his wonderful meat 'n' drink habbits, along with being fueld by his typical high amount of curioisty, a lion strolls in through the forest just shortly after the others. With a tuck at his coat, smoothing out any creases along the way, he ventures forth with a prideful smile to make contact with the bear. "'ello there lad," Dio waves. "I hear you've been 'avin' some strange problems as of late."
Ictus looks down from the air as he rides the griffon and sighs, "I still don't know how you talked me into this..." he isn't afraid of heights at least, he looks around as he gets off of Mazurek once he is able and waves to the others, "So, ee're looking to see what caused the tremors I'm guessing?"
Lidiya makes her way along, showing up a bit late mostly because she wasn't entirely sure she wanted to be on the job or not, it's a lazy day. But, the chance at some extra coin and an excuse to goof off won out. At the sight of the gryphon, she glances around, making sure no one's taking a joke out, then shakes her head and continues on. She'd be muttering if it were possible.
Selena makes her way to the forest on foot, unusual for the woman. Familiar faces are greeted with waves, though she does stiffen momentarily when she recognizes Leian. The moment passes quietly enough and soon she's back to her usual disposition when strange events are concerned; "I'm surprised there's a problem with tremors here, of all places." She comments, glancing around the forest before her eyes settle on the bear. "I doubt it's magic for something of that scale, but depending on how brash a group of beings could be..." She sighs, rubbing her forehead for a moment. "I suppose my question is, is it a natural earthquake? If not, what's the cause? I'm sure the wildlife would be grateful if there wasn't another, if not us for being told what's up."
The bear eyes the group, then chews on a cigarette in his teeth. "You're the lot that came all the way from town? From the way Zarine was acting, I thought he was going to hire the entire Good King's army to come down here and sort things out. Well, well..." He draws on his cigarette a moment, then grinds out the stub under the sole of his boot. "I'm Ash. One of the forest wardens, in the name of the Good King and all. And yes, the earth has been shaking over the last couple of days - three or four, give or take. At first, we thought they were just flukes, folk messing around in the quarry, but Granite tells me they haven't done any blasting since the whole business with the Gallows. We have no idea if they're antural or not, no one's dared go check."
"The little lady here -" he gives a nod to Leian - "has it somewhat right. Animals aren't hiding like they ought to be, 'least they make some noise when they're doing just that. They're running scared. To be frank, we're running scared, too - nothing quite like this has ever happened before. All sorts of folk wandering into the forest, looking for spirits, then there was that mysterious lightning bolt that came down outta nowhere, made me worried that we were going to have another forest fire - whatever it is, go in, find it, and put a stop to it. You, and only you, can do it - because I know by the Creators, no one around these parts is stepping into the forest like under these conditions. Not me, leastways. Questions?"
Shaytalis nods, looking to the others, "Is anyone an expert regarding earth magic? I am well practiced, but I am not in a soul that specializes in that study." Looking into the woods, "I don't move very quietly in armor. Is anyone planning to sneak ahead, or shall we all move as a unit? I can fire from a range or fight in the front line, it does not matter."
Leian tilts her head slightly as she watches the bear with a sway of her tail a moment " So your looking for someone to check? Why haven't you check yourselves? I'm curious whats going on, but I am no fighter. Maybe there is something else I can do, if need be, to help, if I can?" she tilts her head a bit, ears flicking softly
The griffon hunkers down to give the Kitsune less distance to drop to the ground before rising to its feet again. Another squawk, this time much more muted, is followed by actual speech, "I talked you into it by convincing you to make a saddle so the risk of falling off would be next to nil." The obviously-male creature shakes himself a bit, only to fluff the feathers and begin preening, "I have some knowledge of Earth Math, but not quite enough to check on anything useful."
With a few more people arriving, and finally noticing some familiar faces, Dio gives them a small wave and smile in his typical fashion and returns to listening to the rather aptly named smoking bear. "A lightnin' bolt you say," the lion comments, rubbing at his chin. "I'm guessin' the treamors started happenin' after the bolt of lightning?" He looks about at the others and smiles reassuringly. "Don't worry about it if yer not the fightin' type. I'll watch out for ya! And who's to say there's a frightenin' monster out there? Regardless, we should start investigatin'"
Ictus stiffens at Shay's voice and growls a little, though he doesn't pay any attention to her as he addresses the griffon with a sigh, "Yeah... Yeah, I know." he looks to Dio and peers at the lion before he nods, "Yeah, I'll help too." he ponders a bit though as he looks around, "Though I don't know much about Earth Math myself..."
Lidiya shrugs and raises her hand at the question of earth math. It's something she does well, though admittedly mostly she uses it to break things. She hefts her hammer up over her shoulder, draping it across both before hooking her arms over it and making her way over closer to the bear, still giving the... strange pair an odd look from time to time. Her ears begin to twitch at a familiar voice and she waves her over, Selena that is.
