[CLOSED] wouldn't it be nice if we could wake up

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Who: Parvati and Kinger
What: OVER THE BRINK
Where: the area beyond the cliffs
When: mid-april
Warnings: Typical quest peril/spookiness, memory issues, possible setting-typical cws per character

Parvati and Kinger have been following the trail along the coast for hours now, steps falling into line monotonously. The wind rips at the shoreline, causing Parvati to tug her scarf a little tigher for warmth. She's done long treks like this before, countless times. And she's been on journeys that span days, even if she is months out of practice. As such, she's sufficiently well-prepared with enough supplies on her person for the two of them. Tinkatons having insane strength certainly comes in handy -- her hammer is, as ever, resting on her shoulder just in case something comes to a fight. She draws in a deep breath through her nose (do Tinkatons have those?) as the edge of the shore begins to dip a little.

She turns back to her mushroom companion. She's been a little worried about Kinger the entire trek, honestly. She's not too sure of his combat abilities (not that she minds, she's strong enough for the pair of them), and... well...

She finally stops when the beach fully comes into view below. "You hangin' in there okay, Kinger?" She asks, carefully feeling out the slope's edge with her foot. Nyoka taught her the basic gist of figuring out if the ground would hold, but she isn't sure if she's doing it right. And she was taught that with a human foot as a reference, not the stubs she has now.

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it looks like Morrowind on a potato computer out here

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Parvati squints. It's hard to see anything, make out much detail at all. She can certainly still hear Kinger, just as she can still hear the water. Still hear the sand crunching beneath her feet. So that's good.

"Don't think so. I'm sure if we keep going straight we'll find something." It's more of an "I hope" than an "I'm sure", it's evident in the way her voice wavers slightly. She straightens herself up and presses on.

[0dchess]

[Results, somehow I didn't realize it was multiple days even once they GOT to the beach. Hopefully okay to skip to the first NPC encounter]

Kinger continues carefully, finding some intentionally placed driftwood suggesting that Maya and Hatenna also had the idea of landmarks. Then sees something else: new shapes moving around in the fog.

"Maya? Hatenna?"

The shapes respond, clearly not their friends:

"...get...lost! ...want
..you...hurt!"

"AGH!" Kinger yelps in Astonishment and dodge rolls backwards. "Parvati!"

you did not link the results LOL

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Parvati glances over her shoulder, jumping in surprise like a cat. She raises her hammer, eyes darting around and ears open for more tauns from any oncoming attackers. "Hey! Come out here!" She taunts, holding her hammmer in front of her as a shield.

She looks back at Kinger. "You see anything?"

ope

[0dchess]

[Sorry, here are the results.]

Kinger squints into the fog as he backs up next to Parvati, and backs up until he feels a rock against the back of his tendrils.

"No..."

And then he feels two large, clawed hands reach out at him.

"But there's someone behind me..."

fell for it again award

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Parvati jumps, spinning around. She angles her hammer upwards, staring down the newcomer with a sharpshooter's eye. Or what she imagines one to be, anyway. This is all copied from a frontier drama. Whatever it is, she has to get its attention off Kinger and onto her. ASAP, preferably.

Actually, though, he's pretty casual for-- don't focus on that!

"Kinger, you should probably back up."

[0dchess]

Back up, further into it!? Wait, Kinger knows what the plan is now. Kinger falls backwards, being caught by the hidden claws, and then Ingrains himself in the sand, his mycelium struggling to make purchase, hoping he can hold the assailant in place long enough for Parvati to swing.

"Now!" He yells, ducking down sharply as the other claw shoots out of the fog towards him.