02-05-2023, 11:28 PM
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BURN THE BOAT BURN THE SAIL
The sounds of battle still rung in his ears, the stench of blood and pain lingered in his nose, and his head throbbed with agony. The Luminary's paws were heavy and sore, claws aching as if they carried his body weight. Docking the ships had been some kind of exercise, one he could barely remember for the splitting pain in his head and carrying back injured groupmates to camp. He knew better than to leave them on the ships, he knew better than some the agony of being left behind to fend for one's self on death's door. He knew and he still hated the God of Life for that, as ancient as it was but he still held that grudge from another lifetime. Breath misting his muzzle as he stood there for a good moment, nearly swaying on his paws as he gulped in the familiar dank air of the swamps, stomach churning for the pain consuming him. Shit.
Staggering forward after his brief break, he headed for the center of town while attempting to carry Alexandre with him, hoping to lay the Typhooner down on the ground when they made it to the middle of the town. Chuffing for a moment as the Luminary struggled, sitting down heavily and keeping a paw near Alexandre, the other likely to injured to try and escape. Some dark part of his mind whispered What if we broke their wing? and he nearly recoiled from the domestic vampire with a curl of his lips. "Tanglewood. Gather up.", he didn't bother with roaring, already seeing the curious faces approaching. Taking a deep breath, the Luminary quieted the urge to hurl, squeezing his good eye shut before re-opening it when everyone who was coming had gathered, "Welcome to our newest members and welcome back to those who wandered, please seek me out if you need any help getting adjusted or one of the other senior members of Tanglewood. As for those of you who know, we had- urp.", he paused for a moment as everything swam before his vision and he panted, short of breath.
After a few moments more, he would swallow roughly, "We got ships from the Typhoon and with this one's words, we were made aware of an island within our jurisdiction," moving his paw towards Alex. "Very few of you would know this, as quiet as we have been, but Tanglewood has suffered a large blow to our territory. The storms destroyed a lot of our land and following exploration attempts, it has been discovered that our farm has been destroyed. The fields in which we grow crops are underwater and by the time that spring comes, I doubt that they will be able to support plant life, at least for the year depending on if we get a dry year or a wet one. You must wonder what the island has to do with this, but I plan to use the island as a place to plant our crops for the time being. The process of rebuilding the area around the farm will be carried out come proper spring, when the ground isn't frozen. We still need to eat after all, but we may have to scrounge around for a bit, what with our radiated prey and all. I will be holding classes on fishing in the next few weeks."
now that was a memory and a half. "Everyone who got hurt in the fight, please check in with Seven or anyone else who has medical training. I can look you over as well if you need it. There are no promotions or demotions as of now. I would love to see you all around a bit more, thank you. If someone would be so kind as to suggest some tasks for the rest of us, that would be wonderful. As for this fellow here, they will be imprisoned. They tried to sneak onboard one of our ships during the fight and picked a brawl with our dear Seven. They will be imprisoned and held for an undisclosed amount of time, at the least until we know the Typhoon will not invade our island. For those of you wishing to help settle the island, please approach me after the meeting. Thank you. Meeting dismissed." he rumbled as he got to his paws and nodded to some NPCs, "Be careful with them, they are injured. I'll tend to their injuries momentarily unless someone else beats me to it. Put them into the bunkers with food and water." he spoke before turning away from the populace to seek out some less bright area for his screaming head.
Staggering forward after his brief break, he headed for the center of town while attempting to carry Alexandre with him, hoping to lay the Typhooner down on the ground when they made it to the middle of the town. Chuffing for a moment as the Luminary struggled, sitting down heavily and keeping a paw near Alexandre, the other likely to injured to try and escape. Some dark part of his mind whispered What if we broke their wing? and he nearly recoiled from the domestic vampire with a curl of his lips. "Tanglewood. Gather up.", he didn't bother with roaring, already seeing the curious faces approaching. Taking a deep breath, the Luminary quieted the urge to hurl, squeezing his good eye shut before re-opening it when everyone who was coming had gathered, "Welcome to our newest members and welcome back to those who wandered, please seek me out if you need any help getting adjusted or one of the other senior members of Tanglewood. As for those of you who know, we had- urp.", he paused for a moment as everything swam before his vision and he panted, short of breath.
After a few moments more, he would swallow roughly, "We got ships from the Typhoon and with this one's words, we were made aware of an island within our jurisdiction," moving his paw towards Alex. "Very few of you would know this, as quiet as we have been, but Tanglewood has suffered a large blow to our territory. The storms destroyed a lot of our land and following exploration attempts, it has been discovered that our farm has been destroyed. The fields in which we grow crops are underwater and by the time that spring comes, I doubt that they will be able to support plant life, at least for the year depending on if we get a dry year or a wet one. You must wonder what the island has to do with this, but I plan to use the island as a place to plant our crops for the time being. The process of rebuilding the area around the farm will be carried out come proper spring, when the ground isn't frozen. We still need to eat after all, but we may have to scrounge around for a bit, what with our radiated prey and all. I will be holding classes on fishing in the next few weeks."
now that was a memory and a half. "Everyone who got hurt in the fight, please check in with Seven or anyone else who has medical training. I can look you over as well if you need it. There are no promotions or demotions as of now. I would love to see you all around a bit more, thank you. If someone would be so kind as to suggest some tasks for the rest of us, that would be wonderful. As for this fellow here, they will be imprisoned. They tried to sneak onboard one of our ships during the fight and picked a brawl with our dear Seven. They will be imprisoned and held for an undisclosed amount of time, at the least until we know the Typhoon will not invade our island. For those of you wishing to help settle the island, please approach me after the meeting. Thank you. Meeting dismissed." he rumbled as he got to his paws and nodded to some NPCs, "Be careful with them, they are injured. I'll tend to their injuries momentarily unless someone else beats me to it. Put them into the bunkers with food and water." he spoke before turning away from the populace to seek out some less bright area for his screaming head.
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THE FLOWER BURNS
