[OPEN] NO MORE BEAR MEAT

[wilder]

Who: Zelos and YOU
What: Sick of hanging around the Sanctum (and bear meat), Zelos decides to head out
Where: Silverglen Retreat
When: Todayish?
Warnings: Swearing and violence most likely

[A. Silverglen Retreat. OPEN TO RED, BRONZE AND GREEN FLIGHTS.]

[It seriously hadn't taken long for Zelos to be sick of hanging around the Sanctum and training all the time. Being kept somewhere for his safekeeping had never sat well with him, after all. So he worked on learning about the other areas from the dragons. Sure, most places in the area seemed to want to happily kill him- but it sounded like Silverglen Retreat would be alright for a first stop!]

[Especially if he wanted to get food that wasn't flame-cooked bear meat.]

[And so, ignoring warnings of how it was dangerous outside, he headed out to Silverglen Retreat. He made it there without incident, and once he proved he was a Redsworn, he was allowed in with only wary staresm - which was something he was used to anyway.]

[His hair probably makes him for an easy person to spot in the marketplace, and currently he's wandering the stalls trying to figure out how to get supplies in a trade-based economy when your life skills are well, limited, to say the least.]

[B. Forest outside Silverglen Retreat. OPEN TO ALL.]

[Eventually it seemed some elf decided to throw him a bone (or just get to stop hitting on their daughters for stuff) and made an arrangement that if he brought back a number of stag flanks- they'd give him some supplies he needed. Which hey, he could do that! He could fight, so that shouldn't be a problem, right?]

[Except, for one problem your character might come across, as he kneels over a stag that's clearly been killed by fire and sword cuts - a look of frustrated confusion very clear on his face]

Damn...where's the flank again?

Comments

[gravitywell]

[ lmfao zelos are you talking to it.. IT DOESN'T SEEM TOO TERRIBLY RESPONSIVE save for staring at you. with its no eyes. it's busy pouring water into genis's sticky hands anyway. ]

.. No. I've been trying to think of one, but I haven't thought of anything good yet.

[ it's derpy looking name it lloyd ]

[wilder]

[IT SEEMED POLITE, SUMMON SPIRITS USUALLY RESPOND!! Maybe this guy is like Shadow or Volt or something...]

Hmm... [He looks thoughtful, tilting his head as he thinks]

Oh! What about Splashy?

[.......maybe Lloyd would be a kinder name]

[gravitywell]

Splashy, huh? That's kinda cute..

[ NO GUYS PLS.. genis is 12 he has an excuse for thinking these dumbass names are cute, what's yours zelos ]

Or Squirt!

[ which it does

as if on cue

right between zelos's eyes

DON'T BLAME GENIS IT DID IT ON ITS OWN ]

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[wilder]

[ZELOS MAKES NO EXCUSE FOR HIS BEHAVIOR. OR FOR HIS DUMBASS NAMES]

No, Squirt's your nam-

[wilder]

[AND THEN HE GETS HIT IN THE FACE. He jumps back in surprise]

Hey!! What was that for, Splashy?!

[gravitywell]

[ LMFAO HAHAHA

zelos is having a great day ]

Maybe he thinks you're too dirty..

[wilder]

[THE BEST DAY]

Tch! I'm not much dirtier than you, brat!

[You know, other than the mass amount of blood]

Whatever. Just point me to a lake or something and I'll wash myself up. [SPLASHY DOES NOT GET TO SHOWER HIM]

[gravitywell]

Maybe he just doesn't like the name Splashy..

[ i mean it is really fuckin dumb, to anyone who isn't emotionally 12 and under ]

Anyway, there's a stream back that way! Where I came from.

[ POINT. ]

[wilder]

Then he should come up with something better! Sheesh!

[Shut up Genis brackets!!]

Cool. Time to get cleaned before this stains. [And he's heading in that direction! ]

[gravitywell]

Well maybe he would, if he could talk. I wonder if he already has a name, and he just can't tell me..

[ SORRY MAN DON'T BE MAD!! ]

But... yeah, okay! Good luck! [ blood is tough to get out, without soap.. but hey, if it isn't too dry maybe he'll be okay. ]

[wilder]

Yeah, maybe his friends call him Bubbles.

[ALWAYS MAD]

Sure, sure. Don't lose the meat while I'm gone. [It's okay he's a vain mofo who will work harder to get that blood out!! And probably be good for a good 15 minutes or more MAKE YOURSELF COMFORTABLE]

[gravitywell]

Bubbles..

[ woah that's totally cuter than splashy!! giving kids bad ideas, zelos. he's glancing back to the water elemental thoughtfully when zelos heads off and HE BEHAVES HIMSELF JUST FINE... and busies himself with checking the little meat packages over, making sure they're knotted securely, rinsing the blood off of them carefully etc..

sir splashybubblesquirt is still hangin out when you come back tho. ]

[wilder]

[Poor Sir Splashybubblesquirt is never going to get a respectable name.]

[But yes he's gone for a good long while as he tries to get clean as possible without soap or warm water. It's a serious pain. But when he comes back, he seems to be mostly blood free- wring his wet hair of all the excess water]

Ugh, that's it. First thing I'm trading for is a hairbrush.

[BEING WITHOUT ONE IS HORRID. But okay, he glances down at Genis and his little bubbly friend]

Ready to go?

[gravitywell]

[ well, at least zelos's hair doesn't look like a wild raging perm anymore, now that it's wet. we hope. maybe. anyway wow that took a long time. ]

Or you could just whack it all off.

[ SEEMS LEGIT RIGHT. ]

But, um.. yeah. I guess so. [ NERVOUS. ]

[wilder]

[Nope just a wet pile of curls that'll take forever to try.]

Ha ha ha- No.

[HE'D RATHER DIIIIIIE. And he's picking up those nerves as he's picking up what leaf packs he can]

C'mon, it'll be fine. Grab what you can and let's get outta here.

[gravitywell]

Right..

[ okay okay act cool don't act like you're scared of being kicked out of that place again ok

it's not like he isn't

used to discrimination anyway or anything.. god

so he piles as many of the packages in his hands as he can manage, then directs mister splashybubblesquirt to carry a bunch too. man being a mage is convenient, he's quickly learning.. ]

O-okay! Let's go.

[wilder]

[Yeah, he can tell Genis is nervous or scared about going back there. Considering where the kid came from, he can't really blame him for feeling that way. Hell, even he's not sure this plan will work.]

[But they had to try, right?]

[And hey, at least Mister SplashyBubbleSquirt makes a good mule!]

Okay! This way!

[And he starts heading, confidently, in the direction he THINKS the village is!]

[gravitywell]

[ .. thinks?? gdit zelos weren't you there already?? god please don't accidentally walk them into the obsidian sanctum or something.. at any rate, off they go. ]

C'mon, Bubbles!

[ genis will just try to.. psych himself up here, while they walk, and remind himself that it doesn't matter what those idiots think!! r-right? he'll prove them wrong.

.. somehow. ]

[wilder]

[Yeah, but have you ever seen the Symphonia map?? Who the fuck can navigate on that thing.]

[But no just kidding. They make it there and no surprise, the guards halt them since wow THAT KID SURE RESEMBLES ONE WE JUST CHASED OUT. And so they address him first]

Bluesworn! You know your kind is not welcomed to this village!

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[gravitywell]

U-um.. I, uh..

[ OH NO HERE IT IS AGAIN. genis's first instinct is to panic. a hundred times, he's seen this scene, and each time he's only ever looked to raine for guidance, followed her lead, because that's how it was, that's how it always went. this is what he's used to. so, instinctively, he looks to zelos as well, but --

-- raine's not here, and he has to deal with this now, so.. ]

[gravitywell]

[ .. so it's time to buck up!! or, well, as best he can, at least. and for all of his sass and bravado, standing up to something like this it.. really, really difficult for him, but he sets his features anyway, and even though his hands are trembling a little, he thrusts out a handful of packages. ]

I -- b-brought you these!

[ nailed it ]

[wilder]

These? What is that?

[The guards seem incredulous at what Genis is offering. Since seriously, who just offers leaf wrapped packages to guards that's totally strange! Was it a trap?]

[Zelos, luckily, will choose to speak up]

It's meat, from a large stag.

The kid's with me. We don't wanna cause trouble, just do some trading for supplies.

[gravitywell]

[ whew gosh thanks for that zelos HE'S TRYING BUT THIS IS HIS FIRST TIME OK.. he'll need to get better at this before trying it at home, that's for sure. at any rate, he swallows dryly, and nods. ]

Y-yeah. I won't be any trouble at all.

[ he's trying so hard to not let his offense at all of this shine through, man. but he's used to masking that much, at least. long practice, and all that. so he looks to zelos again, briefly, then furrows his brows and widens his eyes in an attempt to look as absolutely harmless and sweet and adorable as possible. ]

And I'll be with him the whole time!

[wilder]

[It's okay you're a wee one bro. And wow genis, laying the adorable act on a little thick, but Zelos will go with it.]

See? You got nothing to worry about. He's just a kid.

[Okay sure, a kid with a lot of magical power but they don't need to know that.]

[The guards still seem pretty wary about this. Too many dragon and sworn running around. But. They can recognize that if these two are being sincere, it could bring down a lot of grief from the flights to turn them away. And so, with great reluctance and looking like they just swallowed a bug]

...Fine. But if that Bluesworn pipsqueak causes any trouble, it'll be on your head, Redsworn. [And another glare at Genis] Don't even think about trying anything funny. We'll be watching.

[Zelos just seems to give an apathetic wave of his hand]

Yeah, yeah- we got it. Will you just let us through already? The blood's starting to seep through.

[The guards give a "Hmph" noise as they step aside so they can pass through]

[gravitywell]

[ hey man this adorable act has gotten him through plenty, okay. he escaped desians with it, so he can escape with it anywhere. it helps okay!! no one needs to know he's also a killer mage.

good thing he isn't max level yet anyway.

at any rate, he keeps up the bright eyes and nods. ]

I-I won't.. !

[ but then the guards are moving, and they're past, and he can breathe again. genis heaves a heavy sigh, his shoulders dropping to a slump, and the starry doe-eyes give way to quiet disappointment, instead. and frustration, too, but he tries to keep that quashed, while they're within the borders of the village. ]

I don't get it.. why don't they like Bluesworn, anyway..?

[ NO ONE EXPLAINED THIS TO HIM, god, life is unfair. ]