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Kei Tsukishima ([personal profile] itsjustanaccount) wrote in [community profile] gameofmana2016-11-08 10:01 am

[log] Sword of the Skeleton

Who: Skyfire and Tsukishima Kei
What: Sword of the Skeleton quest
Where: First Home, and then Mekiv Caverns
When: In the morning
Other: Beating skeleton ass

As a general rule, Tsukishima doesn't really interact with too many people around Domina. It's not even that it's because he's in a strange place and, honestly, still hasn't entirely adjusted. He's just always been this way, doing his own business and staying in his lane. Go to the town, get any supplies the tree needs, be done with it.

But... Today had been different. It's left the teenager thoughtful as he returns, and he ends up going to the billboard that's right besides the study. As usual, there's plenty of paper left waiting, and he starts to write. Using a fountain pen is still a bit tricky, but he finds he can manage.
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[personal profile] caelum_ignis_draconigena 2016-12-07 03:25 pm (UTC)(link)
While it might be true that the locals here might be desensitized to some of the more unusual things, at the same time, Skyfire wasn't ready to take too big of a risk yet by just walking into town. After all, being used to something wasn't the same as being friendly or welcoming to it.

"Relax, it's fine. As long as you don't start trying to pull out feathers or fur on purpose, it's not even slightly bothersome." Even at his reduced size since arriving here, Skyfire was sure he'd have no issue carrying a human. He was still made of metal and synthetics, no matter how organic he seemed at first, or even second glance.

Skyfire chuckled softly. "Who knows, you might even manage to help me work out the kink in my neck."
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[personal profile] caelum_ignis_draconigena 2016-12-09 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
Once he's up on Skyfire's back, Skyfire twists his neck around to try and still manage to speak somewhat face to face. "It's fine, but are you comfortable like that?" He paused and started to shift his wings a bit, trying to settle them in a position that could act like 'railings'... Without knocking Tsukishima off of his back or getting feathers in his face.

"We might have to see if we can find some leather or rope to make you some grips to put your feet in..."
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[personal profile] caelum_ignis_draconigena 2016-12-11 07:58 am (UTC)(link)
"You might be right about that... This was certainly easier to do on occasion when I was larger..." Skyfire wasn't a stranger to giving a human the odd lift, and he had ideas on how to make things easier... but lack of materials was a problem.

"I wouldn't worry about it much. If we end up doing this on more than this occasion, we'll figure it then." He shifts a bit and starts moving slowly, trying to see how having Tsukishima on his back affects his ability to turn... without accidentally flinging him off.

"You up for a ride around the area to see how well this works?" Because better safe than sorry, right?
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Do we want to do a bit of a time skip to get them to the adventuring part of things?

[personal profile] caelum_ignis_draconigena 2016-12-13 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
"Tell me if I move too fast, or if I shift in a manner that causes you to loose your grip? This is the first time I've actually done something like this without any kind of rope or harness..."

Skyfire is clearly a bit unsure about this, but he's still willing to give it a try. While he had given the odd human a ride before, it wasn't 'bareback' and when he was much larger. Depending on how observant Tsukishima is, he would eventually realize that Skyfire isn't quite as organic as he seems. His breathing is too regular, and some of the muscle movement may seem 'off' from what one would expect.

When Tsukishima seemed settled, Skyfire would start to walk slowly in the direction of one of the more open fields.
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[personal profile] caelum_ignis_draconigena 2016-12-15 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
It's easy for Skyfire to tell that Tsukishima has questions, but he won't pressure him into asking. While he's more than happy to answer nearly any question, he's aware that not everyone is comfortable asking said questions.

After they separated for the night, Skyfire spent some time looking around and scrounging for supplies. Managing to find some old canvas and some rope of questionable strength... but it would do as something to pack anything up they collected to haul back.

Even if he has no issues with Tsukishima walking for as long as he wishes, he does offer to carry his bag... since it weighs nothing to him. When they actually got to the cavern, Skyfire tilted his head and tried to get a sense of just what sort of task that they had in front of them.

"What are we looking for exactly? I don't want to accidentally bypass it or destroy it..."
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[personal profile] caelum_ignis_draconigena 2016-12-17 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
Skyfire grimaced at the words 'walking dead' and then sighed as Tsukishima finished the explanation. Really, after the monster pumpkin he shouldn't be surprised but...

"Lovely..." Peering into the cave a bit more, he huffed and drew attention to his back with a ruffling of the feathers on his wings. "Climb on up then. I'd rather not see what will happen if you go in there without any armor... and then we'll see just what's in here."

His claws leave a few deep gouges into the stone as he tries to settle himself, because who knew what else they'd find in there? Skyfire wouldn't say it, but he's actually a bit nervous. If it was just himself going in, he'd be less worried.
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[personal profile] caelum_ignis_draconigena 2016-12-19 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
Skyfire settles himself a bit and nods, it's a bit of a mental fight to calm himself, but he manages. The terrain in the cave would make things a bit more difficult, but nothing he didn't think they couldn't manage.

"Alright... but the first chance we get that there's a weapon and armor that you can use, we'll find a way to rig something that you can wear. Even if you can run, I'd feel much better if you had some kind of defense besides hiding under my wings."

Still, once Tsukishima is settled on his back, Skyfire is very cautious as they enter the cave. He pokes his head in and looks around before ever stepping in. He looks for any kind of visible traps and not seeing any asks "So, you ready to get this show on the road?"
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[personal profile] caelum_ignis_draconigena 2016-12-21 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
Huffing a deep 'breath' Skyfire started walking, keeping his pace slow and steady. While he didn't see any traps, he was going to treat exploring the cave as if he'd seen signs of them. Making a mental note of the smaller tunnels, he sniffed at the air and tried to search the area for signs of 'traffic'.

"Did you happen to ask what the sword is made of? I might not be as good at tracking as I could be, but I can still sniff out metal fairly well." He wasn't that great at it, since he couldn't translate the information as well with so many of his systems still down, but it was better than nothing...
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[personal profile] caelum_ignis_draconigena 2016-12-23 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Tsukishima won't really have to worry about anything low hanging taking him by surprise, as Skyfire is mindful not to walk anywhere with anything hanging down at his height. Still, Skyfire is already thinking of planning a return trip to do some investigation into places not safe for humans.

At his comment about rust, Skyfire gets thoughtful and nods. "Rusty weapons? Well that should make them a little easier to track down..." He sniffs the air, then puts his nose near the ground to sniff there as well. "Rust on forged metal does have a fairly distinctive odor..."

Skyfire does stop when he sees that crab creature and looks at it curiously for a moment. He'd never seen anything like it before and he was curious, but then again, they weren't here for him to investigate the wildlife.

"Do you know anything about the creatures here?" The crab didn't seem like it was anything to be concerned about... but sometimes the smallest things could be the most deadly.
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[personal profile] caelum_ignis_draconigena 2016-12-26 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
Watching the crab retreat, Skyfire lets it go, not wanting to disturb it further as it clearly wasn't interested in starting a confrontation.

He starts walking again, occasionally stopping and sniffing both the air and ground to try and find the scent of rust. He hoped that the scent of rust would let him track it and would lead to finding their objective sooner.

"Hmmm... well the bats shouldn't be much of an issue at least. Hopefully we won't have to go that deep the."
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[personal profile] caelum_ignis_draconigena 2016-12-27 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
The moment he scents the tang of rust, Skyfire's ears perk a bit and he sniffs at the air again to make sure. "I can smell rust, and I believe it's coming from that direction." He turns towards the scent and moves to follow it. Having the ability to track light, almost nonexistent odors came in handy sometimes.

He did pause a moment when Tsukishima mentioned getting lost and looked sheepish a moment. "Ah, as long as we don't go running around blindly we should be fine." Turning a bit so Tsukishima could see behind them, where he could see that Skyfire had been marking their path with small arrows gouged into the stone floor or walls as needed. They weren't large or deep, but he thought they should last long enough to help them find their way out later.
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[personal profile] caelum_ignis_draconigena 2016-12-29 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
"You're right... I don't get the reference. Why would anyone use breadcrumbs? That seems, a rather odd choice." That was going to be something for him to ponder for a while if it didn't get explained.

The screech of the bats has Skyfire fluffing his wings and moving them to protect Tsukishima if needed. All he'd have to do was flatten himself against Skyfire's back to let them cover him fully.

When it came to the bats, Skyfire started to growl and swat at them with the fluffy end of his tail, trying to drive them off without hurting them. He'd actually attack them if they didn't back off, but he figured that they were just startled... how true that was though was up for debate. Until they did more than screech at them, he'd keep his actions defensive and non lethal.
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[personal profile] caelum_ignis_draconigena 2016-12-31 06:35 am (UTC)(link)
The bats might not do a lot of damage to him, but they still managed to take a few chunks out of the 'fake' flesh and leathery hide of Skyfire's neck and rear flanks. He shifts his wings so that Tsukishima could see again, and checks him over quickly. Noting he's not injured, Skyfire curls himself a bit so that he can check on his left rear flank to see the damage.

"Well, they might not know how to deal with me... but they do seem to have a rather nasty bite. I can always come back later for myself, anything extra that I get is going to go for at least a bit of light armor for you. If you were planing on coming back in here you're going to need it..." Worried dragon is worried.

The 'flesh' underneath Skyfire's 'leather' skin is showing where a chunk, about the size of one of Tsukishima's fists, had been gouged out. There is just a hint of metal showing through in the deepest part and Skyfire looks around in an attempt to find where the fallen 'flesh' had landed. There was no 'blood' of any kind, and he wasn't missing any other chunks.

"Do you see where that part of my er... skin got to? I'm hoping they didn't try to eat it..."

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