Event - The White Dragon Travel Log

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[It's a lengthy journey even by air, that our intrepid heroes find themselves on. The veteran fliers set a quick, but not grueling pace at the suggestion of the Valkyries. Arriving to a battleground when a god had taken the field tired was not wise, they'd said, and who could really blame them? The prospect alone of facing down one of the beasts of legend would be enough to send most men fleeing in the opposite direction, but one who was working with a human? That was all the more reason to make sure that proper care was taken on the trek. And so for a day the party traveled, a caravan of birds, dragons, reptiles and the odd flying robot making steady time across the Rolling Plains before setting down at the north-eastern edge.

The curious would find that not far from where the tents were pitched, the green hills turned jagged, the land going from verdant to a sea of dark glass. Obsidian shards spiked upwards, spires gleaming in the moonlight like razor sharp teeth, setting an ominous tone for the evening's respite. Tents were pitched, fires were lit, and the more warlike companions even began a drum circle and dance. Valkyries and shirtless Calderan volunteers, a small number of visiting mages, and other more mysterious folks all curious to see the god and to help with the relief efforts. The camp, despite the circumstances, was at least a lively one.

And then came the final day.

Over the Obsidian Flats they went, the massive shapes of Boldore and Tyranitar visible even from up in the sky. And...further perhaps even more stunningly, a gigantic lake almost large enough to call an inland sea, sprawled out below. Rivers snaked out of it all around, and the water itself was a pure crystal blue. But perhaps the most awe inspiring sight of the whole journey came once they cleared the Flats and the area around Glacier came into view. An expanse of white, thick snow covering the ground this early in the year. Arctic forests cropped up here and there, snowcapped trees and a frigid looking river marring the perfect canvas beneath. And more Pokemon , of course. Gigantic Avalugg shook the ground below, and a new species plodded along, chewing amiably on the trees, largely unconcerned by the humans overhead, and the occurrences in the distance.

Along the coast a city was in flames, people streaming out of its ruined gates, desperately fleeing along the rivers before whatever it was came back. Smoke curled up along the skyline, burned hamlets and outlying settlements that'd already been destroyed.

It seems like they weren't too late, and it in the moment of respite there was a chance for our heroes to at least get their bearings and prepare for the Dragon God's return...]

[OOC: We will be opening some of these areas for bonding within the next few days for everyone who is taking part in the expedition.]

Comments

[untalented]

[Oh, Waver understood this. He understood it better than Feliks realized, and the two of them were united in their sentiment.]

...With you, I always figured you were just a stubborn idiot who didn't grasp the situation. With him...I think he knows exactly what to say to get a reaction.

[He paused, thoughtful.]

We're both Psychic, and we both have the same skill... But, he's not the sort who can read minds, is he? That talent passed over me.

[niepokonany]

I think he could maybe-kinda-sorta, with Yuui, but that might have been more of a twin thing than a psychic thing. He's just, like, good at finding buttons to push.

[untalented]

This is going to be mind-numbingly frustrating, if that's the case.

[niepokonany]

...And he'll be in trouble with me if he doesn't back off after I talk to him about it.

[untalented]

...

You both are weird, you know that?

[niepokonany]

...Huh? How am I being weird?

[untalented]

You're just concerning yourself an awful lot about this problem. It's nothing I can't handle-- we figured things out after a while.

[All it took was a Gabite and Skitty destroying his home, Feliks offering to help fix the damage, and a game of Truth or Dare.]

[niepokonany]

...I'm not super used to having a lot of friends, and I'm worried about him.

I just... I'd really like you two to get along. You know? It'd make me feel better.

[He doesn't like the idea of having to side with the man he loves or his friends against the other.]

[untalented]

[Waver looked away, not even sure what to say when faced with those words. If their positions were reversed and he were in Feliks' place, he knew that he would be just as confused and concerned about how to proceed.

Why were people always so difficult?]

....Why is it that Union's nobility only comes in two varieties? They're either friends with everyone, or they have so few friends that they're the odd ducklett out. It makes no sense.

[niepokonany]

Or some way weird combination of both. I think it's 'cause they're raised to be all diplomatic and junk, but also rich kids who are told they're better than everybody can actually kind of suck at dealing with people?

I wouldn't totally know. My parents weren't big on the whole noble thing, but they didn't have any other kids for my grandparents to rope back into it, so I got into the noble scene kinda late.

[untalented]

Sounds annoying, [he muttered,] but they've got a better handle on things than the Magi do.

Affairs in the Towers aren't too different from Union's nobility, in that respect.

[niepokonany]

For me, it was more like "oh, all the normal people know I'm a noble so they think I think I'm better than them, and I never actually learned about how to get along with nobles, so they mostly don't like me either," so... I mean, I had a couple friends, sort of? But mostly just Jadwiga.

[untalented]

......Yeah, that sounds like it must have been really annoying.

[People. They were difficult to get along with no matter what part of the continent they were on.]

[niepokonany]

Seriously. But whatever, I'm over it!

[untalented]

Just....just like that?

[niepokonany]

...Yeah?

[Feliks, if anything, looks a little baffled at the implication that it might not be just like that.]

[untalented]

....It sounds like a difficult notion to reconcile with.

[niepokonany]

Not really. I was just like, "you know, if people are gonna not like me anyway, I'm just gonna not care and like me enough for all of them!"

Then, bam! No problem!

[untalented]

Hm. That makes it all sound very simple, though.

[niepokonany]

...It kinda was?

[Feliks isn't a person who really overcomplicates things.]

[untalented]

...

I don't think I'm ever going to get you.

[But....somehow? That was okay.]

[niepokonany]

It's cool. I'm just like, too fierce for mortal comprehension.

[It's really hard to tell how serious he is when he says things like that.]