Event Are You There

Eoin,

Deity of Deity

Played by Staff

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It started with one. A small bubble of gas that has been trapped below managed to burp its way to the surface. It bursts to send many droplets all around and a stench of sulfur that can be smelled from far away. Then, there was another and another and they continued until they began to grow in size. Surely to catch many by surprise. However, if one listened close enough- they would find a steady rhythm that they created.

Table by Naboo

-Each 'round' is started when a post is made from the Eoin account.
-Players may post as many times as needed/wanted within each round.
-No character may enter into the thread after the second round has started.
-The character must post at least once to each round to claim the bonus feathers for the thread (10 per event thread)
-To keep things moving along there will only be 48 hrs between each 'round' regardless of who has replied or not.

This is purely for enjoyment and not mandatory.

Basilia,

Lioness of Prideless

Played by Cat

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Of course, she would be there to notice. Her favored place was the swamp and she had grown accustomed to the way of life within it. She knew the way the murk moved. The way the sludge shifted. She was aware of the deeper places and those of the shallow. A connection to the place that was unsettled today. Eyes glanced over to the water. Her paws were already dirtied by the waters. Mud caked on to her lower limbs, despite her security upon a dry fallen log.

She watched as the bubble rose to the surface. Grimaced as it popped and expelled the vulgar gas. It burned the hairs within her nostrils, forced the woman to recoil in the opposing direction. Yet to only discover how fruitless her act had been. Because from behind another would pop. And another to the side. Until she was surrounded by the rise and burst of many, many different gas pockets.

She was at the mercy of the swamp. Trapped on her log for the moment as she wondered what type of spirits could upset the land so greatly.

Kyarri,

Cub of Prideless

Played by Amanda

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She was a child of unfortunate circumstances, an orphan of war, and it would seem that Kyarri's luck was still tainted beneath the bloodstains of battle. With so many different places to explore in these news lands she found herself in, the dusty girl had found herself quite utterly lost within this murky, sodden bog. She had done her best to remain dry and mud-free, and had completely failed in her attempts as the muck coated her socked legs. Dry spots were to infrequent for Kya to manage hopping from one fallen log to the next, thus having to force herself through the water in order to scramble up the next tree trunk or other various debris. All this in-and-out of the water, though, had completely turned the child around to the point that she wasn't certain as to which way would lead her back out of the swamp. Needing to refocus and catch her breath, the orphan clawed her way up a fallen branch just barely thick enough to hold her weight, for now.

The first bubble, she didn't immediately notice. But then was another, and then another. Next she heard the movements of someone else nearby, managing to whip her head around to spot a fluffy feline witnessing the same bubbles while on a fallen log. There was no time to ask questions, though, as more bubbles rose up around the child as well, leaving behind a pungent odor with every burst at the surface of the swamp. What was going on?

Table & Manip by Amanda | Cub Stock | Background Texture made with Pattern Cooler

Hecuba,

Lioness of Junior Member

Played by

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Hecuba had never been the type to hover until recently. The mere idea of Kyarri being out of her sight was enough to cause her heart rate to spike, but she was independent -- maybe even more so than either of her girls had been. She had survived on her own for so long it was foolish of the fallen queen to think her guardianship necessary, but whatever. Hecuba had some issues she needed to work through, okay? Issues she wasn't feeling particularly interested in confronting right then and there, so instead, she slipped off after the cub while she explored..

And then got stuck.

Hecuba stood on dry land, eyes widening as the bubbles began to pop noisily. "Kyarri!" The lioness frowned and began to wade into the swampy water, but it became quite obvious the thickness of the liquid was going to prevent her from making any kind of rescue attempt. Although she was vaguely aware of the adult lioness in the same situation, Hecuba.. gave zero fucks about her. Whoops.

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Alain,

Cub of Prideless

Played by Naboo

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The present of others was not what brought him here, for some reason he'd opted to follow the horrendous stench that accompanied the belching, bubbling earth. It brought him from the far depths of the swamp, his coat covered in splotches of mud and brackish stains, green eyes paling as they watched the boiling waters expel their waste. Someone was calling out - my goodness he hoped his mother wouldn't do that to him, how could he be cool then? - before spotting the other child clinging to a branch. Someone else was on a log, and all these strangers seemed to be brought together by that thing roiling angrily in the grungy waters of the swamp. Occasionally sticks and debris from below rose and exploded with a bursting bubble before slapping flatly back down onto the water, and a slight nervousness at how fast they were spreading caused him to try and make his way partially up a tree. Small claws latched onto the bark and perched him a foot up from the waters, hugging the tree with his ears against his skull as his eyes widened while looking at it. "Wh... what's going on?" Directed at no one in particular and all the same each of them at once.

Eoin,

Deity of Deity

Played by Staff

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The bursts and pops of the murky water continued on as they filed in. Each one a different size as it broke the surface, yet would smell just as horrid as the one previous to it. However if one was to pay close enough attention, they would notice that they were, in fact, growing in size and the amount of them at one time. With each mini-explosion, the amount of free space offered to those within would shrink.

The noise of them began to grow more so in the north. To the south, it would seem a thin path still lay clear and unbothered by the sudden chaos of the land. As if it was planted there to tempt them down it and away from the rotten-egg stench of the water that popped so viciously toward them.

Table by Naboo

Please excuse the delay in this response.


@Alain @Hecuba @Basilia @Kyarri

Basilia,

Lioness of Prideless

Played by Cat

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She had little time to think. Each burst seemed to become closer. There was more and more by each second that ticked away. Eyes found a figure that moved in the distance. It was small and youthful. A cub that Basilia wanted to scoop up to protect, but she does not. She remained upon her fallen log for as long as she could manage. Long enough to hear the call of a name and her head jerked to find the lioness.

But as her eyes had moved another had been caught. Another cub they would see. That is when the chaos seemed to pick up. Ears picked up the noise and the lack of it, in a certain direction. Immediately she jumped into the slosh and ushered herself toward the boy. Since it seemed the female had a caretaker for the moment. "This way! Come, come!" She cried out in urgency to the boy cub. Her paws attempted the path that had been cleared of the bubbles and whatever else may be going on.

Even if the sudden break to the south seemed far too good to be true.

@Alain @Hecuba @Kyarri

Alain,

Cub of Prideless

Played by Naboo

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Luckily she was here because otherwise he may not have had the courage to jump back down - though he hardly had an option. As the lioness approached his paws began to give way and his grip weakened against the bark, his body releasing and claws scratching at the wood which was just too damp not to break apart beneath his grip. As he tumbled into the murk below he rose out of it, some of it had cleared, but the rest bogged down his coat and infiltrated his nostrils in a most unpleasant way.

He shook his head and curled his lips in disgust as his shoulders shuddered together before he stretched out. But before he followed the lioness he turned towards the other cub, sticking his head out from above the bubbling and belching waters. "H..hey! We should go this way, come on." Trying to encourage the others to follow he turned towards Basilia, waiting for her to lead the way to safety. If mother could only see all the trouble he seemed to always get himself into when she wasn't around. Then again it was likely for the best that she didn't, that way she couldn't scold or him get too worried.

Eoin,

Deity of Deity

Played by Staff

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The parted path would seem to grow more shallow with each touch of a paw upon it. The water shifted and parted and allowed those that followed the break in the swamp to pass with much more ease as they removed themselves from the chaos that had broken out.

The trek is not long, but still within a good distance from the center. Before long the foliage of the swamp begins to scarcen. Less and less is seen until it is gone altogether. Even the ground itself seemed to stop at a sharp drop. The ocean lay in waiting below.

A single bird has flown from the branch to swoop down past the duo that had come. Its wings flap in a soothing rhythm as it takes off toward the vast expanse of see. From the higher placement, a shallow sandbank could be found as it connected the mainland with the Atoll in the distance.

A new place for all to explore, discovered by the two.

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Ardalion Atoll has been revealed!

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@Alain @Basilia

Basilia,

Lioness of Prideless

Played by Cat

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It would seem the water began to retreat and part a path for the duo that had decided to take the clear route that had been so graciously offered to them, by whatever higher power may be in the works. She was careful as to not rush too far ahead, afraid to let the stranger of a cub from her sight. She may be no mother, but the instinct to protect was ever strong with Basilia when she stumbled across a youth.

In due time the mire gave way to a drop and out in the ocean, she could spot what looked like a sliver of land surrounded by a reef. Eyes followed the single bird that had followed them out as it leads her gaze to find the shallow path from shore to the atoll. Eyes lit with a new interest and the previous chaos had already begun to clear from her mind.

"Look there!" She pointed with the jut of her chin before she glanced to the boy. With a giggle of laughter, she would not wait as she turned to the right and trudged along the edge of the mire to find a place she could descend down to the beach from.

She just had to explore the new found isle.

-exit-

@Alain