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ใ€Œ ๐‘๐„๐ƒ ใ€Ruaidrigh mac Raith ([personal profile] macwraith) wrote in [community profile] abraxaslogs2024-07-23 12:05 am

[ CLOSED ] sailing on a ship in a bottle

Who: Red & Zagreus
When: July
Where: Solvunn, Tertiary Settlement
What: July Quest: fishing amongst Leviathans
Warnings: n/a


It's Red's first trip to another one of the settlements in the Solvunn Commune, and he can't say he isn't curious. These tales of sea monsters intrigue him, and if he can lend a helping hand to repay the community, he's more than willing. Some of them may have chosen to pull people from their homes and bring them here, but any lingering grudge Red might have against those leaders, he's well aware the vast majority of folk are just trying to live their lives. He can't begrudge them that.

Luckily for him, he learns that Zagreus intends to venture out into the waters as well, and happily attaches himself to a familiar face. During the trip out on the boat, he asks Zagreus if he's ever been out this way before, if he's visited the Secondary Settlement and what the differences are, and generally bombards him with questions about his experiences so far in Solvunn for as long as Zagreus is willing to withstand them.

By the time they glimpse a giant fin cutting through the water up ahead, it may or may not be a relief to change the subject.

"Hold up." Red points out toward the unnatural shadow rippling under the water.

"Is that one of 'em?"
inthenameofhades: (Sarcasm and snark face)

[personal profile] inthenameofhades 2024-07-30 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
"Uh...I was rather hoping you might have a solution to that particular issue?" Zagreus says, having completely failed to consider that possibility.

After all, the only boats he'd ever been on were those that travelled upon the rivers of the Underworld. Vessels that tended to be rather immune to little things like 'rocks'.

The leviathan is gaining, its head briefly rising upon the waters - at which point Zagreus hurls the Bloodstone at it. Upon contact it immediately sinks within the leviathan, and the beast...slows. Not overly so, but enough that it's clear the Bloodstone has had a detrimental effect.
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[personal profile] inthenameofhades 2024-07-30 09:34 am (UTC)(link)
The sudden turn is jarring, and Zagreus has to reach out and grab the side of the boat to keep his footing. As he's drenched in seawater, Zagreus can't help but be reminded of his Lord Uncle Poseidon.

Pity he wasn't here. Maybe he should have asked his cousin Percy for a hand.

But even without the aid of Zagreus's divine relatives, Red's wild maneuver works. The leviathan roars as it launches itself out of the water - right where their boat used to be. Momentum propels the beast forward, even as the rocks drag against its belly and slows it down.

"Mate, you did it!" Zagreus says, laughing. It worked! He holds out one hand, summoning forth another Bloodstone as he grins at Red. "Fancy killing this thing until it's very, very dead?"
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[personal profile] inthenameofhades 2024-08-08 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
"Bloodstones, actually," Zagreus says as he tosses the second one at the leviathan - and then immediately summons and throws a third. Like the first, these two both sink into the beast, further debilitating it. "But I've only got the three, and we'll need a bit more than that to kill it."

Because while the Bloodstones did deliver some damage, without a boon it wasn't anything particularly impressive. And he'd have to wait for the Bloodstones to emerge before he could throw them again. They were going to need to rely on their blades.

By this point, the Leviathan had begun to thrash violently, trying to dislodge itself for the rocks. If they waited too long, it might manage it and escape back to the sea. Luckily, Zagreus didn't plan to wait.

He Dshes forward, phasing forward in successive streaks of red light to get right up and personal with the Leviathan's tail. His sword flashes, dealing two quick strikes to the beast - before he needs to Dash quickly to dodge a swipe from its tail.