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abraxaslogs2022-09-27 06:23 pm
monomachy) wrote in abraxaslogs2022-09-27 06:23 pm
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fake water all across the road
WHO: Diana & Inej.
WHEN: September.
WHERE: In the desert along the southern trail between Solvunn and the Free Cities.
WHAT: Protecting the supply caravan.
WARNINGS: Possibly some bandit fighting.
[A few days in Libertas was all it took for Diana to see that there were plenty of people to help with the search and rescue efforts. Almost all of the large rubble has been moved by that point, and the hounds are more effective at finding survivors than any one person. So it is that when the call goes out for Summoned to escort a supply caravan across the desert, Diana has to only briefly weigh her options before volunteering. She has trained in tactics for most of her life, and knows how important supply lines are to an ailing city; she has also been in this world long enough to know how dangerous the desert can be.
Being paired with Inej is a stroke of luck and a blessing, and despite the wreckage left behind in Libertas, she finds that the first leg of the journey is fairly easygoing. The portal got them close to the supply drop, but the rest of the journey must be made on foot--or, in their case, on horseback. Diana's steed is a dapple gray mare, beautiful and sure of foot, and hardy for the desert clime. Her name is Quicksilver, and she's easy to ride, mostly able to manage the route on her own, which allows the Amazon to keep an eye on their surroundings.
Much of the journey is made at night in order to avoid the desert heat, so it is near the end of the day, as the sun sinks towards the horizon, that they prepare to set out. Once her own supplies are gathered and packed upon Quicksilver's back, Diana makes her way over to Inej to check in with her.]
How goes it?
WHEN: September.
WHERE: In the desert along the southern trail between Solvunn and the Free Cities.
WHAT: Protecting the supply caravan.
WARNINGS: Possibly some bandit fighting.
[A few days in Libertas was all it took for Diana to see that there were plenty of people to help with the search and rescue efforts. Almost all of the large rubble has been moved by that point, and the hounds are more effective at finding survivors than any one person. So it is that when the call goes out for Summoned to escort a supply caravan across the desert, Diana has to only briefly weigh her options before volunteering. She has trained in tactics for most of her life, and knows how important supply lines are to an ailing city; she has also been in this world long enough to know how dangerous the desert can be.
Being paired with Inej is a stroke of luck and a blessing, and despite the wreckage left behind in Libertas, she finds that the first leg of the journey is fairly easygoing. The portal got them close to the supply drop, but the rest of the journey must be made on foot--or, in their case, on horseback. Diana's steed is a dapple gray mare, beautiful and sure of foot, and hardy for the desert clime. Her name is Quicksilver, and she's easy to ride, mostly able to manage the route on her own, which allows the Amazon to keep an eye on their surroundings.
Much of the journey is made at night in order to avoid the desert heat, so it is near the end of the day, as the sun sinks towards the horizon, that they prepare to set out. Once her own supplies are gathered and packed upon Quicksilver's back, Diana makes her way over to Inej to check in with her.]
How goes it?
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Diana's challenge serves as enough of a distraction to give Inej her opening for her next attack. She casts a spell she's been perfecting and from it, a blade made of shadow forms in her hands, which she drives into the remaining eye of the beast- and in something of an impossibly smooth, acrobatic sort of movement, grabs the dagger she'd first thrown, the blade tearing further into the soft tissue of the eye as she pulls it sharply down and out.
She knows how to fall, it's innate as she goes down to make herself as small as possible, tuck and roll as far as the momentum might carry her and immediately scramble to her feet to flee the serpent's reach.]
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But Inej's attack seems to have done the trick; now blinded by its own blood, the creature screeches in pain and frustration, and dives back into the dune beneath them. Panting, Diana scans the area, following the trail of crimson it left in its wake, but the creature does not emerge again, nor does she spot any signs of its return.
Right arm hanging limp by her side, she finally turns her gaze to Inej and smiles, a little lopsided. It seems part of her face has gone numb, too.]
I think it's safe to say it won't be coming back for us.
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Good. [She nods and makes her way back to where Diana stands.] Are you all right?
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Get me on my horse and I will be just fine. We should be able to make it to the meeting point and portal by dawn if they've managed to fix the wheel. And if the gods are good, this will wear off by then.
["This" being the numbness, which she demonstrates by awkwardly shrugging the shoulder of her numb arm.]
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All right. I hope you’re right. The sooner, the better.
[With that, she takes lead but lingers close to Diana in case she needs more help than she first thought.
It’s a quick assessment and back on the road after that. The wheel is fixed and they have time to make up for now.]
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During the hours they travel, the shallow cuts on her sides close, though her armor is ruined. She isn't looking forward to having to replace it. By the time they actually reach the checkpoint and the portals, it's nearly dawn. Diana is tired (her body has spent a lot of energy repairing itself), but once more whole and able to move every part of herself as she should.
Diana and Inej are the last to step through the portal, and it feels good to be back in Cadens, in familiar territory. She just hopes that their efforts will bring even a little bit of relief to those in Libertas.]