Black Mage Village RP Thread :)

[feathered_mages]

Another normal still-wintery day in the Village. At least Arashi's mood has been marginally better now that he knows his 'pet' isn't dead.

Which means all three Waltzes are back to perching in a group - for now on top of the bakery again. Mostly because it's warm there, but also because Mr. 44 just finished a batch of cookies and they're eating some.

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[feathered_mages]

The two Waltzes still on the ground dodge - barely, in Mistral's case with it coming within a half inch of snagging the littlest Waltz's jacket - and then take to the air like Blaze did. Death from above, spider! Bwahahaha!

Or, once Mistral's regained his concentration, a rather nice Blizzaga.

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The spider is very weak, and not able to last long. After Mistral's blizzard... well, that's it for the poor thing.

And he's just watching until they're finished~

[feathered_mages]

That's it? The Waltzlets almost seem a bit disappointed. Arashi casts thunder on the dead spider just to see if it's faking or going to get back up. When it doesn't, the Waltzes land. Blaze finds a stick to poke the dead spider with.

Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.

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That's it! Faster than he expected. And he moves closer to it, watching them. "Mmm... perhaps we need to go somewhere else."

[feathered_mages]

Blaze looks up but doesn't stop poking. Poke, poke, poke. "Some place with no big spiders?"

Arashi looks around. "I don't see any more of them here, and this one's no fun any more."

"Do you think it was poisonous?" Mistral asks curiously.

Arashi snerks. "It doesn't matter now if it was."

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"Some place with ones that would make better practice." That didn't even take ten minutes.

"And I'm not sure."

[feathered_mages]

That gets their attention away from poking at the dead spider.

"Ok!" all three say. Seriously, where's something else they can kill?

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Thinking for a moment. "I think I know somewhere better. We'll have to PINPoint again." Hugging time now~?

[feathered_mages]

Glomp~

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And off they go! Reappearing in... another empty looking field, this time near a pond.

[feathered_mages]

And the Waltzlets look around.

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And he 'looks' around, for something new to kill... there!

He'll call it soon, but not yet. Would be suspicious.

[feathered_mages]

Mistral wonders if the water has any big monsters or just little fishes. Sealion likes water monsters for food.

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Eventually, something comes at them from the lake!

A strange, dinosaur-like creature (http://www.ffonline.com/1_ff9en/axebeak.jpg), about three feet tall. And unlike the first monster, it can use Thunder spells. Which it does, to whichever Waltz is nearest!

[feathered_mages]

That, unfortunately, happens to be Mistral, who lets out a pained squawk and then starts crying. Blaze and Arashi retaliate with a couple of fire spells, Arashi only avoiding his favored element because he guesses any creature using it is likely not weak to it.

Mistral, has retreated a bit, sobbing. He rings his bell - but as one might expect of a Waltz, it's not to summon one of the Eidolons with healing abilities. No, when too panicked and hurt to think clearly, Mistral only remembers one summons. Sealion.

The giant ice monster takes one look at the little Waltz before making a growling rumble that certainly isn't the 'noisy crushed-ice maker' purr the creature has been known to make when Mistral scritches it. No, this is not a happy Sealion. The two claw-like limbs come forward, one swinging down between the little Waltz and the Axebeak like a protective fence, the other slashing at the other monster.

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The Axe Beak isn't too badly hurt by the Fire spells, but what the Sealion does to it...

Still alive though! Very wobbly, but alive. This time it aims the Thunder spell for the Sealion that just attacked it.

[feathered_mages]

This gets a yelp from both the Sealion and Mistral. The Sealion vanishes and Mistral counters with Blizzard.

The other two Waltzes have taken advantage of the distraction of Sealion to work on higher level spells, a Fira from Blaze - likely not so effective a second after a Blizzard - and a Thundaga from Arashi a moment later.

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Kuja is watching off to the side, quietly!

And after these three spells... the little 'dinosaur' is dead. :o

[feathered_mages]

Two of the Waltzes are happy. Mistral's a sniffling little worried mess. "I-I hafta get to the Nexus. Sealion's hurt."

The other two don't like the idea of the trip being cut short. "Why can't you just bring him here and then summon Kirin or something?" suggests Blaze. He's looking for a stick to poke the Axe Beak with.

"Because he's not here, he's in the Nexus," Mistral says, perhaps not making quite as much sense as he could. "I can't summon two things at the same time."

"Hmph," Arashi refolds his wings. Stupid Mistral and his stupid pet were going to ruin the only time they've had a chance to go out and play somewhere were you could cast spells on something other than a stupid couch. "Maybe you should summon Kirin for yourself first," he says, noting the way one of Mistral's wings is hanging limp from that earlier Thunder spell.

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"Or," he says, not really caring that he's interrupting! "I could heal the Sealion."

[feathered_mages]

"Good," Blaze says, now poking the dead monster with a stick.

Mistral just rings the bell. Sealion is actually in better shape than the Waltz, but Mistral doesn't care, just hurrying over to cuddle his pet. For Sealion's part, it's more concerned about the little Waltz, sniffing at him and making slightly distressed sounds.

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He'll heal Mistral and the Sealion, then. Why not~?

"And I can always take any of you back, if you feel like it."

[feathered_mages]

Shaking of pointy-hatted little heads at that. "I don't wanna go back," whines Blaze, still poking the dead Axe Beak with a stick.

"I don't either," says Mistral. "I just couldn't let Sealion be hurt." And he snuggles Sealion for a moment and pats some scales - those few he can actually reach. Then he giggles and bounces over to grab the dead Axe Beak by the beak.

"Hey," Blaze starts to protest when the littler Waltz starts dragging the dead monster away. And then he gets more interested in watching what Mistral is going to do with it.

After a little tugging and only managing to pull the thing a few inches, Mistral casts float on it. And then happily takes it over to feed to the Sealion.

It's a monster eat monster world sometimes. And Sealion has no table manners to speak of, skewering the Axe Beak on a claw and eating it like some really ugly shish-kabob.

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Not something he wants to watch, but he won't stop it.

And now he's looking for something new...

[feathered_mages]

Neither do the other two Waltzes. Luckily, they're spared most of the sight. Sealion vanishes again taking its dinner with it.