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feathered_mages) wrote2010-01-21 09:56 am
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A Study of the Fauna of Termina [For kasumu_sekai]
The next time the younger Rydia sees the little Black Mages, they may seem a bit more prepared for a trip. At least judging from the new little grade-school-type backpacks they're sporting. Blaze had picked those up for them at the Nexus Mall, being of the opinion that visiting other worlds was a great opportunity to pick up Shiny Things and that it might help to have something to carry them in. He couldn't use a backpack himself, what with the wings, but he has no doubts about their usefulness.
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It's not all that far. Past the short wall separating the beach from the grassy area, and from there to a spot where the grass gives way to an odd area of bare rock dotted with giant mushroom-shaped stone formations. There are still patches of snow, mostly in the shade beneath the strange stone shapes. And from the nearest of those patches, something will throw a snowball at them.
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Mistral just stares for a moment and shakes his head as if he can't believe what he's seeing. "They've shrunk. They're melting along with the snow."
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He'll then start chasing Eenos, trying to scoop one up and put it in a box with some snow. It only takes half a second for the Magelets to join in, and occasionally throw some snowballs back at the Eenos.
This isn't going so well, though, as far as getting them 'crated' to be moved. At least not until Mistral remembers there's a much easier way... turning the hollow cubes on their sides and some use of his Bell later and the surviving Eenos just slide into the boxes.
The Magelets are a little disappointed the snowball fight is over for now.
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"Maybe we could float the sled," suggests Kaze.
"Are there more ice monsters all up the mountain?" asks Luca, looking at the mountain trail ahead of them.
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The Magelets look around for any more Eenos, but find none. They do find a couple flowers poking out of the snow, though.
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"I found Snowball in a tree like this one, but it looks like most of the snow on it is gone." And standing under a conifer tree that contains a few small bits of slush might not be a good idea, as a glob of it falls from the branches and lands on the Waltz with a very wet 'splut'.
The Magelets are also checking patches of snow, though they're not entirely sure what for. Anything that moves is their guess.
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As soon as Whyt touches it, a good portion of the 'slush' wriggles and turns to look at them with big yellow eyes.
The Magelets sound excited about something, too, in a patch of snow not too far away. They've managed to find a couple of Boes as well, by the tactic of nearly tripping over them, and are now trying to catch them.
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"There's a Boe on my hat, isn't there?" asks Mistral. It's not really a question, since he can guess the answer.
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Without snow, though, White Boes are pretty vulnerable and prone to being picked off by other critters that want to see if they're tasty.
Or, as the others are finding, being picked up by Magelets who want to see if they're cuddly.
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Rydia's Boe just snuggles into the snow and closes its eyes, perfectly concealed.
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There had been quite a lot of Boes still hiding in the remaining snow - more Boes than snow, really, it seems. But soon it seems they've found them all, though the Magelets keep searching for a few more minutes just to be sure. They're so hard to spot, after all. And Mistral has learned that the Hiploop really likes to headbutt things, and is still running into any trees.
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Lono waddles up with one last Boe that the Hiploop knocked out of a tree, and Mistral decides to let the pet play until he's back from dropping the load off. Then he'll give in and use his Bell to get the Hiploop to stop attacking trees so they can continue up the mountain.
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