[WP01] Eyes of the Night

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16. A smooth, sunbleached lynx skull lies in a clearing.


After helping the blue Acha roll a rock to Idle's gathering spot, Night took a gander what the old goat might be up to. He seemed very preoccupied with his project, but he did stop for a moment to rattle off a few things he still needed. Not bothering to engage the old goat in conversation, Night wandered of to see what he could find.

Night entered a clearing and found a sun bleached skull on the ground. "Looks like a lynx lost this battle," Night said to no one in particular. "It would make a dandy addition to Idle's project, but he didn't say he was looking for any skulls." Night thought about bringing the skull back, but then decided against it. Idle seemed very particular about what he wanted. Night walked away from the skull hoping he wouldn't regret leaving it behind.
 

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14.A wonderfully lovely conch shell is nestled in the grass. It is strange to see this so far inland...

Night spotted a conch shell almost hidden by tall grass. What a lovely find, he thought. Not what Idle is looking for though. If he can't find anything for Idle, he might have to start collecting these interesting things and start building something himself.

Night dropped his head and put his ear the opening of the shell. Interesting sound, he thought. I wonder what it is.
 

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18.You find a plant of absolutely intoxicating scent, surrounded by hummingbirds. It proves impossible to transport their nectar, but nothing's stopping you from sampling some while you're here.

"What a lovely scent," murmured Night. He watched the hummingbirds buzzing from one flower to the next. Their wings were hypnotic to watch. Shaking himself, he stepped away from the flowers. This wasn't getting him anywhere. He needed to find useful things for Idle, not for himself. With a last look at the pretty birds, he sighed and walked away.

 

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33.You follow the sound of buzzing to a likely-looking hive. You have options!
• Procure a chunk of wax yourself, but spend the rest of the day nursing your stings (try again tomorrow) Success!

• Get a friend to help you devise a means of distraction or engineering to secure a chunk of wax unharmed. Friend required. Success!

• Reroll: this is too risky for you!
Success with this prompt enters you into a drawing for a free semicustom Giant Wasp! Post in THIS THREAD with a link to your post and a note that it's for the wasp drawing to be entered.

Night stood pondering the Hive. Well, this was something Idle definitely needed. But how to get a chunk of wax without making a bunch bees mad as... well mad as a hornet. This would not bode well for him if he had to tackle this alone. The thought of the Acha that he helped earlier came to mind. He was sure the fellow would be willing to help, but Night knew the kin had his own tasks to complete and there was no telling what direction he might have gone off in.

 

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Night's skin twitched as he heard a noise behind him. He turned to see an Acha with an odd adornment around his neck. Odd that when he was thinking of an Acha kin, one would show up. Mother Swamp must be smiling down on me today, he thought.

At the Acha's feet sat three bunnies. A familiar loving kin much like himself, thought Night. He was curious to ask about the interesting entourage, but he had a task at hand and from what Idle had hinted at, there was a time element involved as well.

"Why yes I do," replied Night. "I was hoping to snag a chunk of wax. Do you have any suggestions?"

FrostyPeaches

 

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FrostyPeaches

"If your friend, Tales, is willing to risk a few stings, it would certainly be a big help to me," replied Night. "I think with most of the stingers gone off in pursuit of your friend, I could grab a chunk from the hive with minimal stinging done to myself.
 

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"That's good advice for your little friend," said Night. "I can certainly help gather pebbles." Night found small pebbles and rocks and brought them back to the group.

FrostyPeaches

 

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FrostyPeaches

"That's pretty neat trick," said Night. Sometimes Night felt that there wasn't much that could surprise him, but this little tail flipping trick was ingenious he thought to himself.

The first pebble he tried, dropped from his tail. The next went wide, but he hit the mark on the third try. It hit the hive with a resounding thwack. More bees started zipping out of the hive and buzzing angrily.
 

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FrostyPeaches

Night balanced a slightly bigger rock on his tail and gave it a swing. It hit the hive hard enough to make it rock. A mini swarm of angry wasps spotted the hopping bunny and headed for him.

With the wasps distracted, Night dashed over to the hive, pulled a chunk of wax off and dashed towards the pond. The Acha's suggestion of diving into the water would definitely divert any of the stingers that chose to follow him and not the bunny.