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 Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 6:36 am
The scrapping sound grew louder as the colt rushed back and Nyamuregira stopped her pacing to watch the colt reappear. Well, he had been quite quick at that task. Her eyes moved to the white raven chick and seeing the young fat bird Nya couldn't help but lick her lips. It had been some time since her last meal, she still ate as though she were in the desert a meal every few days, gobbling down every single scrap of meat a carcass could offer her before moving on. She could not afford to get used to a constant supply of food as she planned to return to the desert soon enough. If it were not for her desire to see how this experiment turned out she may have very well took the opportunity to make a snack out of the chick. She watched the bird for a moment, almost expecting it to move or attempt to fly off, but it just sat there as if waiting for it's fate to be placed before it.
"It is a good name for him." Nya took a step forward to get a better look at the chick as it sat there. The bird did indeed look dumb. "That is a good trait to have in a test subject. But let's not waste any time, I am eager to see how he reacts to those leaves." She took a step back to not only get away from the tempting snack but also to give BlackIce the room to move the chick closer to the leaves.
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Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 10:30 am
Sensing that the lava mare was running out of patience BlackIce nodded and then turned his attention to the raven chick, using a clawed foot to push it closer to the poisoned leaves. He figured he would go ahead and start with the ones he really wanted to test..and then move on to the other ideas that Nya had brought up while they were talking earlier.
When Scourge didn't immediately seem interested in the leaves Blackice reached out with a claw and rapped the little beast on the head as though trying to bring it out of a daze. Letting out a little squawk the chick seemed to suddenly realize that there were things going on around him and being right next to the leaves he just reached out and grabbed one chewing it slowly for a few moments and making a few faces as he did so. Without any preamble the chick swallowed the mouthful of leaves and took another bite..and for a few moments it seemed as though this was going to be a really boring experiment. After a few chews of this new mouthful however the chick suddenly let out another confused squawk...and then fell on the ground twitching manically and foaming out of the mouth. BlackIce was ecstatic and lowered his head to get a closer look. This was definitely the type of ingredient that might be useful for his potions later on!
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Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 10:48 am
It was nothing interesting at first. The chick, stupid as he was - BlackIce's words, just sat there once positioned in front of the plant. Perhaps the beast was too stupid for it's intended purpose, which would mean making it a snack after all would be a good thing. But then a few taps from BlackIce's claws and the bird came to life so to speak. But as the first leaf was consumed Nyamuragira was seeing this experiment as a waste of time, clearly the leaves were nothing special and the bird simple shuddered because leaves were not a raven's natural food source. She knew little of this species but one look at the beak told her this creature did not normally eat leaves. She was about to voice that she was leaving when the bird fell into spasms on the ground.
"Well now, things just got interesting here." Lick the colt Nyamuragira took a step closer to the bird noting the foam coming out of his mouth. "I do believe you found something useful here, if he survives we shall try that mixture of leaves." There would be no eating the bird now, eating poisoned meat was a foolish idea, but food wasn't on Nyamuragira's mind at the moment. Her eyes widened in in fascination and her long mouth curled into a cruel looking smile as she watched the chick thrash about on the ground. "And all it took were...what two maybe three leaves?" Of course the chick was small, to have the same reaction in someone either her own size or that of the colts there would need to be a large number of leaves consumed.
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Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 11:02 am
"yes I was worried at first nothing would happen..which wouldn't have really made sense I know these plants are poisonous to touch. But I was right,..they are poisonous to eat too!" BlackIce stated, half congratulating himself on a good choice and half speaking to the lava mare. It seemed the thrashing a foaming was about the end of the reaction however - though it seemed to go in in spurts for a fair while until the foam and little green flecks that cam up with it stopped. BlackIce assumed this meant she had gotten it all out of his system.
The chick was still alive, though he looked a bit more disoriented then normal..probably do to the thrashing around. He smelled too but BlackIce would deal with that later with a quick dunk in the stream before heading back up the mountain. "Do you think we should try the other leaves now? By themselves first and then combined with the first?" He asked the lava mare as the chick continued to feebly recover.
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Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 12:02 pm
"Not all reactions are immediate. I know of some poisons that can take days to take hold of the body that have been placed in. Those can be handy at times. But things like this," she motioned to the chick with her nose, "are handy as well. Depends on what you want out of your poison." She watched as the chick seemed to come an end of the spasms and even spit up few bits of leaves. He was slow to recover, which she smiled at. "With the right dose these leaves you can temporarily inhibit someone from moving, what you do to them during that time is up to you, administer more or other poisons or bind them, though that could be difficult with all the thrashing."
At his question Nyramuragira gave her head a shake. "No, not yet. Best to wait and make sure there aren't any further reactions or side effects before moving onto the next experiment. Do them too close together and the result won't be accurate." She paused her gaze moving from the chick to the colt. "Best to try them on their own to start with then once we gauge it's reaction by itself we can mix the leaves together and if anything changes." Her gaze moved back to the chick. He still looked fairly knocked out by the lingering effects of the first leaves. "Give him a few minutes to fully recover and then we can move on the others."
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Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 2:15 pm
BlackIce nodded slightly, considering the mares advice gravely. It made sense when she spoke of it..to wait and be sure that the first poison was completely gone before exposing the chick to the second. Well...that was just things he had to learn in time he supposed, obviously this mare - older as she was - would know more about such things then he would. BlackIce thought he could still be quite proud of himself for coming up with the experiment in the first place!
Ignoring the chick while it recovered some more - previous experience letting him know it wouldn't wander off, it seemed to have lost that tendency somewhere along the way. Now it tended to sit and stay wherever he put it, of course it didn't seem to be as smart as it once was either..and it had stopped trying to learn how to fly. BlackIce was rather glad for that however - it meant she could stop plucking out its wing feathers to keep it from flying off. What a bothersome task that had been. In any case the lava mares words on other poisons was intriguing. "Did you use many poisons where you come from?" He asked her after a few moments of silence, perhaps she would teach him some..or describe the plants used to make them so that he might try and find them himself someday.
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Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 4:53 pm
Nyamuragira stood for several long moments staring at the chick ignoring BlackIce's question. The colt needed to learn about patience, something she didn't always possess herself, but given his interest in testing with poisons he would need to learn it soon or he would ruin far too many experiments because of it. She even went so far as to yawn and look off into the distance in boredom. To be truthful she did feel a small amount of boredom but for the most part she was still interested in the colts experiment. Finally it came time to answer his question. Turning her gaze to the colt she narrowed her eyes. "No." She sneered and then shook her head.
"I had little use for poisons where I came from. But I knew many others who used them on quite the regular basis." She may not have been extremely social in the desert but she had had a group that she regularly visited with and on occasion traveled along with and at least one of them were known to be obsessed with poisons. "You must understand that where I came from plants were not commonly found." Her gaze shifted to the chick for a moment and then back to BlackIce. "Of course I had other ways, more reliant and pleasing to me to get rid of creatures that crossed me." Though even that way had it's limitations. But she wasn't about to admit that to to BlackIce at the moment. Her powers were her greatest asset and yet drained her if used too often but it certainly came in handy from time to time.
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Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 9:27 am
For a little while BlackIce wasn't sure that Nya was paying much attention to him anymore..or if she had even heard his question in the first place. The lava mare even went so far as to yawn rather then answer. It irked BlackIce and had he been older he probably would have said something about it...but he wasn't a stupid colt and he had been raised to respect those elders deserving of it. The lava mare seemed deserving of it..or at the very least she seemed like the type which might stomp him flat if he didn't give it to her.
So while she ignored him BlackIce turned his attention to Scourge, prodding the chick to test his state of readiness. When the chick squawked back at him indignantly BlackIce decided he was recovered enough to go on with the experiments and was just about to tell the mare so when she decided to speak to him again. Interesting..sad that she did not know more about poisons to teach him but he shook his head slightly in understanding as well "There are not many plants up on the mountain top either, I expect the other methods you speak up would be useful up there too." He told her before continuing "I think Scourge is recovered about as well as he is going to."
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Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 9:40 am
She had been pleased to see that the colt didn't complain about her lack of answering. It showed Nyamuragira how mature he was even considering his young age. This colt certainly did have potential. It would be interesting to come back later, once he was older, and see just how he turned out and what sort of experiments he was performing then. But that wasn't much of a concern at the moment, right now there was the present experiment. But first she replied to what he had said. "I would imagine there would be few plants growing so high up on the mountain, but the desert is a vast place and few plants can survive out there. And the distance needed to travel to obtain even a single plant of often more than most are willing to go. Where as here the mountain is surrounded by this disgustingly lush land, so plants are not al that rare to you."
Her attention turned to the chick for a moment and saw that he did indeed look fairly recovered. Besides she didn't want to spent all day waiting for the stupid beast to shake off the effects of the last leaves. But before she acknowledged that she turned to the colt and said. "Fire is useful no matter where you use it, and rarely doesn't work." Even in damn conditions, outside of being completely in water, fire always did as intended. She turned her attention back to the chick. "Yes, he appears to be ready, let's see what those other leaves do to him.
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Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:01 am
BlackIce didn't want to waste any more time waiting for the chick to recover further and so he was quite pleased when the mare agreed that he was well enough to try the other leave's. Prodding the chick into a mostly upright - if a little saggy - posture the colt poked him until he opened his mouth to protest and then poked a few of the other leaves into his mouth. Having claws was so very handy sometimes. Predictably Scourge began to chew on the leaves that had been shoved down his gullet, barely managing not to choke.
"Good boy Scourge." BlackIce encouraged the chick though it was anyone's guess if the clearly deranged bird actually understood. Still BlackIce didn't seem the harm in encouraging his good behavior if he did. It made the experimenter easier to do in the long run. While the bird continued to chew the leaves BlackIce turned his attention back to the lava mare. "I've heard the older members of the herd speak of Wildfires before, they say they are quite devastating and nearly impossible to predict. Could you control fire like that?"
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Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:12 am
Nyamuragira watched as the chick was pushed up a bit and then with just a bit of prodding fed the next batch of leaves. Clearly the bird had something wrong with it the way it just let BlackIce do what he wanted with it, but in this case it worked well for the pair. A bird that fought back and refused to eat things placed in front of it or even inside of it's mouth would be a waste of time and effort for him. She watched the chick for a few moments waiting to see if the reactions to the leaves would be instantaneous or not. But it appeared as the chick continued to mindlessly chew up the leaves that they would be forced to wait...and hopefully they would be rewarded well for that.
Turning her attention back to the colt she thought about what little she knew about wildfires. The desert did not have wildfires, but even so she had heard about the vegetation destroying, life changing ways and had a great respect for such a large and destructive power. She gave her head a shake. "No, wildfires are beyond my control. I can manipulate small fires, like the ones those two leggers make at night, but anything larger than that goes well beyond my powers." She paused for a moment thinking once more. "However, I can create fire balls, three a day to be precise as they require a lot of energy to create, and if I were to cast one of those into dry grass it could potentially grow into a wildfire." More so if she cast all three of her daily fireballs and used her remaining power to manipulate the fires into moving across the vast plains of dried vegetation. That was something to remember later, one never knew when a natural disaster such as a forest fire could come in handy.
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Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:29 am
BlackIce glanced at Scourge while he waited for the mare to answer his question, he wasn't sure if he was seeing right or not but it seemed to him that the fat little chick was actually looking..well a lot better then he had been a few moments ago..in fact to BlackIce's eye's he seemed to be getting better the more he chewed up these new leaves. Interesting..not as fun as the result they had seen before..but he supposed it was useful to know. Still he would give it a few more minutes before deciding that he was really seeing an improvement and the chick wasn't just getting better due to time.
"I wish I could control something like that." BlackIce told the mare wistfully "It would be a lot easier then trying to make potions and poisons. " Such things required a great deal of study and work..it would be far more simple to just burn his enemies to dust like this mare apparently could. "If you control fire..do others of your kind only control fire or can they do other things?" He asked, figuring that he might as well take the time to learn some more while they waited. BlackIce was always interested in learning.
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Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:42 am
For a moment Nyamuragira ignored both the colt and the chick, she was a bit wrapped up in the toughs of destroying a large swath of land by using her fire ability. It would be glorious to watch such a blaze spread and destroy that much plant life, and surely a few innocent lives of Soquili and other beasts would be lost as well. Appealing as that thought was it wasn't something she could do right now anyways, there had been too much rain lately a fire would have a hard time catching let alone spreading to cause a large volume of destruction. Something to save for another time then. Atter hearing the colt speaking her gaze turned to him and then the chick. Seeing how...healthy the chick was looking now Nyamuragira let out a disgusted grunt. "Antidote." She told BlackIce with a disgusted tone. "Mixing those two leaves will likely cause no reaction at all. But perhaps a different leaf added to it could provide you with a negative reaction."
Ignoring the now improving bird Nya looked at BlackIce. "If you had such powers they would have made themselves known by now." She paused for a moment before continuing. "Fire can last a long time. If you keep feeding it sticks and other material, keep it out of the rain then it could potentially last indefinitely." She told him, seeing if he would figure out that she was offering him a fire to use a long as he maintained it. Nya nodded her head. "Others can control other elements, fire, water, wind, wood, lightning, shadow and light. Those are what my kind can control and manipulate. Though they are all restricted as I am, we have only so much power to be used at a time, once we have used it we must rest and recover the energy. If we use it all up at once then we end up weak and prone to attacks if others are nearby."
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