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MxMischief rolled 1 10-sided dice:
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 Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 9:10 pm
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The sharding things were still following him. If anything worse than before. Giving a yelp as his resolve finally disappeared, Silion shook the torch out and bolted intent on finding the nearest and largest body of water as soon as possible. If the things wanted to chase him that far to continue their harassment then the sharding things were more determined than simple bugs had any right to be.
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MxMischief rolled 1 10-sided dice:
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 9:17 pm
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The bugs were relentless and Silion was beginning to wonder if maybe it had been useless trying to get rid of them. Either way he'd developed a hatred of the things and he was making a mental note to kill any and all bugs that he saw should he survive this.
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 9:26 pm
After a bit Hus finally had a merry little blaze going as she worked on binding her new torch. Once she was satisfied that it would work and burn well enough she set it alight. Eyes glittering in the firelight she grinned and glanced at the clump of thread. It was time to do some real damage. "How are you coming over there?" She asked Kesin piling a bit more twigs on the fire incase the girl wanted to light what she found on it. That and in hopes the sparse heat would help warm them a bit.
They'd show those instructors of theirs and pull a comeback. Bugs would not stop them from destroy 'thread.' Though it'd be slower burning with the torches at least with fire in hand they'd be able to continue their task.
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Meepfur rolled 1 10-sided dice:
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 9:35 pm
"I'm fine," Kesin had grumbled, still annoyed that Hus had taken too long, and jealous of the fact that the other girl still had a shirt. Her own was off down the stream somewhere, and even if it hadn't been, she probably wouldn't have wanted it. Even with the bugs gone, it would have felt like they were still crawling in it...shards, she felt like things were crawling on her, anyway.
So now she was traumatized, wet, cold, and half in her underthings, with her awesome water pack destroyed. When the flit appeared and chittered at them, she made a rude gesture at it before it disappeared. It soon got its 'revenge' however, as when she moved to stand, she slipped, and the hand she threw out to catch herself splatted right into the dyed pile of thread.
"Oh, shells," she snarled, and threw the clump at a tree. It didn't make her feel much better.
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Meepfur rolled 1 10-sided dice:
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 9:39 pm
It especially didn't make her feel better when somehow, from somewhere, a strand of thread fell right on her head, causing her to yelp in surprise and brush it off of her as quickly as possible, as though it were another bug. Her night had started out so well, but ever since the swarm it had taken a horrible turn for the worse.
"Yeah, it's coming just great," she answered Hus, her voice dripping equal parts sarcasm and misery.
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Meepfur rolled 1 10-sided dice:
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 9:46 pm
Fortunately, though, that seemed to be the end of the miniature assault of thread, and though she continued to sulk and grumble under her breath - why were the bad things happening to her? - she did eventually get down to business and find something they could use. It did little to improve her mood, but she returned to Hus with her findings nonetheless.
"Here," she said flatly, holding out her improvised torch to light it on the fire the other girl had started.
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 9:57 pm
Hus held her torch under Kes's letting the fire lick at the girls' improvised equipment until it too caught flame. Between the two of them the merry glow of their torches lit up the area a bit better making it easier to see. "We'd better get to burning some thread." Hus said in a tone that clearly hinted she was going to maliciously enjoy setting the fake 'thread' aflame.
Hopefully between the two of them they could burn enough of the stuff to do some good.
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SkieBorne rolled 1 10-sided dice:
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 10:29 am
With fire burning and light to see by, the night seemed less imposing now. The warmth that spilled from the flames helped keep the chill at bay as the youth they'd left behind came dashing from the bushes, reeking of whatever foul excretions the beetles had covered him in.
The water seemed to ward them off as well and the bugs buzzed angrily before disappearing back into the shadows for good. However, the stench clung to Silion even after the water washed away the gunk for it had soaked into his clothing and permeated his hair, leaving him smelling like a rotting pile of garbage.
Together again and possessed of fire, the group needed to move on soon... they'd killed precious little thread thus far and their observers weren't appreciating their lack of coordination overmuch.
Helpfully, a bundle of thread dropped down between the girls and Silion, just on the edge of the firelight.
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SPECIAL EVENT: Roll 1d10 with your posts. Compare the number to this post... if you roll well, you spot the variety of thread that's appeared around you and safely burn it. If not, then you scorch something that shouldn't be scorched - your choice.
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Meepfur rolled 1 10-sided dice:
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 11:59 am
"Agreed." Kesin nodded, frowning at her dyed hand. And when Silion caught up, her frown deepened - he smelled terrible! She wrinkled her nose distastefully. "Try not to get too close, will you? You smell awful."
But then she remembered that she had no shirt on, and while she wasn't bare, well...she was considerably less okay with a boy seeing her underthings than another girl. She turned away, clearing her throat, and immediately took up burning thread as a convenient distraction. She would just have to try and ignore that Silion was there, and therefore not think about it.
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Meepfur rolled 1 10-sided dice:
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 12:03 pm
Burning thread and not thinking about her state of dress made her feel better, and Kesin was soon focused in on the task at hand rather than the beetle attack and its aftermath. After torching the bundle of thread that had splatted down, she looked for more, and had no trouble finding it. She set fire to it with growing satisfaction, her lips beginning to curve into a spiteful grin.
Yes, setting things on fire was fantastic therapy. She hated to admit it, but it definitely beat just spraying things with water...even if she had to be a little more careful about it.
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Meepfur rolled 1 10-sided dice:
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 12:09 pm
As she took care not to burn anything that shouldn't be burned, Kesin had soon happily lost herself in the job still to be done. She no longer shivered with chill, and the crawling sensations had gone away for now. Granted, they were likely to come back when she didn't have anything to focus on - most likely when she was trying to sleep later - but for now, the beetles were banished to the back of her mind.
She sought out and burned more of the dyed strings without incident.
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Mortane rolled 1 10-sided dice:
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 12:24 pm
Hus nodded moving on to help with the burning as she ducked to light what looked like a small clump of thread on the ground. What she found instead turned out to be a small clump of damp leaves which caught light and smoked right in her face making her cough. Lifting a boot she did her best to stamp out the smoulder pile cursing under her breath as she did so. Nothing seemed willing to come easy to her today. Not like she wasn't used to everything being hard.
Just her luck of late along with the other apprentices was terrible.
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Mortane rolled 1 10-sided dice:
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 12:31 pm
Once again Hus managed to tangle herself in some leaves lighting them on fire instead of the thread she'd been searching for. Leaving her to curse and beat at them as best she could until they finally went out leaving the girl glaring at their charred remains and covered in ash. Well this was just going wonderfully. Hus thought sarcastic and bitter in her mind as she turned to scan for more actual thread this time.
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Mortane rolled 1 10-sided dice:
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 12:34 pm
Turning this time Hus actually caught sight of an actual clump of the dyed thread and with vicious glee set it alight this time without incident. Now they just needed to keep this up and they might just turn this little incident around. Of course they'd lost time and gotten separated from a number of their teammates, but so far they seemed to be holding together well enough.
Now they just needed to get to burning as much as this stuff as possible. "And there goes one last patch of trouble." Hus muttered vindictively as the pile she'd set aflame turned to ash.
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MxMischief rolled 1 10-sided dice:
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 12:44 pm
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The night had just not been going his way. Though thanks to this run in with the bugs he had even more of a reason to kill any that he came into contact with from here on out. Loathsome things. Shooting a dirty look at Kesin, Silion kept his venom laced reply to himself.
Now that the bugs were gone he settled his attention on what they'd been sent here to do. Setting after the thread with a vengeance, Sillion set fire the small clump he'd found and continued moving on the hunt for more. At least something was going right thus far.
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