10: You reach a tree and on top of it is a smiling set of teeth. Not the tree itself, just on top of it. "You seem a little lost", says the smiling set of teeth, "but not to worry. Everyone's quite lost here. I hope you find your way, there's so much more for you to get lost in."
Before you can ask what it means, it is gone.
Trees: 3/5
He wondered offhandedly if whoever that set of teeth belonged to had taken a particular delight in stalking him when he per chance crossed path with it again. Stopping in his tracks, he gave it a look and adjusted his coat before moving on without paying it any further attention. It wasn't as if anything more was about to come out of talking to it anyway.
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My character's username: BrotherOfWar My character's level: 1 Character's HP: 30 Character's Job Class: Gryphon Current party: None Current Guild: None Location: Tulgey Woods Small IC description of character: Donned in a red tunic and grey pants secured to his waist with a brown belt, he has a coat and hat that are black in colour with yellow trimming as well as a pair of raven black wings on his back. He looks uncomfortable with the eyepatch and can be seen tugging at it while making irate grunting sounds. Character journal:Here
2: The second tree is a wide tree and doesn't look too happy to see you. It crosses its arms. "I don't think so, the last people who were here were terribly mean about it. Terribly, terribly mean and it just won't do anymore. If you come any closer I will have to resort to violence I mean it! Don't come any closer!"
If you move closer it hits you for -5 damage with its branches.
Trees: 4/5
BrotherOfWar was intrigued by the vastly different personalities that these trees seemed to be capable of exhibiting even despite being told prior that this was supposed to be a dreamscape while his real self was currently slumbering back in the world whence he came from. Staying at a distance, he briefly contemplated if it was worth risking mortal danger by approaching this tree in spite of the many warnings it was giving based on its words and body language. He then decided that it wasn't worth his while, all too happy to move on to see if he had better luck with yet another tree.
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My character's username: BrotherOfWar My character's level: 1 Character's HP: 30 Character's Job Class: Gryphon Current party: None Current Guild: None Location: Tulgey Woods Small IC description of character: Donned in a red tunic and grey pants secured to his waist with a brown belt, he has a coat and hat that are black in colour with yellow trimming as well as a pair of raven black wings on his back. He looks uncomfortable with the eyepatch and can be seen tugging at it while making irate grunting sounds. Character journal:Here
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Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 2:09 am
"I wish I could tell you.." Saya was very disappointed she couldnt tell the other female.
"Oh, thanks! It is cute, isn't it? But your outfit is very fluffy-looking! It looks really warm!" She wanted to touch that fur-trimmed coat so badly.
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My character's username: konpeito My character's level: 1 Character's HP: 30 Character's Job Class: White Rabbit Current party: None Current Guild: None Location: Tulgey Woods Small IC description of character: Blond haired draconic mad hatter Character journal:saya/konpeito
molly8972
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 2:10 am
[...LOADING...// ENTER]
Aftering drinking down the contents of that vial, things had gone black, so when it suddenly became a world filled with shifting, shimmering colours and oddly formed foliage, it took him a moment to re-orient himself.
He brushed at his clothing, then started as two very important questions popped up in his brain: where were all the protective coverings he usually wore? And why wasn't his flesh burning, peeling and cracking like it should have with this much light hitting it?
And what in the name of Jack was he wearing!? Gold and black and...well, there were feathers and some nice accents, so it wasn't all bad. Clearly it was his and not borrowed from elsewhere, since there were a few patches and the like. So that brought him back to the original thought momentarily; of course, with all there was to look at, he left it alone pretty quickly.
In truth, all that mattered was that he was fine. The tree nearest him, however, might not be. There were several sets of eyes watching him as he stood and he could have sworn the damned things were laughing...and then they were gone. The sound brought his ears back into proper function, it seemed, because suddenly he could hear a faint and far-away seeming fanfare...coming from -- "Where AM I?"
There was a path, but it kept changing before his eyes. RavenousDelirium decided to follow it in the hopes that being upon the Jacking thing would make it a little more stable...and would perhaps give him some clue as to where he was and what he was supposed to be doing.
Shortly he found a signpost with a large golden exclamation mark. That was a good sign - at the least it bore inspection, right?
"I am the wayfinder, and it means finding your way and not finding your way. Well, I supposed this is an official welcome to Tulgey Woods, where you'll find everything and of course nothing at all..." RavenousDelirium blinked a bit at the talking-without-a-mouth sign, more because of what it told him than anything.
"Tulgey Woods, huh?" He rubbed his chin a moment then shrugged. "Okay. Five trees...let's get this over with..."
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My character's username: RavenousDelirium My character's level: 1 Character's HP: 30 Character's Job class: Gryphon Current party: -- Current Guild: -- Location: Tulgey Woods Small IC description of character:
Tall, lightly muscled with glowing red eyes and dark grey, mottled skin, RavenousDelirium wears the black and white with gold-trim Gryphon-class set though there are many patches and additional "accents" added to the basic set. His dark hair is long and thick, slightly waved from being pinned out of his face and his overly-wide mouth is rarely given to any emotion beyond scorn or smirk.
6: You reach a long, slender tree and it looks quite ordinary. "Hello," says the long slender tree. "I have a small question. I have two friends, Dilly, Milly, and Nilly. Nilly is taller than Dilly, but shorter than me. Dilly is shorter than Milly but taller than me. How tall am I?"
If you answer as truthfully as you can the tree says "No, why, I do not think that's the answer at all. You are very wrong."
If you tell them you do not know the tree gloats. "Why, I didn't think you would. It proves I am the better tree." But you are not a tree at all!
Even though the signpost told him to seek out five trees, it took him a moment to actually do so; as with the rest of the Woods, things weren't always where you thought they were and things just shifted constantly. But he did manage to "meet" one of the trees!
It was slender and looked blessedly ordinary to his eyes, so of course the Jacking thing would have a riddle for him. RavenousDelirium bit back his first comment, which would have been "How tall are you? You're as tall as you are, aren't you?" because he had a feeling that this would get him no where fast.
Unfortunately, just as he was about to say something about how he had no clue (and 0 f*cks), he was distracted by a glimmering of light as the ground under his feet shifted some.
"You're as tall as a tree, that's how tall. By the way, your question makes no sense, you know that?"
The slender tree's branches rattled briefly as though tittering at his stupidity before it spoke again, "No, why, I do not think that's the answer at all. You are very wrong."
"..." He sincerely hoped that not all trees were like this one, or he might be tempted to raze the whole of the Tulgey Woods to cinder and ash. Or, you know, just try eating the damned things for being contrary.
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My character's username: RavenousDelirium My character's level: 1 Character's HP: 30 Character's Job class: Gryphon Current party: -- Current Guild: -- Location: Tulgey Woods Small IC description of character:
Tall, lightly muscled with glowing red eyes and dark grey, mottled skin, RavenousDelirium wears the black and white with gold-trim Gryphon-class set though there are many patches and additional "accents" added to the basic set. His dark hair is long and thick, slightly waved from being pinned out of his face and his overly-wide mouth is rarely given to any emotion beyond scorn or smirk.
10: You reach a tree and on top of it is a smiling set of teeth. Not the tree itself, just on top of it. "You seem a little lost", says the smiling set of teeth, "but not to worry. Everyone's quite lost here. I hope you find your way, there's so much more for you to get lost in."
Before you can ask what it means, it is gone.
Trees: 5/5
Alright. This was seriously starting to creep him out. Wasn't he supposed to be the one inspecting the trees as instructed to because of the quest he had been given? Now why then was he beginning to feel as if he was being followed by this creature whatever it was? He heard the all too familiar voice yet again, this time glaring as he drew his weapon and snarled at the figure that was perched up in the tree. If only he had his wings instead of these fake replicas that weren't capable of flight, he would get himself up there and take out the smiling b*****d in a jiffy. He fumed as he waved his blade warningly at the mysterious presence. "Whoever you are, I want you to quit following me around right this instant. Enough is enough!" The set of teeth simply smiled and disappeared without so much as uttering another word.
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My character's username: BrotherOfWar My character's level: 1 Character's HP: 30 Character's Job Class: Gryphon Current party: None Current Guild: None Location: Tulgey Woods Small IC description of character: Donned in a red tunic and grey pants secured to his waist with a brown belt, he has a coat and hat that are black in colour with yellow trimming as well as a pair of raven black wings on his back. He looks uncomfortable with the eyepatch and can be seen tugging at it while making irate grunting sounds. Character journal:Here
5: You reach a willow tree and you can barely see its eyes through the giant slew of willows. It shakes its head furiously, leaves rain down, and refuses you let you go any closer, batting you with its leaves. Ow!
The next tree that inflicted itself upon him was a lovely willow tree that RavenousDelirium admired for a moment before taking a step closer. He could barely see it's eyes through the foliage and he wanted to get even closer, to talk to it. But the damned thing started shaking and leaves fell upon him like rain - some of them getting stuck in his pirate-style hat, some in his clothing and others nearly poking out his single, visible eye. "Ow! What did I ever do to you!?"
No answers were forthcoming, so RavenousDelirium threw up his hands in exasperation and kicked at some of the leaves puddled around his ankles. With one last dirty look towards the shaking tree, he grabbed a leaf sticking from his coat and stuffed it in his mouth, chewing furiously.
"Try it again, Tree, and this won't just be one of your leaves!"
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My character's username: RavenousDelirium My character's level: 1 Character's HP: 30 Character's Job class: Gryphon Current party: -- Current Guild: -- Location: Tulgey Woods Small IC description of character:
Tall, lightly muscled with glowing red eyes and dark grey, mottled skin, RavenousDelirium wears the black and white with gold-trim Gryphon-class set though there are many patches and additional "accents" added to the basic set. His dark hair is long and thick, slightly waved from being pinned out of his face and his overly-wide mouth is rarely given to any emotion beyond scorn or smirk.
4: You reach a broken tree and it is sobbing. "I'm so very sad", says the broken tree. "So, so very sad indeed. I left my glasses around here and now I can't find them. Can you help me out?"
If you don't help it out it gives you nothing and continues to sob.
If you help it out, search around the tree for glasses! Roll 1d4. If you roll a 4 you succeed in finding its glasses. It is super excited as you hand it back. "Thank you, oh my goodness, thank you indeed. Here, have this." It gives you a fragment and insists on giving you a hug, but the hug is very prickly and not very nice at all. +1 Fragment.
He continued on the sign-post's quest - which he was finding not only ridiculous but obnoxious as well - and plucked another of the leaves from his person to munch, not so much because he was hungry (though he was always hungry) but because it made him feel better to destroy something, no matter how small.
The next tree he came upon was...broken and crying? RavenousDelirium chewed the remainder of the leaf in his mouth and swallowed before cocking his head and coming close enough for it to realize he was there.
"I'm so very sad", says the broken tree. "So, so very sad indeed. I left my glasses around here and now I can't find them. Can you help me out?"
He took a moment to consider, then nodded. "Sorry you lost your specs, Tree." RavenousDelirium glanced around quickly, hoping they were just..you know, right there, but they weren't. "Okay, I guess I'll help you."
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My character's username: RavenousDelirium My character's level: 1 Character's HP: 30 Character's Job class: Gryphon Current party: -- Current Guild: -- Location: Tulgey Woods Small IC description of character:
Tall, lightly muscled with glowing red eyes and dark grey, mottled skin, RavenousDelirium wears the black and white with gold-trim Gryphon-class set though there are many patches and additional "accents" added to the basic set. His dark hair is long and thick, slightly waved from being pinned out of his face and his overly-wide mouth is rarely given to any emotion beyond scorn or smirk.
4: You reach a broken tree and it is sobbing. "I'm so very sad", says the broken tree. "So, so very sad indeed. I left my glasses around here and now I can't find them. Can you help me out?"
If you don't help it out it gives you nothing and continues to sob.
If you help it out, search around the tree for glasses! Roll 1d4. If you roll a 4 you succeed in finding its glasses. It is super excited as you hand it back. "Thank you, oh my goodness, thank you indeed. Here, have this." It gives you a fragment and insists on giving you a hug, but the hug is very prickly and not very nice at all. +1 Fragment.
He'd agreed to help find the broken Tree's glasses...but after spending nearly fifteen minutes trying to find the damned things, he gave up. "Sorry Tree, couldn't find them. Better luck next time." RavenousDelirium left the sobbing broken tree to it's misery and sighed unhappily; despite how he might have come off, he didn't like it when things (creeple or uh...weirdly animate trees) were crying...it made him go a big rubbery one. But he'd spent enough time looking and the Jacking things just were not there!
Dusting detritus from his black frock, he continued on...but he did glance back at the poor broken tree...twice.
"Why do I feel so guilty? It's just a tree! Get it together..."
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My character's username: RavenousDelirium My character's level: 1 Character's HP: 30 Character's Job class: Gryphon Current party: -- Current Guild: -- Location: Tulgey Woods Small IC description of character:
Tall, lightly muscled with glowing red eyes and dark grey, mottled skin, RavenousDelirium wears the black and white with gold-trim Gryphon-class set though there are many patches and additional "accents" added to the basic set. His dark hair is long and thick, slightly waved from being pinned out of his face and his overly-wide mouth is rarely given to any emotion beyond scorn or smirk.
8: You reach a tree with stripes. Trees with stripes, how silly!
"I beg your pardon," says the tree with stripes, "but I am not silly at all. In here everything is possible and anything is impossible and therefore a tree with stripes is completely within everything and anything." Its stripes change colours. "Now, give me a good, good shake. I want to get some more colour out. Shake me really well, if you do I'll reward you."
If you shake the tree it laughs happily and then spits out a fragment. It bids you your merry way as you continue walking. +1 fragment.
Still feeling as though he should have been able to find the broken tree's stupid glasses, RavenousDelirium came upon his fourth "victim". It was...a tree with stripes? He tilted his head and then snorted, "Stripes? Really? How silly!"
"I beg your pardon," says the tree with stripes, "but I am not silly at all. In here everything is possible and anything is impossible and therefore a tree with stripes is completely within everything and anything." Its stripes change colours. "Now, give me a good, good shake. I want to get some more colour out. Shake me really well, if you do I'll reward you."
Having a tree - and one with stripes at that! - correcting him was almost worse than the other tree's sobbing. When was the last time he'd been schooled by a tree? Or one that was quite kind about it? Never, that's when. But he put his hands on his hips and stared at it as the explanation came about - okay, okay. It had a point. The Tulgey Woods was weird...why shouldn't there be colour-changing striped trees?
"Sorry. You're right. Perfectly 'normal' for here." When asked, RavenousDelirium decided he'd acquiesce, maybe this time he'd actually be able to do what the tree wanted? "Sure." Since he was tall and fairly strong, he was able to shake the tree quite hard - which served to not only make it laugh (seriously, this place was NUTTERS) but also spit out a fragment!
"Thanks, Tree. You're not so bad." RavenousDelirium pocketed the fragment and headed off to find his final tree, whistling a jaunty tune.
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My character's username: RavenousDelirium My character's level: 1 Character's HP: 30 Character's Job class: Gryphon Current party: -- Current Guild: -- Location: Tulgey Woods Small IC description of character:
Tall, lightly muscled with glowing red eyes and dark grey, mottled skin, RavenousDelirium wears the black and white with gold-trim Gryphon-class set though there are many patches and additional "accents" added to the basic set. His dark hair is long and thick, slightly waved from being pinned out of his face and his overly-wide mouth is rarely given to any emotion beyond scorn or smirk.
1: The first tree is a long tree, and bends down to look at you with hollow sleepy eyes as you reach over. "Oh, please, you're not putting your hand in my nose are you? That's so very disgusting, and I'm afraid I haven't cleaned up yet. Very disgusting indeed. Come back again when I'm clean."
When you come back the tree is gone.
With a single "good" experience under his sash, RavenousDelirium continued on to meet his fifth and final tree (so sayeth the Signpost). The song he whistled sounded like a happy, pleasant tune but had his Twin been around he would have been able to inform those listening that it was actually a really raunchy sort of song.
He kept this up until he found his next victim, a rather long tree that bent as he reached a hand out to touch it; hollow, sleepy eyes focused upon RavenousDelirium's and blinked rapidly. The tree seemed to move away from his seeking hand, which was strange - but no stranger than the freaked-out willow he'd met, or the striped tree...or the broken one that wouldn't stop bawling (he could still hear it sobbing in the distance, Jack it!)
"Oh, please, you're not putting your hand in my nose are you? That's so very disgusting, and I'm afraid I haven't cleaned up yet. Very disgusting indeed. Come back again when I'm clean."
"You've got to be joshin' me!" RavenousDelirium snatched his hand back and scowled at the horrified sounding tree, jaw set because he really wanted to say nasty things to it. "I wouldn't put my hand in your nose if you paid me." He flashed his teeth in a nasty grin that was more of a promise of a violent death but got a hold of himself and instead stalked off.
Muttering. Nastily.
When he finally returned, the Jacking thing was no where to be found. "Oh for the-- I hate this place. I hate trees." In a fit of foul temper, he kicked at the space previously occupied by the snooty tree and let out a stream of colourful obscenities.
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My character's username: RavenousDelirium My character's level: 1 Character's HP: 30 Character's Job class: Gryphon Current party: -- Current Guild: -- Location: Tulgey Woods Small IC description of character:
Tall, lightly muscled with glowing red eyes and dark grey, mottled skin, RavenousDelirium wears the black and white with gold-trim Gryphon-class set though there are many patches and additional "accents" added to the basic set. His dark hair is long and thick, slightly waved from being pinned out of his face and his overly-wide mouth is rarely given to any emotion beyond scorn or smirk.
Games weren't something he normally played, at least... Not this sort. His brother did, but not Maximus. He examined his avatar in the game, nodding a bit to himself. He'd observed others, and finally decided on an ever-so-creative username... WhiteCat. Not that he looked like a cat right now, but...
As he looked around, WhiteCat contemplated what to do, before sitting to watch others. Okay... This couldn't be TOO hard, could it? He could do this... He could do this! He got up and started to walk, a feeling of confidence in his step.
He stopped, jumping as the sign started to talk, then stared at it, blinking and pausing to listen. Examine five trees...? That couldn't be TOO hard... Not that shy trees made any SENSE, but... He adjusted his coat and started to walk again. Examine five trees... "Shy.. Pfft... Right... What, are they gonna just.. Get up and walk away..?"
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My character's username: WhiteCat My character's level: 1 Character's HP: 30 Character's Job Class: Mad Hatter Current party: N/A Current Guild: N/A Location: Tulgey Woods Small IC description of character: A pale male with white hair and blue eyes, despite the scowl on his face he has a look of wonder. He is dressed in otherwise somewhat standard Mad Hatter clothing. Character journal:Here
2: The second tree is a wide tree and doesn't look too happy to see you. It crosses its arms. "I don't think so, the last people who were here were terribly mean about it. Terribly, terribly mean and it just won't do anymore. If you come any closer I will have to resort to violence I mean it! Don't come any closer!"
WhiteCat walked up to a tree, starting to examine it. Suddenly he jumped back as the tree admonished him. He rubbed his neck, glaring at the tree's crossed arms, and then the tree itself. "Well you don't have to be RUDE about it!" He had to be losing it, he was talking to a tree... "I'm just doing what the sign post TOLD me to!" He started to approach, then backed back up as the tree raised its branches threateningly. "Okay, okay, I'll go somewhere else!" RUDE...
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My character's username: WhiteCat My character's level: 1 Character's HP: 30 Character's Job Class: Mad Hatter Current party: N/A Current Guild: N/A Location: Tulgey Woods Small IC description of character: A pale male with white hair and blue eyes, despite the scowl on his face he has a look of wonder. He is dressed in otherwise somewhat standard Mad Hatter clothing. Character journal:Here
Slowly waking up from that trip down the rabbit hole, Takeshi felt a little disoriented. It was like sleeping, but he was awake and in a mmo, right? Right. Somehow memories were hard to recall. Oh well, he decided suddenly. Letting it go was better than forcing himself to dwell on what wasn't coming quickly.
A girl in a blue dress with golden curls stood on the opposite side of the small clearing he had landed in. Curiously, Takeshi approached the girl and noticed that the name above her head had the [AI] tag. So this was the game interface? It asked immediately what class and name he wanted. Well, name was easy, really, but the class part was a little harder. The AI also handed over a small PDA. Flipping through it he found classes and started reading. Gryphon sounded GREAT. Grinning wickedly, he nodded. "Name, HUNGRYhowl, Class Gryphon."
In a swirl of light, his plain avatar took the clothes of the Gryphon class, with two fluffy ears, a tail, and sharp teeth. PERFECT. This was going to be so fun.
Leaving the AI, HH only had to walk a little ways until he came to a way point that asked him to find five trees. First quest! Happily, HH accepted and went to find the first tree.
Exploring would be easier, he decided, if he climbed a tree. Had he ever done this? Again memories were hazy and made his head throb. In a sleep like state he accepted the weirdness of not having memories and started to scale the nearest tree with branches thick enough to hold his weight.
At the very top HH was shocked to see that, all around, was trees... As far as he could see. To the very ends of the horizon. It was terrifying and a little suffocating. What was going on here? Then there were teeth, just above the top of the trees, that smiled at him toothily.
"You seem a little lost", says the smiling set of teeth, "but not to worry. Everyone's quite lost here. I hope you find your way, there's so much more for you to get lost in."
Caught off guard, HH wasn't able to ask any question before it disappeared. Preplexed, he shrugged it off and climbed back down to start exploring once again.
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My character's username: HUNGRYhowl My character's level: 1 Character's HP: 30 Current party: Current Guild: Location: Small IC description of character: With a mop of unruly black hair, howl looks a bit on the untamed wild side. He has sharp teeth, two fuzzy black ears, a black tail, and wears a red version of the gryphon class outfit. Awoo!
The next tree had a bunch of signs all around it, all of which informed him he could continue in the same direction to be anywhere and everywhere. Bemused by the weirdness of the signs, HH continued forward without thinking too much on it. If he did worry about it then he'd never get this silly quest done.
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My character's username: HUNGRYhowl My character's level: 1 Character's HP: 30 Current party: Current Guild: Location: Small IC description of character: With a mop of unruly black hair, howl looks a bit on the untamed wild side. He has sharp teeth, two fuzzy black ears, a black tail, and wears a red version of the gryphon class outfit. Awoo!
