Powderstones are notorious for being extremely heavy and unwieldy to carry. A villager has requested this, can you really deny their offer?
- Your character must head into the darkest, deepest volcano interior. Magma oozes at every precipice of this dangerous area. In the smallest, floating island of non-magma touched sediment is a beautiful powderstone. It is about 6 feet tall and extremely hot. It is very difficult to carry it, let alone breathe in here.
- Your character must carry the powderstone out of the lava. Roll 1d4 three times. That is the distance (feet) you carry the powderstone.
- You must reach a distance of 30 feet to get the powderstone out. If you fail, the powderstone drops at the distance you left it at (on your third dice roll). Only other characters can help you now, by coming into the thread, and picking up the rolls. The SAME characters cannot repeat the same thread. You are free even if you carried a stone in a separate thread, to help out in a new thread!
- Example: Steve starts, and carries the stone. He rolls 3d4 and gets 6. He carried the stone 6 feet. He now cannot post in the thread anymore and exits before he passes out. Jim can now come in to this RP (as long as they are either invited (QUEST PRP) or just hop in (QUEST ORP). Jim rolls 3d4 and gets 3. The rock is now at 9/30 feet carried. Once again, this quest is not successful until the rock has been FULLY carried 30/30 feet. If it is successful, everyone in the thread gets the +2 raffle tickets.
If you are the person who carries the rock to 30/30 feet, you get a powderstone. it is considered a quest item. Add it to your quest item
Falair liked this place. It was so much warmer than the rest of the village that was covered in a cold fog. While the look of it was no where near the familiar sand dunes she loved so much, it was the intense heat that brought her nostalgia.
She would have just stayed in this place until they found a way out of this village if she could. But then she would miss out on all the fun.
And probably get a pretty bad burn from all the lava.
The urge to sample a bit of the magma and take it back to the Tower was fierce, but she did not have any type of container that could stand up to the intense heat. So this time she was sorely out of luck. A pity really.
Moving further inside, the path she had taken finally lead her to a small island of stone, untouched by the surrounding magma. A stone just a little taller than herself at it's center. Creeping up to it, the mare walked around the stone. Giving it a good examination before planting a foot on it's side and giving it a little nudge. She almost fell over at the rock shifted.
Oh hooooo~ It could be moved apparently.
The stone was a curiosity for sure, perhaps something quite special. The urge to remove the stone grew and the Famine horsewoman wrapped her arms around it. It was hot on bare skin! She jumped back, shaking her hands. Dark brown skin now had a red tinge to it.
It wouldn't stop her. Falair was not one to give up so easily.
Again she grasped the stone, lifting it merely inches off the ground. It's mass was just a bit too much for her as she crab walked her way back the path she had come. The bones in her arms and legs creaked and after moving the stone a few feet she had to let go in fear of breaking her bony limbs. What use would she be if she were a mere body with no arms and legs? Useless is what.
That, and the heat was just getting to be a little too much. Even for the mare who had spent a lot of time in the sweltering desert. Desert heat and volcano heat were just two totally different things.
With a small sigh, she placed a hand on the stone. Giving it a longing look before wrenching her hand back. It was still pretty hot to the touch. Falair rubbed her hand, hopefully her skin wasn't too burnt from this endeavor. Of course, there were always poultices that she could apply if there were. She wasn't completely useless when it came to those sorts of things.
A final, mournful look to the stone and then Falair began to make her way back up the path and out of the volcano. Part of her wondered if she would ever be allowed to return here. Surely there was something in this firey mountain that was worth exploring for. If in short bursts of time to keep one's self from bursting into flames or falling into a magma pit that suddenly opened up beneath your feet.
Hopefully whoever came after her to move the stone would have a lot more luck than she did. There was still quite a way to go to getting the stone the rest of the way and out of the volcano.
She wondered just what exactly this stone was used for. Did it have explosive properties? Healing? Perhaps it absorbed massive amounts of heat...or gave off more heat as it reached open air? Sadly Falair would never know and this irritated her as she made her way down the side of the volcano.
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Character Name:Falair Saab Faction: Famine Pony Appearance: [x] Miasma meter
Horsemen Every time you gain Miasma, multiply it by x.5. So, in a prompt if you gain +2 miasma, it is actually +1 for you. Round up.
So did Jay wow what a sudden strike of generosity.
23/30
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Character Name:Jay Faction: War horseman Appearance: A short, blue-haired horseman with bluejay wings. Miasma meter 0
Items obtained: n/a
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Puella didn't really know this Jay person, but she thanked her profusely anyway as she followed TK in again. She watched nervously as they each lifted the stone...well, about as far as they could go.
But she'd come at least a little more prepared this time around. Puella had tied a little kerchief around her face so that the fumes weren't nearly as nasty. She was slowly realizing, as it neared her turn, that it also meant she was having a harder time breathing. She massaged her arms gently anyway though. That'd help them, um, not be sore, right? She took a deep breath in...well, as deep as she could get, anyway.
Then she took the stone from Jay and began to lug it. It had a long journey to go, but she had to admit that everyone else had, well, done most of the work already. Surprisingly enough, though, it was easier to carry the giant lump the second time around. Maybe it was just that Puella's muscles were a little more accustomed to it. She certainly hoped so. She counted to ten as she took each step, ready to pace herself. Hey, no one had ever said that Puella lacked strategy! Just an attention span.
Still, though. There wasn't much to pay attention to, when they were in this volcano thing. She just had to grit her teeth and keep going. Why was it so heavy again? And...oof, there it was! The familiar heat of the volcano was bearing down on her again. She was glad she'd gotten at least a bit of a rest between attempts to push this thing out of there. She did wish she had someone to talk to, though. It was...a little exhausting, doing this all alone. But TK and Jay had both wisely left when they were done, to avoid getting lightheaded themselves.
That was okay, Puella decided. She still had a bit left in her.
She was jerked out of her reverie when she realized her foot was teetering over something that was not...completely solid ground, and she shrieked when she looked down and realized that beneath it was magma. She quickly put her foot back on safe ground and looked for somewhere else to step. Wow, you really had to be careful in a place like this. Okay, so that meant she had to focus on the ground, too, not just carrying this thing.
That would've been good to know a couple seconds ago, she sulked briefly. Oh well. If only there were a shortcut she could use...or something she could carry this stone on? But she didn't want it to fall, and illogically she trusted her puny arms more than she trusted any vehicle she might use to carry it. They could be flammable, right? Or break?
...maybe she should've gotten someone else to do it for her. She was pretty sure her sisters would've done that. It was a little silly, though: that wasn't really Puella's way.
Ahead of her was a bit of a gorge, and, biting her lip, Puella vaulted over it with the stone in tow. It nearly slipped, but the important thing was that it didn't. Ha! Who was good at this now? That had added at least a foot to her trip, and she could definitely see the window to the storm clouds outside. She was almost there!
She thrust it out ahead of her for the remaining six inches and then followed as quickly as she could. Her soles were beginning to feel a little uncomfortable, after all. "I...I did it," she said, dumbfounded as she stared at the powderstone that was now hers to take around. It was a worthwhile, if hefty prize. "I did it!" she cheered, waving at TK, wherever he was.
With any luck he was within walking distance. Puella had a bit left in her, but she was still pretty beat.
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Character Name:puella whose journal i still haven't set up whoops Faction: Demon student c: Appearance: spidergirl, spidergiiiirl Miasma meter 0
