Puella gritted her teeth. The journey up wasn't so bad, she reminded herself. Nothing wanted to hurt her on the way up. All these creatures only wanted eggs, and only wyvern eggs at that. So it was up she'd go, glaring if anything on the way even looked like it wanted to follow her. Because she wasn't gonna let it.
The thing was, Puella was tiny. Sand whales? Sand whales were not tiny. And one had been lying in wait just as she reached for a wyvern egg, and the egg disappeared rather decisively into its mouth.
There went that egg.
Puella hefted a glare at it, but obviously the glare was pointless. There were more eggs on this mountain, though, right? And Puella could find them. She hoped.
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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 26
As she wandered, Puella was suddenly conscious of how very alone she was. She hadn't done any of these quests by herself before. But maybe this would be proof - maybe it'd show everyone that she was more than capable of taking dangers on. She jumped easily up onto a boulder, glad for the warm pumpkin light of the fog being gone. That'd make it easier to see, right?
Actually - yep! There was an egg over there, gold and green and shiny like a lovely jewel. Puella marched herself over to pick it up, feeling victory hum through her veins. There was a giant snake on her tail, but what did Puella care? She had the egg, and for once she managed to avoid it.
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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 26
The good thing about cliff faces was that sand whales and giant snakes couldn't really fit on them. The bad thing about cliff faces was that it didn't really matter who or what was on top - it'd still have an easy time pushing you down. Fortunately for Puella, all she saw was a peaceful stag. Sure, it looked undead, but a quarter of Halloween was undead. TK was undead. Undeads didn't scare Puella!
Also, you know, it wasn't even paying attention to her. Just kind of stomping its little cloven hooves and eating grass. "You're cute," she told it smugly. "But I have an egg to carry all the way back down this mountain. So I can't hang with you."
And Puella continued on her way down.
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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 26
"Now, Puella," she said aloud. "You've gotta be careful." Giant snakes were pretty hard to miss, right? They were giant, for one thing. And for another, they weren't brown like the forest that she was beginning to descend into. She wasn't going to make the same mistake a second time. She'd be stealthy. That was Puella's way, right?
If only there were rooftops in the forest, she mused. Or if only some of the villagers had asked her to retrieve things from their rooftops. Now that she'd have been pleased to do. The forest was full of life but Puella was unfamiliar with the whole lot of it. She glared suspiciously at everything that passed her by, and hid her egg in the folds of her dress as carefully as she could. She didn't want to smother it too much, after all. Or trip and have it fall. It was getting a super safe cushion this time. There was no way it was gonna break on her.
Oh - oh! Another deer! She waved tentatively at it, feeling friendly. Then she watched it until she couldn't see it anymore.
It was time to move on. Base camp was...that way, right?
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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 26
Looks like it sure was that way. The foliage was giving way to more and more familiar territory, and even though there wasn't fog anymore...spending a week in this village made it pretty recognizable. She knew this place, Puella was happy to note.
She saw a crab scuttling toward her, but it didn't even matter. She broke into a run as she approached the village, and gave a great shout of "Yahoo!" when she'd finally arrived. She'd done it! And all by herself, too!
Time to go back to where TK was.
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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 26
