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Post by Nerius on Jul 31, 2021 16:56:45 GMT -6
[15/20]
Nebula fluttered his wings in response, but as he had actual wings, accidentally managed to get a bit of air. He hovered for a few seconds, before landing with a soft thump, knocking a bit of his own pollen loose.
Arcana wasn't sure about all this excitable jumping and flapping, but slowly he came out of the carrier, approaching the new pair of pachee, if only to get more distance from the overly excitable winged male.
"They're less hazardous than sarane, at least?" Nerius wasn't exactly a dog person, and most of his interest in houluh stemmed from that some of the species had some innate magical abilities. That, and their affinity for obedience made them an excellent choice for the contest hall.
He nodded at the mention of it taking a while, Divine Nodes required a lot of crystals. "I'm looking for tainted myself," Nerius wasn't entirely sure how that would go over. Vrost didn't have those sorts of magical elemental hangups, but many human cultures did. But the Labs seemed to have less of a taboo on 'darker' magic, he was fairly sure on of his neighbors was a necromancer.
"I have a chaos crystal in my collection, I'd be happy to trade if you come across any tainteds in your explorations." Nerius tended to be rather protective over his magical items, but it was a fair trade.
(Arcana: Lv: 1, 8/10 | Lyl: 4, 8/10) (Nebula: Lv: 1, 8/10 | Lyl: 4, 8/10) (Nerius: 8/20)
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Post by Jack on Jul 31, 2021 18:36:18 GMT -6
Aeolus rolled over a little after he tottered over and fell. It was going to be fine he knew, he kind of knew what was going to happen right now, he just had to do what he did naturally right? Dreampop, however, wasn't sure what was going to happen, and that was fine though, she would be alright with all of this. All she knew was, she needed to figure out what all this dust was doing in the air, and why it was going into her forehead...
"Oh tainted is tough too, I'm saving it for last only because I found a chaos crystal first honestly. I will certainly make that trade if I manage to find a tainted though! Share and share alike I suppose," Jack chuckled as she thought about it. Things would be fine if she just kept on this course she supposed. Eventually she would find everything she needed, and she was getting a decent stock of a couple other crystals as well, which worked out to her advantage.
Tapping her lip a little, the woman looked around and hoped that things would finally get better. She glanced out the little window of the room and sighed a bit, "You know, I don't think I can handle this heat anymore though..."
16/20
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Post by Nerius on Jul 31, 2021 19:36:53 GMT -6
[17/20]
Maybe it was the landing that had shaken things loose, or maybe it was instinct in response to all the other pachees around, but more pollen was drifting off of Nebula's tail. He scampered over Aeolus to check on the fallen pachee, but that didn't stop his pollen from drifting all over the room.
Not really wanting to get drawn into the fluttering and flopping that the other males were involved in, Arcana shyly approached Dreampop, quietly rustling his leaves and giving a little wiggle of his tail. It wasn't a lot of movement, but enough that a little pollen was starting to drift off.
"All the divine ones are," Nerius agreed; he'd so far only created elemental nodes. The goal of tainted crystals had also gone over just fine, that wasn't a shock, if he'd had been expecting a negative reaction, he wouldn't have mentioned it. Besides, Jack didn't seem the type to have a conniption fit over arbitrary categories of magic. And she was interested in the trade as well, "I appreciate it."
"If there's one thing I don't like about living at the Labs, it's the heat," he grimaced at this, following Jack's gaze to the window. "The local summers are miserable."
(Arcana: Lv: 1, 9/10 | Lyl: 4, 9/10) (Nebula: Lv: 1, 9/10 | Lyl: 4, 9/10) (Nerius: 9/20)
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Post by Jack on Jul 31, 2021 19:45:26 GMT -6
Dreampop was thrilled at the attention and nuzzled up to him a little bit, wondering what was different about him than the others. It didn't really matter, she supposed, but that was fine, and she let some more pollen slip into her forehead for the moment, this time, certainly, from Arcana. It was alright she knew, she had a feeling this was going to go over well.
Arching her back a little, the woman cracked her spine in a few places and then nodded, "I'm much more used to the water coming off of the ocean from where I grew up. I miss it sometimes." Jack then shrugged and smiled, turning the attention back to magic. "Have any other problems with people and magic?" she asked him with a little frown. It wasn't that she wanted to be the biggest magic user around, far from it actually, but she wanted to make sure that he was doing alright.
"Do... divine nodes make it worse, with the more crystals you need to make them?" the woman asked, tilting her head a little bit. She wasn't sure about the whole thing, but that was fine she thought, frowning a little as she thought about it all. It might be a touchy subject, but she wasn't sure.
18/20
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Post by Nerius on Jul 31, 2021 21:43:31 GMT -6
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Arcana was a bit surprised at first, but also enjoyed the affection, and happily nuzzled back, more pollen drifting off his tail. Nebula on the other hand wasn't paying any attention to either of them, and was still more interested in Aeolus.
"I'm used to a more northern climate, the sort of place where there's snow three quarters of the year." What the Labs considered the depths of winter would have been springtime weather by his standards. "I can't say I miss the worst of the winters, but I'm not sure that makes up for the summers here."
Nerius shook his head at the next question, "Not really. There was a contest recently that felt like an unofficial mage meetup, but there was too much distance for it to really be a problem." He wasn't sure if if was a few powerful mages, or many with less, but there had been a lot of nodes in one place.
He considered the next question for a moment, "No, the divine aren't any worse, or at least not significantly. It's the sheer amount, and the different types clashing. Sort of like multiple instruments playing vastly different songs at once." It wasn't a touchy subject, and he was perfectly fine talking about it.
(Arcana: Lv: 2, 10/15 | Lyl: 5, 10/15) (Nebula: Lv: 2, 10/15 | Lyl: 5, 10/15) (Nerius: 10/20 +Added!)
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Post by Jack on Jul 31, 2021 21:48:25 GMT -6
Aeolus appreciated the concern and hoisted himself up, beaming happily and smacking his tail against the floor as one of the other males looked at him a little bit. Dreampop was off in her own little world with the third male, so these two could have a little fun right? It was his turn to chase, it seemed, time to run! He lowered himself onto all fours and darted off.
Thinking about it for a bit, Jack nodded. That made sense, she figured, though it would have made sense either way she thought. "I mean that makes a lot of sense, the power in the nodes themselves and not their ingredients being what affects you I guess." She thought about it a little more and then smiled and shrugged, "I just hope we can continue to meet up from time to time and not have things be miserable for you. I just don't like leaving my nodes behind, but I do have a safe at home if you'd rather I leave them behind every now and then to give you a break." It was an offer she didn't make too lightly, she hated the fact that she affected him in such a way whenever they met.
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Post by Silver on Aug 17, 2021 3:30:33 GMT -6
Wow, three babies and two girls? That's really lucky!
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