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Post by Fiera Ferella on Sept 13, 2020 0:15:30 GMT -6
After some slow work (with Fiera gritting her teeth while trying to ignore the humming), the fossil finally toppled from the wall, waking up Viridia from her reverie. She sniffed it for a moment but then quickly turned away, disinterested. Fiera supposed that fossils didn’t smell as tasty to her as gemstones or ores. That was fine by her though as she snatched up the fossil to brush away the dirt, revealing a surpassingly large amount of shininess after having been trapped in the earth for so long. Fiera quirked an eyebrow- it was in surprisingly good condition. Good! With any luck, she would be able to revive quite a nice critter from that, giving her a fresh and shiny companion to play with- though perhaps not as shiny as Viridia’s gleaming surface, twinkling green and yellow in the lantern light. The gem wyrm watched carefully as the humanish rose back up.
Fiera 10 Viridia 21.0/21.0 15
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Post by Silver on Sept 13, 2020 2:13:58 GMT -6
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Post by Fiera Ferella on Sept 15, 2020 16:23:16 GMT -6
Fiera heard a clattering noise mere moments after she managed to prise the fossil free and immediately glanced at her feet, wondering a panic if some of the scales from the fossil had fallen off and onto the ground. The floor looked clear enough (mining rubble notwithstanding), but she noticed a flicker of movement off to her side. She looked to her left as Viridia started hissing quietly and saw another gem wyrm much like her own pet sitting there staring at her, a couple of gemstones falling from its mouth as if it had been caught in the act of a crime. Well, the gems didn’t look like any that Fiera had picked up yet, so she couldn’t accuse it of thievery. Instead she nudged Viridia off to the side so she wouldn’t try to aggressively defend her “territory” and offered up one of her own gems from her pocket. “Hey there bud. Hungry?” She asked politely.
Fiera 11 Viridia 21.2/21.1 16
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Post by Silver on Sept 15, 2020 18:33:01 GMT -6
The wymn gave a long, sceptical look toward Viridia before finally settling its gaze on Fiera. What did she have there? A gem. Well, it did like gems. It inched closer but only a little. It was still worried that the large being might overpower it.
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Post by Fiera Ferella on Sept 15, 2020 21:20:44 GMT -6
Fiera crouched down further as the wyrm hesitated, clearly unsure of whether or not she was a threat. Well, she wasn’t! Not unless she WANTED to be, that was. And that wasn’t what she was choosing this time. So hopefully by doing this she could make herself look a little bit smaller in this creature’s eyes, less threatening. She even placed the gemstone on the ground and skidded it over to the wyrm. “See?” She said hopefully. “You can just have that one! It’s fine!” She said cheerfully before getting out another gem. “And you can have this one too if you want to come get it!” She said, holding it out and away from herself toward the hematite wyrm. Viridia looked on suspiciously from behind Fiera but she supposed that so long as this creature wasn’t being outright aggressive, she could accept its presence.
Fiera 12 Viridia 21.2/21.2 17
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Post by Silver on Sept 15, 2020 21:40:03 GMT -6
The wyrm flinched as the gem skidded toward it like it was expecting to be hit. When it realized that hadn't happened, it slinked forward just a little bit more. It wrapped its jaws around the gem and looked back at Fiera. 'You're just going to let me have this?' it seemed to be asking. Then it noticed she had another gem...
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Post by Fiera Ferella on Sept 18, 2020 21:39:54 GMT -6
The little wyrm flinched away from Fiera, but soon seemed to calm down when it realized she wasn’t attacking it- always a plus! She sat back as it hesitantly took the stone. It was fine if it took one- she could always mine up more, especially if it was helping. “That’s it, you can have it.” She said nicely. Then, it finally seemed to notice the gem in her hand as well. Ever so carefully, keeping Viridia back, she crept toward the gem wyrm until the gem she was holding was right in front of it. “You want it?” She asked nicely again, in a tone of voice that she never used on other people. They weren’t nearly as nice as animals. Then slowly, hesitantly, she reached out a hand as if to give it a scritch behind the horns. Would it even let her do that...?
Fiera 13 Viridia 21.3/21.3 18
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Post by Silver on Sept 19, 2020 0:07:17 GMT -6
The wyrm paused, holding the gem tight in its 'teeth'. It was afraid that she would take it away now that she had given it to them. What a cruel thing to do! Nonetheless, it waited for a moment to see what she was doing, just in case it was wrong. When she pet it instead of hurting it, it decided that it liked the attention. In fact, it would probably continue to follow her around so long as she didn't give it any reason not to.
[Congrats! You've tamed the Wyrm.]
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Post by Fiera Ferella on Sept 19, 2020 19:02:55 GMT -6
Fiera watched carefully as the wyrm crept closer and closer. Soon it was close enough for her to pet, and after a few moments of strokes the creature seemed to relax into her touch. Once it was clear that she wasn’t going to hurt it, it seemed a lot more comfortable with her. Unfortunately, Viridia didn’t seem to feel the same and was hissing just as loudly as before. “Okay! Okay, I get it.” Fiera said as the jade wyrm started up again. “Let’s get you home, eh bud?” She said sweetly to the hematite wyrm. It tilted its head at her curiously as she started covering her tracks. She shoved a few large rocks into the divot she had carved in the wall. Then she shoved her mind cart in front of it, trying to disguise it from any looky lous. She would be back soon after all- she only needed to get this gem wyrm back to bed kennels.
Fiera 14 Viridia 21.4/21.4 19
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Post by Fiera Ferella on Sept 25, 2020 18:24:05 GMT -6
Once she was back in the mines though, with only one gem wyrm by her side, it was right back to work. “Okay Viridia, lets get this elemental crystal out.” She said with determination, shoving the mine cart out of the way. The cast off stones crunches beneath her feet and a couple of them even gleamed enticingly, but Fiera would wait to get those. The ones still in the walls were the important ones- the rest could wait. Once more she began slamming her pick axe into the wall over and over until finally a familiar glimmer shone through the stone and the thrumming reached a fever pitch. She peered in through the new hole and sure enough, soft green light poured out of it. “Well hello there...” Fiera said happily and scrambled to get her other tools so she could tease it out carefully and not break it.
Fiera 15 Viridia 22.0/22.0 20
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Post by Jack on Sept 25, 2020 22:09:36 GMT -6
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Post by Fiera Ferella on Oct 6, 2020 23:21:55 GMT -6
The gem clattered time the floor and Fiera picked it up carefully. Finally, the thrumming slowed to a stop now that she had found it. Sure enough, it was a water elemental crystal, easy to determine from the distinctive blue glow that came from within it. Fiera didn’t think she’d need such a gem, but she was sure she could find someone willing to buy it. After all, Magic was an increasingly popular practice in the Labs City, with plenty of people of all walks and ages trying to make their own nodes- Fiera included. With that in mind, she carefully tucked it into her mine cart but... the thrumming didn’t stop. She stopped for a moment, sussing it out. The sensation certainly wasn’t coming from the gem she already had in her mine cart. But then where...? She glanced back at the wall. Was there TWO crystals in there?
Fiera 16 Viridia 22.1/22.1 21
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Post by Fiera Ferella on Oct 6, 2020 23:29:38 GMT -6
She leaned down to peer into the hole, now a deep (-ish, about a foot and a half in) pit in the side of an otherwise smooth wall. How had nobody noticed this veritable treasure trove of elemental crystals? She had already found one and a fossil- shouldn’t this area have been cleared out? She wasn’t about to look a gift abyss in the soul though, and decided to keep digging. A few people had glanced over at her by now, but most shrugged and moved on, assuming she was just a little nuts of anything, or just horribly bored at most. Fiera was sure to give them all glares just short of basilisk levels of lethal to keep them moving. This was her find after all, and she wasn’t about to let anyone else ruin it. Viridia helped of course, hissing up a storm and lunging forward as if to nip the ankles of passers by.
Fiera 17 Viridia 22.2/22.2 22
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Post by Fiera Ferella on Oct 8, 2020 11:53:05 GMT -6
It was a pretty non threatening gesture however, considering that she was tied up such that she couldn’t get more than five feet from the mine cart and most people were staying at least ten feet away. Still, it gave Fiera the privacy she needed to wrestle out the next elemental crystal. Sure enough as she dug she saw a faint green color start to filter through the rock, reinvigorating her for future strikes. “That’s it, come on!” She hissed under her breath as she switched from pick axe to chisel, tapping out more and more shards of rock. This crystal was unusually large and gave her the faint sensation of greenery and soil- an earth crystal? Not what she was looking for, but goodness knew she’d still take it. As she uncovered more and more of the crystal it began to wobble in place, and Fiera held out a hand to catch it.
Fiera 18 Viridia 22.3/22.3 23
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Post by Fiera Ferella on Oct 8, 2020 12:08:39 GMT -6
A few taps later and it finally fell into Fiera’s hand, the thrumming fading away as she claimed it. She paused for a moment, feeling the air- finally still. It looked like she had finally claimed all of the elemental crystals that had been in this area, one way or another. She was still amazed that no one else had found them first but hey, that was their loss, not hers. She looked at the crystal a little closer, marveling at how light emitted from its facets, the pattern it cast on her hands reminding her of vines creeping around branches. She had to admit, she wasn’t all that interested in Earth magic, but a find like this was almost enough to make her start. She’d hang on to it for now at the very least, and would see about possibly selling it at a later date.
Fiera 19 Viridia 22.3/22.4 24
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