vallo

It's strange to think I've been here for a whole month already. It really doesn't feel like it's been that long, but I guess calendar's don't lie. Time flies when you're exploring a totally new place or something, right?

I've found a few really cool spots to think, but I'm curious. Fellow outlanders, what is your absolute favorite spot in Vallo?

We got ourselves an ill wind blowin' our way and I don't mean them monster things in the woods.

(Well. Maybe them monster things in the woods. Stink, don't they?)

Anyhow, I found myself a sparkly. Remember them totems? Guess it didn't vanish when whoever had it last vamoosed. This one feels good, feels right. Somethin' with air? Nearly flew a bit, earlier. And I can gust hard enough to annoy B.O.B. I been practicing with my sniper rifle, totem by my side, and if it don't shoot straighter than ever after I fiddle with the winds, well.

Anything I gotta know about magic? Keep it short; I ain't gonna attend a class and I ain't much for lecturin'.

[ ooc - ignore Ashe's use of 'vultures' on the network - I thought they had been identified but they hadn't. Just assume she's referring to 'feathery monsters' in the woods please! ]

I imagine it's quite common around here to say something like "not exactly where I expected to end up", so add mine to the mix I suppose.

Cheers to those that helped me this morning in the forest - I'm not sure what the beast was that attacked us, but it certainly regretted that it tried. I'm Ignis, obviously a new arrival, but sadly not one that could fully benefit from the video they show newcomers, but I think I got the gist of things. No way home, stipend, an apartment in exchange for name and species, a free drink, and proper sunlight?

I don't want to put them on blast, but if anyone knows a Noc Gladiolus Amicitia or a Prompto Argentum, I would appreciate being pushed in the right direction.

Hello, yes, hi, normally I would fill this space with some flirtatious banter or something...else witty, I don't know, but the things in the forest? They have cloaks and look like human birds? Are from Tranavia. They're called Vultures. They're blood mages, like we are, but they're...worked on? Tortured? We don't completely know how they're made, but they're made and then they're much more powerful. They're a bit like a secret police, a bit like a military. I was tutored by one, he was eccentric but not so bad compared to the rest of my tutors.

But when the process of becoming a Vulture goes--wrong--they lose their humanity and they're much more powerful because they do not listen to anyone or anything, they do not recognize limits, they are more monster than human. Which is what these are.

I think I am rambling a bit

Here's what you need to know. They're incredibly fast, and they fly, which yes, that is where the name comes from you're welcome. They're very good at just about everything because they do not care and they cannot be reasoned with. Once they set their minds (because they have a bit of a hive mind, I don't know more than that to explain it) to something, they will achieve that thing. Which is usually death. They use fire, mostly, but they've been known to create earthquakes, rip boulders out of the earth, that sort of thing. And then they have monster claws and teeth that have torn apart armor like a piece of paper.

You can behead them. That is it. Otherwise, they will keep going. They have no sense of pain, or compassion, or empathy, or anything. If you are going somewhere, I suggest it is in groups. I'll be out as well.

Serefin

I'll take care of it.

I am not underestimating you.

Characters: Regina Mills & Thurvishar D'Lorus
What: Regina and Thurvishar investigate the recently-appeared lighthouse for traps, and find one
When: Last week
Warnings: None!

( If we were in a horror movie right now, you would be the first death. I just want you to know that now. )

Tuesday Morning

Kady & Julia
"It had almost been like old times, especially along with the threat to their lives, but now all of that space that had built between them was creeping back in, wanting her to keep Julia at arm’s length."

The Woods & Morningside | Language.

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WHO: Catra & Adora (and Spirit)
WHAT: Reveal of a big secret
WHERE: Darla
WHEN: Backdated to St. Patrick's Day
WARNINGS: Mentions of abuse and memory alteration if that bugs you
STATUS: Complete

( What’s the weirdest thing you remember growing up? )

WHO: Max & Richie
WHAT: Max's idea of 'let's have a date' means going out and beheading vultures
WHERE: The forest
WHEN: Tuesday
WARNINGS: Gore (because beheading - Richie has an ax, naturally), fire, one of them does a barfing (guess which one)
STATUS: Complete

( You're doing great, honey! )

Well, guess it's time to get the clinic ready. If anyone who doesn't plan on attacking those things want to either defend or help here, I'll take all hands.

TUESDAY, MARCH 23 (afternoon)

SEREFIN MELESKI (NARRATIVE)
His mind was solid, his mental state grounded, usurping that for a taste of something more was what Malachiasz did, and Serefin was most certainly nothing like his half-brother.

LOCATION: A CLEARING IN THE FOREST
WARNINGS: General horror and some implied gore?
Semi-spoilers for Ruthless Gods

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[DEFENSE TEAMS + RESERVE]

We've lost track of Sam Wilson and he's not responding to shortwave transmissions. The forest seems determined to separate the patrol team today. I don't know if it's the vultures doing something or if it's just bad energy in the forest itself, but we need to double down on watching out for each other and staying in pairs at minimum. Please report immediately if you know anything about Wilson's location or if you can help us search. And please continue to report any sightings of these things. Just because they're chaotic, doesn't mean we're going to be.

margo.
I have Fen at my place. She had a run-in with those bastard vulture things. Thought you would want to know.

fuck and i thought my dad was a psychopath. didn't imagine a cult trying to kill me but here we are.

this is my sos
i need bac

TUESDAY, MARCH 23 (EVENING)

simon & baz
It would have been, Baz would later reflect, an awfully sexy move had it not concluded with Simon’s ass poking out of a bush.

LOCATION: Not too far into the forest
WARNINGS: None! Just finding the sword of mages!!

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MARCH 23, MORNING

BLUE + GANSEY
"Oh sure! Let me just pull a molotov cocktail out of the pockets of my skirts! Try the zombie method, I don't know!"

LOCATION: The Barns
WARNINGS: PG-13 - Swearing and fighting.

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AVENGERS.

I found Sam unconscious in the forest. It was probably the Vultures, though I'm not sure specifically what happened. He's in bad shape. I had to bring him straight to the hospital. He's with the doctors now.

NIGHT BEFORE BATTY BAT

ROZ WALKER & NICK SCRATCH
I don't suppose I'll ever live the salty pancakes down, though?

SPELLMAN MORTUARY | PANCAKE PROBLEMS

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( there might have been something fundamentally wrong with Jaina that this was the most at home she'd felt since her arrival )

WHO: Diego & Isabela
WHAT: COUPLE BEHEADING TIME
WHERE: Out in the woods
WHEN: Tuesday, sometime, as shit is hitting the fan
WARNINGS: Nah, just gore and like, blood from all parties involved
STATUS: Complete

( It was simultaneously the coolest thing and the grossest thing ever. Huh. )

Hey, I got my daggers! Whoever said they'd show up, they did! And I got to use them too! For a short while at least! MAZE, YOU SHOULD COME OVER AND SEE THEM.

Except maybe when I'm back home because right now, I'm at Julia's. She's great, guys, she really is. Like she's got a healing touch, you know. And Margo! She brought me ice cream! It hurts to walk right now, and I can't use one arm for some time but I have ice cream! Earth is so great!