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[itookashot]

I need people in Thorne and Solvunn to ask around if anyone's seen monsters like this. I'm doing it on our end. Vines for the face and for the legs, sticks on their back. It also "moves on its hands and with the vines to drag it. It can be burned at least enough to make it turn tail."

Ask the guards or whoever would have interacted with monsters, hunters if you've got them. This thing is in that place with them, it attacked a friend of mine. Maybe it's a clue as to their location.

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[warfed]

I have never been seeing anything like this, but I will gladly be helping with asking.
Even while hunting, I've not seen one, but there are many who have been hunting here longer than I have.
Where were you learning about this?

[itookashot]

From my friend.

[ It's not the same friend, but he doesn't specify that. ]

I'm going to go ask the military, see if there are non-Summoned hunters still around that can help. But considering this is very tree-energy, I doubt the desert's got them.

[warfed]

Yes, I cannot imagine something like this surviving out there, but it is still worth asking.

I will see if I can turn anything up to help you, as well. The more we are able to be finding out, the better, though better still would be if we knew where to point our swords and arrows to bring this to a swift end.

[itookashot]

The geniuses are working on it, but every piece of information could make the difference. Also if I sit still for more than ten minutes I want to burn everything down, so have to find things to do.

[warfed]

I am feeling much the same. I have questioned more locals than I am able to be counting just to keep busy, in hopes of finding something that has been overlooked.

We will be finding them, Jesper. I am sure of it.

[itookashot]

I know we will, it's just what condition they'll be in that's worrying me.

[warfed]

When I last saw Claude, he was...

[She'd been surprised he'd been able to stand, though she doesn't say that much.]

I am worried about that, as well. Time is being of the essence.

[itookashot]

I suppose as long as they're breathing, it's good enough for me.

And then I get to kill every fucking person that laid a finger on them.

[warfed]

If that is your aim, I will be right there alongside you when you do.

[itookashot]

Good, they tortured our people. They'd be lucky if I kill them quick.

[warfed]

It will be better than they are deserving.

[itookashot]

Leaving them in there without powers with monsters? What the hell are they playing at?

[warfed]

It is a transgression we will not be forgetting. I plan to make them pay, and I do not need powers to do so.

If I hear anything at all about this creature, I will be letting you know right away. The more we learn, the faster we can be reaching them.

[She hopes.]

[itookashot]

Thanks, Petra. We'll get Claude and Sylvain, they're strong.

[warfed]

You are right. We will be bringing everyone home safe. I am determined.

[marlbro]

duuude

that like

half an Ent or something

[itookashot]

You know what it is? Where are Ents from?

[marlbro]

a movie

well, it was a book first

Now it's just sort of a general fantasy creature, like elves

they're tree people. that thing looks like a really fucked up version. if it is a tree thing with sticks growing out of it

[itookashot]

Elves are real, so I supposed Ents could be real, but I don't think that's what this thing is.

[marlbro]

yeah no probably not

I'll ask around



hm, you think the nipples are important?

[itookashot]

No, I think she maybe was using those to implicate that it was a torso? I don't know. Pretty sure the vine legs matter more.

[marlbro]

oh ok

tbh Solvunn's all about weird forest woo woo

I'll do a survey

[itookashot]

Yeah, see if Solvunn's people have heard of any of these Ent things. Free Cities has nothing like it, but we're a desert.

[beautifullies]

𝐼'𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒.

𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑, ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦?

[itookashot]

Alive, but they're going through a lot in there. More than I think any of us could understand.

[beautifullies]

𝐼'𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑖𝑓 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑑. 𝐼𝑓 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒.

[ She pauses before adding: ]

𝑆𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑔𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑧𝑜𝑛—𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑦—𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑡-𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑡ℎ𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦. 𝑆𝑒𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠, 𝐼'𝑚 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔...𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑑

[itookashot]

Yes, apparently some of them were drugged or something. It's difficult to get a straight answer when every few words get cut off.

[beautifullies]

𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑒.

𝐼'𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜'𝑣𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠; 𝑖𝑓 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑝 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑, 𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑏𝑦.

[itookashot]

I don't think they know enough about it to give any of us information. Sounds like it was something religious and apparently it has fungus or mushroom/plant things.

[beautifullies]

𝐼'𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑎𝑠𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑙 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑢𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦 (𝑜𝑟 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒). 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐼'𝑣𝑒 𝑘𝑒𝑝𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛; 𝐼 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑚𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑡𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒.

𝑃𝑒𝑟ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡, 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑟𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡.

[itookashot]

Technically I can probably heal this with my powers, but I've never used them like that.

[beautifullies]

𝐼'𝑚 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡. 𝐼𝑓 𝐼 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤?

[ Claire doesn't want to intrude, she doesn't know as much about magic and powers as...well, anyone here, it feels like. She may not be needed, but she'll always offer. ]

[itookashot]

Yes, please do. I'll take anything at this point.

timeywhimey

[carmesi]

[belatedly, but.]

I asked here in Solvunn.
That kind of creature is not familiar with what exists here.

[however,]

I was told unknown creatures can be made through rituals and magic. Using transformative magic, on an already existing object or being.

It's not part of Solvunn's traditions. Only Old Gods should have the power to choose what new beings enter the world.

[this is hardly comforting, she knows.]

It must be specific to whatever is happening where they are.

[itookashot]

So they think it's possible they're new twisted monsters, rather than something that might already exist?

[carmesi]

Yes. It is possible they've used living beings to create it.

[people]

[itookashot]

What if that's what they plan on doing to our people?

[ NEW LEVEL OF ANXIETY. ]

[carmesi]

It's a possibility.
We'll have to hurry.