Event | Landfall | Bresilyk | Phorezton

[ironwood]

Characters: Any and all!
Date: December 3 - 11, 2013
Location: Phorezton, Bresilyk (landfall)
Situation: Tu Vishan makes landfall at the winterbound republic of Bresilyk!
Warnings/Rating: Please include warnings in comment subject lines

OOC Post | Approved Items | Special Gifts
Aihsohlow | Phorezton | Markutte | Countryside

The smokey, warm home of the wood miners guild. This is a thriving secondary industry, with the center of town being devoted to an elevator that descends into a large cavern in which a strange form of fungus grows that possesses many of the same traits of wood. The majority of the town works at some job related to the Rhook fungus, either in the mining or the processing of it. They build and sell beautiful Rhook furniture, carts, and other wood-based paraphernalia here. A number of auctions are held here, with the items often bearing a smokey scent or bit of ash - explained as having been recovered from the ashes of a recent fire.

All visitors must report to their customs entry, an easy diversion given that it is the only entry into the town. Provision of an adequate gift will result in their tin visa being stamped with a series of lines that looks like the rings of a tree. The police here are marginally more relaxed about proof of identification, but they are sharply on the lookout for arson and any property-related crimes. There is a smokey scent hanging in the air and a whole section of the city is little more than a warm, charred cinder. Questions about this earn the explanation of a dark mindset overcoming half the residents of that area only two months back and it worsened quickly into strife. One night, the area went up in flames and many of the residents perished with their homes and nearly the whole town was lost. Since then, they have been careful about fires and changes in personality both, with many residents currently residing in jail until their foul tempers dissipate.

Customs | Settlement | Auctions | Harvest Haul | Other

Comments

[unobtainableredemption]

[Of course he knows how! He wouldn't just buy four swords for the hell of it.]

I... [He is so not teacher material.] I haven't exactly been classically trained.

Besides, you know me. A me. Would you be trained by me?

[daughteroftheoriginal]

[How is she supposed to know that?

And as much as it can be a drain on her spare time, prevent her from sleeping in, or even spending time with her friends, May has never been one to turn down the opportunity to practice and improve her skills. Her sense of responsibility means she has to make the most of her powers, and that isn't limited to just putting on a costume.]

If that's supposed to be an offer, yes.

[She should probably not tell him what the Kaine of her world said when she tried to hit him with a makeshift weapon.]

[unobtainableredemption]

[Uggh that was the opposite of an offer. Seriously, do these kids just not listen when people talk?]

I guess you could watch me and we could go from there.

[daughteroftheoriginal]

[Hey, there was a qualifier! 'If'!]

I learn fast, I promise.

[She wasn't actually expecting him to offer.]

[unobtainableredemption]

[He's 99% sure this is one of his dumber ideas.]

Fine.

[daughteroftheoriginal]

[His reaction is actually comforting, if only because it reminds her that this really is still Kaine she's dealing with.]

I won't let you down. Really.

[He might think that now but May will actually be a good student.]

[unobtainableredemption]

[He has no doubt in her abilities, only his.]

Why would you want to know how to use a sword, anyway?

[daughteroftheoriginal]

If I know how to use one, I figure it means I'll be able to defend myself better again people who use a sword.

[He probably wouldn't take hearing that she took a Scrier sword through her stomach very well so she'll just... leave that bit out. She doesn't want to upset him with something like that.]

[unobtainableredemption]

Don't you have... you know... for that?

[daughteroftheoriginal]

It doesn't mean it's foolproof.

[unobtainableredemption]

Trust me when I say that that is your ultimate edge in a fight. [Which is why he kind of missed it. And then he remembers the flashes he used to get of the future, and the feeling passed.]

[daughteroftheoriginal]

I know, I know, and saying that just makes you sound like my dad.

[...Excuse her while she realizes what she just said and to who.]

-I didn't mean for that to sound like that.

[unobtainableredemption]

[Kaine freezes at that remark. He's nothing like Peter, and he knows it.]

Don't say that again.

[daughteroftheoriginal]

I won't.

[She is definitely aware she crossed a line there, even if it was by mistake. If she said that to the Kaine she knew back home, she probably would've gotten the same reaction- except he and her dad had never told her, and probably never intended to. Which makes it that much worse, really.]

I'm sorry, I really didn't mean it like that.

[unobtainableredemption]

I only say that because since I lost mine I can tell you skill only gets you so far.

[Kaine's always been a fan of "ignore it and it didn't happen," so why should now be any different?]

[daughteroftheoriginal]

[She can follow that line of thought; if anything, it seems to be a Parker family specialty.]

I know, but I've seen enough people who only have skill to know that it can still take you pretty far.

[She might have the strength, agility, and stamina of a spider, but American Dream's a serious athlete and strong contender even against superpowered bad guys.]

I'm willing to take every advantage I can make for myself.

[Without breaking her moral code, of course.]

[unobtainableredemption]

Yeah but when you're in a room full of assassins trying to kill you at once, you're operating primarily on luck at that point. You're not going to get a warning.

[He might be talking from experience here...]

You're already smarter than your father.

[daughteroftheoriginal]

[She's not going to try and argue that comment, but she's starting to get really really annoyed, her gaffe earlier nonwithstanding. He might be Kaine, but he isn't the Kaine who's seen what's she's able to handle, has handled.]

I know. Just because I'm younger than you, doesn't mean you need to tell me! I know it can boil down to luck, but practice and skill still make a difference! Enough to be important! I don't want to rely on just luck! I'm just lucky that Normie and the symbiote were nearby when that Scrier stabbed me through the chest!

[...Oh no did she just say that. The brief bubble of anger and annoyance is quickly burst, leaving her looking shocked that she just told him that.]

[unobtainableredemption]

[What the hell? He was agreeing with her and now she's--wait.]

Wait.

Did you just say that a Scrier stabbed you?! What the hell was that idiot agent doing when that happened, standing there?!

[daughteroftheoriginal]

What agent? Who are you talking about? [She knows she hadn't told Kaine that much about her world, so she had no clue who he meant.] You- the other you- had some- I don't know, vision?- of it happening and I somehow saw it when I touched him, [How, she has no idea] and I tried to avoid it by switching costumes but it didn't work out.

[unobtainableredemption]

Venom. The one the army is stupid enough to consider on their side. [After all, Brock was Anti--wait... no, after Spider Island he was nobody.

Kaine stiffens at the mention of his visions, and brings a hand up to rub his eyes.] I do not miss those... I swear most of them were self-fulfilling prophecies...

[He looks over at May.] What happened? After? [Other Him better have killed those damn Scriers.]