Bel followed the tracks left by the chest, she kept Skylie close as she moved. As she moved deeper into the foliage she started to notice she had to pay very close attention to her surroundings. She had to detour the twisty path to avoid pits that she could fall into, and the amounts of vines crossing her path she had to avoid getting tangled in were only the easiest of the dangers she found herself dealing with as she attempted to find the chest. On multiple occasions she found herself de-tangling herself and Skylie from low-hanging branches that seemed to want to snag them up. There was little sources she could find for food at least food she was sure to be safe, most of the food she did find she gave to her daughter. There were even fewer safe places to sleep, and Bel was on the constant watch for creatures of the forest who were hunting for their own meals.
By the time the pair stumbled across the trunk in a very literal sense neither was clean as they had been a week prior, Skylie was very irritable and becoming difficult to manage, and both were incredibly hungry and thirsty. Beldaran should have been alert to the lump in her path but she was just dragging her feet with every step. She tripped over the trunk only an unconscious instinct putting a hand out to slow her fall. Skylie started crying once again as Bel pushed herself to sit next to where they had fallen. It was dark around them with only a hint of the sun above them peeking through the dense foliage.
As her eyes adjusted to this tiny clearing she noticed the light was actually focused on a strange tree, with a groan she slowly stood back up, at this point the disheveled angel just wanted to go home and sleep. She picked up her crying daughter with a half-hearted attempt to calm the child down. She moved closer to examine the tree, stepping over roots which crossed her path. Water! Oh how she needed that, but no matter how she looked to get to the water there was a twisted limb in her way.
And then she heard it, the soft voice, 'do you have the stones?' "What stones?" the tired angel replied taking a couple stumbling steps back from the fountain and looking around her trying to find the source of the voice. The only stone she knew of was the one she had had to trade away to get the chest from the aquatic fairies.
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 2:53 pm
The disembodied voice repeats, "Do you have the stones?"
Shicala
FA Mysteries Crew
Dapper Hunter
Offline
Shicala
Hungry Animal
Offline
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 3:44 pm
That same voice repeats itself to Bel and she keeps looking for it's source. What stones was it referring to? She'd given the one she knew of to those water fairies back at the beach, but then.. She looks from the fountain back to the chest she'd tripped over. It was a heavy chest, she still unfortunately has no idea what was in it though, perhaps it was the stones this voice wanted. "I don't know... " she tells the voice her mind still playing over the idea. Carrying Skylie with her she moves back to the chest and uncovers it from the leaves over it and tries to open it... still locked.
Skylie continued her whining she was hungry she was tired, she was getting a diaper rash... And yes she was not happy at all after the trip
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 4:28 pm
The tree once more moves, twisting and turning until it closes back up to look like any old twisted tree. The glow from the sunlight fades.
---
Travis and Todd sit atop squirrels hidden in a nearby tree watching the angel. Travis can't facepalm hard enough and Todd just shakes his head, but stops once a brilliant idea comes to him. He elbows Travis and whispers, "Just watch this."
Todd cups his hands around his mouth and in the most feminine voice he could imitate, he yells, "You failed me! How dare you show your face around here and not even know what the stones are let alone forget them. You must make recompense to the Spririts! DANCE MINION! DANCE!"
Shicala
FA Mysteries Crew
Dapper Hunter
Offline
Shicala
Hungry Animal
Offline
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 5:30 pm
Even as she tries to sort out the chest the tree moves blocking out the light and Bel looks back up. The usually calm angel was getting frustrated, it'd already been a stressful few weeks, she keeps fussing with the chest even though the light in that location was less then ideal, and then she hears the 'female' voice, though this one was different then the two questions prior about the stones ... Bel snapped, she had no idea it was those two little fairies again but that really didn't matter. "SHUT UP!" she suddenly screams and stands up spinning and facing noone in particular "I'm trying the best I can here!" She's nearing tears as she scans the small clearing again for the voices "If you don't like it well that's tough, but I'm trying"
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 5:55 pm
"Not very hard!" Todd the Squirrel-rider says from his hiding spot.
"Travis says to tell you to start using your brain and stop bumbling." The voice boomed in the same fakey voice he used before. "Oh wait, no. Forget that, Minion. Minions don't cry and fuss like their wolfbabies. Minion---- waitaminute..." Todd is interrupted by a jab from Travis.
The pair mutter back and forth.
"Okay, Minion. We take pity on you today. No riddles. The fairy from the healing house gave you the key."
Todd might be getting a little too comfortable in this Boom-Voice-of-Spirits role he's crafted for himself.
Shicala
FA Mysteries Crew
Dapper Hunter
Offline
Shicala
Hungry Animal
Offline
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 7:04 pm
Travis.... she knew that name... if her stressed out mind wasn't deceiving her it was one of those little annoying fairies she was rapidly growing to hate. She wanted to storm in the direction the voices came from and almost did until they stopped. She was fuming, stressed and upset... she knew she would be glad when this was over, but it wasn't yet and she wasn't a quitter. 'The healing house fairy?' she stopped, a slightly confused look crossed her face, all that she had been given there by that little fairy was a bundle with a comb and earplugs, her daughter hadn't let her have the bundle wrap and the earplugs since they had left the beach and the comb... well she'd picked that up in her effort to gather her daughter up at the beach and stuck it the first place she had thought to stick it since Skylie had still clutched tight to the bundle... her hair.
Reaching up with her free hand she pulls it from her hair and looks at it, she wasn't sure how it could be the key but she was willing to try just about anything at this point. So she turns back to the chest, sets Skylie right besire her and knelt near it again to examine both items together.
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 8:12 pm
Travis gives away his position up in the tree and rides his squirrel over to Beldaran and practically rips the comb from her hand. He makes sure she's watching and slowly shows her how to open the trunk. Once it's open, he takes one of the stones and skitters off back to the treeline.
At the opening of the trunk, the tree will unravel and open up again. The fount is shimmering in the sunlight and the arms of the female figure reach beautifully towards the stones.
"Do you have the stones?"
Shicala
FA Mysteries Crew
Dapper Hunter
Offline
Shicala
Hungry Animal
Offline
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 8:23 pm
Bel hadn't expected the little fairy to come barreling in, however it didn't surprise her he took a stone. She picks up a stone turning it over in her hand as he takes off. The light startin to come into the area again she looked up and she looks up. "I have most of the stones yes, he has the last one" she says motioning towards the little fairy. She picks up the chest and turns towards the fancy tree once more, Skylie was intently watching the squirrel as she does but Bel was keeping her eye on her in the corner of her vision like a typical mother.
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 8:38 pm
The female figure slowly, fluidly moves to face Beldaran. She holds her palms out. Her eyes snap open, revealing a piercing white glow. The figure's face comes alive, as if she's a normal, breathing Pae'il.
"What is your offering?" The voice is ethereal and obviously comes from the dryad, but her lips do not move. She's speaking directly to Beldaran's mind.
Shicala
FA Mysteries Crew
Dapper Hunter
Offline
Shicala
Hungry Animal
Offline
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 8:54 pm
Beldaran hadn't ever seen anything like this before, it was mezmerizing. She shook her head slightly to break the stare glancing at her daughter and using a foot to encourage her daughter to stay close to her. Bel looked from the chest of stones to the figure ahead of her, "Uhm, the stones I do have I suppose" she says aloud, to have offered all of the stones in total would have meant trying to catch that fairy and pry it away from him. So this seemed for the time being to be the most viable option given to her. She steps towards the figure still using her one foot with each step to encourage Skylie to come with her and stay close.
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 9:04 pm
Once Beldaran places the stone in the dryad's palm, the dryad begins to move. She is gentle and delicate as she places the stone in the water. The water reacts to the stone, tinting to a beautiful sky blue.
"Drink."
A tree limb twists slowly to allow the angel access to the sacred waters.
Shicala
FA Mysteries Crew
Dapper Hunter
Offline
Shicala
Hungry Animal
Offline
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 9:14 pm
"Thankyou" she says in response to the go ahead to have a drink. Bel moved forward more, the water was enticing how as it had been earlier when she first saw it, especially after days of travel through the Loka Nei. Bel looks into the water despite it being slightly tinted blue it was still as clear as before, and then reaches in scooping slightly at the water with her hands together to cup the water, she brought it to her lips taking a long drink. It was refreshing and she moved to take just a little more intending to share the second bit with her daughter.
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 9:24 pm
After one drink, the limb moves to block further access. After all, it would be very dangerous for a toddler to drink from the fount when touched by the stone.
After Beldaran's drink, the dryad turns and the tree begins to close up, with the fount disappearing once more.
(You need to post one final post with reactions, and this notice will be complete.)
Shicala
FA Mysteries Crew
Dapper Hunter
Offline
Shicala
Hungry Animal
Offline
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 9:32 pm
The blocking of the water did not entirely surprise the angel, nothing had come easy on this 'adventure', she steps back and pauses watching the tree close up before picking Skylie up once again. The toddler was just as irritable as before and Bel just wanted to get home again, cleaned up and fed. When it became obvious nothing more was to happen she turned and made the slow trek back out of the Loka Nei taking to the air when she could, home was her destination, home, food, a bath and a nice LONG nap.
A week later when she felt those familiar feelings she was in disbelief, it wasn't something she would have ever expected, how had that water caused this... or had it... Bel didn't know but guessed she might solve that one ... someday...
Reply
