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Open Post! It's not my fault I swear!

Who: Terra and OPEN
What: Solo Searching, Scolding Sharks, Starting... uh ...fires..
When: 11/24
Where: Enso, A7, B7 and around the Beach near such

1) SCREW YOU, JAWS!
Technically she could have volunteered to go along to the new island, but of late, she's been feeling a little out of sorts. Not as badly as when she returned from her expedition, but certainly odd. It didn't help that her magic kept acting up lately, and she wasn't sure why that was - so better to separate herself from people so she wouldn't put anyone at risk, right?

As such, she's opted to go exploring on her own, a bit of pep in her step, hoping to find something useful to help out the rest of the inhabitants of the island. Unfortunately by the time she's walked as far out west as she could, she could find nothing useful at all. Nothing except more rocks, more unbearable sun, but fortunately, no ovoids or fusterclucks or anything similarly horrific to deal with.

But that heat was awful. So awful. All it took was one misstep, and with a startled yelp the poor half esper slipped off the cliff and into the cool, refreshing, shark infested water, getting a number scratches and cuts from the tumble. Wellll that's just perfect. Anyone who may have been passing by the area might have just heard that - by all means, help. She's not so hurt she can't help herself though - in fact, she does try to climb back up, but it's just a TINY bit too steep at one point, so she decided she'd risk the sharks and try to swim around to a more shallow area. She's not afraid of you Jaws, Super Jaws and MegaJaws! Bring it!Help ;o; ~~Or come across her as she's coming out of the water~!~~

2) Where's Smokey the Bear when you need him?!

Eventually, a now semi-soaking wet Terra managed to make it out of the water, a little more tired, a bit stressed all over again, but alert (hey that water did wonders to beat the heat), crossing through the forest once again to collect the belongings she had set down before she fell into the water. She really should tend to her injuries, but eh, they were small and superficial and she wasn't really thinking about it.

She was more than halfway there when she realized something was terribly wrong, and she glanced down in alarm as she felt the magic in her start building up, demanding a release. Almost desperately she tried to hold it back - to no avail. Less than a minute later, flames were quickly starting to spread across the forest floor - not nearly as bad as it could be, but well, where there's smoke there's fire right? "Oh .. Oh no, stop stopstop..!" This is bad. Really bad. UM. UM. WELL There's at least water nearby, so it can be put under control quickly but...uh. I reiterate. HELP. ~~Do we even HAVE a fire brigade?~~

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Noctis to say the least was pretty grouchy, most of that had to do with the heat, a lot to do with the lack of snackage, and his brain still trying to figure out his weird two week absence - and doing it without the power of carbohydrates. Shiva, he'd give anything right now for some fries. Potatoes. . . .

He loved fishing, there was no question about it, but when it was becoming his and all of his friends only source of nourishment, it was a bit tiring. He even notice the extra notch he had to put in his belt after this month.

Speaking of fishing. . . .he decided to attempt the west side of the island. Maybe he'd catch something different? Maybe just a change of scenery. Anything. He was bored, and grouchy. However, he was quick to his sense as he stood on the beach not far from the cliffs. And, there was Terra, falling to her doom.

Oh shit.

Without hesitation he began warping in her direction. He was too beat and she was too far away to make it to her in time for her to hit the water. The engine blade dug into the cliff side, meters above the waves, he grasped the handle, with one hand, his other reaching out to Terra as she surfaced. "Hey! Grab on!"

Edited 2017-11-29 14:29 (UTC)

By no small coincidence, sharks in the area thought someone falling into the water was perfect all right -- for them. The moment she surfaced, Terra shook her hair out of her eyes, glancing around and already seeing three of the shark fines making a beeline for where she fell.

And then salvaaaaaaation, she heard Noctis' voice just above her. "Noctis?" Where -- no no, no time for that. She didn't waste a moment, scrambling closer to the cliff and pushing herself up to grab onto his hand!

He stretched his muscles forward, they ached as they reached for her, until finally, he snagged her wrist firmly. Then with all his might he pulled her up. "I got you."

He managed some footing on the cliff walls, planting himself there and attempted to get her some as well.

"Careful..~!" She didn't want him pulling her up to overbalance him and end up knocking him into the water himself. But thankfully with his assistance, she was able to find better footing, glancing up towards the ledge she fell from, and then down towards the water where one of the sharks was circling nearby.

"Hold onto the hilt," he instructed. He was in no nonsense mod at the moment, rescue mode. He had to figure out had how to get them up now. Warping himself was one thing, he wasn't capable of taken another person with him. Luckily his arsenal was well stocked. "Wait here."

He released both her and his engine blade, however, before he plummeted to the ground, in his hands, a royal arm - The Blade of the Mystic - appeared. As fast as it appeared it was thrown to the top of the cliff and in a blink he had warped its way. He swung himself onto the ground, barely catching his foot hold.

Two warps, one royal arm - he needed to cartch his breath. Luckily, he didn't think that Terra could see him. He looked for a anchor, found one in a stone, removed the rope from his pack, secured, and finally tossed it down her way. "Here you go."

Rescue mode was a vast improvement over hungry and grumpy mode. A little puzzled, she gripped the hilt of his sword, but she didn't have the opportunity to ask what he was doing when he s...uddenly fell? "A-!" OSHI -- wait, no, he's fine. And.. he teleported?

When the rope was flung over the edge for her, Terra glanced up at him, quickly grabbing the rope and winding it around her wrist securely. Planting her feet against the cliff wall she gripped the hilt of his sword tighter and pushed for some extra leverage in getting his sword free, so she could bring it up with her. Unless it was a Sword in the Stone situation and only the One True King could remove it from the rockface. "Got it..!"

"Just leave it," he instructed, noticing her attempt. He could get it back later. Once he felt she was holding on securing, he wrapped the slack around his waist for leverage and began pulling. The heels of his boots dug into the dirt as her marched backwards.

He was still tired, but he could do this. He had to get her up, and then he could take a break.

Leave it? But but --! She did reluctantly let go of the sword - she supposed getting to safe ground was more important. On the plus side she was disgustingly light - she was already slim and light, but she was probably moreso now. She also climbs with the pull as much as she can, intent on making it as easy for him as she could - the moment she felt the ledge and ground, she immediately started pulling herself up, "Erf..!" Thank goodness for that rope and Noctis though. Her shoes were not made for cliff climbing.

Once she was up top, his muscles tensed and he fell back with an exasperated sigh. That was more work thanhe thought it would be. At least she was okay. Wet, but that was a a running them on this island. He didn't have his spare clothes on him this time around though, so she was out of luck on that matter.

"You okay?"

The wet clothes actually helped with the heat, so she was fine with it, really - she let out a breath, nodding slowly, pushing her wet hair out of her face, "Yes, I'm fine.." She peered at him closely, a bit worried, "Are you okay?"

"Yeah." He just needed to watch is break before going down to get his sword. He had avoid using his royal arms for the most part while here, and there was a good reason. Still, to save his friend it was worth it. "How'd you fall anyway?"

Terra relaxed when Noctis confirmed he was fine, then glanced up at the sky for a moment before returning her gaze to him. "I think I was out in the sun for too long. I was looking around to see if there was anything useful over here, and I felt dizzy for a second. My foot slipped, and I was too slow to get my balance back."

She rubbed her neck a little, "It's not as bad here as it is on the eastern side, but still, I should have been more careful. This is the same type of terrain that those.." she narrowed her eyes a little. "Bug things were found there." And the fusterclucks. And the poison frogs. Thankfully none of those were in this part of the habitat though.

But that expedition was the last thing she wanted to remember, so she shook her head a bit, "I was lucky you were near enough to help me. Otherwise I would have had trouble getting to shore." Especially with the way her magic's been acting lately.

He forced himself to sit up. "Sounds like you're suffering from heat exhaustion. We should probably get you to some shade and some water." Noctis got to his feet and went back to the cliff's edge, he held out his hand and summoned his sword back to him.

He took a moment to contemplate, looking at the water. Now and then a shadow would surface, and an intimidating dorsal fin broke the barrier of the water. "Do you think sharks are edible?"

Terra shifted to watch him approach the cliff's edge, then glanced around, "Mmm, I have a jug of water I brought with me - I put my pack down somewhere around here. Not far from where I fell." She got to her feet to shade her eyes and scan for it.

At the question, she gave him a surprised glance. "A shark?" Well, a shark is just a big angry fish, right? "I don't see why it wouldn't be, why?"

"Because I'm thinking about eating one."

The islets were seriously low on food. They needed to thing of something. Even normal fishing was becoming scarce he seemed to notice. It probably had to do with the flood and most of them dying when it resided. A shark could feed a lot of people.

Though if it was too big, there could be problems. He wasn't exactly an expert in shark butchering.

"An entire shark?" She echoed, incredulous. Finding her bag, she picked it up from where it was resting against a tree and padded cautiously over towards Noctis, leaning over to peer over the edge of the cliff as well. "... you must be *really* hungry..."

"I am," he iterated. "And I would share." There were a lot of people to feed after all. He couldn't very well let anyone die of starvation if he could so something about it, let alone anyone he cared about. "Can't say I know how to butcher a shark though, in order to bring it back. I'd have to go for a smaller one."

OH! So he wouldn't eat the -entire- thing. That was good, from what she'd seen that was a LOT of shark for one person. "Mmm, I would have thought it was the same as a fish but.." Maybe not. "Do you need help?" It's a small shark so he'd probably be fine, but she could keep the other ones at bay at least, if they thought his distraction made him an easy mark.

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