[IC] the Fog of Yggdrasil

[Tyki]

smarty0114 said
John looks at his gloved hand, confused. He didn't remember putting it on. But he figures that this is the challenge his father was talking about on the way to the forest. John grips the dagger, ready to draw it at a moments notice. He looks around the room and sees a tunnel. He immediately begins hopping from rock to rock, making a game not to touch the roots. He eventually reaches the tunnel and slowly steps in, careful not to set off any traps like the ones in the tunnels of his father's castle.

as he steps in he triggers a trip wire and feels the wind and hears the sound of darts hitting the wall just slightly in front of him and to the right, coming from three mouths to his left and forward a little

[YamiCuoreLaroux]

Tyki said
he finds himself easily able to avoid the traps with even the little caution he's displayed and soon finds himself in a room with a large creature made of skeletons sitting in the middle. the way behind him closes as he enters and the creature shifts, asking directly into his mind with a whisper "so child. what brings you to my domain? answer carefully, because one lie and i'll kill you". it seems to speak in an even tone, even as it says it will kill him, as if it doesn't care at all whether he lives or dies

Stefan's eyes widen, and he works hard to bite back a scream. The closing off of the path does nothing to relieve his fear, but he realizes that there is nothing else to do but face whatever is in the room. Turning towards the creature, he places his hands on the hilt of the dagger in case he needs to defend himself. Shaking at the terrifying sight in front of him, it takes a moment for him to find his voice. "I...I came to help my sister...Sh-she's sick...a-and I need to become a knight s-so my parents can take care of her..."

[Tyki]

YamiCuoreLaroux said
Stefan's eyes widen, and he works hard to bite back a scream. The closing off of the path does nothing to relieve his fear, but he realizes that there is nothing else to do but face whatever is in the room. Turning towards the creature, he places his hands on the hilt of the dagger in case he needs to defend himself. Shaking at the terrifying sight in front of him, it takes a moment for him to find his voice. "I...I came to help my sister...Sh-she's sick...a-and I need to become a knight s-so my parents can take care of her..."

the creature hesitates as it just stares at him, seeming to read him for a while before judging him to not be lying and saying "that is a noble undertaking for one so young... what is your name child?" it speaks evenly still, doing nothing to try to calm him or dissuade his fear

[YamiCuoreLaroux]

Tyki said
the creature hesitates as it just stares at him, seeming to read him for a while before judging him to not be lying and saying "that is a noble undertaking for one so young... what is your name child?" it speaks evenly still, doing nothing to try to calm him or dissuade his fear

Still scared, Stefan keeps a hand on the dagger's hilt. "S-Stefan," he answers, wondering what will happen to him now. Why would this creature want to know his name? Should he even have told it? He couldn't fail already! His sister would be waiting for him at home, so he had to survive somehow...

[Tyki]

YamiCuoreLaroux said
Still scared, Stefan keeps a hand on the dagger's hilt. "S-Stefan," he answers, wondering what will happen to him now. Why would this creature want to know his name? Should he even have told it? He couldn't fail already! His sister would be waiting for him at home, so he had to survive somehow...

"are you scared of me stefan?" it asks, not seeming to care whether his name is true or not by the lack of pause between questions. it still speaks evenly, not really trying to dissuade his fear or calm his troubled mind at all

[YamiCuoreLaroux]

Tyki said
"are you scared of me stefan?" it asks, not seeming to care whether his name is true or not by the lack of pause between questions. it still speaks evenly, not really trying to dissuade his fear or calm his troubled mind at all

"Yes, b-but...it doesn't really matter. I still have t-to make it through s-somehow..." As much as he couldn't stand this, he knew that he had no other choice at this point. He was stuck here now, after all, and he doubted that anyone would be helping him any time soon.

[Tyki]

YamiCuoreLaroux said
"Yes, b-but...it doesn't really matter. I still have t-to make it through s-somehow..." As much as he couldn't stand this, he knew that he had no other choice at this point. He was stuck here now, after all, and he doubted that anyone would be helping him any time soon.

"three more" the creature says evenly, not giving any explanation to why it said it before immediately asking "if i were to give you help, what would you ask for? knowledge, defense, or offense?"

[smarty0114]

Tyki said
as he steps in he triggers a trip wire and feels the wind and hears the sound of darts hitting the wall just slightly in front of him and to the right, coming from three mouths to his left and forward a little

John gasps as he hears the darts hit the wall and looks down. Sure enough he had stepped on a trip wire. He crouches down and begins to crawl through the tunnel, keeping a close eye on the walls to make sure there are no mouths, and a close eye in front of him to make sure there are no traps. He eventually comes to the end of the cave and stands up then steps outside.

[Tyki]

smarty0114 said
John gasps as he hears the darts hit the wall and looks down. Sure enough he had stepped on a trip wire. He crouches down and begins to crawl through the tunnel, keeping a close eye on the walls to make sure there are no mouths, and a close eye in front of him to make sure there are no traps. He eventually comes to the end of the cave and stands up then steps outside.

john finds an empty room with an axe floating in the middle, various bones and rusty weapons litter the floor, all of them human. as john enters the door shuts behind him, closing him into the room with no where to go

[smarty0114]

Tyki said
john finds an empty room with an axe floating in the middle, various bones and rusty weapons litter the floor, all of them human. as john enters the door shuts behind him, closing him into the room with no where to go

John makes his way to the middle of the room, eyes wide at the floating axe. He grasps the axe and pulls it out of the air to admire it more.

[Tyki]

smarty0114 said
John makes his way to the middle of the room, eyes wide at the floating axe. He grasps the axe and pulls it out of the air to admire it more.

it is oddly lightin his hands and seems to be warm, resonating with the glove as the skeletons around the room rise and reform to make 3 combatants, grabbing their weaponry and approaching him, slowly, their weaponry dragging noisily along the ground

[smarty0114]

Tyki said
it is oddly lightin his hands and seems to be warm, resonating with the glove as the skeletons around the room rise and reform to make 3 combatants, grabbing their weaponry and approaching him, slowly, their weaponry dragging noisily along the ground

As the skeletons rise John watches, gripping the axe. He draws his dagger with his left hand and chucks it at one of the skeletons while he begins to back up to keep the creatures in front of him.

[Tyki]

smarty0114 said
As the skeletons rise John watches, gripping the axe. He draws his dagger with his left hand and chucks it at one of the skeletons while he begins to back up to keep the creatures in front of him.

the dagger seems to pass harmlessly through one of their rib cages, nothing there for it to stick to or do damage to. the floor seems even, the bones having all been moved to the now animated skeletons, leaving an open fighting area

[smarty0114]

John realizes that he's going to have to fight the skeletons with his axe. He knows that they move slower than him so he begins to run around the room until they seem to have lost him. He then charges a skeleton and swings at it's back, slicing clean through and leaving it's severed body crumpled on the floor. He quickly swings his axe through the second skeleton's shoulder, leaving it swordless until it's head is sliced clean from it's shoulders. John then rolls to dodge a swing from the third skeleton before standing up and beginning to circle the monster.

[Tyki]

smarty0114 said
John realizes that he's going to have to fight the skeletons with his axe. He knows that they move slower than him so he begins to run around the room until they seem to have lost him. He then charges a skeleton and swings at it's back, slicing clean through and leaving it's severed body crumpled on the floor. He quickly swings his axe through the second skeleton's shoulder, leaving it swordless until it's head is sliced clean from it's shoulders. John then rolls to dodge a swing from the third skeleton before standing up and beginning to circle the monster.

john finds the axe seems to sear them, burning as it cuts and ceasing their failed attempts at reassembling. the final skeleton continues to head straight for him, lifting it's blade and bringing it down fairly quickly but without much force, aiming for his head

[smarty0114]

John twirls out of the way, receiving only a nick on his shoulder that he doesn't feel due to the adrenaline. John rolls and cuts off the skeleton's legs then finishes the monster with a blow to it's skull before standing up, panting.

[Tyki]

smarty0114 said
John twirls out of the way, receiving only a nick on his shoulder that he doesn't feel due to the adrenaline. John rolls and cuts off the skeleton's legs then finishes the monster with a blow to it's skull before standing up, panting.

the room grows silent, the bones stopped from moving, but a way doesn't open for him despite his feat of combat prowess

[smarty0114]

John looks around for an exit but it seems that none has opened. He sits and thinks for a while before he realizes that maybe it's the axe that's holding him there. He walks back to the middle of the room and tosses the axe in the air and runs out of the way. The axe floats in the air, and John waits for a way to open.

[Tyki]

smarty0114 said
John looks around for an exit but it seems that none has opened. He sits and thinks for a while before he realizes that maybe it's the axe that's holding him there. He walks back to the middle of the room and tosses the axe in the air and runs out of the way. The axe floats in the air, and John waits for a way to open.

a way still doesn't open, leaving him trapped in the room until he realizes what he's changed to cause the way to become locked to him

[smarty0114]

Tyki said
a way still doesn't open, leaving him trapped in the room until he realizes what he's changed to cause the way to become locked to him

John plays back the events in the room over and over in his mind. He had entered the room and the door had closed behind him. Then he had faced the skeletons with the axe. Could it be the skeletons that were the problem. Did he need to dismember them again? Or maybe? Was it his dagger. John picked up his dagger and began dismembering the skeletons, hoping that the door would open soon.