[IC] Of the Last of Us

[gogojakeo]

Seatan hadn't seen a human in years, and didn't know what their technology was capable of. Was it capable of this. "Why are you really here?" he asked, as he grabbed Alexis's throat and pulled him up to his level with complete ease. "You're one of them, aren't you. There's no way that you'd live off of this island without you being turned into one of them!" He threw 'Alexis' onto the ground outside his door with a thump, "I don't want to see you again!" he shouted as he slammed the door shut.

[Drake Baku]

"huh, rude man" Alexis said as he stood up, dusting the dirt of his clothes and reaching for his back where a silver tendril had shaped to respond if needed.
he touched it and pulled it back in.
"If I were a chipped we would have been fighting already instead of me knocking and asking politely"
Alexis pulled out something in his pocket, it was a small chip and he grinned "sure they tried but the Kari pulled it out, still I wonder how it did that, perhaps when I find the others I might find that answer"
Alexis turned his back to the cabin and looked around "now..., you know what, if he is this fearful of the chipped then he would be non human, in that case I can at least show him a little without fear of it leaking to the chipped"
Alexis turned around again "trough I will only ask him for the nearest ruins once more, I refuse to ask for lodgings with such a rude individual"
Alexis knocked once more "at least tell me where I can find some ruins, I am a true archaeologist you know"
This time however he let the silver mass pull out his skin and covered the left side of his upper body, trough he made sure to keep some tendrils ready to cover the rest if the man were to assault him again.
"surely a half giant living on this island would know this much" he said after covering his upper right and before the door opens.

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Runa looked at Keela and the girl before responding.
"sumimasen, But if you know where the bear went, I believe I can heal him, my waters can both heal and clean a body, so even poison should not possess much of a problem I hope"

[Whirlwind]

”No offense Runa, but I don’t think this is a bear we should heal. And I assume he’s dead by now,” said Keela, looking somewhat regretfully towards Celest. Of course, she wasn’t seeing as how she’d possibly saved all their lives by her actions, but she felt bad that the girl felt bad. ”I will go find it and bury it,” she finally sighed, setting down what she’d already started to back, grabbing a knife and heading out the door. ”Go ahead and start moving guys… I’ll be back soon!” she said cheerfully, so as not to cause worry.

[gogojakeo]

Seatan called out to Ren and Zmerr that they could come out, but as soon as he did, he heard the door knock again, "Bleedin' humans" he muttered to himself, and opened the door. He saw that the visitor cealrly wasn't chipped, he might not have been human anymore, "You're clearly not one of them then," he aplogised, "I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions so quickly," he searched thorugh his mind for a ruins on the island, "I belvie the closest are about seven miles in that direction," he pointed.

[Drake Baku]

"Thank you" alexis said and bowed politely.
As he stood up again the silver mass released itself from his body and pulled back into his back.
"Dont worry I may be a human but I am indeed not one of them, trough not for their lack of attempt" Alexis showed him the chip "its busted after it was pulled out, still its a friendly reminder of some sort" he said friendly with a sarcastic tone "anyway I wont betray you, I may be human but I find creatures such as your self intreding, its a pleasure to meet one at last"
Alexis then looked where the man had pointed.
"Its a long trip but worth it once I reach the ruins, thank yiu again and goodbye"
After having said that Alexis started to walk a little

[Zmerr]

"Ruins? What do you need ruins for?" Zmerr let himself out of the oven and came into the main room. Another man was in the room. Zmerr still had a hand on his pistol just in case. "I could tell you about the ruins. But I need to know why. I won't just let you into my territory for no good reason. I don't serve tourists."

[Kira Chan]

Celest starts walk after keela "Im coming with you nani" she said loudly her eyes light up and pulls out a knife from her boot and another from the other, although they were small she knew they'd do the job, maybe she could talk to the bear ask why it attacked.

[Drake Baku]

Alexis looked at the little man, the moment his eyes noticed him his eyes turned wide open.
"Oh my, interesting, such a small creature and such noticeable features, I've never even read anything that would explain what you are"
Then he realized the creature had asked him about the ruins, saying its his territory.
"Ah, Well as I had said to you halve giant friend here, I am a Archaeologist, I came here to study the ruins, I visited one specific rare ruin when I was small and have been searching for others of that belong to the same tribe that has made them since, I believe that the ones here are art of them, if I am right then I can finally solve quite some puzzles that have haunted me for years, do not worry, no one knows I am here and I do not plan to give this knowledge out to the world, this is more personal and with that the reason I took this path, now if I may be so blunt, what exactly are you for a creature?"

[Drake Baku]

Blake looked at the 2 girls and sighed.
"If were going after a wounded animal, i'll better tag along, Runa?"
"ah, I shall join you, if the bear or any other creature were to attack I can protect..., ah sumimasen But I do not believe I have learned your name" Runa bowed to Celest "I can protect you if the need calls for it, please tell me when you feel like you cannot go on, ah, sumimasen I should have introduced myself before, My name is Runa"
Blake nodded and figured some introductions could be in order.
"names Blake, since were all going then we might as well go see the place I found before starting the move, in case you girls say no"

He grabbed his entire gear and equipped it to his body

[Kira Chan]

Celest smiled at the two and did a curtsey for them "The name is Celest, after my mothers name Celsetia" her long hair blowed in the wind and she gestured to Keela "The one known as keela is really Nani... My sister" she nodded to the woman then at the other two. "Sumimasen? what dose that mean?"
"

[Whirlwind]

Keela was about to correct the girl that her name was not Nani, but again, debated whether or not it was worth the effort. ”Is your leg healed up enough for you to come?” she asked the girl, a look of genuine worry on her face. She glanced back to Blake and Runa as they spoke, agreeing perhaps it was best to see the place first. Keela was willing to trust Blake’s judgment, but whatever he felt like doing was fine. But she really thought she could handle the bear herself. ”Really guys, I’ll be fine. I’m sure it’s dead so there’s no reason for all of us to go after it,” she said, already outside her house by this point. She caught the injured girl’s name, but then looked more confused than ever when she referred to her as her sister. ”I’m sorry, you must have me confused with your sister. Where is she?” Keela asked, trying to help the girl understand.

[czechmate46]

Ren made her way out from behind the door frame, but cautiously. Approaching Seatan, Zmerr, and the other man, she had her vectors at the ready should she need to use them. She wondered why a human would be here looking for ruins.

[Kira Chan]

Celest looked up at keela then down at the ground queitly as she asked if her leg felt any better "I heal quickly" she said in a whisper she snapped her head up when she asked her where her sister was. And she tilted her head to the side in confusion "Dead i suppose" she said in the same tone as befor exept saddened. she couldnt lift her eyes to look at the woman "Nani was her name and well you look a lot like her and.. and im sorry if i call you that" her eyes just couldnt stop leakking with tears and she begain to walk ahead not waiting for the others, she just brushed pass the fallen limbs and bushes

[Whirlwind]

Keela was taken aback by the girl’s blunt statement that her sister was dead, blinking a few times in surprise. ”Wait, Celest…” Keela said, following her as she walked through the brush until she caught up with her. For a moment she just walked next to her then sighed to break the silence. ”I’m flattered to remind you of your sister, but I’m not her. You can call me Keela, and I can be like your sister. I’d just hate to see me replace her for you in any way. That’s the only reason I questioned you calling me Nani, okay?” she said, a soothing tone to her voice. She reached over and took the girl’s hand and squeezed it for a second before letting go, continuing on to find this bear.

[Kira Chan]

Celest was taken back by what keela had said ".. Well i ..-" she was cut off by the sound of an agonized roar "He's close, be still i will confront him" she said and ran silently ahead to a clearing in the forest, she then saw it the poor wounded animal it was slummped over down on it front legs. She reached her hand out to it and licked her palm she then talked in what sounded like gibberish "were you being mean earlier?" she asked and it grunted in response then said "I was trying to find my cub, then a fierce witch attacked me, is she the sister you speak about?" the bear said with heavy pants. "Im so sorry, i'll try to heal you" she pulled out a small fruit like thing from her pocket "It will heal you but it'll feel like all of your bones are breaking befor it heals you" the bear leaned away, Celest sighed and put a hand over its snout and force fed the fruit to the bear, it whined and lept to its feet "Keep your distance from me and those who i travel with, tell all the others as well i dont want any of my friends killed because of me" she said and rubbed its fur on its back and up by its neck. It finnaly stood up and trotted away. Celest came up to Keela "The bear has been delt with can we go back now?"

[Drake Baku]

Blake took Runa' hand and guided her to follow the other 2 girls.
He had shifted his ears to his panther ears in order to follow the sounds the 2 girla make as they crossed the woods, due to this he heard them talking.
But once they reach the girls he decided it was better to keep quite.
he kept his ears trough, he thought he might hear any sounds indicating of a large animal, dying or otherwise.

Runa on the other hand finally found the chance to respond to the girls question without rudely interrupt an conversation.
"Celest-chan, you wished the know what sumimasen meant did you not, it is Japanese for I am sorry or pardon me and such manners of speech, I also need to apologise for the misunderstanding when I asked if you know Japanese as Nani also has a meaning in Japanese"

[Kira Chan]

Celest looked at the girl befor her and smiled "Oh its quite alright no need to apoligise, and what dose the word Nani mean in japanese?" she askes slightly ignoring keela for now. her eyes lite up as she heard the sound of the bear as it kept trotting away she smiled to herself and listened as the girl talked.

[Drake Baku]

Blake listened to the bear but decided to keep quite, the new girl seemed to have fixed the animal and let it go after talking some strange language.
Runa smiled gently "Nani means what in Japanese"

Blake shifted his ears back to human and nodded.
"Shall we go"
After getting conformation he guided the girls to the cave, he had to shift his eyes to panther once more in order to navigate while he was holding Keela and Runa their hands to guide them trough the darkness, for the 3e girl he had grown his panther tail for her to hold on, this way he knew they were all following him, trough he did had to keep his pace to fit all 3 of them.
"I know the darkness is tricky, but it might be a good defense and it only adds to the view soon, if needed we can see if we can fix some lighting"

Then after a while they entered the cavern section, the large ruins illuminated by the openings in the cavern roof.
"looks like it used to be some kind of fortress or temple, lots of rooms and lots of possibilities, the insides seem to be in a near perfect state, no holes in the ceiling no broken down walls, there is even a section that seemed to have been some kind of garden with its own open roof part"
He would let the girls roam around them self at this point, sitting near the entrance, thinking about possibilities with this place and such, keeping his panther ears up again in order to hear of the girls call him.
In a way he had the urge to follow Keela...
before the girls entered the place he added "If you girls get any ideas to use something here, tell me so I can think of how to do some things"

[Whirlwind]

Keela raise an eyebrow but nodded, waiting and letting Celest deal with the bear. When she came back and started talking to Runa about Japanese, she just kept quiet like Blake until he asked if they could go. ”Yes, let’s,” she agreed, walking with the group to the cave Blake had found. It wasn’t nearly as at one with nature as her tree home, and it was awfully dark. She honestly was kind of attached and didn’t want to move but just put on a smile for the others and nodded as Blake talked it up. ”I’d like whatever place in here has the most light… it’ll be easier for me,” she made the small request, walking around til she found one that seemed to almost have windows in the forms of holes a foot in diameter each running the length of it. She thought perhaps of adding a hole in the ceiling as well, but it could wait. She’d found her room. She sat in the middle of it and peered out the circles from a short distance, thinking to herself and messing with her moon bracelet absentmindedly.

[Kira Chan]

Celest walked with them for a ways and stopped to rest letting them get a bit far, it seemed the bear she healed was out for revenge but didnt want to show its self too soon "Go on, or they will try to kill you again." she said firmly and looked around not knowing exactly where the bear was she just knew it was close. Istead of the voice she heard earlier she heard a small pittiful one "Again? what? wheres my mommy" it said in a whin. Celest spun around to see in the shadows a young cub only about a year old. She bent down and petted it fur "Come with me, we'll find her" she cooed and took the bear cub in her arms and caught up with the group "Sorry i found this cub and.. well she needs to find the mommy that you tried to kill" she gives a cold glare to keela and then at blake, her eyes trail over to the cub and she smiles warmly "Dont worry, my friends WILL help you" she said as if she was now suddenly in charge