:[VDAY 2016]: Paradise Landing

[Teigra]

As his blindfold was loosened, Himeros got a better look at his rescuer. What a cutie! "Thanks, sweetie," he grinned and winked, unaware of just how accurate his slip had been. He leaned forward to give her better access to his hands, and he had to stifle a genuine laugh at noting the confused expression she wore when giving the 'safe word'.

Oh, how adorably innocent!

His hands freed, Himeros rubbed his wrists to restore the feeling, grinning all the while. "That might be fun for later and all, but I think there's a few things to take care of first." By then, the blue noisy one had returned. The lust god was starting to understand his twin's attempts at trying to disappear into the back of the bar the night before.

Raising an eyebrow at the ranting nymph, he quipped, "You don't like fruit? What do you prefer then?" Himeros lazily stretched, shaking out some of the stiffness of his joints, still with one eye on Pelagios. "Just so you know, I don't really care who has what bits, by the way. They're all quite nice. And mojitos can be quite useful, I'll have you know. Could probably get us all out of here if I had the means to make some now."

Beginning to rise, he leaned closer to his fauny rescuer and whispered, "...sure you don't wanna' use that blindfold as a gag?" Then, smiling innocently, he finished rising to his feet and stretching.

The harpies had been separated from the rest and taken away, he'd noted with narrowed eyes. Why?

Dementia Requiem Asumi

Sweetie Drops

DaemonGabrielle

Pelagios

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Other captured Pae sans Harpies

 

[FA Mysteries]

Fraise couldn't have entered a better part of the jungle. Here the sun managed to shine brightly, and the breeze was comforting. Little paw prints led the way down her path, but a few broke off and towards a brooke.

She could follow the few or keep on her path with the many. It seemed like they had had a destination to go to, but that clear water!

Twitchapher the 3rd

Fraise

 

[Tartara Seabreeze]

And miss! Drat. She quickly retreated back to her hiding spot after failing to grab the keys. She looked over to her squirrel companion with a resigned sigh. "Well ms. nibbly...That didn't work too well."

Which meant that she had to come up with another way of saving everyone. "Pssst." She whispered to the pae in the cage. "Hi. I'm going to try to get you out of here." The bars weren't really solid, so slipping pae through wouldn't be too difficult. But the guards...getting them out past those observant little guys was going to be a challenge. "Who first?"

OOC: I so don't want to quote each and every kidnapped pae.  

[FA Mysteries]

Navidad was definitely being smothered. Left and right the trees and bushes seemed to push in on her, crowding in ever closer. She could easily turn back and try another part of the jungle, continue forward, or it seemed to break up a bit to her right. Would she go for less coverage or push on through the thickness?

Kira of Flames

Navidad

 

[Twitchapher the 3rd]

Ok, so maybe this wasn't so scary. She half expected some sorta giant spider to descend from the havens and trap her in a sticky, gross web. This wasn't so bad. The angel even skipped a little as she walked down the path. When the path forked Fraise frowned. Most of the tracks led one way, a few led down a different path. She bit her lip as her mind raddled with thoughts. So if there were a LOT of tracks, that was the way to go...But what was so distracting by the river it distracted whatever made the prints. Well she knew where to go now but curiosity got the better of her. She tipped toed towards the less taken path. The sound of water soon filled her ears. Oh! When she found Zoran she'd show him this place! Once she got close enough to the brook she hid behind a tree, peeking out and looking for any signs of something being around there. When she didn't see anything she slowly made her way to the water's edge. "So pretty!"

FA Mysteries

Plz Fraise, stop being distracted!

 

[FA Mysteries]

When Fraise neared the water she would find it to be crystal clear. She could see straight to the bottom and especially the mass amount of fish swimming around in it! There were so many some were having to jump in the air in order to by pass others.

Through the thick there was one that stood out. It had a golden sheen to it, but seemed to be faring poorly. Its gimp fin was keeping it from getting to the safety of the lilly pads and away from the masses. Would Fraise dare to try and pick the slimy fish up in order to help it along and waste time? The path onwards was right behind her...

Twitchapher the 3rd

 

[EvilSilverDragon]

There was no greater comfort than Mayu's words. The feelings shared between the sisters reciprocated on one another. Her hand found the top of her sisters as she offered a relieved smile, "I wanted to rescue, step one of finding you worked." There was an attempt to cause a laugh at herself though she found no mirth. Once they were free and properly pampered this would be much funnier.

Her spirits were further lifted by the praise in her actions. Bolstered, she fluffed her own feathers out a moment and settled back into the more confident reposed Lillibeth the island deserved to be graced with. It wouldn't do to freak out too much with others around. There was no comfort with those outside the flock, just having them all there was setting her a bit on edge. "Thank you, Mayu." Her words alone were worth all the gold and silks in the world.

The question with the flower was an odd one, the pull of it still there but not as overpowering. "If its put close enough that they have to come and get it--" The shadow of a plan was cut off when two more harpy joined the already overcrowded gilded cage. "I don't think so.." Her words wavered, having not seen the other harpy too closely. One way to find out, she all out asked the two newest harpies, "Did you follow anything into the jungle before being captured?" It wouldn't do to tip off the evil creatures that held them captive. Still, there was a chance the answer would be confusion, that alone was worth hope.

Questions of the berries was another smart one. Her own answer came out low for Mayu only, "If one of them eats and shows ill affects, we'll know." It was too much to risk her Matriarch to questionable food. The others of their kind were better than most but still not of the flock. The fainting idea still had merit and was not one she was ready to let go of quite yet.

Irish Night Fox

Mayu

Antidia

Mayu->Xia

Teigra

Mayu->Nyra

 

[FA Mysteries]

CAGED PAE! A NEW FRIEND FOR YOU!

Once Lucius had laid a hand on the totem a power had flown from it and up his arm. It filled him with a calming peace, like despite what was going to come he could take care of himself. Everything would be ok.

Which was good because the eyes that had been watching him had now entered his view. The inched towards him brandishing their spears, but it was just a distraction. From behind a net was cast over his head and covering his body, tangling him up.

The crew of masked Pae picked up the end and began to drag him through the forest back towards the cage where they were keeping the others. As usual, they opened up the cage and tossed him in with the others before closing it up.

((OOC: Lucius now has increased regeneration! Injuries can now self heal with the healing process taking time depending on the severity. Cuts will instantly heal themselves, but stab wounds will take some time- if it wasn't fatal. This means he can still be fatally injured and can't regrow limbs.))

Antidia

 

[Tartara Seabreeze]

He was a bit tense, even though he didn't mean to be. The thought of Adora being in trouble put him on edge. Even the occasional glance at Harmonia didn't do much to calm him, though it was reassuring that a Goddess was on the case. "Oh? Alright." He took a step forward. "ADORA!" He called, hands cupped around his mouth. All that answered was an echo back from the trees.

Tristen sighed as he glanced towards the diety. Tidying up her hair. He half smiled. "Your midnight locks just won't be tamed."

Evilsilverdragon

FA Mysteries

 

[Teigra]

Nyra's alarmed shriek quickly turned to anger as the nets and multiple weights atop her restricted her movements. Before she could break free, her wings and hands had been securely bound.

That didn't stop her from fighting back.

Lashing out furiously with her talons and biting at anything that got close enough, Nyra forced her captors to take extra measures to secure this one. With lots of teamwork (and more than a few scratches), the little masked beasts managed to rig up several ropes to gently lead Nyra along...while everyone kept at a safe distance from her.

Nyra hissed at the creatures in frustration, but there was little she could do with two leads up front and two behind, all held taut so that she couldn't get near enough in either direction to land more blows. Though they attempted to be gentle, they were also relentless and eventually Nyra had to stomp along in frustration to wherever they were trying to take her.

Wherever it was, it was some distance along the way, and before they got there, they were joined by a second group. Nyra stared at this other bird, white feathers like her, but she was touched by colors that reminded her of the sunset, where Nyra had black touches to her plumage. The other seemed to have a bit fancier tail feathers, to which Nyra huffed. Well, she'd gotten captured, so she must not be much of a warrior.

Wait, no...she was in the same situation.

It was a relief in a way to have her bonds removed, though she did manage to get in a couple parting hits on the masked captors before they escaped. That made Nyra feel a bit better too. Then, she started taking in her new surroundings...and all the other birds.

Nyra notably stiffened. At first, she thought it was because she'd sighted the other bird from the night before, the one that had made her act all strange. Clearly it'd been her fault. Right? She eyed the other one curiously at her question. She'd seen something move and had dived to get a closer look, but she hadn't seen anything before the net. Then these stupid masked things had cheated and netted her.

"Something, but dirty cheating mask beasts got in the way," she answered with a sneer, turning a glare on the one to enter with a bowl full of berries. He quickly vanished, leaving her no one to aim her angry stare at.

It became clear that it wasn't just the sight of the one bird that was making her antsy. It was all of them. Every time her eyes lit upon one of the other birds, Nyra could feel something welling up in her...something that told her to fight, protect herself and her territory...though this wasn't her territory. Not yet. The sight...the smell...the mere presence of them all in this tight space was making the urge build. She needed space...or to lash out at these intruders.

She didn't like fighting in an enclosed space though. She liked having room to maneuver. She was reluctant to start something here...maybe if they could get outside first...but for now, she'd not hesitate to defend herself if one of the others started something first.

Staring at the bowl, she quipped, "What with prey food?"

Antidia

Xia

Irish Night Fox

Mayu

EvilSilverDragon

Lillibeth

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Other captive harpies

 

[EvilSilverDragon]

Harmonia paused her efforts after Tristen yelled for his daughter. As still as she could be, she listened. The deity expected the child to come poking out covered in leaves and lost. As it did not seem to work out as she'd hoped, another plan was in order.

As she formulated the idea, one that was failing at every effort, her champion had to go and make her chuckle. "They will not, hoping to get my hair out of the way and cool my neck." Waving her had as to wave away the trouble, she had to give up on the original idea. Now she swept all her hair over her right shoulder and tied it up as tightly as she could. There was still a lock on her left shoulder going to a curl against the top of her bikini top but it would have to do.

Okay, that was near enough solved, though would still serve as an annoyance. "Yelling won't help then, shame. Okay, lets try to move off the path as much as possible, don't want to disturb tracks or the forest itself." Without any concern about the matter, Harmonia stepped around one of the trees guarding the path they chose to follow. There was something to be said about learning from the disaster that was questioning Artemis.

She tried to find harmony within herself, an easy task, then exude it around herself. As a deity she would not be bound by this jungle didn't matter if it liked it or not. With as easy as it could be to get lost, she made sure to stay where she could easily view Tristen.

Tartara Seabreeze

FA Mysteries

 

[Kira of Flames]

With each step, it felt like the jungle was crowding her more and more. Sunlight was being blocked out by all of the foliage, and she was hardly able to move through the close trees. Oh, and the humidity! It felt like she was breathing something solid, it was so thick, and it clung to her skin. Within minutes, Navi was regretting her choice of wandering the jungle and was contemplating turning back and making her way back to the resort. Oh, a dip in a cool pool would be nice.

No, no she was here for perfume research, and turning back now would have meant she just wasted her time. She'd continue onward, pushing through. She noticed that the forest was thinning a little out on the right hand side, and she stopped walking to catch her breath. Maybe she should go in search of relief there. Then again, the good stuff was always the hardest to get through...

No, she'd continue on through this choking forest to get what she came here to get. Yes, that was the plan!

FA Mysteries

Navi's continuing through the thickness!

 

[Twitchapher the 3rd]

Fraise's eyes just about sparked as she watched the fish jump and swim and be fish. 'Fishie fishies!" The angel hopped from one foot to the other. It was so beautiful! They were so colourful and pretty!

Her eyes fell on the struggling golden one and her heart just about broke. "Oh you poor thing!" She didn't even think about it, she was in the water heading towards the poor fish. She wasn't going to be able to use her wings now but she didn't care.

Of course you can't tell a fish you'r trying to help it. She struggled to try to catch the thing. She lowered herself in the water and used her wings to block off the fish's escape. "Got you~" She firmly grasped the fish so it couldn't escape, even if it was slimy. She waded over to the lily pads. "Here you go little fishie~" She let it go. Hopefully this is what it wanted...It was headed over this way after all.

FA Mysteries

FISH ARE FRIENDS, NOT FOOD!

 

[Daisicle]

As strongly as Nighthawk tried to follow the other harpy, she had managed to lose her in the think brush. All she was going by were her sense of sound, smell, and the presence (or lack thereof) of forest damage, rather than the clear image of a target at this point.

So when she heard a noise, naturally, she reacted accordingly.

It could have been that the one she pursued had changed course and looped back around, or perhaps it was somepae else that could alleviate the situation. Upon hearing the sound fading to the distance, the harpy changed her course to follow after it rather than continuing her pursuit.

FA Mysteries

Nighthawk is going after the noise

 

[Daisicle]

A smile appeared on Hatil's face as her new friend neared, and she raised her hand to offer him a greeting in turn. "How're you?" she asked, motioning for him to join her beside the pool. Her feet kicked a few time in silence before looking up and pointing at Shahrazad. "That's my mom."



The rakshasha had since lazily fallen asleep in the warm sun, a content smile and an air of tranquility about her by the way her limbs just hung.



Laughing, she brought both of her hands together in her lap and stretched forward, her wings also extending behind her in a stretch as she yawned. It seemed her mother's laziness was beginning to affect her own ambitions for the day. Maybe she should go out and do something before she changed her mind.

shadica

Hatil -> Valko