08 - Knight Lancer - 9th of the Human Category

[radiantwingedone]

Who: Duke Pantarei and ANYONE WHO WANTS TO FIND HIM/IS IN THE FOREST QUADRANT (+ Mithos)
When: May 3rd -> 9th
Where: Forest Quadrant
Style: I'll follow o/
Status: Open o/


[ After the events of the 2nd, Duke had altered his voice mail, set false points of magic that would feel like him into the forest, one at his previous dwelling point, another further in, and had settled his contraption of wood and canvas that functioned as a dwelling as far away from Vatheon as he could get while still stopping at a location with a reasonable water source.

And here he will stay. It hurts, perhaps a little, but it would hurt anyway. The redhead was right, after all.

He shouldn't be around people. ]


((ooc:Assuming any and all interactions happen before he talks to Mithos. Duke is basically doing a minimum to be healthy, at the moment, because... feels :/ Pick a day, open to tagging whenever you feel comfortable on days o/))

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/Pitpatpitpatpitpat

[lucentpalisade]

[ A FOREST! Maybe there are peaches that look like Cheria's butt here. :3 Ahem. Nonetheless, she hasn't been to the forest before, and when she wasn't waiting for signs of Asbel by the spot where she arrived, she often tried to look around.

Oh look, a shack! ]

:0 Sophie!

[radiantwingedone]

[ A rather interesting shack. It's mostly canvas, actually. So maybe it's more of a tent. Only tents don't usually have the size this one does, or the rough shape of a house.

Little purple haired girl, you feel strange to Duke and his mana-swirling. Have some silent staring, he's not going to step back toward his house thing... ]

^o^ Duke!

[lucentpalisade]

[ She is totally okay with feeling strange to strange people. She's actually very curious about this odd tentlike dwelling. Really is it a tent or is it shack? Shent? Thack? These are the mysteries of the universe.

Of course, you're going to get stared at just as much, Duke. But she will not spend her entire stay here ellipsing at the man. After a few minutes, she will pose a question! ]

Who are you?

5th

[asea]

[ As a creature of the water, Walter tends to dwell in similar locations. The forest offers a generally peaceful atmosphere where he can be left alone, so it isn't entirely unusual that during a walk he would stop at Duke's "reasonable water source" for a short respite. And that's where he'll be when Duke presumably drops by. ]

[radiantwingedone]

[ Someone else there is a clear sign that he shouldn't take a wash now. ]

. . . . . .

[asea]

[ When he notices another presence nearby, Walter draws his hand out of the stream and rises to a standing position, careful not to be too close. Spotting Duke, he shoots the man a glare that's somehow relatively neutral. ]

MAY 9TH because Serph is always late to the party

[bufudine]

[Serph regularly takes time out in the forest; it's easy when he lives right next to it. But it's been quite some time since he's seen Duke, so perhaps now is a good time to visit. Except where Duke's home usually is is conspicuously missing. Yet when Serph checks the contact list, the man's name is still there. Perhaps he changed location, the same way Tiir supposedly does? Serph doesn't think Duke is the kind to move to a place within the city itself, though.

Well, he could do with a leisurely walk through the forest anyway.

It takes him a while to find Duke's new home -- it would have been faster if he'd transformed and tracked him by scent, but Serph is in no hurry -- but when he does, he approaches.]

Duke?

[Hopefully the guy's in, otherwise he'll just come back another day.]

So very late

[radiantwingedone]

[ Duke's there, if mostly because he.. hasn't been going anywhere else.

He's not technically in, though. He got bored of staring at his canvas walls. ]

.... should go.

[bufudine]

[Serph tilts his head. He'd gotten along well enough with Duke before, so this sudden change in demeanour is strange.]

Why?

late 8th/early 9th

[fistfullofmagic]

[While it probably wasn't the greatest idea to be wandering the woods in the middle of the night, Dhaos just can't sleep. And...he can't remember having seen Duke since the incident in that strange castle. It just seemed...right to look here. Yes, it's not much of a plan, and he's not even sure the man hasn't simply vanished, but... Well, Duke's one of the two he feels he can actually let his guard down around a bit.

...Oh! Is that a sort of tent-like structure he spies? Yep, going to check it out now.]

o/

[radiantwingedone]

[ Being conflicted makes for the absolute best sleep ever. Doesn't it? Absolute best, particularly when mixed with the feeling that one just... shouldn't. bother.

It's probably why Duke is sitting outside his tent rather than in it, sort of listlessly staring at... something that isn't a canvas wall. ]

[fistfullofmagic]

[Inwardly, Dhaos feels some relief at seeing Duke hadn't truly disappeared. Cautiously, he makes his way over to the other mage and sits down next to him. He doesn't extend a greeting this time. No, if Duke was out this far, he wanted to avoid others. So until the other decided he wished to speak, he would keep his silence.]

4th

[redcladidealist]

[The problem with avoiding people by going to the places with the least amount of civilization possible? Is that places like that still attract some people, and Lloyd's always been one to prefer open nature. The forest is where he grew up, so it's where he feels most at home. He's not looking for anything specific, just enjoying the feel of the woods.

Even so, when he spots Duke's wood-and-canvas home, he stops, curiosity piqued.]

Hello?

[radiantwingedone]

[ Hey. He's managed so far.

So this is a mildly grumpy stare.

But no words. ]

[redcladidealist]

[Oh, hey, it's that guy...

...what was his name?

But Lloyd remembers him! His face lights up at the memory.]

Hey, you're the guy who was doing that magic with math! What're you doing out here?

6th!

[blessedbyfarore]

[Link has been living in the forest for about a month now, but even he doesn't know everything about it yet.]

[Which is why he's currently wandering here and there, exploring the deeper parts of the forest, peering curiously at everything he can find. Like, say, the house he just found.]

[Well, 'house'.]

[Oh, huh. Zelda did mention that there were others living in the forest, didn't she?] Hello?

[radiantwingedone]

[ .... Is there a neon-bright sign above his house luring all you people to it?

Duke isn't going to answer, but that sound of splashing from the water that runs nearby isn't caused by a fish.

Well. It was, but Duke had caught it. ]

[blessedbyfarore]

[Hey man, there may be pots with rupees in there.]

[The sound definitely alerts Link. Letting out a thoughtful noise, he follows the splashing sound, keeping his footfalls deliberately heavy to avoid startling anyone.]

[And there we go.] Hi! You live here in the forest too?

7th!

[felomelorn]

_{[Welp. He sure wasn't expecting to come across a tent on his walk. He's just going to stare at it for a bit.]}

I didn't know anyone was living out this far...

o/

[radiantwingedone]

..... a purposeful thing. [ Just staring at you. Huge eyebrows. Okay, he's seen brightly colored antennae on long-eared people.

Recognizing that voice but just.. saying nothing more for now. ]

[zelda_hylia]

[It's only so long before Zelda manages to track Duke down, though she certainly doesn't do it as easily as she has the times before. She looks a little ticked when she finally spots him on the 9th.

It may or may not be related to the fact that another person she knows with a large source of magic was here recently. Thank you, Dhaos.]

There you are!

[radiantwingedone]

[ Dammit Dhaos this was the person he trying to avoid the most.

He's. Just going to stare at her for a moment. Most of what he'd done had been to avoid Zelda, perhaps specifically because she was the one who Zelos had named and.. what should he do. ]

..... [ Take a half step back into the shade of the tree he'd been passing, obviously. ]

[zelda_hylia]

[Oh no you don't mister! Zelda marches right up to him.]

What are you doing? I haven't seen you since we were in that strange... I'm not even sure what that place was. Are you still hurt?

[That's really what had her concerned. The last she'd known he'd still been limping a bit. Then he just splits into pieces when they appear back in Vatheon? He's lucky she didn't send telepathic messages to him!]

After everyone else...

[martelapproves]

[ Mithos had taken a walk through the forest that day, on the ninth. Why? In search of any sort of mana similar to his sister. His logic: There's coral here, so why not something similar to the Tree of Mana? He's spent so much time around her and the tree, that the Two became one in his mind. Besides, Colette told him what happened to her. A Summon Spirit... it wasn't what he had in mind, but the more he thought about it, it wasn't that bad. It's certainly better than the alternative, at least.

And then, he picked up on another mana signature - Duke. Teleporting next to him, Mithos looked him over for a moment; a ramshackle tent out in the middle of nowhere. Why? There were perfectly comfortable apartments back in the city, humans or not. ]

What are you doing out here?

[ A simple question. ]

[radiantwingedone]

.... [ Sorry, he was just. Completely fascinated about that teleporting. How had it worked? Why? How much mana did that need to work? Mithos could likely feel a good amount of that swirling magic moving about him to try to figure out what had been done -

Then freezing at words, melting back into swirling. Right. ]

...... Avoiding.