Aug 14 2015, 07:20 AM
((ooc -- this is a thread for the Bonebound to test themselves in fun and training. If your Bonebound wants to join, or a friendly ally, you may either happen upon the events or assume Giggle pre-informed your character. More info at the bottom.))
The spotted hyena laid down the final bone, and stepped back to observe her handiwork.
There was a long line of them--spaced just close enough to see the next from the previous. Each was clustered with a bright, broad clump of orange mushrooms. The purpose was to mark a path around a long path that wound around Canis. The path began straight and smooth from Giggle's bone pit, and then sloped down a long and slippery, muddy trail down to the western wall, the path narrowing and winding through puddles of water along the way. It wound up and around the bone fortresses, next, and then between stone pillars. There it hit a near-vertical wall, a shelf of rock, with the next 'marker' bone placed at the top. Giggle eyed this one with pride. The flyers could just flip right up there, but the runners, they would need to find a way up. Climb, magic, cleverness--she didn't care. It was meant to be a test, and how they passed was not as important as whether they passed.
Of course, to even things out, the area after that was very narrow, vertically--the ceiling was only a few feet from floor to cave roof, and utterly filled with bones and mushrooms. They would have to weave and push through, and the flyers would likely need to land, perhaps giving the runners time to catch up. Then the path wound back down around her bone pile to the starting point, where she now stood.
All in all, she was proud of what she'd managed.
Giggle turned, and approached those who had already gathered in response to her summons--but raised her voice enough that anyone in Canis might be able to catch the drifting echo of her voice.
"The Bonebound live here, but we know little about one another, in many cases. I say we introduce ourselves--and then test ourselves. Learn what we are each capable of. And which among us are strong--or weak." She looked between them pointedly, then continued.
"The first test: follow this trail of orange mushroom-bones. It goes down to the walls, back up through the bones, over a wall and back here. It doesn't matter who is fastest--only who makes it through. It's a long run, or flight, and there's more than enough chances to mess it all up. There's a feast waiting for those who survive," she added ominously. Of course, nobody would die. It wasn't even that difficult a course, but she wanted to see them take it seriously--if only for her own amusement.
She wondered who would help comrades who fell on the way; who would press on alone, eager to show off their own strength and stamina. Who would even try to sabotage, perhaps, the others. Who would struggle on when tired, or quit in irritation. Who might try to find and steal the feast while the others ran the course, perhaps.
Any way you look at it, it's a sort of strength. Let's see how they do... And what they do.
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Roll the bones.
@Mau @Azazel @Kerberos @Bones @Raikzik @Bravo @Krakarak @Xylos
(( OOC: Your char can introduce themselves & begin the course in the same post. Please make rolls (whether for magic, running, flying, whatever) for the following, each in their own posts:
- Going down the wet, slippery, steep mud-path & avoiding the water puddles
- Sprinting along the walls and avoiding the agitated giant cave rats
- Weaving through the bone fortresses & pillars without hitting any
- Scaling the wall somehow
- Making it through the fungal forest (narrow from ceiling-to-floor) and back to Giggle
The character with the highest 'score' at the end will be viewed as having best completed the course. Obviously this may take awhile so just take the thread as something to do on the side between plots! Good luck and have fun! ))
The spotted hyena laid down the final bone, and stepped back to observe her handiwork.
There was a long line of them--spaced just close enough to see the next from the previous. Each was clustered with a bright, broad clump of orange mushrooms. The purpose was to mark a path around a long path that wound around Canis. The path began straight and smooth from Giggle's bone pit, and then sloped down a long and slippery, muddy trail down to the western wall, the path narrowing and winding through puddles of water along the way. It wound up and around the bone fortresses, next, and then between stone pillars. There it hit a near-vertical wall, a shelf of rock, with the next 'marker' bone placed at the top. Giggle eyed this one with pride. The flyers could just flip right up there, but the runners, they would need to find a way up. Climb, magic, cleverness--she didn't care. It was meant to be a test, and how they passed was not as important as whether they passed.
Of course, to even things out, the area after that was very narrow, vertically--the ceiling was only a few feet from floor to cave roof, and utterly filled with bones and mushrooms. They would have to weave and push through, and the flyers would likely need to land, perhaps giving the runners time to catch up. Then the path wound back down around her bone pile to the starting point, where she now stood.
All in all, she was proud of what she'd managed.
Giggle turned, and approached those who had already gathered in response to her summons--but raised her voice enough that anyone in Canis might be able to catch the drifting echo of her voice.
"The Bonebound live here, but we know little about one another, in many cases. I say we introduce ourselves--and then test ourselves. Learn what we are each capable of. And which among us are strong--or weak." She looked between them pointedly, then continued.
"The first test: follow this trail of orange mushroom-bones. It goes down to the walls, back up through the bones, over a wall and back here. It doesn't matter who is fastest--only who makes it through. It's a long run, or flight, and there's more than enough chances to mess it all up. There's a feast waiting for those who survive," she added ominously. Of course, nobody would die. It wasn't even that difficult a course, but she wanted to see them take it seriously--if only for her own amusement.
She wondered who would help comrades who fell on the way; who would press on alone, eager to show off their own strength and stamina. Who would even try to sabotage, perhaps, the others. Who would struggle on when tired, or quit in irritation. Who might try to find and steal the feast while the others ran the course, perhaps.
Roll the bones.
@Mau @Azazel @Kerberos @Bones @Raikzik @Bravo @Krakarak @Xylos
(( OOC: Your char can introduce themselves & begin the course in the same post. Please make rolls (whether for magic, running, flying, whatever) for the following, each in their own posts:
- Going down the wet, slippery, steep mud-path & avoiding the water puddles
- Sprinting along the walls and avoiding the agitated giant cave rats
- Weaving through the bone fortresses & pillars without hitting any
- Scaling the wall somehow
- Making it through the fungal forest (narrow from ceiling-to-floor) and back to Giggle
The character with the highest 'score' at the end will be viewed as having best completed the course. Obviously this may take awhile so just take the thread as something to do on the side between plots! Good luck and have fun! ))