It has to be true

Orion was by far one of the dryest caves he had ever visited- which wasn't REALLY saying a lot considering he very rarely strayed more than a couple feet away from the coastline in the first place. He was far from totally drying out, but he was starting to feel the effects of being out this long. It was an irritating itch across his skin and a vague breathlessness. He’d hunker down into Ozzie’s nearly perpetually damp fur, stone sparking with magicka as he attempted to draw that moisture into himself. The relief was almost instant as the water sunk into his skin and gills.

Phelix had been excited to help out and get an opportunity to practice magic before the big show- and he still was! But this was one of the first times he’d been made aware that he’s a fush out if water in the most literal sense.

He’d clamber up onto Oswald’s head, standing on his tentacle-tips as he surveyed the crowd. ”Hi everyone!” He’d chirp with a little wave of a tentacle. ”Everyone’s here to help setup the obstacle course, right?

I'm counting on you
To be my wings and my eyes

@Oswald @Attikias @Miriam
[Set-up thread for the olypmic’s obstacle course! Those who didn’t sign up can probably still join but you wont get the magicka bonus]

It has to be true

He was terrified at the thought of being around so many creatures at once. He wouldn’t have offered to do this if Phelix hadn’t been the one to want to do this. He had no want to participate in the Olympics, what did he have to bring to the table, but of course he couldn’t just leave Phelix to help set up alone. So instead, he went with, keeping his head low as he carried his friend into the tunnel. For a moment he paused, letting his friend talk to everyone who had gathered. Him on the other hand, he would remain quiet and just watch.

He didn’t want to be rude though, and would offer a small, Hi before falling silent once more, letting others speak up and figure out what they were doing first.

I'm counting on you
To be my wings and my eyes

Attikias came prepared. Well, mostly Plover had been so excited about this event that he'd had to check it out for himself, and of course he got roped into helping, and so here he is, hands on his hips as he stares out across the in-progress course.

At first he's thinking Phelix's voice is coming from Oswald, but... no. It gets his attention either way, and he turns his head and blinks a little owlishly at the spattering of limbs and color on Oswald's head. Huhm. Thinking nothing more of it, Attikias tilts away while casting his gaze back out, tapping his hips in thought.

Where do they even start..? Maybe the little... tentacle... one... has an idea.

"Yup," Attikias responds a beat too late, popping the p at the end. What constitutes as appropriate obstacles..? Climbing, maybe, something with big enough holes for any sort of limb to go through... A water segment too?

His hand drifts up to tap on his chin while he rolls the ideas in his head. But first: "Either of you have any ideas?"

@Phelix @Oswald

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He… actually hadn't thought about what obstacles to make. There was a hefty beat of silence as he considered this. ”Oh! Stuff to climb, or jump over? Maybe a tunnel- but if someone got stuck that would be bad.” He’d hum thoughtfully, ”There’s lots of interesting structures around here, maybe using one of those as an obstacle would be easier? And we should probably find something to mark the path so nobody gets lost.”

And then, belatedly, he realized they’d skipped any real introduction, ”Oh! I almost forgot! Im Phelix, and this is Oswald.”

I'm counting on you
To be my wings and my eyes

@Oswald

It has to be true

He stood there for a moment, hesitating at the question. Obstacles, right, that was what they were here for. Uhhhhh. He flicked his gaze upwards as Phelix spoke, thinking for a moment before shrugging. Maybe uh… rocks or something…. For the edge of the course…? We could uh… arrange them kinda…. He looked around for a moment as he searched for a few smooth rocks and other rubble and placed four of them in a line on the ground. Maybe like this?

He shyly looked up at the other creature he didn’t know, mostly just looking at him because Phelix was still on his head and therefore was a bit more difficult to look at. He looked unsure but hopeful, really hoping that his suggestion wasn’t thrown away, he would probably cry it if was.

I'm counting on you
To be my wings and my eyes

A tunnel would be good, maybe. Could everyone fit through the ruins? It'd be natural course, especially with the roads...

Ah, but he perked up at the proper greeting. "Right, I'm Attikias. Good to meet you both." He tilted his head with a small, genuine smile. Oswald was very uncertain, that was for sure, and so he knelt for the time being to not look as tall.

Attikias watched Oswald's process, tilting his head the other way. "That could work. I could make a dye glow? S'long as I can uh, find something to crush up." He glanced upward, tracing his gaze through the city while kneading his hands into his pants. "I think a climbing segment's good, but, uhh— through the cave..."

He frowned. Wait a minute. "Shit, it's a cave over, isn't it?" Standing straight with a start, Attikias fiddled with the strap of his bag, tail lashing furiously behind him. He completely forgot. The butt of his hand met his forehead with an exasperated groan. Of course, that'd make for a better course too...

A deep breath centered him back down. "Okay, we can take some stuff from here, Forum's got some good stuff, and head over? Monoceros doesn't really have... anything in it, I can't really shove rocks around either, so we should probably uh... take what we want and go." His fingers tapped an anxious rhythm on his vest, a sort of one-two that drummed in beat. "I'll go swing by the Forum and meet you two there. Sound good?"

; soft exit to the right cave lol
@Phelix

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"It's nice to meet you too!" Unlike his companion, Phelix was quite the sociable creature. He was almost a little disappointed that so few gembound had shown up to help out. But Oswald would've been absolutely miserable in a crowd, and regardless, there was work to do.

He'd watch curiously as Ozzy arranged the pebbles in a line. "Yeah! That'd probably work." The mention of glowing dye piqued his interest, his entire jelly-like body wobbling slightly as he turned to look at Attikias. "Like some kind of plant or something?" Orion definitely wasn't known for it's plant-life, but it was far from barren.

And then Attkias pointed something out that made him pause completely. "...oh." They were in the wrong cave? Maybe that's why so few gembound were here. He'd fidget awkwardly, feeling a bit embarrassed that it'd taken them so long to realize. "Uh. Yeah. We'll keep our eyes out for anything useful, and meet you there."

He'd wait a beat to see if Ozzie had anything to say before slinking down to rest on his shoulders, sprawling out for stability like some kind of alien shawl as he prepared for the trek. "Lets go?"

I'm counting on you
To be my wings and my eyes

@Oswald
[exit to the correct freaking cave]

It has to be true

He smiled slightly, his tail doing a rather fervent wave back and forth, clearly happy that his idea was good enough to be considered. However his tail froze and slowly lowered when he realized that the man was right, they were in the wrong cave.

He chewed the inside of his cheek nervously, hesitating as his mind started thinking about everything, only to be pulled back to the present by Phelix and Attikias' words and he nodded slightly flicking his tail gently behind. Yeah! We'll uh... meet you there? He hestiated for a moment before nodding his head and turning to leave, bounding out of the cave but careful not to throw Phelix off.

As he left, he would dehydrate himself just a little bit, aiming to give his friend more water for the trek over to the other cave.

-exits-

I'm counting on you
To be my wings and my eyes