Upon entering Tunnel H, one might hear a strange sound. Several shifting feet and... gobbling? Yes, surely it is! Closer inspection reveals a small group of TURKEYS!? Five of these birds stand in a group, their dull light grey feathers blending mostly into the room with the exception of their blue, gemmy crops. If you listen closely, you might be able to hear what they're saying... Of course, they would also provide a easy and hearty meal for you...

Note: You may choose to harm or not harm the turkeys.

Ok, I'm not mod status, though this was approved by Madster. I'll be checking on these, but you can tag me instead of reporting it to the GM since that's not me! I've been told there will be achievement rewards. <3

This tunnel was Fisher's favorite place in the whole world to be alone. It was cold, a place naturally suited to his species, and on the rare occasion, it had some unique critters to hunt. He once found a huge spider, slow from the icy temperatures, and had made quite the meal out of it. Today, however, it appeared that Tunnel H was home to a bunch of birds. Judging by how they all looked similar, he assumed them to be a herd of lesser gembounds. Birds weren't the most common species of lessers, but he could imagine the Hallowed Callers of his home cavern-- it wasn't unheard of.

He settled down in the shadows and watched the birds for a while, slowly reaching out with his magic. If he could lull them into a false sense of security, calming their heartbeats to a slower drum, then they would be all the easier to hunt. So he waited, focusing his energy on the birds, trying to get their hearts to slow down, or perhaps even stop all together.

Mind you, in the end, he was going to deep fry them with a big old zap-- but that could wait a spell. He wanted to do this right. If he could catch more than one bird, it would be a hearty meal for Black, White, and Fallah. Perhaps he could even call for Arkrael, and share with her. It all depended on how many he could kill. In all likelyhood, he'd only get one-- but for now the fisher worked, a silent poisoner through his deadly electric magic.

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The birds chittered among each other, their heads tilting this way and that. One, or maybe two of them heard the fisher and began shuffling quietly, cautiously, looking around with beady eyes. Before any of them became completely alert, however, magic came upon them, calming them. The largest and assumed leader of the group stayed standing along with one other, but the other birds looked around sleepily and lay ungracefully as their hearts slowed. The leader looked around, eyes slowly blinking as he looked around dumbly.

The birds are unaware of the predator's presence.

@Fisher

Fisher grinned, his tail twitching as he lay in wait. He could feel the electricity gather in the air as he focused, storm clouds rumbling as they began to gather above the sleepy turkeys. The mustelid did his best not to move, not to draw attention to himself, as he pulled the magic over the birds.

He sank his claws into the hard earth as he let loose the first bolt of lightning into the crowd of birds. There was nothing better than fried food, that was for certain. He knew in the next moment they might scatter, so he got ready to lunge towards whatever birds manage to escape his attack. Taking down the rest of them with his claws would be much more difficult.

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The birds are shocked with magic, two of the five dropping dead instantly. One seems to have absorbed the brunt of the magic, its feathers sizzling and leaving a charred stench in the air. It gobbled and shrieked loudly then fell, twitching to the ground. The other shot up in surprise and, with the added electricity, seems to have died of shock... literally. The other three scattered with the jolt of magic, completely awakened. They dove in different directions; one to Fisher's left, one to his right, and one came after him head on, attempting to peck his eye.

@Fisher

Fisher's aeneous gaze went wide as his spell went off without a hitch, one bird completely roasted with one perfect blaze of lightning, another dying of a heart attack in the same instant. Fisher beamed with pride, his head shooting up in reaction, grinning from ear to ear-- but his pride was to be short lived.

The remaining turkeys lunged towards him, two taking to his flank, but another coming for his face. He closed his eyes tight and pulled all of the electricity he could into his body. He had been trying to, y'know, get ready to zap the turkey that was going to peck out his eyes, but instead his gem worked in its usual, mysterious way.

The thunderstorm above crackled and Fisher's magic turned on him, a lightning bolt crackling down to meet the charge he had built up in his fur. He screamed, a horrible, ear splitting scream as his own magic tore through his body. You would think he would be used to zapping himself by now, but no, no.

It hurt so much..!

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The turkeys were in a fleeting panic. They wanted their assaulter gone. They continued to peck at the creature. As he shocked himself, the turkey at his front recoiled suddenly, stumbling back. The two on Fisher's sides now moved in, aiming for his head and eyes with their long beaks.

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@fisher

The apparently electrocution had nearly killed Fisher, and he stood there, barely on his feet, as the birds planned their next attack. He felt relief for a moment as the front birds backed away, only to have two more come at his sides. His unmoving body burst back to life in a fit of anabiosis as the avians shoved their beaks towards his eyes. Screaming, yowling like a cat on fire, the noodle shrunk down to the ground and his magic reacted to the gems on the turkey's.

"GET AWAY FROM ME!!" His voice screeched, his throat burning from the intensity of his own cries-- and probably from being electrocuted from the inside out, but still. His gem sparked, the crack lighting up with flashes of light as he pushed on the turkey's gems and shoved them all away in one fell swoop. He was shaking, blood dripping into his eyes-- at least, he hoped that the blood wasn't from his eyes. It stung, at any rate, and he cursed under his breath as he struggled to get up.

These overgrown birbs weren't going to get the best of him just yet!

@party master TO

The birds pecked at the screeching enemy. They didn't notice his magic until it launched them back. The three birds surrounded Fisher in arrangement, but were all knocked on the ground about five feet away from him, one bird on either of his sides, and the one out front. They are unable to attack this round due to being stunned.

She hadn't been too far away, but she hadn't heard the gobbling either. It wasn't until Fisher's scream that Fallah noticed anything in the tunnels at all. At first, she just heard the scream, but then she realized it was Fisher's scream. Her heart dropped and a sense of righteous anger flooded her veins. No one made Fisher scream... except occasionally Fisher himself, but she couldn't beat Fisher up for hurting himself.

She came to the tunnel to see the three birds being launched backwards from Fisher. She immediately dove in, pressing her nose to the small brown friend, "Are you okay, Fisher? Wait here." Fallah murmured into his fur. She turned then, her eyes and open maw illuminating with a blue magic as she aimed to spear the turkeys by shooting ice shards from her body.