Onward: Blue

[voidtreckermods]

On the second night the ground begins to shake. The islanders seem well versed in earthquake safety and there is no mass panic- from them anyways. They will help any voidtreckers who don't know what to do in such a situation. The shaking is over quickly and is not strong enough to do any major damage though there are some after shocks throughout the day.

More worryingly are the thick clouds that roll out, covering the sky. Despite the memories these might invoke in the void warriors they are normal clouds.

Or perhaps not that normal, dawn breaks into darkness, the sun barely penetrating. Shadows are deep and the temperature cooler. It is not too dark to see, more like an endless twilight.

The monsters do not retreat into the sea as dawn comes. Instead they continue their attack into the day, unrelenting.

The seas themselves are rough, large waves crashing down onto the beach. The current is strong, as if the very sea itself is fighting them.

Comments

[hotheadwarmheart]

Yeah, Lea had no idea what Kharry meant about being 'one of the Blood'. Though he guessed it meant that he wasn't as human as he looked. Still, whatever his species, he doubted that how the other looked now meant anything good.

"I get not wanting to impose," Lea said, "but you're not gonna be able to help anyone if you keel over from hunger or something. I can probably spare a couple granola bars, but your look like you need something more substantial than that."

[sell_tickets]

"I probably could. In fact, I know I could. But I could easily eat in one sitting enough to feed four of these families and still need more. For some reason my reserves are draining faster than they should. I'm doing what I can now, but a few more days if this and I will have to stop. If only to set a good example. But I refuse to eat these people to starvation. I'm not the only protector here. If I have to step back to rest to let others step up, I'll do so."

[hotheadwarmheart]

"Yeah apparently certain types of magic are either blocked or partially blocked here," Lea said. "I have the same problem with my weapons taking way more energy to summon and maintain than they should, so I've mostly been falling back on my fire magic- which works just fine- as much as I can."

But knowing that did nothing for the matter at hand. Privately, Lea wondered where the guy would actually put that much food, but decided that now wasn't really the time to ask. "I'm not saying that you should eat them out of house and home, but you obviously can't keep up what you're doing forever either, judging by how you look. Maybe you could find a middle ground somewhere? Like enough to keep going til things calm down, but not as much as you'd normally take? I dunno..."

[sell_tickets]

"I have been. I brought food from the train. Yasi would have skinned me alive leaving with nothing, but I brought enough for a day's hard work under normal circumstances and enough to share with one other person doing the same. That's been gone a while now. I assure you, having seen the girls when they lose themselves in magic this unexpectedly hard, this is the middle ground. And this is me setting a better example than Jaenelle. A **** of a lot better."

[hotheadwarmheart]

Lea listened, but it was a moment before he responded. He wasn't sure whether or not he should continue to press the issue. On one hand the guy looked terrible, but on the other, Lea wasn't his dad. He couldn't really force the guy to do anything, even if he thought it was for his own good.

"Well, if you're sure...", he finally said, trailing off a bit uncertainly. "But we don't know how long this is gonna go on, so be careful, alright? Seems like this is gonna be a long trip, and I'd hate to loose a guy with such a great sense of humor."

[sell_tickets]

He chuckled and nodded. "Thanks. Yeah, I know I have to set an example. No chance I'm giving the Queens an excuse to pounce on when we give them a hard time to take care of themselves."

[hotheadwarmheart]

Lea couldn't help but smile himself, even if he had no idea what 'Queens' he was talking about. He nodded, glad that the other agreed to that much at least. "Anyway, guess we'd better get back to it then," he said. "See ya back on the train, if not before, alright?"

[sell_tickets]

"You got it," he said with a warm smile, spinning his weapon to show off before heading after the next beastie.

[hotheadwarmheart]

Lea spared a moment to give a tired grin at the move, mostly because he'd have done the same under normal circumstances. And then he too went after the next available monster. There was a lot of night left to go.

Thank you for the thread.

[sell_tickets]

Yes. Yes there was.