To Climb

[voidtreckermods]

Preparation

Just after light on the seventh day since boarding the train everyone’s SCA glows with the colours of the void before showing a message. A briefing for the mission to come. No one gets much time to process this before there is a shaking, like turbulance before there’s a jolt and flash of colour.

”Welcome to Hub World#5739. Our next stop will be Ciyesia in a few hours.”

Outside the windows the void is gone. The train is winding through a mountain range. The mountains tower up around them. The sky is a beautiful blue though every now and again there is a swirl of colour, like the void is trying to break through.

The countryside wizzes by, sometimes you go past settlements, small villages of wooden houses. Sometimes you pass farmers in fields. Sometimes herds of animals, horses, camels, strange animals with six legs and curled horns.

Eventually the train slows. ”Now arriving at Ciyesia. Passengers must wear their Safety Control Apparatus. Please ensure you take all equipment needed for your mission with you when you leave the train and take extra care when you step from the train to the platform. Next stop Ciyesia.”

Arrival

And in a billow of steam the train comes to a stop. The doors hiss open and there is indeed a rickety wooden platform, fallen into disuse. Sat upon it were two children, a boy and a girl who were staring at the train with open mouths.

Before the doors were even fully opened they were off running, “Ma! Ma!”

The platform is in a clearing, surrounded mostly by trees but down the path the children took a building can be seen. If you follow the children you will find it a large homestead, with a sign outside. The Weary Wanderer. The children are on the doorstep talking to a woman and gesturing towards you.

As you approach she smiles, a little nervously. “Well. This is not something I thought I would see in my lifetime. Welcome Treckers, I offer you the hospitality of my inn.”

She gestures them in. Inside is a large common room with wooden tables. There is a fire place but the day is warm enough that it is not lit. At first glance it looks old fashioned to anyone from a modern world, even fantasy-esque for those who would recognise it as such. Indeed her and the children are dressed in simple layered, loose tunics. But then you may notice some of the candles are battery powered and! there’s a coffee machine on the bar.

“Maia can you ask our guests what they would like to drink?” The woman hands the little girl a slate and chalk before she begins rummaging around on the bar for mugs and glasses. “I’m sorry, it’s the quiet season so we aren’t quite guest-ready.”

They become guest ready in an impressive amount of time. The little boy runs off and returns a short while later with a plate of oat biscuits that he begins handing out.

Sheltered and soon to be fed it is time to learn more about this land and plan for your journeys ahead.

(OOC: Information for this event is here and the initial briefing is here

Comments

Albany

[voidtreckernpcs]

Pouring drinks, making food, this woman seems to be quite confident running this inn single handedly and though she never stops doing things she is happy to chat and gossip and answer questions.

shortly after they settle in

[enthunder]

"Excuse me," Lightning has managed to catch Albany at the bar, hoping it'll keep her still long enough to get answers. Her biscuit from Enero is still held lightly in one hand, as if she's forgotten it's there. "Mind telling me when the last train came through?"

After Flight

[runs_on_batteries]

Tony comes into the inn, still wearing his armor and finds Albany. He has a couple of each kind of flower in his hands. When he gets close, he holds them out to her. "We were told to collect these, but I don't think it's right we take all your resources without making sure you're taken care of as well."

Maia

[voidtreckernpcs]

"What would you like to drink?"

You might have to wait a little while for your order to be carefully scratched onto the slate but Maia definitely takes her role seriously! Once drink orders have been taken and delivered she sits on a nearby table with her brother watching these strange visitors with a sense of wonder.

Re: Maia

[hibana_incursa]

"Can I please have a water?" Gwen asks the little girl, giving her a kind smile. It was a child. She wasn't going to be an asshole to a child. She'd slap the taste out of someone's mouth for being rude to her brothers, so she expects the same treatment for herself should she upset the kid.

"I'm Gwen. You're doing a very good job, kid. I'm impressed."

Re: Maia

[runs_on_batteries]

Oh just when he wanted to demand answers and be a tool about these missions, they have to send another little girl at him! And she was so cute with her little chalk and.. okay, he has to play nice.

"Hi, sweetheart, what's your name?" He asks in a kind tone. "What are my options?"

Enero

[voidtreckernpcs]

Also takes his job as biscuit waiter very seriously, though he definitely nabs one for himself and one for Maia too when he finishes his round and goes to sit with her. He's younger and seems the shyer of the two but is just as curious as his sister.

Preparation - OTA

[mtsilver_conquor]

(I'll put up a Toplevel after the other stuff later. Or just tag out. Um. Also happy to do multi-person thread or whatever)

[Well. At least they're stopping somewhere and as excited as Eva is, she also knows they a mission. Missions. Whatever. She's gotten used to being proactive, what with owning and running the Alolan Battle Tree. They need to plan and there's not much time. So of course she scrambles for the nearest ICP point.]

It's Eva. Yea, I know. I want to look out the windows too. Yet, we apparently have some missions, and I think we need to maybe get a plan together or at least an idea of how to proceed? I think Princess'll be some use, but I don't know. All I know is that it's probably not the best idea to leave this train without some sort of plan.

I'll be in the gym carriage.

[And once she's grabbed her stuff, she can be found there. Pacing and buzzing with excited energy. She really, really wants to watch the scenery, but she does feel they should possibly have a plan... or as much of one as they can, seeing they're in teams..?]

Re: Preparation - OTA

[sweetnessandfight]

[Well, Sarai does know where the gym is, so once she's dressed and has her bow slung over her back, she makes her way there. Dread will likely be along eventually...]

Hello! I'm Sarai! [Pretty cheery, she is. ] I don't think we've officially met yet. But my, I do like the way you think! I do know we're in teams, but if we can keep in touch through these things, I don't see any reason why we can't serve as backup for each other, if at all possible.

[With that, she taps her SCA.]

ota ♔ all wildcard prompts; we forge our own path through the thorns of adversity like PRINCES

[priforprince]

[ A Dashing Escape ]

After their first night in the inn, the travelers will awaken to find a confused farmer showing Albany a slip of parchment, cut into a card shape, that had been left in one of their stables - a stable that had previously been occupied by the horse with the finest pedigree available on the nearby farmsteads. They'll show the card to anyone who wants to see it, though.

It reads:



"I have plundered your finest steed for the first act of Masquerade Time. Your heart is next."

What's even weirder, there were bright red flower petals in the stall. Go figure that one!

....Enterprising folk, however, may discover that there is a trail of those red flower petals scattered down the road (if you look closely - the source was traveling at a good clip, so they're spread out). And it leads past the farmsteads towards the village leader's estate!

Do you storm the premises to retrieve the noble beast?

[ When In Prome ]

Hibiki received word of the missions the teams have been allotted. Of course she did. It was hard to avoid (and even harder to hack - she tried). Caring, however, is another matter altogether. Her rightful composure has returned after a night in a quiet, lone, soft bed; while she has yet to locate any truly first-class establishments, the surroundings at least have grown marginally less offensive. Not a single thing could entice her to climb that mountain!

No, indeed. Not a single, solitary.....

......why is there a noise above you? And a cloud of dust on the horizon?



"STAY AWAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYY!!!"

That certainly is Hibiki (whose hoodie has somehow acquired ruffled epaulettes), swinging up the mountain on a purple rope that seems to extend from her shirt sleeve at will! She's attaching the rope to tree branches and soaring overhead like some cross between Tarzan and, well, her spider-roomies. Except her "web" is purple. And sparkles. As one does.

She swings past, and not long after, the source of her dismay comes into view: a horn-crowned goat, having apparently ventured down the mountain specifically to chase Hibiki back up it. It's, ah, charging. Towards you.

Gangway.

[ So Close, And Yet So Far ]

"Where is this?"

Hibiki pulls up her map on the SCA, frowning. "Honestly....What a useless device."

She taps it again, as if that'll make the display show her information she'd consider more relevant. But no, it blinks stubbornly with the same information as always: one inexplicable dot, right where she is. Hibiki considers this....and then smirks. Rolls down her sleeve to cover up the offending device. Relaxes.



"Well, so be it. All is still well."

Thus satisfied that she'll find her way down from the mountain in time, and that therefore her mood need not sink again, she leans against the nearest tree and takes a deep breath. Ah...the pristine air of a world without sentence enders. Without swirling void nonsense, or bottom bunks, or irritable teenagers gluing her to the wall. Such a world...is beautiful! "There's no need to rush."

Above her - high, high above her - star-shaped purple flowers wave in the breeze.

When in Prome

[hibana_incursa]

Hi, Hibiki. It's your cabin-mate. The blonde girl that stole the other top bunk? Yeah. She's outside to get started on her mission and hears the shout. Turning to see what's going on, she sidesteps Hibiki and then?

Well, what she does next is pretty Amazing.

The goat gets backflipped over, a graceful move that's more dance than gymnastics and while Gwen is in the air, she fires off her webshooters.

Landing on her feet on a nearby rock, she uses her sticking to stay in place, effectively slowing the still angry goat down and hitting it with a bit more webbing. Just to keep it in place.

"You're gonna sit there for a couple hours, you hear me? Give yourself a chance to really reevaluate your life and your choices. Maybe even figure out what you did wrong that got you to this moment."

Yes, that is to the goat, who bleats angrily at Gwen and tries to go after her, to no avail. It's pretty much stuck where it is. Turning to look at Hibiki, she's a tad concerned.

"You okay?"

So Close, And Yet So Far

[mtsilver_conquor]

Sorry Hibiki. You're about to have a teammate.

"Finally..." That would Eva, who's been hiking from plant to plant for most of the day, Princess why her side, the pink pseudo-rabbit-like pokemon's vestigial wings half giving balance as he follows along beside Eva.

"Oh, good! This'll go much easier with two of us. Thanks for waiting."

when in Prome!

[knifewithnoname]

Why was Hibiki flying and what was that she was shouting?

Oh! Buttercup saw seconds later exactly what the problem was. A goat, a sharp horned goat running straight at her.

She began running too, to the side. She knew that much at least, get out of the path of angry animals.

Except she had forgotten to take the stupid bat on her back into account, as she began scrambling out of the way it screeched. Luckily that stopped the goat. Unluckily it also stopped the girl and she lost her footing, meaning the goat recovered faster than she did.

[siriusly]

"Thank goodness it's so quiet today," Manabu says to himself, looking about the length of trail before him with a bit of satisfaction. Now, he's not really a homebody, but he feels like he can glean a sense of solidarity from a landscape like this! So serene, so full of nature and...and screaming...

He blinks, glancing over his shoulder.

It's that...white-haired noisy girl...the one he's seen around Peter's cabin...what is she--

"Wuh- HUH?!"

HELL GOAT?!

Manabu gawks like a deer in headlights as this nonsense comes barreling his way uphill, eyelid twitching. As she draws close, he has to think fast, and decides the best thing to do is to grab one of her wildly swinging arms, turn...and wildly swing her off-trajectory as the goat bullets by.

First Night

[knifewithnoname]

So they were here, wherever here was. On Hub world some stupid number that she hadn't bothered to memorise. It was strange, almost like the world she had known but different all at the same time. The inn... It was a world apart from the Poison Apple, literally yet so many things were familiar about it.

Not familiar was the way the innkeeper was perfectly happy for them to all stay despite the fact that Buttercup at least had no money to pay her.

They had a mission to do, she was determined to do it even if certain people thought her too little and weak to be of help. It's annoying but if this train had kidnapped her and put her in red then surely she was supposed to do the red mission.

She can't sleep and so she has snuck out of the inn. She isn't planning to go far, she has no interest in getting lost in a stupid forest.

After kicking around some sticks she moves over to the inn and begins to climb, soon she is sat on one of the lower roofs, legs dangling off the side as she looked down the mountain. She was very far from home and with people who didn't know her, people who couldn't know her because they were stupid light addled idiots who would kill her if they knew the truth.

She picked up some kind of nut, probably blown off a nearby tree and threw it idly off the roof. The stars looked all wrong, not like the sky in Gauig at all. She sighed and threw another nut.

[hashtagparkerluck]

They're on the train anymore. Peter's so glad for that fact it feels like his chest has swelled slightly in a good way. They're not on the stupid train anymore and he's outside! He takes in a deep breath of air-it's a bit cool up in the mountains but it can get cool in Queens so he's not too bothered yet. Besides, he's got about three shirts on right now and his pajama pants. He'll be fine.

There aren't any really tall buildings for him to swing through as he really wants to do but at least it's a nice enough night he can stretch and enjoy it even if he's supposed to be sleeping. As he's stretching though, something small hits him in the head and glance up to see what it was-it definitely wasn't rain.

"Ouch!" Peter lets out as another hits right near his cheekbone. Who is throwing things? He sighs to himself and jumps up, catch the edge of the Inn's roof before climbing the rest of the way up. It's Buttercup.

"Hey." Peter says gently, crouched on the roof like a spider. "Can't sleep? I can relate. It's a nice night, though."

Blast Off- Day One

[runs_on_batteries]

He'd done the 'sitting in the inn' thing for a few hours, but really he was itching to break free. He'd been cooped up in that train for far too long. He was sure his endurance wasn't what it should be but whatever, he could just rest up again on the train when this was over. No big deal.

He's aware of what the others are saying about him, especially after his wheelchair days. They don't believe he can do what he claims he can do. So he picks his moment outside of the inn when he is in view of as many of them as possible. He catches Peter's eye and gives the kid a wink.

"Friday, power it up!" He orders and hits an emblem on his chest. Suddenly his metallic suit clanks loudly over his body, encasing him in a bright red armor. The jets on his hands and feet fire and he is hurtled into the sky. Letting out a cheer, he soars around, chasing after the eagle owls and dralite alike. He makes sure not to hurt the dralites though, but doesn't care if he upsets the other birds. Spotting an angry goat charging a farmer, he fires a few laser blasts scorching the beast's skin and making it drop harmlessly to the ground.

Snagging some flowers, he finally returns to the place he spot he launched from. The helmet drops back and he has the biggest smile on his face. Wow did that feel good!

Re: Blast Off- Day One

[hibana_incursa]

Gwen believed Tony would get better, so she wasn't one of the people saying anything about him. So she was glad to see him on his own two feet and out of the chair, and even more amused to watch him take off and soar around. That was pretty cool. She wasn't sure if the Tony Stark of her world owned a suit like that, and it was probably a good thing he didn't. No one wanted a private military group outfitted in something like that. Absolutely no one.

She watches him fly, kinda jealous that she isn't up there with him> The closest she has is webswinging through the highest points in New York, letting herself soar and glide over the skyline before continuing on. When Tony lands, Gwen is grinning at him in amusement, and she felt happy for him. It had to have been the most freeing feeling in the world, him being able to do that.

But, Gwen being Gwen, she has to tease.

"That looked like it was the most terrible and boring thing in the world."

See?

[mtsilver_conquor]

She'd opted to let him storm off and cool down. It was the wisest thing to do, and she was certain he had his reasons for saying what he did.

but it doesn't mean that Eva is willing to leave things as they did. That left a bad taste in her mouth and he doesn't want him thinking she ganged up on him. Especially not when they had to share a bunk room on the train.

So, of coutrse, she was going to find him and in her search for the man she'd also managed to collect a few of the Fruit Cups herself. Princess trots beside her, pink fur scattered with what looks like blueish fruit smudges of all things.

She didn't expect him to find him doing what he did. Or at least the tail end of it at any rate. "Having a good time?"

She doesn't come too close - more than respectful of his space.

Gwen Stacey - OTA - Day 3

[hibana_incursa]

[ We Danced With Monsters Through The Night - Day 3 ]

[ As far as missions went, theirs wasn't too bad. Just clear a herding path, right? Simple shit. Except some of these goats were bastards. Flat out. No other way to describe it. One of them was pretty big and pretty set on causing the most hell, so Gwen was going to cause some right back.

With quick thinking, Gwen had webbed a rock and winged it at the goat, clocking it upside the head and getting it's attention.

But that didn't quite seem to be enough. What she needed to do was to get it to knock itself out. So, another bit of path debris is webbed and swung at him, this time hitting him right between the eyes.

It stomps it's foot, pawing at the ground and snorting angrily at her and Gwen smiles. She almost has him. Almost. ]

What's wrong?

[ Another rock pelted at it as Gwen shifts positions, putting herself between a rock and one angry goat. That rock is what does it and soon enough, Gwen has the goat charging her. Crouching to the ground, one hand with fingers splayed and legs bent at her sides, her other arm is pointed back towards the rock, watching as the goat careens down the path at her and just when it seems like it's going to crash, Gwen leaps upward and back and out of the way of the goat, attaching herself to the rock as the goat connects violently below.

She watches it stumble and weave, a low groan escaping it before it hits the ground unconscious. It's quickly webbed in place and Gwen hops off the rock, landing on tiptoe in a crouch as she checks the goat for serious injuries. None? Good. She doesn't want it dead. ]

This is the second goat I've webbed today.

[ Huh. ]

Be careful. They're assholes.

[ Dance, Dance! We're falling asleep at half time - Day 3 - Night.]

[ The easiest way to wear a Spider-Child out is to keep them moving all day, and that's just what happened. They woke up in the morning, got on the move, fought some giant chinchilla's and angry goats and a few pissy monkeys and Gwen, by the time it was time to stop for the evening, was worn out and hungry.

Grabbing a meal took a moment and soon enough, she was fed and in a web-hammock. She'd given up, at this point, the whole idea of playing Normal Teen. It was about as effective as Octodad pretending he was a Normal Human. Enough people had seen her webs in action. More than enough. Now, she doesn't care.

It's a nice night. Quiet. Not too cool. And the stars were fascinating. She was content to sit in her hammock, barefoot while her boots served as a timer, webbed to a nearby tree and set to thud loudly to the ground in two hours, five minutes before her own hammock disappeared. But please, feel free to come bother her. She's sleepy, but she'll talk. ]

[Wildcard - Write a Starter!]

Re: Gwen Stacey - OTA - Day 3

[knifewithnoname]

[Climbing this stupid mountain has been harder than the girl had expected but she isn't doing too badly so far. She has a dralite clung to her, wrapped around her shoulders. She doesn't mind too much, at least it's extra warmth.

She is cautious as she hears a noise, the creatures on this mountain are not at all friendly and the monkeys are terrible. Slinking into the shadows she creeps forwards, peering through the trees.

To see Gwen, in a sling that looks like a spiders web...

She isn't planning on letting herself be seen but the dralite has other plans, making squeaking noises and prodding her in the back with its claws until she steps into the clearing.]

[knifewithnoname]

A new friend

For the first day and night Buttercup stayed close to the inn with everyone else but towards the end of the second day she had decided. She didn't even care if Tony thought she was weak and stupid and she didn't care what anyone else thought about keeping her close and safe. She can keep herself safe. She's been doing missions for ages and walking up a mountain is easy compared to sneaking into a big house or poisoning a party.

So she waited until everyone was preoccupied and left. She had nabbed as many biscuits as she could as well as some other food from the inns kitchens. Off she went, she would show them all. She would get up the mountain first and deal with any stupid monsters there might be! Who cared if Tony was a light dazzled super hero or Peter has spider powers or Lightning was a priestess.

They weren't from her world and they didn't know her at all. So off she went, off to conquer Ciyesia.

She could read maps... Sort of. In cities. And big maps of the world but following a map on a mountain turned out to be a bit trickier than she had expected... It wasn't long until she was less than sure where she was and she sighed, looking around as if the endless trees would give her any clues.

She heard a noise and wrinkled her nose, looking on the map again she saw there was a blue dot nearby and sure enough... There was a weird big winged bat thing.

"Hello." She tilted her head, "I do be taking you up the mountain." She could do blues mission as well as reds. If mister stupid head Tony thought he could do everything then so could she. She could get this stupid bat up to the top.

A few obstacles

She finally got out of the forest, but there were many problems. Little One had never climbed a mountain before, she had never been so high and it's harder than she had thought. She has also never slept outside a night in her life and it is cold and the bat thing is so annoying she is tempted to stab it, a few times.

But on she climbs. She has given up on the map now she is out of the forest, surely as long as she goes up it will be fine. It makes the way a lot rougher and harder than it would be but she steadily climbs.

She soon comes to a wide river and stands glaring at it. "I do no be thinking bat things can be swimming." She sighed, she couldn't swim either, which meant she had to think of another way across...

The final approach (Closed to Tony)

It took a lot of days, it was the fifth day when she finally could see the top. Mountains were the worst. Way worse than trains. She was so angry, tired, hungry and sore. She no longer had a dralite. But she was determined to get to the top. She is a good climber at least and she's making good progress.

That was until wings came from the left and all of a sudden there was pain and she was scooped off the mountain. A yelp was cut off as she plunged into the emptiness, fear disappearing a second after it had come. Mind ready, aware, no emotions to distract her.

She has been grabbed by a bird, it's claws are digging in and she's bleeding but not too badly. Her bigger problem is she needs to escape but if she stabs the birds feet, the obvious way out, then she falls. She needs to think and think fast.

[runs_on_batteries]

They'd said they would look out for her. They'd questioned his gull to assume not every single adult on the train would keep an eye on her. They'd said a girl her age would know her limits and didn't need help. They'd said a lot of things that clearly weren't true. But besides all that...

Tony was flying back to the summit after one last flight to check for farmers getting harassed by those wicked goat creatures when he spots her. His heart drops to his stomach and he stares for a second in disbelief. His precious Buttercup was being dangled by an eagle owl far above the crag rocky floor.

With a curse, he fires a blast at the bird's head and dives to catch Buttercup when she's inevitably dropped. Swooping in, he's careful to match her speed for the initial grab so he doesn't hurt her further. "I gotcha, Buttercup. Don't worry." He slows his speed once she's in his arms and then starts to travel upward again.

He was livid, but the last thing he wanted was the girl to turn the incident on herself. This wasn't the child's fault. It was Eva, Lightning, and Sarai's! He was going to rip their heads off!

Sorry for multiple top-levels

[runs_on_batteries]

[ooc- I didn't think about adding other things to my starter until later.]

First Night is a Party

[The ale turned out to be a very tasty brew. He would've preferred harder liquor but this was good enough when he hadn't had anything to drink in weeks. The inn area was warm, the ale aplenty, and Dread was turning out to be a great drinking companion.

Currently still in his suit, he sat down across from the large man and put his metallic arm out. Tossing back the last of the liquid in his cup (how many that made, he'd lost count) and nods at Dread.]

Ready? We'll see just how tough you are!

Early Afternoon 2nd Day- Red Mission

[Tony's hungover had finally let up, so that means it's time to take on the red mission goals. He gave Lightning a head start, but as he launches himself into the sky again he's ready to show everyone and these monsters what Iron Man can do.

Blasting along the trail, he shoots down any eagle owl or nasty goat creature he sees. Soaring up the mountain, he spots a big angry gorilla and grins as he dives to take that monster on.]

Day 3-5 Helping with the other missions.

[He's collecting flowers, scooping up as many chicks as he can to ride him up to the summit, and playing target practice with all the nasty beasts picking on his companions or the farmers. In other words, Tony's having a blast.]

[ooc- Basically if you want him somewhere, doing something just make a starter and we'll do it!]

First Night

[thebiggestguy]

Tough enough I don't need magitek backing me up.

[Smirking, a bit of a wilder expression than normal thanks to the alcohol coursing through his veins, Dread dropped his elbow down as well.]

[Um. Okay, first problem. His arm was that much larger, making their positioning uneven and meaning he could practically engulf Tony's hand in his. They could make this work though!]

[enthunder]

1st Day - After Orientation

[ The introductions and biscuits both finished, Lightning flees rather obviously from the inn. After the long arguments in the gym, she's not sure how to talk things through with the others. Unsure where any of them stand, or how to approach them. So she leaves, picks a random direction, and starts walking until she finds something it's acceptable to kill.

Two chinchillas and a goat later, and she can be found perched on a boulder only a short distance from the settlement, throwing stones with one hand and picking them out of the air with short casts of Ruin with the other. And still no closer to working out if she's ready to go through the whole 'team bonding' experience with another group of strangers after all. ]

3rd Day - Blue Mission

[ Albany's advice about being stern and bribing with snacks worked. In fact, it's worked a little too well - Lightning is nowhere near as agile when she has five Dralite chicks latched onto her like burrs. It wouldn't be as bad, except every time they're alarmed by something they either flare their ludicrously oversized wings and knock her off balance or hit her in the face, or they scream, and she has to waste time healing her eardrums.

After the most recent episode of screeching and flailing, she turns to the person next to her, ]

Did you hear? Albany says that tourists come here to do this for fun.

Wildcard!

[knifewithnoname]

They do be having a stupid idea of fun. [Muffled from under a dralites wings. It had gotten scared and now was clinging to her face. She hates this stupid dralite. She's only carrying up the stupid mountain to show that she can and it has annoyed her every step of the way!

And the priestess has five! She's very powerful but she must have a lot more patience than most.]

They do be being the most stupid creatures I did ever be meeting.

[hashtagparkerluck]

{ The Talk^TM - Closed to Mr Stark }

It was really nice of Albany and her family to put them up at their in like they were. Peter, predictably chose a room across from Tony and being as he had very little possessions, threw his backpack onto the bed and then crosses the hall way to Tony's room. If he didn't know the man as well as he does by now, he'd have never just let himself in but he's comfortable enough with his mentor to do just that and even go to sit on the bed. Tony's probably the kind of person that actually unpacks at a hotel. Peter fully intends to just pull what he needs out of his backpack.

"Hey Mr Stark." Peter greets casually, leaning back on Tony's bed. "I told you we'd have to stop at some point." And boy is he glad he was right this time. But he's not really here just to say 'I told you so.' Well maybe a little.


{ Just to good to quit... }

Shocking no one at this time, Peter's late up but since it's an inn he does actually bother to get dressed. He's decided on pancakes apples and some lemonade-Yes, despite knowing about his allergy he's still gonna risk it because in his mind, it's worth it.

It's very good but strong lemonade which makes it better and worse all at once. The moment he sees someone that he knows is aware of his citrus allergies, he quickly hides the glass under the table-or tries too. What really happens is that he knocks the glass into the edge of the table and spills it all over himself.

"Shit!" He jumps up-accidentally tilting the chair over. If not for his Spider-like reflexes he'd have ended up in a heap on the floor-instead he rolls out of the chair, landing in a crouched position before wincing at the mess.

"Oh my god-I'm so sorry! I'll-I'll clean it-I promise I just uh... got startled."


{ The Mission. }

"Okay... I just gotta... find a way to deal with the goats and things using as little webfluid as possible." He says to himself, looking around for the predators. Goats a predator. What has this world come too? He feels a harsh, warm breath behind him and his spideysense is suddenly buzzing 'Danger! Look out!' at him.

"Uh... hey buddy." Peter turns slowly to face a goat. "Nice play you've got here? I really like what you've done with the... uh... grass?" It just huffs at him, looking angry. "You know, goats on my world are actually pretty friendly? Any chance this all a weird misunderstanding?" Another Huff. "No? Okay then, I'm just gonna..." He fires his webshooter towards the nearest tree and swings into it's direction.

"That was close..." Peter sighs as he's made it safety. Except that when he goes to move again his feet stay stubbornly stuck to the branch. "What the hell?"

The Talk

[runs_on_batteries]

Tony glances up as he neatly folds on of his shirts, an open drawer shows the other shirts that have already been put away. In other words, he's doing exactly what Peter thought he'd do. The older man gives his pupil a smile and rolls his eyes at the remark.

"Yeah, yeah, you did. Don't gloat, it's not a good look on you," he teased, fully aware of the irony of the statement and how untrue it was. It actually looks pretty cute on Peter's face, if he were being honest.

"You should say hello to the owner's kids. That Maia is really sweet."

arrives late with purple starbucks, OTA

[siriusly]

Manabu Yuuki is of more than two minds about this.

Change from the boring, suffocating state of affairs within the train was absolutely welcome and maybe he hopped outside a bit too fast for someone who knew better than to...do that...but still. That info-blurb? No name of where the commands were coming from, no contingencies, still no med bay. For a guy who practically makes a career out of being a pin cushion for punches and bullets, Manabu's quickly starting to realize how much of a drag that's going to be when there's no one about to keep him upright.

More than that, a task where he has to go out and help people is great! But...what is all this rolling up into? Is this going to be an ongoing thing?

Man. He does't have the attention span to really figure this one out!


o1. Night one, outside
The inn's location is pretty cozy for a story book, but as far as finding waypoints, it's a bit lacking. With the last of a biscuit stuffed in his mouth, Manabu hefts himself up a low oak branch, wobbling and testing its weight before making it a proper perch. He very slowly straightens up, ducking another branch and squinting up to see the next one that looks sturdy enough to hold him.

This is the perfect set up to scare the hell out of him, be it on purpose or otherwise.

Just saying.


o2. Look at all those chickens (with teeth)
This looks like the right way... Manabu's almost pretty sure about it. He's not really sure what a professional herding trail is supposed to look like, but this looks pretty trail-like, and there's lots of animals around. So, one can just assume...!

So...wait. Clear the path of hazards, right? Manabu checks his device with a frown, rubbing the back of his head. What hazards? Everything's so peaceful!

...Sure, that goat looks like it came straight from hell, but it's just sitting there!

Manabu kicks at a stick as he huffs, planting his hands on his hips and squints around.

"I don't really see any-- uh?"

He feels something bump his ankle and squeak. Slowly, he looks down to see a cute, fuzzy little ball with ears and big ol' eyes.

Aw. It kinda looks like a pokemon! Or an obsese hamster! Or a thing that's biting his ankle!

No, wait. It's biting his ankle.

"GYAH! HEY! OW! Get-get off! Get! OFF!"

Manabu bounces on his other foot, kicking his leg in the air, launching the fuzzball at...you. Sorry.


o3. This is fun
This is not fun.

He's done this trek maybe two times in the span of five days and while finding his way has gotten easier, the climb hasn't gotten much better. How many animals can one spot have, anyway?!

Manabu's perched on a wide bit of rock about ten minutes' worth of climbing to the summit, slugging some water and fidgeting with a handful of collected rocks. When he hears one of those distinct eagle owl cries, he squints around, then lobs one of his rocks in its general direction to keep it from landing nearby while some of those herd animals lumber along their climb.

Whee.

Fun.

o2

[knifewithnoname]

The girl had picked up a dralite on her way up the mountain and was currently learning lessons about how annoying they were. It had already knocked her off balance five times with it's stupid disproportionate wings, tried to eat her hair and frozen her in place with it's annoying screech.

Like now, as the furry monster flies towards her it screeches, stunning her in place. It stuns the chinchilla too but it has no effect on momentum so the thing crashes into her, sending her and the dralite flying.

"Darkness be taking your eyes! You do be being the most stupid thing I did ever be meeting!" She yelled, scrambling to her feet, dagger in hand to face the new threat. A moment later she realised there was another person there and her eyes flickered up to him. Oh it's Manabu.