[X] The Volcanic Spirit. A fiery thing born of the volcano, they burn everything they touch. But a fire that burns is a fire that is warm. It is mostly likely lost, as these spirits do not enter the Canyon often. It's Core will be in a small gorge that was once a lava tube.
Certain Death Quest
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Ridiculously Average Guy
I'm you, but stronger
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[X] The Volcanic Spirit. A fiery thing born of the volcano, they burn everything they touch. But a fire that burns is a fire that is warm. It is mostly likely lost, as these spirits do not enter the Canyon often. It's Core will be in a small gorge that was once a lava tube.
- Location
- St. Petersburg
[X] The Canyon Spirit. Born of the collective energies of everything in the Canyon, it is of everything within it, the fields and river, people and animals, even the volcano. However, such a being is impure, and it will soon dissipate. This makes more likely to be violent then the other three. It's Core could be anywhere, but the location is likely where all of it's aspects meet.
- Location
- Vicksburg, MS
[X] The Canyon Spirit. Born of the collective energies of everything in the Canyon, it is of everything within it, the fields and river, people and animals, even the volcano. However, such a being is impure, and it will soon dissipate. This makes more likely to be violent then the other three. It's Core could be anywhere, but the location is likely where all of it's aspects meet.
Thozmp
Gets my kicks above the waistline, Sunshine.
[X] The Canyon Spirit. Born of the collective energies of everything in the Canyon, it is of everything within it, the fields and river, people and animals, even the volcano. However, such a being is impure, and it will soon dissipate. This makes more likely to be violent then the other three. It's Core could be anywhere, but the location is likely where all of it's aspects meet.
Nottheunmaker
Altman be praised
- Location
- USG Ishimura
Closing vote in about 20 hours. The volcano looms up above.
Nottheunmaker
Altman be praised
- Location
- USG Ishimura
About 4 hours late, but votes closed.
Only about 10 people will march off to their death for the sake of another, but that's fine. We're mostly out of character creation, this is what happens. You're going to look for the Canyon Spirit. This one is unusually long lived if it's made a core, but it still won't have long. Better hurry!
Vote Tally : Original - Certain Death Quest | Page 2 | Sufficient Velocity
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[X] The Canyon Spirit. Born of the collective energies of everything in the Canyon, it is of everything within it, the fields and river, people and animals, even the volcano. However, such a being is impure, and it will soon dissipate. This makes more likely to be violent then the other three. It's Core could be anywhere, but the location is likely where all of it's aspects meet.
No. of Votes: 5
veekie
EtchedSteel
Kipeci
Nevill
Thozmp
[X] The River Spirit. A water sprite that has a good reputation for being arid land to bloom, and a poor one for drowning those thatdisplease it. It's Core is mostly likely to be along the water's edge.
No. of Votes: 3
mistfist
HeavyBane
Itaywex
[X] The Volcanic Spirit. A fiery thing born of the volcano, they burn everything they touch. But a fire that burns is a fire that is warm. It is mostly likely lost, as these spirits do not enter the Canyon often. It's Core will be in a small gorge that was once a lava tube.
No. of Votes: 2
Bommelom
Ridiculously Average Guy
Total No. of Voters: 10
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[X] The Canyon Spirit. Born of the collective energies of everything in the Canyon, it is of everything within it, the fields and river, people and animals, even the volcano. However, such a being is impure, and it will soon dissipate. This makes more likely to be violent then the other three. It's Core could be anywhere, but the location is likely where all of it's aspects meet.
No. of Votes: 5
veekie
EtchedSteel
Kipeci
Nevill
Thozmp
[X] The River Spirit. A water sprite that has a good reputation for being arid land to bloom, and a poor one for drowning those thatdisplease it. It's Core is mostly likely to be along the water's edge.
No. of Votes: 3
mistfist
HeavyBane
Itaywex
[X] The Volcanic Spirit. A fiery thing born of the volcano, they burn everything they touch. But a fire that burns is a fire that is warm. It is mostly likely lost, as these spirits do not enter the Canyon often. It's Core will be in a small gorge that was once a lava tube.
No. of Votes: 2
Bommelom
Ridiculously Average Guy
Total No. of Voters: 10
Only about 10 people will march off to their death for the sake of another, but that's fine. We're mostly out of character creation, this is what happens. You're going to look for the Canyon Spirit. This one is unusually long lived if it's made a core, but it still won't have long. Better hurry!
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Less then mindful
Nottheunmaker
Altman be praised
- Location
- USG Ishimura
You'd been trekking through the valley for about an hour looking for the Spirit's core, or at this point just the spirit. You'd thought as far as a guide could go, something that would know canyon as you know your hand would be perfect.
You were not sure how useful it would be however. Guide was a broad term, and the Domnah failed to mention just what the spirit would do before he left you. Apparently there were matters in the village that needed his attention. So you were on your own in finding the spirit.
Your Academic studies had been of some help. While spirits were of of course a great interest to the magical community, Boha in particular, they were incredibly varied by region, and most had unique quirks that made them difficult to understand. Fortunately they tended to be more generalized wilder lands, such as this canyon, and you were able to knock a few locations off the check list.
One, the village itself. Natural spirits never formed around high concentrations of humanity. They could move into such places, but the one you were seeking was unlikely to do so. Plus the villager would have chased it out if it did. Impure beings like the one you sought were unstable and possibly violent, and could not be predicted. Simply a case of better safe than sorry.
Next off the list was the river. Unless the spirit had been of the its waters, the flowing liquid would greatly weaken it. In the case of your spirit, it could easily be destroyed.
Still water was safe, and seeing as the spirit would be of those waters as much as the rest of the canyon, it could be around the lake the river drained into. But you thought that improbable. As a spirit of everything in the canyon, it would be in a place where the whole of the canyon could be observed.
A room with a view, so to speak. Only there wouldn't be a room.
That was how you found yourself trudging up a rocky slope different to the you came down on. A grand view would require elevation, and that would mean ascending the canyon wall.
You were starting to remember why you had given up the traveling lifestyle, besides wanting to advance yourself academically. The places you'd see were fantastic in every sense of the word, but getting to them was a chore. Academics may have been fussy, but at least your feet were never sore.
Lost in those thoughts, you almost walked straight into the spirit upon turning a corner.
It was large, definitely larger than yourself. A great round sphere of energy of living energy. It's colors would shift through vivid greens and earthen browns, fiery reds and sunny yellows, and finally shimmering blues. Its center however, was distorted. Like an image through a heat haze.
You stood stock still out of sheer surprise. However fascinating this was, it was still an impure spirit. Even now you could see it struggle to maintain itself, little motes of earth or fire breaking off only to be forcefully reabsorbed, spreading ripples across its surface.
But just sure as its instability was its power. Not on the level of a War spirit, and nothing compared the Karrandou if the stories were true. But more then enough to be dangerous if it turned violent.
It occurred to you that you'd been going over this in your head for a good five seconds, and the spirit had yet to react. It simply floated ahead of you. You took a slow and testing step back. It stayed in place. Another step. A continued lack of response.
You slowly slipped back around the corner, but not before noticing the object beneath the Spirit. It was almost a replica of the elemental above it, but solid, with the colors shifting around it slowly. It lacked any shine to it, leaving it a dull sheen.
The Core.
Around the corner, and out of its assumed range of awareness. You needed that Core. And fast. The spirit is clearly unable to maintain itself long, and if it disappears before you get your hands on that Core, its goes with it.
Whatever you do, there's not much time.
[] Grab the Core and run, it clearly isn't aware of it's surroundings. By the time it notices the missing Core, you'll be long gone. But if it's just ignoring you, it'll be a fight, one where it has the first strike.
[] Stun it with a spell. While there is a chance this could destroy the spirit before you get the Core, it also heads off an chance of violence. You may be throwing yourself in a volcano, but you won't die before you can make a meaningful sacrifice.
[] Ask for the Core. Spirits are known to gift items to humans at times, and being close to its own end, it may empathize with you. Of course it may just attack you, but if it doesn't you will both be better off.
[] Leave. This is too risky, you'll find some other spirit. They can't all be this powerful.
You were not sure how useful it would be however. Guide was a broad term, and the Domnah failed to mention just what the spirit would do before he left you. Apparently there were matters in the village that needed his attention. So you were on your own in finding the spirit.
Your Academic studies had been of some help. While spirits were of of course a great interest to the magical community, Boha in particular, they were incredibly varied by region, and most had unique quirks that made them difficult to understand. Fortunately they tended to be more generalized wilder lands, such as this canyon, and you were able to knock a few locations off the check list.
One, the village itself. Natural spirits never formed around high concentrations of humanity. They could move into such places, but the one you were seeking was unlikely to do so. Plus the villager would have chased it out if it did. Impure beings like the one you sought were unstable and possibly violent, and could not be predicted. Simply a case of better safe than sorry.
Next off the list was the river. Unless the spirit had been of the its waters, the flowing liquid would greatly weaken it. In the case of your spirit, it could easily be destroyed.
Still water was safe, and seeing as the spirit would be of those waters as much as the rest of the canyon, it could be around the lake the river drained into. But you thought that improbable. As a spirit of everything in the canyon, it would be in a place where the whole of the canyon could be observed.
A room with a view, so to speak. Only there wouldn't be a room.
That was how you found yourself trudging up a rocky slope different to the you came down on. A grand view would require elevation, and that would mean ascending the canyon wall.
You were starting to remember why you had given up the traveling lifestyle, besides wanting to advance yourself academically. The places you'd see were fantastic in every sense of the word, but getting to them was a chore. Academics may have been fussy, but at least your feet were never sore.
Lost in those thoughts, you almost walked straight into the spirit upon turning a corner.
It was large, definitely larger than yourself. A great round sphere of energy of living energy. It's colors would shift through vivid greens and earthen browns, fiery reds and sunny yellows, and finally shimmering blues. Its center however, was distorted. Like an image through a heat haze.
You stood stock still out of sheer surprise. However fascinating this was, it was still an impure spirit. Even now you could see it struggle to maintain itself, little motes of earth or fire breaking off only to be forcefully reabsorbed, spreading ripples across its surface.
But just sure as its instability was its power. Not on the level of a War spirit, and nothing compared the Karrandou if the stories were true. But more then enough to be dangerous if it turned violent.
It occurred to you that you'd been going over this in your head for a good five seconds, and the spirit had yet to react. It simply floated ahead of you. You took a slow and testing step back. It stayed in place. Another step. A continued lack of response.
You slowly slipped back around the corner, but not before noticing the object beneath the Spirit. It was almost a replica of the elemental above it, but solid, with the colors shifting around it slowly. It lacked any shine to it, leaving it a dull sheen.
The Core.
Around the corner, and out of its assumed range of awareness. You needed that Core. And fast. The spirit is clearly unable to maintain itself long, and if it disappears before you get your hands on that Core, its goes with it.
Whatever you do, there's not much time.
[] Grab the Core and run, it clearly isn't aware of it's surroundings. By the time it notices the missing Core, you'll be long gone. But if it's just ignoring you, it'll be a fight, one where it has the first strike.
[] Stun it with a spell. While there is a chance this could destroy the spirit before you get the Core, it also heads off an chance of violence. You may be throwing yourself in a volcano, but you won't die before you can make a meaningful sacrifice.
[] Ask for the Core. Spirits are known to gift items to humans at times, and being close to its own end, it may empathize with you. Of course it may just attack you, but if it doesn't you will both be better off.
[] Leave. This is too risky, you'll find some other spirit. They can't all be this powerful.
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EtchedSteel
*mumble mumble*
- Location
- Lima. Peru
[X] Ask for the Core. Spirits are known to gift items to humans at times, and being close to its own end, it may empathize with you. Of course it may just attack you, but if it doesn't you will both be better off.
Ridiculously Average Guy
I'm you, but stronger
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[X] Ask for the Core. Spirits are known to gift items to humans at times, and being close to its own end, it may empathize with you. Of course it may just attack you, but if it doesn't you will both be better off.
[X] Stun it with a spell. While there is a chance this could destroy the spirit before you get the Core, it also heads off an chance of violence. You may be throwing yourself in a volcano, but you won't die before you can make a meaningful sacrifice.
Let's go for the safer option. If it does end up destroying the spirit, we can go to one of the other locations.
Let's go for the safer option. If it does end up destroying the spirit, we can go to one of the other locations.
- Location
- Vicksburg, MS
[x] Stun it with a spell. While there is a chance this could destroy the spirit before you get the Core, it also heads off an chance of violence. You may be throwing yourself in a volcano, but you won't die before you can make a meaningful sacrifice.
Just asking it for its core when it's specifically been labelled as an impure spirit tending towards violence seems liable to go poorly. We're a mage, let's make use of that talent.
Just asking it for its core when it's specifically been labelled as an impure spirit tending towards violence seems liable to go poorly. We're a mage, let's make use of that talent.
reborn214
Deep in thought
- Location
- California
[X] Stun it with a spell. While there is a chance this could destroy the spirit before you get the Core, it also heads off an chance of violence. You may be throwing yourself in a volcano, but you won't die before you can make a meaningful sacrifice
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ChildishChimera
A umbran summon
- Location
- New York
[X] Stun it with a spell. While there is a chance this could destroy the spirit before you get the Core, it also heads off an chance of violence. You may be throwing yourself in a volcano, but you won't die before you can make a meaningful sacrifice.
Nottheunmaker
Altman be praised
- Location
- USG Ishimura
I'm going to close the vote in about 18 hours, just a heads up.
That said, asking it still has a shot of working, and is the least likely to result in injury if you fail. Mostly becuase you aren't trying to hurt it right off the bat.
These are valid points of veiw. Spirits are not living things, and the overwhelming majority are not self aware. Destroying it would be more like smashing a rock then hurting an animal. The goal here is the Core anyway, not the spirit. Even if you fucked up badly enough that you lost the Core, there are other spirits around. You aren't that pressed for time.
That said, asking it still has a shot of working, and is the least likely to result in injury if you fail. Mostly becuase you aren't trying to hurt it right off the bat.
Nottheunmaker
Altman be praised
- Location
- USG Ishimura
Votes are closed, would one of you be so kind as to post a tally for me?
ChildishChimera
A umbran summon
- Location
- New York
@Nottheunmaker Tally up lookslike we have a tie
[6] Stun it with a spell. While there is a chance this could destroy the spirit before you get the Core, it also heads off an chance of violence. You may be throwing yourself in a volcano, but you won't die before you can make a meaningful sacrifice.
[6] Ask for the Core. Spirits are known to gift items to humans at times, and being close to its own end, it may empathize with you. Of course it may just attack you, but if it doesn't you will both be better off.
[6] Stun it with a spell. While there is a chance this could destroy the spirit before you get the Core, it also heads off an chance of violence. You may be throwing yourself in a volcano, but you won't die before you can make a meaningful sacrifice.
[6] Ask for the Core. Spirits are known to gift items to humans at times, and being close to its own end, it may empathize with you. Of course it may just attack you, but if it doesn't you will both be better off.
Nottheunmaker
Altman be praised
- Location
- USG Ishimura
Hmm...
Okay, I'll give it till morning for a tie breaker. If no more votes come in, I'll roll a die.
Okay, I'll give it till morning for a tie breaker. If no more votes come in, I'll roll a die.