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Let's Climb Ship Mountain!

Last week, concerns were expressed in the local newspaper that the weather might be too wet and gloomy for a charm quest. But those concerns were way off.

It was too wet and hellishly windy. Hopefully everyone dressed warm!

At the foot of the mountain, Imelda's tent looked like it was going to be blown away at any moment. The tethers that held it down creaked ominously, and the tent itself leaned hard with the howling winds that whipped at the cheap canvas and gaudy trappings. Even Imelda was starting to get a headache with her little bells and chimes clanging noisily non-stop. But a job was a job, and the fortune teller had to at least look like she'd expected this.

She hadn't, but that was beside the point.

Imelda huddled in front of her crystal ball, her wide shoulders buried in silks and furs. A portable heater was fastened under her table to keep her slipper-clad feet warm as she waited for the participants to approach. Ten men, ten women. It was almost like fate! ~~Except one of the men was technically a robot, but he had 'Man' as part of his name, so it totally counts.~~

"Come come, children, hurry in! One person at a time! --No, not you ladies, stay out there." Bitch. "Come, and I will tell you the name of your soulmate who will guide you unharmed to the top of the mountain!" Or just whoever she decided to secretly ship that person with.

[OOC: Two threads below! One is for getting your partner assigned, one is for actually scaling the mountain. Each pair starts at a different point, and will be warped there after consulting with Imelda. Unless I really am psychic, no one is matched with their soulmate. Imelda sucks. But you have an opportunity to get a charm if you either A. Find your true ship which will result in a clear path and no monsters at all, or B. Fight to the top, defeat all the monsters, and kiss your partner like whoa. Some of you may get a boss fight if you say you're okay with one, but it's not guaranteed. Players can otherwise NPC the monsters and obstacles they face. Those who succeed each get an Everglade charm. Only those who signed up for the quest are allowed to participate, but anyone is welcome to show up and cheer/jeer on their favorite "couples". Those who would rather stay at home and watch the events on TV may do so, as it will be televised.]

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[well... she certainly is talkative.

but one thing does catch his interest-]

Beasts that took over your body....? Now that's intriguing.

Yeah. Back on Earthland there are huge creatures called Vulcans. They're kind of apelike, and they have the ability to use Take Over magic. Our friend Macao's mission was to defeat 20 Vulcans that were too close to the village, but he fell to the last one and it took over his body. It took Natsu and Taurus and I to bring him back to his senses.

Mostly Natsu, though..

[ Eheh. ]

[what a story! adam is actually looking over at her from behind his mask as she speaks.]

That kind of magic would definitely be beneficial if it were on your side.

[ Well! At least he looks interested. That was promising. She nodded with a smile. ]

Yeah. We have three in our guild that have different variations of Take Over Magic, but they don't so much as take over the body of another as take on its appearance and qualities. It's an incredibly powerful magic to see in action.

[ She stopped short as their path was blocked by a ~~dragon~~ mountain goat. And it didn't look like it wanted to move. It was eating clover, go away. ]

[...a goat.

a goat!!

adam just stopped and stared, and for the first time since being around her he smirked lightly.]

Looks like this little guy doesn't want us to proceed. What should we do?

[adam was an animal person, okay.]

[ So is Lucy! She grins at the sight of the goat, glancing towards Adam at the question. He... hey. HEY. THAT is a Non-grumpy look, OMG you can make them. ]

Hm.. Do you think there's room to go around him? ... it's a pretty narrow path...

[ She glanced at the side of the mountain path. Maybe they could climb up? The mountain goat was utterly unconcerned by their dilemna, chewing away on bits of plantlife and being in the way. ]

[...adam's just walking up to the goat, okay. and he's patting it on the head :) ]

If we have to go around him, then we just might have to.

[adam turns to look at lucy.] Can you climb? Or do I have to carry you?

[he will, don't think he won't.]

[ The goat looks up at Adam and bweee-e-e-e-ehs at him before going back to munching bits of grass. Lucy's smile softens because that was probably the cutest thing she'd seen from the guy yet. ]

I don't think he looks inclined to move, and I wouldn't want to move him either. He was here first.

[ The question about climbing got a curious glance, and then a flustered wave of her hand. NO CARRYING. ]

It's all right Adam, I think I can manage. [ She unrolls her watery whip from its coil at her side, scanning the cliffside until she whips her weapon at it, the edge smacking into the rock and embedding the tip there. ]

What about you?

[ You have no climbing equipment sir! Near as she can tell anyhow. ]

[if adam was one thing, it was a showoff.

so when she asked him that, he just smirked at her.]

There's a ledge just further up, so see you up there.

[and with that, adam looked up, pushing off and he jumped up and towards the rocky edge. thanks to his aura, he was able to run up and scale the wall easily. a wall run was easy for him, essentially, and in no time at all he had ran up it and was now on to that ledge.

take that human!!]

[ Excuse her for not being an epic wall runner! She could see that kind of thing with Natsu, Erza and the others in her guild, but she could go the mundane route. Except Natsu rubbed off on her a little, so she couldn't have Adam show her up COMPLETELY.

Glancing up to Adam as he dashed up the wall past her, she grinned a little, letting her whip go taut, she jumped off of the cliff face, the retractable whip 'reeling her in so she reached the ledge with only a few hops.

Though she still was a little unsteady once she landed, she recovered quickly. ]

That wasn't so hard. If it's just like this, this is going to be a walk in the park?

[ It isn't going to stay like this. If only. There's a rumble of dirt and stone shifting, and then several large to medium sized boulders suddenly come bouncing down the side of the mountain. Heads up! ]

[adam smirked at her as he watched her make it to the ledge. well, he had to at least respect a human that could keep up with him.]

Don't get too-

[he couldn't even finish his sentence before he heard those boulders begin to fall. adam glanced up at the side of the mountain, then he turned towards lucy. he didn't know how fast she was, if she could make it in time, but thanks to his speed he knew he would get them both out of this quickly.

the faunus pushed off, moving towards lucy and a strong arm wrapped around her waist. he was able to pick her up like that, dashing with her and moving to hug the wall of the mountain. the boulders tumbled and rolled down, just missing them as they went over the side of the ledge...

......it was then that adam realized he saved a human. oh for the love of dust...

he quickly let go of her as soon as he was sure it was safe.]

...Be more careful from now on.

[ She smirked back, reeling her whip in with a laugh. ]

I told you, I'm a - [ Rumble? Lucy looked up, alarmed at the sight of the boulders. A hand shot to her keyring, but before she could do anything, Adam beat her to it, catching the wizard by the waist and dashing out of the way of the falling boulders. ]

Ah!

[ And then dropping her on her ass when the danger was over. You are truly the heroiest of heroes Adam. ]

... Thanks. [ You're pretty cool there, Adam! Bask and roll in that realization like a sausage. ]

[hey at least he saved her!!!

adam looked down at her from behind his mask, nodding.]

Don't mention it. Just.... stick close to me, alright?

[only because he wants to get up there in one piece.]

[ He got a 3 point deduction for dropping her though! ]

... sure.

[ Obviously it's because he wants to make sure she doesn't get hurt. He's such a nice guy :3 She followed along after him, glancing around for more obstacles. ]

Ne, do you have any other of those charm things we're supposed to find?

[not a nice guy!!!]

Hm?

[he glances over at her, then he goes to look around as well.]

I don't.... they hardly offered a proper explanation of how this was all supposed to work. It's irritating, if you ask me.

[ NAISU GAI ]

Where's your sense of adventure? Having all the answers just handed to you might be more convenient, but it makes things more boring that way too.

[he frowns.]

Looks like we'll be doing this the hard way in that case.

[he didn't think any of this would be easy either way.]

That's okay. It makes things interesting, don't you think? [ Lucy grinned over at him. ... god, did she really just say that? She laughed weakly. ]

... and to think there was a time when I would have rather had the easier route. [ Natsu has RUINED her for hiking! ]

Still if we keep going at this pace, we'll reach the top in no time! [ Well, unless that murder of crows tries to up and murder of them. And ...those are some pretty big crowlike creatures, so that may not be entirely unlikely. In fact... One of them is coming RIGHT FOR YOU. AAAAAAAAA ]

[CROWS?! he's used to dealing with grimm, so of course he has a feeling they're going to attack even before they hit.

well then, if you thought he was cool before check this out now!!

adam grips at his weapon, waiting for the massive creature to come towards him. as soon as the monster is diving in front of him his grip tightens on the hilt of his sword and he swiftly pulls it out of its sheath, slicing the being in two!

HUZZAH! and then adam puts his weapon away again.]

They're coming back around!

[more of the birds are flocking together, and looks like they have their sights set on the two of them. in fact, three of the creatures are dive bombing at lucy!!]

There's just something about birds. They are always, ALWAYS out to get you. Or your snacks. In this case, they think Adam and Lucy are the snacks oh no! She can't fight three at once - not with just her whip, so she reaches towards her keyring. ]

Open, Gate of the Archer! Saggitarius!!

[ She tugged his key free of the ring holder, thusly summoning the spirit. Make no comment about creatures that look like humans that wear horse costumes. Lucy doesn't know why he looks like that either- she thought he'd be a centaur. STILL, she moves back to back with Saggitarius. ]

Saggitarius, on your left!

[ The archer saluted, taking aim with his bow. No normal arrows were those, when the projectiles flew through, they met with deadly pinpoint accuracy, tearing through the wing of one and causing it to spiral and crash into the side of the mountain. The other arrow went right into the eye of the second crow, this one missing narrowly (Lucy has to duck to avoid getting caught in the collision), but it circles around, half blinded to try a second run. RAR! ]

We need to move! [ This from Lucy, as she lashes out with her whip, catching a bird in the chest repeatedly and making it tumble back into the first bird that fell. Like a ten car pile up, only with crows! ]

[...oh. oh what was that she just did?

adam was impressed, honestly, that looked like some interesting magic. maybe he really had been partnered up with someone that would be good for him during this trip. only because he figured she was strong enough, of course. either way, with the creatures coming for them he nodded at her words, turning and running.

since he was a faunus he was much faster than her, so he at least slowed so his pace would match hers as they ran. as they ran he saw another group of them coming for them. of course, he would at least be able to handle several of them at once. he almost found it amusing, honestly, which was why he smirked a little as they came in again.

the second group of creatures dove in and that was when adam picked up his pace to run ahead. he brought out his sword, slicing at them, his quick slashes amounted to four hits. they were too quick to even see, so with the birds were stunned, adam flipped around his sheath, pointing it at them and shot at them with his shotgun of a sword case.]

So- this is how they intend to stop us? How foolish.

[A WALK IN THE PARK.]

[ Lucy might not be fast, but she's got the stamina to make up for it. She has to, to keep up with her teammates. Sprinting after him, she was still glad he adjusted his pace to allow her to keep up with him. Between his slashes, and Saggitarius sprinting along behind them easily, shooting his arrows to further injure them, they were making short work of the creatures quickly. ]

They? You don't think someone is controlling those creatures..?

[adam is scanning the area, looking for a way for them to hide and at least wait this out.]

Honestly? I wouldn't be surprised at all if someone were controlling them.

[another group dove at him and he quickly took care of them, slashing them to bits.

wait... was that a cave?! adam spotted it then turned to lucy.]

In there-!

[ A cave! Perfect! Heck, maybe there's even a tunnel to lead out to the other side? .. let's just hope it doesn't collapse on them too. Eesh. But taking Adam's cue, she nods and makes a break for the cave entrance, with the birds hot on their heels. Saggitarius gets off one more shot, his arrow finding the center of a bird's throat, the poor creature crashing into the ground and causing a heavy rumble in the cavern.

Lucy, when she stops running, glances behind her to see the body of the dead bird blocking the way back. On the plus side, the other birds can't give chase now! ]

[at least they were in this cave now! and it seemed like it did lead somewhere.

adam's gaze went to lucy, looking her over once she was closer.]

Not hurt?

[only because he wouldn't want to deal with a wounded human, it would just be far too annoying.]

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