skysteal | [ open rp post ]

[ .. everyone else does?? what a weird way to give your name. but peony.. that sounds like a nice name. and it sounds a little familiar. maybe she's come through the bakery? but maybe that was another peony.. a lot of faces come through on any given day, or week, or month, many people in revenant's toll are only passing through. ]

S-so it would seem..

[ she hadn't really been thinking about it like that!! but uh, she sure is the one keeping them alive in there. don't let them die, luci, no pressure. her grasp on her tome tightens, and she glances up toward the crumbling gates. ]

.. shall we?

[ better to get it over with.. right? ]

[ Better to get a move-on, yeah! Peony doesn't do well with staying in one spot for too long, especially on the cusp of an exciting expedition! So Lucienne has barely said the words when Peony is traipsing towards the entrance to the ruins, grabbing her weapon from where it's slung across her back. ]

We shall!

[ And then she starts running...Luci better hustle if she wants to keep up! ]

[ oh my GOD she's one of those tanks who just sprints right at the beginning without waiting for their shield!! lucienne gasps in surprise, frozen still for a moment, before - ]

W-wait!

[ and she's quick to dash off after her a few moments later, quickly opening her tome in her hands, while selene flutters behind her, trying to keep pace with them both. ]

Be careful!

[ She sure is one of those tanks...good luck putting an adlo on her before she's gone!!!

To Peony's credit, when Luci calls out behind her, she does slow down somewhat, though mostly due to her own sense of self-preservation. She has a few potions on her, sure, but those don't do much compared to a true scholar's work. Not to mention, she's never seen a faerie in action before...it could be neat! ]

Of what? This place has been abandoned for —

[ She definitely steps on one of Those Tiles that makes arrows start flying across the room. ]

Oh, shite!

[ GOD, THE WORST TANKS!! peony is gonna have to LEARN.

thankfully, lucienne's instincts are sharp and her reflexes are even sharper; the moment she hears that telltale whish of flying darts, the spell is out of her hands before she even thinks to cast it - tendrils of golden aether lash forth like a whip, curling around peony's body and yanking her forcefully back, all the way to luci's side.

she sure did use rescue on her 5 seconds into the dungeon!! luci does her best not to look entirely, deathly panicked, but mostly fails. ]

Of that! Hidden traps aside, these walls are crumbling - one misstep and you'll fall through the floor, or the ceiling will crash down onto your head!

[ ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN, PEONY!! with a frown, lucienne cracks open her grimoire. its worn pages are littered with notes and scrawlings, and many, many drawings, drawings of geometric shapes and grids of all shape and form. aether gathers around the tips of her fingers, pulling the image from the page, and in a glittering burst it leaps toward peony, reforming into a shining, aetheric shield around her body. neat. ]

[ Oh, oh no, she's a goner for sure, this is the end for the great Peony Havencrest, and she didn't even get to prove her greatness yet, she's the only one who knows it!!!

But before she can meet her untimely demise, she finds herself yanked sharply backwards, and then suddenly next to Lucienne. Did she just...do that? That's a thing?? Wow, handy spell... ]

Hey, so long as you've got my back like that, then what's there to worry about?

[ Then comes another spell, this one even prettier than the last, and Peony's eyes widen with fascination at the burst of light that engulfs her. Wow, maybe she should have been a healer instead! Their techniques are sure nice to look at. ]

I feel unstoppable now! C'mon, let's see what else these ruins have in store for us!

[ And then she's running forward...again...though at least she watches her step now. ]

[ oh no she doesn't!! lucienne has enough siblings to know exactly what will happen the moment peony is able to run - she will run again, and so luci is PREPARED. with the reflexes of a soccer mom she snags the back of peony's collar, hopefully clotheslining her a little in the process. ]

Oh no you don't!

[ SPRINT ISN'T A COOLDOWN, PEONY!! luci snaps her tome shut with her free hand and tucks it beneath her arm, before carefully.. releasing peony's collar and beginning to move. ]

Let's keep it to.. a brisk jog.

[ that's a fair compromise to the snail like crawl she would prefer, OKAY!! ]

[ Not an especially graceful girl, Peony does nearly topple when Lucienne grabs her collar, though she's saved by her catlike reflexes. Get it??? Because she's a cat. She turns an almighty frown up at the healer, but relents with a sigh far bigger than the situation calls for. ]

Fiiiine...wouldn't want you to get caught by a trap, so better I'm by your side to supervise, anyway!

[ That's her story and she's sticking to it. She starts at a brisk jog then, making sure that Lucienne keeps up with her this time. Soon enough, they encounter a couple of bats, and...a bee? ]

Aha! Let's get 'em, Luci!

[ She pulls out her gun and fires off the flamethrower!!!! This is RP and no level sync exists here! ]

Did you.. did you just shoot fire out of that gun?

[ she's never seen her dad do that.. but also he's kind of protective, and does not often allow her to get into combat, even if her mother does not necessarily agree.

anyway, bats and a bee.. that can't be too bad, right?? they're not even that big.. but peony sure does just engage them immediately! lucienne gasps and draws back for a moment, but they're in the shit now, so she has to do what she has to do. at least she isn't sprinting out of sight anymore, because rescue has a cooldown. ]

Bee careful..!

[ thanks for that great joke, dad!! lucienne is quick to snap her tome open again, drawing forth the geometric patterns on the pages and releasing them, applying biolysis to the bats and bee alike, before conjuring a swift physick onto peony, whom the critters are scratching and biting at. they don't yet seem to have noticed lucienne.. which she's fine with, thanks. ]

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