daemon: zeymahd; video

[drehnifusbahi]

[Vanyel has apparently gotten his daemon's cooperation for a change, because the first panning shot (several different maps, all in the same blue ink, apparently showing an island off the coast of Xistentia) is slow and smooth, and Zeymahd isn't even grumbling about it.

Finally, the camera comes to rest on the latest map, ink still glistening wetly on the parchment. It holds for a long moment, as if maybe the daemon is reading over it himself. Then comes a tapping, off-screen but very close to the camera, and it swings up so that Vanyel is in the shot too.]

This is my prize from one of the fair games, evidently. [He says, then grins.] So - who's up for a bit of exploring?

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[drehnifusbahi]

They gave me the ink, but whatever else I try to use it for the map is all that forms.

[On the heels of that response comes another, a quick clip of exactly that: the ink crawling, for lack of a better word, over the parchment, to form the lines of the map.]

[helical]

We should do recon before anyone goes there. Does anyone have a demon who can fly, who could report back?

[ that seems wiser than diving in blind. not that he believes it's a trap, but he's been unsure since receiving his own gift of what it all adds up to, and there's no way of knowing if the island might be inhabited by creatures as dangerous as the trolls. ]

[drehnifusbahi]

[It would be wiser! That is a good thought, Alec. Unfortunately...]

I've tried, and so has one of the other responders. Neither of us were able to even see the island, when flying over the area it's supposed to be in.

[So diving in blind it is. #yolo, or something.]

[helical]

[ oh. huh.

this is making his gears turn. he's been wondering what his 'prize' was for, if there was a point to it. ]

Could it be submerged? [ he rubs a spot on his arm. ] I got something after the fair, too. I can control the sea, in a way. Maybe this is why?

[drehnifusbahi]

It's certainly possible.

[It would be a real first for him, if so; he's been in partially submerged ruins before, but none that were fully underwater.]

I suppose we'll find out soon, one way or another.

[helical]

Is there a boat you can take there? [ he's thinking of the rune on his arm, and what happens when he activates it, how he can feel the sea. ] I could try and see if I can part the water, otherwise.

[drehnifusbahi]

I'm working on getting hold of a boat large enough to accommodate everyone who's expressed an interest. [Because his original plan, when he thought the party would be much smaller than this, was to just fly. But there's no way he can carry so many.] But if I can't find anything the right size and seaworthy, we may well have to try that.

[helical]

Might be able to keep you guys afloat or get you there even if you don't. [ he's not entirely sure. he's tested the powers to some extent, but is still unsure of what they're meant for, if anything. ] Do you need more volunteers?

[drehnifusbahi]

I've also had an offer of a jet, but it certainly can't hurt to have a third option as well. [The question of more volunteers takes some thought, but in the end he shakes his head.] No, I don't think so - at least not for this particular excursion. I've already got ten coming for certain, and two others at least interested.

[helical]

That sounds like plenty. [ but he is curious, so... ] Will you be reporting what you find?

[drehnifusbahi]

[He hopes, anyway.]

Absolutely I will.