April Quests

[glaciers]

Who:
Quest 1: Shouto, Keith, Mysterion
Quest 2: Shouto, Izuku Midoriya, Yuuya Sakazaki
Where: The well -> The forest
When: 4/3
What: Quest Log
Warnings: Taking out a wolf tooth


[Shouto's where he said he would be. He's in his hero outfit, which really just looks like a janitor's uniform with a few extras strapped on for good measure. But he's just gotten his new clothes, he'd rather not have to go scavenging for new ones.

He's scanning around for Mysterious and Keith... only to realize he has no idea what Keith looks like. It's such an obvious oversight...]

Comments

[lonered]

[In fairness, Keith shows up in full Blade uniform, mask and all, so he's not exactly easy to recognize even to people who do know him. But he is noticeable, so there's that.

He makes his way to the well, sees someone waiting there and hazards a guess,] ...are you one of the guys I'm meeting? For, uh, going after a wolf?

[Introductions are awkward. He's not great at this.]

[i_cant_die]

Good. You're both here. [Says a voice from on top of one of the awnings of a nearby house. He front flips and lands on his feet on the ground. He walks over, staff strapped to his back. He looks between the two of them. He pulls the pliers out of his pants pocket.] I'm ready to play wolf dentist if you two are.

[glaciers]

[That's just... so excessive. That's All Might levels of excessive.]

Yeah, I'm Shouto Todoroki. You're Keith, and this is Mysterion.

Has anybody seen a wolf out there? Because this could be a while.

[lonered]

[Small child in costume with a familiar staff. WELL. THEN. This is Keith extra glad he decided to tag along for this.

He doesn't say anything though, but does lift a hand to disengage his mask for the moment.]

Not yet no, but wolves should be in the woods, right? Let's hope they're not too hard to find.

[i_cant_die]

It won't be hard to find them. Danger has a knack for finding me. Or the other way around. [Mysterion said with a shrug. It was the truth. He looks out to the forest.] Let's make sure to leave a trail to come back and wonder into the forest. The wolves will smell us and come looking eventually.

[glaciers]

Wolves probably don't want anything to do with us. How good are you two at being stealthy?

[He'd really rather not have a Midoriya level trouble magnet, but they'll figure themselves out one way or another.]

Anybody have string? I can make some ice to follow, but it'll melt depending on how long we're out there.

[lonered]

Depends how desperate and hungry they are.

[A shrug of his shoulders, and Keith shakes his head.] The forest... sort of shifts. Like it has a mind of its own. Or at least that's what it feels like.

[No this is good they'll be fine.]

[i_cant_die]

I rock at being stealthy. I don't got string. Let's mark trees and have someone climb up them to get a look around the area. That way, even if the forest shifts we know which trees are tall enough to see the town if we climb up.

[glaciers]

There's probably something better than humans in the forest. I thought I saw a weird deer.

I don't have a knife on me. Or chalk. But I can get up a tree fast enough.

[lonered]

And I've got a blade.

[Which he brandishes in demonstration before slipping it back into its sheath. Sounds like a good enough plan to Keith.]

And there are deer. But they're... not normal.

[i_cant_die]

[Mysterion smirks as an idea comes to mind.] If we find a deer, I saw we catch it and use it as bait. Wolves will smell the blood. How are they not normal? Do they have like two heads or something?

[glaciers]

If the deer aren't normal then the wolves probably aren't either.

But if we've got a way back, we might as well get started.

[He'll start walking towards the forest.]

[lonered]

There's not a lot of normal in general here.

[Keith frowns, but nods at the mention of getting going.] I still don't particularly like running errands for the folks in charge here, but yeah. If we're doing this, better get going. May as well make the most of the daylight, in case this does take a long time.

Quest 2: Gold leaf

[glaciers]

[Shouto's sent messages to Sakazaki and Midoriya the day before checking if they're available today.

He's just leaning against the well, waiting for the two of them to show up. They're the two yellows he actually knows well. The requirement might be one yellow, but it can't hurt to have two of them.]

[salutations]

[Cue the Dispersion Relation.]

[Yuuya isn't too hard to spot approaching. His white feathers do blend into the monochrome world around them but, well, a giant pigeon has a tendency of just standing out. And the glasses. And the bright orange tie. You know, maybe Yuuya just happens to stand out, it's ingrained into his very being to be hard to ignore.]

Salutations! [he lifts a wing in greeting. He's maybe a few minutes early, not giving off an excessively punctual feeling but at least enough that you knew he was somewhat reliable.]

So, it's leaf hunting today, hm? I'll admit, I'm a little worried, as I saw nothing of the sort on the walk over...

[inheritance]

[And along comes the third member of their leaf hunting party, just a little behind Yuuya. Though he doesn't seem to have regained his normal amount of pep, Izuku still waves and offers them a small smile as he gets close enough.]

Todoroki-kun, Sakazaki-kun. Where do you think we should start?

[glaciers]

[There he is. Midoriya looks better, if not entirely back to normal after the forest expedition.

Maybe that's the best he can hope for right now.]

In the forest.

[Shouto's a huge help, isn't he?]

[salutations]

[He's never felt more helped in his life.]

Nothing gets by you, does it Todoroki?

Although my suggestion was about the same. We should pick a point to start at and a distance we're comfortable going from that point.

[inheritance]

[The slightest bit of a frown tugs his lips downward.] I don't mind going further in, but we should stay on guard if we do, in case the forest decides to send us toward something unpleasant.

What about the leaf, though? The quest never mentioned if the tree we're looking for has regained its color or not.

[glaciers]

We can all hold our own, right?

[He doesn't know if Yuuya can fight, but Shouto can cover for him.]

... Should we just pull a leaf off of every tree we come across? That seems time intensive. Maybe there's a gold leafed tree in there.

[salutations]

I've brushed with death a time or two, so don't worry about me. [he says, with entirely too much cheer]

Since it's looking for a golden leaf, we can assume there will be some indicator of color. And if there were a single tree that had all of them, well... [he holds his wings out and shrugs] Maybe it's silly but I feel like the quest would be too easy, then. One person could find the tree and then every other person could complete the quest by taking a leaf from that tree.

Since Midoriya and I were required, I'm going to assume our presence has something to do with it. Maybe it'll reveal itself if we come in contact with it?

[inheritance]

[Izuku cups his chin in one hand, lips pursed as he thinks.]

I think Sakazaki-kun has a point. If a "yellow" person like us was required for this quest, then we might be the only ones who can find this tree. And the color has been coming back because of the quests, as far as we can tell.

Should we just touch the trees along the way? There's two of us, so we can cover more ground between us.

[glaciers]

The forest shifts. Even if there was one tree like that, there's no guarantee that anybody could find it again.

[But he'll defer to the two yellows in the group. Shouto's just here for... emotional and physical support?

Probably?]

[salutations]

Is that so? You're saying we're living a procedurally generated game? [He hopes it's not one of those ones where you can only get stronger by dying. That would be horrible.]

I see, so then mapping wouldn't have been successful and we'll have to keep our wits about us... [Worst case scenario, he can just fly above the trees. He's not worried about himself, though.]

Would it help to leave any markings on the tree, as we touch them?

[inheritance]

I was able to find something again through the same path once before, but it's probably not a good idea to assume the forest won't change on us.

[The look on his face grows even more subdued as he says this.]

We should still mark the trees we've already tried, though. To keep track. [He glances between the two of them.] Should we grab something to mark up the trees with before we start?