Event Nine.

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Thus, on Life’s gloomy sea, Heareth the marinere Voices sweet, from far and near, Ever singing in his ear, “Here is rest and peace for thee!”

t's a dark night, and the sounds of feet in the darkness are further dampened and hidden by even more magic, as they are lured away by the soft sounds of dreams that are too good to be true, leaving the Town much, much emptier than when it began. On one side, an island, and a ticking clock to a gruesome death. On the other, the slow realization that those bonds everyone has been forging might mean much, much more than they first thought. Welcome to Awash's ninth event log, everyone! Further information on this event can be found here at the OOC post. You are welcome to start your own posts or logs for this event as well. If there are any questions, please ask them here. Please be sure to very clearly mark where your characters are in your prompts, so people know which they can tag depending on which group they are in. Thank you!

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[sirnyxalot]

[He laughs, bright even in this gloomy place.]

No ghost stories, then--hunting stories. Grand tales of a hunter defeating monsters ten times their size, against all odds stacked against them.

[Because he's going to look forward to watching her smash some gills whenever those things decide to come out of the water, and wreck a fish or two of his own.]

[brightlyshines]

[Bless you, Nyx. Estelle might be endlessly optimistic, but ghosts??? Ghosts still scared her, even after everything, and she hesitated to admit it on her best days. Her smiles returns, as bright as before, red eyes gleaming.]

Oh heck yes! I've got tons of those.

[So very many. Bracers hunted all sorts of rogue monsters to keep towns and travelers safe.]

And we can think about all the ways we can kick some fishbutt, too.

[sirnyxalot]

Tell me about it. What kind of monsters are there where you come from?

[Keep talking so they don't succumb to the cold. They need to keep going. Plus the topic is interesting anyway. He can't believe he never asked before. She's a good fighter, it had to have come from somewhere.]

[brightlyshines]

Oh, tons! They're all over the place outside of towns, though we keep the little ones off the roads with orbal lights usually--

[See, this is a topic Estelle can talk loads about. If they were back at the house, she'd even show Nyx her notebook, details about all the monsters she's fought faithfully recorded for future battles in energetic chicken scratch.]

We've got tons of angry, killer insects, a lot of beasts like rinociders--they've got tough armor and hit hard-- and big cats, man eating plants, giant exploding eggs, and those are a pain let me tell you...

There's a lot of flying sharks near the coast, and giant crabs that have super tough shells. And then there's the sheep.

[Said, as if the very word is evil. For. Some reason.]

Those always travel in groups, and have some seriously nasty flying kicks.

[.....????!]