[open]

[refire]

Who: Alphen and Everyone
Which: it's an open log + catchall
Where: various places
What: road repair quest log prompt + training + eat alphens cooking at your own discretion
Warnings: Too much Spice



1.

[There's the sounds of lots of shouting and yelling. Alphen's trying to work up a sweat by swinging his sword around in the open field. Lately he's restless and staying active helps him clear his mind. So now he's training with a makeshift training sword. In a split, second the training sword breaks half leaving nothing but the sound of clang. Alphen then sighs looking slight disappointed. ]

Not again. This isn't working out like I thought it would.


[Fighting battles with a sword is just about the only thing he can do right. Alphen is a warrior and his skills are better used on the battlefield. He's got years of experience with the blade so he thought it'd be interesting to see what happens if he uses new training equipment. The results speak for themselves because off to the side there are several broken blades.

Those training swords came from Rokurou about a month ago and now they're practically unusable. ]

Are these blades supposed to break so fast or am I using too much strength?


2. quest ; road repair


[ It's another busy day and this time Alphen is occupied with manual labor. He wanted to help with the road repair efforts so he's carrying a heavy bag filled with cobblestone. Honestly if anything it looks like he's struggling with it because it's a lot of work for a single person. Alphen's just unloading more bundles of cobblestone with his physical strength because he never thought to terraform the land using dreamotion. Taking this approach to the situation is just going to leave him exhausted. He eventually collapses on the floor from working too hard.

Help maybe??

A guy roughly around 5-7 to 5'9 tall guy wearing armor who just drops on the floor suddenly. It might be nice to help him out or you can kick him awake too. That works. ]




3.


[The first thing you'll notice is the smell of food. There's an apparent thick aroma of spice lingering in the air as well. Alphen walks up to you with a bowl of grilled mushrooms. He's looking awfully confident that it will taste good!]

Feeling hungry? Look no further! Today I'm presenting you a dish with flavor that's out of this world. Come try some if you'd like! There's plenty for everyone.

[Of course, there's reason to doubt this will turn out well because the amount of spice looks over done and part of it looks a little burned too. Take Alphen's food at your own risk.]

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[luciing]

[ Whenever he comes to, Alphen will find himself on the side of the worksite with a familiar steely figure towering over him. Remnants of a crystalline blue light flicker out of existence; whatever power, magic, or item had been used to restore him has since faded to nothing. ]

You are awake, Warrior.

[refire]

Oh yeah, I am.

[ Alphen stretches out his arms and legs then he nods. He feels a lot better than he did before. Somnus presence is more than familiar to him now. They've been working on smithy for some time. ]

What was that light I just saw?

[ For a moment there was something like a blue light. ]

[luciing]

A healing tonic, nothing more. [ He replies, vaguely, and then moves onto the topic at hand. ] You were laboring in full, armored regalia… Wherefore?

[refire]

I appreciate your help.

Yeah, I was working earlier and I must have passed out somewhere. It's a good thing you dropped by when you did.

[luciing]

[ There's a long pause preceding his next words. ]

Wear armor only as necessary, Warrior.

[refire]

I did save myself from getting a back injury because I had it on.


This suit of armor just looks heavy. What about yours? I've never seen you take that thing off. [ yeah he's always seen Somnus with armor on if memory serves correctly. ]

[luciing]

My form is as you see. [ As ever, his answer remains cryptic. ]

Yours is only necessary when in battle, is it not?

[refire]

Yeah. I prefer to wear it even if we're not fighting.

I know it comes with some downsides but there's more positives to it. A fighter that's not properly equipped for a surprise battle may as well be dead.


[ He's had more than his fair share of surprise encounters over the past few years. ]

[luciing]

[ As much as Somnus may agree with the sentiment, Somnus shakes his helm once. ]

Seek balance, young warrior, of when it is appropriate to wear regalia and when it is not. [ That he collapsed and was incapable of working in it for a road is all the proof one needs that for this task, wearing it was not the time. ]