Prepare for the #LodanRespawn2024 Existing characters may choose to be displace from/have memories of different timelines, thereby allowing returning members the option to retcon their whole character. These changes are the result of the "Unnatural Fog" plot device that is running between now and the Respawn. The plot is simple: no matter where your character is, that place is shrouded in a thick fog that suspends time, but not thoughts or memories, so even if they're repeating the same day over and over again, they continue to remember, so each time feels like a new day. For those retconning OCs; this is where new versions of themselves have the opportunity to replace the old versions. Official lore and tree updates will be announced asap
Post by Zona K. Noakes on Jul 20, 2016 20:20:25 GMT
Open to Julian Darknoll , and Howl Reed .How long has it been? Two months? Three? Way too many to count. But either way she was back. Where did she go? Who knows who cares. She had a nice time away and now she was getting back to work. And with that she was back, out in the woods working on her bow skills. God was she rusty... Though she was hitting all the targets not to many were bulls-eyes. "drat... This sucks..." Zona said with a sigh as she went to grab her arrows, dragging her feet some. This was kind of depressing, though it should have been expected, with not doing anything for so long, well... Time does stuff like that after all. All she could do was keep practicing and hope that she could get back in the swing of things quickly. Stepping back away after grabbing her arrows Zona began firing them off again.
(Sorry if this writing is bad... Its been sooo long...)
Badger: The cuss you are. Mr. Fox: The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me? Badger: No, you cussing with me? Mr. Fox: Don't cussing point at me! Badger: If you're gonna cuss with somebody, you're not gonna cuss with me, you little cuss! Mr. Fox: You're not gonna cuss with me! -Fantastic Mr.Fox (2009)
Howl finally was nearing the city of Lodan after his long absence. Howl had decided to leave the city of lodan on a sort of vacation. Along the way he had met some traveling merchants and went with them on their journeys. He traveled with them for a long time learning how to read people body language. Eventually the reached the end of their route at a large city near a rainforest. There he found a great library. He spent most of days there reading and learning about as much as he could. After about a month they left the dropping Howl off about half a days walk from lodan. Howl felt something move in his shirt making him jump, snapping him out his reminiscing, before he realized it was his new snake friend: Seraphina. A few days before they left they left the city the merchants told Howl they were going to check out a market, what Howl didn't know is that it was the black market. While at the black market Howl found a merchant that sold animals from the rain forest. He found a bright green baby snake and immediately fell in love with it. The rest of the merchants all pooled up enough money to buy the snake for Howl. Howl spent most of the trip back to lodan training Seraphina. Howl heard a loud twang nearby causing him to turn his head at the sound. What he saw was a familiar face, Zona, he hadn't seen her in a long time. Walking over to her he called out over the bushes "He-hey Zona!". Hopefully she recognized his voice.
(Seraphina's story may change a little but everything should stay mostly the same)
Post by Julian Darknoll on Jul 22, 2016 1:40:42 GMT
It has been a bit over a week since the "accidental" death of his parents, and in that short time Julian has had a very haunting feeling looming over him wherever he went. He can very vividly still see his parents dead on the ground in front of him, with their blood on his hands. Julian was never a killer, he never had a killer instinct... but it just happened. If Julian ever wanted to get rid of this feeling and slowly move on with his life, he would have to go back to his parents farm. Julian started to walk, since he didn't have any belongings he left right then and there. The walk to Julian's parents farm ( now his by default ) was about four days away from Lodan, he tried to remember which path he took when he first came to Lodan. After a short while of walking around the city's walls he found a large tree in the distant that he saw the day he came, So Julian followed that tree to where he thought his house was. Around five days later he came to a clearing in the trees which he knew all to well, he was finally back home. He started walking down to his parents small cottage like house, when he noticed a large amount of crows and raven circling over two flattened patches of wheat, where his parents lay. He then started walking down to where his parents where, he then got a whiff of a horrible sent, the smell of rotting corpse. Pushing aside the large wheat he saw them, two piles of bones and gore with crows picking off bits of red flesh. Julian covered his nose as the smell was disgusting, he shooed away all of the birds and was able to get a some-what clean look of the bones. Julian broke down in the field crying. When he was done he walked into the small house and grabbed a old shovel that was leaning against the door, he walked outside and started to dig two holes. Once Julian finished digging the holes, he wiped the sweat of his brow and shoveled the pile of bones in the two holes, and once he finished he covered the holes and broke down crying over the two mounds of dirt. A while passed and Julian heard the noise of a raven caw very close to him, he looked up to see where the bird was, wiping the tears out of his eyes to see clearly, the bird was sitting on the top of his scythe he had tied to his back. He tried to shoo away the horrible bird when he noticed something about it, it had red eyes. He glared at the bird, but the bird seemed to glare right back at him. Julian stood up and shook of his pants that had dirt on them,surprisingly the bird was still on the scythe. So he decided to leave it alone and walk over to his house, when he arrived at his door he leaned his scythe against the house, as he started to go into the house and the door was closing behind him the raven suddenly flew up on to his shoulder. Julian still left the bird alone and went to go lie down after a very long and emotional day, the bird was still with Julian when he went to sleep it was sitting at the end of his bed, almost like it was watching him. Julian awoke that morning very sharply from a horrible nightmare he had, when he looked around the room to see if the bird was still there, but it was gone. So Julian got up and started his multiple days worth of work, he had to finish the harvest, for his parents. When Julian got outside he went to retrieve his scythe when he noticed the same bird was sitting at the top of it, waiting for Julian to return. Julian worked for many days on his family's harvest, with the bird always sitting on his shoulder or head, it kept him company. When Julian finished the harvest he had a decision to make, he could stay at the farm or go back to Lodan. He wanted to go back to Lodan, there where people in the city, here it was only Julian. He put on his nice tailored black outfit, his parents got it for his last years birthday. He packed food for the journey back to Lodan, he said goodbye to his parents, then he left, with the raven still sitting on his scythe, it had stayed with him throughout the harvest. On the way back Julian thought of a name for the bird, "I will call you Nevermore, for you are my reminder to return to that farm Nevermore." Julian said scratching the head of the black bird. Julian left the way he came, through the small clearing of trees. After another five days of walking he found the walls of the city. As he was walking in the forest back to the city, he heard someone talking in the distance, they sounded familiar. He then started to walk towards the sound of the voice.
Post by Zona K. Noakes on Jul 22, 2016 3:28:48 GMT
Zona froze for a moment when she heard not only the rustling of bushes but the call of her name. Crouching some Zona readied her bow and aimed for where the voice was. It sounded familiar, but she couldn't pin point who's it was. She waited a moment longer before a face came into the clearing, "Oh its just you." She said with a light smile as she lowered her bow and placed the arrow back in its quiver. "It sure has been a while since I last saw ya. How have ya been?" She asked as she crossed her arms over her chest, leaving her bow to rest against her thigh.
Badger: The cuss you are. Mr. Fox: The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me? Badger: No, you cussing with me? Mr. Fox: Don't cussing point at me! Badger: If you're gonna cuss with somebody, you're not gonna cuss with me, you little cuss! Mr. Fox: You're not gonna cuss with me! -Fantastic Mr.Fox (2009)
"I've been great! I left the city for while. It was getting kinda heated with the the war..." Howl said as Seraphina slithered her way to the collar of his shirt sticking her head out and resting on is soldier. "Oh and this in my new snake friend, Seraphina, She is very nice, only she doesn't move much." Seraphina gave Zona a cold stare before turning away seemingly dismissing her as not a threat. "I picked her up in a city next to a jungle far away from here. She is very poisonous but she has only ever bitten thief attacking me... So what have you been up too in these last few months?"
Post by Zona K. Noakes on Jul 23, 2016 23:54:01 GMT
"Well I'll keep that in mind if I ever need money then" Zona said with a smirk as she looked at the small green snake. "I will say she is cute. Love her color." Zona said chuckling a bit as the snake seem to turn away from her like she was nothing. Zona wondered for a moment how Tilly and Jay would like her. "So you've been out of town hu? I just got back myself, been practicin' at this since I got back. Seems I'm a bit rusty though..." Zona added as she rubbed the back of her neck and looked over to one of the targets that had a few arrows stuck in it. "Ya... I should have been practicin'..."
Badger: The cuss you are. Mr. Fox: The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me? Badger: No, you cussing with me? Mr. Fox: Don't cussing point at me! Badger: If you're gonna cuss with somebody, you're not gonna cuss with me, you little cuss! Mr. Fox: You're not gonna cuss with me! -Fantastic Mr.Fox (2009)
Post by Julian Darknoll on Jul 26, 2016 3:11:50 GMT
As Julian started walking closer to the voice it became more and more familiar. Then there was another voice, one he did not recognize. When he heard the other voice he crouched and slowing inched his way to the voices. He knew one of them for sure, it was Kirvana's, but the other voice he did not know, he did know that it was a males voice, and he sounded friendly. As he moved up towards the two of them he was able to see who they where. The girl, with her very distinguishable blue hair color, was defiantly Kirvana. But the other was a tall and lean man with shaggy brown hair, who was carrying a staff. Julian than thought of a great idea, to send NV to land on a branch right behind Kirvana, to hopefully scare them. Julian than slowly back away from the group and whispered to his bird "Go on the branch next the the one in blue hair." Julian said in a hushed voice as he pointed to the branch. The bird flew off of his scythe and flew above the trees. Julian watched as the bird landed at the branch next to the girl, like he had asked. Then the bird looked at both of them, and fixed it's glare to the man. NV then decided to fly off of the branch and land right on the boys head.
"Oh Please! Your better than ill ever be! actually ive been thinking about picking up..." Howl said before something large an heave fell on his head. He stood but straight and turned ridged immediately. "Umm d-did a bird just land on my h-head?..." He asked Zona, even though he knew perfectly well that it was a bird based on the claws. While speaking Seraphina moved slowly to face the bird. She eyed it carefully trying to stay as still and low as possible. Even thought she moves stealthily her vibrant color made it very easy to tell the something was there. Seraphina reared back, and went to strike. "Phina no!" Howl said surprised trying to grab Seraphina. It wouldn't be good for the bird to be bitten, the poor thing would die in a matter of minutes and Seraphina would have a nice dinner. The snake leaped forward.
Post by Zona K. Noakes on Jul 27, 2016 2:33:27 GMT
Zona smiled as the boy spoke, looking back for a moment before turning back around. Noises of birds flying and landing all around her distracted her from the conversation for a few moments before something unexpected happened. A large black bird flew and landed on Howls head. "Pfff..." Zona snorted some as a laugh came out. "I-it seems like it likes ya!" Zona smiled as she continued to laugh and watch as the bird just sat there. Things got interesting as Howls new snake friend took and lunged at the bird, for some reason this made Zona laugh even harder. "Ha! HA! Aww... Come on Howl." She smiled some as she rubbed her eye. "Yer snakes gotta eat too. Even if the bird is too big for it, just let her try." Man this new snake friend of his sure could be fun!
Badger: The cuss you are. Mr. Fox: The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me? Badger: No, you cussing with me? Mr. Fox: Don't cussing point at me! Badger: If you're gonna cuss with somebody, you're not gonna cuss with me, you little cuss! Mr. Fox: You're not gonna cuss with me! -Fantastic Mr.Fox (2009)
Post by Julian Darknoll on Jul 27, 2016 3:59:23 GMT
Julian watched as his bird flew behind Kirvana in a attempt to startle the two of them, but NV did not succeed in starling them. NV decided to move on to the boy, who she glared at for a few seconds, and proceeded to land on the boy's nest like hair. Julian was happy with NVs actions, landing on the boys head will definitely make him a bit startled, but that did not seem to work, it only make Kirvana laugh, and almost got her eaten by a snake that was in the boy's shirt. As Julian saw the snake slowly inch its way to the large bird sitting on a bed of messy hair, Julian got nervous and got into sort of jumping position, he was going to jump out of the bushes and kill the snake that was going after NV. But luckily the boy quickly grabbed the snake before it could attack NV, Julian calmed down a bit and motioned to the bird to stay on a branch that was above the boy. The bird did as it was commanded and landed on a branch away from the boy and his scaly friend. Julian now knew two things about the boy, that his name was Howl, and that he has a deadly snake living in his clothes. Julian crouched back down into the bushes to continue to listen to their conversations, and to think of what he should say to Kirvana, it has been so long since they last talked.
"We are all born to die - the difference is the intensity with which we choose to live." -Gina Lollobrigida
"Oh well I guess she hasn't eaten since last week. Your only supposed to feed them every week or so..." Howl mumbled. He was very flustered after a Seraphina went to eat that bird. "I was going to find her something to eat when I got back to the city..." Howl said as he looked over at the bird. "Strange, I've never a bird like this around here. It seems domesticated the way it flew to me. Maybe it lost its owner. What to you think? Should we take it? maybe the owner is nearby..." Howl said as Seraphina eyed the bird with hunger. Howl walked over to the bird and out stretched his hand hopping that the bird would come.
Post by Zona K. Noakes on Jul 28, 2016 15:32:52 GMT
"Eh... I could care less if we do that or not." Zona said with a shrug as she stared over to the bird. "If ya want..." Zona began as a smirk came over her face, "You did just say your snake needed to eat right?" She slowly raised her bow up, string an arrow in the process. "I do need a bit more practice and a moving target might be just what I need." Zona added somewhat under her breath. She looked over at Howl before turning back to the bird, standing there waiting for the ok.
Badger: The cuss you are. Mr. Fox: The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me? Badger: No, you cussing with me? Mr. Fox: Don't cussing point at me! Badger: If you're gonna cuss with somebody, you're not gonna cuss with me, you little cuss! Mr. Fox: You're not gonna cuss with me! -Fantastic Mr.Fox (2009)
Post by Julian Darknoll on Jul 30, 2016 3:02:54 GMT
As Julian stood up out of the bushes he was struck with one of his episodes, but a lot more of a duller version than the ones he normally has. "Hey "Kirvana", mind not shooting my bird."Julian said in a sly, and snarky tone as he slowly came from out of the bushes. Julian knew that "Kirvana" was not her name and he heard Howl say that her name was Zona. "Remember me?" Julian said with a smile as he motioned for NV to come to him. Obediently the large black raven flew over to him and landed on his scythe. Julian then turned his attention to the boy. "My name is Julian, whats yours?" He said with a creepy smile a he extended his hand out to the boy. "Does my name sound familiar, Kirvana?" He said as he looked at Zona with his hand out towards the boy.
"We are all born to die - the difference is the intensity with which we choose to live." -Gina Lollobrigida
Howl was about to say, why not, when a defining voice came out over some bushes. Howl turned and watched as a intimidating man came out of the bushes and extented his hand to Howl with a menacing smile on his face. Howl immediately brought his staff close to him and hunched over a bit into a defensive posture. "Hello... Mines Howl" Except it came out more "H-Hello... Erm... Mines Owl". He looked over to Zona for help. During this Seraphina was hidden sleeping in his sleeve.
Post by Zona K. Noakes on Aug 8, 2016 16:52:25 GMT
"Hmm..." Zona mumbled as she looked over to see who was talking. Standing up some, Zona lowered her bow as she took a step towards the guy, putting herself in between Howl and Julian. "Yes I do remember you, though I don't recall the name. If I remember correctly ya never told me that." She said as she narrowed her eyes at the guy. "So 'Julian' ya find your parents yet or are ya still lookin'?" Zona said as she matched the boys tone with her own as she took another step forward. Zona remembered this guy was weird when she met him but she didn't remember this, he seemed like a different person in a way... If he keep this up well... Its a good thing that she kept her bow out.
Badger: The cuss you are. Mr. Fox: The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me? Badger: No, you cussing with me? Mr. Fox: Don't cussing point at me! Badger: If you're gonna cuss with somebody, you're not gonna cuss with me, you little cuss! Mr. Fox: You're not gonna cuss with me! -Fantastic Mr.Fox (2009)
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