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"Well, well. Your plan hasn't worked, Summer... I congratulated you at the time for having done what was meant to be the most difficult. One wouldn't pin Iaurdagnire as one to murder. I suppose given the right drive, and the opportune moment...
But you couldn't predict Spring's intellect. He wants the same thing as you, though realized it before given the chance to be a mortal. Ha, I wouldn't be jealous... he hides deep within his dreams, now, and therefore you have created an impossible. You have not brought Iaurdagnire closer to me as promised, and... it seems you have been holding out on me."






"Where is the rest of you, Summer? You earned your name's right and yet, you cannot let me look after it. I know you planned to not rest eternally, but I believe the part that is missing was not left behind, but stolen. Am I right?"

A tired voice answers, only one that the Lord may hear.
... My helm.

"Oh yes, that's right. A very rare thing, your bear skull... Iaurdagnire broke it in your battle. Ahh I see, I see. The reason he lingered was to collect it, hm?"

Yes... He knows that skull is important to me, but I never told him why. Even though he killed me, he couldn't let go, and those pieces are his reminders of me and what he has done. You too have watched him since his dawn - you know he will always damn himself rather than others.

"Hmn-hn... You mistake me for a creature who cares, Summer. But very well, perhaps I can make a deal with you."

I am through with deals....

"On the contrary, I think you'll be very interested. I cannot go and retrieve the pieces of your skull myself, for I am bound by law from appearing until All Souls Day, my one and only right where I can walk with the living. But upstairs I have an endless supply of worshippers who I'm sure will be very willing to help their kind, wise Lord of Souls procure mere trinket objects for my simple pleasure. The task is worth its weight in gold for you, however...

Once your one possession is complete, every fabric of your being is therefore mine. In exchange, I will tell my obedient forest dwellers how Iaurdagnire can get closer to the demon thinking his will be done. Hmn-hn... foolish wolf..."


You will tell them how to find Spring? ... But that isn't good enough; how do I know you will not strike him down? Dag must be the one to seek you as the penultimate, as the Gods have decreed.

"The Gods move their lips and you assume it will be so? I am the God of Death, and while I am trusted by my garden and those who tread above, the way they are seeded in mine earth in the end are seldom fair.
Death is wise, so he must be wiser.

In exchange for your soul possession, the wolf will be shot. Do we have a deal?"




... Yes.






"Very good, very good... And what about my faithful subjects? Hmn-hn... Endless Forest, your Endless Master calls upon you. Will you agree to gather as I ask? Then, you shall have a reward far greater than simply helping your friend...

...Well?"


Velocity just asked you a question... It would be wise to answer even if you deny him.




Djinn
Djinn, interesting you are to answer me so hastily... you perhaps are not as close Iaurdagnire as to doubt my intention. Good... very good, though female, I am sure that attitude may be useful.
Lacie
Interesting creature, aren't you? Far be it from me to force you, shifter. Do as you will Lacie; I have nothing on you.
Virgil
Hmn-hn... Alas, Virgil, you continue to resist my calls into the gutter. Very naughty, stealing your name away out of this forest - I would have gladly kept it safe for you. Do promise me that when you are called away forever, you leave it with me as a parting gift, hm? Oh do not worry, I'm sure it'll be very much at home with me and the old ones who know it so well. But, to the present... well, even I cannot tell whether you are strong enough to do what I may very well end up asking of you. In exchange for what I am after, of course.
Quad
Abandon? Such a strong word. I am offering to help your friend in exchange for a mere favour, and you speak as if I am condemning him to hell. Hmn-hn, your friendship cannot help him in what must be done, Quad.
Queze
Mine pleasures are but to dance with you when given my hollow breath of air. Today, I do not ask for the world or your presence, Queze, something far far simpler.
Ravenflight
Oh how I long to pull that flower from the earth... trust mortals to bestow a sense of treasure on something so widely available. Nn, no harm you say? No. No, of course not. Not from you, Ravenflight.
Ephiré
Ah, now there is an answer to an ambiguous question. Ephiré is strong, unmoving... powerful... yes, you are perfect for what must eventually come.
Sanguine
My-my. Hmn-hn, mine will be done, at your move. I can ask you to take one step, but not control which way you decide to take it, or how far, Sanguine.
Fikos
Why, hello Fikos, young life. Such a dangerous place you decide to tread - among giants no less! Little one, you have no business with me yet, but life you will learn is a game... and it is a game I provide. Enjoy, my dear. Enjoy.
Melusine
His safety will be compromised... but safe, yes, he will be. Such a kind and soft doe you are, Melusine... Careful.
Starling
Your friend once said that there is a difference between wisdom and intelligence. Intellect may teach one to avoid harm, and protect someone from it. Wisdom may well show you to do the opposite for a greater victory.
Gehirn
Death can offer you nothing but something to live for, in showing you that you are willing to die for it. Hmn-m... Gehirn, it'll take more than just you to push that immovable giant into realising this.
Kaoori
Speak not to me about trust, Mother of three. Your child dances freely in my sky.
Zacharias
Ah, good... very good... but a reward may be something you cannot avoid, young guardian.
Illrose
Well my dear, you remember him now? You are a great asset in war, Illrose, but perhaps this is one war too many.
Noelle
HA-Ha-HA, you please your God, Noelle, seeing this mess for what it is. But you seem to lack the same intuitiveness when it comes to your own... ha-ha, a pity. I accept your... persistent nature, nonetheless.
Crybaby
Sweet little fallen one, so easily lost but not so easily forgotten... you are loyal to a fault, and one day it will burn you if it has not done so already. You will find them.
Herla
Mm, a wise answer indeed... once a creature is bound by something beyond their power, the struggle to break free only binds them further. Exhibit A: Him. Like the others before, I accept you selflessness.
Ravyn
You sit in my doorway, Swan, able to stand in both rooms. You know already that my promise of a reward unto them is false... and is simply the ability to see, hmn-hn-aha-HA.


"Very well... all those who answered and all those who are quietly willing, listen closely. You are all in danger of losing more than just a friend; the seasons have been running amuck, and they are close to abandoning you and the Gods completely. You may think I should be glad, yes? If the seasons fail, you all make your way quicker to me. No, that it not the wish of a God of Death for everything to end, as ironic as it sounds.

Spring is the one who wishes to seal the fate of your world, and in continuing to hide, the one you call Iaurdagnire cannot engage with him as he has always done, and then reach me. When this meeting happens, my instructions are to release Summer and restore the balance... but therein lies another problem - he is not yet mine to bring back to you. There is a skull that Iaurdagnire broke, and stole from him that is of a high personal value. Once I have this, Summer will become mine, and I will tell you exactly how to force Spring from his hiding place.

Only you can locate the skull pieces for me, I cannot gather them myself. Find them all, and I will surrender all.
Mortals make deals with Death all the time... it's about time I tried doing the same."


Community Event - All welcome!

This is an in-forest task.

You must locate pieces of skull of a unknown number that Dag has hidden throughout the forest. Take a screenshot of as many as you think you have found, upload them to an image host (tinypic, photobucket etc), then send them to this email address:
dagnire@yahoo.co.uk
Along with your Username, deer name and pictogram. If you scavenged them in a group, do include everyone elses information if you wish to send just one email crediting all hunters.
Do not post screenshots here, otherwise you'll show everyone else where they are!

You have to find as many pieces as you can in the forest and then email me your findings. The results will be posted this weekend once all emails are in. The hunt will end later than first described, Midnight UK time, for the people in other time zones who would like to have a go. Have Fun!

Just to be clear: I don't mean go and take a screenshot of any skull-deer you can find. These are skulls (keep it simple, skulls in forest? What do we have in game that is a skull?) that have specifically been hidden, you'll know you've found one when you come across one.



Well done for finding them


Piece 1
Crybaby Gehirn Virgil Herla Djinn Zacharias Ravenflight Ephiré Starling Ravyn Fikos Queze
Piece 2
Crybaby Gehirn Virgil Herla Djinn Zacharias Ravenflight Ephiré Starling Noelle Fikos
Piece 3
Crybaby Gehirn Virgil Herla Djinn Zacharias Ravenflight Ephiré Ravyn Noelle Melusine
Piece 4
Crybaby Gehirn Virgil Herla Djinn Zacharias Ravenflight Ephiré
Piece 5
Crybaby Gehirn Virgil Herla Djinn Zacharias Ravenflight Ephiré Starling Ravyn Noelle Queze Esll

A big thank you to Unplugged who provided the random pictos for the hidden skulls!




"How proud I am of you all, doing this most... honourable favour to one of the ever-giving Gods of your world. But yes, that's right, I did mention a reward didn't I. Well... in truth it was to try and tantalize the selfish and the meek; an empty promise of glory. I should have known that such creatures are very rare, here, in my forest of happy dancers, hmn-mn... despite the fact that they would get the job done quicker than any of you. But very well, you shall have the information you seek in due course. First I must examine and rebuild this... curious artefact that is tied to Summer with the strength to deny me.

Though... perhaps I can offer some choice words about those who have come to their Lord with the promise of aid for their friend. You are all blind, and will all be afraid of the piece you will have to find in the dark of yourself in order to help him; it is something that your heart will tell you to deny, always."
Hart's picture

*Reserves 1st class space* >B

*Reserves 1st class space* >B
Iaurdagnire's picture

-bumps you down to economy-

-bumps you down to economy-

Will be updated tomorrow and put in the community event category. This is just a reminder of a detail it is based around from "Mountain Masquerade" (:
Salome's picture

*takes a seat behind Vee* x[

*takes a seat behind Vee* x[
Starling's picture

Hrm. *sits behind everyone

Hrm. *sits behind everyone with binoculars*
Melusine's picture

-parks butt- -grabs

-parks butt-
-grabs popcorn-
owo

B)

B)
Pegasicorn's picture

*dusts off a space and sits*

*dusts off a space and sits*
Silverpaw15's picture

*sets up a tent and sits in

*sets up a tent and sits in front of it to wait patiently*
Mis's picture

Ooooh. That sounds very

Ooooh. That sounds very interesting.. I like the idea of a bear skull too.
Mis's picture

...Soo if you accidentally

...Soo if you accidentally double-click send, you get two posts. You learn something new eeevery day...
Snowsauria's picture

I'm curious. n_n

I'm curious. n_n

Hm. Interesting. A bit scary

Hm. Interesting. A bit scary as well.
Spyrre's picture

!! *sits on the floor to

!!
*sits on the floor to wait*
Corell's picture

!!! YAS. =D=D

!!!
YAS. =D=D
Kaoori's picture

hmm.. o.o

hmm.. o.o

- You know you like my

-

You know you like my dashed lines.
Haru's picture

*sneaks in*

*sneaks in*
shaku's picture

>3>

>3>

Iaurdagnire's picture

Boom.

Boom.
Corell's picture

This is awesome. Whos

This is awesome.
Whos charecter is the one whit the skull?
Iaurdagnire's picture

Corell - He is the BZD, or

Corell - He is the BZD, or Big Zombie Deer. He is another deer played by the creators at halloween (who you get the skull spell from). I used the twin Gods in Dag's story, So of course I couldn't leave him out (;
Or do you mean the character who's skull Dag has stolen? It's kind of complicated, but he was a character played in the forest who was Dag's first and best friend, who he killed in one of his plots.
Mis's picture

Woooh. *GRABBY HANDS AT

Woooh. *GRABBY HANDS AT PICTO'S. AND YOUR ART. AND ..WRITING.*
I am very curious. I'll look forward to this! Epic skull you drew there too.. Oh BZD, you such a badass. The women will like you.
Iaurdagnire's picture

-snicker- Those pictos are

-snicker- Those pictos are 100% old 4+years/never used. Sad, but awesome.

~parks herself and watches~

~parks herself and watches~
Iaurdagnire's picture

Hn updated with a kind of

Hn updated with a kind of synopsis at the end of what is going on. I don't expect everyone to remember little details from past storylines (:
Salome's picture

Oh.my.god. You wrote so

Oh.my.god.
You wrote so stunning it's breathtaking. Love the picture and the text. So tomorrow yes yes? x3
Corell's picture

Ohh, great! I love it. Can't

Ohh, great! I love it.
Can't wait till Halloween =D

*drops to ground to wait* (:

*drops to ground to wait*

(:
Iaurdagnire's picture

Updated again as apparently I

Updated again as apparently I wasn't clear - please answer him! (:

Wait, do we have to answer

Wait, do we have to answer now or tomorrow? / suddenly confused

I'll probably end up doing it anyway, but depending on what has to be done will affect her mood. 8x
Salome's picture

"How could I deny our

"How could I deny our master's request?"

edit: I JUST DID IT LUNG x]
Hart's picture

Red Hill. It took little

Red Hill.

It took little time for The Red to reacquaint himself with this area after a long absence. He too, was very quick to remember how to listen to the forest whispers.
Many voices were brought by the wind to his ears, however, one stood out over the rest. A familiar voice that never failed to run shivers down the Hart's spine.

"Hello Sir..." The middle aged animal whispered, followed by a respectful bow of his head toward the image that had formed in his head. He then raised it again to listen carefully.

"Yes." He replied to the question after a hesitent moment, however he was wary of the 'reward'. The Red could be a simple being, for he did not need any reward greater than the knowledge his dear friend was safe and well. However, he could not deny Death, for it was to him just as unknown and mysterious as the god himself.

He will take every moment as it comes.
Hraeth's picture

Trackin' for now so I can

Trackin' for now so I can read this beastie in a bit. C8
Iaurdagnire's picture

Oh, sorry Lung. I don't know

Oh, sorry Lung. I don't know how else to make it clearer /: Velocity is asking the forest directly if anyone accepts his offer, so I would like some to reply ICly if they'd like that participation.

I'm not saying everyone has to reply to this as their character, but it would be nice if some people do want to get involved that way, and it at least gives me a clue of how the BZD fits into peoples imagination. Would make it more interesting and give me something to work on with his follow-up tomorrow rather than "... Okay so no-one heard me, but you're going to do this anyway." XD

Vee and Schu's replies are perfectly good examples ^^

The task itself I can't give away until tomorrow, but I promise it's a fun one that can be done OOCly or ICly, it doesn't matter which (:

Ehehe, 'tis the great divide

Ehehe, 'tis the great divide between me and everyone else. I don't like doing something unless I fully know what's entailed. Because I don't trust a damn soul. 8x

Eh, I'll just give a reply.

EDIT; Disregard, actually. I need to know what time this is going down first. I'm not sure what my schedule is for tomorrow, though I know I'll be on at some point.
Hart's picture

Yeah, except I realized after

Yeah, except I realized after I can no longer edit it that I raped the word "however". Damnit.
Iaurdagnire's picture

^ Hehe yeeees, I like that a

^ Hehe yeeees, I like that a lot. Lacie is badass.

Even if you don't like the task/don't want to it when I announce it tomorrow, it's perfectly fine [:

Edit: Well poop. I liked that reply T_T

I can't give an exact time because that would make the task easier, but it'll be when the forest is busiest. So I guess sometime between now and two hours later (so, between 9 and 11pm UK time)

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((I may not be able to

((I may not be able to participate in the event but at least I wanted to give Velocity a response. By the way, Dag will automatically be added to Quad's Vow because of this response))

The blackbuck closes his eyes for a moment. At any other time he may have been easy to follow the great one's request. But Quad's mind has been changing, he is slowly starting to consider not only what is best for his friends, but what is best for himself.

He opens his eyes and speaks a reply, "Your offer is generous, but...I could never abandon my friend, no matter what reward was offered to me. I respect you for who you are, sir...but I will not aid you...for his friendship matters more to me than anything you could give."

The voice was new but the

The voice was new but the power of it summoned up memories of altar smoke and roasting meat.
Death but not The Serpent...yes. That, he could understand. Of course the deer of this Forest would have their own Death, a Final Friend in their own image. At the prospect Queze was more than intent, he was tightly coiled. He knew there must be a Death here too, he had known!

When he speaks, Queze's voice is composed but excited.
"I serve another Death, another Master but..." He can not keep the shiver from his voice. "What would you have me do?"
The thought of cutting a bloody swath through the complacent deer of The Endless, once it would have thrilled him to a blood-frenzy. Now though, he imagines friends and his blood cools. He knows the ways of Gods...all take and little give. This Death, if anything like his Serpent would not play by mortal rules.
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Inferno and Tempest swirled

Inferno and Tempest swirled at bay, whilst a sick, rotting smell lurched from beneath the earth. The scent was familiar to the feathered doe who cheated death, but the very placement of the scent in paradise was wrong. It was too early. A scent similar to a dusty crypt curled and teased the does crest, whilst a pending struggle was picking up its pace.

"Hmm?"

The doe sat still, curled around the jewel of dandelion hill. She had often visited this flower in her youthful days, long before her dear friend Iaurdagnire had walked the earth. The doe was old, and had seen many years pass before. She knew the scent of Velocity. Her name was one he could not keep forever.

But things did not seem right. She could hear a faint, sickly voice seep up from the ground, from beneath the stags garden.

"Yes. I will."

Not daring to utter anything else, the doe curled around the isolated flower even more. The sickly scent would tease in the air every now and then. Whilst the small dandelion almost seemed to wither with the foul stench. Lifting her head in concern every now and then, the doe uttered a stern warning. She had stared down oblivion, had reached realms far outside.

"No harm will come to him."
Iaurdagnire's picture

I love these so far...

I love these so far... thanks, guys (:
Apeldille's picture

The large dark stag is

The large dark stag is sitting deep within the birch forest. His eyes unseeing, his body unmoving. Heartbeat and breathing slow. In his mind he is somewhere far, far way.
A whisper on the wind, a faint smell of... old earth and dying things. His left ear swivel around once. He knows this voice: he has met its owner in the swirling mists of Autumn.

Death... he will be forgotten and lost in the seas of Time, but never dead. He is a spectator, not an actor, on this world's stage. Hearing Death's voice does not worry him.

"Hm," he says, the sound rumbling through his whole being. "Maybe. Probably." Hesitance. He is very fond of his friend Iaurdagnire, and sometimes Death does not tell the whole truth. Not a particularly set-in-stone answer: he will watch and see, and help Iaurdagnire in any way he can.


/wanted to write more but have to sleep now :C

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Once upon a time a little

Once upon a time a little green deer made the leaves fall.
The little green deer is not her anymore.
Not the same.
Male. large. Feather-fur. And red.

So

So

red.

His tongue curls from his mouth around teeth jagged and sharp.
"I think myself an observer of this earth. I move only my own pieces. I am not a piece to be moved" his head rises, lips pulling back over his teeth as he inhales the scent of rot, of decay.

"But even still. Sometimes the king must be castled" his head lowers again, teeth hidden away.

"Very well. The king's piece has been lifted. And at your will, shall be moved" it's as good an answer as any in his mind.

blegh. Re-commenting. Fikos

blegh. Re-commenting.
Fikos is still a fawn? Is that okay?

She was desperate to prove herself.
Her tiny hooves thumped quietly as she pawed at the ground.

"Yes."

This would be her chance to make something of herself.
Reyy's picture

Your earned your name's

Your earned your name's right

there's a typo there.
Is it supposed to be You earned?
Melusine's picture

The area around tasted of an

The area around tasted of an unknown presence, it shifted the violet doe around in an uneasy way. She had never seen or experience anything of this nature. A creeping voice around filled her ears. She stopped and listened intently. Slightly confused about the question she lowerd her head.
"Yes.. ?"
Her position was arched and slightly afraid, almost cat-like.
"I will come,i guess. I only want Dag safe... I don't need anything apart from that."
She swallowed, hoping to satisfy the voice in some way.
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Sorry, my concentration levels are crap. :C
Plus I'm like half asleep so I've prolly got half of this weird.
Iaurdagnire's picture

Ravyn - Thank you, I fixed

Ravyn - Thank you, I fixed it.

Update - Distrustful answers are distrustful.
Starling's picture

Oops...

Oops... I'malwayslateforthingslol.

Starling's ears sharpened, and she grew all the more tense as she wandered what to say. She stood for a few small moments, before turning face on with a ferocious look to her face. "I will do anything," she spoke fiercely. "considering no harm comes to Iaurdagnire. And you should be wise to make sure that nothing does."
Salome's picture

Quote:Good... very good,

Quote:
Good... very good, though female,..



lol I will punch him >8(