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[sterngaze]

Who: Liem Talbott & various
What: Setting update catch-all
Where: Alenroux
When: Throughout March

Liem is fully committing to assisting with Meridian's invasion of Alenroux, so he will be present there throughout the month, hunting monsters, scouting the woods, and keeping watch at Meridian encampments. At the beginning of the invasion, and potentially later in the month, he will be suffering from blood-withdrawal and will be more likely to accept blood donors so he can keep being properly useful. He's still keeping his drinking habits from public knowledge, though, so he won't be outright canvassing for volunteers.

Starters below are all closed, but if you would like to do something with Liem this month, please hit me up on discord or at Sporelett. I will happily write a starter for whatever nonsense we decide to get up to.

Comments

[sterngaze]

Creatures such as these are always a puzzle, [Liem agrees as he continues to examine the monster's face, pulling his quarrel from its ruined eye and examining the mess of tentacles for signs of a mouth.] Particularly when they hail from afar. Given that we now find ourselves in an alien world, I imagine that most will.

[Even the native wildlife could be strange, when the place they're native to is an island floating naked in the midst of the dark tapestry. Liem isn't even sure this one isn't native — he just knows it was far too dangerous to continue living.

After another moment's examination, he finally does push the creature into a straighter orientation and slide his blade into it. The darkly hued dagger goes in like a hot knife into butter, suggesting a keenness that surpasses that of normal steel.]

I will be sure to beg your assistance should the beast resist me even in death.

[With that, he slits it open along the entire length of its ventral surface, and goes about a rather mercenary examination of its insides. Like his companion, he's unable to divine anything of real interest from what lies within, but it's at least enough for him to decide what parts of the creature he wants to bother hauling back to camp. The rest of the carcass can be food for the forest's other hideous creatures.]

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[wolof]

Just say the word, Liem.

[ She says it, but she crouched over the corpse with him, unafraid of blood. Perhaps, in fact, that was why she wore red, though the creature's blood had not been a guarantee to be red, though the decision to wear the color could be considered intentional, as she leaned close, to watch.

Her hands were not poised, but there was a readiness about her, as he started to cut, and when they are ready, she will assist him with what needs to be pulled back to camp, with their haul. ]