Context: You have to find him. It is all that is left. But something familiar cries out to you. A cry for help... You must answer.

Setting: An enchanted forest

Tags:[A4A][Timid Faun Speaker][Vengeful Battlemage Listener][Gender Neutral][Strangers to ?][Fantasy][Revenge][Chase][Rescue][Affectionate][Please Be Friends][Adoring][Mild Mystery][Lore Drops][Magic][CW: Murder]

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[Scene opens deep within an enchanted forest]

[SFX: The Listener trudging through the forest and a faint chase]

[You’re venturing through the woods when you see a faun racing through the woods, limping]

“H-Hail! Stranger! Please, I-I I’m in danger!”

[...]

“H-Help! Please, help! My ankle is hurt a-and some bad men want to skin me and I need my skin for living!”

[Pause?]

[The creature scurries practically into your arms. Their lower half is decidedly goat-like]

“Ow! Ow ow ow! My ankle got caught in one of their chompy things! They said they were going to sell me off to some crooked wizard when they undid the chomper, then I kicked one in the groin with my good leg, headbutted the other guy in his groin, and then I ran, but they’re still chasing me! I’m sorry, I don’t mean to be a burden, but p-please don’t let them hurt me anymore!”

[SFX: Approaching footsteps]

“Oh no, here they come! C’mon, we need to run! Run run run run! T-There’s live twelve of them and they all got swords and crossbows!”

[Pause?]

“A-Are any of them magics? I-I… I dunno! I don’t think so!”

[SFX: Lightning magic humming]

“W-Wha-?! Y-Your staff is glowing with lightning! W-What’s happening, it’s so loud!”

[SFX: Lightning bursting and a lot of thuds]

[You flick a bit of your magic outward and stop the hearts of every man charging your way. They fall to the ground, dead before they even realize it. The faun stares in disbelief]

“You… talked to the planets… To the skies… But the only people that…?”

[...]

“Y-You’re…? You hit them all with lightning and… and they just fell over dead before you ever even saw them! How???”

[Pause.]

[The faun looks up at you curiously]

“Ohh… you’re a battlemage. Wow, I was wondering why you had such sparky armor, especially out in this neck of the forest! But, wait… The last humans that came out this way said the only battlemage that survived the big battle was the warrior named…”

[...]

“Grey… That’s what they called them. Are you… the warrior named Grey? Sorry, is that OK to ask? I’m bad at talking. And I do it so much. Like, a lot. Sorry! I’m so nervous! Please don’t hurt me, I-I’ll put a bandana in my mouth!”

[...]

“You’re not talking… but you’re not hitting me either, so… I don’t think you’re mad...That’s OK, we don’t need to talk about it. And I’m sorry if it’s painful to you, for one reason or ‘nother. I know how hard it can be to talk about painful stuffs.”

[...]

[SFX: Them walking together for a bit/enchanted forest ambiance]

“Would it… be OK if I called you Grey? See, I don’t really have a name, per se. But these blotches burned into the fur on my legs look like clouds! A little… So, I call myself ‘Cloudy’, and if you’re Grey then… you know… we’d be… enh…? Yeah…?”

[...]

[Fine]

“Yay! Cloudy and Grey! Grey and Cloudy! So, hey, do you have a favorite color? Cause your cloak is kind of holey but I’m real good at sewing, so I could make you a nicer cloak. You look like you’d be really dapper in blue. No! Red. Nooo! Yellow!”

[Pause]

“I wouldn’t mind! You saved my life and all, so… the least I could do is make you a nice present! I’ll find some pretty stones to put in the hem.”

[Pause?]

“Yeah! I-It helps keep your cloak from flying off you in the wind. Plus some people like the extra weight. O-Or just having some lucky stones with them, you know?”

[Pause]

“Huh? Why would you need to come back for it? C-Come back where?”

[...?]

[Cloudy lowers their ears a bit]

“Oh… No, I don’t… I don’t gots a home village. Or a home. I usually sleep in a hollowed-out tree. Aw man, they burned my tree…”

[...?]

“Where do I think we’re going, then…? Off on an adventure together! It’ll be so much fun! We can keep each other company and trade stories and cook over a campfire! Oh, I can learn how to start a campfire! M-Maybe I’ll be able to learn how to be less useless… I try my best but I’ve never been very bright or… or very anything. B-But that’s good, 'cause it means I’ll do all the gross work without complaining!”

[Pause]

[Cloudy flinches a little]

“You don’t want a traveling companion…? But I can be useful! I promise I can be super useful! A-And we just became friends, r-right? Please…? W-Wait!”

[They clasp their hands together, pleading]

“Please, please, please, could I stay with you? I’ll be a useful companion, I promise! I’ll sleep out in the cold, and I’ll feed myself, and I can carry stuff! Not, um, heavy like your fancy staff, but other things! I know how to find t-truffles and how to tell plants apart from whether they’re poisonous or not! I-I’m a decent cook, and I promise I’ll do anything, just please-!”

[...?]

“It depends? O-On what? Nothing could change my mind! Well… I mean necromancy might be a little weird, but… no, I can handle gross corpse stuff! P-Probably…”

[Pause]

“Whether I think your quest is good or evil? Um… I don’t think I really know the difference, you know? I live in nature and nature kind of just does what it wants. A praying mantis bites heads but only cause it’s stressed. I think. I hope. Can humans bite each other’s heads off if you’re stressed?”

[Pause.]

“No? OK, I didn’t think so, but I don’t run into humans a lot… A-Are you human?”

[Pause]

[Cloudy pouts]

“Y-You’re not gonna tell me? Aww… B-But I can’t tell! I mean, I guess you’re not a naga or a werewolf. OH, BUT, YOU’RE A MAGE! You might be able to shapeshift! That’s amazing! You’re amazing, Grey! Please, please, can I be a part of your amazing quest?”

[...?]

“Oh yeah, I g-guess I should know what that is. Probably ”

[Pause]

“Well… what is your quest, then?”

[Pause]

[Their expression shifts subtly]

“Your quest is to… murder your ex-lover?”

[Pause.]

“The… The Grand Knight…”

[To be continued…]