Post by othus on Dec 2, 2020 2:34:33 GMT
“And they said the weather wasn’t nice here.”- Arthur said as he walked by the streets of a small town in Valstand, Love and Hazel followed closely, looking at the buildings in awe, the Germanic details in tones of black, wood and red adorned every nook and cranny of the town, at the back, the Drakenskal mountain loomed in the distance, impressive sight of black and white adorning the main street. Love looked at one of the dwarven jewelry shops from outside, wondering if she should get something for Ariana, she thought about it for a second only to chuckle.
“Like riri would wear any of this”
As they moved downtown, one of the stands at the end of the street seemed to have a rather big crowd.
“Dad look, something is going on there.”-Hazel pointed at the sign of the shop
“Vülgsend Ice Kingdom...what’s that about?”-Love said as she read the sign.
“Well, we won’t know unless we check it out”-Arthur replied. As they finally got to the front of the shop, the last customer had been served. A dwarf walked outside the shop with an ice cream cone almost as tall as himself, the colors were all non standard, Ice cream balls that looked turquoise green, bright purple or almost made out of pure gold were stacked on top of the other.
“Come back again!”-The girl from the inside of the shop called. As Arthur and the rest walked in, they were greeted by a short, thin girl with long blue hair.
“Welcome to my shop! I’m Hyun! owner of this ice cream shop,now what would youuuuuuu like?! “- she said as she quickly spun around in place, taking a pose and pointing at Arthur with her ice cream spoon.
“Ice cream? in this weather?”- Hazel replied, not very excited.
“My ice cream is good in ANY weather! plus, the colder it is, the heavier the discount! we are at -10c, so that’s 50% off!”
“Hi, I’m Arthur, this is Love and this is Hazel...I certainly don’t mind, what flavors do you have?”-Arthur said, walking right to the exhibition fridge, Loveline and Hazel followed.
“Glad you ask! The blue and white one over here is the Audrey Royale! It has wild berries and a touch of Juniper!, the gold and brown over there is the Onyx Choco Chip! pretty self explanatory, right?!”
“What about the dark one?”-Hazel said as she pointed at a pitch black ice cream
”Oh? Did that one caught your eye?! I call it...The Deathbringer!”-Hyun told her as she made a scary gesture with her hands, imitating a monster of sorts.
“It’s actually 5 different types of chocolate,if you are feeling bold you should try it!”
As Love and Hazel further looked at the flavors, Arthur focused on Hyun for a second as if examining her
“You know...you look kinda familiar, but I’m not sure why”
Hyun tilted her head slightly
“I do? meet many girls with this hair color?”-She replied jokingly as she showed her blue hair
“Hmmm...Yeah, I actually remember now! you look like-”
Before he could finish his sentence, a dwarf stormed inside the shop
“Hey lass! glad I could find ya. Ya know Isolda from the Inn? the young broad with the metal leg”
“Oh yeah Isolda! I know her, how is she doing?”
“Bad. She was caught in an avalanche some minutes ago! we are gathering people to try to find her, won’t you come help us?! we need two more people to complete the search party”
“WHAT? I’ll go, just give me a second!”.-she said as she hopped over the counter.
“I’m sorry to leave like that, if you are staying around please come tomorrow, i’ll treat you to any flavor you like for free!”
“Hey, don’t worry about it, in fact, I could help if you need a hand”
“whoa really?! but what about your…”
“Daughters, surely you girls don’t mind if I let you hang around town for a while, right?”-Arthur looked back at Love and Hazel.
“Most certainly do! I’d rather help instead!”-Love pouted in response
“I know, but they only need one more person, now, we don’t have time to argue, see you back at the inn!”
Arthur and Hyun stormed out of the shop as shouts of "Arty" were heard on the back. following the dwarf outside of town into the drakenskal mountain made evident how the snow covered parts of town it shouldn’t have.
“So...those are your daughters? they are pretty cute!”
“Huh, you're not surprised I'm their dad?”-Arthur replied as he lifted a brow
“I mean, I'm sometimes told I look way younger myself, plus dwarves also look younger than they are! you not so special you know?!”
-Hyun told Arthur as she giggled.
“You dont say...you aren’t gonna reveal you’re actually 500 years old, are you?”-Arthur joked back a bit
“Just 27! but mentioning those numbers makes me think I was silly to put myself in the same group as you:”
“I’m just kidding! I’m just over 30 myself”
“Oh…nice.”
Before Hyun could reply further, the Dwarf interrupted their small talk.
“Well here we are lads, now do your thing before we have to hire a new innkeeper”
The slope where there was supposed to be a road up the mountain was covered by a large portion of snow. to a normal human it would be trouble, but to dwarves that was even worse. The rescue team was made of a few other dwarves who were struggling as they set flags all over the place.
“They are already working!? you should have called me first, I grew up in a rescue group!”
The dwarf shrugged as Hyun began to walk over the snow by using her TK, to which Arthur followed by flying just above her.
“Oh hey, you can fly! that’s good! why don’t you take a peek from above? see if there’s any movement, doesn’t seem like the snow is too deep!”-Hyun told Arthur, who quickly took altitude.
“I think I see her!”-Arthur said as she saw a pair of feet poking out of the snow in the distance
“Really?! go!”-Hyun tried following after Arthur, but was quickly blown away by his speed.
“Wow...he CAN fly”-By the time Hyun made note of that, he was already back.
“Is she who we are looking for?”-Arthur replied, pretty much knowing he was right
“Hi Isolda! you ok?!”-Hyun said as she enthusiastically waved at her.
“Oh darling, I knew you would come! thank you young man, you can put me down now.”-Isolda told Arthur, who gently lowered her to safe ground.
“Hmm...It’s pretty rare for an avalanche to reach all the way here, right?”-Hyun asked Isolda
.
“Well, what matters is that she’s fine, and it wasn’t all that hard to rescue her! maybe we can go back and have that free ice cream you talked about”-Arthur told her as he crossed his arms, somewhat proud of himself.
“...Did you just say it wasn’t that hard? You shouldn’t do that! it’s super bad luck!!”-Hyun told Arthur as she grabbed him by the shoulders
.
Sure enough, a section of the mountain soon began to shake, from it a crystal beast several stories high emerged
“See?! You woke up the Ice Elemental!”-Hyun told Arthur as she shook him back and forth
“How is this my fault!?”-Arthur replied
“We can’t let it reach the town, let’s go!”
Hyun took flight and Arthur followed right behind, as they got close the Ice Elemental began to shower them with ice shards, looking to impale both.
“Whoa that’s dangerous, are you going to be alright?” Arthur told Hyun as he dodged and sliced some of the proyectiles with ice blades of his own.
“I got this, you aim for the head!”- Hyun replied. The moment ice touched her body it instantly turned into water. As the esper finally got to the footing of the elemental, she reached for his left leg, quickly dissolving a section of his footing.
Noticing the creature staggered, Arthur accelerated, breaking the sound barrier with ease as he created a large ice pillar, which the mage promptly kicked towards the creature, smashing it right into its face. the power of the attack combined with the weakened footing of the Elemental made it topple.
“One more for quick measure!”- Arthur said as he created yet another, this time, Hyun flew right next to him, setting her hands on the Ice Pillar Arthur created.
“Let me help with that!”-She said as she began adding even more layers to the pillar, finally creating a structure as large as the elemental itself.
“Let 's crush it!”- Both Arthur and Hyun smashed the building sized ice block into the elemental, the force behind the impact making the elemental explode, a gentle snowfall covered the entire town as Love looked up to the sky while finishing her hot cocoa.
"...this place is weird"-Hazel noted as she went inside the Inn, not amused at seeing snow fall. Ice was the one thing she was used to seeing at home.
“Like riri would wear any of this”
As they moved downtown, one of the stands at the end of the street seemed to have a rather big crowd.
“Dad look, something is going on there.”-Hazel pointed at the sign of the shop
“Vülgsend Ice Kingdom...what’s that about?”-Love said as she read the sign.
“Well, we won’t know unless we check it out”-Arthur replied. As they finally got to the front of the shop, the last customer had been served. A dwarf walked outside the shop with an ice cream cone almost as tall as himself, the colors were all non standard, Ice cream balls that looked turquoise green, bright purple or almost made out of pure gold were stacked on top of the other.
“Come back again!”-The girl from the inside of the shop called. As Arthur and the rest walked in, they were greeted by a short, thin girl with long blue hair.
“Welcome to my shop! I’m Hyun! owner of this ice cream shop,now what would youuuuuuu like?! “- she said as she quickly spun around in place, taking a pose and pointing at Arthur with her ice cream spoon.
“Ice cream? in this weather?”- Hazel replied, not very excited.
“My ice cream is good in ANY weather! plus, the colder it is, the heavier the discount! we are at -10c, so that’s 50% off!”
“Hi, I’m Arthur, this is Love and this is Hazel...I certainly don’t mind, what flavors do you have?”-Arthur said, walking right to the exhibition fridge, Loveline and Hazel followed.
“Glad you ask! The blue and white one over here is the Audrey Royale! It has wild berries and a touch of Juniper!, the gold and brown over there is the Onyx Choco Chip! pretty self explanatory, right?!”
“What about the dark one?”-Hazel said as she pointed at a pitch black ice cream
”Oh? Did that one caught your eye?! I call it...The Deathbringer!”-Hyun told her as she made a scary gesture with her hands, imitating a monster of sorts.
“It’s actually 5 different types of chocolate,if you are feeling bold you should try it!”
As Love and Hazel further looked at the flavors, Arthur focused on Hyun for a second as if examining her
“You know...you look kinda familiar, but I’m not sure why”
Hyun tilted her head slightly
“I do? meet many girls with this hair color?”-She replied jokingly as she showed her blue hair
“Hmmm...Yeah, I actually remember now! you look like-”
Before he could finish his sentence, a dwarf stormed inside the shop
“Hey lass! glad I could find ya. Ya know Isolda from the Inn? the young broad with the metal leg”
“Oh yeah Isolda! I know her, how is she doing?”
“Bad. She was caught in an avalanche some minutes ago! we are gathering people to try to find her, won’t you come help us?! we need two more people to complete the search party”
“WHAT? I’ll go, just give me a second!”.-she said as she hopped over the counter.
“I’m sorry to leave like that, if you are staying around please come tomorrow, i’ll treat you to any flavor you like for free!”
“Hey, don’t worry about it, in fact, I could help if you need a hand”
“whoa really?! but what about your…”
“Daughters, surely you girls don’t mind if I let you hang around town for a while, right?”-Arthur looked back at Love and Hazel.
“Most certainly do! I’d rather help instead!”-Love pouted in response
“I know, but they only need one more person, now, we don’t have time to argue, see you back at the inn!”
Arthur and Hyun stormed out of the shop as shouts of "Arty" were heard on the back. following the dwarf outside of town into the drakenskal mountain made evident how the snow covered parts of town it shouldn’t have.
“So...those are your daughters? they are pretty cute!”
“Huh, you're not surprised I'm their dad?”-Arthur replied as he lifted a brow
“I mean, I'm sometimes told I look way younger myself, plus dwarves also look younger than they are! you not so special you know?!”
-Hyun told Arthur as she giggled.
“You dont say...you aren’t gonna reveal you’re actually 500 years old, are you?”-Arthur joked back a bit
“Just 27! but mentioning those numbers makes me think I was silly to put myself in the same group as you:”
“I’m just kidding! I’m just over 30 myself”
“Oh…nice.”
Before Hyun could reply further, the Dwarf interrupted their small talk.
“Well here we are lads, now do your thing before we have to hire a new innkeeper”
The slope where there was supposed to be a road up the mountain was covered by a large portion of snow. to a normal human it would be trouble, but to dwarves that was even worse. The rescue team was made of a few other dwarves who were struggling as they set flags all over the place.
“They are already working!? you should have called me first, I grew up in a rescue group!”
The dwarf shrugged as Hyun began to walk over the snow by using her TK, to which Arthur followed by flying just above her.
“Oh hey, you can fly! that’s good! why don’t you take a peek from above? see if there’s any movement, doesn’t seem like the snow is too deep!”-Hyun told Arthur, who quickly took altitude.
“I think I see her!”-Arthur said as she saw a pair of feet poking out of the snow in the distance
“Really?! go!”-Hyun tried following after Arthur, but was quickly blown away by his speed.
“Wow...he CAN fly”-By the time Hyun made note of that, he was already back.
“Is she who we are looking for?”-Arthur replied, pretty much knowing he was right
“Hi Isolda! you ok?!”-Hyun said as she enthusiastically waved at her.
“Oh darling, I knew you would come! thank you young man, you can put me down now.”-Isolda told Arthur, who gently lowered her to safe ground.
“Hmm...It’s pretty rare for an avalanche to reach all the way here, right?”-Hyun asked Isolda
.
“Well, what matters is that she’s fine, and it wasn’t all that hard to rescue her! maybe we can go back and have that free ice cream you talked about”-Arthur told her as he crossed his arms, somewhat proud of himself.
“...Did you just say it wasn’t that hard? You shouldn’t do that! it’s super bad luck!!”-Hyun told Arthur as she grabbed him by the shoulders
.
Sure enough, a section of the mountain soon began to shake, from it a crystal beast several stories high emerged
“See?! You woke up the Ice Elemental!”-Hyun told Arthur as she shook him back and forth
“How is this my fault!?”-Arthur replied
“We can’t let it reach the town, let’s go!”
Hyun took flight and Arthur followed right behind, as they got close the Ice Elemental began to shower them with ice shards, looking to impale both.
“Whoa that’s dangerous, are you going to be alright?” Arthur told Hyun as he dodged and sliced some of the proyectiles with ice blades of his own.
“I got this, you aim for the head!”- Hyun replied. The moment ice touched her body it instantly turned into water. As the esper finally got to the footing of the elemental, she reached for his left leg, quickly dissolving a section of his footing.
Noticing the creature staggered, Arthur accelerated, breaking the sound barrier with ease as he created a large ice pillar, which the mage promptly kicked towards the creature, smashing it right into its face. the power of the attack combined with the weakened footing of the Elemental made it topple.
“One more for quick measure!”- Arthur said as he created yet another, this time, Hyun flew right next to him, setting her hands on the Ice Pillar Arthur created.
“Let me help with that!”-She said as she began adding even more layers to the pillar, finally creating a structure as large as the elemental itself.
“Let 's crush it!”- Both Arthur and Hyun smashed the building sized ice block into the elemental, the force behind the impact making the elemental explode, a gentle snowfall covered the entire town as Love looked up to the sky while finishing her hot cocoa.
"...this place is weird"-Hazel noted as she went inside the Inn, not amused at seeing snow fall. Ice was the one thing she was used to seeing at home.