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"I've seen worse around here. I mean, falling from a moon is likely the easiest thing to do...but still, just because you're semi-immortal, doesn't mean it won't hurt like hell...." Agni said to Caligo, almost seemingly worried.
(Wait until you meet Praxis...)
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"It- it did hurt a lot… in my defence I hadn’t learn how to fly yet. I think even Aestus fell from the sun on his first flight no?" Caligo looked at his sun for confirmation, he got his ear nipped instead by an embarrassed Aestus
(Oh boi, sorry am late also)
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"Icarus much? How ironic..." Agni sneered and grinned. As the trio made their way east to the capital, Agni explained various ways to make...cheese of all things. Not because he was interested, but someone had to fill in the time.
(Just an FYI, until like December 11th, I'll be 100% offline because of final exams. So that's you're heads up.)
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(Oh ok good luck on your exams!)
Caligo at least seem somewhat invested in the different cheese making techniques but Aestus is bored out of his mind, well,(0 he is not walking and he currently don’t need to watch over his own gremlin…he can take a nap right?
Meanwhile in between a pause after yet another cheese technique Caligo asked "we’ve hear of this Icarus guy before, but who is he? And why do people keep mentioning him when talking to us!"
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(I have returned. Sorry, I've been busy doing some mapmaking for Arithnia and playing games and chilling with family~)
"A myth from Generation 0's home. It was an angel who flew too close to the sun and burned his wings off. Fell from the heavens, never to fly again. Or at least, that's what I've been told by Crimson. Other than that, you'd be better off asking Zane about that stuff since he's the most familiar with Gen 0's home. And you guys tired or hungry at all?"
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(Omg welcome back!)
Caligo hummed, still confused about this story, only snapped out of his thought by Agni’s question
"Oh um not really-" he turn to Aestus, only to see him asleep "well I guess Ast is sleeping already , but it would be nice to rest and eat"
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(I made a map for the House of Ash actually, so I'll share it with you. Though keep in mind, I'm limited in what I can do and I've never made a map before like this lmao)
Agni lulled his head side to side in thought wondering what and where they could eat. "We're still far away from either a town or a city...and I doubt Shard is walking around anywhere near Garcarnia's borders tonight...sooooooooooo, we COULD pull a Doctor Strange level tomfoolery and make a portal and steal some of Crimson's food that Caligo tried once."
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(Oooooooo pls! I am sure it look great!)
"Who is this, doctor of the strange?" Cal asked "hey wait! Can leave I leave something in the food’s place, you know, as an exchange?" He smiled a wide toothy grin
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"It's a joke Caligo. We're not stealing anyone's food here. On top of that I don't have my tome on me at the moment so I can't really do much to Interface with anything. To make matters worse, I can't say for certain if your magic will make things worse or better at this point. All this junk aside, if I'm reading the land correctly (I know I am not, but shhhh, Aestus doesn't need to know), then we might be find some wandering caravans looming around...."
The azure eyed man stopped for a moment and patted his pockets, as if looking for something before looking back up at Caligo and wincing. "I have.....uhhhh, no money...." he whispered.
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"Oh…" Caligo seem, disappointed, that there will be no stealing of food. He perk up at the mention of caravans.
"Oh! I don’t think they will take Genesian currency, but it’s made of precious metals so they might accept it anyway?" He said before taking out said coins from, somewhere.
(There is some copper, silver and gold coins, some have one side silver and the other gold, all with strange symbol, the silver ones have a crescent moon pointed up, with 4 stars around it, the golden ones have a sun with arrow for rays, a different style of 4 stars also accompany it, the copper ones have a circle with a passing the center, the same symbol but smaller accompany it 4 time like the other two’s stars)
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(You have your own currency?! Nice. I just use the standard gold and silver. Sometimes people play in coins made of their own blood.)
"That depends really. Since you two aren't exactly Arithnian, I doubt you can really be trusted to those who travel well these roads. I can't really speak for them or even for you. So it's just a matter if we even find one or two. While I get you two can construct a lot of things, we are still very wary and cautious around you both. No harm meant to be at all, but we still need to stay safe and all. For the sake of our people, you understadn that right?" Agni tossed the gods a few of the coins. Both gold and silver and faceless.
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(Ahah world building go brrrr, standard silver and gold is good! Just nice if they have their own little design to go with it as coins you know? Heck I even got a hierarchy of their value depending on where you use them)
Caligo quickly caught the coins, a little disappointed to find them blank if any intricacies or designs like his owns
"I mean, I get it, especially since we look like talking beasts right now. Not especially inconspicuous or trustworthy."
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(I AM NOT CREATIVE ENOUGH TO MAKE COINAGE SADLY)
"I could have sworn it was because you two are bloody tall..." Agni said sarcastically, waving his hands above his head to point out....well his point. "Jokes aside, creating things from little inspiration takes a good while. Especially when you don't really have a means of production of the product you want. So more or less it's kinda useless sometimes to even think about it. But hey, if you two don't destroy all our shit we might actually make something usefull. And I mean that in the nicest way possible..."
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(Nooooo is ok I am sure you can figure it out! Even then a classic like you got is good! Reliable and easily understood)
"I am not very tall? Especially considering how tall some of the sapient species back home could get! Taller than even Sunny! Can ou imagine?" Especially considering he was currently cat sized due to magic shenanigans but his point still stands
It just seemed to registered in Cal’s mind what Agnis said "hey! We are not gods of destruction! We are protectors! We do have…accidents. But those things happen right? We just…try to fix it when it happen of course." Remembering what happened when they first got here is quite embarrassing, but everything is ok now! He hope.
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Agni's expression darkened for a moment in contemplation. Something rather out of the ordinary for him and even more so rare to see. The azure armored man took a simple look at the gods and sighed lightly. "Sure pal, I know you do. That's all you can do." he said and cracked his knuckles and neck.
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Caligo winched a little at the sound of of Agni cracking his joints, it was something only humans did in their world so while not strange, it wasn’t something he was used to.
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(Hehehe, Looper)
"Say, you guys aren't sensitive to any loud sounds right?" Agni said to them, and groaned lightly. "Pax sent some Sentinels for ya crackers."
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(Eheh)
"Oh no" Caligo didn’t even hesitate to cover Aestus’s ears as best he could, and were he not still sleeping he is sure his sun would have done the same for him, but he can endure, hopefully.
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"squeak. Squeak. SQUEAKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK" a small little....raccoon thing went. It was a squirrel pelting Caligo with a cashew shaped like a boomerrang. Agni was literally on the ground laughing his ass off at the sight of this/
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Caligo didn’t find the humour in this, in fact he was so startled and scared he shifted back to his humanoid form, holding Aetsus’s now awake form in his arms, away from the tiny furred beast.
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"BAHAHAHAHHA! GOLD PURE GOLD!" Agni roared happily. A bright smile painting his face. "I bet you though that it would be something scary and REALLY loud huh?" he asked the gods.
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"It IS scary???" Caligo cried out, still trying to get away from the beast, but alas it keep following them, Aestus was half perched on Cal’s shoulder and half still in his arms, hissing at the squirrel
Caligo suddenly had a realisation "Do they steal magic here?!?" He inquired
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"Just your food, time and gaze! They're supposed to be sorts ignored! Think of them like the Overwatch!" Agni said cheerfully, dashing over and picking up the nut-chucking Sentinel.
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"So we won’t have to deal with an ankle tall beast with the power of the sun and/or moon at it’s disposal?" Caligo sceptically asked, still looking warily at the squirrel, Aestus stopped hissing at it but is still all puffed up and starting dagger at it.
"…what is an overwatch?" Caligo murmured after fully processing what was said.
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“Eh, that depends on you two really. You may not see it, maybe you will. Unlike Crimson, Praxis doesn’t hide many things from people. So who knows, maybe there is a Sentinel who has power to rival you guys. I wouldn’t know much if there is. Arithnia is one hell of a world too, anything can happen if it’s stupid and good enough. I mean, how do you think Crimson got here! Ha!” Agni said as the small armored squirrel threw another nut at Caligo and bolted up Agni’s shoulder and sat on his head.
“And an Overwatch is like….ehhh, think of it like a person who watches over a specific spot of land and attacks on sight of you want.”
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Caligo tried to listen, he really did but the squirrel gave him one nasty look before chucking that nut and now he got a grudge against it, it does help to know that here, they are not nearly as threatening as they are back home. He just hope Aestus was listening now that he is awake.
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“Hey, WAIT A DAMN SECOND! ARE THISE MY CASHEWS?!” Agni said, picking it up.
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Caligo processed this for a second, before bursting out laughing
"I think I might be starting to like this little beast" big emphasis on the might, but Agni doesn’t need to know that.
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The squirrel chatters a bit and threw a small rock at Agni before hopping to the ground and dashing away. “you LITTLE NUT STEALER! GET BACK HERE!” He roared and grabbed Caligo and Aestus and dashed madly after the animal.
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Caligo still laughed as he was dragged along, Aestus meanwhile gave one screech at being taken along, only huffing in annoyance and amusement once he realised Caligo was truly having fun