On the Road Again

"On the Road Again" is a [SEASON NUMBER] thread written on [IRL DATE].
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Jari was humming a little tune to herself as the group walked down the tunnel. Blue light cast upon the walls as lighting ran up and down her arms. "On the road again~" she murmurs.
Jan 15, 2020
Do be cautious, Jari. The Warden placed gracefully beside the dragon and its half-breed owner as they traveled away from the dungeon due west, through the tunnel they had only just carved. Occasionally, bouts of dirt, dust and roots would tumble from the ceiling and startle the half-breeds trailing behind her. She eyed them, but they seemed to be holding their resolve. So far.
When it comes to being fireproof, I do not think electricity is included within the proper definition. Nala added this with a bit of humor to lighten the tense mood.
Jan 15, 2020
She chuckles. "You worry too much Nala." She says. "I've studied the effects of my powers and done this over a dozen times, and something bad has happened only half of those times." She laughs, jokingly.
Jan 15, 2020
One can only worry in the company of young humans such as yourselves, she grumbled.
She looked back again, and then privately to Jari whispered, Do you think this is too much for them? She mentally gestured to herself, referring to being an imposing, intimidating figure, and being a demon to boot. She knew that because she had been there the entire time Jari was growing up, the half-breed was extremely comfortable with Nala, and that didn't go for everyone they met.
Jan 15, 2020
Jari just shrugs. "I mean probably but there's not really anything we can do about that right now." She say, casting a glance over her shoulder.
Jan 15, 2020
I suppose not. She cast her mind about for another subject to speak on, to keep them occupied. They were still quite a ways from the initial entrance of the tunnel.
What do you think of everything that's happening? Do you believe we can remove the factions from power?
Jan 15, 2020
She snorts as if what she said was a funny joke. "Are you kidding? Of course we can. We're the good guys. The good guys always win."
Jan 15, 2020
I would like to think so. I just...cannot help but wonder, sometimes. If this is a problem that will ever be beneath us to fix. If we are bound to fight malice until the end of our days.
Jan 15, 2020
"Oh stop being a such a gloomy Gus." She says with a grin as she nudges the demon gently. "We'll fight, we'll win, we'll struggle in between. That's how this works." She says as they continue down the tunnel. "The problem will be beneath us eventually... I prefer being a top." She said with a grin.
Jan 15, 2020
A top? Nala looked at Jari quizzically.
Jan 15, 2020
She sighs as she hears this. "C'mon Nala, you've been alive for like, ever, please tell me I don't have to explain sex to you."
Jan 15, 2020
I asked you to do no such thing, she said, laughing while backpedaling. I can only garner so much of your meaning without being fully joined with you.
Jan 15, 2020
She groans. "Seriously though. You've been alive for so long and have possessed numerous people, basically you have a tome's worth of human knowledge. How do you not know how sex works?" She asked dodging the second half of her statement.
Jan 15, 2020
Nala made the demon equivalent of a sound of disgust, which wasn’t so much an audible gag as it was a mix of various emotions along with a huffy exclamation. I do not possess people when they mate, she said with as much dignity as she could muster, squaring her shoulders and tilting up her chin. Your culture treats it as incredibly personal and private, and I intend to do the same.
Jan 15, 2020
"I wasn't trying to imply you did." She says. "But like, people think about it. And besides that I'd expect a demon if you're age to have a rudimentary understanding of how humans mate."
Jan 15, 2020
I don’t know why I would need to, she said, still amused. It does me no good to know the details.
Jan 15, 2020
"Well guess what, you're learning." She says, before going on to explain what she meant and how sex works.
Jan 15, 2020
Are you telling me it is the exact same as animals? The demon tried not to dwell on it too long. That is rather disappointing.
Jan 15, 2020
She busts out laughing. "What do you mean disappointing? What were you expecting?"
Jan 15, 2020
Demons tend to be...a bit grand in reproduction, Nala said vaguely. She waved a hand aimlessly, trying not to indicate anything that would resemble a body part that Jari could make fun of. Was it too much of me to expect mortals to have something less...biological?
Jan 15, 2020
She snorts. "Yes. I mean again. In the many many many many years you've lived have you ever seen anything towards the contrary?"
Jan 16, 2020
Seeing as I watched an entire ramshackle rebellion fight in the battle of the gods, I have learned to place my trust in all of you doing incredibly extraordinary things. See it from my perspective, who has never met humans until very, very recently, relative to my lifespan.
Jan 16, 2020
She chuckles. "Well even still what did you expect from us?"
It is not important. She shifted her focus back to the dragon half-breeds, a few of which looked extremely unsettled. The brown, furry one was whispering to those next to her, keeping her wide eyes locked on Nala. There was a small, gruff bout of laughter among the half-breeds and the demon chose to ignore them, instead running her large hand alongside the tunnel wall and letting the dirt fall between her fingers. The clods of earth got caught in a red, web-like aura and she let the rocks and dirt hover above her palm, twisting and flaring her fingers as she toyed with the magic she wielded.
Jan 16, 2020
Jari turned her head slightly, watching and taking mental notes in her head. “Don’t you guys like, split off part of you soul or something to make new life?”
Jan 16, 2020
The Warden blinked. Have I told her that? They do, but not until they are very old and vast, and can survive such fragmenting of their essences.
Jan 16, 2020
She nods and they continue to walk down the tunnel. “That’s just one way isn’t it? There’s another too.”
Jan 16, 2020
The demon turned to study her, inspecting her mind as best she could without being truly connected. Where do these questions come from, Jari?
Jan 16, 2020
She shrugs. “I’m just trying to make conversation. I read stories about it in a book once, I just was wondering how accurate they were I guess.”
Jan 16, 2020
I am more concerned that you are coming across obscure demon knowledge in a book that you happened to find.
Jan 16, 2020
She shrugs. “I mean, I don’t know what else to tell ya.” She says. “They weren’t like fact. It was like legends and myths and stuff.”
Jan 16, 2020
Nala looked both worried and suspicious and tried prodding for more. If you say so, little one.
Jan 16, 2020
As Nala tries to pry into her mind her efforts are rebuffed. Her normally open mind is now much more guarded, though seemingly not by her own doing. It’s more akin to what Nala had seen with Verdandi, though nowhere near as powerful.
Jan 16, 2020
The Warden slowed in her pace, causing the half-breeds behind her to glance at her in alarm. Her essence skidded off the surface of Jari’s mind and mentally, she was frowning dangerously. Jari? What is this? she asked pointedly.
Jan 16, 2020
Her eyes widen slightly. “What is what?” She asks trying to dodge the question. She keeps walking at a normal pace.
Jan 16, 2020
A white porcelain leg taller than Jari herself immediately stepped in front of her to block her way, and Nala crossed her arms, looking down at Jari with narrowed eyes. You’re being shadowed by something, she said, is this of your own will or do I have an emergency on my hands?
Jan 16, 2020
“Ohh are you worried about what’s going on in my head? Yeah, no I just had Darien protect it um, just in case I got captured you know?” She says stopping in her tracks.
Jan 16, 2020
Darien is not actively boosting your mental defenses from thousands of miles away. The demon leaned down and reached for the hilt of her sword in her ribcage. Are you truly Jari, or an impostor walking in her skin? The half-breeds were edging away, back down the direction they had come from.
Jan 16, 2020
“Nala, you’re scaring the half-breeds. Can we talk about this later?” She whispered.
Jan 16, 2020
Assure me that I am speaking with Jari Ericson. She pushed roughly up against Jari’s mental walls, attempting to break through and confirm her identity for herself.
Jan 16, 2020
She grunts as she feels the barriers around her mind being pushed. She turns and looks her dead in the eyes. “You have my word, on my father’s life, that I am Jari Ericson.”
Jan 16, 2020
Her hand froze around the hilt of her sword and she stared back just as intensely. She wanted to push until Jari folded, she was too suspicious, there had been too many untold forces running rampant amongst the rebellion lately–but she couldn’t. She couldn’t put Greg’s name under her heel like that. She couldn’t afford the sudden distrust she wanted to exact on Jari, here, in the middle of nowhere, with a group of nervous, hungry, tired ex-prisoners.
You will explain when we get back, she said warningly, coming off the offensive and stepping away.
Jan 16, 2020
Jari sighs as she watches her step away. "I was afraid you would say that." She mutters. She keeps in pace behind her, keeping a distance between the two of them as she waves for the half-breeds to follow.
Category:BOTGD 2
Category:Act I
Category:Events
Category:The Warden
Category:Jari Ericson