[1:49 PM] Kwak: A booming, guttural retching sound resounds through the air from behind the wagon, heralding a foul wind that rushes past the girl. The sudden gust scatters the clothing atop the wagon, and sends some socks flying off of the pile Mana holds. Something about the breeze sends an unearthly chill down her spine.(edited)
[1:56 PM] Crystal Skies: What!?
Mana looks around her, the gust sending a quick shiver down her spine. Something was a bit.... off per se, but she couldn't really fathom it.
Was probably natural.... right?
She puts down what she managed to hold onto into the wagon, before picking up what fell off the pile
[1:58 PM] Kwak: "ooooOOOOohhHHHHH...." Another, slightly more humanoid, sound, comes from the other side of the wagon, but no clothes are disturbed this time...Only the psyche of its listeners.(edited)
[2:03 PM] Amasuro: Before Mana reached the fallen piece of laundry on the floor, a different hand reached out, picking the item up first.
"Youuuuuu...dropped thiiis..."
The fox-maid takes the sock off the floor, and places it back on top of the clothing pile.
"Aaaaaand...woke me up...with thaaaaat loud noiiiiise..."
[2:05 PM] Crystal Skies: "What? You made that noise, not me."
Mana continued somewhere else, picking up another sock.
"Why are you here anyway? I thought you were with Milady."
[2:07 PM] Amasuro: "Huuuuuh...? Buuuuuut...how could I maaaaake that nooooooise...when I was asleeeeep..."
She rubs her eyes sleepily, looking around.
"Ooooooh yeah, I was...buuuuuut was tireeeeed from theeeee triathaloooooon..."
[2:09 PM] Kwak: HhhhhaaaAAAAUUUUGH!
Another roaring wretch, almost reminiscent of one of the demons from Ashelande, rocks the air around them. Whatever it was...it was getting closer.
[2:11 PM] Crystal Skies: "Okay, stop playing tricks on me Auriel! Im busy doing work that you should help me with!"
Mana acted tough, but deep down was unsettled by the sound. Unsure of what it was, she told herself that it was all Auriel's fault.
[2:14 PM] Amasuro: "Its noooooot meeeeeee..."
She frowned, turning her head in the general direction of the sound.
Is it an enemy? Better be careful.
"Getting...cloooooser. Its coooming from...oooooover theeeere..."
[2:16 PM] Kwak: Shuffling, squelching footsteps come along the side of the wagon, nearly in view...
[2:19 PM] Crystal Skies: If it isn't me, nor her then....
Mana instinctively reached for her bow, but did not find it.
I left it behind!
She slowly stepped back from the wagon, not sure of what to expect.
"If it isnt me, nor you then....."
[2:23 PM] Kwak: The team's token Dwabi staggers out from around the corner, pale as death and covered in mud. He sees the two little retainers on guard before him, opens his mouth to greet them....
"HhhhhuuuOOOOUUUGH!"
....and some kind of thick, oil-black substance pours out of him, along with a third of the fell gusts. He nearly loses his balance, leaning desperately on the side of the wagon, and looks back over at them, panting with a hollow voice.(edited)
[2:28 PM] Amasuro: "Eeeeeeeeeeech..."
Auriel takes a small leap backwards with surprising speed, staying a distance away from the Dwabi.
"Grooooooss..."
[2:30 PM] Crystal Skies: Mana, on the other hand had a completely different reaction. She quickly dropped the lump of clothes she had collected, and dashed over to the dwabi.
"Are you okay!? What happened!?"
[2:36 PM] Kwak: "The...T-tonic...I---"
A gurgling gasp cut short his explanation, but the triathlon shed some light on what had happened. The participants had all seen how Sula had stayed back, mixed a few herbs, given some strange incantation, and then suddenly propelled past them in some sort of freak landslide. A similar phenomenon happened in the last leg of the race, wherein the Dwabi once again launched himself to the finish line. It was just as baffling, just as inhuman, as the sickening sight before them now.
"H-help....!"
[2:41 PM] Amasuro: "Disgusting...at leeeeeast...doooon't get the clooooothes dirty..."
Auriel reaches over and grabs the pile of clean clothes off the floor, before the disgusting oil substance reaches them.
[2:43 PM] Crystal Skies: "Auriel, do you have a staff!? We need to help him!"
She found herself similarly disgusted at the substance, but it did not stop her from caring about the man
[2:44 PM] Kwak: Noticing the clothes, Sula turns away from them.
"I will, survive this...in time." He clutches his stomach, feeling like death was pretty certain right now. Steam started to waft out from his body.(edited)
[2:46 PM] Amasuro: "I dooooon't haaaave...my staaaaaaff..."
Auriel puts the clothes back safely on top of the wagon, before cautiously approaching Sula.
"Heeeeee's nooooot going to...diiiiiie...riiiiight?"
[2:50 PM] Crystal Skies: "Auriel, he might! Why do you not have your staff with you!?"
Audibly frustrated, she looked through her pouch to try to find anything to help the man with. She came up with exactly zero results.
[2:53 PM] Kwak: "Do not...worr-aaaghguhughgghhhh"
And now there is another pile of black bile. Sula doubles over, hands at his knees.
"Just tell Vivi-e...I'm resting."
[2:55 PM] Amasuro: "Maaaaaana...take this maaaan...to the infirmaaaaary teeeeent...or soooomething..."
Auriel wrinkles her nose slightly at the sight.
"He is staaaarting to smeeeeeell..."
[3:09 PM] Crystal Skies: "Look, Auriel can you just help me find anything we can heal him with? We need to help him, NOW!"
Her anger was somewhat more apparent, but she doubted the maid would care
[3:10 PM] Kwak: "H-hhere...maybe this..."
Sula pulls out a pair of empty Mag Tonic bottles, holding them out to the retainers. He starts to lose his balance.
[3:12 PM] Amasuro: Auriel sighs, reaching two fingers forwards to gingerly take the empty bottles.
Useless. Can you not just handle this yourself, retainer?
"Whaaaaaat...doooo I doooo with thiiiiiiiis...?"
[3:12 PM] Kwak: "It's, medicine..."
Sula slumps against the wagon, feeling his vision start to fade. Then he collapses on the ground.(edited)
[3:27 PM] Crystal Skies: "I guess I have to do everything on my own then. I'll take him to the infirmary, you finish the laundry. Got it!?"
[3:29 PM] Amasuro: "Thaaaaaat was whaaaaat...I suggesteeeeeed..."
Satisfied, Auriel backs away quickly from the Dwabi, and returns to the pile of clothes.
"I will just...finiiiiish your...choooores. ...Maaaaaaybe."
[3:34 PM] Crystal Skies: "You will, otherwise I'll tell Milady!"
She pulled the dwabi up, letting him lean onto her for support.
"Just follow me, I'll lead you to the infarmary."
[3:35 PM] Amasuro: "Lumaaaaaaa doooooesn't caaaaare...but whateeeeever..."
I'll just dump these off somewhere.
Auriel lazily takes the clothes pile and stumbles away from the pair.(edited)
[3:36 PM] Kwak: Sula simply wheezes darkly, his wiry limbs convulsing a little.
[1:58 PM] Amasuro: ==End RP==
