We Are Our Avatars X (Closed, Ended)

[Gearhead mk2]

8:16
Robin looked troubled. "Perhaps if I find one, I can inspect them. See what he did."

10:00
"Just a humble knight intent on finding the source of light and refusing to give up until he does so."

 

[username sucks]

8:17

"Hmm. I have seen many strange things, and I don't know if the lack of a heart would be so bad. If what he says about it being temporary is true, then there is no reason to confront him."
[hr]
10:01

"Um... Yes." Solaire replied, confused at why Robin was repeating it.

 

[Silence]

8:17

"Not confront him, but I think Robin has a good idea. If you can do it without Yeager noticing. And then decide if it is a bad thing." Anik said, having thought about meeting one such herself, but seeing no chance to do it, not being able to circumvent Yeager alone.

[hr]

Later, at the beach

Having done the stuff she had done, whatever it will have been, Anik headed towards the coast, where she sensed Timea, to learn how they planned to cross the sea. Carefully using her cane, to prevent her from walking off a cliff or something, she arrived, and said:
"Timea? I would be ready now. What are you planning?"

 

[Chungus]

Femesh Daer - 9:58​

Sitting on the sand of the coast, Timea idly looked out into the distance, taking in the very different scenery than what she was used to, while occasionally looking into the direction of Femesh Daer, watching to see a ship set out.

Smelling Anik draw closer, Timea stood up, and stretched. When Anik spoke, Timea turned towards her, turning off the flames. "Well, I'd thought to throw you to Vesh", she said jokingly, then approached Anik. "Or, if you prefer, just carrying you across."

Timea then took off the blanket, and held it out to Anik. "You'll need to be the one to put this on, the heat won't hurt you that way."

 

[Gearhead mk2]

10:00
"Quite a high calling for just any old knight, isn't it?"

 

[username sucks]

8:17

"I'm more inclined to take someone at their word and not pry, even if they do not have a heart. I'm sorry, but I will have no part of this." Solaire told Anik and Robin, before getting back to training or whatever.
[hr]
10:00

"Oh, I don't know. We all have dreams and goals we strive for, I am no different."

 

[Silence]

8:17

"Suit yourself. Not like he did not help to throw us into jail at some point." Anik said, not bothered by what Solaire was doing.

[hr]

Femesh Daer - 9:58

"What?" Anik said, quite confused, but going with it. She held out her hand as well, so Timea could place the blanket there. "So should I activate it for you? But it was incredibly hot." she added.

 

[Gearhead mk2]

8:17
Robin stayed quiet, thinking it over.

10:01
"True. Most of my companions want to return to their homeworlds."

 

[Chungus]

Femesh Daer - 9:58​

Timea was surprised to hear Anik didn't know she was resistant to heat, and considered if it could hurt pointing the specifics, not seeing a reason not to. "Oh, that fire isn't hot enough to bother me much. I'm ever so resistant to heat. But to answer your question, yes."

After saying this, Timea turned into a giant bird again. To lessen the surface area that would be exposed to the cold, she didn't make herself as large as when there was still a sun, less tall from foot to shoulder than her default form, but being longer than it was tall.

The transformation happened in under four seconds, and silently. With it over, Timea turned to the side, the footsteps in the melted snow possibly cluing Anik in something had changed. "Now, climb on to my back."

 

[Silence]

8:17

"I can show you where they are, Robin." Anik said, wondering why he stayed quiet.

[hr]

9:58

"Interesting." Anik noted. She tried to activate it by concentrating on it and saying "Fire.", then wrapped the blanket around her body. "I hope this does not get uncomfortable after a while." she commented, rather liking it colder.

Hearing the footsteps, and Timea claiming she could climb on her back, Anik wondered and made some clicking sounds to get the shape. "A bird." she said, surprised. "I hope you know what you are doing." she added, not very comfortable with the idea of riding a bird.

Nonetheless, she climbed on Bird-Timeas back, clutching the feathers and trying to find a safe position. There, she held herself very close to Timeas body, ready to grip her very tightly.

 

[Furioso]

Yeager and his goon squad continued their work, Yeager still giving out orders while his personal employees actually did the heavy lifting.

 

[Chungus]

Femesh Daer - 9:59​

Anik would find that, with bird-Timea's size, there wasn't any way to sit down, requiring her to lay down on her stomach. Clutching the feathers, Anik would find they were rather stiffly, not nearly as supple as one would expect feathers to be.

"Of course. I have done this before, you know", she responded, more cheerily than she had been speaking before. "It would be better if you just hold my around the neck, though. I'll also be doing this--" On saying what she would be doing, a leathery band grew snugly over Anik's back, acting like a fastening belt. "so you won't fall off on take off. I'll remove it, once in the air."

Timea then paused, and asked; "Well. Ready?"

 

[Gearhead mk2]

"Go ahead." Robin told Anik, putting his coat back on.

 

[Silence]

8:17

"How about we do it this way: You lead me, so we can stop as soon as you see Yeager. I just tell you the direction." She pointed at where she felt the suppressed hearts. "In this direction. You can talk to Yeager if you want, ideally I don't want to be seen by him, if it is at all avoidable." After stating this, Anik held out her arm, so Robin could take it.

[hr]

9:59

"Oh!" Anik made, as she felt the leathery band, surprised. As she wanted to do it herself, she held her arms close around Timeas neck. "Yes ... ready." she said, not really sounding ready.

 

[Gearhead mk2]

8:17
Robin took Anik's hand, walking out of the tower.

 

[Chungus]

Femesh Daer - Day 4 - 10:00​

Like the shoulders of Timea's default form Anik tried to lift before, she would find the neck was vastly dense, making it that she could apply quite a bit of pressure, without risking strangling Timea in the process.

"Then off we go!" she exclaimed. Spreading her wings, Timea ran down the beach, flapping more as she went, and taking off after six steps. Timea then flew for a short distance, before making a U-turn, and blowing a jet of air at the ground to erase her footprints. With the soil largely frozen over, this didn't happen by a large amount, just making them just a bit more difficult to identify. Timea decided this would do, and began flying out to sea, while gaining altitude. Out at sea, Timea had the "belt" retract into her body again.

After the running start, Anik would find that the ride was rather smooth. She could feel Timea's back muscles move in times where she beat her wings, the sound of this, that and the air flowing past to the sides, but otherwise, there would be no indication they were flying, as she couldn't feel any wind blowing against her.

"It looks like the ship is about to set sail, too.", Timea reported. "We'll be out here for roughly half a day, so tell me when you get cramped, and I'll give you a bit more space to move for as long as I can."

 

[Silence]

8:19

When Anik started to hear Yeager's voice, which probably still was farther away behind some buildings, she asked Robin: "Do you see him already? Or some of his workers?
... How exactly do you inspect them, anyways?"

[hr]

10:00

Aside from completely losing orientation, the flight did not bother Anik too much, as fear of heights could not really affect her. Even the taking off only led her to make some girly "Oh"s.

"Alright." she answered, and would indeed ask for more space if she got cramped. After some time, wondering how smooth everything went, she asked: "Shouldn't there be wind?" and hoped it would prevent her from becoming paranoid about this.

 

[Furioso]

Robin would be able to easily see Yeager's employees, due to their longer, more modern coats, black masks, and goggles with red lenses. The 8 of them were milling about the work site doing random tasks, walking in an unnatural, slouched backwards, way.

 

[Gearhead mk2]

8:19
"It's hard to explain, but I can... See things. Weapons people use, their abilities, where they can move, their weaknesses." Robin told Anik. He spotted one of the workers. "There, one of his workers." He analysed them.

 

[Chungus]

Sea - Day 4 - 10:02​

"There is, it just doesn't blow all over me when I'm flying. I don't really know why", Timea answered plainly. After this, Timea paused for a moment, then asked, "I've been wondering; Have you ever skinned anything before? You were ever so good at it, for a beginner, and said it's "not your part, usually?"