To think she had been shown where to get these herbs, and memorized exactly where they were, all in relation to one another. To think she had counted her steps and by now trained her nose to pick up on that subtle scent of magic that came with the territory of mildly enchanted foliage. To think that she had harvested these same herbs at least four different times apiece and made it back to town in one piece.
Only to end up so lost for hours and hours to come.
It began with a light shower in the afternoon. A little rain wasn't going to stop Azykia from having a picnic, much less going out of town to find herbal remedies for the all too in-need people of Honeyhome. She simply made a large umbrella out of bright blue magic thanks to her Arcanamancy and held it overhead. It was only a bit later that the showers picked up, and the hard rain knocked loudly against her shield from the water. Then, thunder struck so suddenly and so loudly that she had fumbled the one herb she had picked up by then, as well as the umbrella (which began to dissipate as she left it to its fate). The girl scrambled to recover that which she had lost, but in doing so unwittingly turned herself a few too many degrees to the left.
From then on, everything was off. Her landmarks made no sense. Azzy knew soon enough that something had to be amiss. She backtracked, and somehow wound up even deeper in the forest. For hours and hours, she kept pushing onward. She even tried to use her hydromancy to paint the ley of the land around her so she could navigate her way back home, but there was simply too much rain for what she could manage. It was looking like a night out in the forest.
As the rain stifled the calls she had made for help hours ago, thunder continued to boom at what was total random to the girl who was blind to the lightning heralding it. Yet even in this storm, she wasn't the only one out and about tonight, in a number of ways. Most importantly to her at the moment though was the one that shot through her foot like a thorned spike, causing her to let out a sudden scream and bolt forward away from it.
She wasn't knowledgeable about blood blooms, and indeed had never heard of one before, so she couldn't have imagined that was what actually caused her such sudden pain. It wasn't that big of a problem, as even after tumbling forward due to the pain in her foot, she touched up the wound quickly with a bright light cast from her hands. She pushed herself up and continued right on her not-so-merry way away from whatever had just attacked her.
Azykia bashed face first into a tree and yelped, prompting her to reach up and cover her face. That was when she heard something trudging towards her across the soaked ground. She couldn't tell what it was yet, but it was only a matter of time before it neared her. She put up a wall of bright blue magic between herself and it, and as it leapt at the barrier, it flickered, showing off just how little energy she had left after wandering out lost all day.
The girl heard a yelp, like a dog's whine. She had heard that there were wolves around Eastern Brisshal, but this would have been her first time encountering one. She had no idea if she could even handle it, especially after... well, everything else.
@Lucille Fer
Only to end up so lost for hours and hours to come.
It began with a light shower in the afternoon. A little rain wasn't going to stop Azykia from having a picnic, much less going out of town to find herbal remedies for the all too in-need people of Honeyhome. She simply made a large umbrella out of bright blue magic thanks to her Arcanamancy and held it overhead. It was only a bit later that the showers picked up, and the hard rain knocked loudly against her shield from the water. Then, thunder struck so suddenly and so loudly that she had fumbled the one herb she had picked up by then, as well as the umbrella (which began to dissipate as she left it to its fate). The girl scrambled to recover that which she had lost, but in doing so unwittingly turned herself a few too many degrees to the left.
From then on, everything was off. Her landmarks made no sense. Azzy knew soon enough that something had to be amiss. She backtracked, and somehow wound up even deeper in the forest. For hours and hours, she kept pushing onward. She even tried to use her hydromancy to paint the ley of the land around her so she could navigate her way back home, but there was simply too much rain for what she could manage. It was looking like a night out in the forest.
As the rain stifled the calls she had made for help hours ago, thunder continued to boom at what was total random to the girl who was blind to the lightning heralding it. Yet even in this storm, she wasn't the only one out and about tonight, in a number of ways. Most importantly to her at the moment though was the one that shot through her foot like a thorned spike, causing her to let out a sudden scream and bolt forward away from it.
She wasn't knowledgeable about blood blooms, and indeed had never heard of one before, so she couldn't have imagined that was what actually caused her such sudden pain. It wasn't that big of a problem, as even after tumbling forward due to the pain in her foot, she touched up the wound quickly with a bright light cast from her hands. She pushed herself up and continued right on her not-so-merry way away from whatever had just attacked her.
Azykia bashed face first into a tree and yelped, prompting her to reach up and cover her face. That was when she heard something trudging towards her across the soaked ground. She couldn't tell what it was yet, but it was only a matter of time before it neared her. She put up a wall of bright blue magic between herself and it, and as it leapt at the barrier, it flickered, showing off just how little energy she had left after wandering out lost all day.
The girl heard a yelp, like a dog's whine. She had heard that there were wolves around Eastern Brisshal, but this would have been her first time encountering one. She had no idea if she could even handle it, especially after... well, everything else.
@Lucille Fer
