The Plague: The Unusual Weed

Kite would see the legendary Beanstalk that stood so tall that it’s top couldn’t be seen, not even from inside of Tailspin. It was always a sight to behold, one of the oldest villages in Fiore with something as strange as that Beanstalk. It wasn’t quite afternoon yet but it would be by the time he would land. The job that he decided to take seemed like a simple one on the surface but there was always a chance that there could be more to it. Strange plants had started to grow in the local’s gardens and any sort of interaction with them would render someone ill. Luckily it had seemed that aside from some time in a medical facility there were no serious issues but people getting sick and the potential spread of these plans did pose a potential problem in the future.

The ship would land just outside of the village and Kite would start to embark to meet with the herbalist. Did you want me to come with you? Turq would ask relaxing in the cargo bay of Tailspin watching Kite walk down the loading ramp to exit the ship. “I’m just going to touch base with the herbalist. I know he wants a sample and we should be able to make quick work of this.” His foot would step onto the grassy patch just outside his ship as he craned his head to look up at the stalk again to just take in the sheer size of it. “Once I get back we should be able to get started.  If you wanna stretch your wings a bit before hand I’ll leave the door open.“ After exiting the ship Kite would find the herbalist and discuss how things were going to go. Kite would instruct him to keep all villagers in their homes until he was done. With that communicated Kite returned to the ship to see Turq resting on top of it. “Hey sleepy. Time to get started.”

Turq landed behind Kite as soon as they reached the area where the flowers were all sprouting, “Hey Turq how many do you think you can take out at once?” Turq didnt answer right away but looked at the field of targets before him, Nine of them but there wouldn’t be anything left of them if I do this. So keep that in mind when you want to collect the sample. Kite would nod. “Let it rip then.” Taking his axe in hand he would ready it as Turq took to the air and once he was where he wanted the inside of his wings would glow. The energy would spread to coat all of the insides of the wings until he would flap once more to unleash the wing beat of devastation. Energy would spread towards the plans in a wave of energy to collide with the nine plants that he had targeted. With those nine plants dealt with it was Kite’s turn. He would jump into the middle of a group of four of them and would get to work. The axe head would cut through one of them only to return for a strike to cut it in to pieces. Before the others could respond he would already be turning towards the one on his right swing the axe into it. As he connected he would notice the other two getting ready to attack. Kite would avoid the sting of one of them and would counter by bringing his foot down on top of it looking to smash it into the ground and pin it under his foot. Keeping that one in place he would slash at the one that he already cut once to finish it off. Not lifting his foot off of the plant he found himself his sample. Kite would turn to the one closest to him in range of his axe and would slam it down onto the weed once and follow up with a swift kick pulling it out of its roots and spraying the petals.

There were two left to destroy and Kite had an idea. He would hurl his axe directly at one of them and activate the nifty ability of his axe. He was pulled off of his feet and like a magnet was pulled to the axe.  Once his feet touched the ground his foot came off the ground and kicked right into the plant sending it airborne “Turq all yours.” With that one out of sight he set his focus on the last one. Lightning would crackle from the blade as he would throw it towards the plant. The plant would attempt to sting the axe but it was no use, it was fried on contact as if a lightning bolt had stuck it.

The plant that had been sent into the air was at the mercy of Turq who decided to go a little bit overboard but he was a dragon so there wouldn’t be any complaints from Kite. From his mouth he would unleash a burst of turquoise energized shards that would obliterate the plan entirely. “Hey. Good work.” The axe would return to his hand and as quickly as it did the blade would cut the remaining plant just below the head and petels. “This should do.” He would pick it up and feel some of the effects that the plant would induce. “Yeah. This thing pretty nasty for average folk. Better get this to the herbalist.” He would return to the herbalist as Turq returned to the ship. Kite would earn his keep and head home after an easy job done.

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