Get up, come on get down with SICKNESS

The sun had just started to peak over the distance basking Ace of Spades in the first rays of a new day. Kite would make his way down through the belly of his ship towards the cargo bay with the main method to exit the ship being the ramp from the cargo bay. Pushing the specific button to slide open the door inside and the button to lower the ramp Kite would exit the ship slowing walking down the metal ramp wearing only his black pants and boots without his shirt. Facing the sun he would throw his arms up above his head and lean back letting out an audible yawn as he stretched. Kite had become quite the early bird since his return from the in between. He had lost a bit of time while being stuck there but it wasn’t all for nothing. He had went into the void a broken man with only half of his soul intact. Thanks to Jarnbjorn and his sacrifice that very soul had been mended. All of these things gave him a new lease on life and he wasn’t going to let it go to waste.

He had a routine in place which incorporated some physical training on his own but his new favorite activity was combat drills with Turq the Turquoise dragon that he had befriended. He let out one more loud sigh as he stretched out his back and arms while walking down the ramp of Tailspin officially about to get the day underway. “Hey buddy! Are you…” he shouted up towards the top of the ship where the Dragon had perched for the night and was still sleeping, but he was cut off by the sound of a very familiar female voice. Kite’s eyes would train on the approaching person in a full sprint towards his ship. It was non other than the herbalist from Beanstalk village but she seemed to be in some distress. Kite took off in order to meet with her and got there very quickly. Right before he reached her she would collapse to her knees gasping hard for breath. Skidding to a stop the former guild master would kneel next to her placing a hand on her back “Hey aren’t you’re a long way from home.” She looked up at him with a panicked look on her face “Mr. Wilhelm! the village! Animals! Plants!” She spoke so fast that he wasn’t able to keep up with everything she said but those words are what stood out. Rubbing her back “hey slow down and  take a breath.” He looked at the ship and yelled to the dragon resting, “Hey Turq!” There was no verbal response but a whoosh sound as two massive wings flapped downwards sending the Turquoise Dragon into the air and over to where Kite was in a matter of seconds. “What is this?” He would ask Kite out loud for a change. “She is exhausted and from the scents I'm picking up she is injured and has been near those plants but something is different.” The dragon’s nostrils would flare as he took in a deep breath. “That’s not all.” He trained his eye just beyond them to where she had ran from and could see that something was sprinting towards them. Turq would take off without saying another word towards the on coming creature. Even from the air he could tell it was rather ravenous and not friendly at all. He would swoop down and grab the wolf by the scruff of the neck and sink his talons into the back of the wolf. It would try to snap at it but having control of its neck prevented it from biting Turq. Looking up towards the sky the Turquoise Dragon would ascend into the air bringing the wolf up with him at tremendous speed. He would release the wolf from his grip to let it free fall to the ground. “Turq express special delivery!” He would shout as he released a stream of his breath weapon which would hit the wolf before it had the chance to even touch the ground, driving it down hard. Turq would land just next to the wolf to confirm that it wasn’t going to get back up. “Hey Kite this thing doesn’t smell right and it has strange growths all over it’s body.” Picking up the herbalist he would shout back. “Bring it to the ship. I’ll make sure she is okay. “

A little bit later after patching up her wounds, getting her water and getting dressed Kite would sit on one of the chairs in the med bay with the Herbalist sitting on the table meant for examination. “So now that you’re a bit better off, why don’t you try again. What happened?” He would ask her. Taking a sip from her glass of water with hands that were still a little shaky her eyes would lock with his as she told him what happened. “After you dispatched that stranger I had took it Upon myself to go clear the weeds that escaped their containment on a daily basis.” She would take a slight break from speaking to break eye contact and look at her hands that were scratched up from her own encounter, likely with the wolf. “It was about three days ago that the village was attacked by a variety of animals, like that wolf that is over there. That was the one that attacked me. I guess it liked what it tasted.” Kite could see she was getting upset so he put a hand on her’s and stood up without a word to go look at the wolf that Turq had tossed into the medical bay. Kite approach the body of the wolf and crouched down to get a better look at it. His nose was smelling a more intense version of what those weeds smelled like on this thing, likely from the purple algae like substance and the mushrooms that has a bioluminescent glow to them. “Do see any more coming?” Kite would shout to Turq who was perched on the top of the ship. “I don’t see or smell anything. Likely it was hunting your guest on its own. I heard what she said.” He would change the subject abruptly, “What’s the plan?” Kite would smirk and stand up looking at the wolf and then at the herbalist who resumed her sobbing. “I am thinking that this is getting to be bigger than we were expecting.” With a puff of air from his mouth he would ignite the body of the wolf and let the flames reduce it infection and all Into ash. “Turq perch up. We are going to Beanstalk.”

After getting the herbalist situated he would take off towards Beanstalk village landing just on the outskirts of the village. “You stay here.” He would tell the herbalist grabbing his axe while doing so. “No one can get in or out without my code so this ship is your safe space. We will clear out the infected animals and figure out what we can do to prevent this from happening again.” She would attempt to speak but would stop as he walked away, currently getting into the mindset of battle.

Kite would climb the ladder that lead to a hatch on the top of the ship and climb up on top. Turq had already flown a head home to scout out the area before they got started. The second he saw his dragon friend he would let out a high pitched whistle With a high pitched whistle Turq would take notice of Kite on the ship and head on back landing just next to him. “So what did you see over there?” The dragon’s head would crane in the direction of the village, “There are several animals over there in the village that I could see. Could smell more nearby.” Kite would nod. “Think we can take most of them out in the village in one go?” Turq would let out a snort in response at first, “They didn’t look particularly strong. I think we can manage that.” Kite would climb up on Turq’s back and would crouch down holding on for the take off. “Then let’s get this done.” Turq would take off into the air with Kite holding on tightly until it maintained altitude he would stand up looking down at the animals below. “Dragon Emperor Supreme Reign.” Kite’s aura would surge in heat and flames with streams of fire seeping from the sides of his mouth. He would leap off of the dragon and begin to free fall towards them as Turq charged up his wings to unleash his muli attack. With a flap of his wings Turq would unleash seven bright streams of energy towards the animals that looked to be chickens. Every chicken except one would be struck by the attack twice and drop except for one that was significantly hurt by the attack. It was Kite’s turn and his target’s were much bigger looking. “Dragon Emperor Meteor storm!” Two large spheres of fire would be in each of hands and smashed into each other creating ten smaller balls that would rocket towards the enemies below. All ten would find purchase on each one striking an animal, seven wolves would be hit and reduced to ash as a result from the attack. “Turq I have these! Go find  any others that might be outside the village!” Standing before him were two healthy pigs, two damaged pigs and a very hurt chicken. Throwing his hands to either side of his body creating the flame spheres once more. “One more time! Dragon Emperor Meteor Storm!” Ten more volleys of his flames were released at the animals before him. They would strike the chicken and the previously hurt pigs each once to finish them off. The two healthy pigs would get hit by two blasts of fire each turning them into matching piles of ash.

The roar of Turq would sound off as a bright blue stream of his breath attack would illuminate an area just within the woods near the village. Kite would watch as Turq would dive down to attack whatever he had found there. However only the sound Turq yelping in pain before crashing closer to Kite clearly hurt by whatever he had tried to kill. Kite would come to his aid immediately but would be cut off by the sudden appearance of a large bear lunging at him. Kite seeing his friend hurt and still under the effect of his buffing ability he wasn’t about to let this go. “You will pay for what you have done!" The bear would roar in protest and turn to attack the downed dragon. “DRAGON EMPEROR SUPREME FLIGHT!” his take off would leave a crater where his feet were. The flames would surround him in the form of a long serpent like dragon smash into the bear pushing it fifteen meters away from the dragon and the village smashing the bear into the ground with a contained explosion only incinerating the bear and the ground beneath it.

Kite and Turq would return to the ship to get Turq patched up and to let the Herbalist know her home was safe. As Kite was administering first aid to Turq he would suggest the Herbalist burn all of the weeds to prevent this from happening again.

Enemies defeated:

Total WC:1909