[DQ] Legend of the Blue Elk

by **Alori Sai** on December 19th, 2013, 6:11 pm

The last thing that she remembered was firing her arrows at the blue elk and missing both times. The teen must have been in too much of a hurry, trouble with wind, something had happened. Next her memory went blank, and it took a tick to recall the explosion of the elk. There was no explanation for such things happening and it was just a weird as the dream she had just afterwards.

Lost in a field of wheat, strange statues guarding doors, and something else. Something menacing crawling in the grass stalking her. It spoke to her, uttering a single word before it attacked and the dream was over. In the real world, the tiny Endal was half tucked against the back of the ledge where the blast had sent her flying. Slowly her limbs started to move again, and she released a soft moan as he legs fell back and over to the ground again.

Alori? Alori?

"Mhmm...V-Vira? What ha..?"

Do I sound like a cripple to you?

Durveth? Hey, what just happened?

I can't explain it yet, no one can, but at least you finally woke up.

What? How long was I?

I'm coming down to get you, stay put.

Rubbing her back, Alori slowly pushed herself up and leaned against the wall. A look of disbelief washed over her as she looked into the canyon. Everything was gone, all of it. Whatever the blast was it had cleared the field leaving behind one set of strange antlers. The blue elk.. The teen looked around and wondered why everyone else was leaving. It was as if the antlers were calling to her and she had to answer.

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by **Azira** on December 19th, 2013, 6:49 pm

When her eyes opened, all she could do for a few moments was stare up at the circling forms of the eagles overhead. She was frozen in terror, the image had been so real and yet... It was all so strange. The blue elk had been shot, she'd seen that when she'd looked up from her prone position on the ground. The arrow had buried itself into its hide, the shaft sticking out at an angle that suggested a shot from below as if her arrow had hit it. It was possible yet it seemed surreal as what had happened afterwards had seemed surreal. It had looked at her as it should have been dying, the gaze more aware than what was normal in an animal and then it had exploded, the force of it washing over her. If she'd been standing, it would have knocked the huntress off her feet but that couldn't be right. There was no way that that could have happened.

Something tingly went through her then and she had to see it. She had to see if there was an elk carcass on that ridge or nothing at all. Pushing herself up, she gazed up at the ridge to where antlers sat. Shocked, she got to her feet an stared. The antlers weren't attached to anything, they were just there alone. There was no carcass, no other sign that the blue elk had ever even existed. Staring at the spot, the Avora couldn't make things add up. It didn't make sense.

Kovac was there beside her suddenly, or rather she suddenly became aware of him. He looked as if he'd been talking to her, might have been for some time but she'd been so wrapped up in her thoughts that she hadn't even noticed. When he grabbed her hand she didn't even protest, too dazed to unearth her usual aversion to such contact, only his words had any impact.

"My arrow?" she whispered. Her voice was full of wonder but it was so quiet that she wasn't sure if Kovac had heard her. She wasn't sure if she'd even said it aloud for his benefit; it had just sort of come out. She just couldn't believe it. It couldn't be her arrow yet as she was dragged towards where the antlers lay she could remember the arrow shaft protruding from the blue elk, one that surely only she could have landed there.

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by **Raien Ironarm Pitrius** on July 22nd, 2014, 2:25 am

XP Award!

Azira :

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Erade :

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Quest [DQ] Legend of the Blue Elk