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Character/s: Renne; anybody
Time: Sunday, August 14 -- Midday
Location: Arcanarum; The Forest's Edge
Summary: Renne's rather sick of the headaches that have thus far blocked his biological responses. This amid the stench of magic is enough to make him roil! So...he's out to do a little exploring, find material for a proper cane.... And maybe produce a little mischief.
Warnings: None really, though there is some language. Open to all, of course.

The headaches had persisted for...how could he calculate time? Not sure he wants to try answering that question right now, Renne dons his "suit of armour" in at least some attempt to protect himself from the evils of Magic and begins on his way. Just where he intends to go is up for debate since you cannot very well find your way in the dark without a tool.

Perhaps...

Having at least an idea in his little head, the stubborn, bratty little bluething ventures carefully through the odd little magic-ridden town and to, eventually, its edge. He's not fond of the slightly damp ground but the still-moist air isn't so bad. First things first: Acquire material that isn't magic-soaked to fashion a proper cane. Re-learn walking upright (That shouldn't be too hard, should it?)

And finally: Figure or find out why these damnable headaches of his persist!

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"Eee....It go-t be strrrron-g, noh wig-gull. Haow lon-g is heerrrre."

When he mentions 'here', a hand/paw moves to a spot two inches below his Lifestone -- that is, the rather ugly scar on his chest with the glowing thing half-in it.

"Rrrrenne say than-k yeu, fohrrr hell-p."

Minato shakes his head. "It's no trouble."

As he glances around at the trees again, wondering what type would be most what Renne wants, a dilemma occurs to him, and he voices it. "... I don't have anything to cut wood with, but maybe we can find a fallen branch that will work for now, and if need be, we can maybe find a saw or something later."

"Eeee, Rrrrenne may-bee do cut."

And out unfurls a nice set of talons from his fingertips. They're nothing magical or hokey, just very sharp talons.

Minato peers at the claws. "You won't damage them on the wood?" he asks just to make sure.

"Well, let's see if we can find a tree with a good branch for it, then."

"Eee, noh. Is tuhff, rrraowrrr!"

That 'rowr' is in a very joking tone, although he is serious about his talons being quite tough. Chittering, Renne nods and drops back down to crawl after this Minato fellow.

...although the back of his mind still wonders how and why anything would want to randomly turn folks into dragons.

Minato periodically looks back at Renne to make sure he isn't walking too fast or anything and also simply to watch him, because Renne is not quite like anything Minato has ever encountered. But Minato alternates between that and looking ahead at various trees, examining them and trying to remember what types they are. Although a few times over the years he's lived in smaller towns that have more greenery, for the most part he's lived in and around cities, so he's really not all that familiar with trees. Still, eventually they reach one that he thinks is an oak. It has acorns, any rate, or what look like acorns, so he stops, looking up at the branches, looking for one that might fit Renne's requirements. He's not actually sure if oak really is the best suited to what Renne wants, but he's sure that if it isn't, Renne'll tell him.

"I.. think there's a branch in this one that might work?"

"Eee?"

Chittering, Renne catches up rather well to Minato -- running face first into the tree in question. Shaking it off and sniffing the tree, Renne gives it a test bite. Hmm...Tough. Yet flexible. Crunch. Spitting the chunk of tree he'd bitten out, Renne gives a small smile and a nod.

"Is goo-d. Is strrron-g."

Minato's eyes widen and he winces a bit as Renne runs face first into the tree. "Are you all right?" he asks, though the answer seems apparent as Renne shakes it off and actually bites the tree. Bites it. That -- Minato just stares a little. He supposes biting it might work for testing wood, though he's pretty sure his own jaw can't handle snapping chunks out of trees.

"Um... do you... need any help?"

He's not sure if Renne's just going to climb up the tree to find an appropriate branch or what, and especially in light of Renne just going ahead and biting the tree, Minato really has no expectations of what Renne will do.

"Eee...Haow big is yeu?"

Meaning how tall. While Renne's a good climber, he's not great with reach and the like. Crawling up the side of this particular tree, he inspects a low branch that (once again) he meets with his face.

He can cut it, sure, but getting it safely down is another story.

"Um -- I can reach that branch, if that's what you mean... Here, I'll hold it while you cut if, if you want...?"

And with that, he reaches up to take hold of the branch, hoping Renne doesn't smack his face on it again - that looks like it hurts.

"Eee, Rrrrenne say than-k yeu."

Luckily, there's no more face-smacking for the time being. Once he's sure his companion has the chosen branch held firm, Renne's teeth and talons get to work. Considering how he needs his cane shaped and such, this is a good bit more delicate than the straightforward chomping-a-chunk-off-of-a-tree of earlier.

"It's no trouble."

Minato does his best to hold the branch steady while Renne works, watching curiously as the little blue fellow works.

Chirp. It's not long now. Another scratch, another bite and...Snap! Off comes the branch with a victorious little yip from our blue odd-thing.

"Eeee, we go-t!"

When the branch detaches, Minato holds it up for a moment more before slowly lowering it and looking it over.

"Do you want me to break some of the offshoots off of the end, or will you do that yourself?"

"Eeee, if yeu wahn-t, yeu do. May-bee af-terrr, Rrrrenne pay yeu back."

He has a very weird concept of repaying someone, be it from a debt or as a matter of honour.

"Hm? No, you needn't worry about paying me back in any way. It's fine," Minato replies, shaking his head as he strips off any leaves and carefully breaks off any twigs before waiting for Renne to be in a position where Minato can hand the stick off. He doesn't want Renne to smack into it again.

He'll not get smacked this time. With his end of the branch coming decently along, the Renne gives a gentle tug -- a small tactual signal that he's ready to hold the thing off himself.

"Eeee, Rrrrenne s-till trry. Than-k yeu."

Minato gives the branch over and smiles a little. "Let me know if you need any more help with making the cane."

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