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arthur morgan. ([personal profile] redeemed) wrote in [community profile] aefenglom2020-05-03 08:27 pm

video; un: morgan

Name: Arthur Morgan
Date: Maiuril 2nd, evening
Format: video

[ The video opens upside-down; it appears the poster hasn't meant to actually use video. For any Witches gifted in Divination or dream-based magic, they may see, for a moment, that it looks like there is a golden glow of sun drenching the landscape, illuminating a stag who looks like it is making its way toward the outskirts of Aefenglom. One blink and it's gone, both stag and sun, and instead there is the sound of labored breathing and the deep blue of the evening - the only things that anyone without those magics would have picked up on. save the distant sight of the north-eastern section of the outer city. ]

Anyone- aw, shit-

[ The low Western drawl of Arthur Morgan clearly marks him as a Mirrorbound, and after a bit of fumbling, the compass is turned. His face, now bearded, still looks pale in the dark; there is dried blood along the line of his hair and running down the side of his cheek from under his hat. ]

Uh, anyone- around? Been out in the woods [ for... a few months... ] getting the lay of the land a bit - it's turning winter in there - and I got into it with one some of them Shades.

[ There's a howl in the distance and Arthur grimaces, drawing a wooden bow with enchantments carved into it. ]

I know they ain't gonna let me back in the city like this.

[ The compass tilts, and what he means by 'like this' is clear; the shadowy marks of a Cwyld infection are spreading from a savage, still-healing, almost definitely infected by more than the Cwyld bite on his opposite arm. ]

Did what I could for it, but with it bein' autumn and then winter out there, couldn't find a lot of the herbs I'd need.

[ Another howl sounds, closer this time - with a second going up to join it. His grimace turns into a scowl, and Arthur notches at arrow. ]

Follow the sound of the howls, I guess-

[ His compass is dropped down, the video bouncing as Arthur takes off at a jog before the feed cuts off. ]
fiddlestick: (oh no)

Video

[personal profile] fiddlestick 2020-05-04 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
[Well. That's worrying. Of course the local healer is responding]

Arthur! W-Where are you-

[Oops nope, the feed ended]

Crap. That can't be good at all...
fiddlestick: (elliot215)

Re: Video

[personal profile] fiddlestick 2020-05-05 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
A whole pack of coyotes and a shade? Oh boy...

[Way to make things as difficult as possible Arthur!!! ]

I can heal your infection, but I don't think I can take on that many fiends. We need to think of a way to shake them off your trail.
fiddlestick: (groans)

Re: Video

[personal profile] fiddlestick 2020-05-20 12:05 pm (UTC)(link)
It doesn't really...

[STILL A SHADE ARTHUR]

Hmm...are you a witch or a monster?
fiddlestick: (elliot246)

Video

[personal profile] fiddlestick 2020-06-01 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
[It's hard to tell you're such a grizzly man to this anime soft boy]

Okay- I don't suppose you've attended any of the classes have you?
fiddlestick: (elliot238)

Video

[personal profile] fiddlestick 2020-06-01 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
[To be fair, several of Elliot's friends completely skipped school]

Oh good! A lot of people skip, so...

[He clears his throat]

Anyway, maybe if you did a spell to throw them off your trail, that'd help. I got a spell that'll silent your movements. And maybe make an illusion spell of a smell or something...?
indispensabilis: (pic#13223785)

voice;

[personal profile] indispensabilis 2020-05-04 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ The Old West genre is popular with children in 1890, and even an isolated kid like Will Henry knows it. ]

Did, uhm-- Someone come help you. Are you all right?

[ Please say yes so he can ask if you're really a cowboy without feeling like a jerk. ]
indispensabilis: (pic#13223783)

voice;

[personal profile] indispensabilis 2020-05-05 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
[ Now he has to figure out what to say, doesn't he. He really needs to think of something better than 'are you a real cowboy'. He really. Really-- ]

Are you a real cowboy?
indispensabilis: (pic#13223786)

voice;

[personal profile] indispensabilis 2020-05-05 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
I'm from Connecticut. New Jerusalem. I've never seen that part of the country.

[ (Pretty sure that's a substitution for New Haven that the books use.) But now you know that this fifteen year old is a little East Coaster filled to the brim with stories and talk about what goes on Out West. ]

The Wild West shows make it seem really exciting, but that's probably just to take people's money, isn't it.

[ Ah, excited about cowboys but still jaded about it all. ]
indispensabilis: (pic#13256873)

voice;

[personal profile] indispensabilis 2020-05-05 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
I saw some in New York. They do a lot of tricks on horseback and with their guns, and they try to do rodeo stunts with all kinds of animals... but there's reenactments too. Outlaws robbing trains, and gunfights. Sometimes they're battle reenactments, soldiers and scouts defending everyone against the tribes. The really famous one has Buffalo Bill ride up at the end to avenge General Custer.

[ He had been taken by Mrs. Bates, who was attempting to instill some culture in him, and maybe also a little bit of fun. It had only sort've worked. Her younger son Reggie had enjoyed it a lot more. ]

We met a tribe when we travelled to the Bushland, up north. They weren't like the people in the show, but I don't think anyone cares.

[ Ruining people's fun by pointing out inaccurate representation, how dare you Will Henry. ]
indispensabilis: (pic#13223786)

voice;

[personal profile] indispensabilis 2020-05-05 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
It makes people feel better to invent monsters, instead of looking at themselves.

[ A murmur that he doesn't linger on. It's an ugly lesson he's been learning at the Doctor's side. ]

I'm glad it's not all fake, it would be disappointing if it wasn't a little exciting. Although I bet people don't really try to ride bears either, do they.
indispensabilis: (pic#13223786)

voice; wh will be ENTHUSED ok

[personal profile] indispensabilis 2020-05-18 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
Nature has a lot of ways to kill you.

[ And some of them are more horrible than others. Although he seems to realize this is a weird thing for a mostly uneducated Victorian child to know so he explains briefly, ]

My master is a scientist, and some of the things he studies are very good at killing. He's studying the Cwyld now that we're both here.
indispensabilis: (Default)

voice; i beeturn from the deep

[personal profile] indispensabilis 2020-06-10 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
I'm his apprentice.

[ Sometimes. Sort of. It's a much tidier way of explaining it than explaining that he can't fathom leaving the old bastard after years of emotional abuse. ]

He studies which monsters are real and which ones aren't. A few years ago the scientists had a big fight about the Wendigo, about whether or not to include it or if the people who claimed to be possessed by it were just traumatized and starving from getting lost out in the woods.

[ Will Henry would very much like to not talk about his own opinion on the matter. ]
indispensabilis: (pic#13256873)

[personal profile] indispensabilis 2020-06-21 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
[ God. A real cowboy fighting monsters. Is this possibly the best day of his life? ]

I'm Will Henry, by the way.

[ He normally wouldn't introduce himself to some random adult without being asked, the vast majority weren't interested. But he definitely feels like Arthur has stories that he would like to hear in the future. ]
zewu_jun: (pic#13795239)

video; un: zewu-jun

[personal profile] zewu_jun 2020-05-06 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
I can provide some assistance.

[At least a bit. Although curing Cwyld infection on his own will be questionable, he can at least offer some help, he thinks. That's better than leaving the poor man out there.]

Please tell me how to find you.
zewu_jun: (pic#13795282)

video; no problem!

[personal profile] zewu_jun 2020-05-18 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
I will come at once.

[He does, moving as he leaves the video connected.]

Can you defend yourself or are you in a place to hide for the meantime?

[At least the travel doesn't seem too bad, although depending on how hurt the man is, getting back might be a bigger problem.]
zewu_jun: (pic#13795831)

video;

[personal profile] zewu_jun 2020-06-01 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
I will be as swift as I can. Please conserve your strength for the time being.

[ At least he has a sword and some spells that he can make work. ]

If they cannot reach you, then for now it would be best to wait.

[ Normally he could just fly wherever he wanted to go. This is why cultivation is important. At least he does go as fast as he can -- and with light on him, which is a plus. ]
zewu_jun: (pic#13795250)

[personal profile] zewu_jun 2020-06-01 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
[Lan Xichen is at least learning some specific spells. One is directing wind, which, while not bringing any hurricanes, does blow a chill that can draw some attention toward himself. The notes of a flute send the magic shooting out like needles through the pack, informing them that there is a new target approaching. He places a torch down when he arrives as a marker, then hurries to the building where Arthur is taking shelter.]

Stay there!

[He calls up, not sure if there are already coyotes inside the ruins and making their way to Arthur, but he draws his sword on the ones he can see.]
zewu_jun: (pic#13795261)

[personal profile] zewu_jun 2020-06-21 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
[ He's right about that: there isn't much by way of retreat with the coyotes around. And Lan Xichen doesn't know yet how bad Arthur's condition might be. It could be very difficult for them both if they tried to make an escape. With the way the odds looked, apparently violence really was the only recourse.

At least the animals circling him don't seem overly large or assisted by magic like the Shade might be. However, Lan Xichen notices that near miss when Arthur's arrow comes snapping and popping by him, striking down one coyote just before it snaps. He watches the electricity ripple off to the nearby creatures, sending up an acrid smell of burning hair. The edge of his sword comes down as it passes, slicing across through the chaos and cutting into a few of the closest coyotes just before he continues toward the building remains. The rest may regroup soon, but he can gain a bit more distance.]


Sir?

[As he reaches the building, he turns and pulls out the flute again. Even though he's not that experienced yet, he casts the wind spell again, trying to at least create enough of a threat to feel intimidating after they had received repeated injuries to their numbers. Then he turns and hurries up to the roof to check the more important matter of Arthur's health.]

Are you able to stand up?
ressusciter: (stone.)

/private, un: avenger/

[personal profile] ressusciter 2020-05-07 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
I see you already have volunteers for healing you.

Are they going to come with any fighters to shield them, or are those still a necessity?
ressusciter: (003.)

it's ok!!

[personal profile] ressusciter 2020-05-18 06:01 am (UTC)(link)
[on the other side of the device, he's rolling his eyes. he dislikes using any function other than text, but his hand is forced. he'll switch to voice then, the tone that comes through cool and controlled.]

If they need protection or wish it, I can offer myself. I have more than enough confidence that I can handle as many coyotes as would try to interfere.
bolstafir: (pic#13733742)

video; un: dustyoldcrow

[personal profile] bolstafir 2020-05-07 10:34 am (UTC)(link)
I'll lend a hand. Which direction from the Wall?

[He's assuming there will be a lot of howls from unrelated Shades en route tbh.]
bolstafir: (pic#13754130)

no worries! fell over for a bit on tags myself. to action?

[personal profile] bolstafir 2020-05-23 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
Got it. I should be there in twenty.

[Factoring in delays for fite and anything that might go wrong on the way. Original abilities suppressed or not, you don't spend nearly forty years as a harbinger of misfortune and not expect these things, after all. It's only a shame he can't turn into a bird anymore, really; he could shave off a chunk of that time that way.]
bolstafir: (pic#14033112)

we'll just keep crawling along

[personal profile] bolstafir 2020-06-07 10:24 am (UTC)(link)
[While Arthur is working with arrows, Qrow's out here with a truly ridiculous weapon that does double duty as a sword and a shotgun. So when he finds Morgan atop said roof, he turns to the direction Morgan's pointing, and said lead coyote takes a shotgun shell to the face before he launches himself at the remainder of the lot, scythe spun around him as he spills blood and viscera everywhere. Has he mentioned this is his least favorite part of Shades, by the way? At least Grimm had the decency to crumble into dust when they died. Scythe still in hand, he calls up to Morgan, then.]

Your arm okay to climb down?