The note catches Edwards' attention, stopping to read the words and lingering on the “reward” part of it, stroking his chin with a smile. A reward? How could he say no? Being lost in his own thoughts he almost jumps as Silas approaches, he smooths out his fur and coat as the guild leaders explains to him what to do, with a curt nod and confident walk he makes his way over to this Bill cat to have his story told.
“Greetings.” He holds out his paw for a shake. “Edward Garance, Wayseeker, I’m here to recount what I’ve experienced in the Stone Forest.” He flashes a smile before pulling out a chair and sitting down. Edward already knew and had told his account of his version of this story a number of times already, might as well get it down on paper, and for a reward? There just aren’t any downsides to this! Perhaps he should think about hiring someone to start writing his memoirs after this… just to get a headstart, it just makes sense.
“Me and my took the northeast path of the forest where countless catfolks had ended up missing, dubbing it The Captured Path. Of course, as a Wayseeker, we couldn’t sit idly by! Our team braved this path together to find ourselves becoming trapped by some sort of magical means at a clearing with a pond. Naturally, my keen eye noticed that something was amiss with the reflection, they did not initially match. Once realizing this it didn’t take long to solve the puzzle, the pond turned itself into a portal and we found one of the trapped cats on the other side. Saving this poor merchant from the forest trap.”
Edward gets really into his own head when retelling the story. Completely omitting how he was the only one in his team that didn’t even want to go to the capture path in fear of becoming trapped himself. And, of course, he has to take most of the credit for solving the puzzle.
“Next morning we went down a middle path towards the center when we got ambushed by a giant caterpillar like Boundless holding a laurelstone shard. We fought it back when another one, a moth this time, picked me up! Flew me to a big tree to drop me down, but you see cats typically land on their feet, I was fine - hah! - Or else I wouldn’t be here right? But it didn’t stop there, from a cocoon a second moth was emerging. Yes, a cocoon! It was disgusting, those things are hostile and filled with rage from birth unfortunately. Rest assured all the three of those were beaten back and stopped moving once the shard was out of the caterpillar's hands… It must all be connected somehow.”
Edward strokes his chin, looking up thoughtfully. He once more omits the details of him being picked up by a moth because he tried to run away, he landed by crashing into his teammate Chives, but whatever! Don’t sweat the details. He left out any mentions of the ghosts the night they camped, he had so quickly passed out, it wasn’t worth bringing up… wasn’t that just a nightmare?
“Now… we all reconvened at the center with the giant laurelstone… or that would have happened if there wasn’t for the slew of boundless that poured into the cave as soon as we got too close to the center. They attacked it relentlessly until it exploded, it was a powerful shock wave that sent us all back. It’s still a mystery as to why they did it as it seems it caused their own demise… How foolish.” he shakes his head. “But still, we all came back after that explosion, our story couldn’t end there after all. There are still so many questions left unanswered, where the Boundless come from and their connection to the magic and laurelstone. I want you to put on the record that us Wayseekers won’t rest until we find it!”
He looks determined, arms folded and nodding, pleased with his account. He waits for his reward and then makes his way out of the library. This first expedition had been a mess and he hated almost every minute of it, but if it was going to be worth it at all, the least he could do was to record it where he sounded as good and heroic as possible from it.
Summersdale
The note catches Edwards' attention, stopping to read the words and lingering on the “reward” part of it, stroking his chin with a smile. A reward? How could he say no? Being lost in his own thoughts he almost jumps as Silas approaches, he smooths out his fur and coat as the guild leaders explains to him what to do, with a curt nod and confident walk he makes his way over to this Bill cat to have his story told.
“Greetings.” He holds out his paw for a shake. “Edward Garance, Wayseeker, I’m here to recount what I’ve experienced in the Stone Forest.” He flashes a smile before pulling out a chair and sitting down. Edward already knew and had told his account of his version of this story a number of times already, might as well get it down on paper, and for a reward? There just aren’t any downsides to this! Perhaps he should think about hiring someone to start writing his memoirs after this… just to get a headstart, it just makes sense.
“Me and my took the northeast path of the forest where countless catfolks had ended up missing, dubbing it The Captured Path. Of course, as a Wayseeker, we couldn’t sit idly by! Our team braved this path together to find ourselves becoming trapped by some sort of magical means at a clearing with a pond. Naturally, my keen eye noticed that something was amiss with the reflection, they did not initially match. Once realizing this it didn’t take long to solve the puzzle, the pond turned itself into a portal and we found one of the trapped cats on the other side. Saving this poor merchant from the forest trap.”
Edward gets really into his own head when retelling the story. Completely omitting how he was the only one in his team that didn’t even want to go to the capture path in fear of becoming trapped himself. And, of course, he has to take most of the credit for solving the puzzle.
“Next morning we went down a middle path towards the center when we got ambushed by a giant caterpillar like Boundless holding a laurelstone shard. We fought it back when another one, a moth this time, picked me up! Flew me to a big tree to drop me down, but you see cats typically land on their feet, I was fine - hah! - Or else I wouldn’t be here right? But it didn’t stop there, from a cocoon a second moth was emerging. Yes, a cocoon! It was disgusting, those things are hostile and filled with rage from birth unfortunately. Rest assured all the three of those were beaten back and stopped moving once the shard was out of the caterpillar's hands… It must all be connected somehow.”
Edward strokes his chin, looking up thoughtfully. He once more omits the details of him being picked up by a moth because he tried to run away, he landed by crashing into his teammate Chives, but whatever! Don’t sweat the details. He left out any mentions of the ghosts the night they camped, he had so quickly passed out, it wasn’t worth bringing up… wasn’t that just a nightmare?
“Now… we all reconvened at the center with the giant laurelstone… or that would have happened if there wasn’t for the slew of boundless that poured into the cave as soon as we got too close to the center. They attacked it relentlessly until it exploded, it was a powerful shock wave that sent us all back. It’s still a mystery as to why they did it as it seems it caused their own demise… How foolish.” he shakes his head. “But still, we all came back after that explosion, our story couldn’t end there after all. There are still so many questions left unanswered, where the Boundless come from and their connection to the magic and laurelstone. I want you to put on the record that us Wayseekers won’t rest until we find it!”
He looks determined, arms folded and nodding, pleased with his account. He waits for his reward and then makes his way out of the library. This first expedition had been a mess and he hated almost every minute of it, but if it was going to be worth it at all, the least he could do was to record it where he sounded as good and heroic as possible from it.
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