Minebound roleplays

[mineboundrp]

Open Starter

[mc-outreachrp]

mineboundrp:

SwiftRiver stopped at the door that led to the Mechanical room, or engine room. He quickly entered the pin on the pad near the side of the door. The door opened with a loud swoosh. “its in here.”

Willow shrugged to herself, she got on her feet and went into another corridor than the other three went to. The corridor that she went through had the bedrooms and the training space. She was heading to the training space, she could use some target practice and some more training on her reflexes and acrobatics.

S.A.I.L went through some of the ship’s footage to see how the engines were sabotaged, but ad no luck, footage had been erased. Whoever did it, knew their way around a Protectorate Exploration vessel.

“Let’s see what your problem’s all about then, eh?” Arvin said, rubbing his hands together as he entered. “Hopefully for you the engine is similar enough in make for me to handle.”

When Scott reached the door to the Engine Room, he turned around to check for Willow, since he noticed that she wasn’t around them now that he had stopped to look around himself. Did she decide to remain where they left her to rest? Or had she gone somewhere else?

“Uh…Swiftriver, you think it’s all right if we leave Willow all alone like that? What if she gets another breakdown?”

[mineboundrp]

"We got a pretty damn big engine to run the ship, might shut it down completely so you could get a better look." He went to a panel on the wall, it then lit up a soft blue.

On the panel's screen was a figure from the midsection up. It was featureless, well other than a mouth, this here was S.A.I.L's main hub.

S.A.I.L moved the figure so it waved. "Discovered my control panel, have you?"

SwiftRiver then acknowledged Scott's remark. "Willow probably got up and went to keep herself busy, she can't sit still for long, she'll either go crazy or annoy us.. Well mainly me for the rest of the day" he then looked at the control panel. "Speaking of that, what is Willow doing?"

The A.I spoke once again and even showed footage. "It looks like she is working on her agility, and creating a good bit a thermal energy by doing so"

The footage showed Willow jumping on platforms several feet apart with ease, and the side showed a thermal reading of the interior of the training room, which was about 90° F already in the short timeframe of her being in there.

"Novakids are able to create immense amounts of heat from extreme emotions, like rage and excitement, SwiftRiver, even though several feet away, has felt a fraction of the heat Captian Willow can create when she is on the verge of snapping" The A.I remarked proudly.

[mineboundrp]

Open Starter

[mc-outreachrp]

mineboundrp:

Willow looked up at Scott. “After the attack, my core was pretty much unstable for about a week or two, I would have ‘episodes’ at the least once a day, but after a week or two, they started to become more spread out and less violent, both me and Swiftriver assume it’s my core oh so slowly repairin’ itself.” she handed Scott his jacket back, before her temperature got too high for her to touch it. Right after her little ‘episodes’ her temperature would spike up, but would level itself out in about half an hour. Faint ‘stars’ could be seen on her face and within her flame. She sat up straight, having regained most of her energy.

Swiftriver rubbed the back of his neck and turned to Arv. “I’ll show you, where the engine is.” He began walking down a corridor.

A couple of pictures could be seen in said corridor, a picture of the crew, with Swiftriver on the right, towards the back and Willow on the left towards the front, there were a couple of more aliens, one that was just a tad taller than Swiftriver, and looked like it was a humanoid plant-like creature, with compound eyes, who was next to swiftriver, and a humanoid bird, with black and dark-grey feathers, who was right next to Willow.

The other picture on the other hand was a picture of four novakids, one of course was Willow, the shortest one in the picture, and there was two novakids with metal brands on their faces and no mouths, one a bright blue, like Willow’s eyes, and the other was white with a star shaped brand. The last novakid was that of a orange hue, with a ‘V’ for a metal brand and a mouth, that said novakid was Willow’s deceased older brother.

Both pictures had the glass in their frames cracked and broken, which were results of the attack.

He thanked her quietly as he received his jacket. The fabric was warm to the touch, as if it had been laid out to bake in the sun.

“I sure hope so.” He replied, his brows forming a concerned line. It sounded like such a worrisome effort, to have to scramble around for this at seemingly unpredictable times. It would be a serious shame if it happened at an inconvenient moment.

Both brothers followed Swiftriver to the engine. Although Scott knew that he didn’t have anything to offer for the repair job (other than maybe an extra hand or two), he went out of curiosity. He had never seen the inside of a spaceship before.

As they passed the pictures, he paused in front of the one depicting Swiftriver, Willow, and two others that he didn’t recognize. He assumed they were the “other two” that his acquaintances had referred to, and though he wanted to ask to confirm this, he didn’t have the heart to bring up the question. He gripped his cane a little tighter, eyeing the damage done to the frames that held the pictures. But as he saw the pair walking further away, he scrambled to catch up with them, shoes clunking heavily against the ship’s floor.

[mineboundrp]

SwiftRiver stopped at the door that led to the Mechanical room, or engine room. He quickly entered the pin on the pad near the side of the door. The door opened with a loud swoosh. “its in here.”

Willow shrugged to herself, she got on her feet and went into another corridor than the other three went to. The corridor that she went through had the bedrooms and the training space. She was heading to the training space, she could use some target practice and some more training on her reflexes and acrobatics.

S.A.I.L went through some of the ship’s footage to see how the engines were sabotaged, but ad no luck, footage had been erased. Whoever did it, knew their way around a Protectorate Exploration vessel.

[mineboundrp]

Open Starter

[mc-outreachrp]

mineboundrp:

S.A.I.L went quiet after his own remark, he continued to keep check on his captain’s temperature.

Blitz poked Willow’s cheek with his snout every now and then, as if to check her temperature. His ears also seemed to twitch, as if he heard willow making sounds at a frequency none of the others, or even S.A.I.L could hear or detect.

Willow was warming up as well as her flame getting higher and her bright colors returning. Her core soon started to retreat back into her chest. “i-i’ll be fine now, thanks” she smiled gingerly.

Swiftriver smiled softly once he saw her colors and flame start to go back to normal, and the blue glow in her chest slowly go away. “that was a lot quicker than normal, hothead.”

Willow looked at her companion in annoyance, “im assuming my core is slowly repairing itself, fishy”

Swiftriver’s ear fins flapped as his face turned a darker shade of blue, as if he was blushing. He didn’t have a comeback for the nickname she commonly used for him, and by the gods did he HATE that nickname.

As soon as he saw Swiftriver smile, Scott let out a breath he didn’t know he was holding. His shoulders sagged as the sigh left him. His scarred and hairy arms crossed over each other while he looked on at the pair, producing a smile of his own.

“Does this happen often?” He asked, combing his fingers through his hair. “Kinda impressive how you guys live day to day not knowing when the next heart attack’s going to happen.”

His brother knew the tenseness that his tone had taken. But Arv said nothing, remaining in his isolated spot. His hands, which were clenched when things were getting serious, relaxed slightly. It was no lie that the returning wellness of one of his clients relieved him as well. However, there was a job to be done. And quite frankly, they had already paid for their repairs just then. Or rather, it did.

“So is there anyone that can show me just what needs that fixing? ‘Cause I can see that you guys are busy over there. What about you?” The engineer directed the last question at S.A.I.L., looking up at the ceiling as if expecting it to reply. He was expecting anyone to reply, really. He began to tap his foot in a show of impatience.

[mineboundrp]

Willow looked up at Scott. “After the attack, my core was pretty much unstable for about a week or two, I would have ‘episodes’ at the least once a day, but after a week or two, they started to become more spread out and less violent, both me and Swiftriver assume it’s my core oh so slowly repairin’ itself.” she handed Scott his jacket back, before her temperature got too high for her to touch it. Right after her little ‘episodes’ her temperature would spike up, but would level itself out in about half an hour. Faint ‘stars’ could be seen on her face and within her flame. She sat up straight, having regain most of her energy.

Swiftriver rubbed the back of his neck and turned to Arv. “i’ll show you, where the engine is.” he began walking down a corridor.

A couple of pictures could be seen in said corridor, a picture of the crew, with swiftriver on the right, towards the back and Willow on the left towards the front, there were a couple of more aliens, one that was just a tad taller than swiftriver, and looked like it was a humanoid plant-like creature, with compound eyes, who was next to swiftriver, and a humanoid bird, with black and dark-grey feathers, who was right next to willow.

The other picture on the other hand was a picture of four novakids, one of course was Willow, the shortest one in the picture, and there was two novakids with metal brands on their faces and no mouths, one a bright blue, like willow’s eyes, and the other was white with a star shaped brand. The last novakid was that of a orange hue, with a ‘V’ for a metal brand and a mouth, that said novakid was willow’s deceased older brother.

Both pictures had the glass in their frames cracked and broken, which were results of the attack.

[mineboundrp]

Open Starter

[mc-outreachrp]

mineboundrp:

“Outdated?! That is very unlikely, mister, I did a full maintenance scan only days before the attack, and one right after, just to make sure everything was in working order and nothing was sabotaged by the bastard who killed two crew members and almost succeeding in killing Captain O-Wisp, and everything was working just fine, if I needed to upgrade, I would’ve done so remotely” The A.I spoke again, and sounded somewhat irritated.

Swiftriver turned his head to Scott, after both him and S.A.I.L mentioned something about Willow’s core. All three of his eyes widened and he rushed to Willow’s room, grabbing what looked like a thick, black blanket. He went over to willow, wrapped her in the blanket, scooped her, and then proceeded to sit her on the couch. He then whistled softly. “Blitz!” he motioned to willow.

Blitz jumped onto the couch and climbed into her lap, helping to keep her warm.

Swiftriver double-checked to make sure Willow would stay warm. “Willow needs to stay warm and get her temperature up, or it can eventually be fatal to her…”

Oh. Oh god. This wasn’t just an automatic greeting system, this was a full on sentient A.I. And it was back talking him, too. Just wonderful. Just great. Just fan-freaking-tastic.

But with the capability to show expressions? Admittedly impressive.

Despite all of that, he didn’t have the time nor the heart to show any of his thoughts outwardly. He thought it rude to do so while something serious was going on; he knew he was being a prick, but he was a prick with standards.

“Yes, yes, okay, whatever- I think you have something more important to take care of right now.” He said hastily, gesturing vaguely in the pair’s direction. However, he made no move to help with the situation at hand. He didn’t know what to do–another feeling that he kept to himself.

Scott wordlessly nodded and briskly walked over to the menagerie of concerned friends. Balancing his cane on a leg, he shook off his long coat and carefully placed it around Willow. Another layer couldn’t hurt, right? She needed to stay warm.

The brothers stood tensely where they were, hoping for the best.

[mineboundrp]

S.A.I.L went quiet after his own remark, he continued to keep check on his captain’s temperature.

Blitz poked Willow’s cheek with his snout every now and then, as if to check her temperature. His ears also seemed to twitch, as if he heard willow making sounds at a frequency none of the others, or even S.A.I.L could hear or detect.

Willow was warming up as well as her flame getting higher and her bright colors returning. Her core soon started to retreat back into her chest. “i-i’ll be fine now, thanks” she smiled gingerly.

Swiftriver smiled softly once he saw her colors and flame start to go back to normal, and the blue glow in her chest slowly go away. “that was a lot quicker than normal, hothead.”

Willow looked at her companion in annoyance, “im assuming my core is slowly repairing itself, fishy”

Swiftriver’s ear fins flapped as his face turned a darker shade of blue, as if he was blushing. He didn’t have a comeback for the nickname she commonly used for him, and by the gods did he HATE that nickname.

[mineboundrp]

Open Starter

[mc-outreachrp]

mineboundrp:

Swiftriver huffed as his gills flared. “the tech isn’t that outdated that we had no other choice but to upgrade, other ships had the same technology, last time I checked, which was not long before we got attacked.”

There was a robotic voice as soon as they walked in. “Welcome home Captain O-Wisp and Sergeant SwiftRiver.” It’s voice seemed upbeat, if that was even possible.

“Hey S.A.I.L” The hylotl smiled somewhat.

As soon as Willow entered her colors became muted, her flame dimmed so much it was barely flickering, she began wheezing and lost her balance, so she had to hold onto the door frame to keep from falling. A glowing bright blue orb can be seen from under her clothes, that just happened to be her core becoming unstable.

S.A.I.L spoke once more in a lower tone. “Captain your internal temperatures are dropping fast, your core is becoming unstable isn’t it?”

Arvin huffed back and crossed his arms in retaliation.

“My point still stands. Tech gets outdated fast.”

As the voice spoke upon their entry, Arvin frowned at the ceiling of the ship. Automatic greeting system, great. Those always annoyed him, the disembodied voices and the underlying tinny tones. And this one actually managed to sound delighted by its pilots’ arrivals.

The mood was much less comical after the second pair entered the ship. Scott, who was walking behind Willow, noticed the immediate change in her state of health. Flickering flames and shallow breathing. A blue orb becoming visible from under her shirt? That was probably the core they were talking about earlier.

Scott readied himself to catch her if she happened to fall, but other than that, he stood there, watching her helplessly.

“Are you all right?” Well, clearly she was not. He gave the rest of the group a desperate glance and asked to no one in particular, “Uhm, how do you make the core not unstable again?”

[mineboundrp]

“Outdated?! That is very unlikely, mister, I did a full maintenance scan only days before the attack, and one right after, just to make sure everything was in working order and nothing was sabotaged by the bastard who killed two crew members and almost succeeding in killing Captain O-Wisp, and everything was working just fine, if I needed to upgrade, I would’ve done so remotely” The A.I spoke again, and sounded somewhat irritated.

Swiftriver turned his head to Scott, after both him and S.A.I.L mentioned something about Willow’s core. All three of his eyes widened and he rushed to Willow’s room, grabbing what looked like a thick, black blanket. He went over to willow, wrapped her in the blanket, scooped her, and then proceeded to sit her on the couch. He then whistled softly. “Blitz!” he motioned to willow.

Blitz jumped onto the couch and climbed into her lap, helping to keep her warm.

Swiftriver double-checked to make sure willow would stay warm. “Willow needs to stay warm and get her temperature up, or it can eventually be fatal to her...”

[mineboundrp]

Open Starter

[mc-outreachrp]

mineboundrp:

“ well back when we got it, it was the best, but technology got better, and we never bothered to upgrade, Crowfeather wouldn’t have it” He chuckled and opened the door with a press of a button.

There was a fast moving, yellow blur that sped past SwiftRiver and went to Willow, upon stopping, it was the yellow dog creature he had described earlier.

Willow petted the dog’s head and played with it’s half-pricked ears, happily. “ ‘Ey Blitz!” She smiled and walked in, after her fishy friend and the engineer. Blitz soon following behind her after sniffing at Scott.

Arv shook his head clicked his tongue disappointedly in response to Swiftriver’s story. “And that is one of the first reasons why you have a broken ship. Old tech stops listening to you after a- hOLY-”

Although he was warned beforehand of energetic pets onboard, it was still startling to see a yellow blur flash past him as soon as the door opened. He spent a glance back to see what it was—some yellow dog-thing, of course they had a dog-thing—then turned to hurry inside.

Scott, on the other hand, was never told of any pet or thing that was also living on the ship. He jumped, or rather, he stumbled awkwardly, at the sudden appearance of a yellow dog-creature in front of Willow, almost accidentally hitting it with his cane as he tried to keep his balance.

“O-oh! Uh. H’llo, Blitz.” He said, following Willow’s example in greeting the new creature. He waved at the thing instead of petting its head, then nervously shoved his hand into his pocket. A sheepish grin replaced his previously surprised face.

“Jumpy little fellow, huh?”

[mineboundrp]

Swiftriver huffed as his gills flared. “the tech isn’t that outdated that we had no other choice but to upgrade, other ships had the same technology, last time I checked, which was not long before we got attacked.”

There was a robotic voice as soon as they walked in. “Welcome home Captain O-Wisp and Sergeant SwiftRiver.” It’s voice seemed upbeat, if that was even possible.

“Hey S.A.I.L” The hylotl smiled somewhat.

As soon as Willow entered her colors became muted, her flame dimmed so much it was barely flickering, she began wheezing and lost her balance, so she had to hold onto the door frame to keep from falling. A glowing bright blue orb can be seen from under her clothes, that just happened to be her core becoming unstable.

S.A.I.L spoke once more in a lower tone. “Captain your internal temperatures are dropping fast,  your core is becoming unstable isn’t it?”

[mineboundrp]

Open Starter

[mc-outreachrp]

mineboundrp:

SwiftRiver quietly thanked Scott and walked towards Arv. “If you’re looking on how to get to the engines, you have to go inside, and I admit we don’t have the most advanced stuff in the Protectorate, but it works.. well worked, so we didn’t complain.”

He walked towards the door, and remembered Blitz and Luci, his and Willow’s pets. “i’m gonna warn you before we go inside, there is a two headed albino serpent that is of decent size, and a hyper-active dog-like creature that is kinda like Willow over there.” he nodded towards Willow. “but they are peaceful and won’t attack you, they are our pets.”

Willow looked at Scott, “wanna go inside too?” she smiled softly. She hoped that he would accept the request, she needed to put her revolver away and get into more comfortable clothes, she felt her core acting up again, and would have to warn Swiftriver, before it became unstable and cool down considerably.

Arv sighed and waved a hand for Swiftriver to lead the way. Boy, were these strangers a riot. “With a cheap, dinged up ship like this, I’m not terribly surprised that it’s not the best.”

He peeled himself off of the metal casing followed his gilled acquaintance to the ship’s entrance. He definitely seemed more disappointed than bored by the fact that this wasn’t as great as he imagined a supposed spaceship would be. Of course, he had yet to see the inside. But before he could even show a hint of a hopeful expression, his face pulled off something more along the lines of disgust.

“Pets. Wahnderful.” And a godforsaken snake-thing to boot, but he didn’t bother saying this. “Thank you for the warning. Hurry up so I can fix your thing and go.” Even if he didn’t get to see anything cool, he thought it more worthwhile to do at least something productive before leaving. He walked at least several hours to get here for Notch’s sake.

Scott, on the other hand, glanced over at his brother and Swiftriver, easily catching the engineer’s discomfort. Interesting. He took that time to ponder over her question, answering with his own slight smile.

“Gladly! There’s not much to do out here, anyway.” He bowed and extended a hand towards the ship. “After you.”

[mineboundrp]

“ well back when we got it, it was the best, but technology got better, and we never bothered to upgrade, Crowfeather wouldn’t have it” He chuckled and opened the door with a press of a button.

There was a fast moving, yellow blur that sped past SwiftRiver and went to Willow, upon stopping, it was the yellow dog creature he had described earlier.

Willow petted the dog’s head and played with it’s half-pricked ears, happily. “ ‘Ey Blitz!” She smiled and walked in, after her fishy friend and the engineer. Blitz soon following behind her after sniffing at Scott.

[mineboundrp]

Open Starter

[mc-outreachrp]

mineboundrp:

Willow restrained from smirking from Arv not believing they weren’t from the planet they were on now, She was a literal ball of hydrogen and stardust, you could even see stars on her cheeks and through her ‘flame’ hair, sure they had faded from her core nearly being shattered, but you could still faintly see them without getting a closer look. She didn’t know Mod Lands were and as she started to turn to walk she chuckled. “Its a good walk aways from here, and what are the Mod Lands?”

Swiftriver shrugged Arv’s disbelief off and waited for what his reaction would be once they got to the ship, he heard Willow’s question about the Mod Lands and wondered what they were as well. “Yeah… What are they?” He followed the group best he could, webbed feet made it hard to walk on land, but in the water it was completely different.

On the way to the ship, both Swiftriver and Willow shared some tales of their own, or what they could remember in Willow’s case. The ship was quite large, it had plenty of space for housing the once four member crew that inhabited it. The colors mostly consisted of grays and oranges and on the side was what looked like a broken ‘n’ with small, rectangle shapes that resembled wings.

The engineer followed behind the group with crossed arms, watching their backs with a neutral, and frankly distrusting, look.

“Fuckin’ ‘ell niña, a far walk? Ach, I should have known with you crazy people.” He muttered, pulling his arms further inwards. He released the tension shortly after, however, glancing up at the inquiring pair with a sigh. “The Mod Lands are…eh, an interesting place. More than a couple of crazies and magic and space-y things come from there. Like you. But we’re in the Vanillands,” he said, leaving a pause for an unnecessary, annoyed grunt, “and here everything is plain and boring. Nothing from the Mod Lands works here. And I hope to change that very soon.”

He remained silent after that, seemingly lost in his own thoughts. Scott fell in step with him as they walked, listening in on his acquaintances’ stories and ramblings from behind them. He found them to be entertaining and affable, at the very least, chuckling or smiling in response to their tales.

——

They had left the city limits a couple of hours ago. The brothers kept up the pace with them, but it was obvious that both were tired from the several-hour long expedition, Arvin seemingly more so than his sibling. Nevertheless, the two continued on side by side

Once they were nearing the ship, Arv immediately walked past the group at a brisk pace, arriving at the site of the broken ship and inspecting its readily visible features. He raised a leg to give it a light kick, but thought better of it and put his foot back down.

“I’ve seen rockets with better make and condition that this,” he muttered to himself, frowning at the hull of the ship. “You still gotta show me something cool,” he shouted over his shoulder, now placing his hands on the metal outside, running his searching fingers along the seams.

“I think he’s looking for a way to get into its insides,” Scott whispered to the two, sidling up to a space behind and between them. “Remember all the wires back at home? He likes to see how things work.”

[mineboundrp]

SwiftRiver quietly thanked Scott and walked towards Arv. “If you’re looking on how to get to the engines, you have to go inside, and I admit we don’t have the most advanced stuff in the Protectorate, but it works.. well worked, so we didn’t complain.” 

He walked towards the door, and remembered Blitz and Luci, his and Willow’s pets. “im gonna warn you before we go inside, there is a two headed albino serpent that is of decent size, and a hyper-active dog-like creature that is kinda like Willow over there.” he nodded towards Willow. “but they are peaceful and wont attack you, they are our pets.”

Willow looked at Scott, “wanna go inside too?” she smiled softly. She hoped that he would accept the request, she needed to put her revolver away and get into more comfortable clothes, she felt her core acting up again, and would have to warn Swiftriver, before it became unstable and cool down considerably.

[mineboundrp]

Open Starter

[mc-outreachrp]

mineboundrp:

Willow’s mood changed once again, the comforting words and the light chat made her flame burn brighter. “yeah im glad we have each other too, thanks…” she smiled softly, a small, thin line of bright blue.

Swiftriver, after seeing willow’s mood improve, made him smile softly as well, showing some teeth.

“Yeah, it is fortunate that we landed ‘ere, if your brother can’ fix our engines, I wouldn’ mind stayin’ at all.” The novakid raised her head up high and chuckled softly.

Swiftriver nodded in agreement. “i wouldn’t mind either.”

Once arriving at the building Willow looked at Arv and spoke. “will you mind takin’ a look at the engines in our ship, we would appreciate it.”

Stretching his back, the man turned fully toward the guests and wiped gloved hands on his gray smither’s apron. Arv squinted at the strangers, a hard gaze focused at them, then at his brother, then back at them. He shrugged, actively looking disinterested in the request by inspecting whatever smudge was on his hand.

“Eh, depends,” he replied, his words carrying a hint of nonchalance and a Spanish accent, the latter being something that his brother lacked in his own speech. “How much are we looking at?”

“If you’ll allow it, nothing.” He saw the engineer raise another eyebrow in impending refusal, but he quickly added, “Of course, in monetary value. They’re travelers, Arvin. Space travelers! I know how much you keep complaining about how simple the tech around here is.”

“‘Space travelers’? Pah! Now I know you’re joking. They’re probably just foreigners from the Mod Lands.” Arv waved a hand at them as if dismissing the thought, but he couldn’t hide his look of interest. In fact, he even paused for a full second to mull over some thoughts of his own. He spoke up again, starting slowly and picking up the pace as he went on.

“Tell you what, you take me to your ship and show me something cool, then I will gladly look at and fix your engines. So.” Without turning his head to look, he swiped his toolbox, which was almost overflowing with different assortments of tools and trinkets, off of a table and tossed it carelessly into his inventory. “Show me this space ship, ‘space travelers’.”

[mineboundrp]

Willow restrained from smirking from Arv not believing they weren’t from the planet they were on now, She was a literal ball of hydrogen and stardust, you could even see stars on her cheeks and through her ‘flame’ hair, sure they had faded from her core nearly being shattered, but you could still faintly see them without getting a closer look. She didn’t know Mod Lands were and as she started to turn to walk she chuckled. “Its a good walk aways from here, and what are the Mod Lands?”

Swiftriver shrugged Arv’s disbelief off and waited for what his reaction would be once they got to the ship, he heard Willow’s question about the Mod Lands and wondered what they were as well. “Yeah... What are they?” He followed the group best he could, webbed feet made it hard to walk on land, but in the water it was completely different.

On the way to the ship, both Swiftriver and Willow shared some tales of their own, or what they could remember in Willow’s case. The ship was quite large, it had plenty of space for housing the once four member crew that inhabited it. The colors mostly consisted of grays and oranges and on the side was what looked like a broken ‘n’ with small, rectangle shapes that resembled wings.

[mineboundrp]

Open Starter

[mc-outreachrp]

mineboundrp:

Swiftriver knew that the crew part would be difficult for Willow to discuss so he replied, so she wouldn’t get emotional while trying to talk.

“well… there was four of us in total, an incident occurred that resulted in the passing of our two other ship-mates and unfortunately Willow’s older brother. Me and Willow were injured, Willow more so than I, her core, which is a novakid’s equivalent to a heart, cracked and almost shattered, resulting in her losing most of her memories, almost all of them and her nearly dying..” his voice became soft and it cracked once in a while. “it was pretty recent as well.”

Willow’s flame dimmed substantially she looked down at her feet and tried to focus her mind on something else other than the incident that happened only a few months before.

The mood of the conversation seemed to have taken a sharp turn into hurt avenue. While watching the pair expectantly for a reply, he saw the shaky flicker of Willow’s head flame. A melancholic look passed over them both before Swiftriver stepped in to speak for his distraught friend.

Hearing their story, Scott suppressed a wince, giving a respectful nod of understanding once the other finished. Loss…was a difficult wound to deal with. And especially when it happened only a few months ago, well, he knew just how badly fresh wounds could sting.

“I’m glad that, at the very least, you two still have each other,” he said slowly, quietly. He let a moment of silence sink in, breaking the rhythm of the conversation. A beat or two passed before he picked up where they had left off, waving his cane in a wide arc to gesture towards the city around them.

“You’re also lucky you were stranded near a place like this. There are good people with good wares around here. There’s a guy around that sells maps, if you’re interested. It might help you find cool places around this world if you want to come and visit.”

He continued his light chat all the way home, telling stories about the city and its people. It didn’t take too long for them to arrive at the entrance of a two-story building, which consisted of a large garage door and, to its left, a smaller regular door. The garage door was already open, revealing a tangled mess of wires, what looked like electronic boxes, and a man in a dark-purple t-shirt bent over one of the boxes, his arms elbow-deep inside it.

“Ay! Arv!”

The man in question straightened so fast, he had to stumble backwards to regain his balance. A whispered curse could be heard as he winced, rubbing his hand against his back.

“Mierda…You don’t have to be so loud, Scott! What do you – ah.” He turned and caught sight of the strangers beside his brother, raising a questioning eyebrow. “And how can I help you two today?”

Scott turned to them and nodded in his brother’s direction as a gesture to answer his inquiry.

[mineboundrp]

Willow’s mood changed once again, the comforting words and the light chat made her flame burn brighter. “yeah im glad we have each other too, thanks...” she smiled softly, a small, thin line of bright blue.

Swiftriver, after seeing willow’s mood improve, made him smile softly as well, showing some teeth.

“Yeah, it is fortunate that we landed ‘ere, if your brother can’ fix our engines, I wouldn’ mind stayin’ at all.” The novakid raised her head up high and chuckled softly.

Swiftriver nodded in agreement. “i wouldn’t mind either.”

Once arriving at the building Willow looked at Arv and spoke. “will you mind takin’ a look at the engines in our ship, we would appreciate it.”

[mineboundrp]

Open Starter

[mc-outreachrp]

mineboundrp:

Willow nodded. “ ’ight” She kept up quite easily, and even had to slow her pace as well, mostly for her fishy friend. “well, with me bein’ a Novakid, i don’ really have a place of origin other than th’ remains of a long dead star.” Her flame like ‘hair’ wavered and made faint crackling noises.

“Well, i’m from a planet that was mostly ocean, scattered with jungle filled islands, the city I lived in was entirely underwater, away from most dangers.” He tried to keep up with the other two, without tripping over his own two webbed feet.

“Yes we have traveled quite far together for about eight years or so, neither of us could give you an estimate even if we tried.” She let out a small snort.

The spark of curiosity lit in his eyes again. Planets? Stars? So the people walking beside him were aliens? The thought fascinated him immensely, but he knew that if they came from offworld places, their ship was of offworld origin, too. And though he knew Arv enjoyed a good challenge, he was concerned alien technology might be too much for him. If worst came to worst, the pair would have to go searching for someone else who was capable enough to perform proper repairs.

”I’m sure the estimate would be very, very large. I mean, to even cover the distance between a dead star and an oceanic planet is pretty far by our primitive standards.”

’Pretty far’ was a huge understatement. Sure, the people of Minecraftia had crafted rockets that could travel all the way to Pluto and back, on occasion, but that seemed to be a far cry from how far these two had been traveling.

”And eight years of wandering around the universe, to boot,” he continued, passing a look of admiration. “You’ve probably seen a lot of places and people along the way. Make any friends out there? Maybe even put together a crew at one point?”

[mineboundrp]

Swiftriver knew that the crew part would be difficult for Willow to discuss so he  replied, so she wouldn’t get emotional while trying to talk.

“well... there was four of us in total, an incident occurred that resulted in the passing of our two other ship-mates and unfortunately Willow’s older brother. Me and Willow were injured, willow more so than I, her core, which is a novakid’s equivalent to a heart, cracked and almost shattered, resulting in her loosing most of her memories, almost all of them and her nearly dying..” his voice became soft and it cracked once in a while. “it was pretty recent as well.”

Willow’s flame dimmed substantially she looked down at her feet and tried to focus her mind on something else other than the incident that happened only a few months before.

[mineboundrp]

Open Starter

[mc-outreachrp]

mineboundrp:

Willow’s flame brightened slightly. “nice to meet you as well, Scott.” She smiled softly at the offer of him going to attempt to persuade his brother about fixing the engines. “That would be great, thanks.”

Swiftriver nodded in agreement, “Thanks a bunch, Scott.” His smiled softened as well as the expression of his three red eyes.

Meanwhile back at The Hornet, what looked like a large, neon yellow dog made of fire and stars, like its owner, roamed about and rolled around on the couch, while a two headed, albino snake watched while coiled around itself. The snake was about 2 feet long and wouldn’t get any bigger.

He answered with a broad smile, a small chuckle escaping him.

“Consider it a favor from one explorer to the next. I’ll take you to my brother first, see if he’d be up for it. And if he agrees, then we’ll get back to your ship to have it fixed and running, yeah?”

Scott turned on his heel and began to retrace his steps, slowing his pace enough to walk alongside the pair. They seemed to be a polite and friendly bunch, offering good-natured smiles and courteous words. And while he had only been with them for a short time, he could already tell who did what in diplomatic conversations with strangers like him. To put it one way, the one who usually spoke for the group was not the one with the gills.

“So where did you two come from? I don’t think I’ve ever seen or heard of your kinds before. Have you traveled far?”

[mineboundrp]

Willow nodded. “ ’ight” She kept up quite easily, and even had to slow her pace as well, mostly for her fishy friend. “well, with me bein’ a Novakid, i don’ really have a place of origin other than th’ remains of a long dead star.” Her flame like ‘hair’ wavered and made faint crackling noises

“Well, i’m from a planet that was mostly ocean, scattered with jungle filled islands, the city I lived in was entirely underwater, away from most dangers.” He tried to keep up with the other two, without tripping over his own two webbed feet.

“Yes we have traveled quite far together for about eight years or so, neither of us could give you an estimate even if we tried.” She let out a small snort.

[mineboundrp]

Open Starter

[mc-outreachrp]

theinkedsmile:

Willow let out a small chuckle, out of relief presumably. “ Guess we do.” She noticed the curiosity in the stranger’s eyes.  “You could say that we are lost. Well stranded is more like it,” The young Novakid sighed. “My name is Willow an’ my friend o’er there is SwiftRiver.”

The Hylotl waved as the fins on the side of his head twitched somewhat. “Hello!” He smiled gleefully, but was careful not to show his razor sharp teeth, which was ironic since he was a vegetarian.

“Our ship was forced to land due to some issues with th’ engines,” She let out a small huff, and her flame cooled a slight bit, dimming somewhat. “Do ya’ know anyon’ who could probably fix it?” Willow honestly doubted that anyone could fix the engine on The Hornet, but there was no telling for sure, was there?

After the momentary confusion passed without conflict, the estranged travelers were now given a better look at the newly acquainted stranger before them.

The man was dressed in something of a mix between formal and casual. He wore a beige long coat over a light-blue collared shirt, and beneath that, a black leather belt held up a pair of khaki pants. Neatly trimmed dark brown hair covered his head and ran down his jawline, curving around the corners of his mouth and stopping before both ends could meet beneath the nose. The rest of his person was rather squat and stocky, built like a square and stood like a square.

”Nice to meet you both. Willow. SwiftRiver,” Scott replied, flashing a slight, amiable smile. He nodded at the pair in greeting as he said their respective names. “Name’s Scott, Scott Cliff. Otherwise known as the guy who can find you some proper help. I’ve a brother who’s a huge kook on the whole engines and tech gig. He’ll definitely be able to help you out, but he won’t do it unless you pay him.”

Scott made no attempt to hide his discomfort at that last statement, dark brows furrowing over a contemplative frown.

“But,” he continued, pushing off of his cane to shift his balance to the soles of his feet, his shoulders moving in a subtle shrug. “I might be able to persuade him to do it for free. I don’t want you folks to go through more trouble by scrounging up coin for repair. Sound good to you two?”

[mineboundrp]

Willow’s flame brightened slightly. “nice to meet you as well, Scott.” She smiled softly at the offer of him going to attempt to persuade his brother about fixing the engines. “That would be great, thanks.”

Swiftriver nodded in agreement, “Thanks a bunch, Scott.” His smiled softened as well as the expression of his three red eyes.

Meanwhile back at The Hornet, what looked like a large, neon yellow dog made of fire and stars, like its owner, roamed about and rolled around on the couch, while a two headed, albino snake watched while coiled around itself. The snake was about 2 feet long and wouldn’t get any bigger.

[mineboundrp]

Open Starter

Willow and Swiftriver had left their ship, The Hornet, to look for any civilization on the planet they had landed on due to an emergency landing due to the engines breaking on the ship, it took a good five hour walk until they started to see a faint outline of a city, Willow waited for the slower of the two, Swiftriver, to catch up, before heading in the direction of said city. Once entering the city, Willow looked around and her revolver was in it’s holster, but she planned on keeping it there. Swiftriver had, most likely on purpose, left his katanas in the ship, he was a pacifist after all. Willow had accidentally bumped into someone, not watching where she was going. “I’m so sorry!” she flustered, she looked up, or down at said person, depending on their height. “Didn’ see where I was goin’.” Swiftriver was ready to justify his friend's actions if needed, he had to do that many times before, after the incident.

[mineboundrp]

Random RP Starter (anyone can join)

Willow was trying to fix one of the engines of their spaceship, that they had to land due to some issues, and she sighed. “The damn thing is beyond repair SwiftRiver..”

SwiftRiver looked towards the small novakid, “Well I guess we are spending a while here, we better get cozy.” He looked back towards the horizion and did he see a figure or figures, his eyesight wasn’t the best so everything was blurred. He waved to the figure or figures.