THEY’VE DEFEATED ANOTHER BOM - BOM ( yes , aubrey’s still insistent on calling them that , even now ), but rather than triumphant joy , aubrey’s spent the last MINUTE AND A HALF in a brief panic , thoughts racing with where’s duck where’s duck where’s duck. after all the times each of them had nearly died ( aubrey’s lost count ) , it still inspires a special kind of fear in her ––– anxious flames flitting from fingertip to fingertip , looking back & forth from ned to mama to each and every tree around them , as if duck may be hiding behind one of them , ready to jump out and yell boo ! ––––––––––
and then he does appear , out of the forest , relatively UNHARMED ––– and well , who could blame aubrey when she runs up and hugs him ? she’d briefly entertained the thought that he must be DEAD , that something must have gotten him in the chaos of the fight they’d just concluded. but he’s alive , and he’s fine , and she’s SO , SO RELIEVED.
❛ it was definitely longer than thirty seconds ! a minute , bare minimum. ‘ she regains her COMPOSURE , taking a step back , lightly punching his arm in a friendly gesture ( code for : it’s fine , you’re fine , i’m fine , let’s forget i freaked out for a minute there , see , i’m smiling , everything’s alright now. ) ‘ thought a bear might’ve eaten you while the rest of us were over here being SUPER COOL. i’m really glad you’re alright. ‘ // @flamebrights
defeating these... things ( he refuses to call them BOM BOMS no matter how aubrey insists. ) had become something akin to a second job for the park ranger. he had practically been forced to get better at beacon, no matter how annoying the lilting voice came to be after hours of late night training.
this was supposed to actually be one of the easier ... creatures ... to take care of. an UNFORTUNATE move left him flying into the nearby forest, landing in a couple of trees before he landed on the ground, however. leaving leaves stuck to his hair. due to him being a bit heartier than most others, it didn’t actually hit him that hard. it left him with a few bruises, but WHAT ELSE WAS NEW ?
he had finally made it back to the main fighting area, just to find that the battle was already over. he would reach up, flick a few leaves out of his hair, just for his sword to rip it’s mouth open to give it’s input.
❛ how... disappointing, duck newton. i am again prevented from showing my true.... prowess in the field. you’d think that after years of -- ❜
a muttered demand for beacon to SHUT UP was met just as he felt the magician collide with him. his arms would raise slightly with shock, and stay there for a second with no clue on how to proceed. slowly, he allowed his hands to lower, patting the woman on the back for just a second.
a gentle smile would spread across the ranger’s face before he raised his hand to ruffle aubrey’s hair.
❝ sorry, aubrey. i’ll try to get back on a timely basis next time. ❞ he pulled another leaf from his hair, giving a gentle chuckle at the punch he received.
❝ a bear, huh ? you know that most of the bears around this area are QUITE docile. ❞ hand moves up to fix his hat, raising an eyebrow at her, before shrugging. ❝ more scared of me than me of it. i’m fine though, hit the ground hard but i’m sturdy. ❞
he’d readjust himself before glancing between all of his companions, ❝ are ya’ll alright as well ? did it go down fairly EASILY after i took my flight ? ❞
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