Clouds and Currents - VoK & HW 2021 Event Prompts


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A place to store all of my prompts for the Valley of Kings and Hunter's Woods 2021 event, Raging Sea, Storming Skies.

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The Scribe looks around all of those that have gathered, then turns her attention to the inscribed stone before her. Again, you swear something appears that wasn't there before: in her paws sits a tapestry, in the middle of being woven. From the way it is folded on itself, you cannot see what she is trying to depict.
"I've heard tale of a great warrior-- well, the words used are 'peace-maker', but context lends itself to a fighter. I don't know who they are, maybe you can ask around for some information on this warrior of old?"
Where do you go to look for answers, and who do you ask about this vague legen
d?

Day 2 - The Scribe's Shrine


   As Nahia and Tamaya went off to execute their surely well thought out plan for the day, certainly nothing that would cause any trouble, exactly what Bora asked of them, the smilodon did just as he said he would - He set off to see the scribe.
   Today, she spoke to the felines, foxes, and hyenas gathered before her of a battler - An ancient one whose identity she was uncertain of, but one who was, apparently, legendary.
   Legendary enough, Bora had to imagine, that they must have been documented somewhere. And if they were as old as she suggested... Indeed, this may be an opportunity, both to offer a potential answer to the scribe's questions, and to answer some of his own.
   And so it was that he returned to his own realm through a quickly-formed portal to gather the necessary supplies, then returned to this mortal one to retrace his steps. And when he found the stones again, he set to work, unfurling his scrolls and copying the runes carved into them. They were in noticeably worse shape than those on the scribe's pillars, and his unfamiliarity with the script made it difficult to replicate them exactly - He found himself setting aside and redoing more than a few scrolls in his efforts (though he decided that he would keep the less-than-perfect copies regardless; even if they weren't exact, such information could still prove valuable someday, theoretically. He'd like to keep a copy or two in the realm of the gods regardless - As god of knowledge, it was as much a part of his job as anything else) - but eventually, he managed to find his work...satisfactory enough. If she had any questions, he would either bring her to this place, or, with her permission, bring the stones to her. He would wait until such blessing was given until he acted on the latter, though; he hardly thought it was his place to disturb artifacts like these.
   And so, scrolls bound and tied safely around his neck, he made his way back to the shrine. "Lady scribe," he said as he approached her, "I bring written - Or perhaps drawn? - replicas of carvings resembling those on these pillars discovered by my protege and I this morning. I cannot be certain that they pertain to the hero you spoke of, but I felt that they may be of interest to you nonetheless." And he placed the copies before her. "Do forgive my penmanship; I am unfamiliar with the language depicted on the stones here, and the ones we discovered earlier were in much less... pristine condition than those here. Should the originals be of interest to you, however, I know their location, and would gladly bring you to them - Or, with your permission, relocate them here. However, I felt that, as an outsider to these kingdoms and their cultures, I should await the response of one such as yourself before acting as such." He bowed his head in respect. "Regardless, I hope that these prove to be of some worth to you."

Author's Notes

Wordcount: 516 (Out of 100, 200, or 300)
Reward: 3 Ancient Coins