>>513723
Pfft. As if being female is more exciting. Same shit, different stereotypes.

Volk0v 2013/05/31(Fri)22:26 No. 513725 ID: 8247d0
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(( >> << It was female when I started drawing ))

Ah, the woman... So lovely, so graceful, yet strong...
I know you had trouble deciding, but I'm sure you won't regret this.

The surrounding area is forested, and mossy. Is there any animal you feel a particular affinity for?

the raven.

>>513726
Sure, I'll support that. Nice dark counterpoint to the pink, and a suitable deific herald.

The poison dart frog

wolf

the owl

>>513726
The Raven.

Smart, interesting, And a proven familiar among young ladies.

>>513726
Yes let's be the raven

>>513725
DAMMIT.
>Animal
COELACANTH. FUCK CONVENTION. We are NOT ripping off the Morrigan. Not again. And not bloody Athena either.

Millipede. Vermin always make the best totems.

Volk0v 2013/05/31(Fri)23:05 No. 513749 ID: 8247d0
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The Raven?
Interesting... An unorthodox choice, to say the least. However, fitting.

What is your new companion's name?
For that matter, what is /your/ name?

>>513749
Quoth for the Raven, and uh

Uh

Venus for you.

>>513749
W'rkncacnter!

Or Nythrul.

Well, if we're going with the fucking Raven, might as well use the horribly overused name of quoth.
As for our name, lets go with Leyla?

The raven's name is not going to be Quoth.

Ayelet?

>Nythrul
That could work for the raven. Nicknaem: Nyth!

johnson the raven

>>513753
We are not using Quoth. Have a list of TEN* NAMES better than Quoth, which I vote for ANY OF THEM:

Saren
Morris
Artus
D'Artagnan
His Grace
Odysseus
Miles
Andyr
Halla
Mirin
Hoki
Mori

*May be more than ten

>>513755
YES, NYTHRUL.

And our goddess can be called Leyla.

Volk0v 2013/05/31(Fri)23:23 No. 513762 ID: 8247d0
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(( << >>
Since it is past 2 am, I am going to pause this here for the night and resume updating with really bad art tomorrow.
I thank you for your patience. ))

bird's name is Oddity

girl's name is Valerie

>>513762
No need to let us know if you're pausing, unless it's for a long time. This board is quest friendly, and we'll pick up where you left off when you do.

Tiamos for the raven, Chieva for you.

>>513757
I am fond of the name His Grace.

Okay, so, voting...
The girl's name will be Leyla.
The Raven's name will be either His Grace or Nythrul.
If it is Nythrul gender will need to be determined.
Second Tier voting, woooo

Nyth can be male.

female

>>513835
Screw it, Nythrul can be a dude.

Update 1/2 Volk0v 2013/06/01(Sat)12:06 No. 513864 ID: 8247d0
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Nythrul.

Is a Dude!
Well, that's all of the questions. Enjoy your new life, Leyla!

2/2 Volk0v 2013/06/01(Sat)12:09 No. 513865 ID: 8247d0
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Leyla is stirring.
She notes that she seems to be inside of a house tree.
...Perhaps house is a bit too grand of a term for this small, somehow sufficient shelter.

I see you have a bow and arrows, how good of an archer are you?

And see how Nythrul is doing.

Hmm. What do you remember, Leyla? Is this your house? The fact that it has a built in alcove for Nyth kind of suggests it might be.

I see a bow an arrows. You know how to use those? Or the knife at your waist? Can you read and write- there's quill and parchment on the self.

Sit up, brush the feathers out of your hair, and say good morning to your trusty familiar. Or animal companion I guess, you're looking more range-esce than mage-y right now.

Leyla 2013/06/01(Sat)12:49 No. 513877 ID: 8247d0
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>>513869

Leyla sits up and rubs the sleep from her eyes.
>"Good Morning, Nythrul," she greets.
>"Morning, Morning," he squawks in reply.
Leyla does not want to brush the feathers from her hair because they are supposed to be there. It looks pretty. She thinks.

Try as she might, Leyla can't remember anything before waking up here. She seems to understand how to use the knife and bow and arrows, but doesn't recall ever using either of them. As for writing... There's nothing in the book, but when Leyla thinks on it, various letters seem to bubble up in her mind. She could probably write something, if she wanted to.

Is there a window or door? What's outside the tree?

>She could probably write something
Is there anything already written down? A note to yourself, a log, a journal?

>>513877
Bows are lame. Go into the woods and find a good club. Clubs are the greatest of weapons!

>>513880
No. We look built more for dexterity than brute strength, and only a fool ignores skills they already posses.

Besides, why would a bow be lame? Range is better than the alternative, when available, and we have a flying animal companion to sight stuff for us.

LOOT ALL LOOSE OBJECTS

DEVOUR ALL CONSUMABLE THINGS

EQUIP ALL THAT CAN BE WORN IN SOME FASHION

someone remind me, was it ravens or nightingales who were cuckoo for shiny stuff?

Can you even leave here if you wanted to because I'm not seeing a door

>>513896
She's a GOD. No mere TREE can stop a god!

>>513930
...nowhere did the quest actually say she was a god. In fact, that she was created, rather than creator, kind of suggests otherwise. :V

>>513932
What? Oh, you're right. I assumed since we were a mote of light, we were a god. Sorry, one gets into the habit of assuming divinity around motes of light.

Let me rephrase that: You're as good as a GOD, no mere tree can you!

>>513887
There's a whetstone, two flint stones, the journal, the quill, and a small pot of ink. Oh, also the bowl in the other alcove. Leyla thinks it's meant to be a small fire place.
There's also her knife held in place by a small loopy thing, her bow, and her quiver with a whole bunch of arrows in it.
Leyla flips through the journal and notices that immediately following the page she stopped looking after because it was blank there is a picture of a tree with squiggles coming out of it.

More Stuff! 2/2 Leyla 2013/06/01(Sat)16:40 No. 513936 ID: 8247d0
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>>513896
What? Of course she Leyla can get out! She was just facing away from the door is all.

See? This tree has an outside!

Cool. So... what can you see outside?

If there's nothing in the immediate area to investigate, let's grab our bow and arrow, take Nyth, and start exploring the area. As an aerial scout, he could always fly up and tell you if he sees anything interesting.

Might also be a good idea to see if we have anything in the way of food or water in the house before we set out.

>>513938
By the gods, we must go forth and CONQUER all we survey! All will bow before the glory of Leyla, Some Random Tree Lady with Pink Hair

Leyla 2013/06/01(Sat)18:05 No. 513949 ID: 8247d0
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>>513941
Just a bunch of trees.

Leyla fetches her bow and quiver and climbs out of her tiny tree abode. Ahead of her is woods. Behind is more trees. Left and right... A clearing, for some ways.

Nythrul flits off into the trees.

Leyla thinks she can hear moving water behind her.

Lets head for the stream. Keep an eye out for very tall trees.

Well, I guess Nyth will alert us if he sees anything.

Go check out the stream. A source of water is a good thing to have.

Leyla 2013/06/01(Sat)18:48 No. 513953 ID: 8247d0
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Since there are fish in the water, it's probably free from parasites.

There's moss and a few types of plants, here... The trees are tall, but Leyla thinks her tree is the biggest.

If you're concerned about parasites or disease, you could always boil the water before drinking- you did have a fireplace, flint, and a pot or pan of some kind.

But yeah, drinking water: found. And a possible food source, although we'd have to improvise a net or fishing pole (or hope you're agile enough to just grab a fish).

>her tree is the biggest
Kind of makes sense. If you're going to hollow a home out of a tree, you'd pick the biggest one around to do it.

Right gather some water, shoot some fish. Then climb your tree to get a good view of the surroundings.

If you're going to go arrow fishing two things
1 the water will bend light slightly so the fish might not be where it appears to be so try and figure that out before you start shooting
2 it helps if you tie a string or something around the arrow so you can drag the fish back in

parasites what parasites

Leyla 2013/06/02(Sun)07:36 No. 514050 ID: 8247d0
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Exam Week

good luck Volk!

1/4 Leyla 2013/06/07(Fri)19:09 No. 515124 ID: 8247d0
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>>513958
Leyla thinks she can do you one better. She enters the shallows, slowly submersing her arrow. Leyla waits for the dust to settle, and when the fish start drifting over...

(( Yeah, I... Put a lot of work into the first picture and now I'm tired. So you get mediocre, inconsistent art. ))

...And...
She nabs one!

Leyla feels so proud of herself. Alive for less than a day (to the best of her knowledge, at least) and she's already killed her first

3/4 Leyla 2013/06/07(Fri)19:13 No. 515129 ID: 8247d0
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Wait
Leyla just
killed

4/4 Leyla 2013/06/07(Fri)19:15 No. 515130 ID: 8247d0
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Killed

The grief and guilt are overflowing and her heart is heavy. Leyla took a life. She's a murder. She was just born today, and
and
and
That, that poor fish, it

Leyla is ready to throw herself on the ground and cry.

Oh honestly how else have you survived for the past how-ever long suck it up.

life feeds life, the fish has eaten bugs before, it has killed as well, but it did so because it was hungry. you can honor the fish by not wasting it and thanking it for it's sacrifice to you.

As I didn't see any fruit trees and The bow and arrow is a weapon primarily for hunting game I seriously doubt this is going to be the last itme you will have to kill your supper. Its the way the world works. You kill to eat or you die. at least as long as you don't have sustainable plant life and a way to grow things in winter time.

then respect the fish don't let it go to waste turn it into a good hearty diner so it didn't die in vain

>>515129

The cycle of life consuming life to live. The application of empathy and anthropomorphism to things which carry none of these. These things, Leyla should consider. Know:

It is sometimes necessary to kill to live.

Not all things are worth the same degree of emotional consideration, although this is a subjective topic. Regardless, your fish would not understand the emotion vested in it, nor will any of its kindred.

Wow. Spearing a fish ain't easy. And with an arrow? Damn, girl.

Now calm down. It's a fish. You need to kill to eat, it's only natural. Or do you want to starve to death? And let Nyth starve too?

Clean fish, cook super, share tasty bits with raven. (They like eyes, right?).

Guys, she was just created.
There was not life before this.

things don't live if they can't die. now cook it.

Can you restore the life to that fish?
What is done is done. If you wish to live without harming life, you can, by making use of edible fruits in the area, if there are any. But for now, you have a fish to cook. You killed it for food, you should at least see it through to the end.

Leyla 2013/06/18(Tue)10:59 No. 517854 ID: 8247d0
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>>515465

The fish doesn't move at first; it is alive, but barely. It begins to flop weakly.

Leyla 2013/06/18(Tue)11:01 No. 517855 ID: 8247d0
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Leyla carefully lowers the fish into the river, where it lingers a moment before continuing on its merry little way.
Leyla feels better now!
A moment ago it was like she just tore her soul in two or something. It was sad. But now she feels better because she didn't actually kill the fish! Just... Caused it... Excruciating pain.
Guilt.

Oh geeze. You have the power to bring things back to life? Maybe you are a god.

But still. Um. If you can't go fishing, what are you going to eat? Kind of hard to do vegetarianism with just hunter-gathering. Really need agriculture. And I'm pretty sure ravens need meat.

...can you just make food?

Now you are still hungry. Go kill another fish.

ok what you just did there, that was impressive but we still need food, think either you or Nythrul could find a berry bush of some kind or a fruit tree.

Don't worry to much about the little guy. Fish really do not feel pain as humans know it.

>>517855
Fish are dumb, don't worry about it. It will probably forget what you did in the next 15 minutes.

Time to find some fruit and stuff, I guess.

1/2 Leyla 2013/06/18(Tue)21:45 No. 517993 ID: 8247d0
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>>517866
>>517859
Well, Leyla is sure she could find enough noms in the forest. There's a whole lot around here, even!

Also, fish aren't that stupid. Even goldfish have a memory span of six months.

Leyla knows this.

2/2 Leyla 2013/06/18(Tue)21:49 No. 517995 ID: 8247d0
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Leyla is pulled from her thoughts as Nythrul comes flitting through the trees.
"Hurt," he squawks. "Hurt!" He somehow manages to slip a peck in and catch Leyla on the top of the head. "Follow!" he demands, sliding between the trees again.

Well, follow the familiar. If someone or something is hurt, you can do the thing you did before to the fish again.

crap something done and gone hurt itself, guess we're the forest's medic or something. Oh well lets go see who or what needs some fixing.

Um, If those plants are what I think they are, (lily of the valley,) then do not eat them, ever, they are deadly poisonous and cause abdominal pain, vomiting and reduced heart-rate in even tiny quantities, anything more is deadly. Of course, if you're some kind of god, that may not apply, but still.

Now go see what got your raven upset.

>>518084

if that is the case, she should take some with her.

Leyla is not a god. She's not like other people, but she's not a god.
Stop that.

1/3 Leyla 2013/07/24(Wed)18:56 No. 527049 ID: 8247d0
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>>517998
>>518134
Leyla grabs a handful of the flowers and stuffs them into her quiver. They'll be crushed, but... That won't matter, right..?

She races after Nythrul, making haste. If something has been hurt... She finds it difficult to bear the thought of it, whatever it is, laying (or... doing whatever it may) there in deep pain. Or not. Injured.

She comes to a tree, after a time, draped in vines and low hanging branches. A stag seems to stand guard here. Other animals seem to be further away and wary (Leyla's fast paced approach probably didn't help), but the Stag stays. It looks her over, and only once Leyla tosses her bow and quiver to the ground does it concede and allow entry.

3/3 Leyla 2013/07/24(Wed)19:05 No. 527055 ID: 8247d0
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Leyla brushes the vines aside; they seem to yield to her, and she notes that there seems to be a doe bleeding out here.

aw crap arrow, aren't those thing made so they tear flesh when someone tries to pull them out? still if you think you can heal it even with a slightly agape wound then we should act sooner rather then later, if not...uh.

Also can your powers numb pain as well as heal wounds?

it's in the leg though, did it go through? or would pushing it make it go through? if so then pushing would do less damage. and break off the back end with the feathery bit.

...you didn't fire that arrow. That means there's another person somewhere around here.

Exam week is over
Are you ready for some horrifyingly bad art

1/2 Is it Obvious that I'm incompetent yet Leyla 2014/03/29(Sat)08:09 No. 567968 ID: 8247d0
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>>527161
Then Leyla will <b>End</b. them. Y'know, maybe.
Also she kinda sorta did deer surgery by accident she thinks
She just sorta
took it out

2/3 Oh, I forgot I made this one Leyla 2014/03/29(Sat)08:11 No. 567969 ID: 8247d0
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See
Here is how she did the thing
Or something

The Deer Thing is Happy now
It goes over to Nuzzle the other Deer Thing

Deer Thing likes Leyla now
Leyla has Deer Friend now
What are we calling him

Leyla 2014/03/29(Sat)08:14 No. 567971 ID: 8247d0
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I'm really good at forgetting the pictures

Let's name him Cornach!

he is snuffles.

The horned one shall be named thorn and the other shall be called thistle.