Briceus's Side Quest !! -> Day 3 CLOSED

[Cheeb]

username;;
xxxxxcheeb

kalons being used;;
xxxxxdesiree & elle

quest response;;
xxxxxdesiree gasped as the weasel snagged the ring off briceus' finger. elle barely noticed, but once the frazzled innkeeper began babbling about how his ring was lucky, her ears perked up.
xxxxxknowing how hard it was for him to work up the courage to talk to the attractive stranger, desiree felt awful for the innkeep. "d-don't worry, mr. briceus! we'll have that ring back in a jiffy! after all, you've come so far... just stay put! we've got this," said desiree. elle immediately grabbed her by the arm and pulled her into a corner.
xxxxx"hey," elle hissed, "i appreciate you trying to do a good deed, but how do you expect to pull this off?" she glanced around the inn. "i have no idea where that thing went, and i'm not sure how we would go about trapping it. unless you have some genius idea, you've backed us into a corner."
xxxxx"well, it likes shiny things, right?" asked desiree.
xxxxxelle noticed the purple kalon looking at her gigantic backpack. on their "quest", elle had packed nearly half the contents of her little shop from back home. the short-legged kalon sold jewelry and other shiny trinkets, as well as more... questionable things. perhaps her operations weren't morally correct, but they definitely added a bit of spice to life. however, elle didn't want to waste her precious goods on some weasel. "no, no, there is no way i'm putting some of my wares out for that little demon to grab!"
xxxxx"aw, elle, it's not a little demon! weasels are cute!" desiree exclaimed. of course, thought elle. she loves "cute" things. "well... if you won't help me try to get the ring for briceus, then i guess we're not a team. i could leave you here, you know, and you'd have no defenses. plus, we still haven't split the reward from the man from the armory, and i could take all of it --"
xxxxxelle immediately cut her off. "okay, okay, i'll help!" she grumbled to herself. "geez louise... she's too much." she sighed, and began unzipping her bag. "what kind of stuff were you thinking? jewelry?" she reached into the oversized backpack. "here's a nice necklace. it's got one of those fake rubies on it -- it's gaudy and tasteless, which makes it perfect." desiree opened her mouth to respond, but elle cut her off and slapped the necklace into the other kalon's hand. "go do your thing. i'll be cheering you on from over here." after a pause, she quietly added, "...that satanic little thing gives me the heebie jeebies."
xxxxxdesiree gave elle a nod. she went towards a quieter space of the inn, placed the cheesy-looking necklace on the ground, took her wand out of her pocket, and waited. she sat on the floor, cross-legged, her gaze completely fixated on the jewelry. "it should be any moment now," she mumbled to herself, trying to be reassuring. she wanted this so badly -- perhaps even more than briceus himself. all was quiet, and --
xxxxxFWOOSH!
xxxxxquickly, the weasel skittered across the floor towards the necklace. with a flash of light from desiree's wand, the weasel immediately dropped to the ground, its legs folding under itself. the ring fell out of its mouth, and tumbled onto the floor.
xxxxxworriedly, elle rushed over. "what did you do to it?!"
xxxxxdesiree giggled at the other girl's concern. "relax! i just put him to sleep. he's fine; i promise. besides... i thought you called it a 'satanic freak' or something like that." she picked up the necklace and the ring, handing them both to elle. "now, go give this back to mr. briceus. after all, he needs it a lot more than we do."
xxxxxas elle sauntered off, ring in hand, desiree turned back to the weasel. he was definitely knocked out. dez felt bad -- she hoped that it wasn't hurt. carefully, she put her hand underneath the weasel and lifted him up. "aww... he's so cute when he's asleep..." she sighed. "i wish i could keep you, y'know. you're so adorable."
xxxxxthe tiny mustelid yawned and opened its eyes. desiree started to worry. she didn't want to get bitten, or for the weasel to run back and steal the lucky ring again. "th-there, there, little guy," she cooed, panic filling her voice. "please, please don't jump..." she gently stroked him along the length of his back. he was adorable yet petrifying at the same time.
xxxxxinstead of fussing, the weasel curled himself into a little ball in the palm of desiree's hand. clearly, he was used to being around humans. perhaps he belonged to someone...? well, for now, desiree would just have to keep him safe. "i think i'll call you bailey," she said, a smile on her face. within the chaos, desiree found a new member of the team -- and, finally, someone who might listen to her.

xxxxx(810 words ♥)

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Prompt {2}
Kalon Used: Arnav

--Arnav had to wake up to help Briceus 'cause Amosis and Salem, his other party members, were too lazy to do so and weren't getting up for anything; Arnav's a little bit more than pissed about having to catch the weasel since he broke more than one rum barrel in the process. Now Arnav's drenched in it-- Briceus is pretty sorry about angering a paying customer.

[King Andre]

Username;; andreas.
Kalons being used;; anthony
Quest response;; Anthony rushes after the weasel, followed by the two older men of the party. "Hey stop!" He yells to no avail, as the weasel effortlessly outpaces him in the town landscape. The weasel scales the side of a store and Anthony hops from side to side of the store and the building near it to get onto the roof, only to see the weasel still running. The chase turns into them leaping from roof-top to roof-top, though Anthony took a wrong step and ended up falling into a home with a less than sturdy ceiling, particles of dust and minerals on his head. Without taking a second to evaluate his situation he pushed himself up and out of the small home and looked around wildly for the animal. It couldn't be gone, could it? There was no way it could've just vanished so easily, but then again it was rather small.

A scream by an old lady, he turned to see the weasel bouncing away from where an old woman was eating a meal, visibly angry at the rodent who just trod in her food. He continued pressing onward, ducking and dodging other people as he raced through the cobblestone streets. Leading it into an alleyway, he cornered the small rodent, which curled itself up against the wall. From his pockets Anthony took out a small shiny coin, and set it before the animal, which dropped the ring and scurried off with it in a blur.

Well that was a ride.

[CSMintCat]

Username;; CSMintCat
Kalons being used;; Cody
Quest response;; (255 words.)

Cody let out a sigh of relief, happy that the rather embarrassing ordeal was over as he headed towards the front of the tavern. However, just as he was about to push the large double doors open, he heard a panicked shout. His relief quickly turned to dread as he realized that fate wasn't going to let him off easy this time. Slowly turning to face the source of the scream, he was shocked to find himself face to face with a...

Weasel with a ring?

Giving his own shout of surprise, Cody took a few rapid steps back, effectively blocking off the small critter's current means of escape. The weasel, sensing that its plot to escape was foiled, took a few steps back of its own, looking for another way to leave. By this point, Briceus had made his way over to Cody's side, pushing the still-shocked Kalon towards the direction of the ring.

"I'll hold the doors closed, you go catch the weasel!" Bri shouted, giving Cody a shove.

The sudden push sent poor Cody sprawling across the wood floor (prompting a gasp from Briceus,) and he dropped his bag filled with supplies. The food he bad packed came tumbling out and the weasel, spotting the meats and cheeses and bread that Cody had packed, abandoned its shiny prize for the more tempting food. With a resigned sigh, Cody got to his feet and dusted himself off, picking up the ring and delivering it safely back to Bri.

Today really wasn't his day.

[satyn]

- using my team dakota the peppy paladin, pompeii the moody mage, and estrella the matter-of-fact medic in anthro form
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"Oh no!" Dakota cried as she tried to catch the weasel before it hopped off the bar, but to no avail.
"Ah, how could this have happened?!" Briceus wailed. Estrella walked over to comfort the poor tavern keeper while Pompeii raised an eyebrow.

"If that was your lucky ring, shouldn't you have had the luck to not lose it- mmph!" he started before Dakota slapped a palm against his mouth.
"What he means is that we'll find your lucky ring for you! Right?" Dakota said with an innocent grin as Pompeii shook his head "no" and fiercely (and helplessly) pulled at the paladin's iron grip. Dakota stepped on Pompeii's foot, resulting in the mage nodding spastically in agreement. "Mmph! Yes, we'll help you... it's just a dumb weasel."

Pompeii stepped away from Dakota and wiped his face, disgusted at the germs. "So, where do we start?" As he tapped his foot, the weasel scurried up the mage's leg and slipped under his robes. "Wha... hnGHHH!"
Estrella smiled slightly as Pompeii did an awkward dance, the weasel crawling all over him. "Get it off! Get it off!" he cried.

"Dakota, could you close any exits?" Estrella requested, motioning to the weasel. "We wouldn't want it to escape."
Dakota nodded and performed the task as Estrella walked up to Pompeii. The weasel moved at lightning speed, but she snatched the weasel from his body and held it in her hands.

"Aw, what a cutie," she breathed. Pompeii huffed. "Oh, so you're an animal whisperer, too?" he asked sarcastically, between quickened breaths.
Estrella didn't reply as she gently plucked the ring from the weasel's mouth. "Here you go, Briceus. Go get your date!"

Dakota cheered. "Wow, good job, Estrella!" Pompeii grudgingly agreed.
Estrella smiled softly and dipped her head. "No problem."

[Sandstorm814]

Username;;

Kalons being used;; Camille

Quest response;;

I stared skeptical at the helpless dorkable bartender. I could barley keep in a small chuckle, in disbelief that he needed a lucky ring to talk to her. I had a feeling he was making the lucky ring stuff up, and he was just stalling. Alas, I had already helped him so much. Besides, who was I to complain about having to put up a fun little hunting trip? I smiled at the nervous Briceus, who was sweating a oceanfull.
"I'll help you." At that Briceus squealed and abruptly pulled me into a warm hug.
"Yeah yeah, thank me later once we have your ring back." I pulled out of the hug, and walked away from the bright inviting lights of the tavern I stepped out onto a dark street, and as the door closed behind me, the partying inside dulled down to inaudible levels. I shivered slightly, the night's cool wind washing over me.
There. A small blur on the side of the road. I darted toward it, snatching up the weasal. I held up the squriming creature, and was alarmed to see it's paws nor mouth help anything. I was preplesed, where else could it have put the ring. I breifly considered the possiblity of buying a new ring just like the old one, but I have a feeling Briceus would somehow know it was not the orignal. Then it came to me - The creature had held it her mouth when it was chasing out of the building. It was possible it had - Well it could've swalowled it. SO I did the only thing that came to my mond at the moment, I gave the poor thing the heimlich maneuver. As soon as the ring was spit out, I grabbed it before it hit the ground, and raced back inside.
Briceus was suprised.
"You found it so - so soon?"
I nodded, breathless. I held out my hand and he took it, admiring it.
"That's great! I just have one question - Why is there slobber all over it?"

[sun struck]

Username;; Sun Struck
Kalons being used;; Aztec<33
Quest response;; Clicky incase the image doesn't show up:)

So...Apparently the weasel was faster and a lot more slippery than what Aztec expected it to be;; so....he chased it for two hours...;;;

[rem sleep]

Username;; Trollish
Kalons being used;; The Party
Quest response;;

The party looked on as Abacus tried to persuade Briceus. Slowly they watched Bri slink over towards the stranger, only to watch in relative shock as a little weasel emerged, seemingly from nothing to snatch the ring right of Briceus' finger. Abacus looked dumbfounded, while the other two stared at the thing as it scampered off.

"Get that weasel!" Briceus whispered a fierce yell to Abacus, "I can't go talk to them without my lucky ring!"

Abacus drew in a long breath but stifled the sigh, going over to his party he brought them into a circle. "What are we gonna do about this?" Abacus whispered, "I dunno how to find that little devil, much less how to get it to come close enough to--"

"Abacus do /not/ kill that little weasel." Elizabeth's return tone was fierce, "That tiny thing never hurt you."

"And what do you propose then?" Abacus huffed, "Do you wanna go do it?"

"Certainly, if it keeps you from it." Elizabeth retorted. She stormed off in the direction of the weasel before anyone could stop her, and she came back moments later with the thing latched to her staff. She smirked wickedly at Abacus as she passed, flicking her tail at him before handing the ring back to Briceus. She returned to the party after having apologized for Abby's behavior.

"Some things just need a lady's touch," she whispered to him with a devilish smirk, "Or a patient person, at least." Abacus grumbled something inaudibly and she rolled her eyes with a small giggle. "Not all problems require a sword, idiot. Why do you think there are other classes anyway?"

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[NE0N-UMBR30N]

Username;; viixen
Kalons being used;; these three
Quest response;;

Naomi blinked in confusion and sighed. "Whoa chill out." She called to Briceus, holding her hands up for him to stop panicking. "We got this." She turned her head to look over her shoulder at Castiel. "Yo buddy, mind doing your thing?" He shrugged back at her and nodded. He opened their bag and took out some tiny bits of cheese and grapes they had stored for lunch, and went over to a hole that the weasel had run into.

"What does he need our food for?" Addie frowned. "I can't snack but he can take it for.. whatever he's doing?" Naomi rolled her eyes and waved her away. "Just be quiet and watch."

Castiel knelt down at the hole and started making a clicking sound. Addie blinked in utter confusion and scratched her head. "Uh.... what? I thought he was mute?" Naomi grinned. "He's not talking. He's just making a sound with his tongue. Now hush."

He kept making the sound until the weasel popped his head out to see what it was. He noticed Castiel and moved to dart back into the hole, but before he did Castiel held out his hand that was full of the cheese pieces and grapes. Very slowly the animal got closer, eventually dropping the ring to eat some of the food.

Castiel smiled and slowly dropped the food on the ground and grabbed the ring. He stood up and walked over to Briceus and dropped the ring in his hand. "There you go!" Naomi said cheerfully. "Castiel says your welcome." He nodded in agreement. Meanwhile Addie stood off to the side still confused at to what just happened.

[arcticlights]

Username;; arcticlights
Kalons being used;; Chavez - The Knight
Quest response;;
{ Chavez POV }

I watched as the poor bartender fell to his knees looking under each table for the weasel and the ring
before slumping down on the wooden floor with his hands in his hair. "Oh, my ring, my precious ring..."
he mumbled to himself, "Why must my luck be like this?" I knelt down to beside him, lightly putting my hand
on his shoulder. "Listen, I'll get your ring back okay?", hesitating a bit I gave him a small awkward smile, "A weasel shouldn't
be that hard to catch." I offered Briceus a hand and pulled him back up on his feet. "So...what is your plan exactly?" he sniffed.
"One that does not require violence," answering I headed behind the bar and pulled out a bag of grain. "Mind if I use this?"
Briceus just gave me a shrug, so I figured he didn't really care about what I used as long as I got him that ring back. I spent a few minutes laying down handfuls of grain beside every crack in the floor and hole in the wall that I found. The bartender watched me
scratching his head a bit, clearly he was a bit confused by my plan of action though he didn't say anything. Once I was finished, I got on top of the table, trying to be as quiet as I could possibly be.

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Several moments passed by, and I soon saw the rodent peek out from under one of the wood panels of the floor. It slowly slipped out into the open area, and took one of the seeds with its small paws. Light nibbling on the food, it dropped the ring unto the floor.
"Now is my chance." I thought, and leaped down unto the floor. The small rodent, startled, scurried away into hiding. But this time it left the ring behind. Picking it up, I rubbed it down on my shoulder to polish it a bit, and held it up for Briceus to see. "There you go my friend!" Briceus skipped over to me excitedly, "Oh my goodness gracious, you're wonderful!", he took the ring from me and put it back on his finger. "Thank you from the bottom of my heart!"

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