[jianwai]

Prompt Fourteen
Yunz

Fishing was exciting, fun, boring, but most of all fun. it was fun to sit on his butt, staring idly at the stick and string he was using to catch supposed fish within these caves, trying very hard not to close his eyes and take a nap; the steady drip of water onto crystals was, more or less, utterly hypnotic-- the more he listened, the more he wanted to curl up into a ball and sleep, but the bitter grow of his stomach demanded him to stay awake and, for the love of any Gods that may lend their ear to his suffering, catch a few fish for himself-- and he supposed, for his friends as well.

Not that he hadn't intended on letting them starve, but he had more or less decided the first few fish he caught would go directly to his belly. Young as he was, he saw himself as needing food the most, not the two old geezers tagging along on the adventure. Again, eyes back to the rod, it took all his energy not to sprint away and do, well, anything else. Maybe dig up a few crystals and stash them-- they had to be worth something, right? They must have been worth more than the moment of sitting, staring at a fishing rod, and wishing that a fish wouldn't be picky about what it ate-- considering it lived in a cave as opposed to, well, an ocean, which he figured how a lot more delicious treats swimming about.

Sure, a piece of bread wasn't ... the bed, and it was more a crumb, but it should have been worth something to cave fish! Stupid ... crystal cave fish!

[womp womp]

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→ Kalons Used In Prompt : Allon ←
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Allon decided to fish in the cove. Although, he never fished before. Ever. So Allon was completely new to this, and he had no one besides himself to help him. So Allon had to dive into this with no experience whatsoever and no provided help. Fun. And it seemed like fishing was his only option for food at this point. Allon sighed and crouched down, waiting for a fish to pass by. Maybe if he was quick enough, he'd be able to catch a fish... with his bare hands. Allon still waited. Many fish passed, but not close enough for Allon to grab and reach for it. Allon was just about to give up until a small fish swam extremely close to the edge of the water, where Allon waited. It swam in front of Allon, and his shadow covered the fish. Before it could go completely past, Allon swiftly put his hand in the water, staring down at the fish. He grabbed onto it by its tail, but the fish quickly slipped out and swam quickly past. "Great. Just simply brilliant." Allon grumbled. Maybe next time.. maybe.

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[mal du pays]

PROMPT 14:
Kalons used: seeker

what kind of fishing pole is that, seeker

[persimmon]

Prompt 14

feat Briar and Liam
-Liam catches a bunch of fish, and Briar catches one before a bigger one catches her.-

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[Izuku]

prompt 14

sherry has some limited water-manipulation abilities, which come to a good use here

pocky in the background - "you know that looks flashy but you could have done it easier by just picking the goodies and not the wate-" *gets slammed to the face with a fish*

[CSMintCat]

Prompt #14 with Cody.


GOLDEN FISHHHH!

[Unleashed Squiid]

Featuring Calypso

"Ugh, this is no use," cried Calypso, looking more than frustrated with this task. "I'm starving and it feels like we've been doing this for hours." She looked up, but remembered that she was down in a cave, and there would be no sun for her to tell the time by. It felt lonely down here. Sure, there were all sorts of odd animals and fish, but not many other kalons. She missed the others she had met along the way, and almost wished to go home. But Calypso also knew that the desire was most likely the hunger and exhaust talking.

The fish would not bite her makeshift pole, and the anticipation and stress of this journey was not helping. In fact, she got so frustrated, that she picked up a crystal and chucked it into the water, angrily. When it hit the surface, and the ripples dissipated, she was greeted with an interesting sight. First it was just one, but soon an entire pod of fish began to swim around the sinking crystal, apparently dazzled by its colors.

This led Calypso to try something. She hooked a crystal onto her fishing hook, and then lowered it into the water, slowly, to avoid scaring them away. After a minute or so, a fish was caught. Perfect. She smiled down at her dinner, and suddenly realized that this land wasn't so bad after all.

[hazilnut]

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Prompt - 14

Kalon Party
Dustin | Sell-sword | 17 years old
→ A hyper but forgetful boy with a good
heart and a wish to see the world

Perseus | Scholar mage | 25 years old
→ Dustin's relatively reserved mentor,
and reluctant but wise accompaniment

Jade | Shadow puppeteer | 24 years old
→ A graceful but painfully shy woman
with a cynical outlook on life

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Jade's stomach growled as she attempted to weave together a net from her spare string. The threads were far too fine and far to thin to make an effective net; they were, after all, meant for paper puppets not wriggling fish. Again she stomach cried out in protest and she shushed it sharply. Perseus had already set up a fire, now all that was missing was a fish to cook on it.

Suddenly a loud splash echoed through the cave system and Jade was pelted with water droplets. Dustin had thrown himself into the pool of water and scared all the fish away.

"Dustin!"

The sopping wet boy shook his red hair out of his eyes and gave a sheepish grin. "I was trying to catch dinner?" he offered. Jade sighed, but before she could reprimand him the boy had shot off after a flash of silver, splashing her with water yet again. The woman retreated to the fire to dry off and wait for Dustin to resurface- she didn't want to get hit yet again.

Suprisingly, when Dustin did return he was clenching a slippery silver fish to his chest. He slougged out of the pool and dumped his catch before his friends where it wriggled and flailed like... well a fish out of water!

"I hope someone knows how to clean one of these."

[siennacereal]

Prompt 14
Halo and Willow try and fish while Havoc enjoys the show.

[NightFlame22]

Monsters aren’t the only danger an adventurer faces.

Cinna sighed as her stomach growled again. She had run out of bread as she was leaving the lavalands, and she wasn’t sure where she would find some food. All the shops had were magical weapons and mystical remedies, and none of those would fill her empty belly. She tried to ignore its rumbling as much as she could, but when each little sound echoed around the caverns, the reminder was more or less crashing in her ears every few minutes or so.

As Cinna wandered along, trying to put any and all thoughts of food out of her mind, she came across an old fishing pole. Whether or not it belonged to anyone was unclear, but she supposed that if it did have an owner, they probably wouldn’t mind if she borrowed it for a bit as long as she put it back when she was done. She picked up the pole and sat down at the edge of the water, casting the line out a decent ways out.

Each passing minute felt like an hour as she waited to catch a bite. Sometimes she would reel the line back in and cast it out again in a different direction, but still nothing would happen. Her stomach only complained more as the time went by, and she was wondering if she should just give up and move on with her journey. And yet, that didn’t quite seem like an option, for without food she would become too weak to do anything. She had to have something to eat, or she could very well end her adventure right here.

A familiar, mischievous giggle echoed around her. Cinna stood up quickly, looking for the source of the sound, but only finding a small ripple in the water. She sighed heavily and put a paw to her forehead. “Goodness, I must be going crazy…” She shook her head a little, then looked up again as the fishing line went taut. She had a bite!

Cinna grabbed the pole and quickly began reeling in the hook, alternating between pulling it tight and letting it slacken a little so as to not snap the line. Whatever was on the end must have been big, because it was giving her quite the struggle. After so many rounds of back-and-forth, she was starting worry that her arms would give out. She gave one last tug on the line, and… felt her heart sink as it snapped. Whatever she had hooked was now gone for good.

She groaned and put her head in her paws. “What am I gonna do now…?” Cinna sank to the ground, feeling dejected and losing the motivation to go on. She wasn’t ready to completely give up, but she needed something to eat if she were going to continue. With her only sure way of obtaining food now broken, she felt at a loss for what to do.

A wet smack next to her made her pause. A second one followed, and it was then that she opened her eyes. “Don’t fret, little pet~” She gasped and looked around, trying to locate the owner of the familiar voice. When she found no one, she sighed again, but perked up when she saw what had been left for her. Two silver trout were resting on the stone in front of her, big enough to feed her a good meal. She tilted her head a little when she saw an odd set of marks on both of them: on either side of the fish were a set of small, circular wounds arranged in a crescent shape, as though they had been bitten by something that had a full mouth of pointed teeth. She smiled a little and picked up the fish, whispering a small thanks to Althasia for the gift. It was impossible to understand how the water nymph had gotten here and left without a trace, but Cinna wasn’t about to complain.

She had what she needed to keep moving forward.

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