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Miriam ([personal profile] crystalrepose) wrote in [community profile] escordvi2025-03-16 03:17 pm
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[Open] March Catch All

Who: Miriam, others!
Status: Open
Where: Various islands
What: Log container for March, nebulously set any time before Miriam's abduction at the end of the month
Warnings: Violence in the Rumor of a Mad Monster quest, others to be added

[Miriam's plotting post is here for planning ideas! Quests or gen logs, either/or. Will probably spill over to April.]
catsgothistongue: (*dbza popping noise*)

MONSTER HUNTING

[personal profile] catsgothistongue 2025-03-18 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Martial artists have several duties and principles they must abide by. Part of their devoirs is protecting innocents from monsters. Only reason he wasn't involved with the whole debacle with the alchemist last month was he didn't want to get another curse. He's heard tales of those who stepped foot on Crescent Isle would be anathematized with lycanthropy. Ranma's done this song and dance one too many twice. Curse him once, shame on you. Curse him twice-- eh, you get the picture.

Crescent Isle was the only place he was planning on steering clear of however. He had no scruples over other islands. It took catching an earful of rumors about a wolf-ram-bull creature to light that fire under his feet. Now, he hasn't heard anything of this monster actually harming people...

but he's more of a puncher than an ask questions kind of guy.

And he's got a foolproof plan to catch that beast:
1. Dig a pit.
2. Cover it up with a layer of soil and grass.
3. Deliberate whether or not to make wooden spikes like a punji pit to debilitate the monster.
4. Decide against it, since carving the spikes would take too much of his time. While he could just make a trou de loup (essentially a diet punji pit) trap, he doesn't just want to capture this monster. He wants to fight it fair and square. There's no need to injure it beforehand.
5. Get back on track, and dangle a sack of meat from a tree branch over the pit as bait.
6. Wait for the monster to be lured in, falls in, and he jumps in to give it a good thrashing.


Steps 1-5 have been ticked off the list, now for step 6. Ranma crouches down behind some bushes, looking through the foliage, waiting...]
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monster rancher 🐺🐺

[personal profile] activatingcombatmode 2025-03-19 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
[Sometime earlier in the month before all hell breaks loose for the Avalanche crew, Zack finds himself picking up some light work as well. ... Maybe light isn't the exact word for it, since he decides to help with the investigation into hybrid monsters attacking smaller islands, though. That's not light at all. It's terribly reminiscent of the last time some alchemist quack started melting body parts together. At least this time, it seems to only be animal parts. And not innocent women.

They share a ship, so it's not uncommon for Zack and Miriam to appear on the same islands occasionally. It just so happens that Zack is on the same one, asking some of the villagers what they might have seen.]


Flowers, you say? ... Ones that look like crystals?

[That's oddly specific but Zack doesn't put it together entirely. Not yet.

He heads out to the wilds on this little island when the sun starts to set into the water. He intends to go hunting for this "flower monster" before it can do any more damage.]
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[personal profile] pinksidekicking 2025-03-19 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
[ Nimona hardly ever cared about monster stories, in the sense that she never listened to them too closely. These were the kinds of stories that were often said about her in the past, people talking up something they were afraid of - something they didn't understand.

But she's also noticed that Miriam has been distant lately. Sometimes disappearing at night.

Of course Nimona is going to follow her friend. Turning into various creatures to sneakily trail her to an empty island. She's actually quite good at stealth when it matters, and this is one of those times.

Only revealing herself at the very last second, shifting back into her normal form. ]


So... what are we doing out here?
catsgothistongue: (GAAAAAAAAAASP)

[personal profile] catsgothistongue 2025-03-21 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[... Shoot. Step 6's hitting a roadblock already?? It's supposed to trot on over to the bag of delicious, mouth-watering bait and be caught, hook line and sinker! Gawking at it like it's only mildly intriguing was not part of Ranma's super-genius monster-catching plan!

Did he get the wrong bait? Is this even the right monster? It has to be, those guys said it had crystals on it! And he's seeing those reported crystal glimmering and glistening in the moon's pale light! He can't let this be a set back.

If food isn't going to get it to bite, then Plan C might. He clears his throat as quietly as he can to not attract the monster, and]


MRRRRREOW!~~

[mewed, like a cat, from behind his bush...

Predators can't resist prey just waiting for them to make their lunch! Surely this isn't bound to go awry.]
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[personal profile] activatingcombatmode 2025-03-24 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[The tracks will be useful, as Zack isn't much of a tracker or ranger, himself. He can do his best. He crouches down to inspect some of the ragged, faded tracks in the old muddy path.]

Looks like whatever this thing is, it's pretty big.

[Something with big claws. Zack frowns and follows the scene. As soon as he hears rustling in the distance, Zack takes his weapon out and ducks into the nearby trees. He needs some coverage because he'd rather be the one sneaking up on the wild monster instead of the other way around.

Easy does it... He starts to move slowly through the brush.]
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[personal profile] activatingcombatmode 2025-03-26 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[Once Zack gets a decent glimpse of the wolf from a distance, he frowns... The tracks plus the lone wolf ahead? They don't match. The math isn't mathing.]

Maybe that's just a wild wolf out here. But what is it doing without its pack around?

[Zack is talking out his thoughts quietly under his breath. Sometimes an old habit of his he still falls back on.

He glances behind him for good measure and then tries to flank past the wolf just in case. No need to disturb it. But as he does, he catches a better look at those crystal petals.]


Wait...

[This is what makes Zack stalk a littler closer. Cautiously calling out.]

... Hey, you.
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[personal profile] activatingcombatmode 2025-03-27 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
Wait-! Easy! ... Easy.

[Zack puts his hands out like he's trying to literally calm the beast with a show of submission. He doesn't make any sudden movements and doesn't pull his weapon out. He just carefully and slowly takes a step closer to the wolf.

Now... He's not sure if he should assume anything. But those crystal flowers look a lot like Miriam's, and he's not sure what to do about that. What happened here?]


It's ... It's just me. I'm not here to hurt you.

[He hopes this wolf doesn't mistake him for the actual beast walking around here.]
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[personal profile] activatingcombatmode 2025-03-28 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well, Zack has to be thankful that the she-wolf isn't outright attacking him.]

How'd you get out here?

[He still can't be sure this is his friend or not despite it being a very Miriam-inspired wolf. So, he feels a little weird talking out loud to it.]

You have to be careful, there's some sort of monster roaming around.
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[personal profile] activatingcombatmode 2025-04-08 04:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[All just a bunch of growls and barks... Zack can't understand her. He frowns lightly before taking a step forward towards her.]

Hey-

[But as soon as he does, there's a terrible and deeply pained howl in the distance. It sounds monstrous, ugly and guttural.]

I don't like the sound of that...

[But that might just be the target.]
catsgothistongue: (TACTICAL DROPKICK INCOMING!!!)

Apologies for the delay!!

[personal profile] catsgothistongue 2025-04-10 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
[Splendid, Plan C's actually going off without a hitch! He's enticed the seven-foot monstrosity, getting a much better image of it from his spot. It looked so much like something out of a Universal monsters film. Only with better practical effects. Clacking noise's a tad odd, Ranma's not sure what it's trying to do with making those strange sounds, but that's beside the point.

They'll find out what makes this monster tick soon enough.

While the werewolf's occupied trying to call out bait that won't reveal itself, Ranma scales up a tree. Ascending to the very peak of the tree, getting into position above Miriam, and--

Showtime. Ranma rapidly shoots downward at his target, preparing to deliver an axe kick to the beast's cranium.]
catsgothistongue: (Defend)

[personal profile] catsgothistongue 2025-04-10 05:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[Score: Ranma 1, the Beast zilch!

Too early to start celebrating. Step 6's taking a bit of a detour, buuuuut doing things off the cuff is more his style than following a plan to its fullest. The martial artist acts fast, springboard off Miriam's head before those sharp, flesh-rending claws can nick him. He lands with a roll in front of her, turning right around to face her.]


Hunting for something, Fido?

[Taunting the monster as he gets into a stance, bracing himself for whatever attack this thing may throw out at him.]
catsgothistongue: (Cheer up already!)

i'm so sorry for this idiot

[personal profile] catsgothistongue 2025-04-11 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
[It... wasn't coming at him? Typically when he's fought monsters, they come blindly rushing at him on primal instincts alone. This one isn't... Taking a second to relax his posture, it dawns on Ranma that none of the eyewitnesses mentioned this monster being hostile. Could it actually be...

Docile? Sure, it's snarling and bared its teeth at him... But on the flip side, it wasn't attacking him, and he did just kick it in the head. Animals don't take to being hurt or threatened lightly. Hmm... What if he, a rarity for him, take the non-violence route?

Maybe, just maybe... He could tame it? Still keeping his guard up, Ranma suddenly knelt down as if he was addressing a small doggo and not a behemoth wolfman and--]


Sit, heel! C'mere, why don'tcha come home with me, boy?

[... whistles and takes the placating cadence of someone trying to lure out a dumb animal to take home. Hey, if he's successful, that's one less monster harassing folks AND Akiko gets a playmate. Win-win for everybody!]

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