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Hermittober 2024
Day 2 Enchanting
Cub was anxious. He and Scar had escaped the confines of their home territory, but he still could feel eyes watching him. He tried not to let Scar notice, as he had searched for the origin of the feeling and found nothing. He proceeded with his plan to gear up, as their small swords were no match for a player when it was just the two of them.
“Cub?” Scar was tormenting a pig, poking it with his sword but not enough to kill it, just watching it squeal and run away.
Cub put down his scrap of leather and focused on his companion. “What is it, Scar?”
“Do you think that there's some Eldritch beast out there, waiting for us to make a mistake, so that it can pounce on us and drag us back to the mansion where we belong?”
Cub was a little lost for words. Scar had some off-the-wall ideas, but was pretty perceptive. “I don't not think that,” he hedged.
“Will you tell them to leave us alone already?” Scar sounded glum.
“If I could I would, my man. We're just going to have to wait and see for now.” Cub went back to his task, still on the lookout for any opportunity to evade the mysterious eyes on them.
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It was dark out, and they were traveling through a swamp. Their natural glow kept the frogs from attempting to eat them, as they looked like the unappetizing fireflies native to the area.
Scar was speeding ahead as fast as his wings could take him when he entered a clearing.
There on a log in an unnatural purple light with fireflies surrounding it sat the Eldritch creature. It had a dark cloak, but its wings were visible stretching out behind. Many purple glowing eyes were open staring straight at him. It was fascinating, no, captivating! Scar was enchanted immediately. It was the prettiest, and scariest, thing he had seen his whole life.
“It's you.” He said, breaking the strange silence.
“What do you want from us?” Cub already had his sword drawn, ready to protect them from the danger this spellbinding creature posed to them.
Scar joined him, hoping they wouldn't have to fight the otherworldly being. He was shaking with fear.
Hermitober 2024
I found the HC October prompts. I'm using this list from Twitter.
Day 1 Vex
Grian sat invisible among the dense foliage of the dark oak forest watching the hive of activity inside the woodland mansion. Some enterprising player was sneaking through the hallways taking out the axe wielding illagers.
An evoker had just summoned a hoard of vex to protect himself, but the player was quicker, taking down the magical man. The vex swarmed on the player, seeking revenge. Except not all of them did.
Grian continued to watch as two of the vex broke away from the fighting and ventured up and out of their mansion home. Intrigued, Grian followed.
“This is our chance, Scar. Before they notice.” One of the vex was coaxing the other into leaving.
“Wait up, Cub, I'm not as fast as you.” The one vex wasn't able to fly as fast, having one of his wings smaller than the other.
They made it to the edge of the dark forest, the sounds of battle horns and clashing swords long behind them. The two little vex sat on top of the tree right on the edge watching the sun fall below the horizon.
“How far do you think we’ll make it?”
“As far as we want Scar.” They shared a mischievous smile.
They seem interesting, much more so than the boring player. Grian decided that they were worth his time in watching.