[[He's Doing A Concern]] - Tumblr Posts
voidtouched-blue--[Prior]
Darkened jaws of ragged metal rose up from the loose earth to snap up at the air above them. The sound made her wince as it cut through the air with a shrieking snap. It was a far more efficient version of the very same traps hunters and poachers used within the Black Shroud. The same things that she often spent her time wandering around to disarm and leave out for the Twin Adders to dispose of on their patrols of the border. The Garleans weren't so foolish as to incite the ire of the Elementals this far into their territory. Using explosives to hide under the dirt would have been a fast track to losing their castrums seated within Eorzean territory. "Think of it as nothing more than an elaborate bear trap, Kaleh'a." She wiped her brow with the back of her hand. "Look for disturbed earth along the ground and you'll come to find them far easier, I'm sure."
Kaleh'a had continued sprinting past Cyra, to a tree, leaping behind it, and peering out as he tried to beckon to Cyra to join him to avoid whatever other danger might lay out there, only to hear the amusement in his fellow Moon Keeper's voice as she seemed completely unphased and rather...used to it. He slowly, carefully, stepped out from behind the tree, approaching as she showed off a bit of her power, his eyes snapping to the stones as they floated and spun, hovering above another trap, eying the thing now that he knew what to look for, his steps light as the stones suddenly dropped, hitting the center of the trap and--
He jolted, jumping again as he hissed in displeasure at the sharp clang of metal as the teeth of it coming together, snapping up just like a giant bear trap, his tail bristling as he shivered at the thought of...stepping on one. It would have taken him out, left his upper half detached from the lower half, and he had to pat his waist to make sure that yes, yes he was still whole. Carefully he approached the triggered trap, running a hand over the metal of it, tilting his head slightly as poked at it, prodded softly, and then murmured, "This would...shit this could kill a Ziz..."
He could only imagine that these things would easily upset the balance of the forest, his eyes slowly scanning around as he worked to calm himself, soft breaths, calming his racing heart, his mind, and finally managing to get his tail to un-bristle and settle down, swaying angrily behind him as he shook his head and angrily growled, "This is...this is terrible! Why are they here? In Gridanian territory? What possible use could they have!?"
He turned to her, right as she wiped her brow, and his expression changed from anger to worry, noting her slightly paler face and beads of sweat, stepping a little closer and quickly asking, "Hey, you okay? I didn't see what you did but...I can tell something has changed." He wasn't completely lying, he could feel the air felt different, the aether more dispersed, and as he looked closer, he noticed her staff, or more specifically the focus, was glowing a lot more than it had before. He reached out, poking the stone softly, enraptured for a moment as he mumbled, "Oh, it's glowing now. Does that mean...its more powerful? Ah! I'm getting distracted!"
He quickly shook his head, and then pointed back to the trap, and quickly blurted out, "We have to tell someone about this! Or find all the ones out here! These are incredibly dangerous! If I had walked into one..." He shivered and his tail swayed unhappily, his ears slicked back. "I don't think even your healing could have helped me..."