Black Ice (continued from ...Time Gate...)

[mugenginga]

Magus wasn't sure how he felt about sleeping with the furball, but sleeping outside was suicide. The creature attacked without magic and there was no one to stand watch... he wished Lucca was there. She could have cast Protect. Or better yet, Schala. She had spells that could protect an entire group from both magic and physical attacks.

There was nothing to do now. It wasn't like he slept much. Althoguh with the wound. He sighed. If the fuzzball killed him in his sleep he would be haunting it, he mentally promised himself.

Still, the fact that the fabric was so well woven was more painful than not. He drifted off to sleep thinking about Zeal... and Schala.

(OOC: GOt it. X3)

[warryn]

As Fluffy slept, a soft lowing could be heard.It got a little louder as a a shadow began to cover Magus from what little light there was in the tent. It was Jeph, the moose who lived in Fluffy's fur. He looked around the tent, only his head coming out of Fluffy's chest, his antlers where tall enough to hit the ceiling of the tent and raise it a few inches.

Jeph was looking to see if Tony was there, him and the pet rock where best of friends. And Jeph worried for his friend, he hadn't seen him in awhile and was worried something might have happened to the poor rock.

[mugenginga]

Magus eyes snapped open. He was a remarkably light sleeper. And then there was the sound of a wild animal practically on top of him. And the creaking of the tent. He didn't move anything but his eyes, but would have facefaulted had he been standing up. THere was a moose head. Just a moose head. Sticking out from Fluffy's chest. A breathing moose head.

Magus had to work at not freaking out, but every muscle in his body was tense. He couldn't gesture for a spell, not like this. And with the tiger striped fuzzball looking content, he had to assume this was another one of the oddities it possessed. But he wasn't just going to sit there.

He slowly moved his hand and grabbed a hold of his scythe, which he had carefully propped up so that it wouldn't cut anyone but was easily within reach. He cleared his throat. If the moose tried to attack him, he'd let it know in no uncertain term she was not a pushover.

(OOC: Lord, Fluffy's an insane THING. XD)

[warryn]

Jeph turned his head as soon as he sensed Magus waking up. He looked at him, and sent hi a mental image of Tony. Jeph was no ordinary moose, no, he had psychic abilities. He could communicate mentally by sending pictures or emotions to someones mind and he had Telekinesis. He was the one who organized the inside of Fluffy's fur and made sure Fluffy got whatever he was looking for when he needed something.

Jeph sent another mental image of Tony, this time sending his feelings of loneliness and worry. He wanted to see his friend again, atleast to make sure he was alright.

[mugenginga]

Magus blinked. It was probably a good thing he'd known creatures like the Nu, Masa, and Mune as a child. Otherwise he would have likely been freaking. But he wasn't.

"The... thing over there said it would be all right," Magus gestured to Fluffy. He had yet to get its name. Going on a hunch about the not-quite-moose's abilities, he pictured Fluffy in his mind as he said "thing". It would be as clear as the rock image Jeph had sent him. Being a mage required just as much mental training as being a psychic, after all.

As for how a moose head was sticking out of Fluffy, Magus had given up on that conondrum. Time travel made more sense.

(OOC: A note on his mental training. Jeph won't be able to access any thoughts that Magus doesn't want him to with the slight exception of a twinge of grief and that it is connected to someone very dear to Magus. And only if he's searching for it. Beyond that, he won't get anything, not even who the person is.)

[warryn]

Jeph gave one long look of worry before he disappeared back into Fluffy's fur for a few seconds. It came back up with a blue pillow floating in between its antlers, the pillow floated to magus and dropped in front of him. Jeph was grateful for the reassuring Magus had provided, but he was still worried about Tony. He disappeared back into Fluffy's fur, sending one last mental picture to Magus . A soft lowing could still be heard, but it was just a whisper of sound now.

The mental picture was of a cave filled with colorful flowers and the wind whistled lightly as it blew through the cave. It was what Jeph had always wanted, a cave full of life and beauty. Magus had gven hope to Jeph for Tony, so Jeph sent him the feeling of hope and relief.

((Don't worry, his abilities don't go that far. It only goes as far as recieving thoughts diricted at him and sending out his own.))

[mugenginga]

Magus was a bit startled by this. It reminded him of Zeal, back before his mother had gone mad due to exposure from Lavos. Before the howling of the black wind had begun. It was both painful and pleasant. Magus looked down at the pillow. He decided he liked the moose more than Fluffy, and lay his head on the pillow.

He positioned his scythe the way it had been before he woke up, and he fell back asleep. The night passed uneventfully.

(OOC: Daw. X3 Jeph's sweet. Looking forward to seeing Fluffy react to the pillow, actually. XD)

[warryn]

Fluffy woke up, the tent was warm from the combined heat of Magus and himself, mostly Magus though. He looked around as she rubbed the sleep from his eyes. He didn't notice the pillow when he looked at Magus because he was still drowsy from sleeping. He wrapped one of the blankets around himself and went to open the tent door.

It was snowing outside and the snow was already taller than he was, she did not like that. he walk over to where she had slept and sat back into his nest. She was not walking in that snow if he didn't have to.

[mugenginga]

Magus was actually awake the whole time, his eyes were just shut. Of course, the blast of cold air meant he was more than awake. He sat up just as Fluffy was getting herself repositioned. The little bit of light streaming in from outside indicated it was morning.

He saw Fluffy was awake, but grabbed his scythe before doing anything, "Do you have a name?" he asked.

He could come up will all sorts of nicknames, but he didn't think Fluffy would approve. After the events last night, he wanted something solid to call it by. He actually found it quite rude he had introduced himself without the favor being returned. Although to be fair, he'd only partially introduced himself. But Janus was long dead.

[warryn]

"What do you mean, I already told my name." Fluffy said without looking over at Magus. "Remember? You asked me what I was, and I answered. He didn't like to repeat himself when he didn't need to. He pulled the blankets over himself and hid from the cold.

Why? Why a mountain of ice and wind! he thought to himself. he could of dealt with .... a volcano, or somewhere hot. But nooo, it had to be the frozen mountain. Fluffy promised himself that if he ever found out who made it so that he would end up here would wish that their parent had never been born.

[mugenginga]

(OOC: HOnestly? I forgot. XD But I can cover.)

Magus didn't say anything. He had though the creature was describing itself, not giving its name. Fluffy? Well... it worked. Whatever had birthed this creature, be it magic or being, had a strange sense of humor. Magus peered outside. Getting out was going to be fun. Fire2 was far to dangerous in these quarters, and it would be a pity to lose the blanket. Not to mention "Fluffy" would probably eat his face. He usually didn't wish for weaker magic, but right now a normal Fire spell would have been so helpful.

It was a terribly improper and disrespectful use of the weapon, but he used the blade and top of his scythe to clear out the snow so he could get outside. He pushed more out of the way and looked back into the tent, "Are you coming?"

[warryn]

Fluffy peeked out of the blankets covering him. "You know, I don't like you. But without you in here, its already colder then it was." He stuck his feet out the bottom of the blankets and wrapped himself tight with them before jumping out of the tent. On his way out he noticed the pillow.

As he left the tent, he grabbed the top of it mid jump and put it away in his fur. Only his eyes could be seen as he landed on Magus's shoulder, taking up his spot from the day before. He gave the evil eye to Magus, not blinking or looking away.

[mugenginga]

(OOC: Edited to fix my fail miss of the tent being gone.)

"The feeling is mutual, but someone I know would chew me out if I didn't help you," Magus muttered.

Besides that, I'm still off my feet from yesterday's fight. Does this world even have healers?

Magus looked around for a few moments. He wasn't sure about the layout of these mountains, but it looked like they might be at the base by noon. If Fluffy wanted to part ways then, he'd be more than happy to send it on its way. He just hoped it would stick by its dislike of him.

He headed down the hill, feeling annoyed and a bit degraded. He had more power than all but one human and most monsters he had met, and yet he was being forced to be a glorified horse for some fuzzball. He was glad Glenn wasn't there. He'd never hear the end of it from the frog.

[warryn]

Fluffy continued to stare at Magus. "Where did you get the pillow you were using?" Fluffy was not happy, he wanted to know why and how he had been using the pillow. True, he really didn't use pillows much, but it was that he had been using it without him knowing.

Fluffy thought about loosing sorrow on Magus if he didn't tell him how he got the pillow. Fluffy sighed mentally, he couldn't do that, the poor thing was sad enough already.

[mugenginga]

"Some moose's head was sticking out from your fur last night," Magus said, "Asked about that rock you call Tony. Told him you said it would be alright."

Magus didn't want to give more information that he had to, but also didn't want a long conversation. So he told Fluffy the whole story. He wished the thing would stop staring at him. It was as bad as the Nu from Zeal. He'd seen them top monks for how long they could stare at you. After a while it just got creepy.