forum The Prince and the Assassin (closed o/o)

Started November 04, 2019 by @Becfromthedead group

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Felix sighed.
“If we can find any forest, we need to get in there and build a makeshift shelter.”

Eclipse nodded nervously, "Yeah… I just…" he foced his eyes away from the stormclouds, " don't like storms…"

"Yeah, no… me neither. Let's do what we can to at least minimize any trouble we have to go through. If necessary, I could… well, that would take a bit more magic, so let's try other things first," Felix replied.

Eclipse nodded, biting back a whimper as a low rumble rose in the distance.

"Oh… you're scared of storms…" Felix muttered to himself, "Anything I can do to make you feel better about it? Mine's less of a fear and more of an annoyance."

"N-Not really…"he murmured, pressing back into his corner of the wagon,watching the sky warily.

Felix spotted a treeline when they started over the next hill.
"Alright, I see a place I think we can shelter," he reassured the other.

Eclipse nodded worriedly, still wary of the storm.

The cart soon pulled up to the trees, and Felix carefully climbed out of the cart, eyeing different branches that he might be able to use to build temporary shelter.
“I’ll try my best to shelter you too,” he promised the horses, “I apologize if I can’t.”

Eclipse scrambled out fo the cart, "I-I can try to help too…" he said softly, clarly uneasy.

“Thanks, I appreciate it,” Felix replied.
He paced a bit, then settled on a spot between two trees. He started snapping branches off other plants to build the shelter.
“Here, help me set this up. I can try to weave a little vine canopy for it too before the rain comes.”

Eclipse nodded, doing his best to move in and help, grabbing branches like the ones Felix had been getting.

Felix started to arrange some of the sticks and branches into a frame, also directing Eclipse on where they needed to be put. Meanwhile, he was looking around to see what kinds of leaves and plants he had to work with.
(Meanwhile I know nothing about wilderness survival and temporary shelters lmao. Tried doing research but so many sites are like “have a tarp!”)

(I know a little bit, basically what they could do for them is build what's called an A-Frame shelter, you need a tree, a long branch, and a lot of sticks, and then leaves for insulation.)
Eclipse went looking for othr supplies they might need, trying his best to help.

(Ah, okay. Might still throw in some minor magic shenanigans because he can, though.)
Once Felix had the basic frame set up against one of the trees, he went to his pile of sticks and started fitting them into place.
"A hand, if you would?" he asked, hoping Eclipse would just follow what he was doing.

Eclipse nodded, instinctively catching on and starting to help him out.

As Eclipse started adding to the shelter, Felix started taking leaves and stuffing them in the sides of the shelter, in the crevices for insulation. He glanced around for vines and other things, then dropped what he was doing and started on a cover for the shelter, weaving together vines with his nimble fingers. A soft green glow came off his fingertips as he infused it with magic so that the vine leaves expanded, just enough to make the piece waterproof.

Eclipse stayed out of the way of the growing vines, before jumping when a crack of thunder rant through the air.

"Ugh… we won't have time to shelter the horses," Felix murmured, "But we should be able to finish ours before the rain comes."
He finished off the woven piece and set it down, helping Eclipse on the base structure a bit more.

Eclipse nodded, working frantically to help finish it.

Once they finished off the shelter, Felix cast the vine web over the shelter, then crouched inside, checking for any holes or gaps in the structure.
"I think we're good," he said, "I'll unhitch the horses, and then we'll be done."
He started towards the cart again.

Eclipse nodded, staying close to the shelter as another loud clap of thunder rang through the air, forcing a whimper from his throat in fear, and a little pain, as the noise was loud enough to make his ears ring a little.

Felix undid the straps and such on the horses, grabbed his belongings from the cart, then went into the shelter, curling up on one side.

Eclipse followed him inside, shifting and pressing himself away from the door, ears pinned back as another crack of thunder sounded.

"It's gonna be okay," Felix murmured reassuringly, "We should be safe here. The structure is pretty sound."