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[tales: abyss] arietta

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Who: Arietta and open search party.
What: Searching for Arietta, who is currently stuck in the forest in the rain.
When: After Arietta's third entry.
Where: Forest.
Summary: Why are humans so nice? Arietta didn't know. People who didn't know her wanted to help her out of her 'wet' situation.
Rating: PG

Arietta only knew she was in the forest. In the time she arrived here, she had met a couple of people, but only over her communication device. At least Van was around... someone she still trusted. Sync showed up and wanted to find her... and so did about three other people. The liger girl didn't understand. Were humans always this nice... so welcoming?

Either way, she had been caught in the rain and it didn't look like it was going to let up any time soon. The girl was wet from head to toe standing under a tree. She didn't have the time to look for shelter, so this tree would do for now.

And so, the young girl would wait considering there wasn't much else she could do.

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Tir had offered to help the girl earlier simply because she'd seemed to be in trouble- some part of what she had said had reminded him of another girl in the woods, years back, who'd proclaimed that she'd been lost with no place to go, would he please protect her? He'd agreed, and she'd become his teleportation mage. And over the period where he'd been looking for followers, there'd been many who had asked for his help. He'd never been able to bring himself to begrudge them, somehow.

Flipping open his book as he looked about him, Tir scanned the pages where he'd been talking to the girl. In another of the conversations she'd introduced herself as Arietta.

The raindrops fell on the book and he shut it before it could get any wetter. Instinctively, he spread his wings about his shoulders to ward off the rain; it was an instinct he hadn't realized he'd had, and the knowledge made him slightly uncomfortable. Walking on into the woods, Tir looked around for any sign of a person having gone past. There would be little luck there, though- to attempt to track someone in this whether would be difficult, even for him.

'Arietta,' he called out, wondering if he'd receive an answer.

After telling Lloyd and Anita where she was going, Sheena headed out into the rain. There had been no time to find a raincloak or anything else she might be able to use to stay dry, and she was still wearing the white...garment...she'd woken up in.

Squinting through the rain and sloshing through puddles, she headed for the forest. Nobody should have to be lost outside in weather like this; with so many trees around, a thunderstorm could be even more dangerous for someone in the forest.

The girl stood under a tree. She waited. She thought she heard an echo of her name. But she ignored for now. Somehow she thought she was becoming delusional and hearing things. But now she was starting to get tired. For now, she would sink the ground and close her eyes for the moment.

That wasn't the smartest choice.

'Arietta?' Tir called again, looking around. He didn't see anyone else just yet and blinked as the rain got into his eyes. It seemed as heavy as when it had started- and although he'd seen a good few storms in his life, he'd never before been out in one that had lasted as long and as hard as this one. His clothes were plastered to his back, and he was using the staff he normally carried to help him through the forest.

He thought he saw someone else moving through the forest and made his way forwards. 'Are you...' he asked, when he reached the woman. White dress though she may have been wearing, she hardly seemed helpless. 'You're looking for Arietta as well?'

[ ooc; I assume we're doing in Tir-Sheena-Arietta order until someone else joins in? ]

Sheena spotted him from a distance and waited, defensively, for him to come closer. When she saw he had wings of his own, she relaxed a bit, pushing her dripping hair out of her eyes.

"...Arietta? Is that her name? She didn't tell me." Sheena nodded. "Yeah, I'm looking for her."

Though she had no way of knowing this, she agreed with his thoughts - this storm was far from normal. Another crash of thunder overrode her next words; she waited for it to pass before trying again.

"Who're you?"

Arietta stayed asleep under the tree. Being like this was all ready a recipe for getting sick. But she needed the rest and being out in the rain tired her out. So it wasn't that she went to sleep willingly.

((OOC: Apologies for intrusion~))

Allen started out from his house, wandering into the forest nearby. He knew that Arietta was in there somewhere, but... that was all he knew. Perhaps it was a bad idea to simply wander in, hoping to find her, but he had no better plans.

Soon enough, he was hopelessly lost.

"Arietta!" Allen resorted to calling, his voice lost to a peal of thunder. "Aaariiiiieeeeeettaaaaaa!"

'Ah,' Tir murmured in reply, the blood-red wings starting to feel uncomfortable on his back, drenched by the rain. He shook them off slightly, although this did little to help. 'Maybe we'll have more luck if we look together.'

He looked around, wondering which way to continue in. Arietta had said something about being under a tree. In a forest like this, looking for just one tree out of many seemed a near impossible task. With two people instead of one, though, it would perhaps be easier to achieve. The rune bearer had started forwards, staff in hand, when the woman spoke.

Who're you?

In reply, Tir shrugged, the faintest hint of a smile on his lips. 'Scholtenheim Reinbach IV.'

He would have said more, before he thought he heard someone else- a male voice, this time- call out. 'Let's go,' Tir nodded, moving forwards towards where the voice had come from.

[ No problem. we'll just continue taking turns, then. Uh, I guess? And hopefully they find Arietta soon. ]

That's a...long name. Guess he's a noble. Sheena followed behind him, noting his staff and feeling her own lack of any usable weapons. She, too, heard another voice calling, but as yet there had been no answering call.

Her wings drooped almost painfully from the weight of the water; the muscles in her back and shoulders twitched every so often in protest. The wings did remind her of something, though - something Lloyd had said.

"Not that this weather is any good for it, but...if the animals really do talk here, they might be able to help us. If...we can find any."

Allen bit his lip, walking faster, though he really had no idea where to go.

Tyki was there and Lavi was--

But he couldn't think about that right now. His job was to find Arietta, and do so quickly. The sooner he brought her back, the sooner he could check on Lavi. He reminded himself that Lavi was right; he was safe inside, and Tyki was nowhere near. They hadn't yet set a date for the fight, so there was some time yet.

...If he could find Arietta. And the way out of the stupid forest. And through half the village.

Taking a deep breath, Allen tried again. "AAAAARIIIIIIEEEEEETTAAAAAAAAAAAA?"

Moving through the forest was familiar to Tir- he'd spent many days during the campaigns in forests and woods surviving and gathering people to his cause. Of course, it had never rained as hard as this before...

Sending a glance over to where the woman was, he noted she was keeping up well enough with him. Something about the way she moved reminded him of a few people he'd known once, the ninjas of Rokkaku. Was she-?

As the rain seemed to intensify further, Tir shook his head slightly. There were better times to ask questions like that. Looking up as he heard another yell some distance away, Tir found a small path through the trees and headed forwards, finally spotting a person standing below them and moving towards him.

She kept up with him pretty well for the way she was dressed, and without shoes, even. She froze when she saw the person moving towards them; just because the first stranger she met in the woods seemed trustworthy didn't mean this one would be.

Once again she cursed her lack of any sort of weapon. She was more than decent with just her hands and feet, of course, but in the rain, and with the soreness and exhaustion that came from having 'new wings,' she felt unsteady.

"Who's there?"

Allen stared for a moment, shocked and relieved. People! That meant he was saved!

...Though said people didn't appear to be entirely friendly.

"Ah, don't mind me!" Allen gave a nervous grin, putting up his hands protectively. His eye remained normal, at least; they were not Akuma, not that he expected them to be. Malnosso? From his position, he couldn't tell. He supposed he was thankful that his Innocence, unlike the rest of his companions', was still working, but how well and for how long? "I'm just... ah... looking for someone. I'll be going now!"

He was looking for-

'Arietta?' Tir questioned, smiling faintly as he stretched out a hand to the person. 'We're looking for her too.' So that made three of them in the forest now, seeking the girl. Hopefully they'd find her soon, too. This whether was hardly one that he enjoyed being out in. All three of them were drenched by the rain.

'Do you remember where you've searched?' he asked. 'If you do, we could narrow down the places we've been so that we can find her.'

So it was someone friendly, after all. That was good, at least. Sheena fought off the urge to start shivering, instead scanning the forest around them as best as she could. The rain and the darkness kept her from seeing anything useful.

"Uh...is there a way either of you could...make light, maybe?" Obviously, fire was out of the question, but as far as she knew magical light was still somewhat possible.

Allen sighed in relief, letting out a long breath he hadn't realized he'd been holding. Friends, then, and with the same objective, too. Unfortunately, there was little he could do.

"Ah... I have no idea." Allen smiled sheepishly as he took the other boy's hand. He scanned their surroundings, frowning. Truth be told, he had no idea where they were, much less where he had been before. In every direction, there seemed to be trees, and trees, and... did he mention the trees?

There seemed, however, to be a path behind him. Key word being "seemed", mind. "I think I came from that way?"

At least there was one thing he could do. "Er, please don't be alarmed. I can make some light."

Hoping he didn't shock the other two into attack or whatnot, he took a few steps back, murmuring, "Innocence, activate!" and waiting as his arm grew into a claw, a green glow surrounding his shoulder where it joined with his body.

It wouldn't be very big or strong, and he couldn't hold it for very long, but at least it would provide them with some sort of light.

Tir raised an eyebrow as the boy's arm seemed to- grow? Change, somehow, into an animal-like claw. It was slightly unnerving to watch and he found himself gripping his staff a little tighter with his right hand. Strange as what the boy was doing may have seemed to him, he had no doubt that Soul Eater's power would be just as unfamiliar to them if he cared to display it.

There was no call for such a thing, though. His gaze flicking to the path the boy had indicated, Tir made a note of it and where it was likely to lead to. Directions seemed to help little in this place, but he had a good idea of where he'd come from and how the rest of the forest was. It helped that he'd been out fishing a time or two before, as well.

The light that was coming from the arm seemed none too strong to his eyes. For a moment, Tir wondered if this magic had also been weakened, as he'd felt his Rune's to have been. 'That direction, then,' he nodded, indicating an area of the forest which none of them had searched yet. 'She's most likely in that area, I think.'

Sheena involuntarily took a step away from the transformed arm. Realizing this, she started to apologize, but a long roll of thunder cut her off. She decided it was better left unsaid; the boy whose name she didn't know probably hadn't even noticed.

With a nod, she headed in the indicated direction. They needed to find Arietta soon - if she was already this cold and tired, the other girl must be feeling ten times as bad. Sheena noticed something else, too: a slight downhill slope of the gound beneath them. They were headed for lower ground, not higher, and the last thing they needed was some sort of flood, surrounded by trees.

Allen barely noticed the reactions to his arm; he was used to it already. Even in the Order, there were those that steered away from him, and he was not surprised when people from other worlds, who had never even heard of Innocence, did so.

Walking with the other two, Allen kept his eyes peeled for any sign of Arietta. With his Innocence lighting the path, he could only hope that she would see them first if they walked by her.

((OOC: I'm sorry for not replying earlier. I completely forgot that I didn't. ._.))

[ooc: I'm here...hangin'...and I can turn this into a real post if you want me to...]

[[if you guys are waiting on me, I'm waiting for someone to post finding Arietta considering she's leaning against a tree, passed out]]

[[if you don't mind, i need to take leading of this thread. i can't post with Arietta otherwise without it]]

The girl had woken up some time ago and nothing had changed. She was still alone, drenched in water, and now, the nearby river she has been near was flooding. So in the sitting position, she was up to her waist in water. And that was never a good thing. But luckily she was near a tree. Arietta climbed up it and decided to wait there for.... whoever would find her.

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