[Elsword... is a lion. A (smaller than lions should be) white one, bulky and muscular but the size of a large dog, which comically makes him smaller than his actual pet lion. He's laying in the flowers that bloomed all over town this month, curled up into a lazy ball and watching as everyone else filters into the middle of the Grove. His corruption didn't see fit to disappear in this new lion form, so he is indeed still sprouting flowers out of what is now fur.
Cool. Thanks, asshole.
Annoyed as he is, he tries not to let it show, bringing his head up as you approach. He wonders if he can still talk to everyone...]
Mornin'. How's the new form treating you?
[It sounds like lion noises, but maybe you understand him anyway?]
II. you're not as brave as you were at the start ["Let's get lost in the woods for three days" is what Elsword says to you when you agree to come with him to the new spots that just opened up. You won't actually get lost (he's a great navigator despite the memory problems), but it's still probably not the most comforting thing to hear someone say. Regardless, he has a raft, he is refusing to ask for that travel boon because he wants to see the sights, he's packed supplies including a portable campfire kit for making s'mores (thanks Mizuki), and he has that handy flora and fauna field guide he got from Heimr's shop a while back with him.
Let's go on a trip.] A) Camping along the way
[Midnight rolls around... or something like midnight, who knows it could be 3am, this forest is so damn dark, and Elsword docks the raft at a notch in the riverbank before dragging it onshore so it doesn't float off into the night without you both. From there, it's a matter of pitching a tent in the clearing and snuggling up. He, of course, only brought one tent, so if you're shy about sleeping in the same space, he'll sleep outside. No big deal. There are two sleeping bags, at least.]
Do you wanna get the campfire started while I pitch the tent? It's not gonna take that long. We can sing campfire songs after.
[You can also say "no, no campfire songs", he won't be offended. But he will suggest sharing travelling stories if that's the case. Gotta do something to pass the time until you both conk out.]
B) The actual lakeside
[The next leg of the journey involves camping over here, which may not be the best idea, considering the singing and hand-slapping going on here. Elsword can't say it makes him super comfortable, so he stays clear of the lake's edge, instead climbing onto the skeletal wing of the creature that died here. He's trying to See It Up Close (he's disrespecting the dead).]
I've never seen bones this big before. Do you think it was something cool like a dragon? Or a sea serpent? Do you think the water levels changed that much?
[He turns around from where he's standing on this bone, not too high off the ground, but high enough to where one bad fall could fracture something. A burn-scarred hand is held out to you.]
no subject
Before the race
II. you're not as brave as you were at the start
["Let's get lost in the woods for three days" is what Elsword says to you when you agree to come with him to the new spots that just opened up. You won't actually get lost (he's a great navigator despite the memory problems), but it's still probably not the most comforting thing to hear someone say. Regardless, he has a raft, he is refusing to ask for that travel boon because he wants to see the sights, he's packed supplies including a portable campfire kit for making s'mores (thanks Mizuki), and he has that handy flora and fauna field guide he got from Heimr's shop a while back with him.
Let's go on a trip.]
A) Camping along the way
B) The actual lakeside
III. wildcard