Solo Open up a box of Woop Inarta [Winter Event]

[Elna]

Elna didn't have a Bendi today, nor did she have any plans to practice anything. It was just one of those days when she had no work to do and it really bothered her. She hated wasting time and had set out to look for something to do. She often hoped she would just stumble up on something that would set her future in motion whenever she took a walk. It never quite happened, but she kept at it, hoping destiny existed and that it would work in her favor.

Her pet bird Iris flew above her getting some much needed exercise. For a city that placed so much importance on birds, there really had been a lot of places where they weren't allowed, if even just for their own safety. With all the days around arrows and furnaces and the like, she's had to leave her behind most of the time. If the day off gave her anything at least it would be a good chance to spend time with her favorite bird.

She stared up at the sky watch Iris flew about, completely oblivious to what was in front of her. Without realizing it she had completely walked off the path and before long she had lost her footing and began rolling down the sloped plane. Her curly red hair whipping around as her body spun uncontrollably down the hill. As she hit the bottom she stop moving, laying sprawled out on her back with her arms spread out beside her. She let out an grown as she recomposed herself. She was lucky enough that she fell during the winter, the combination of the untouched snow and her Katinu help make her fall much more tolerable then bare skin on rocky ground would have. Iris swooped down and landed on her belly, as if to check on her safety. She pushed her self up on to fore arm and reached out to pet the bird, "I'm fine, it was a pretty light fall." she reassured her with a gentle smile.

She turned her head side to side, scooping out her surroundings. An Elna sized trail led form the road to the bottom of the hill, a byproduct of her rolling though the snow. The same snow that now clung to her clothes and thick hair. To her other side was a series of laid out stones forming a decretive wall. The snow covered the top half of each stone. There was one however that stood out. The snow hadn't coved it in the same way it had the others. Its color was off having a tone of dark brown rather then the typical gray color. Its shape was and even rectangle as opposed to the uneven and somewhat rounded shape of the others. There was no way that it was a part of the regular wall.

[Elna]

Elna made her way over to the wall, tilting her head to the side inquisitively. She brushed her hand against it and could tell it was damp in a way no rock would be even if though her mitten. She placed both hands around the edges to try and pull it out. It was snug, but it wasn't holding up any of the the wall so with a yank she managed to free the object. It was a box wrapped in ordinary brown paper, tied together with a simple off white string. The side that had been exposed was darker form its wetness. When she rubbed her hand on it again the wet paper ripped easily, bunching together where she had pushed it and revealing a lightly colored and cheap looking wood.

She continued to observe it looking at the box for every angle and tilting it around when the box shook violently. Elna jumped back and instantly dropped the suspicious package on to the snow covered ground. It impacted into the snow with a crunch before resuming to shake with load banging noises. Iris swooped down to the top of the box and pecking at it before another load bang startled her off. Elna tentatively leaned back towards the box. It was almost like their was something alive in that box. Elna figured that some poor creature must have stuffed in there by a trouble making Yasi. She ignored the banging and began untying the ribbon. Once it was off she unfolded the paper and tossed it aside.

She lifted the box just a crack at first trying to peak in side. As soon as the box was cracked open a small clay arm flung out and started flailing angrily. Elna dropped the box once again with a scream. The box hit the ground on its corner and the lid toppled over. A small clay man rolled out of it and quickly got to his feet and jumped on to Elna's pant leg. She tried to turn her leg to get a look at the thing but by the time she went to look it was already on her back. She did her best to swat it away buy she couldn't reach as it climbed up into her curly hair. Her head jerked back as it tugged and pulled before it grabbed a lock and swung around her head kicking her in the check. "Ow" she screamed out in pain clutching the side of her face.as it crawled back in side the cover of her hair.

[Elna]

Elna frantically smacked at her own head trying to hit the little clay man. It was like trying to swat a bug, a relatively huge bug. Her flailing did little help her fight only shaking up her own head. The man crawled down, grabbing the back of her neck. Elna gritted her teeth as her arms curled up and she feel to her knees. With her nerves being pinched tightly she soon collapsed face first onto the cold snowy ground.

Elna was progressively feeling more and more light headed as time went on, she could feel that she would soon pass out. Luckily for her Iris got into her defensive mode and swooped down, causing him to release his grip and fall tumbling to the ground next to Elna's neck. The man struggled to get his composure against the flapping and pecking bird. Elna got back up to her knees, still feeling woozy from the attack. She made her way over to where the other two were fighting with a crawl. With the distraction giving her an opening, she grabbed the little clay man and pinned him to the ground using both hands.

He had a rather rugged look about him, a long stiff beard, a scar craved into his face over his right eye, and no designs on the top of his head that would take the place of hair. He looked back up at Elna a look of anger that shifted into disappointment "A child?" He asked himself out load in disbelief.

"Just what are you creature" Elna asked it.

"What you've never seen a Pycon before, kid?" He retorted with a growl.

Pycon, huh? Elna had never really heard of such creatures before. "Look kid just let me go, I have no interest in fighting some child." He continued.

"And why should I trust some strange little outsider, you probably belonged in that box." Elna responded eyeing the box on the floor.

[Elna]

The clay man looked back at Elna with anger. "Listen brat! I've been in that thing for who knows how long. There wasn't even any snow on the ground when I was put in there. Who knows how much precious time was wasted in there? The sooner I get out of this hole of a city and never see another fire hair agian the better. I'm loosing my patience with you."

Apparently Elna had been demoted from "kid" to "brat". The little guy was far from winning her over, who was he to make demands in his situation anyway, or threats for that matter? "You are arriving closer and closer to coming back to that box with that attitude thing" Elna snapped back, feeling the need to insult him right back. "Besides, the gate has closed, it won't open again until all the snow is gone, which won't be for some time. You can not leave"

This outsider was dangerous, Elna couldn't just let him roam free though out the city, who knows what he is capable of. "Maybe, I should just turn him in to an Endal." She thought to herself. "No, I won't try turning to them and having one of them look down on me for doing so. I'll handle this myself." She looked back at the box. "If I let him out, what is to stop someone else form reopening it once I put him back in. I should kill him before he hurts someone else" She thought to herself with hesitation.

"Stop starring with that dead look in you eyes and let me go already." He yelled up at her. Elna stood up gripping the clay man tightly, making her way back to the box. She slammed him into the ground and picked up the box. "CRAZY BRAT WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" She took the box and lifted it above her head, ready to strike down on him. Her eyes pierced into him with sharp intensity. "HEY HEY HEY, PUT THAT THING DOWN!" He continued to yell. Iris squalked angrily back at him, bothered by all the noise. Someone was going to see her at this rate. She moved a finger to try and cover his mouth to keep him quite. "I have to end this now before, someone hears him!" she told her self in her head. She reeled back the box in her hand, ready to strike.

[Elna]

Elna continued frozen in that position, unable to find herself able to bring it down. She had never really killed anything more intelligent then a rabbit, and suddenly ending the life of the strange creature that attacked her was seeming less and less appealing. The Pycon shifted his body downward enough to get his mouth underneath Elna's pinky and bit down hard on it. She screamed out reeling her hand back off of him as he scrambled away. His tiny body stubbled as the layer of snow on the ground prevented him from moving very far. As Elna recomposed her self she watched as he slowed pushed his way though. Acting quickly she let over to him, throwing the open end of the box over him, trapping him back inside rather than bashing him.

Elna could her his muffled yells coming back out the box once again. She jumped backward to grab the lid before shoving it underneath the snow to completely contain him once more, pressing her weight down tightly on the box. She could still feel him banging and yelling like someone who had been buried alive. Wether she was winning or losing the fight, the whole ordeal was putting her into a panic. The sooner she could get the Pycon out of the city the better. For now though, she had to come up with a plan, so she scooped the box under her arm and made a mad dash for her room, she could figure out what ever she needed to do when she got there.

Arriving at her room, hopefully turning as few heads as possible on her way over. She planted the box on her desk, throwing her back pack directly on top of it. Sitting down on her bed with her hands on her knees, she starred at the box blankly for a couple of chimes. Why did she have to open that stupid box anyway?

"What the hell are you doing girl? Open the damn box already." He yelled out once again. She pulled her head back in a twinge of fear. She knew he couldn't do much in there, but she still hated being put into this situation.

"I'm not letting you out until I know how to get rid rid of you, out of the city." She wasn't even sure letting him out of the city alone was such a good idea, traveling from city to city alone was considered a death sentience. Even if it was safe, she couldn't get him over the gate. Simply throwing him over would kill him form the fall. She could lower him down with a rope, but she'd have no way to untie it. She hadn't trained enough with Seagdhl to get him to carry the box over. It just seemed like getting him over the gate wasn't an option.

Then it hit her, they have trade caravan's that travel form city to city right? She could just slip the box inside one of them, have them take it away and let him be their problem. She shot back up into a standing position, picking the box back up and whistling for Iris to come to her shoulder. "I'm doing us both a favor and taking you out of the city creature, but you have to shut up!" she said giving the box a shake. "I don't want you causing any trouble."

[Elna]

Elna didn't hear any response coming from the box so she had to assume that he was agreeing to stay quite. She nervously started making her way out the door, glancing around in every direction repeatedly as if someone was actively trying to find her. Clutching the box tightly to her chest, she started making her way down the hall with hurried steps. Every time she would walk past someone, she would actively keep her distance from them, getting as far to the other end of the hallway as possible.

She was already getting a number of turning glances form her strange behavior and overly cautious attitude. "Oh man they already know I'm up to something I can feel it," she thought to her self while gritting her teeth. She was getting spooked and felt the need to pick up the pace, the sooner this is all over the better. Her legs moved into jog, now having moments where both feet were leaving the ground completely.

Eventually she made her way out residential area and towards the gate, lucky enough not to have anyone stop her along the way. She approached the gate and took a look around. It took a few ticks for her to realize just how bad her escape plan was. The whole point of having the gate closed wasn't to keep people inside, it was to keep anything form the outside coming in. There wasn't even going to be the slightest chance of there being a caravan here. Why did she even think there would be!

She dropped to her knees in front of the gate, sinking into the snow. What was to do? She had never tried to leave the city during the winter before, she didn't know if there was a way out. She took the risk of bring out the creature out into public, and for what? She didn't even stop long enough to apply basic logic. She was just about ready to start slamming the box into her forehead out of frustration when she could hear Iris calling out to her. Elna looked up, seeing Iris perched up on the ledge of the gate. Elna let out a calming breath. She could tell Iris was trying to tell her it was to early to give up. She needed to get up there and take a look around, there had to be something she could find to solve her problem. It wasn't it like her not to try after all.

[Elna]

She made her way up the stairs. Reaching the top, she peaked her head over the ledge. There were a few loose looking snow banks that had drifted off of the walls, but simply dropping him and leaving him to his fate still seemed far to immoral. She was starting to think that simply putting him back where she found him might have been the right idea. All she could do for now was wonder around the top.

She couldn't stay near the gate long in this idle season without eventually getting the attention of the gate keeper. Elna could see him coming up so she started to prepare herself to be as nonchalant as possible. "It's going to be fine Elna, there is no need to panic." she told herself in her head. To her dismay however, as soon as the gatekeeper her greeted her, the Pycon began yelling out of the box, making his presence known. "Hey! Hey! This girl is keeping me hostage! Get me out of here!" Elna's eyes widened in a panic, she was in trouble now.

[Elna]

The gate keeper, Val Imsun, raised an eyebrow at the strange situation before letting out a sympathetic smile. "Perhaps you should do as he says and let him out, I'd imagine it's rather dark and cramped in there."

Elna shook her head in mistrust. "But you don't understand. This creature is dangerous. He attacked me without warning! You'll see, he'll attack you too if let him out!" With that she took a step back, turning her body to the side to keep the box out of his reach. She may have been caught but she was far from ready to give up on getting rid of the outsider and doing it safely. Just letting it out now was foolish.

"Oh did he now?" Val responded tilting his head up in surprise. "I can see why that would worry you. But perhaps you've punished him enough. I'm sure you've been carrying him in that tiny box all over Wind Reach. You should be in a position to negotiate and talk it over, why not give it a try."

"There is nothing to talk over," Elna argued "I want it out of the city and it does too. Just show me the exit and I'll put it out of the gate and be done with this."

"Would you stop trying to reason with this girl, she's crazy, just free me from her grasp already." The Pycon interjected himself.

Val let out a sigh to the shouting pair, who seemed systematically unwilling to stay calm. He put a curled finger to his lip, his contemplation clearly written on his face. "I'll tell you what. Why don't you give me the chance to discuss this over tea. If you indulge me until you finish your cup, I'll take him straight to the exit. But you will have to respect our conversation, answer questions honestly, take my comments seriously. That sort of thing. Do we have a deal?" He asked with a smile and extending his hand.

Elna shook her head. What other choice did she have? "Fine I accept your challenge." She told him reluctantly. He responded with a gentle laugh. "It's not a challenge."