after finishing some mock-ups for his new weapons, khik goes to his shared tent where vake is already asleep, the outline of her slim but still curvaceous body almost visible through the pelt they use for warmth, her shoulder-length hair sprawled out in all directions like a crimson sun, her hair was always redish, even before the change, but it wasn't nearly as vibrant as it was now. khic with his large but not bulky frame and short black hair slipped in under the pelt to feel her warmth, the duo finally getting a good night's sleep after 5 days of mass confusion and all the excitement over the week, the pair of 21-year-olds were content at last. they felt like nothing could harm them, as long as they had each other. before falling asleep, he remembers the time they found that grain water that smelled kinda nice, he tried it first, but when he grunted in approval, she partook of some as well. then they ended up drinking the whole container and had the most fun they never remembered, before waking with headaches that made them think they face planted off a cliff. after the sun came up, vake woke first but didn't move from the warmth of khics body. after some laying there, she traces a lovey symbol over an abrasion on khic, leaving dirt in the pattern of it
dadada~ they got: minor healing aka loved ones kiss, not good for real combat. but feels nice, and stops infections.
upon seeing it heal, she draws the symbol on a piece of wood with some dirt. and after some time has passed, the danger horn is blown, waking khic with a start.
a second later, after the duo is fully awakened; the 50-year-old elder (that since the flash has been looking a lot less decrepit, even a-tad toned. able to even walk without his cane, but he kept it because it's sentimental to him.) barged in to confirm that an enemy tribe is attacking. khic is excited this time, he has made tools for turning the battle; he rushes to their private crafting tent, pulling vake by the wrist, as he is handing the weapons to vake, explaining how they work, so she can find a way to hand them out, he hands vake the thing he made just for her, a thick stick with a wish-stone the size of a small hand, embedded and tied into the end. looking like a short crude wooden sceptre. after explaining it to her, she takes it with relish, planning to use it as both a casting medium and a blunt instrument. as she is trying to explain the use of the weapons to the fighters, the enemy encroaches upon them, some with hungry eyes, unfortunately for her would-be assailants, she had them burst into flames before they could touch her. acter khic sees the invaders keep coming for vake, he begins to feel something well up inside, he drops the club he was handing to someone, he felt...anger, not frustration, like he had felt so often in the past, he felt like being the aggressor for once. so he picked up a fallen spear, an ax, somehow, picking up and wielding a third, then a fourth, a fifth, and a sixth weapon.
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skill unlocked: multi equip: you can temporarily gain extra grabby appendages, to fight more people at a time, only awarded to the job: weapon master.
warning; will cause exhaustion after use, proportional to the length of use
he began to rush at the violent invaders as if he were a whirlwind of death, as he comes to the aid of vake, he calms down enough to realize what is happening, he grew 4 see-through arms, but now he had no time to question it, the duo became instrumental in the repelling of the invaders. vake running and clubbing as much as she spell slung like some magic ninja cave queen[laughs]; allowing the other rune users to throw their own fireballs. while khic got almost everyone's backs. shielding and countering all attacks from the back of his comrades. the invaders being freaked out by "the people that smelled like the group that they got stuff from", managing to not just fight back, but kill some of them with unknown forces.
after an hour of being overwhelmed, the invaders fled[the thought of them losing finally getting through their exorbitantly thick skulls] vake and khic actually continued to chase after them as they retreated, until the duo collapsed from exhaustion, the euphoria of finally repelling the ogrn tribe having overtaken them. after coming to, the elder and shamans congratulated them on their vigor and aid with the equipping of the people, but did note that they went overboard near the end.
vake and khic then began actually training the people in the use of the new weapons, as well as something that khic did during the fight, multi-unit fighting tactics(they used words like: "group fight" instead.) at first it was just the standard"having each other's back" tactic, but khic has shown a strategic mind he never seemed to have before, even thinking up things like"fire-ing lines", and something called "run and tear"(which involves running low to the ground near an enemy, and slashing at their legs before running out of spear range) vake meanwhile taught the shamans the healing rune she discovered and asked them to try to make a better version of it. the shamans(who were really more like medicine men/women) agreed and even began using the spell to help treat the people that got some wounds.
as they were celebrating and licking their wounds, a beast is shown in the distance, one with giant antlers, and size to hold them, something was even more noticeable: it is snow white from head to toe, and the grass under it's feet freeze instantly.