[Rosekitten]

He listened to him, well he knew the magic was impossible so he could figure out he was speaking of herbs. It was true that they could do quite a bit though getting some were a tricky task on it's own. And keeping certain ones were next to impossible due to the properties they had.

He sighed a little when Mizuki growled at the medic. "come on don't be like that.. you know I have to leave. We don't have half of those herbs on hand let alone the rare one.." He said before finally getting Mizuki to let him go. "just put up with them till I get back" It's all he could do really and it was only one medic that Neimi could find, and the woman was a good friend of the young girls.

Even if he didn't act like it Thalion understood more then Mizuki probably thought he did from the list of herbs he needed. With the general not well and tasks needing to be done he had been keeping track of the supplies the colony had on hand. He only remembered the names of most of the herbs and what ones they were out of currently. Though they hardly had the man power to afford to send anyone out to restock them while the Eastern camp was so close.

The rare herb was the main one he was worried about after he left the house and went to consult one of the head medics. He didn't like the answer he got, the plant was indeed rare and was rumored to be guarded by a beast no matter it's location, thus hinting to the name 'Tooth of the Beast'. Though he didn't have a choice, or he didn't see where he had a choice. He wasn't going to sit back without trying.

After gathering locations of each of the herb types he went about setting out on this shotgun quest of his. At the least he could get enough of the others to resupply the stores as well, the only one that was impossible for was the 'Tooth of the Beast', the plant withers within 24 hours of being picked, and transplanting it was out of the question being a delicate plant.

Neimi was trying to help the medic as best she could to at least keep Mizuki comfortable, though she knew that Thalion wouldn't fail. He couldn't, she had grown fond of Mizuki as well even if the two of them were hard to get along wit. She saw them both as family. She didn't want to see more of her family get taken away from her, she had suffered enough over the years.

Due to the rarest of the herbs and it's location being so far out of the way, or at least the last location anyone saw one at he figured the trip all the way to and back would take at least 3-4 days, three was if he rushed and he was planning to do just that. It was damned lucky that the few they were missing were local to the area. If they had been short on the others then it would have been more of a month trip to get to the damned area.

The first two herbs were easy enough and took less then a day for both, there was nothing he had to worry about from those.. They would be fine during the rest of the trip as well. Though the real test was the last herb and it's location. Either way he had to get the herb no matter what.. he was already planning it to be in a location where it was a royal pain in the ass to get to according to what he was told.

Over the next half a day he followed the direction to the last know location, though upon getting to the area it was a fucking cliff. "go figure.." he grumbled a little before he started to hunt down the plant he was after. Though he hardly would like the location once he found it.

Though after a few hours of trying to ensure the area didn't have the plant he found it, the purple leaves sticking off of the cliff side at the very top. He frowned a bit, that was a hell of a climb, let alone getting back down. Though he wouldn't get to make that climb, the area had a odd aura to it even getting close to here the very ground it self seemed alive.

Just about the time he was going to try and scale the cliff to get to the plant the ground under him shifted and groaned, the cliff in front of him even seemed to shift and shape into something else. The herb remaining safe as a giant eye appeared under it. "what... the... hell.... " he breathed out stepping back a little as his ears went down looking at the beast before him.

The cliff and some of the surrounding are seemed to be a sleeping rock guardian. Guardians were said to be long gone, none had been seen in ages. They were beasts of mere legend now. But yet he knew for sure this was one right here.. and apparently he had disrupted it's slumber.

The creature was slow moving as it tried to get it's limbs working once more from the years of sleep it had been in. He took this as his chance to get to the herb before something bad really happened to it. He quickly went about trying to climb the guardian's leg and getting onto it's back. This thing easily was larger then some of the cliffs in the area, let alone it was starting to walk as well making climbing all the harder.

He had made it half way up the beast back when a hand suddenly slammed against it's spine mere feet from where Thalion was. Apparently he had been noticed but the creature wasn't that bright or else it was still waking up. He ended up having to avoid more then just a hand or two, as it shifted and walked rocks broke from it's very skin and dust erupted from joints and cracks long not moved.

When he finally got the head of the beast and near the herb he breathed out heavily, the trick was getting back down with the herb in one piece... He had a separate container for the herb, to further help protecting it. After placing the herb away the beast never seemed to notice that it was picked, that was good he guessed.. Though the first step he took he was nearly crushed by the giant's hand again as he lay flat under it.

"ok.. that.. too close" He breathed out as the hand lifted, he had to get off this damned thing before he was killed. There was no way he could kill it these guardians were said to be immortal.. they just vanished from the world. Though he guessed .. that might not be the case. He started moving again after his thought, trying to make his way back down as fast as he could and avoiding anything and everything in the process.

This took most of the day, getting down was harder then climbing up had been to say the least.He got struck a few times, well rather more then a few times by smaller rocks falling off the creature as it moved. Though a few feet from the ground he forced himself to jump off and land rather roughly against the ground. He had never been happier to see the ground.

Though he couldn't help but look up and watch the giant walk away into the distance. If it had been sleeping there all this time.. then maybe it would go elsewhere and do the same. If Mizuki got better he half wanted to track the thing down and show him. Cause telling this tale would make it sound like Thalion had spent one too many nights in the tavern.

Either way he needed to start working on making his way back, the three days wasn't going to happen , he'd make it back to the encampment by the end or mid day of the forth day. Either way he just hoped it wasn't too late, if he had just gone through all of that and it was too late he wouldn't know what to do.

Late during the forth day he was at the entrance of the encampment, though he looked a little worse for wear from pushing himself to get the trip over with and to ensure he made it back in time. Though right away he went to where his house was, he figured they wouldn't bother moving Mizuki in his state he was in, there wasn't a need to really move him.

Upon entering Neimi perked up and looked at him as he closed the door and half slid down it's front to the floor. "well.. you look like yoe've seen better days as well.." she sounded a little worried but Thalion shoved the bag holding the herbs at her. "You try to make that trip in 4 days and see how you fair.." He couldn't even move really the last leg of the trip he had been forcing his legs to move,, every inch of his body screamed