Nischa and Cooper on the Translucent Sierra
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******_Rainy Day_https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7LhdJPUTQ0******
This scene happened on date: 8/1 1519 roughly 4 years after the campaign started (ingame time)
It is late evening. Cooper and Nischa have been climbing for most of the day and is nearing the point of dropping by exhaustion. With the light of the sun gone and the feeling in their fingers going numb, they start looking for shelter on this barren mountainside.
A short while later they find a small empty cave just as it starts to rain in this freezing evening cold.
Finally in shelter, Nischa starts to make the preparations of making a small fire at the mouth of the cave.
Cooper notices that Nischa is visibly shivering and remembers that they passed by a small patch of Sparkleberries just a bit off the path they were taking.
"Hey Nischa? I'll be back in ten minutes. Try and see if you can get the fire going by then." Cooper said as he brought his cloak up an headed back out into the rain.
"What? HEY AREN'T YOU TIRED?!" Nischa shouted after him as he disappeared from view.
Roughly 15 minutes later Cooper appeared at the mouth of the cave, drenched in freezing rain water, holding a small patch of Sparkleberries while giving Nischa a small smile.
Nischa on the other hand just stared in bewilderment.
"Sometimes you truly are incredibly. We're on a freezing cold barren mountainside. Its dark and raining outside and still you managed to find some berries? Why? Can't you just make some goodberries as normal?" She asked.
Cooper started wreathing some of his soaked clothes in the corner while answering. "We'll still be having some goodberries after these. These are Sparkleberries though and will warm you up when you eat them."
Still, Nischa just stared at the drenched, and now slightly shivering Cooper, in utter bewilderment; gave a small smile and just shook her head. "You're drenched and freezing. Come over here and let me dry your hair by the fire." She said.
After they ate, they had some small pleasant conversations that slowly shifted into a comfortable silence, as they both huddled together by the fire; back to back.
Nischa was sitting quietly with her feathered Aaracokra handcrossbow, slowly tracing the dark blue feathers in the light from the fire. "Hey Cooper? Have you ever considered.. If things could have been different, if you'd done more yourself?"
Cooper felt her breathing slow as she asked the question and the seriousness that hung with the question. As he shifted slightly while mulling the question over she continued:
"It is just.. I can't stop thinking that the others would still be here, if I stayed by their side you know?"
Cooper shifted enough to fully see her now. In the low light from the fire, he could see the beginning of tears in her eyes. He saw the small crossbow she was clutching in her grasp. A present from her friend Wyatt he had been told.
A small sniffle was heard as she continued: "Sorry.. I didn't mean to make the mood somber.. I just.. Really miss them? They were my friends.. My family.. They gave me a purpose again... And Wyatt.. I really miss that oaf. Even if he doesn't want to acknowledge it, he really is a good person with a good heart. He always tries to stay strong and never really speaks about how he feels.. But I know how he is. Even if he doesn't tell me. I really wish that the next time I meet him, that I can make him understand his own goodness."
She was sobbing openly now but retained a small smile on her lips. "Heh.. The last time they disappeared for just a couple of months without staying in contact, he got such a bad conscience that he bought this for me." As she slowly looks at her crossbow.
"I can't even start to imagine what he'll bring when we meet them again... Cuzz.. We are going to find them again, yes?"
Cooper was sitting still, trying to come up with words but before he could, her sobbing slowly stopped.
Wiping her tears away she turned around and said: "... Heh.. Even though I'm supposed to be an adult now, I still cry like a little girl."
She stepped closer and gave Cooper a warm hug
"Really thank you for letting me travel with you Cooper. I really do enjoy our travels, much more then you know." she said into his shoulder.
She quickly stood up and put on a brave face as she continued.
"Pheeew. Enough of that! No more crying. You look exhausted so we better get some sleep. There is a mountain that needs climbing tomorrow."
Shortly after they got their bedrolls and went off to bed.
In the coming hour Cooper had trouble sleeping after the conversation they had. Laying in the bedroll he thought about all the crazy things and difficult situations the now 19 year old Nischa had been through at such a young age.
But even with all these thoughts, sleep slowly claimed his conscience. Yet before he gave himself over to the mistress of dreams he said very softly:
"You're always welcome Nischa." and slowly drifted off to sleep.
Unbeknownst to Cooper a small smile formed on Nischa lips as she too finally found sleep.
This scene happened on date: 8/1 1519 roughly 4 years after the campaign started (ingame time)
It is late evening. Cooper and Nischa have been climbing for most of the day and is nearing the point of dropping by exhaustion. With the light of the sun gone and the feeling in their fingers going numb, they start looking for shelter on this barren mountainside.
A short while later they find a small empty cave just as it starts to rain in this freezing evening cold.
Finally in shelter, Nischa starts to make the preparations of making a small fire at the mouth of the cave.
Cooper notices that Nischa is visibly shivering and remembers that they passed by a small patch of Sparkleberries just a bit off the path they were taking.
"Hey Nischa? I'll be back in ten minutes. Try and see if you can get the fire going by then." Cooper said as he brought his cloak up an headed back out into the rain.
"What? HEY AREN'T YOU TIRED?!" Nischa shouted after him as he disappeared from view.
Roughly 15 minutes later Cooper appeared at the mouth of the cave, drenched in freezing rain water, holding a small patch of Sparkleberries while giving Nischa a small smile.
Nischa on the other hand just stared in bewilderment.
"Sometimes you truly are incredibly. We're on a freezing cold barren mountainside. Its dark and raining outside and still you managed to find some berries? Why? Can't you just make some goodberries as normal?" She asked.
Cooper started wreathing some of his soaked clothes in the corner while answering. "We'll still be having some goodberries after these. These are Sparkleberries though and will warm you up when you eat them."
Still, Nischa just stared at the drenched, and now slightly shivering Cooper, in utter bewilderment; gave a small smile and just shook her head. "You're drenched and freezing. Come over here and let me dry your hair by the fire." She said.
After they ate, they had some small pleasant conversations that slowly shifted into a comfortable silence, as they both huddled together by the fire; back to back.
Nischa was sitting quietly with her feathered Aaracokra handcrossbow, slowly tracing the dark blue feathers in the light from the fire. "Hey Cooper? Have you ever considered.. If things could have been different, if you'd done more yourself?"
Cooper felt her breathing slow as she asked the question and the seriousness that hung with the question. As he shifted slightly while mulling the question over she continued:
"It is just.. I can't stop thinking that the others would still be here, if I stayed by their side you know?"
Cooper shifted enough to fully see her now. In the low light from the fire, he could see the beginning of tears in her eyes. He saw the small crossbow she was clutching in her grasp. A present from her friend Wyatt he had been told.
A small sniffle was heard as she continued: "Sorry.. I didn't mean to make the mood somber.. I just.. Really miss them? They were my friends.. My family.. They gave me a purpose again... And Wyatt.. I really miss that oaf. Even if he doesn't want to acknowledge it, he really is a good person with a good heart. He always tries to stay strong and never really speaks about how he feels.. But I know how he is. Even if he doesn't tell me. I really wish that the next time I meet him, that I can make him understand his own goodness."
She was sobbing openly now but retained a small smile on her lips. "Heh.. The last time they disappeared for just a couple of months without staying in contact, he got such a bad conscience that he bought this for me." As she slowly looks at her crossbow.
"I can't even start to imagine what he'll bring when we meet them again... Cuzz.. We are going to find them again, yes?"
Cooper was sitting still, trying to come up with words but before he could, her sobbing slowly stopped.
Wiping her tears away she turned around and said: "... Heh.. Even though I'm supposed to be an adult now, I still cry like a little girl."
She stepped closer and gave Cooper a warm hug
"Really thank you for letting me travel with you Cooper. I really do enjoy our travels, much more then you know." she said into his shoulder.
She quickly stood up and put on a brave face as she continued.
"Pheeew. Enough of that! No more crying. You look exhausted so we better get some sleep. There is a mountain that needs climbing tomorrow."
Shortly after they got their bedrolls and went off to bed.
In the coming hour Cooper had trouble sleeping after the conversation they had. Laying in the bedroll he thought about all the crazy things and difficult situations the now 19 year old Nischa had been through at such a young age.
But even with all these thoughts, sleep slowly claimed his conscience. Yet before he gave himself over to the mistress of dreams he said very softly:
"You're always welcome Nischa." and slowly drifted off to sleep.
Unbeknownst to Cooper a small smile formed on Nischa lips as she too finally found sleep.
READ THIS FIRST Nischa is traveling to the top of the Translucent Sierra together with Cooper to attune an elemental coin to the plane of wind at the top. During their climb Nischa and Cooper rested in a cave nearing the top, and had a short heartfelt talk about things that could have been different.
Nischa's Aaracokra hand crossbow.
A gift from her friend Wyatt Holliday and one of her most priced possessions.
It was gifted to her as an apology for not bringing her along on Wyatt and his friends adventure, as they were gone for about 4 months without contacting her.
In the later years as Wyatt and his friends still has not been found, it still stays by her side as one of her most used and trusted weapons.
The dark blue feathers are showing wear and tear from years of use in different climates.
Though wear and tear are showing, it is also easy to see that special care has gone into maintaining this piece of equipment, prolonging its life far beyond what is normal.
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