The Elementals

Chapter thirty-six "how bout a break? No? Okay..."

Chapter thirty-six "how bout a break? No? Okay...."
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Teep's p.o.v
So James had told me I needed to stick to Tinker for today and when I was about to ask why he rushed off, I kept an eye above and below the thick tree cover when I saw a very tired paragon falcon about tinker's size flying towards the castle, I looked closer and saw his flying was haphazard I wanted to change into my half Vampire form, buuuuuut I don't wanna get deathly sunburn.... I moved my hand out towards Tinker's direction and lose foot sizes tiles from the castle flew out and floated in front of me, floating platforms I jumped out to them, and they held my weight, I ran across them and towards Tinker "Tinker?" I asked approaching him slowing down my pace, he kept flying towards me "Tinker?" No response he got closer, and closer,and closer "TINKER!!" I shouted out as his head collided with my stomach, the platforms fell, and I scrambled to get a grip on Tinker's feathers, I sunk my claws into his back in a panic, when I sniffed the air, the air around me smelt heavily of alcohol, that's when I came to the realisation 'YOU'VE BEEN DRINKING!?' I mentally cursed but right now I was in a bit of a panic, I scrambled onto his back and steered him away from the castles wall, I pulled on his head feathers when I saw Tinker's goggles were still sitting on his head, I haphazardly made the goggles into a rein I steered him away from the castle, I looked back to the castle and sighed in relief, then looked at the sky, it's early evening, HE'S BEEN DAY DRINKING, I snapped out of my rage to realise the castle was getting further away, I tugged at the reins for Tinker to stop but he didn't "uh buddy? You kinda need to turn back" I suggested he didn't seem to hear me I kicked my foot into his side, he threw himself to the left with me on him, we toppled to the ground, I lost grip halfway through the air, I tried to reach for him but I was too late, THWACK.

It was nothing but pain I opened my eyes slightly and looked around, I didn't recognise this terrain, I looked up and saw where I had fallen through, that was a lot of branches broken on the way down, I slowly got up hearing all my bones creak and pop, and the instant pins and needles in my hands and feet, I looked myself over, bruises, surprised nothing was broken, I rubbed my head and continued to looked around I heard something snap and I froze 'dear god was that one of my bones?!' I wondered in a panic I waited for a moment before addressing the sudden pain in my back I felt my back and realised I didn't break my back....I broke my bow.... I mentally cursed taking my bow and quiver off seeing my destroyed bow and arrows I sighed in pain, getting up and dusting myself off, I hooked my broken stuff back onto my leather strap around my chest, I thought of calling out but how's a fucking drunk giant chicken gonna answer? I took a deep breathing going back to what I used to do, tracking and hunting, I tried to guess where Tinker might have landed, I had a rough estimate so I headed weast, the forest here is thick and more untamed then the forest towards the rest of the towns, I huffed as I sniffed the air trying to go a bit more primal, I got fresh forest air, small creatures and booze! I concentrated on the smell of alcohol, I followed the cent and it got stronger and stronger, I scrunched up my nose at the sudden hit of alcohol, I looked around and saw Tinker still in his bird form caught in vines on the ground keeping one leg straight up, that one leg was holding a sac of some sorts, I tried to pull the sac away from him, I heard the clattering of glass, and his talon wouldn't loosen its grip, I pulled harder and it wouldn't budge, I groaned tapping the side of tinker's head with my foot, the eye lazily lolled open, it was diluted and wasn't focusing, I rolled my eyes "wakey,wakey bird brain" I said in response I was given a halfassed chirp "come on get up!" I shouted kicking his side, he sqwaked and shook off the vines around his body, he stood up guarding the sac of what I could only guess was bottles of alcohol, I crossed my arms and tapped my foot on the ground "well?" I asked he looked at me in confusion "really? You've been drink and you'd thought it be a good idea to fly?" I questioned he shrugged 'no wonder you've been assigned to me...' I thought begrudgingly "do you have anything to say for yourself?" I asked he opened his mouth and talked? It was a whisper but it sounded horrible I grabbed his beak shut "your voice is gone what were you doing to lose your voice?" I asked he scratched something into the dirt 'a welcome back drink' I looked at him with a glare, he rubbed the back of his head nervously "and your little friends?" I asked he scratched in the dirt again sticking to the near by town for emergencies I sighed this wasn't gonna end well.