Raffles & Giveaways

Oh my God you guys, I've got so many more responses than I expected and I'm so happy [emoji=familiar heart size=1] I love love all of your replies, and Beau and Leofric will be handing out the daily prizes for Sunday throughout today! Also will hopefully be setting up a spreadsheet for raffle ticket tracking sometime soon. On to day 2! [b]Daily pinglist[/b] @LemonySnaket @splatterdoodle @CaTYstrophe @Sharkra @ghostlyplants @Disillusionist @SunstonePhoenix @Martine @Gladicent @Solstices @Paintra @ArtemisAgrotera @BillyRuffian @ratdealer @PikaLink Since I posted this a bit late, replies made within the next 24 hours (until 17:00 on the 26th) will be eligible for the daily raffle. Hopefully tomorrow's will be posted on time though, so that will have the normal time frame of rollover til next rollover. [center][size=4][b]Day 2: Gathering and Hunting[/b][/size][/center] It’s a common misconception that Dragonhome is full of nothing but silt and sand. There are many secret and not-so-secret areas where vegetation and wildlife thrive - Dragonhome is neighbours with the Viridian Labyrinth after all, and beautiful gardens blossom on the borders. You wander the public gardens, breathing in the scents, listening to the call of birdsong and whispering insects. They make it sound like the trees themselves have something to say. And then one of them does. ‘I don’t know how Leofric expects us to gather all of this at such short notice!’ the leaves burst out. Some of these things aren’t even in season! I can’t believe he asked us to get all this just [i]one week[/i] before the festival!’ [center][url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=47106315][img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/350/471064/47106315_350.png[/img][/url][/center] You reel backwards, then look up to see a Spiral up in the branches, twisting herself into agitated shapes as she peered at a scroll in her hands. ‘I think I might be able to do something about the ingredients that are out of season,’ said a voice, gentle and placating. ‘But you are right, Abiliene, it’s the quantity that is the problem.’ [center][url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=37943463][img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/350/379435/37943463_350.png[/img][/url][/center] A Pearlcatcher stands a little farther away, holding her pearl with her foot while her hands wash and trim vegetables. You start to edge past them, sensing trouble ... ‘Helpers!’ Abiliene bursts out. ‘If we had more help … yes! You!’ You try to continue walking, but a magic seems to have rooted you to the spot. You catch the eye of the Pearlcatcher, who gives you a sweet smile that sets your suspicions. ‘You look like you know a dragon or two!’ Holding onto a branch by the tip of her tail, Abiliene stretches out to meet you. She waves the scroll in your face. ‘Do you see this? All of this? We need all of these to make the festival a success. Solana and I simply [i]do not[/i] have the time to go out and fetch all of these ourselves - we’re busy enough making the things we already have ready to be cooked! [b]‘It’s not that hard. Could you just go over to the Viridian Labyrinth and get us some of these ingredients?’[/b] ---- Abiliene and Solana are looking for ingredients native to the Nature flight. If you would like to help out, please journey to the Viridian Labyrinth and report back! (It’s not far!) A chest of treasure and a basket of food will be your reward! If Abiliene and Solana are impressed by your spoils, they may reward you with more items. [center][item=rusted treasure chest][item=mudpuppy] [size=1]1x Rusted Treasure Chest and 200 points of food[/size][/center] [center][b]Today's Badge[/b] [img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/643042269812752385/645951576460099585/ingredients.png[/img] [code][img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/643042269812752385/645951576460099585/ingredients.png[/img][/code][/center]

[center]Day 1: Let's Get Cooking [url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=49516721] [img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/350/495168/49516721_350.png[/img] [/url][/center] "I would be delighted to help you!" Estheren told the coatl. He was always ready for a new adventure. "Expect my report shortly." And just as quickly as he spoke, he was gone. Estheren [i]was[/i] happy to help, but the Ashfall Waste seemed awfully far. A large number of his clanmates had traveled to the festival with him, one of them could probably give him a recipe instead... As he pondered, a large fire imperial walked by. Estheren walked towards him, fluttering his wings. "Ah, my good sir, would you be willing to help me out with a task to help the Earthshaker's people? Could you share the culinary traditions of your flight with us?" he asked. Over the next few hours, Estheren collected a long list of recipes from interviews with various festival-goers. He couldn't vouch for their quality, but at least he had a large quantity. He flew back to the cafe, organizing the sheets of paper as he went. Some of these recipes looked awfully good. He'd have to copy down the one for spiced goat, and that intriguing fruity twist on a classic crème brûlée looked delicious... Estheren pushed his way through the crowd, his proud air clearing dragons out of the way, and triumphantly gave the packet of papers to Beau. "A long journey," he said, "but I have received the recipes you requested!"

[url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=21638842] [img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/350/216389/21638842_350.png[/img] [/url] As Lightbreeze whisked herself into the cafe, she realized how crowded it was. She had been coming in for hopes of a moment's rest, but it seemed for naught. She raised her head when she heard and spotted a Wildclaw, trying to make himself as noticeable as possible. Well, it was working quite well. There were already quite q few dragons gathering about, listening to what he had to say. A Coatl emerges from the back of the crowd. He didn't look like another guest; most likely he was part of the staff. Lightbreeze was right, as he spoke calmly to the Wildclaw, only to spot her. After he introduced himself and his partner---er---the Wildclaw, Lightbreeze had a choice to make. "Of course, I can," the Coatl replies with a voice that seems to float in the clouds. Her eyes occasionally wander away from their gazes, as if she was curious at something else besides them. Tangles from her mane falls into her face, observing it and making it nearly unrecognizable. Unless, of course, if her colors didn't discern her well enough. "I've learned well from a friend of mine who hails from the Fire Flight. Directly transferred the recipes over to me, you see." She gestures with her head feathers animatedly. "I can certainly give you examples of the knowledge of cooking passed on to me. You know, a handful of [item=Ashfall Prickler] are a delight to Fire dragons. They like spicy foods, but I suppose that's no surprise. Adding one [item=Smolderpetal] in the very center of the dish will give a nice variety of flavor. Combine that with a hint of [item=Flameweed] and it makes for a fiery vegeterian dish! ...Oh, well, I can't guarantee it's safe for certain dragons." Lightbreeze clears her throat. "Have I said too much? I've been very enthusiastic lately about types of dishes. Although the ones I'm most used to making are seafood dishes. After all, I come from the Sea of Thousand Currents."

Day 2 [url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=26395662] [img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/350/263957/26395662_350.png[/img] [/url] Turtle gave a salute while spiraling mid-air. She yelled, "ROGER THAT!" and zooms away as fast as she can. Finally, she arrives next a Wildclaw who appears to be gathered plants in a basket. "COOLFIRE! HEY! WHAYYDA GOT? WE'VE GOT TO GATHER NATURE-THEMED FOODS FOR THE FESTIVAL!" [url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=24089143] [img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/350/240892/24089143_350.png[/img] [/url] Coolfire turned towards the energetic Spiral, who was twitching and fidgeting excessively while fiddling with her claws. "Aren't you the most excited," the Wildclaw said in a sour tone. He pointed towards various spots around the trees and undergrowth, instructing Turtle. He handed her a large basket. "Go ahead. [item=Acid Widow] are known to reside among the small branches that hang overhead. I'm sure they'll find the spiders delightful. Just find bundles of cobwebs and you'll see. Oh, and if those weren't juicy enough, go gather a bundle of [item=Corona Sempervivum]. Those who don't like spiders will bee able to manage with the succulent. Probably. If those aren't to their liking, you can pick a handful of [item=Jungle Raincatch], as well. Turtle bounced around Coolfire. "Boy oh boy, don't you like the most watery and juiciest of dishes? On it!" She raced away with her basket and collected the biggest food items she could find, but yelped when she accidentally ran into a web of Acid Spiders while racing through the forest. She searched the branches for hanging Raincatchers, and found bundles of succulents nestled together in bunches. Thankfully, this season yielded bountiful harvest, making her much water at the thought of consuming the spiders. Still, she resisted the urge and tried not think about it. When she filled her basket, she finally returned to Coolfire, grinning sheepishly. "I dropped some items on the way, but hope that's okay?" Coolfire sighed and spoke to her in a dry tone. "Look, Turtle, with the way you zip around and about, you ought to spill something or anything. Here." He gave her a handful of [item=Spiral Aloe]. "Make up for the succulents you dropped. Now please go and deliver this to them." Turtle nodded vigorously, and screamed, "YES! AT MY UTMOST!" As she flew away, Coolfire called out after her hoarsely. "Remember, [I]don't drop anything else.[/I]" Heeding Coolfire's warning, Turtle was able to keep her basket filled to the brim without dropping anything. Now she just had to focus on not dropping anything...

[center]Day 2: Gathering and Hunting [url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=42870776] [img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/350/428708/42870776_350.png[/img] [/url] [/center] Bridget had been planning to have a break from plants. Sure, she was spending time in the gardens, but not farming or harvesting. That was for workdays, not festivals. But somehow, she had gotten herself roped into helping to gather ingredients. Plants. She cursed her kind heart. Luckily for the flightless snapper, her destination in the Viridian Labyrinth was not far. She started with ingredients she knew, picking clawfuls of clovers to put in her basket. Those, along with lilac time sempervivum and daffodils, were plants she knew well from gathering in the Sunbeam Ruins. [center][item=clover][item=lilac time sempervivum][item=daffodil][/center] She checked the list again. They wanted a huge amount of sandhills amaranths, which were relatively easy to find. They also happened to be one of Bridget's favorite foods, and she happily munched on them as she worked, eating easily a quarter of all the plants she found. Next were strawberries. Bridget sighed when she saw the item on her list. Her big snapper feet always ended up trampling berries when she tried to pick them. She easily found a patch, but had a very difficult time harvesting any. With red juice staining her sleeves, she finally gave up, with only a few fruits in her basket--squashed slightly, but still mostly intact. The last item on the list were charged duneberries. Bridget sighed, frustrated, and consigned herself to another day of work, or even several more. Her clan had never managed to gather any of the cherry varieties. The luscious forest would probably hold several patches, but they would be hard to find due to the humid weather, and that didn't even take into account the harvesting difficulty... A thought suddenly struck Bridget. She didn't need to spend her festival time making sure she'd completed this list. This was something she was doing out of the kindness of her heart, but that didn't mean she had to spend days going above and beyond to collect ingredients for these strangers. She had done her best, and the dragons who had sent her would have to be happy with what they got. Suddenly more self-confident than she'd been in weeks, the snapper trudged back through the forest paths, carrying her basket proudly. [center][item=sandhills amaranth][item=strawberry][item=charged duneberry][/center] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [center][i]Could I be added to the pinglist please? Thank you![/i][/center]

Day 2 ----- [columns][url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=49268648] [img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/350/492687/49268648_350.png[/img] [/url][nextcol]"A journey to the Viridian Labyrinth?!" Chloro exclaimed, hopping from foot to foot and twirling around in the air. "I couldn't be happier! They love m there, you see- it's where I was born, and- oh, these things?" They took the paper from the Spiral in front of them, folding it and putting it away before bursting into flight. "I'll come back soon! I promise! Hopefully with what you asked for!"[/columns] ----- [columns]"You're telling me," Arcana asked, "That you agreed to go fetch these items? Without even knowing what you were getting into? Chlorophos, I do [i]not[/i] know how I put up with you. However, I suppose I can help. Gathering plants with telekinesis is easy, you know?" "No, actually," Chloro started, but clamped their mouth shut when they saw Arcana's fins pinning down. They knew better than to mess with an agitated Fae. Together, they started to gather, roaming through the extensive Labyrinth together. [nextcol][url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=50839700] [img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/350/508398/50839700_350.png[/img] [/url][/columns] ----- [columns][color=transparent]______[/color][nextcol][item=Fig] [item=Strawberry] [item=Jungle Raincatch][nextcol][color=transparent]______[/color][nextcol] The two dragons returned together, Arcana levitating baskets of flora from all over the Nature Domain. Baskets of Figs and Strawberries, and huge collections of all sorts of leafy snacks. They placed the baskets down, raising their flare proudly as Chloro excitedly told stories of where they had went to get their floral treasures. [columns][color=transparent]______[/color][nextcol][item=Heavy Grainbasket] [color=transparent]______[/color][nextcol][item=Horn of Plenty][/columns][/columns]

[center][url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=56530404] [img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/350/565305/56530404_350.png[/img] [/url] [font=Georgia][b]Day 2[/b] | [i]Gathering and Hunting[/i] Aloy, faced with another task, sighed. He was going to decline, but something made him stop in his tracks - literally. When Aloy found that he couldn’t move, he shot the Pearlcatcher an astonished look, “How are you doing that?” Aloy quietly asked her, to which she smiled at him. Aloy decided not to ask again, as any dragon who shrugged or smiled like it was nothing - usually didn’t want you to know how they did it. Aloy gulped a bit, he knew there was no escaping this. Not with that Pearlcatcher, and Aloy being outnumbered 2:1. Sighing in defeat, he turned to the Spiral. “I know of where some small things are; like the daffodils, and apples. You seem to have the bigger items on your list ticked off already. So, I can just grab those items from nearby, and then you’ll be all set.” Aloy said, pointing his razor like claw at a nearby clearing - just off the path. Finding he could move again, Aloy went and grabbed the duos missing items - wanting to go as fast as dragonly possible - as Aloy wanted nothing more than to get out of the grasp of something unimaginable. “Here you are, the twelve missing daffodils and six missing apples,” Aloy paused giving them the items, “Now, I’ll be off. I’m a busy dragon.” Aloy said, you know - like a lair. With that he [i]sprinted[/i] off. Happy (and quite relieved) to continue on his journey.[/center]

[center][url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=32181477][img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/321815/32181477.png[/img][/url][url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=31549106][img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/315492/31549106.png[/img][/url][item=stormclaw showman][/center] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/raf/2781265/4#post_41384092][b]Day 2[/b][/url] Origenes stares, transfixed, at the brightly colored Pearlcatcher. "I...can't...move!" he groans through gritted teeth. "You're probably just magnetized again, Origenes," growls Ashes, and she leans over and tries to shift him. "Hmm," she mutters. A furrow appears on her brow. Zubeida's feathers bristle. "Kaaaa, you've been entranced! What is this, a list of demands?" She squints fiercely at the scroll. The dragons crane over to read it as well. "It appears to be a shopping list," Ashes rumbles. Origenes suddenly brightens. "Well, that's not too difficult! The Viridian Labyrinth isn't really out of the way, seeing as we were planning to stop by the lair anyhow. "In fact, we could stop by the lair first! We could commandeer Captain Mara's ship or hire someone else. After that, we can just ask around. It shouldn't be too hard to uncover the ingredients we need." [center]~ ~ ~ ~ ~[/center] Some time later, the team sits down, tired and baffled, in a dark glen. They've been on the go for a few days, and while they still have ample time to return, they can't quite seem to find their way out of this particular patch of forest. "Don't like it here," Zubeida whines, and Ashes rumbles in wordless sympathy. Origenes claps his paws. "Come now, we've been lost before! This time it's a little bit stranger, but don't tell me you weren't prepared for this. After all, we've heard peculiar rumors of this part of the Labyrinth, and there've been all sorts of stories..." Zubeida's amber eyes narrow. "Did you drag us here on purpose?" "No, I really was just trying to find those ingredients. Maybe throw in some delicious grapes or pomegranates, too. Those poor ladies were working very hard, after all." Ashes suddenly lifts her head. "Here. Someone is..." The team turns around. There's another Pearlcatcher, almost invisible in the darkness of the trees. She gives them a long, languid stare. [center][url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=53139740] [img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/350/531398/53139740_350.png[/img] [/url][/center] "You seek egress from the Labyrinth?" "Oh, yes." Origenes' magical senses are blaring like a klaxon, but he ignores them as he holds out the scroll. "And more of these ingredients besides. We're really in a bit of a hurry, so if you could just..." The Pearlcatcher reaches out, gently moves a hanging branch aside. It shows them a long downward slope heading towards some fields, a few prosperous-looking clans. A farming town. "There," she breathes, and then she shuffles away into the darkness. Sunlight plays briefly over her, illuminating the flowers growing over her scales. The team murmurs their thanks, and then they barrel down the slope. Halfway down, they pause...but think better of it and decide not to look back. They're on a mission, after all. [center]~ ~ ~ ~ ~[/center] "We're back! Here's the stuff you asked for. Sorry it took a while. We had, uh...other errands to run." "We got lost," Ashes states bluntly. Origenes winces, but he can't hold back a smile. It [i]is[/i] the truth, after all.

[center][url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=56718606] [img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/350/567187/56718606_350.png[/img] [/url][/center] "Woo-HOOO!" A jubilant cry breaks over the gardens as a Nocturne zips into view, spinning through the air. He dives through the treetops, unfurling his wings at the last possible moment with a loud snap, and lands daintily on his hind feet. "ALRIGHT! Did somebody say [i]ingredients?[/i] Was it you? I hope it was you, because you're getting them!" As he speaks, he starts unloading a number of hefty packs strapped around his body. "I got plants! I got roots! I got grass! I got fruits and seeds and these wiggly little vine thingies! I got bugs! I got a whole -- awww, shoot." He looks around, front paws spread in a helpless sort of gesture. "Uh. Don't suppose you ladies saw a big hairy beast with glowing horns wander off, did you?" It'll be [i]fine.[/i] Probably.