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【open】 june catch all

Who: Tori Himemiya & You!!
When: across june
Where: places......
What: magic, quests, and more. if you'd like to plan something, hit me up @

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Warnings: none so far

QUESTS - TALK TRAVELS, THORNS A-PLENTY

1. talk travels

[DELIVERING MAIL? no problem, tori can Absolutely handle that, part-time jobs are Nothing--

that said, it's pretty hard to actually tote these things around, letters bound by twine and packages bulging out of the sack slung across his small form, so for the first half tori's just kind of physically Dying trying to be a lot stronger than he is... help him out?

after a time, he'll actually accept the bike they offer, which, for the purpose of comedy since they did have normal looking ones in victorian england too, is a penny-farthing. it looks like it'll make tori Tall, which is Awesome, but

it's not exactly conducive for heavy mail order. plus, tori's never ridden a bike before, so past the initial lessons they give him he's on his own -- and it's not great!!!]

G-Get out of the way, idiot!

[this is gonna be far too common.]

2. thorns a-plenty (consequences)

[it'd been a simple quest. just get some roses from the briar patch to the west, and tori likes flowers (and rose bush) enough to help out -- besides, it's easy money!

it's easy money, but only if you don't actually get scratched up.

tori'd been instructed not to sleep, since he'd just kind of... Go... if he did, but it's hard to actually stay awake; he keeps rubbing at his arm, which is bandaged up to keep him from scratching at it as one does with irritated skin, trying to find something to do. the ideal is Not becoming sleeping beauty.]

Ugh~. Hey, you! [yes, you.] Give me... Give me something to do, or talk to me or something! The most adorable idol in all the world wants your attention, so you'd better gratefully give it!

[he says, with a sort of hazy look, cheeks flushed with fever. the teen definitely looks more like he should be laying down, not being out and about.]

FLOWERS - TIME TO MAKE SOME MONEY

[tori's been practicing flower language, and so past the classes still being offered he'd decided to see if he can make bouquets small wreathes for other people!!! he's sitting out by one of the fountains, with a variety of flowers he's picked and whatnot, referring to his notes every now and then as he lets people pass by.

when he's feeling confident, he'll call out:]

Looking for a bouquet~? Pay by the blossom, I'll masterfully create any message you want to pass on. ♪ I'm the best in my class, you should feel honored I'm offering my services like this. ♪

MAGIC - FAILURES AND EXPECTATIONS

1. practice

[he's practicing on small scraps gotten by clumsy kids at first, but there's other parts of the magic he wants to try too:

namely, the barriers thing, because that seems Useful and he wants to be Useful. the problem is, tori can't figure out the whole... like, depth perception part of this, basically... the lime green, shimmering surfaces are absolutely visible, which is great, but he can't get the placement right--

which leads to them appearing right in front of others, sorry about that. tori is doing his damnest to not seem like he's the one doing them, but it's fairly obvious that it is given his guilty expression.]

[banquets of sweets have suddenly appeared before you.

they're not technically real. they have no flavor, but the texture is sort of there for some of the sweets, and there's a warmth to the tea that breaks the sea of plates, and tori sits at the head of the table looking far too proud and happy of himself... okay, so he'd only meant for a small sort of "tower" of them, but this is fine.]

Fufufu~. Like what you see? ♪ Go ahead, take what you want, I don't mind. ♪ Have some tea too, it goes well with sweets. ♪

[mostly to see if someone does join him for teatime.]

[being homesick? sucks. so the kind of illusion magic tori's practicing includes people, only those a very small handful would absolutely know.

though a little off in coloring (not quite as bad as it could be, it's only his uniform), a young man sits in a conjured chair with tori's head on his lap, petting the other with a fond smile. for once, tori seems absolutely content, almost dozing off... as he quickly learns, though, magic doesn't last long for the inexperienced if they fall asleep, so he's just watching people as they pass.

it can't replace the eichi tenshouin he knows and looks up to. this one can't talk, the movements are stilted and just wrong enough that it doesn't fully get rid of his sorrow, and the same can be said of the other people he "enjoys" his time with -- once one disappears, another takes their place...

besides the blond, there's also an aqua haired boy (though both tori and hajime have been mistaken for girls, they're that cute) that tori especially seems to delight in holding the hands of and talking, even if the other doesn't speak back... there's also a butler that brushes his hair, and a tall, silver haired individual that does the most simple of magic tricks, like "endless" trains of dully colored napkins and pulling coins out of the air.

no, none of this-- really helps, but it's definitely the thing he spends most of his time and energy on in comparison to what he should be learning. watch them slowly become worse and worse, more faded or just disappearing mid-conversation, along with tori's growing frustration.]

2. exhaustion

[after all of that, though, it becomes evident why most of tori's spells begin to backfire:

he's used far too much magic, and he keeps trying to use it while his body needs the rest, day in and day out.

his illusions become disfigured, discolored, and somewhat nightmareish if they last at all; conjuration leads to a surplus of the animals he's trying to summon, so if he looks unhappy with having twenty rabbits around him, that's why; he doesn't want to try abjuration when he's unsteady, so evocation is the unique one here... it's just that the area of effect is much too large, with how much effort tori's trying to put in, so if you're rained on--

well, look no further than the trembling teen who's trying to hold it together, hands clenched into his witchy robes and apparently on his last legs.]

Why... Why can't I do anything right today..?

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[ to say he's in a bad way is a bit of an understatement.

the full moon hadn't been a good one; fighting his instincts aside, refusing to accept- this, when he'd been trying to embrace being "human", when he'd been trying so hard not to be that "monster" being a vampire branded him as... (his family branded themselves as)... the fall, the-

ritsu presses closer to the infirmary's bed, curling tighter; he's still without a shirt, largely so his bandages are easy to get to, and they wind around his body like he's been in a particularly bad fight. why they can't just heal them as-is, he doesn't know, but it was something about letting them close a little to make it easier- maybe- whatever. he has ears now too, floppy black ones that fall to the side of his face; his bunny tail is straight up against his back; and his lower half is entirely rabbit, naked save for the black and white fur that covers them. the same patch-pattern fur surrounds his hips, traveling up his spine.

in short, he feels naked because he practically is beneath the thin excuse of a blanket.

he's wary of monsters and witches alike, fully aware none of them are the same as the ones he and rei had unfortunately come upon but not quite able to shake the distrust anyway - and seeing tori is a little bit of a shock, but at least he knows tori's not part of any of that business and never would be.

so tori is, unfortunately, sent to keep an eye on him, as per his reserved request to one of the witches who comes to check on him.

ritsu raises a hand to greet him, dirt still under his nails; he's covered himself mostly with the blanket, intent on not letting too much of his wear show to his junior, but red marks still peek out easily on the nape of his neck between it and his hair. ]

He~ya, Pinky. What're you doin' in a place like this?

[seeing ritsu had been a shock.

it's not that

well, no, tori's still not entirely used to seeing injured witches and monsters alike, having worked at the infirmary for two weeks now, but he'd thought he'd been getting a little more comfortable with the sight of blood, of bruising not tied to hard hours of dance practice, his stomach tumbling less and nightmare of his housemate coming back so wounded ebbing from his mind--

but seeing ritsu brought it back, and brought it up in the worst way.

he's better now, with stomach medicine settling heavy in his gut and his senpai more or less taken care of. all tori was now was really just a nurse, making sure that ritsu didn't try to leave or otherwise reopen his wounds in any way; for now, he has a new glass of water for the other, as well as some light snacks for energy.]

I to~ld you, don't call me Pinky. And I'm working. [setting the glass on ritsu's bedside, setting the plate of lettuce beside it. it's hard not to just sort of, take stock of what he can see of ritsu, his tiredness and the red marks, with how he's been shadowing others doing the same.] When I'm not attending classes, I practice healing here. What about you, Ritsu-senpai? Pick a fight with the wrong person?

...Sure.

[ it isn't like it's technically a lie, and half-truths are something he's good at. avoidant answers, things like that. ritsu reaches for the glass of water, hesitates, and takes a piece of lettuce instead. rabbit food- he nibbles at it anyway. ]

Look like you're havin' fun though. That's nice. I've been watchin' you. [ fufun. ] Ecchan'd be happy that you found something you like.

[ even if the work is ... hard, considering what it is. ]

[the mention of eichi has him sitting straighter, like the other's actually around (but he isn't, and hopefully he won't be, because tori misses him but this place-- isn't the best place for prez, he knows that, guilty as he is for still dreaming of it.]

W-Well, I'm just giving back to our kind hosts, okay~? That's what you're supposed to do, senpai.

[idly he rubs at his sleeve covered wrist, glancing at the red marks again.]

It's so~o tiring though, you know~? I come back exhausted between it and everything else I'm doing, and it's getting hotter too, so I'm getting sweaty and gross on top of it.

Then maybe you should learn to take it easy~. Take a break... The only one on your whole council that knows how to relax is Ecchan.

[ sa•bo•tage

ritsu starts to stretch - thinks better of it, relegating that to his legs; the bunny shape of his feet poke out a little, curling back up after a moment. ]

What else are you up to, Tori-kun?

I want to take a break, I just can't. I hate doing so~o much work, you know? I wish Yuzuru was here to take care of at least half of it.

[huff, and a slouch. just a little correction before he tries to think about ritsu's question and not try and press his own. or thinking of a way to press his own, actually. those weren't the most satisfying answers, and... different units or not, friends or not, isn't it better if they all get along here or something like that?

well, maybe they don't have to just because they come from the same school, but...]

Just lessons and stuff otherwise. Um, I part time here, and I've been working with some of the flower shops lately too... Growing plants reminds me of Hajime, so I've been practicing with them in case he shows up like the rest of us did. Sometimes I have tea with Mhairi-san and Miss Nessie-san if I catch her, and I have a new bird to take care of besides King. And whatever I can take from the bulletin board too.

[... busy, busy, busy.]

Gettin' in good with the higher ups, huh? That's smart.

[ not a bad idea, but ritsu's not super keen on brushing elbows with them - especially not now, his stomach turning the way it had when he'd been lucid enough to realize where they'd managed to come to. he picks at his lettuce, turning his face away. ]

Kinda been doin' the same... Keeping busy, I mean. Saving up for a piano. [ weird to have to buy it on his own, instead of his family just- having it- but more and more he's felt the urge to play it. he's never been good at being separated from mao - from his family - and never for so long. beneath his easy-going nature lies a ball of sickness. ] M'glad that the cunes or whatever here work the same as yen... Makes figuring out prices a lot easier.

Right~? It's nice.

[that is, anyway. one bit of familiarity among it all.

after a beat, tori'll scoot his chair closer and stare at ritsu -- or more accurately, the redness at his neck.]

It's not like I care or anything, but what happened to your neck? If you seriously picked a fight, senpai, you're not making your situation any better. People who're like you aren't exactly favored in the first place, you know? You should behave.

[ and in a flash, ritsu tugs the blanket further around him - covering his neck, grip tight on where it parts in front of him. ]

If you don't care, then don't ask.

I'm a nurse, it's my job to ask!

[so-- he's gonna pull at the blanket with all his strength, too.]

Now just-- tell me what happened, stupid!

[ ritsu snaps at him - literally, fangs sharp and more than ready to draw blood. ]

Leave it, Pinky.

-- Wah?!

[it's definitely getting him to let go, hands drawing immediately to his chest as fear flashes on his face and lingers, not unlike thunder rolling across a darkened sky. he looks both ready to cry and terribly angry, and the latter wins out as he turns in his seat away from ritsu.]

Fine. Whatever. Just don't give Miss Nessie-san and the others trouble, okay? You won't get off as lightly as you have with me.

[nevermind that the trembling's more from fear than anger, nevermind that he has spells he can try to keep ritsu down. tori knows he's not trained enough for that, and-- he wouldn't want to, anyway.]

[ people don't favor his kind here. ritsu tugs the blanket over his head, curling tighter in a ball; he stays quiet, the thought of anyone more powerful - more experienced - coming to poke and prod at him, put their hands on him, subdued him if they have to-

he swallows hard, a soft whimper bubbling out before he can stop it. he closes his eyes, breathes in (it's too clinical, even with his own smell in his nose), and hesitantly peeks out. ]

...Just some biting. [ if he wants tori to stay his nurse, someone who won't force him into anything, then he has to play nice. he knows this. it's still hard. ] Feels kinda numb, so I bet they already put something on it.

[ (which is scary, too, thinking he'd been out, but he tries not to focus on that and focus, instead, on tori's turned back.) ]

I don't like being touched, Pinky... Tori-kun. Even when Secchan tries to pull me offa stuff I bite him, so you're not the only one, okay? I bit Kaoru-senpai in a dream too, 'cause he tried pettin' my ears without asking.

[bit by bit, tori turns back to look at ritsu, justifiably wary even if-- that makes sense, some people just aren't as touchy as he is (god knows kacchan isn't, even if tori wouldn't wanna touch him with a five foot pole anyway), the fact that ritsu's automatic reaction is to bite others even back home is kinda,]

Well, it's not like I'm gonna be rough with you or anything, Ritsu-senpai. Or touch you for no reason. Everything I do is 'cause I have to, okay? I'll stop if it's too much, but you-- you have to be willing to do what I ask in the first place.

[be open. to being helped by him, as novice as he is. it really would be better if someone more experienced helped ritsu, but... having his own patient would be good practice too, and it's not like most of it hasn't been taken care of already. he's just a nurse, just a nurse.]

We're both alone here. [without their people, the ones they cling to.] So don't make things harder [more miserable] than they're gonna be.

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[ he should be a better senpai. he can already hear mao scolding him on it, sighing at the end and asking why he can't do better - be a little nicer, ritsu? - and ritsu, ritsu decides he never wants to see his best friend here.

he'd rather be miserable without him than with him. ]

Do you really gotta check?

Later, I definitely do. I just... wanted to know. What it was.

[right now, he means. tori trusts that the senior witches have done their part in assisting his upperclassman, but-- he just wanted to know.]

Are the ears and feet the only things that've changed? After your tail from last time.

...Yeah, basically.

[ ritsu'll sit up, just to hang his legs over the edge of the bed - he pulls back the blankets enough to show how far that goes, careful not to reveal much else. there's scabbing and missing patches of fur particularly around his thighs and the back of them, and his legs bounce uneasily. ]

Think I'm about half bunny now... You think I'll ever go full? Be a cute little rabbit, y'know.

[oh, wow... tori scoots his chair back a bit so he can lean closer and peer at the patches, hand pausing in touching the fur and curling into itself. careful, careful.]

Eh~, maybe. Everyone's different -- even Mhairi-san isn't in her full form, see? -- so you might just be like this most of the time. It might be different during a full moon though.

[did ritsu scratch at these..? or was when he messed with the wrong people?]

If you do, make sure you have someone to take care of you, okay? A witch. You'll be totally defenseless if you turn into a bunny.

[ that isn't her full form?? sure, she's still bipedal, but she's a Dog.......

ritsu lets him get closer, the bouncing not quite stopping; his ears are back too, shoulders tense. ]

Mmm... Sure, I'd find one, I guess. Don't think either Hadachan or Iramaat-san are witchy... Well, magic, I mean. Personality's something else.

[excuse, she is a Wolf. he'll peer at the patches a moment more before settling back in his seat, playing with his sleeves.]

Worst comes to worst, I guess I don't mind housing you. King and Duchess won't bother you if I tell them not to after all.

[ he pulls his legs back to his chest best he can manage, the bandages beneath his blanket visible for the moment it takes him to drag the blanket around him again. cocoon. ]

...Thanks. [ turning his face away. ] I'd ask Yako-chan, but Anija'll be there... I don't...

[ "really wanna deal with him" lays heavy on his lips, as his gaze lifts across the infirmary as if to look for him - flinches back down to his hands, balled up in the white cloth. ]

Mmm, it's better if we're not together when stuff's like that. [ for a lot of reasons. ] If it's kinda a full change, then I guess it wouldn't be normally... 'cause like you said, Wolfy-san isn't a big wolf or anything... So I guess it'd be the full moon, or something... Moons.

Moons, [he agrees softly, because the full moon hadn't. been the great for magic either.

something to look forward to and prepare for the next, as he hones his skills he guesses. or ask the older witches how to handle things. tori'll tuck in the blankets more, just to make sure his charge is comfy.] The only thing is that there's two other people like you living with me too, but Izuku's a witch, so it's not so bad. Just as like, fair warning.

[... like, he literally means people like ritsu too, but he isn't sure how to describe that beyond that wording. they're getting animal traits steadily too.]

[ wow, unexpectedly nice from the himekid. ]

Like me... Monsters? [ ...great. ] Well, at least Midorin and me are friendly... It'll be fine, I guess.

[he's a good boy.]

Um, yeah, and like, like you too. With the animal stuff. So you'll have something to bond over anyway.

[probably. bakugo doesn't. bond well with people. and mob's kind of a pushover, but he's generally nice.]

How're you and Izuku friendly anyhow, huh? I mean, he's got some questionable taste in friends outside of me, but you're totally not the first person that comes to mind.

We met in that dream place and tested a theory, and then we signed up to go out in the Wilde together last month... Calmed down a manticore baby that was kinda infected.

[ Well, "Kacchan's" food charmed it, and then it attacked him for more of it before Izuku came over to give it a proper charm spell and the rest of the bento-

but this is no big deal, going out into the Wilde, charming a little monster, whatever. ]

That kinda thing. It was pretty fun.

【open】 june catch all

what if i just went to your catchall, huh / infirmary, 18th

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