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middaeg2020-03-07 09:14 pm
crestfallenfor) wrote in middaeg2020-03-07 09:14 pm
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Mareuer Catch-All [Open]
Who: Sylvain and YOU
When: All throughout Mareuer
Where: Y'know, just. Around.
What: Quest prompts, mostly, but this is a general March catch-all!
Warnings: None yet, but will edit to add if necessary.
[ Q1 | Quail of the Sea ]
When: All throughout Mareuer
Where: Y'know, just. Around.
What: Quest prompts, mostly, but this is a general March catch-all!
Warnings: None yet, but will edit to add if necessary.
[ Q1 | Quail of the Sea ]
[War has a way of keeping you away from the simpler things in life. The important, day to day things that keep a society running. Which is why, when a quest comes up for "strapping young folks" to go out on a fishing boat, to help out the locals, Sylvain actually jumps at the chance.[ Q2 | L'Amourtentia | Possible NSFW ]
It's been years since he's done anything similar, since before going to Garreg Mach, when it was still important for Faerghus nobles to roll up their sleeves from time to time and help out with commoners' work during times of the year when there simply weren't enough people to do everything that needed to be done.
That said? He's pretty rusty, and things are just different enough in Aefenglom to trip him up a bit besides. At least he's not tangling up the nets, but he does look as though he might need a hand, from time to time. The other side of that coin, though, is that he does remember enough that if anyone else is struggling more than he is, he's competent enough to lend a hand.]
[Contrary to popular belief, there are many reasons why a serial flirt and philanderer might be interested in assisting with the manufacture of an aphrodisiac, aside from just the obvious.[ Q5 | Research Request ]
(Well. In addition to the obvious, at any rate.)
In fact, this particular one was drawn more by the potion-making practice than by the effects of said potion, so to say he's taking the work seriously is actually a bit of an understatement. Afterwards, though, when the shopkeep slips samples to interested helpers? Sylvain examines the potion in the light, then appears to catch sight of someone - you! - through the vial and puts on a more characteristic, charming expression.]
So, up for trying this out?
[ooc: Feel free to hop in at any point in the prompt for a more sfw route, or take him up on his offer to hop right into nsfw options! He's bi as hell, so men and women are both fair game for the propositioning.]
[To anyone who knows Sylvain, the amount of research he's been doing since he arrived might have seemed odd at first, but is likely a normal sight at this point. It's still unsettling, to be without full use of his magic, but he's been steadily improving, little by little, every day. So when a request for research comes up, he's quick to take it. And why not? He's going through several books every day on his own, the least he can do is keep an eye out for the information the requester wanted.[ New Moons | 24th-26th ]
That said? He hasn't had much luck on that front so far, which is why - no matter where he is at the moment, at the library, a bookshop, even Diplomatea, there will be four stacks of books by him. One he hasn't looked through yet, one without anything of value to him, one with potential for the quest, and the last for books he wants to read more deeply. It's a meticulous system... would be a shame if anything were to happen to it.]
[To say there was a lot of excitement going on over the course of the month was... a bit of an understatement. By all rights, Sylvain should be exhausted, but as the moons grow darker and darker in the sky each night, he grows more and more restless. His emotions hit higher highs and lower lows than he usually allows them to, and he seems to have endless energy for any number of pursuits. His home ends up utterly spotless. Several books get read cover to cover. He even goes out on the town, hitting up local bars and entertainment venues with some regularity. Sleep doesn't come easily, but neither does exhaustion.[ Wildcard / 3 Places, 3 Happenings ]
It feels almost... normal, except for the odd happenings around him. Occasionally, a plume of flame will spark in his hand, persisting until he puts it out, or similar small flames will rise from the ground under his steps, flickering out moments later. His ambient body heat is running very high, to the point where skin-warmth can be felt through several layers and a several foot distance. Bugs may die if they come within a certain radius of him, and plants will wilt and wither from a similar distance, like his energy is sapping the life of small things around him.
Because, honestly, it is.
None of these magical side effects are constant, at least - coming and going without warning, but nor are they especially unobtrusive, either, and there's only so much apologizing can do when one burns a hand print onto a table or kills a prized houseplant from just walking by.]
[Want something else? Event prompts are here, or feel free to wildcard me with anything else! Also feel free to hit me up on my plotting post, through pm, or on plurk (subjuggul8ion) for a custom starter!]
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Don't see why it wouldn't be.
[Mostly a joke or no, it still warrants a response.]
Should probably head back to your place first, though.
[Also he's... mostly assuming she knows what they're getting into.]
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She's expecting him to follow! He knows where she lives, after all. And all of this is done without a single word.]
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Might as well let her pick her "dosage" so he can match it, right? Right.]
Wonder how long it'll take it to set in...
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...
Half, right? Makes sense to her, and she downs it in one. Handy when you don't actually need to breathe, after all.
She makes a face.]
Well, it's not the worst thing I've put in my body.
[Low bar, for the gem who hates french fries and has really only eaten popcorn on the regular!]
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[Unless it's different for everyone. But that would just leave him hoping it sets in with similar timing for them. Ah.
Anyway, it's a smallish bottle, so half makes sense, and when she hands it back, he takes the rest like a shot... and also makes a face. Somehow it's saccharine-sweet and spicy at the same time? How?]
It's not the best thing I've had, either.
[...But, honestly, "kinda average tasting, really" isn't too bad for a mystery potion.]
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I'd place it slightly above fries, I guess. If I had to. [Which is a polite way of saying she's never putting it into her body again.]
So what now. We just wait until it does something?
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(Jokes on him, he'd like them if he knew.)]
Yeah, if it does something. They'll probably want to know if the batch didn't work, too...
[Though that would be pretty disappointing, honestly.]
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[She taps her foot idly.]
Sssso, what do we do in the mean time?
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[Normally, he'd suggest getting started, but... he's not sure if that would change the effect, so in the interest of actually getting that bonus, he doesn't. But waiting is... boring. And kind of awkward.]
Tell me about your plants, maybe? How have they been?
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They've been pretty good. I'm not really familiar with all of the plants that Peridot hot, but I think I've managed them pretty well? And, um what about you? I know you're one of Lorenz's friends, but nothing else, really.
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There have been those gardening classes... you should attend a few, if you haven't yet. I've been going, and I've learned a lot already.
[But, wait- there's a little bit of surprise. She wants to know about him? Huh.]
Me? I've been pretty focused on trying to get my magic back up to what it was before coming here... it's going alright, but it hasn't quite clicked yet, you know?
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[She says, with a hint of amused pride. It'd be a little disgraceful to go to a class to teach humans how to do just that, basically. ]
You're a human with magic, though? Neat. Humans don't have magic where I'm from. I get it though, I'm still not really up to where I used to be. It's really annoying.
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[Look, he lives in the pretty far North, with notoriously infertile lands. A terraformer would be a Goddess-send.
...That said, he doesn't think it'd be disgraceful for her to show up to a class, but u do u, Lapis.]
Yeah, I am. Lorenz is, too, but he can't really get it back, here, if I'm understanding right... It is annoying, though, to have to study to get anywhere close to where it used to be.
[S I G H.]
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[Sounds weird!]
Gems are made knowing everything they need to. Even here it's more like... It's a second nature, I just have to keep finding my footing, you know? It's a little easier with a bond, at least though.
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[It's weirder that you're born knowing everything!!!]
Huh. Yeah, I've mostly been trying to figure out the links between what I know and how things work, here... It's not easy, but it is easier to focus with a bond.
[Anyway, is it getting warmer, or is that the magic?? Mystery.]
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[Also, Lapis has such ISSUES with fire it is unbelievable. Fire magic just doesn't like her. Fuck fire, specifically.
Anyway, right after she says that she kind of... makes a face? It's a little uncomfortable, in the pit of her stomach.]
I think? Somethings happening?
[She is EVER so unsure.]
What's an aphrodisiac supposed to feel like?
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[He's pretty sure he'd hate that, actually... especially considering the circumstances of his own birth and upbringing, which are decidedly unsexy, and therefore not worth going into while they're waiting for aphro to kick in.
Luckily(?) it seems to be starting to do just that.]
It's... supposed to cause arousal, though I don't know what that should feel like for you.
[That's honestly the best he's got for her. If she were a human, he could probably give a better description, but... clearly, she's not.]
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Sorry. Guess I'm just new to this in general. Whats it like for you?
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You don't? Did you agree to this without knowing what you were agreeing to, Lapis?
[He can still work with that if he needs to metaphorically hold her hand through this, but... it'll honestly be easier if she's "just" a virgin and does know what she agreed to. If not? It'll be time for a shotgun explanation before it gets to be too late. So be it.
The least he can do is answer her question, though.]
For me, though, it's kind of hot, heady, a little like being drunk, but without the impaired motor skills... a little bit of the impaired judgement, though, because certain wants start to feel like needs.
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I, uh. We gems don't normally have a digestive tract like you humans do. So we can't get "drunk", or whatever that is unless we shape shift one. [A bit of an explanation doesn't hurt here, she feels.]
I mean, I probably added one unconsciously when I reformed and that's why I have one here. Anyway, it probably doesn't matter how it works, the point is I don't really know what "arousal" is to begin with.