[ open ] Don’t worry if people think you’re crazy

[darkcharge]

Who: Vanitas + Open
When: All Juril
Where: Various
What: Open Quest Prompts + Closed Prompts | Hit me up at jardaan if you'd like!
Warnings: TBD


( CIRQUE MYSTIQUE: 3rd-4th )

[ Vanitas had heard about this thing called a circus before. Of course he's never been to one before, like many things really. There are reasons for him not to go and he considers staying inside. However his curiosity soon gets the better of him and he soon finds himself in the midst of the things.

Once more Vanitas finds himself overwhelmed, as he normally is crowds, by the smell of food and the sounds of people selling wares. Vanitas is more interested in the food than the games, since after watching people play them for a while he figures they're rigged ( or maybe he mocks whoever tries to play them ). So he's walking around and watching the performances with mochi or dumplings in his mouth.

And at night? Vanitas watches the displays. Even he seems a little taken in by it all. Surprisingly. ]


( WONDROUS THINGS )

[ The pay is what draws him to this particular quest. Whisper Cloud reeds need harvested and for some reason the locals don't really seem to be interested. When Vanitas hears why, it is understandable. They tell secrets.

If he goes into an area alone it won't be a problem right? Not to mention Vanitas doesn't consider himself a person that has a bunch of secrets. Most things he's willing to speak on. So it'll be fine.

But it's so not fine. The moment that his fingers touch the fuzz, there are things murmured that he'd not been able to voice himself. Some of his inner thoughts and Vanitas draws back. ]

What a stupid enchantment. Wonder if it will still work if I chop the thing down...

[ And he looks like he's actually considering it! ]


( GATHERING SAMPLES )

[ There's a list of things that someone desires to get cuttings of. Vanitas is someone that more or less can be found roaming around the Wilde. So while he is out finding creatures to put down, he figures that he can do this little errand as well. It isn't as thought he is going out of his way now is it?

There are two things that Vanitas hopes to acquire: the branch from the Orapple tree and the root from the Silphin herb. The Orapple tree is pretty easy to find. Getting the branch? Also not too difficult. Vanitas scales the tree -

And is promptly attacked by a bird whose nest happened to be hidden in there. Vanitas bats at the thing, but ultimately falls out of the tree into a bush. ...Maybe no one will be around to see that? ]


( RUNAWAYS )

[ Here's the thing about the runaway kids. They are angry and sad and feeling so many negative emotions. What's good at sensing these emotions? Well at one time that would have been Vanitas himself. However his Food can. Vanitas thinks to use this to his advantage.

The creature scurries about in the Wilde and Vanitas can be seen following behind it. Void Gear is strapped to his back and visible for the moment. ]

Can't you hurry up? You should have been able to track at least one down by now. [ Snorts ] Worthless thing.


( FLOODS AND KITTENS )

[ Vanitas isn't fostering any kittens. But there are plenty of people that are! Be mindful that the kitten doesn't get too far away from you.

Vanitas' Flood might be scooping them up and running off with them. Where? Well who knows. Maybe it thinks to try to make a meal of them! ]


( A HAIRY SITUATION )

[ Now one of the things that Vanitas hadn't really thought about before had been something along the lines of haircuts. He's been here for a few months shy of a year and not once has he gotten his hair trimmed. In the past he's worn the mask and has never had to worry about it. Now though? It's starting to get in his face - in his eyes. He can't stand it!

Vanitas is in the middle of sparring - training, really - and he keeps having to blow it out of his eyes. He gets fut up and throws his weapon down on the ground, growling. Tugging his hair and just having a rightful fit of it. ]

STOP GETTING IN MY FACE!

[ It probably looks pretty amusing to anyone passing by. ]


( WILD CARD )

[ Nothing above tickle your fancy? Feel like doing something else with Vanitas? This is where you can do whatever. Need an idea? Hit me up! Van can also be found in the Coven library and out in the Wilde either offering healing services ( for practice only!!! ) and smacking creatures around. ]

Comments

circus circus

[711]

[At least someone here is having fun. Suzaku spent the better part of his evening tailing Vanitas who, as far as he can tell, has been here far longer than himself. When evening rolls around, Suzaku finally makes his presence known.]

You seem like you're having fun. Have you ever been to a festival like this before?

[Suzaku had been to plenty as a child, but he has no interest in browsing the stalls and loading up on food. As far as he's concerned, this entire world is one big circus, and none of its resident clowns have gotten so much as a laugh out of him.]

[darkcharge]

[ He doesn't appreciate being followed. Vanitas has more or less figured out that someone is kind of stalkerish. He allows for it to continue for the time being. In the end he doesn't have to address the issue. Rather the stranger approaches him first. ]

Does it appear that way? [ With his flat expression and general avoidance of crowds when he can? ] This place holds festivals nearly every month.

[ With that said, Van takes a huge bite out of the mochi. ]

I've been to several so you'd better get used to the same.

[711]

[Get used to it? No, Suzaku thinks he won't. Getting unceremoniously dropped into a new world when he had important business to attend to and a certain demon emperor to slay hasn't settled well with Suzaku. If Vanitas is looking flat, Suzaku is looking downright sour.

There's mochi here too. This is downright insulting.]

I don't plan on staying here. You wouldn't happen to know how to leave, would you?

[No, asking a miscellany of strangers how to leave hasn't yielded any results, but Suzaku's not going to give up so easily, damn it.]

wildcard

[oathkeeper]

[The start of the month proves very busy for Sora. The cirque mystique grabbed Sora's attention almost immediately so he finds himself a busy little bunny as he spends time with newcomers and friends alike. Admittedly, he doesn't spend the first few days of the circus with Vanitas all that often. Just little blips here and there before Sora's attention is pulled away again.

That's why when the major final performance occurs on the night of the fifth Sora makes sure to find time to dedicate it completely to his first bondmate. He finds him and coaxes him to watch the final show with him.]

They've been hyping up this show all week so it's gotta be good. We can't miss a single second of it, okay?

[Bright yellow eyes sparkle with curiosity as they head for the performance area. Hopefully, Vanitas doesn't fuss too much about it.]

[darkcharge]

[ The start of a month when there are people coming in through the mirrors always seems to be pretty busy. Even Vanitas has been popping over to see who has come through. He doesn't want to ever be surprised if more members from the Organization show up. However he has taken the time to go to the circus and watch some of the performances. Eat some of the food.

It's no surprise that Sora wants to go together on the final night. Vanitas had figured out as much and just embraces it. There hadn't been much coaxing. ]

Surprised it took you this long to drag me out.

[ Though the finale had promised to be something special, right? So yeah. Makes sense that they'd go together on the last one. And honestly? There's a puff of small pride that settles in his chest at getting to go with the silly Puca. It had been pretty much a guarantee, but he still likes being the most important though in the brat's head. ]

a hairy situation

[piromare]

( hey, what's the best time to ambush someone? while they're training, of course! it's not like landing on the perch of an open window or anything, but it's pretty close; he recognizes van from the air.

and without hesitation, he starts to descend. he narrows his eyes as he dives toward the ground, right at the guy who's...

...

blowing... no, he's fighting himself???



he puts the brakes on, at least slowing himself down to a hover as he settles down in front of van. )

Hey... I'm not even in your face.

[darkcharge]

[ He doesn't even have the energy to be startled at this point, being as irritated as he is. Vanitas just keeps trying to push the hair out of his face.

When had it gotten this bad? ]

Augh. I wasn't talking about you...

floods and kittens

[ludicrous]

[ One minute, he's watching that kitten warp in and out of reality. The next minute, it warps directly into that Flood's mouth.

Being thoroughly unacquainted with Unversed and their dietary intake, Lelouch is forced to take the only option available for him: namely, sprint for dear life after it. Excuse him as he loses his marbles in hot pursuit of the creature that's taken it away, only to rapidly losing steam and slow down after only thirty seconds. Way to add insult to injury. He may or may not be yelling in its wake. ]

[darkcharge]

[ If Lelouch had taken a clue from the local populace... Well he'd have noticed that they don't seem entirely concerned by the entire affair. It's almost like they are used to the blue-ish creature running around. ...Likely because after all this time it's a common enough sight.

The Flood, however, is enjoying what chaos it can create. The panicked mewls of the kitten and Lelouch's own negative emotions are practically encouraging it. Fueling it.

Look, it even stops so that the guy can catch his breath. Of course it will take off again the moment that Lelouch draws near, but hey! ]

runaways

[loverboi]

Wait -- Vanitas!

[ just your luck, vanitas, because guess who else is on this mission? your best friend, lance!!! :) ]

Hang on, I'm coming with you!

[darkcharge]

[ ...Best friend. Right. ]

You are?

[ Forgive him if he sounds rather skeptical. Why does he need anyone to go with him? All he has to do is find a couple of kids that have run off. How hard could that be. ]

runaways

[marmoron]

[ That's a wonderful strategy, but there are other things in the Wilde that are giving off negative emotions and one of those things would be Keith. Look, he grew up in the desert and the winter weather just isn't to his liking.

All the same, he'd agreed to help find the missing kids and had been looking around for tracks left in the snow. What he's not expecting? Whatever thing Vanitas is using. Drawing his sword, he immediately turns to face it, but stops short when he spots Vanitas not too far behind. ]

The hell is that thing?

[darkcharge]

[ True. There are many things out here that also bear negative emotions. However Vanitas believes that the Flood is capable of differentiating. After all his Unversed are sentient enough to operate that Scream Factory are they not?

Yet he can barely mask his own surprise when he does come across the scene of Keith with his blade out and the Flood. ]

It's one of the Unversed. The only one of its kind that remains, more than likely.

[ Since technically they cannot exist without Vanitas and Vanitas himself has ceased to be outside of this world... ]

circus

[curruid_coinchenn]

[ Boredom will make a person do many things, including playing an obviously rigged carnival game. Despite Berserker's brute strength, it becomes abundantly clear that he is not going to win this game. Vanitas' mocking doesn't go unnoticed and, well, why waste the last ball throwing it at something that won't fall down? ]

Catch. And don't choke.

[ He throws it at Vanitas' head, eyes narrowed. Exactly as grumpy as ever. ]

[darkcharge]

[ As if he isn't going to be able to catch it. Too bad in the process, he looses the snack that he had been munching on. Awww... ]

Don't you think you're aiming your irritation at the wrong person? You only have yourself to blame for your continued losses.

hairy situation

[scatmaam]

[ Normally she'd tease people about blaming their shortcomings on things like that, but it was impossible not to notice how much more trouble he'd been having lately, and she shouldered her weapon once he gave up in a fit. A sigh, and a shake of her head later, she was approaching again, the spar forgotten. ]

Easy now, lad, let's have a proper look at it, shall we? I might be able to help.

[darkcharge]

[ He does appreciate people willing to spar with him and not hold back. Vanitas doesn't like it when people try to treat him with kid gloves. She doesn't really do that with him, though sometimes he does wonder about the teasing...

But he is trying to improve on his own lancework. That's why the hair in his face is starting to become something of an irritation. ]

How about I just cut it all off...

hair~

[unsundered]

[How many people will find Vanitas shouting at his own hair?

Enter one more, this time apparently an Ascian, who- though he normally would've just ignored any random stranger shouting strangely at themselves- realizes he recognizes both voice and the kid it belongs to. So he pauses, watches with a mix of amusement and mild concern, wondering if Vanitas had broken at some point in the recent past when he hadn't been looking.

Half-blind as he was, it was easy to miss things.]

Are you winning...?

[Is what he eventually inquires in an idle tone as he steps closer in his heavy sort of way.]

[darkcharge]

[ You know that is a good question. Suppose one will find out by the end of the month! Regardless, by the time that the Ascian actually notices and saunters over, Vanitas has decided to get acquainted with the ground. That how one cal tell that he's really just had enough. ]

Does it look like I am winning anything to you?

[ He doesn't even have to look over to know who it is. Stupid old man. B( ]

Hairy Situation

[twilightskey]

[Roxas had just been passing by when he stumbled across Vanitas's training ground... though, he more heard Vanitas than saw him at first. When he comes to investigate, he can't help but smirk and chuckle at the display.]

Your hair's becoming a problem?

[darkcharge]

[ The smirk and chuckle just sort of. Immediately. Puts Vanitas in a sour mood. Don't you dare even start... ]

What's it to you.

floods

[lightblooming]

( When the flood snatches up the kitten, Aqua immediately responds. She scowls, wings flapping in an impatient manner. )

Stop!

( She won't hesitate to use her magic to attempt to freeze the flood in place - all while avoiding harming the kitten. )

[darkcharge]

[ Since when is anything just going to up and stop when there's something angry coming their way? Definitely not the Flood. The moment it sees Aqua? It's immediately taking off down a narrow alleyway.

She can try to freeze, but what would happen to the kitten if she succeeds? ]

wildcard - backdated to june

[oathkeeper]

[In the past Sora has run into some feral monsters during the full moons. Monsters that are addled with magic or untamed power that makes them animalistic or wild. He's even run into Roxas who's been feral before as well. For the most part, he's always held his own. And he was able to handle Roxas as well as one would expect to deal with a feral dog. But running into Lavi in a feral state had been something else. Sora had ended up having to run, bleeding from claw wounds and bites and his eyesight going blurry...

He's sure Vanitas can sense is pain and panic already, Sora is in a sore state as he limps his way back to Vanitas' home. There's blood caked in his hair and over one ear, getting into his eyes and making it harder to see. A particular big claw gash runs over his right shoulder and down his arm. And he's holding his side where he feels bruised ribs. Luckily? Nothing's broken.]

This... really sucks.

[He did manage to get away from the feral puca, though. But he could really use a hand right now.]

[darkcharge]

[ Actually, Vanitas had started to feel the rush of panic laced with pain much earlier. And it had immediately put him on edge. It had taken everything in him not to go out and track the other down. Vanitas is aware that Sora can handle himself, but something like this? Something must be wrong - something must have gone wrong. The only reason he hasn't stormed out that door is because he can sense the Puca getting closer.

Though he's already at the door to the house as Sora starts to limp up to it. ]

What happened?

[ Vanitas isn't liking this. He isn't liking the fact that his own fear and worry is starting to lodge itself into his throat. It's never been a wonderful experience for him and he feels sick to his stomach for allowing it to gain any footing in his heart. ]