OPEN ☁ january catch-all

[weatherscience]

Who: nami & YOU
When: early january
Where: around the city, purramid and the coven
What: nami works at purramid, trains at the coven, despairs with gardening and introduces her crewmate to people
Warnings: n/a so far

i. snowglobes and cafes ; purramid

a. [ it's not a bad job to have, by any means — being a barista is easy, dealing with customers is easy, and the pay is not bad. and the kittens are cute, of course!

one day, she brings something with her to work; a snowglobe that she sets at one of the counters, out of the way enough to not disturb the work, but close enough that she can see it during the days. inside the snowglobe, there's ocean waves crashing on its insides, as a ship with a lion's head at its front and a skull with a straw hat on it painted on its sails fights against the waves. all around it, snow keeps falling slowly. ]

b. [ when she's not taking a break with petting kittens, nami is actually, you know, doing her job as a barista. when a customer approaches her, she greets them with a beaming smile and, ]

Hi, what can I get you?

[ or, if it happens to be someone she already knows, ] Oh, hey, it's you!

[ ... politeness really isn't a pirate's strength, okay. ]

ii. all about onigashima ; the coven

[ in her free time, nami still attends magic classes, but spends her time training both physical fighting skills as well as magical. this particular day, she can be found sitting in a large courtyard after practising; there's scorch marks all over the ground. nami twirls her clima-tact in her hand idly... and upon seeing someone else enter the courtyard, she says, ]

Hey... what do you think it takes to defeat a really, really large dragon?

[ not that she's going to be the one fighting kaido... but if she can get her friends any pointers at all, that'd be great. ]

iii. behave, garden! ; nami's house

[ should anyone walk past a small, unassuming house that nami calls home, here, they might see that a patch of the garden is kept warm with spells even during winter, and there a patch of vegetables grows... in relative peace.

"relative", because sometimes, the vegetables in question require some encouragement. ]

Oi, stop that! You're supposed to be growing, not running around! Tangerine, stop chasing them!!

[ neither nami's sheep-like cauliflowers nor her cat seem to listen to her at all, running around her in a circle. eventually, she just sits down and sighs, leaning her chin on her hand. ]

Haaaahh.... I'm really not made to be a farmer.

iv. have you met sanji-kun? ; around the city ( note: responses come from both nami and sanji! )

[ whereas some months ago, nami would be seen on her own most of the time, nowadays it's not too rare to spot her accompanied by a slim, blonde man with a notably curly eyebrow. she bosses him around mercilessly, more often than not making him carry all the bags from their shopping trips... not that he seems to mind too much.

but should anyone run into them as they're out and about, especially if it's someone nami already knows, she's quick to greet them with a grin and a wave. ]

Hi! It's good to see you! Ah — [ then, glancing at her companion, ] This is Sanji-kun, our crew's cook! [ and from the bright, bright smile on her face, it's easy to see she's glad she's no longer the only straw hat in this world. ]

v. wildcard

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Comments

iii

[turmoiling]

[It does feel like it's imposing a little, to be stopping in so many little shops and places here and there to warm up, but this is no time of year for snakes to be awake. Or naga for that matter, even when they've been gifted a long warm garment to slither through the snow in.

Chuckling lightly at the critter shenanigans, he eases his long snake-y body up to the edge of the garden, seeking a little warmth.]

I think many of us are thrust into unexpected positions, once settled here.

[And perhaps if he wiggles his tailtip a little, it will be a tempting distraction for the cat.]

Please pardon my intrusion, but would you mind if I rested here a moment? I would hardly have expected the weather to affect me so, but it really is quite terrible.

[He asks mildly, as if he hasn't been in this horrible half-snake state for months on end now.]

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[ she turns to look at the man, smiling slightly at his comment... and a touch wider when tangerine focuses her attention on his tailtip and crouches down to follow it with her eyes, leaving the cauliflowers alone. ]

Yes, you can say that again... I do have a small tangerine grove back on our ship, but that's it!

[ she waves at him to come in. ] I don't mind at all! Come in... ah, you must be freezing. The spell should keep this area warm, so stay as long as you like!

[ she turns to grab the cauliflowers in a firm grip, and plops them back on the patch she'd planted them to. ] And stay there!! [ it sounds rather terrifying, her tone there, and the cauliflowers cower back... but when she turns back to jin guangyao, she's smiling brightly again. ]

Do you want a warm drink, or something? Would that help?

[turmoiling]

[Jin Guangyao flicks that tailtip back and forth... stops... and twitches it up into the air out of reach as the cat pounces with an apparently bemused smile. Even if it's covered in scales, he'd rather those little claws don't dig in. He's had enough of that by accident already.

But the full invitation is clearly welcomed, slithering more fully into the yard's warmth, with bits of snow that clung to his clothing melting away easily. The snake-sock-y garment might be well intentioned, but it just feels like it's still so hard to stay warm and awake.

Independent of his cat-teasing tailtip waggles, he bows with a soft smile - though he might have to privately curse this despicable form for burdening him with still more issues, in this change of season.]

It would be entirely too kind of you, Young Miss, though even simply a few moments out of the snow should help a great deal. I hardly know how those born into such a form handle it.

[He adds with a soft sympathy-inducing sigh, while subtly having a more thoughtful look at Nami herself and making a few guesses.]

Still, I'm glad not all have to go through so much trouble. You are a fellow Mirrorbound, are you not? Surely, troublesome vegetables aside, you haven't had too many difficulties adjusting?

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[ before tangerine even has a chance to think of pouncing, nami reaches over and grabs the now-almost-grown kitten and holds on to her... just in case. ]

Aw, aren't you sweet! Just call me Nami! [ he's so polite, calling her young miss and all that...!

the question gets a quick nod and a grin in response. ]

Yes, I am! I'm a witch, so it's just been the magic that's taken some getting used to... but nothing like what you're going through, [ she adds with sympathy. some seem to adjust to the monster changes better than others, but she wouldn't call the changes easy for anyone. ]

Hold on, I'll get you... hmm, is tea okay? I think Sanji-kun got some good green tea a couple days ago.

[turmoiling]

[He chuckles at that, nodding. The number of people here who go by only a single short name isn't new, even if it still feels odd to say only that, at times.]

Nami, then. I am Jin Guangyao. My apologies, that my own is such a mouthful in comparison.

Tea would be quite lovely. Oh, you needn't worry about the cat, either. I'm sure I can keep him out of trouble in the meantime. I quite like pets.

[He smiles. Or really he's indifferent, but after living with a dog tearing up and down the halls of Carp Tower after Jin Ling, or Lan Xichen's little squirrel friend here in Aefenglom, dealing with one other pet isn't really a concern. And he'd gotten quite good at entertaining those teleporting kittens one one little odd job.]

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[ she laughs — he's not the first person to comment about the difference in name lengths. ]

That's okay! No one should apologise for their name! It's nice to meet you, Jin Guangyao. [ though the fact that she should recognise his family name is slipping her mind, she is making the right connection to the style of his name to all the cultivators... and the fact that she should use the whole name instead of just parts of it like she normally would. ]

Alright, I'll brew you some, then! And thanks... she's usually pretty sweet, I've just been working a lot lately so she has a lot of extra energy.

[ with that, she sweeps into the house to get him the tea; luckily, the water boils quickly and she brings a cup and the teapot on a tray outside, so he can let it brew for as long as he prefers and drink it then. ]