[open] the resolve which keeps us standing even in the dark

[yesdoubt]

Who: Momo and you!
When: Throughout March (including early March backdates)
Where: Various places
What: Quests (Surveying the Neighbourhood, Modern Metaphysics, A Study in Bars Left, and the option for closed Cwyld Research starters) and a general prompt for anyone who just wants to run into him after last month's awfulness.
Warnings: Discussion of stuff from last month's event, mostly.

[a: surveying the neighbourhood]

[After last month, Momo couldn't get quite as involved with his own request to get information on local (and Mirrorbound, if there's any willing that he didn't already survey) Monsters as he would have liked, so he's back at it again this month. From the start of the month, he's seemingly back to his usual brightness, approaching people here and there with a wide smile and easy charisma to press some details out of them, whether it's about their own Monster type or just one they're familiar with. He's doing it in Dorchacht and the Underground too, because the different Monster demographics mean he might get some different opportunities and answers, and he'd rather be out and about a bit rather than stuck in the city the whole time - even if he's not staying away too long. After last month, he'd rather not put an extended absence on his partner again.

But any Mirrorbound Monsters he hasn't gotten a response from yet might be approached for one if he spots them, his lengthy canines showing in a grin that, upon closer inspection, might be a touch more subdued than his usual.]

I didn't get an answer from you on this survey before, right? Could I bother you for a few minutes of time?

[Otherwise, Monsters he's gotten responses from or Witches might be approached with a different intent in mind, Momo waving a sheaf of the surveys with a cheeky grin that, again, just isn't quite the same as his usual.]

Mind giving me a hand? There's cunes in it for you for every survey filled out.

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[b: actually modern modern metaphysics]

[As Momo goes through the gradual push of getting himself working and back up to his normal productivity again, rather than lingering on things he still wishes he could have prevented or avoided, he begins picking up job postings again. Thinking it's probably better to hang more around Aefenglom this month when he's not doing surveying (or Cwyld studies), he ends up taking one of the slots at the university on the logic that he'll probably be able to hear some interesting things about other worlds.

If anyone catches his presentation, though, it's...surprisingly eloquent and intellectual, considering how Momo tends to come off in an average interaction. There's a lot of discussion of the stricter science of his own world, the unwillingness of many people to believe anything there's no scientific evidence for and the contrasting readiness of others to believe anything that's put forth with enough charm or good marketing to draw them in, the role of tradition in continuing things like religions, and he gets particularly into detail about the whole aspect of magic not existing but people continually inventing new and strange and wonderful fictional versions of it. He's not exactly an academic, but it's pretty clear he understands what he's trying to explain and isn't flying by the seat of his pants, and once he's done with his own presentation and seen some others, he's more than happy to trade notes.

So off he goes, up to whoever else has been speaking in this group and is available for sharing what they've got and offering more discussion.]

Do you mind if I ask you a couple more questions? I'm always really curious to hear about where everyone else is coming from.

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[c: studies in left and/or right bars]

[Momo was already a bit suspicious about not seeing a drink prepared in a bar, but with the upsurge in concealed drink making he's seen in a couple of the harbour bars he doesn't frequent as much, he's getting even more wary. He's a regular at several of the harbour's watering holes, particularly the ones where there's the most chat and passing news, and while his relationships there mean he doesn't get cursed at those bars and the proprietors are generally fine enough with Mirrorbound, they do mention some others whose sentiments seem to have shifted. So when the rumours start going around about pranks and targeting of Mirrorbound from these bars, of course he's going to land himself on the case very quickly.]

(i.)
[This particular evening, he's sitting in a bar he doesn't usually frequent, watching the bartender stuff around with a drink for a little bit longer than he really needs to. It makes his brows arch, and he turns to the Mirrorbound next to him with a bit of a flat look and a low tone.]

Yeah, I wouldn't drink that until I've tested it on something else.

(ii.)
[Alternately, maybe he's encountering someone after they've received a particularly obvious curse from the drinks (whether it's visually obvious or a very obvious sound they're making). He's been honing his counterspells a bit more of late considering his sharpness with the other aspects of Abjuration already, and after an initial moment of surprise, he offers a hand out.]

Do you want me to try and counterspell you? It shouldn't make it any worse even if it fails, at least.

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[d: relative normalcy]

[While Momo was rather scarce after the events of early February, at the start of March he starts to emerge again into visible locations. Usually it's just his backyard, doing exercise or dance practice, but he doesn't always have the room there with Yuki's pool nowadays, so occasionally he ends up moving it out to the Haven's courtyard areas, finding somewhere he won't get in anyone's way to do any dances that are going to take up more space than he's got in his yard. His skills are honed and professional, though the very knowledgeable about the subject of dance may notice he's not a lifelong dancer - his movements are incredibly graceful and practiced for someone who only started as an adult, but it his technique definitely differs from lifelong dancers for that reason. As does his bone and muscle structure, lacking the usual development of a lifelong dancer and instead being more that of someone who's spent their whole life doing sport.

He's open to be approached, though one might want to wait until he's done with his dance. Especially if it's someone he owes an apology to from last month and encountering them while he was under brainwashing, because that might be enough to startle him out of position and out of his focus zone to instead look completely mortified. He hadn't wanted to impose himself on people while they were healing, but first meeting again when he's just starting to feel like he's getting back to normal isn't something he feels is going to end that well for either party.]

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[e: wildcard]

[[If you want to plot something more specific or a closed starter, particularly if Momo menaced your character while he was brainwashed during last month's event, or if you want to do the Cwyld Research quest, feel free to hit me up at reviseleviathan, on the game Discord or by PM!]]