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middaeg2019-08-07 02:41 am
long_live_the_queen) wrote in middaeg2019-08-07 02:41 am
[Open] August Catch-All
Who: Kaede, others, you!
When: August in general
Where: Within the city, Smugha Cave, others to be added
What: Thread holder for the month. Feel free to hit up my plotting post here or my plurk at![[plurk.com profile]](https://plurk.com/favicon.ico)
blueraven if you'd like to hash something out!
Warnings: Potential violence, others to be added as needed
I. Any District
[When Kaede crossed the city, it was usually in direct ways—or more aimless meanderings. But the city was busy and crowded and there was only so much the promise of free clothing could do to smooth over the prospect of dealing with that many people for so long. So, the former it was.
This also meant casually trespassing in people's yards. Empty yards—or at least ones that seemed empty on first glance, she wasn't stupid. Where possible, the Chimera walked along courtyard walls instead of actually straying in them, but sometimes that wasn't exactly feasible. She didn't take anything while she was pacing with purpose between rows of flowers, a garden, or otherwise—but the antlered Chimera was highly visible, her hair dark pink and her arms covered in bright scarlet feathers.
...well, okay. She did linger sometimes. Those flowers were pretty.
Or perhaps she's hovering near a patch of trailing honeysuckle, or perched conspicuously atop a wall with her head tilted—did she hear a dog barking?]
II. Caught in the rain
[Of course it'd be raining on the day Kaede had to return these books. Of course it'd do so while she was mid-transit. And of course she'd find that this newly purchased cloak leaked.
The worst of it seemed to be on her head, where the hood had been rather hastily modified to fit around her antlers. It looked nice in the store, and in cooler (not rainy) weather. But it let water in through those gaps, and the left shoulder seam had started to leak, too.
So Kaede slouched, under an awning outside a shop, a home, anywhere with a roof, the books tucked into the one dry spot still under the cloak.
Let this storm pass soon. Let this storm pass soon...]
When: August in general
Where: Within the city, Smugha Cave, others to be added
What: Thread holder for the month. Feel free to hit up my plotting post here or my plurk at
Warnings: Potential violence, others to be added as needed
I. Any District
[When Kaede crossed the city, it was usually in direct ways—or more aimless meanderings. But the city was busy and crowded and there was only so much the promise of free clothing could do to smooth over the prospect of dealing with that many people for so long. So, the former it was.
This also meant casually trespassing in people's yards. Empty yards—or at least ones that seemed empty on first glance, she wasn't stupid. Where possible, the Chimera walked along courtyard walls instead of actually straying in them, but sometimes that wasn't exactly feasible. She didn't take anything while she was pacing with purpose between rows of flowers, a garden, or otherwise—but the antlered Chimera was highly visible, her hair dark pink and her arms covered in bright scarlet feathers.
...well, okay. She did linger sometimes. Those flowers were pretty.
Or perhaps she's hovering near a patch of trailing honeysuckle, or perched conspicuously atop a wall with her head tilted—did she hear a dog barking?]
II. Caught in the rain
[Of course it'd be raining on the day Kaede had to return these books. Of course it'd do so while she was mid-transit. And of course she'd find that this newly purchased cloak leaked.
The worst of it seemed to be on her head, where the hood had been rather hastily modified to fit around her antlers. It looked nice in the store, and in cooler (not rainy) weather. But it let water in through those gaps, and the left shoulder seam had started to leak, too.
So Kaede slouched, under an awning outside a shop, a home, anywhere with a roof, the books tucked into the one dry spot still under the cloak.
Let this storm pass soon. Let this storm pass soon...]
II
She's pacing idly when Kaede ducks under the awning, and she can't help but look her over, horns and feathers aside. Right away, she can tell some of the modifications were a rush job, with incomplete seams and threads hanging loose, and the sight of a raw edge fraying at the shoulder is pretty glaring, too. Not to mention the waterlogged way she's moving...
At first, she hesitates, but ends up making a wry remark anyway.]
Bad day, I take it?
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She turned her cowled head towards the voice, shifting her grip on the stack of books, though she didn't look back completely.]
Just a little.
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If I help you fix it, would that make your life a little easier? I have a small sewing kit on me I picked up for things like this...
[She hadn't been expecting to use it so soon, but, well, perhaps monsters and their various extra appendages end up with such problems all the time. It's fortunate she herself shouldn't be growing any... hopefully.]
Since it looks like we'll be stuck here for a while anyway, right?
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What would I owe you for that?
[The Chimera's tail swishes, though with all the dampness the gesture's more of a sad, sodden whap. She'd assumed this person was a shopkeeper, or an employee.]
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[It's odd how it feels like she's trying to convince Kaede to concede to her help instead of the other way around, like usual. Irhya tilts her head, leaning against the wall at a slant to avoid putting unpleasant pressure on her tail.]
Just think, you can make the next leg of your trip without looking like you jumped into a river. Perhaps the rain will even let up by then, who knows?