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Shinjiro "take your meds" Aragaki [荒垣 真次郎] ([personal profile] hoboagogo) wrote in [community profile] middaeg2019-09-01 12:46 pm

[open] What's another night on Mars?

Who: Shinjiro and whoever feels like dropping by. Likely the remainder of SEES and also his gang Fie and Louis. Strangers are welcome also!
When: The beginning of Septeril
Where: SEES House- an awkwardly huge house in the haven.
What: Just everything. Tending to the garden, hanging out inside and outside. Hit me up at [plurk.com profile] soozaphone if you want to plan/plot something!
Warnings: Shenanigans, to be sure.

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Hangin' in the Garden.
He liked to tell himself he was just doing this to help out Fuuka. She'd gotten a job at a floral shop, so maybe she'd want to use the badly overgrown patch of land fenced in beside the house- something that clearly used to be some sort of garden for potion ingredients or flowers or vegetables or whatever else by the original inhabitants, before the building was abandoned and the whole area was turned into the Haven. He tells himself it's just because he's got nothing else to do, and definitely not because it grates on him to see the dying, tangled, mass of plants vying for light and soil space, strangling one another, weeds popping up in every space possible.

He's going to deny those burgeoning faun instincts even as he gives in to them.

And so it's not a rare sight for him to be crouched down in the giant mess that could maybe become a garden in due time, completely confused as to what should be kept and what should be gotten rid of, and occasionally just grabbing entire stalks and ripping them out when the plant looks like it's beyond saving. Really, it's tempting to tear it all out and start from scratch-- but for all he knows, some of these are useful or rare or valuable or something?

Maybe he should take pictures and get the network to identify them. Or at least tell him which ones are poisonous.


Lunch time
Keeping a mental inventory of what everyone eats has made things kind of hard. He's sure Fie will eat anything. Fuuka, if she's picky, is too polite to actually say a lot of the time, so he just has to guess or try and watch for reactions. Louis is an herbivore. Makoto is basically a carnivore. And so even though he's grouchily resigned himself to the expectation that he makes food for everyone, it essentially means that he has to make multiple dishes, all depending on who's in the area and who's hungry.

At least Makoto is easy enough- lightly season and sear some meat, try his best to add in some other kind of nutrition, even if it's just rice cooked in broth or stock, and hope for the best. Akihiko would be the same, if he wasn't-- who knows where, right now. (Maybe snapped back home to their own reality? He has no fucking idea, and thinking on it just makes him angry and worried, so he just distracts himself with aggressively cooking.) Fuuka won't complain even if it's completely wrong, so whatever-- and anyone else isn't really around that often, even if he's taken to stocking a few more vegetarian options in case his bondmate drops by.

So come on by and whine for food or be disappointed in the choices today if you want to catch an earful. Or even learn how to cook your damn self, because sheesh he won't always be here to feed you guys.


Literally anything else
Break in to steal shit, start a fight, raid the fridge, knock on the door to try and spread the Good News, do whatever, it's all good!! As stated about, just let me know if you want to plot anything with Shinjiro and I'll start a thread for us! IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE IN THE HOUSE it can be elsewhere also, lmao. I'm not your boss, literally do whatever you want. Use this post for your own threads, tag each other, start your own open stuff. I'M NOT YOUR BOSS, GO WILD.

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[personal profile] rightfoot 2019-09-02 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
Louis immediately makes the mental note to bring gloves next time. A couple of sets. He didn't think to bring anything himself, and he hopes that he doesn't actually end up with any sort of reaction to things in here. He hadn't really applied himself in Alchemy quite yet, so he doesn't know. He shakes his head.

"I probably wouldn't eat something if I don't know what it is." It sounds smart enough, at least. He didn't want to die or get sick from getting poisoned by eating something he shouldn't have. "I'll know more once I go to Alchemy classes more frequently." Did he sound like he was slacking? A little, though he wasn't. It was a lot to take in and he was trying to pace himself so he'd be good at things he was doing.

"I'd probably get rid of anything you won't eat, too." He says this, pulling out a few things that looked like weeds. "Just in case they're poisonous." He eyes the plant in his hand, shrugs, and goes for another one.

"Which, for the record, we're trying to avoid."

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[personal profile] firewalled 2019-09-02 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
Rich has been like a zombie this last week. He knows that. It's been hard to sleep, and his nightmares have been coming back full force. He keeps looking over his shoulder, imagining things brushing against his neck with the tingle of static electricity. He can't relax. He's tense and angry and he just wants to go home.

But if he can't go there, somewhere different is the next best thing. The barracks are cramped and lonely all at the same time. He needs more people. And from what Shinjiro mentioned, his house had people. So that's where he stayed.

It hasn't been as bad a sleep as the last few nights, but definitely not long enough. He groans as he hears the thunk of the mugs, reaching for a pillow to throw over his head.

"Ngh. Five more minutes..." He blinks blearily and raises his head, though, and he does manage a wry little grin.

"I don't know man. Brought my pickpocket tools, but the back door was open." He hoists himself up onto his elbows, staring at the coffee. "Uh... milk and sugar, if you don't mind." He knows that's kind of childish, but he thinks he needs as much energy as he can get.
faithlikeaseed: cw for graphic eye injury further down the page (blind - chipmunk grin)

did someone say PLONTS

[personal profile] faithlikeaseed 2019-09-02 12:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Could Myr but see the state of that garden, he'd be equally offended by it--and not all due to whatever Monstrous instincts had decided to germinate in him when his antlers started to sprout. He had kept up the Circle's gardens back home--even in the face of considerable adversity--and took a measure of warranted pride in that.

He can't see what Shinjiro's up to in there, but the sound of someone wrenching a persistent weed up by its roots is attention-grabbing even across the street. As is the bright, citrusy scent emanating from one of the uprooted shrubs lying sadly to the side; that's enough to detour Myr from his walk home to investigate.

"Tell me that's not the sumac you just ripped up," he calls brightly as he makes his careful way over to the fence. Stopping a foot or so shy on the intuition it's there, he reaches out to make sure of it and finds himself shaking hands with an aggressive morning glory. Neat. "Or if it is, that you don't mind me making off with it."
firewalled: (To die)

[personal profile] firewalled 2019-09-02 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Rich mumbles some more, rubbing his eyes and blinking blearily at Shinjiro. It takes him several seconds to comprehend what the other man is saying, but when he does, he flushes.

"I meant lock picking! I'm just... jesus, man, I just woke up, give me a break." He sticks his tongue out when Shinjiro walks past, apparently having no qualms about being childish.

The process of getting his tea ready to drink is... soothing. Rich watches the milk poured into the coffee in little cloudy swirls, before adding a spoonful of sugar and stirring slowly, listening to the clink of the cutlery against the ceramic. He looks up to Shinjiro with a wry smile. The offer is nice, but Rich isn't going to take it completely. He can at least be honest, if not completely forthcoming.

"Nah. More... paranoid, I guess. Kept feeling like I was being watched. Couldn't sleep."
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[personal profile] halfmoon 2019-09-02 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
To say things have been awkward is an understatement. In the four days Makoto was gone, the dynamic of the house had changed dramatically. Without Akihiko here, the point of their previous argument is moot, and he regrets what he said to Shinjiro on the day of the full moon more than ever.

Of all of SEES, Shinjiro probably needs to be handled the most delicately. Makoto knows what it's like to have several dozen layers of armor pulled around yourself mentally - he used to be one of those people, having since graduated to only a few layers at best. A person doesn't start peeling away those layers for nothing.

When he descends the stairs and finds senpai loitering on the couch, he's grateful, despite stopping at the bottom of the stairs and gazing at him from across the room. His eyes are still red, and his teeth are still growing sharp, and somehow his overall health worse since the full moon, not better.

"Good morning," he says softly with a nod. "Sure. Thanks." Remembering his unkind words last time they were in a situation like this, he doesn't bother voicing his picky preference for meat. He'll eat whatever Shinjiro feels like making him.

"Is Fuuka gone already?"
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[personal profile] halfmoon 2019-09-02 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"Flower shop job," Makoto echoes emotionlessly. No, he hadn't known that. He feels guilty not knowing what she'd been up to, but after a deep breath, he reminds himself that things have been awkward between him and Fuuka and they are both doing their best.

He walks across the living room to the kitchen table, his bare feet padding softly against the wooden floor. The drapes are drawn, thankfully. Otherwise, this spot would be submerged in sunlight.

"Sunlight is starting to make my skin itch," he explains for lack of much else to talk about. He knows he looks terrible, he can see it in the mirror. As Shinjiro pulls out the meat from the fridge, Makoto rests his chin in his hand and watches him.

"How about you?" he asks. "Looks like your beard's gonna keep growing fast like that."
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swan dives into the plonts

[personal profile] faithlikeaseed 2019-09-02 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"Leaves in threes--like a rounded diamond with scalloped edges to 'em. They might already be red by now; they smell like lemon when they're crushed. Might have berries, too, if they've not all been picked off by birds." Which would be Myr's real interest in requisitioning the tree, even if they were lovely (in a way he mostly can't appreciate any longer) as a hedge. "And I surely do want to take it; we've a spot in our garden it would be perfect for."

If there is a sumac there, he doesn't expect his off-the-cuff description to be acted on immediately--the sound of the gate's a little bit of a surprise. Even so, he gamely works his way along the fence toward it, careful not to get too grabby with anything that's tendriled down it. "I'm no herbalist but I know enough to keep a Circle fed off its own garden," he answers, cheerily. "And happily most of what grows at home seems to grow here," less some important smokeable staples. Alas, elfroot.
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[personal profile] rightfoot 2019-09-02 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
He watched Shinjiro pull at another weed, plant, something? He wasn't sure what it was. Still, if he didn't know what it was, he wasn't about to eat it. It seemed like a fast way to ensure that you'd make yourself sick. He noted the plant in his hands, and realized that they were probably going to find bits and pieces in the dirt here left over, but they'd just have to be sure to rid it of anything before planting new.

"They'd probably have us put stuff in a separate garden, so don't worry about keeping anything you won't eat." He hadn't quite figured out what he was meant to do with the plants, but he had seen them in some applications.

"Sometimes, for things. I'm pretty sure for making some potions. It's kind of like...if you break down some things, the parts separately sound dangerous, but together it's good for you."

He glances over, pausing mid-pulling a weed (or plant, he supposed) out of a ground. "I hate to ask this but did it taste awful?" He'd have to assume that it did. It sounded awful.
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literally something else

[personal profile] sylphid 2019-09-02 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[After being here before, Fie easily discovers that Shinji's room is on the second floor, and figuring out which room specifically is child's play after that. She makes a note of the angle of the room and what's nearby for her return trip.

Which actually happens about an hour later. This time she's got a bag with her, attached to her waist and thigh-- these people design smart, she approves. This leaves her hands free for much easier climbing. Climbing up to his window that's conveniently open almost like an invitation. (Fie makes a mental note to thank him later.)

Once inside, she finds his desk, painfully barren of anything remotely interesting. Somehow, it's kinda fitting. Here she sets up shop. Out of the bag and on to the desk are placed a couple healing potions, some bandages spelled to speed healing, and some ointment for god knows what. It looked useful, so she grabbed it. Leave her alone. All that laid out, the bracer takes a moment to look around. Wow, how dull. She makes a mental note to drop by with decorations at some point.

Turning to the dresser, she pulls out a knit hat from her bag in dark green (sans goggles). That's dropped right on top before she moves to leave the way she came-- the window. Fie crouches on the sill, ready to hop on out.]
firewalled: (Looking in the mirror)

[personal profile] firewalled 2019-09-03 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
Rich really did rest surprisingly well, which is probably why he's so tempted to pass out again. It's... nice to actually sleep without listening for any slight sound, without feeling like any moment, he'll hear his mother's voice and smell smoke again. It's nice to be woken with a much more pleasant scent, and he actually takes a moment to just hold the mug in his hands, inhaling the scent of the coffee before taking a small sip.

When he's done, he looks at Shinjiro, hesitating, before looking back down at his coffee. He doesn't take another sip, but just stares. Just when Shinjiro might be getting worried he won't answer, Rich speaks up.

"Hey. Remember that supercomputer thing I told you about? This is gonna sound stupid, but...What would you say if it turned out to actually be here? Like, in a human body now."
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[personal profile] sylphid 2019-09-03 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
[And them from above, a few sets of durable cloth gloves, the kind that go up to one's mid forearm, are basically thrown at their persons. Followed by a couple small trowels, rakes, and shovels that imbed themselves directly in front of each of the boys. Once they look up, they'll see a familiar girl just chilling on the roof.]

You guys are doing that all wrong. Shinji, you should probably go wash your hands now if you don't wanna get poisoned. Maybe. Not sure how it'd affect whatever you are, but it's probably not going to be good. [Fie pauses for consideration.] Actually, both of you should.

[And that's her cue to casually slide to the edge of the roof and off, landing in a comfortable crouch position.]

So how long have you been at this? [She spares a glance to the piles of plant detritus.] Really, wash your hands before continuing.
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[personal profile] sylphid 2019-09-03 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
[Whoops. She doesn't intend to get caught this time. She figures she must've spent too long look around at absolutely nothing. Busted now, anyway.

Fie turns on her toes to face him, still crouched on the sill, ready to make a break if there's need. Or if she simply wants to. Now she'll take her time, since there's a half naked guy in front of her, who isn't half bad. Sorry, bro, she'd be this shameless around most. Still, she does answer normally as she points to the stuff on his desk. Her own forearm is still wrapped in bandages.]


I brought some things that might help in the future, since there's no witch living here. Elliot's good at what he does, but he can't be everywhere.

[In Fie speak, it translates to her caring and being kinda sorry he got caught up in her group's mess. Now she moves from a crouch to a sit with her feet dangling above the floor of his room.]

Guess I wanted to see how you were doing, too, even though you'll insist you're fine.

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