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june catch-all; quests and more
Who: Yako Katsuragi + Others (TBD)
When: ThroughoutJune Iuneril
Where: All over Aefenglom.
What: Your friendly neighborhood catch-all.
Warnings: TBD
[ I'll just be using this log for various individual top-levels and custom starters through the month and add them below as I go!. I write in prose because that's what I'm used to, but I can adjust to match. ]
1. Do it with Class
Although it's her second month here, Yako still hasn't made that much progress as far as spellcasting goes. The best progress she's made thus far is in enchantment, though for the most part, she's only practiced enchanting food and doesn't have much in the way of combat applications.
In Abjuration class, she looks a bit nervous when she's paired up with someone, giving them a sheepish look as she readies her focus.
"So, ah, do you want to practice blocking first, or should I?"
In Divination class, her fingers are covered with specks of pale yellow light, but when she shakes them off her fingers, they only drift down lazily onto the ground instead of pointing in any particular direction -- certainly not leading towards whatever hidden object they're supposed to be looking for. She sighs, shaking her head and glancing up at whoever's nearby.
"No good ... I can't get the spell to focus right. How about you? Any luck?"
It's in Transmutation class that she finds a surprising bit of luck: as she concentrates on the shattered teacup in front of her on the table, the pinpricks of light that seem to be her signature magic alighting on the ceramic, some of the pieces of shattered porcelain suddenly snap together in front of her, making her jump and lose concentration -- and it falls apart all over again. Still, she's elated.
"Did you see that?!"
Alternatively, you might catch her after classes end, holding a tray of various baked goods and a clipboard by a doorway. If you make the mistake of making eye contact or even coming too close, she'll perk up and step over.
"Excuse me, but would you mind trying one of these enchanted pastries and rating them? Um, the effects are temporary and nothing bad, I promise -- I just need to know how effective they are."
2. Lost in a Good Book
Early in the month, Yako can be easily found in Undermael College, sitting at one of the tables with a book open in front of her and some scattered notes scrawled all over in a girlishly rounded script. Some of it is information on basic spells and invocations taught in the Coven classes, but there's also a roughly doodled sketch of some kind of globe on one corner, and she seems to be intent on her work ... so much so that she's muttering under her breath.
Those close enough or possessed of keener hearing might catch something about 'leylines' or 'divination' or, more perplexingly perhaps, something about the ideal ratio of dry to wet ingredients ... but either way, as quiet as she may be trying to make it, it's a little bit disruptive.
3. Wiped Out
Closer towards the evenings, though, will see Yako straight up passed out on top of her work, pen beginning to leave a growing ink-stain on paper as she snores softly. Will you wake her up kindly and send her on her way, or be a bit more rude?
4. How Does Your Garden Grow?
In the Shopping District, Yako can be found intently browsing through a selection of ... plants? She hasn't picked up any from the shelves and planters yet, but she seems to be quite serious about looking through them -- so much so that she doesn't realize there's someone right beside her.
"Oh, sorry -- I didn't mean to get in your way. I'm having a hard time deciding what I should get for the garden."
???. Wildcard
[ None of these work for you? Want to write your own starter? Hit me up on the CR Meme, let's make something happen. ]
When: Throughout
Where: All over Aefenglom.
What: Your friendly neighborhood catch-all.
Warnings: TBD
[ I'll just be using this log for various individual top-levels and custom starters through the month and add them below as I go!. I write in prose because that's what I'm used to, but I can adjust to match. ]
1. Do it with Class
Although it's her second month here, Yako still hasn't made that much progress as far as spellcasting goes. The best progress she's made thus far is in enchantment, though for the most part, she's only practiced enchanting food and doesn't have much in the way of combat applications.
In Abjuration class, she looks a bit nervous when she's paired up with someone, giving them a sheepish look as she readies her focus.
"So, ah, do you want to practice blocking first, or should I?"
In Divination class, her fingers are covered with specks of pale yellow light, but when she shakes them off her fingers, they only drift down lazily onto the ground instead of pointing in any particular direction -- certainly not leading towards whatever hidden object they're supposed to be looking for. She sighs, shaking her head and glancing up at whoever's nearby.
"No good ... I can't get the spell to focus right. How about you? Any luck?"
It's in Transmutation class that she finds a surprising bit of luck: as she concentrates on the shattered teacup in front of her on the table, the pinpricks of light that seem to be her signature magic alighting on the ceramic, some of the pieces of shattered porcelain suddenly snap together in front of her, making her jump and lose concentration -- and it falls apart all over again. Still, she's elated.
"Did you see that?!"
Alternatively, you might catch her after classes end, holding a tray of various baked goods and a clipboard by a doorway. If you make the mistake of making eye contact or even coming too close, she'll perk up and step over.
"Excuse me, but would you mind trying one of these enchanted pastries and rating them? Um, the effects are temporary and nothing bad, I promise -- I just need to know how effective they are."
2. Lost in a Good Book
Early in the month, Yako can be easily found in Undermael College, sitting at one of the tables with a book open in front of her and some scattered notes scrawled all over in a girlishly rounded script. Some of it is information on basic spells and invocations taught in the Coven classes, but there's also a roughly doodled sketch of some kind of globe on one corner, and she seems to be intent on her work ... so much so that she's muttering under her breath.
Those close enough or possessed of keener hearing might catch something about 'leylines' or 'divination' or, more perplexingly perhaps, something about the ideal ratio of dry to wet ingredients ... but either way, as quiet as she may be trying to make it, it's a little bit disruptive.
3. Wiped Out
Closer towards the evenings, though, will see Yako straight up passed out on top of her work, pen beginning to leave a growing ink-stain on paper as she snores softly. Will you wake her up kindly and send her on her way, or be a bit more rude?
4. How Does Your Garden Grow?
In the Shopping District, Yako can be found intently browsing through a selection of ... plants? She hasn't picked up any from the shelves and planters yet, but she seems to be quite serious about looking through them -- so much so that she doesn't realize there's someone right beside her.
"Oh, sorry -- I didn't mean to get in your way. I'm having a hard time deciding what I should get for the garden."
???. Wildcard
[ None of these work for you? Want to write your own starter? Hit me up on the CR Meme, let's make something happen. ]
arrives fashionably late
"Uh, are you sure everything's okay in there... ?" Because, like, look at this. He isn't sure where to start or what to ask besides that — and there's also... well, it's not cool for a guy to waltz in uninvited when a girl's got her skirt folded up like that, so he's hanging just on the edge of the kitchen with a wary look and a casual need to amend the situation.
After all, given how often he's cooking for a household of four ( seemingly, since one of the ladies is nearly always absent ) now, he's starting to grow pretty fond of the kitchen space.
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There. An ominous, metallic clatter and scrape from somewhere behind one of the chairs, and Yako pales a bit as a shadowy shape scurries along to dart away. Still, she does owe Kaoru and explanation for all this, which she tries to offer even as she awkwardly crabwalks as best as she can in a half-squat, trying to catch sight of her prey.
"... I think I might have. Um. Overdone the magic while I was cooking."
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"You think?" Phew. He leans a hand against the door-frame, suddenly less concerned about her getup and more concerned about their safety. "You could've just asked me for help with the... well, not with the magic, but with the cooking. Yako-chan... you don't need to imbue your dishes with magic to enchant me or anything, you know? I'm already head-over-heels with the idea of getting to take a bite out of whatever you make us. ♪ "
Persistent as ever, but the blatant flirting is kind of his way to take his mind off Whatever May Be Lurking.
no subject
A lobster has fewer neurons in its whole nervous system than a fruit fly. A cooked lobster, presumably, has even less. But a magic-scorched lobster animated by an enchantment that was meant to give those who ate it a clearer mind...?
Well, it's smart enough to be attracted to the movement. In a burst of movement and a clatter of baking pan being knocked aside, the blackened husk of a lobster scuttles across the floor and launches itself at Kaoru's ankles, charred claws seizing on whatever it can.
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Luckily there's no way such a thing would ever exist, and so the harsh clattering of claws and other appendages latch neatly around an unfortunate chunk of his leg only to squeeze down hard. He lets out a surprised scream, in a totally undignified ( lame ) way, because, let's be real — this might be the most terrifying thing he's experienced since being transported across worlds.
In his panic though he winces as he winds up his free leg in order to punt the little abomination across the kitchen and into a cabinet below their copper sink. Take that, you freaky little thing. Just. Now his other leg hurts, too. Great. The adrenaline from the encounter's got his heart pounding heavy and fast in his chest.
"What... " he wheezes lightly, "... is THAT?"
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...Before turning back to Kaoru, obviously embarrassed.
“Well, it was supposed to be dinner...” RATTLE RATTLE. “... but I think we should probably make something else instead, now.”
She pauses, then, adjusting her skirts and frowning at Kaoru. “Is your leg hurt? Let me see•