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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. ]
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They were pretty nice sensations, though...]
... I'm fine.
[He looks up at her, trying to figure out how to react. The reply is automatic, but... it's true enough, he thinks. After all, he's not hurt, and nothing is really wrong. It's just weird, being this close together, and being pretty okay with it. The intense urge to kiss and go even further is all but gone, but this? This is still very comfortable.
Even if he's lying on the streets with the stench of the harbor in his nose. It's an oddly sobering experience, but even then, he's in no rush to move.]
Are you?
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Unlike Konoe, though, she has a pretty good view of the state of the ground he's lying on, and she laughs wryly. ]
It might be better if I let you get up, though. [ Instead of continuing to straddle Konoe and keep him pinned to the dirty stones. It's a bit of effort, with the layers she has, but she does manage to push herself up to her feet, holding out a hand to help Konoe up once she's upright. It'd be easy enough somehow to pretend the last few hours didn't just happen, but that isn't quite the kind of person she is either. ]
About what happened in the maze ... [ She starts, slowly, still organizing her thoughts as she goes. ]
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Taking her hand, he gets up, and wonders what to do. It's late, but he doesn't feel tired, his thoughts still racing, even though he can't seem to pinpoint any of them. Grooming will help with that, probably, but somehow he doesn't feel like being alone just yet. What a strange experience...]
What... about it?
[The phrasing may be a little confrontational, but that's not how he means it. What happened was definitely unusual, but... even if he's never done anything like it, it felt pretty natural. It was not a bad thing; he's pretty sure it was a good thing, regardless of circumstances.
He really has no idea how to classify it beyond that, though.]
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She decides the safest course is to start with an explanation of where she's coming from. ]
Where I come from ... most people would say that was pretty irresponsible. Dragging a friend after you and then getting them to eat drugged food. [ Enchanted, in this case, but she blushes, either way. ]
At least, it's considered rude if you don't get someone's permission first. I'm sorry if any of that wasn't something you wanted to experience.
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[She was clear enough about what was what, is what he's trying to say: it's not like she tricked him. He was the one who decided to risk it... even if that turned out to be the wrong decision - to avoid enchantment, that is. The general outcome really wasn't so bad.]
It's my fault that I couldn't undo the enchantment.
I wonder why it didn't work on everything...
[He's pretty sure it worked on some of the items he ate! And then suddenly it didn't.]
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She reaches out, impulsively, to catch his hand. ]
You're not angry about it? You don't wish it hadn't happened?
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[It's true that he'd never thought of her - or anyone else, for that matter - in such a light before, but the intensity of her questions, something almost like shock in them, surprises him and makes him overly determined in response.]
I mean... It was nice.
[Is that weird to say? Suddenly he's extremely worried that she didn't like it as much as he did. Maybe he was no good at kissing...?]
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Which means she's reddening, faintly, when he says 'it's nice.' It's uncharacteristic of her to be bashful, but since he's gone ahead and said it with so little shame, any of her worries seem sort of silly now. ]
It was nice. [ Is what she settles on, finally, with a small smile. A little foolish, a little strange, but it wasn't unpleasant. The only question is... where does that leave them now? ]
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In the end, he can't decide how to broach the subject, so he doesn't. They both liked it. Maybe that is enough to know, for now.]
... Let's go home.
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That, in itself, is both a relief ... and strangely, a bit of a disappointment. But she'll ponder over those feelings later. ]
... Yeah. Let's.