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Quest Mingle: October-December


Quest Mingle: October-December
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Questboard! This post is for playing!

• These quests are valid from start of October until end of December.
Characters don't need to be a member of the guild to do quests and anyone can do any segment's quest! The quests are just marked this way to show where the quests are taking place.
City Location Details | Segment Location details
• Remember to keep distances in mind: it takes 2 weeks to travel from the bridges to the edge of the map (barrier). Faster methods for travel exists, of course.
• For some of the monsters, additional details can be found from the Beastiary.
• Rewards are for one completion of the Quest, but characters can do it multiple times to earn more money from them, as the problems do repeat.

• Please see the guild page for permanent quests.

City Quests

Even in your city... quests! [ Click to Expand ]
Quest NameDescriptionOOC NotesRewards
Candy Obstacle SagaOh no! Someone dropped all of our experimental candies all over the mall. Now some places are blocked off because of them. We designed them to make one of the mobile games into an actual, rewarding mini game, but now they're just obstacles. Fortunately, it seems they work just like the game would, like we hoped. Please help us clear the candies - and feel free to eat any you collect.Trying to jump or fly over them will result in being pushed back. Trying to destroy them with weapons or magic will reflect the attack back to the person. It seems the only way to proceed is physically moving the candies so they make a three line - so team up with someone. Every cleared candy will give the players regular-sized, edible candy.

Making a line of three candies will make them disappear. Getting four on row makes a striped candy that will clear a whole row (best not stand right on the row you might get knocked back). Making an L-shaped formation will make a wrapped, explosive candy that destroys the surrounding candies twice (again, best not to be too close to the explosion). Five in a row makes an extra special sprinkled candy that will clear every candy of certain color.

Unpredictably, the candies will keep reappearing for a while when destroyed. It seems clearing a certain number of one color will clear them all, eventually! What color it is is usually indicated by the color on the wall.
Candy, 1000 Moon Coins per game
Prepare for Trouble and Make it DoubleHappy Halloween-time of the year! Our store (the Party Hardy) is organizing a fashion show of halloween costumes, with a twist! We want this to be done in pairs! We either give you a theme or a prop and you coordinate a matching outfit together. You can also do it with more people, but not alone.

Those who want a challenge and win extra can do this by completely cutting communications with your partner. In other words working in different rooms and then seeing what kind of costumes you come up with from the same theme. The closer they are to matching, the better the prize.

Once the costumes are done, you do a little walk on the catwalk together. After that you can keep your costumes for the festivities ahead.
Go wild with costume ideas, but please keep them all SFW. There are all sorts of clothing, accessories and other props in the dressing rooms. Some of them even have magical effects like fake fire or levitating weapons, depending on what you're going for. The judges are very lax, so the costumes don't need to be exactly matching - but the closer they are the better, of course.

Those who manage to coordinate a costume without knowing what the other is doing will be praised and told they must be soulmates, whether it's platonically or romantically.
Anywhere between 500-2000 Moon Coins, A free costume
Sleepovers in SEAKEAFor the next two months, SEAKEA is offering a chance to sleep at our store. You can come here for a night or for several, use any of the rooms like they're yours and just enjoy. The restaurants are open all night if you're craving for food. There are also places to set up small parties or play games like hide and seek. There is also the SEAKEA Maze you may attempt, made with our furniture. Those who go through the maze will get a special goods bags.

We're doing this to promote our wares and possibly improve on them. So any opinions can be left on opinion boards provided for everyone.
Unbeknownst to the SEAKEA staff, some of the more mischievous ghosts have infiltrated some of these sleepovers. They may start scaring people (rattling chains, making eerie 'ooOooOoooo' sounds etc) and moving furniture and other items around. They're even making the SEAKEA maze even harder.

The special goods bags include various small, but useful items that can be found from homes. Some of them may be goofy in design, but still work as intended.
100 Moon Coins per night spent, free food, one free furniture, goodie bag (maze bonus)


Winter Segment

Lights, Snow, Quests [ Click to Expand ]
Quest NameDescriptionOOC NotesRewards
I Always Feel Like Someone is Watching Me
CW/TW: stalking, jumpscares, being chased
There's something moving in the forest just north to the Unnamed Mountain. I don't know what it is, but it feels dangerous. Like you're constantly being watched. It's making people really uncomfortable. Maybe it should be investigated?Anyone who enters the forest to investigate will feel the eyes on them even more intensely. After traveling in the forest for a while it gets increasingly uncomfortable. Those who actually manage to continue and don't flee will soon find what can only be described as the Slenderman. A creepy black figure with tendril like arms who will appear like a jumpscare and start chasing people. It never actually attacks - nor do attacks harms it.

Upon escaping the forest after meeting the Slenderman, something drops into their pockets. A ring that has the description of "Use this when you want to see the invisible". The ring will allow a person to see silhouettes of things they would normally not see (ghosts/spirits included) but not their proper form - nor can they interact with them.
3000 Moon Coins, a ring
Is Bone Juice That Delicious?
CW/TW: gore, bone sucking, death
Natives are finally able to visit the Winter Segment and couldn't be happier! However some of them seem adamant to go outside the marked paths. Bodies of the natives have started to turn up because of that. They're all in the same condition: all of their bones in their body have been sucked out. Everything else is completely intact. It must be that one enemy again, back for revenge.The monsters behind the case are called Warlock Skeletons. The suck bones out of living things with their dark magic to make skeletons that move and do their bidding. They can be killed as long as the powerful jewel on their neck is destroyed. However, they have placed a barrier around the jewel that stops anyone from grabbing it with methods like telekinesis. The barrier can be destroyed by destroying another, hidden jewel.5000 Moon Coins
Snowball's ChanceA species of sentient snowballs have appear in the Winter Segment. They're very adorable with their little faces, hands and feet - but they are very, very angry. They have knives (where did they get those?) and they attempt to stab people and their horses - only getting their ankles. Which isn't too dangerous, but it's very annoying and hurts. People have tried to stomp them, but they just reform and are even angrier.

I saw one of them calm down after it got a scarf from someone and wrapped it around itself. Maybe that's a clue?
The Snow Ballers are jealous of people who have warm clothes on their person. They also want that fluffy and nice feeling! It's very cold, being a sentient snowball. Helping them get what they want will calm them and stop them from attacking. Destroying them will only make them reform themselves and become angrier. Even melting them into a puddle doesn't help.1000 Moon Coins


Spring Segment

Breezing through quests [ Click to Expand ]
Quest NameDescriptionOOC NotesRewards
Don't Eat Your Veggies
CW/TW: eaten alive
Giant mutant vegetables have appeared all around the Spring Segment. Theory is that they're angry about vegetables being eaten... so they're trying to eat people and animals that eat them. Scorching, cutting and smashing them should do it. They're all very similar to the vegetables they originally were, but they have giant mouths with sharp teeth and mean eyes.

Some of them even pop out of the ground without a warning.
The giant vegetables are all sorts of vegetables you can find. Most common are the carrots and the cucumbers, less likely to attack are broccoli and cauliflower. They don't have any special attacks - they will just try to eat anything they find offensive.4000 Moon Coins
Rabbits Need Scritches AgainA migrating group of Giant Rabbits has recently arrived back to the Spring Segment and now they're shedding off their winter fur. The problem is they're really, really itchy. I feel bad for them. Could someone go scritch their fur to help them? Even comb their fur so the winter fur falls easier? You can use the fur in so many different clothes once its off, too! It's so fluffy and nice.Giant Rabbits are Moose-sized rabbits that change segments every half a year. During the two month period a lot of them will be crossing over and needing some help with their furs. As a reward you will gain a friend for life who you can come visit anytime when you need some rabbit therapy.

Thanks to last time going so well, the rabbits have gained courage to bring their little ones along. Baby rabbits are the size of deer and don't need as much scritches - but they will demand that they be played with. If the rabbit mothers see that they're a good match, they will let you adopt their babies.
1000 Moon Coins
❗High Risk Quest❗
Attack on Kingdom
CW/TW: nightmare facing, poison, gore
We reclaimed the Fairy Kingdom, but it still needs time to recover its magics. As it is, it's still vulnerable for more attacks. The fairies can't counter all of the attacks. The corrupted fae are out for revenge and they've brought their giant familiars with them. They themselves are the size of small human children who control the beasts and set things on poisonous fire.

The familiars are giant Faemoose. They're completely black creatures with glowing eyes. Not only do they have the power to stomp things to the ground and stab someone with their antlers, but they also have control over shadows and dreams. If one of their shadowy tendrils touches someone they will be trapped inside a shadow orb, forced to face their worst nightmares in their mind. Killing the faemoose will break the shadow.
Poisonous Fire is a special brand of fae fire that releases smoke that's poisonous to breathe. The smoke remains behind even if the fire is put out/made harmless. Faemoose, meanwhile, are very weak to pure light magic, lightning and their own magic turned against them.40 000 Moon Coins


Summer Segment

Get your hottest quests here [ Click to Expand ]
Quest NameDescriptionOOC NotesRewards
Mummystreet's Back Alright
CW/TW: mummies, skeletons, mind control
Areas near the Deserter's Desert have recently seen an increased amount of Mummies. They have certainly appeared from out of nowhere (or from sand, actually). They're a menace, but not in a fatal way. Instead they're trying to wrap bandages around people to turn them into them. The bandages do have a 1/50 chance to actually make someone completely act like a mummy (walking in a trance, wrapping bandages around people) that can be canceled by taking the bandages off. They should be dealt with as soon as possible.The mummies are otherwise mostly harmless, but the Research Center would appreciate if someone captured a few of them so they could study them! Actual mummies have skeletons underneath all the bandages but nothing else. If they're stripped of their bandages they will comically cover their genital area and run away.2000 Moon Coins
Pirates of the Great Lake: The ComebackMysterious ships have made an appearance on the Great Ocean Lake: ghost ships and pirate octopi ships. They're disturbing all life on the lake, throwing explosive and other things into it. The Research Center has provided ships that can be taken to the waters and some pirate outfits to fit the theme (optional). Destroy the enemy ships and restore peace to the lake!Ghost Ships are ships that don't seem to have any members onboard (or they can only be seen by the Winter holders). Pirate Octopi are octopi with eyepatches (and some even have mechanical tentacles in place of normal ones). The ships rarely fight each other but they don't consider each other allies either.3000 Moon Coins
Took the Wrong TurnI never thought I'd say this, but I saw Polar Bears in the Summer Segment. What are they doing all the way in the Summer Segment? Poor guys must be feeling hot. They need to be returned home to the Winter Segment as soon as possible. Please help the poor bear.The Polar Bears were unfortunate victims of Teleport Fairy pranks. They are now lost and confused and need cooling down - and help getting back home. Getting them to the Southern Cold Sea in the Autumn Segment helps with most of the way, as they can swim north to their natural habitats.3000 Moon Coins


Autumn Segment

Maple scented Quests [ Click to Expand ]
Quest NameDescriptionOOC NotesRewards
All Hail the Pumpkin KingA species of sentient scarecrows with pumpkins for their heads have been doing a series of trials to compete who is the strongest and best fit for being the Pumpkin King. Unfortunately these trials often include stealing, scaring and fighting with anyone who comes even close to the Segment. Please put an end to their trials. Their special ability is controlling regular crows, so be careful of getting pecked.When someone defeats enough Pumpkin Scarecrows in a group, the survivors will bring a crown made of wheat and fallen leaves and try to put it on the victor's head - this crown is in no way magical. They will crown even someone who isn't a scarecrow. There can be multiple pumpkin kings. They're not exactly well organized.

Those who have been previously "crowned" as Pumpkin Royals will be challenged to multiple rematches.
1000 Moon Coins
I Said Leaf Me AloneMajority of the autumn leaves have turned magical and have started to cause people to fall into a state of sleep whenever they hit someone. Luckily, most people have fallen asleep on the safe zones, but there are those who did not. Be careful not to get hit by the leaves and try to get rid of them instead, all while saving the people sleeping in wrong places. As long as a leaf remains on someone they will either sleep or feel very drowsy and the more leaves they have on them the more potent the effect is.The effect is less effective through clothes, but will still make one feel sleepy/yawn a lot. With enough layers of clothes the characters will be able to collect the leaves for extra potent sleeping potions. However it's not recommended to eat the leaves as they are, as it might lead to a comatose state instead.

A strange new effect is that people get very angry when someone tries to stop them from sleeping. They might even smack someone.
2000 Moon Coins
❗High Risk Quest❗
The Blue Flames
CW/TW: burns, death danger
We all know Angler Will-o'-the-Wisps are really, really dangerous. They don't seem so bad compared to this other type of Will-o'-the-Wisp that has been discovered. Dubbed as the 'Flame of the End', they are giant (4 metres/13.12 feet) humanoid creatures made out of blue flames. Fire magic doesn't affect them, water doesn't extinguish them. They attempt to burn everything to the ground, friend or foe.

Those who've managed to escape them are still in pain because if the flames touch someone, the pain remains with them forever until the creature who did it is killed.
The Flames of the End can be defeated by closing them into a confined space. Between rocks, into a box, buried underground. As long as it can't escape through the cracks, you'll win. It can be cut into smaller pieces and dealt with piece by piece.50 000 Moon Coins


NSFW Quests
DO NOT use the Quest Mingle for these quests and instead play them on other posts! This questboard is only unlockable by characters that are 16 or older.

The Spice [ Click to Expand ]
Quest NameDescriptionOOC NotesRewards
Color of Your UnderwearHey all! We're looking for models for our new underwear line, made to fit all genders, sizes, ages and races! There are several designs, colors and all types are customisable for anyone. Some of them also have some magical properties, but all of them are labeled as such.

Head over to the Underground Mall and the 'United in Sexy Underwear' store to participate! You also get free underwear of your choice.
Magical properties include: changing color depending on mood, making certain body parts look more naturally enchanting, sparkles for modeling, literal fireworks when someone gets horny (feel free to come up with other mostly harmless and potentially embarrassing ones). Most of the underwear IS labeled, but some have been mixed up so the effects may be a surprise.

The pictures will be displayed on billboards in the Underground Mall as well as their city on the Internet, but everyone is expected to sign a contract saying it's fine. Of course someone can just miss the fine print.
10,000 Moon Coins, free underwear (magic effect or not)
Love for Pole DancingOur group, The Magical Pole Dancers, is hosting FREE lessons in magical pole dancing. We will go through the basics at first and then make our way to more advanced and magical pole dancing skills. You will also get a free magical pole you can just set up at home and then store it in a magical pouch when you don't use it.

What does the magical part mean? Well, we also work as strippers so some of the magic is meant to arouse our audience and make them only look at us, but there are also skills that just boost others' mood, bring someone into a more relaxed space of mind. Some spells are also just for yourself to relax after a hard day. You can even make yourself feel like you're dancing in the air while being completely safe on the pole.
Due to the nature of some of the spells, the places for the lessons have private rooms for people who get too affected by the magic. Lessons usually have 2-5 students at a time with 2 different NPC teachers.Free Lessons, Magical Pole & Pouch for it, Pole Dancing Spells


City Crime Quests
This questboard is on an app on the phone and is only unlockable if your character has received a (handwaved) code for it from one of the crime organizations or just criminals of Nightwake. Another way is to hack your way in if you know it exists.
You don't need mod permission to do these, just make sure you find a reasonable way for your character to get there.
Anyone can be a victim of these quests.
Should players doing these quests wish for IC consequences, they may report their character here - or just assume that NPC law enforcement characters are on a lookout for them.

Dark Side of Quests [ Click to Expand ]
Quest NameDescriptionOOC NotesRewards
Emotional Crimes
CW/TW: power sapping, capture
I have an experimental device that will help capture anyone into a cage made with emotion magic. I want people to test it on others, preferably otherworlders since they have all sorts of powers. The cage is made to nullify powers (both their native ones and their power holder ones) when it surrounds someone. Only way to break out of it is by countering the emotion with a stronger one or the person who made the cage cancels it.

Whatever you decide to do with the person you capture is none of my business and I take no responsibility for it. Just leave a review on the app on how it works to earn your prize the next day.
The cages are made with magical energy and emotion magic. Strongest of all emotions is 'Love' and it will break any cage even before it properly forms around someone. After that comes 'Hate', which is next to impossible to break unless countered by Love. Otherwise, emotions work opposites. Someone traps you with Sadness as the core emotion? Counter it with Happiness. Only negative emotions can be made to make the cages; only positive ones can break them. Neutral ones are either or.

The device breaks after three uses and becomes useless. It can be recreated if someone is technology savvy enough.

Please remember to ask permission for anything and discuss how the situations go. Consent is important OOCly.
10,000 Moon Coins
One Rule: Don't Look
CW/TW: cursed things, body parts, death-danger
I have a lot of packages to deliver. My only rule is that you don't open them. You must deliver them to the set locations and leave them with the directions given. If you end up opening them, I'm not responsible and you don't get paid. The client will know if it was opened and inform me right away.

Oh, and giving the package willingly to cops? Gets you straight on my shit list.
The packages are picked up from and delivered to different places inside Nightwake. The person is actually rooting for someone to open the packages along the way, but they will also be pleased if the packages reach the recipients.

Inside you may find: A smoke bomb curse that will get released the moment the package is opened (turns anyone who breathes in the smoke into a stone statue, slowly and painfully - cured by a kiss), a ravenous demonic creature (of your own design!) that will go on a murder rampage, an electric shock meant to cause a district-wide blackout, a body part or something other cursed that you come up with.
20,000 Moon Coins



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wingbound: (glare // anger)

[personal profile] wingbound 2025-01-06 02:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Do you ever think things through?

[ Like his damn priorities! Surely cockblocking his... servant? mage? maidge? is an acceptable price to pay for not getting turned into a damn statue again! ]

[ Levi bristles, but as the smoke of the petrification starts blowing away, he does tentatively step closer, though still maintaining a careful distance, glaring at Hijikata's phone and then his face. Are you shitting me? is clear in his eyes, but it doesn't seem like he is. It appears they're on a timer here, so he'll leave his complaints for later. ]


Who do you want to call?
mayoninofukucho: (Unpaid Overtime)

[personal profile] mayoninofukucho 2025-01-07 02:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[Honestly, Hijikata is arriving at the same conclusion!]

No one. Let me just...

[He mentally re-contacts Medusa, seemingly zoning out for a moment as he focuses on the telephathy, but while she's immediately alert and on the go, he can tell that even the fastest Heroic Spirit around likely won't make it in time. He gives her his location, but his limbs are visibly continuing to petrify (he's dropping the mocking note he was still holding, too), and his voice comes out really strained.]

Okay, I called my Servant. Can you watch me until she's here? Nn--

[Asking Levi for help with the kiss apparently isn't an option that occurs to him!]
wingbound: (lineface // talking)

[personal profile] wingbound 2025-01-08 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The nerve of this guy. First he ruins Levi's courier operation -- okay, so maybe he would not have touched the delivery had he actually known what is inside the package, but he had no plans to open it himself! -- and now he wants help? ]

Sure. [ Even stare for a while, then: ] For the low fee of 50 Moon Coins.

[ Isn't it just the best opportunity for racket? At least it's actually a rather reasonable pricing... ]

Wouldn't want you to get graffiti'd again.
mayoninofukucho: (Hungover)

[personal profile] mayoninofukucho 2025-01-09 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
Okay. I'll pay you later.

[Sorry, Levi, his wallet is in his Hammerspace Purse, and it's already petrifying along with his clothes! Hijikata feels so under the weather at this point, he doesn't even get mad at the payment demand. As for what Levi just said, though...]

Thanks... for last time. For cleaning me... Shoto told me.

[His voice sounds incredibly strained, but what better moment to tell Levi this!]
wingbound: (blank // neutral)

[personal profile] wingbound 2025-01-09 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
[ Damn, and here he was hoping to just help himself to it once Hijikata finished petrifying. Why are his clothes petrifying, anyway? What kind of anime logic is that?! ]

[ Levi actually looks a little taken aback by the thanks. Maybe even a little flustered, because he never planned to tell anyone, the kid just happened to catch him at the tail end of his effort. Now the cop knows he's done a kind thing for him. Which isn't the worst thing that could happen, he supposes, but it was simpler to keep their relationship casually negative and this might put a friendly dent in it. He doesn't want to get mixed up with something that gets assassins coming after his loved ones again. ]


...Sure.

[ That's apparently as much of a "you're welcome" as he's going to get. But sure enough, Levi does stick around, moving to lean against a nearby wall as he watches the stone pig, perhaps a little contemplative. ]
mayoninofukucho: (Spring Shower)

[personal profile] mayoninofukucho 2025-01-09 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
[Let's all be glad that even nasty curses take people's decency and modesty into consideration around here! The only thing worse than getting petrified and graffiti'd would've been getting petrified, stripped, and graffiti'd! (If he'd taken the bag off in time, it'd have been spared, too... alas.)

For the time being, Hijikata is quiet company... but his trusty Servant is on the way!]
snekeyes: (Ticked)

I hear a rescue was needed!

[personal profile] snekeyes 2025-01-09 09:12 am (UTC)(link)
[As Hijikata had correctly concluded, Rider had been napping on Ozymandias’ huge sofa when he first contacted her- but even though he initially said he had it under control, she still shook herself awake and got herself ready in case he needed her.

And it was a good thing she had, as another telepathic message came through only a few minutes later.

It didn’t take too long for her to materialise near where the two were, her unnatural grey-purple eyes narrowing behind her glasses as she assessed the scene.

Levi was not someone she recognised, and she couldn’t be sure whether or not he was a threat.]


…what happened to him?
wingbound: (sigh // you can't go back)

Indeed!

[personal profile] wingbound 2025-01-11 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Levi's eyes widen slightly when a woman pops out of thin air a few feet away, then narrows, assessing in return, but the rest of his face remains in a flat, vaguelly annoyed expression. His voice is mild, blank of emotion when he speaks. ]

He opened someone else's mail.

[ He's not saying this is an appropriate punishment, but there's certainly some disdain for such an action in his eyes. He thumbs at Hijikata with one hand. ]

You're his [ don't make it weird, don't make it weird ] ...employee?
snekeyes: (Ticked)

[personal profile] snekeyes 2025-01-15 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[This person's cautious gaze met her's... Someone else's mail, was it? Perhaps, that item lying on the floor nearby- her eyes flicked to it, before glancing back to Levi, replying in a calm, mild voice of her own.]

That package, I assume? ...Did you petrify him, or was it cursed?

[She didn't summon her weapons yet- but she was fast. If she needed to, she could take care of that quickly.

'Employee', though? That was a strange way to put it.]


...Well, he is my Master.

[And someone important to her, but she wasn't going to be so forthcoming with the details to a stranger. Unfortunately, the memo to not make the situation weird was entirely lost on her!]
wingbound: (lineface // explaining)

[personal profile] wingbound 2025-01-19 02:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Levi may not have any magical powers, save for what Ellipsa bestowed on him, but he's fast, too. He'd like to think Hijikata wouldn't sink so low as to sic his weird BDSM lover on him, but he also knows better than to expect the best of people. For now, though, he gives her the benefit of doubt. ]

I don't have that kind of ability. [ Well, he sort of does, but the Winter freeze doesn't actually turn the person to stone and only works while eye contact is maintained, so clearly it's not that. ] There was some sort of shit bomb in it. He said there was a note, too.

[ He's absolutely not touching the discarded packaging to check for said note, however, considering what Hijikata told him about the possible contents of it. ]

[ More incessant staring. ]


...Does he make you call him that?
snekeyes: (Neutral Glasses)

[personal profile] snekeyes 2025-01-19 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ironically, she did have an ability to turn people to stone like that- but she took Levi's answer at face value.]

I see... it is a little troubling things like that are being sent around. Petrification is difficult to deal with.

[At least where she came from, it was not so easily cured as it was in this world...

Taking a couple of steps closer to the parcel, but it thankfully seemed to have been disarmed now- the awareness of Levi's eyes on her didn't go unnoticed, either. A guarded one, she could tell that much.

But that was a question, wasn't it? Telling a stranger about the Servant-system from her world so readily would be careless- even if she were a more talkative person.]


...No. It means I have a magical contract with him, that is all.

[Making it worse.]
Edited 2025-01-19 19:21 (UTC)
wingbound: (ugh // we're in a shitty situation)

[personal profile] wingbound 2025-01-20 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
This wouldn't have happened if he'd just minded his own business.

[ Levi exhales with a bit of exasperation -- part sigh, part huff -- and folds his arms, eyeing the discarded package and note and then Rider. She may notice his flat expression go just a tiny bit wider-eyed at the mention of a magical contract, but then a vague scoff replaces it. ]

[ Yeah right, magical. ]


Is that a sex thing?

[ It sounds like a sex thing. He asks it in completely flat tone, still. ]