Quest Mingle: June-July

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Quest Mingle: June-July
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Guideline

• These quests are valid from start of June until end of July.
• 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 exist, of course.
• For some of the monsters, additional details can be found from the Bestiary.
• 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.

Quest Types
• Battle Quests: Usually deal with hordes of monsters or monsters that threaten the natives. Always involves battling.
• Boss Battle Quests: Boss Battles appear when a certain condition is met. Usually linked to normal battle quests and always involve battling. They can be "summoned" multiple times during the months.
• Gathering Quests: Ingredient hunting. These can be gathering minerals, plants or even capturing animals where necessary. Rarely involves battling - if there is it will be marked.
• Misc Quests: Quests that don't really fit into other categories.

City Quests

Even in your city... quests! [ Click to Expand ]

Quest Name	Description	OOC Notes	Rewards
Ellympic Mecha Judo	A set of sporting events has been organized that will be broadcast throughout the area to show off the capabilities of the city's heroes! In this event, climb into some of the Mecha Suit Hangar's basic models and try and fight each other without weapons to pinfall or submission.	All "official" Ellympic quests have a little camera drone following characters to film their event; the drone must be kept safe, but will generally try and stay out of danger to get good shots.	2,000 Moon Coins, a medal for the winner
If You're Not From The Prairie	There's a portal dimension that's being used to grow crops for the people of Nightwake since there's not enough farmland, but the natives aren't used to how the seasons change inside. Seeding was fine, but now summer has come to the Farm Dimension and they could use some help!	Crops are mostly grains and other field crops, such as wheat, barley, canola, or flax. The farm work involves irrigation (it doesn't rain so much in summer!), weeding, spreading fertilizer, finding ways to keep out pests like mice and gophers that are eating the crops, and possibly finding ways to protect the crop from hail or fires.	500 Moon Coins
I'm the Cash Man	An eccentric jeweller in the city has declared an offer of Moon Coins for something "special." He won't elaborate, though, only giving the cryptic clue, "I need something green and refreshing! Oh, yeah!"	What the jeweller really wants is an emerald from the Crystal Mines, which has magical properties that can be used in healing items, but he'll take anything else that fits the description, just giving smaller rewards.	1,000 Moon Coins (for the correct item), 250 Moon Coins (for anything else that can be said to be "green and refreshing")
Ten-Second Tidy	The city's a huge mess after the sun-and-moon incident, but worry not! We've got the perfect solution! This wand we've just developed can clean everything up in a snap! It just needs some testing.	Characters who agree to test the wand will find that it cleans up one area perfectly back to normal... but then just makes a mess somewhere else in the city. Characters might even be magically sending each other their trash.	500 Moon Coins, Cleaning Wand (Prototype)

Winter Segment

Lights, Snow, Quests [ Click to Expand ]

Battle Quests

Quest Name	Description	OOC Notes	Rewards
Beaver Barricade	Snow Beavers seem to be fed up with the fish migration patterns changing and have dammed up the river between the Half-Frozen and Unfrozen Lakes. They won't be happy about this, but we need to clear out the dam before they cause a flood.	Snow Beavers will attack when anyone tries to destroy the dam in whole or in part. If characters succeed in destroying the dam, the beavers will rebuild it again and won't give up until the end of the quest period.	4,000 Moon Coins
Ellympic Snowboarding	A set of sporting events has been organized that will be broadcast throughout the area to show off the capabilities of the city's heroes! Downhill snowboarding is exciting enough in itself, but some Snow Sharks got past the barriers put up for the event. Better either evade them or fight them off while you're racing down the mountain!	All "official" Ellympic quests have a little camera drone following characters to film their event; the drone must be kept safe, but will generally try and stay out of danger to get good shots.	3,000 Moon Coins, a medal for the winner of the race
Jaws for Concern	A strange fish has started showing up in the Half-Frozen Lake, aggressively attacking anyone trying to fish or swim in the water. It's also having a terrible effect on the populations of other fish and animals in the lake. We've never seen anything like it before, and we need a few willing adventurers to head over there to cut down their numbers and protect the native wildlife.	This is a result of an unfortunate incident involving improper use of creation magic. The fish in question is a shrieker - a very large, very angry, dangerous creature that will put up quite a fight.	700 Moon Coins per fish

Boss Battle Quests

Quest Name	Description	OOC Notes	Rewards
Face Off CW/TW: dismemberment	Be careful in the Winter Segment. Glamour Monsters have been spotted again, attacking people they find. They might even try to tear off physical features of someone they find beautiful.	This boss only appears upon the completion of another Winter Segment quest. A Glamour Monster will lurk in the shadows and then strike once the characters let their guard down after completing their objective.	6,000 Moon Coins

Gathering Quests

Quest Name	Description	OOC Notes	Rewards
Moving Crew	Now that the dragons have settled into the Abandoned Castle, they need people to pick up anything they might have left behind in the Frozen Falls and bring it over to them.	The dragons' belongings can be anything (they do hoard, after all!) but there isn't much left there. The enchantment in the valley inside the mountain has faded without the dragons around, so items can be picked up without disintegrating and the fake sun and grass are gone.	1,500 Moon Coins
Suspicious Invitation	A lot of the newly turned vampires seem to just be getting up and walking out to the Winter Segment. The Forest of Spirits calls to the undead and then doesn't let them go! These poor souls have gone through enough -- they need rescuing.	The vampire-turned civilians still have the strength and speed of other vampires, but will likely be too captivated by the forest's ghosts to try and feed or attack unless provoked. Vampire-turned player characters may feel the pull of the forest also, but will be more resistant due to their season magic.	2,500 Moon Coins

Misc Quests

Quest Name	Description	OOC Notes	Rewards
Plow 'Em Up	The road-building efforts have gone all right, but you know what happens to roads in the Winter Segment? Snow! Help us shovel the road from the city out to the Titanic Dome.	Characters can borrow plow trucks and sand trucks if they can operate them (hopefully not ending up in a ditch in the process), but otherwise, it's good old skid steers, magic, or anything else they can think of to clear the snow... even shovelling, if they've got the patience.	500 Moon Coins

Spring Segment

Breezing through quests [ Click to Expand ]

Battle Quests

Quest Name	Description	OOC Notes	Rewards
Bud the Spud	We thought we dealt with the Giant Mutant Vegetables, but apparently not. Shipping trucks to and from the farmlands are being attacked by giant potatoes! If we want to get food in to the citizens, we need to deal with this.	While most of the attacking Giant Mutant Vegetables will be potatoes, other vegetables may show up to back them up.	4,000 Moon Coins
How the Cups Stole Solstice	Flowers are supposed to be brought into town from the Spring Segment for the Solstice celebrations, but those idiots from the Cups Gang announced that they'd be "stealing Solstice" and set loose enchanted lawnmowers on the meadows. Deal with those before they mow everything down.	Enchanted Lawnmowers will mow in a pattern until they're attacked, at which point they will try to chase the person attacking them. They're about as dangerous as a regular lawnmower, so try to stay out of their path and attack from the side.	3,000 Moon Coins
It Sucks To Be You	One of those weird holes in the ground that the Darkness left is sucking people and monsters alike into it out near the Valley of Wind. We haven't been able to find a way to stop it from out here, but what if someone went inside on purpose?	The hole will suck anyone in who gets too close and drop them into a pit, where various Spring monsters that have also been sucked in will attack in an attempt to pile up enough opponents to escape.	5,000 Moon Coins

Boss Battle Quests

Quest Name	Description	OOC Notes	Rewards
I Know, I Know	A Wind Reaper is behind the pit drawing people into it in the Spring Segment. Along with its powerful wind, this huge creature wields a blade that deals mental damage instead of physical, making those hit with it freeze with fear of death.	This boss only appears when enough monsters have been defeated in the pit in the "It Sucks To Be You" quest. Aside from resistance to wind and/or mind damage, the Wind Reaper's main weakness is earth magic that can deflect its wind attacks.	7,000 Moon Coins

Gathering Quests

Quest Name	Description	OOC Notes	Rewards
Ellympic Fishing	A set of sporting events has been organized that will be broadcast throughout the area to show off the capabilities of the city's heroes! In this event, team up in pairs in a little wooden boat and see who can catch the most fish.	All "official" Ellympic quests have a little camera drone following characters to film their event; the drone must be kept safe, but will generally try and stay out of danger to get good shots.	2,000 Moon Coins, a medal if you get enough fish
Peacock the Walk	Sleepeacocks have come down from trees in the Spring Segment, and our potion makers are running low on their feathers. Go and gather the tail feathers they shed, but be careful they don't put you to sleep!	Sleepeacocks are a type of peafowl known for two things: their tail feathers (which are traditionally used in potions to help people fall asleep), and their cry, which instantly puts people to sleep when they hear it. The Sleepeacock's cry can be circumvented by blocking out the sound or by using magic that keeps the user awake.	1,000 Moon Coins, Sleep Potion

Misc Quests

Quest Name	Description	OOC Notes	Rewards
Ambitious Little City	The Fairy Kingdom is up and running again, and they've opened up a store near the kingdom walls, selling supplies for your adventures in the Spring Segment. Sounds useful! Why not check it out?	The fairies don't take money for their wares; instead, every transaction costs touch energy. The more you give, the more you get, so hold onto your quest partner!	Potions and travel rations

Summer Segment

Get your hottest quests here [ Click to Expand ]

Battle Quests

Quest Name	Description	OOC Notes	Rewards
Check Out the Crabs in the Bucket	The Temple of Death has a large moat right on the border, and Immortal Crabs from the Spring Segment and Killer Crabs from the Summer Segment are both fighting over it! Unfortunately, given the destruction both species tend to cause, we can't just leave them to it. Try and clear them out.	While Immortal Crabs are much sturdier, Killer Crabs are much larger and stronger, so any given fight will have a large swarm of Immortal Crabs per one Killer Crab.	2,000 Moon Coins
Go Pound Sand	The Deserter's Desert may have had its cracks filled in, but the ones in the Des(s)ert of Illusions are bigger and deeper, and Sandworms are starting to rise up and wreck shop. We need people to deal with them before they eat everything in sight! Just don't get eaten yourself.	Sandworms haven't changed much aside from location; they still try to eat people and things with their quicksand-like digestive system, and they're still weak to water.	5,000 Moon Coins
Watch Your Head	Imps are messing around in the Flaming Grassland, popping up to scare travellers and throwing things at them -- including fire and balls of flaming grass! Try and stop them before they can hurt anyone.	The Imps don't seem to mean any harm, but they don't seem to care what harm they do cause, either.	3,000 Moon Coins

Boss Battle Quests

Quest Name	Description	OOC Notes	Rewards
I Wanna Go Boom Boom	Wait, are those Explodies coming into the Summer Segment too? Now the Imps are throwing them! They need to be cleared out right away!	This boss only appears when enough Imps have been defeated (whether chased off or killed). The Explodies are more malicious and a lot smarter than the Imps, and they still have their aura of dark energy that powers them up, so they can't just be peacefully chased away.	7,000 Moon Coins

Gathering Quests

Quest Name	Description	OOC Notes	Rewards
Hot Coffee	There's a lot of demand for coffee and chocolate in the city recently, and we'd like help harvesting it. Fruity Bats in the Rain Jungle always congregate where coffee cherries grow! Try following them to find the good stuff.	Fruity Bats are colourful bats that love fruit, especially the cherries that coffee beans come from. They give off the smell of fruit during breaks in the rain.	1,500 Moon Coins
Up is Down is Up	The ruins in the Rain Jungle hold among their treasures some ancient spell scrolls we want to study. You won't have to go deep in to find them, but the gravity spells in there make it tough!	Various rooms in the Rain Jungle Ruins can reverse gravity. The Autumn Dragon gravity skill can reverse this for individual people, or there are mechanisms hidden in the rooms to mess with the gravity to solve puzzles and advance.	2,000 Moon Coins

Misc Quests

Quest Name	Description	OOC Notes	Rewards
Ellympic Beach Volleyball	A set of sporting events has been organized that will be broadcast throughout the area to show off the capabilities of the city's heroes! In this event, gather on the Great Ocean Lake's beach and see who can win in a game of beach volleyball. Strangely, this one has the highest viewership...	All "official" Ellympic quests have a little camera drone following characters to film their event; the drone must be kept safe, but will generally try and stay out of danger to get good shots.	2,000 Moon Coins, a medal for the winner

Autumn Segment

Maple scented Quests [ Click to Expand ]

Battle Quests

Quest Name	Description	OOC Notes	Rewards
Have You Been Pumpkin Iron?	The Almighty Frogs have caught the spirit of competition and are challenging people to friendly fights! Looks like they might even give prizes to the winners, so why not check it out?	The prizes are just things found in the wilderness that kind of look like medals. Some poor soul might get a rock, another an enchanted jewel, another some loose change. It's really the luck of the draw.	Anything that resembles a medal (value and purpose up to player)
Maple Leaf Forever	Fall camping is in a boom, but Maple Mantises are attacking campsites in the Maybe It's Mapleline forest to eat their firewood. Try getting rid of them to keep the campers safe!	Maple Mantises still tend to come in threes and will attack without hesitation. They're dangerous and they're huge, which isn't great in a camping area...	3,500 Moon Coins
That Good Old Tokusatsu Quarry	Hit Sunday-morning program Starlight Warrior Sunstriker is filming its next season, and they need stunt doubles who can go out into the old rock quarry south of the Abandoned Mansion. Dress up in heroic spandex and helmets or goofy rubber monster suits and fight each other convincingly on camera so the actors can dub over you later!	A camera drone will follow the characters to film in the Segment; characters are warned not to damage it, but it will mostly stay out of range on its own.	1,000 Moon Coins

Boss Battle Quests

Quest Name	Description	OOC Notes	Rewards
Smokey the Maple Bear CW/TW: Forest fires	Oh, no. All the tree-eating and campsite-attacking caused the Maple Mantises to knock a campfire aside and caused a forest fire! We need you to try to put out the fire and evacuate the civilians, all while still getting rid of those Maple Mantises!	This boss only unlocks when the Maple Mantises damage an active campsite while fighting them. The fire is an ordinary fire, so it can be neutralized with magic or mundane fire suppression techniques. The real challenge is balancing that with continuing to fight the Maple Mantises.	6,000 Moon Coins

Gathering Quests

Quest Name	Description	OOC Notes	Rewards
Certified Gold	We're running low on Liquid Kintsugi Gold. Can you pick up some more from Lake Hange? Bringing rocks with the gold in is fine. Just be careful of the Apprentice Crows.	Kintsugi Rocks are still plentiful around Lake Hange (the former Lake of Healing), but the Apprentice Crows are still trying to take the gold for themselves. They may swarm characters trying to pick them up as well as use their fire and water magic.	2,000 Moon Coins, bottle of Liquid Kintsugi Gold
Home Savoury Home	I'm sure of it -- House Mushrooms from the Mushroom Sanctuary are the perfect building material! Big, sturdy, easy to hollow, and if you get hungry you can eat a piece of your walls! Bring me one back and I'll reward you!	The quest giver may have questionable taste, but House Mushrooms are big enough and heavy enough to make a house... which means it'll be hard to haul one back to town. Come up with a clever way to solve this problem.	1,500 Moon Coins

Misc Quests

Quest Name	Description	OOC Notes	Rewards
Ellympic Equestrian	A set of sporting events has been organized that will be broadcast throughout the area to show off the capabilities of the city's heroes! This event is open to those with a mount, who must compete in a series of horse jumps... even if the mount isn't a horse.	All "official" Ellympic quests have a little camera drone following characters to film their event; the drone must be kept safe, but will generally try and stay out of danger to get good shots.	2,000 Moon Coins, a medal for the winner

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 Name	Description	OOC Notes	Rewards
Find Me In the Stars	The sexy airship cruise line has a new cruise they're hiring temps for. This one is marketed as a week of debauchery flying over the scenic Spring Segment, with stops at the airship stations to resupply and a stop at the Creature-Nip Meadow to see the sights (and the aphrodisiac plants). The job involves serving food and drinks and facilitating on-board activities -- the Orgy Under the Stars on top deck is a must-do.	Due to the length of the cruise, characters will be away from the city for about a week. Of course, if they have powers or items that allow them to teleport off the airship during their breaks and back on again, that is allowed.	2,000 Moon Coins, employee uniform (glorified lingerie)
Ellympic "Wrestling"	Any TV program as big as the Ellympics will attract imitators -- if by "imitators" we mean "unofficial porn parodies." A studio in Nightwake's Red Light District is hiring for a film that asks the hard-hitting question: what if naked wrestling were an Ellympic event and points were scored by getting your opponent off?	While this is not an "official" Ellympic event, there is still a little camera drone following characters to film them.	1,000 Moon Coins, a copy of the finished movie

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 reasonably 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 Name	Description	OOC Notes	Rewards
Ellympic Bet Rigging	Where there's this big of a to-do going on in town, there's money behind it. Go sabotage someone's Ellympic competition while we rig the bets for their opponent.	Can overlap with any of the other Ellympic-marked quests (except the NSFW one) with permission of the other player.	2,000 Moon Coins if successful
Not-So-Fun Run	Let's not mince words -- every gang in this city lost a lot of people during the blackout, and a power vacuum is a dangerous thing. If you're going for those promotions, come to these coordinates to prove you can handle it.	The coordinates lead to one of the shady establishments in the Underground Mall. It's set up like one of the attractions up above, an obstacle course to clear for bragging rights... but given the location and purpose, there are legitimate death traps inside, such as spike pits, spinning blades, and a hall full of Fire Dinosaurs that chase you.	4,000 Moon Coins, more respect from the city criminals

Quest Plotting Form

<u>Player</u> <b>Name:</b> <b>Contact:</b> <u>Character</u> <b>Name:</b> <b>Season:</b> <b>Quests:</b> Free space to talk about what quests interest your character and if you have any plans regarding them.


code bases by tricklet

Comments

[lyingheart]

Yes? I've been piloting for a few weeks, what else would I be doing?

( As in: when in any world would she be competing seriously as this much of a newcomer? She was voluntold to join and help with the overall numbers. She's pretty impressed with the overall performance... if still nowhere near as in sync as she'd prefer to be.

Not that she enjoys losing, either. She's just aware enough of her own limitations, and not so overconfident in these ones. )

Are you cursing me?

( Why is there a looming fear that him saying she'll be in another one of this Ellympic's disciplines means for some reason she will be? As if hurriedly escaping the idea, she turns and heads toward the exit back to the hangar. )

[inevitablerest]

[The vampires aren't really his concern unless they attack him and most are wise enough to stay away when they see him. Thanatos has been aware of Annie - amongst others, flickers of life like candle flames - for a while now and expected her to speak when she got close enough.

The humans here have no wariness of him and his nature at all. He still isn't sure how he feels about that.]

Do you?

[He glances her way, his honey-amber eyes impassive.]

I cannot measure how far the influence of these spirits reaches.

[His own awareness of them would persist long after he moved out of that range.]

[urtitan]

[Frieda gratefully latches on to Sonia's focus on the ghosts, eager to escape her flusterment - she doesn't know what to do with it!]

It is hard to believe! If you'd like to have a ring like this too, keep visiting this Segment. Maybe you'll encounter the being that gave it to me.

[Slenderman. It was Slenderman.

The ghosts around them aren't doing anything concerning, they just keep whispering their arguments. "All vampires should come here! We spectres and undead have no place in the city!", "It'd be better for the people, too... it's not right for you to drink their blood! Isn't that right, young living miss?", "It's healthier for vampires to live in the cold; the city isn't good for them!", and so on.]

[lyingheart]

( Annie considers the question, even as she politely (read: pointedly) sidesteps another presently oblivious and hyperfocused vampire. )

It's probably worthwhile. If they can come back to themselves, see if they have the will to resist after being caught the first time.

( If not, then a lost cause is a lost cause, or someone needs to do something way above Annie's paygrade. Or this guy puts all the spirits to whatever is going on. )

[gleaner]

Not all of us are able to fight.

[Erenville never shied away from telling people he wasn't good at physical combat. He may be learning, but he has never been a warrior, adventurer, etc.]

'Tis perhaps why they ask to bring a partner, even on gathering quests.

[With the smell of petrichor dissipating the further they wandered in, the smell of fruit grew stronger. Erenville paused once more to hold up his lantern, his large ears turning this way and that to locate the sound of the bats, if possible. He also sniffed the air, trying to discern a direction.]

Do you smell it?

[mayoninofukucho]

[Damn, what a no-nonsense workaholic! Hijikata sees being new to a world as no hindrance for throwing oneself right into the fray (and that's how he got eaten by an anglerwisp after a mere month). At that deadpan question, he snorts in amusement and calls after her:]

I'm blessing you!

[As if he could do that... he's just about as far from a holy man as one can be. Even so, he does hope to get to spar with her again! It can only make them both stronger.]

ambitious little city;

[aflowers]

[ Her brows narrow in concern when she sees Baizhu somewhat hunched over, head against his palm in a way that looks... sick? Exhausted? She can't exactly tell.

What is certain, though, is that this guy are sick, and he needs assistance. Even the little snake around his neck seems to be searching, which is worrying on its own, and...

Aerith hurries forward, places a gentle hand on the doctor's shoulder, looking between him and his snake. ]

Doctor? What's wrong? [ And then, to Changsheng: ] What happened to him?

wildcard;

[aflowers]

[ She's meant to be walking home from having finished a gathering quest, but instead, Aerith finds herself kneeling in the streets, talking to a cat. With a portal being opened in the city and linking directly to farmlands, there have been somewhat more vermin in certain parts lately, which in turn has given rise to the number of strays wandering around trying to catch them.

(Aerith is pretty sure that's the reason, at least. It could be completely unrelated for all she knows. But it does seem like a neat coincidence!)

Whatever the reason, she can't deny it's fun to have more cute creatures around, even if some of them get a little... swipey. Right now, she's in the process of gently—lovingly—telling one off for doing exactly that when...

She can't explain it, but it almost feels like the Lifestream.

She stands, looking around with frowning emerald eyes. ]

Hello?

[malleiform]

Table?

[ He stares for a moment, then seems to let his question go before he shifts both hands underneath the large object - with the help of the gauntlets, it's up. But Rinku's help keeps it from tilting and wavering too much. ]

Yeah, it seems like you do. Steady - steady!

[roundandaround]

Nn... okay!

[Rinku strains to hold the mushroom up with her mind.]

Are we really gonna get it all the way back to town?

[wingbound]

[ Levi follows the instructions carefully, discovering that each button press seems to switch the status of the contact button and the two on its sides. Once he shares it, it doesn't take long before they cracked it -- or, at least, Levi is impressed by how quickly someone experiencing lack of gravity can connect the dots on some puzzle he can't even see. ]

[ He grumbles something about big brains once the final push sequence given to him ends with all of the buttons light up, and there's a quiet sound of apparent giant mechanisms moving somewhere behind the walls before the gravity in the next room reverses to normal. He peers in. ]

Right back at you. [ Maybe he would have managed to figure it out through trial and error, but this absolutely saved him a bunch of time. ] Found any scrolls yet?

[ If not, clearly they should team up. (As if they haven't already.) ]

[emanation]

Yup! I've only done stuff with fire so far though, as it felt like the easiest to figure out.

{ her crayon graffiti seems to ebb in and out on the wall but at least it's doing something. carefully, ezra's hand reaches out to touch the wall. }

Usually these kind of things have barriers, right? I wonder if I could fly up?

[roundandaround]

Oh, yeah!

[Rinku shifts into a small bird and flies up... or down? She looks around and chirps.]

Hey, there's something that way!

[She flies back down, turns back, and heads running down the hall, crayon in hand still swiping along the wall.]

[emanation]

{ it isn't even about being recorded, if hijikata is listening he'll hear ezra give compliments on some of their saves or spikes as well--genuine sportsmanship--before he's walking along with him to get his own drink of water. }

Huh? Oh! { and there's a second where he watches hijikata struggling with his fringe. there's a second where he's unbundling his shirt to reach into the pocket, only to pull out a small box-- }

Yeah that's probably a good idea to cool off, right? Did you want something to pin your hair back? I have plenty.

{ honestly it isn't super obvious with his own hair but... yes... parts of it are kind of pinned in a way that will keep it back. }

I wasn't sure if they'd keep falling out so I brought extras.

[emanation]

{ he doesn't get why at first, then realises she probably has the wind seasonal thing from here that makes it easier. there's no hesitation when his hand reaches for hers, holding on just enough to feel the effects but not be too tight. }

Yeah... I doubt we'll see enough until we get down there though. My light doesn't exactly go far enough.

i'm sorry he's dumb... and forgot.

[emanation]

{ she just--

did she just--

yeah that was a bird right?

rinku maybe warn people before you turn into a bird??????? }

W-wha... { he's still processing what he just saw when he realises she's already so far down the path } Fuck. Wait up!

{ at least she remembers to keep doodling on the wall because he has forgotten atm. just like he's forgotten that they all have the ability to shapeshift into animals in their season. } Since when were you able to turn into a bird as well as the other y'know... giraffe-y parts?

[roundandaround]

Eh?

[Rinku tilts her head, clueless and still wandering to the strange item she'd spotted.]

Hm... I forget when I learned bird, but it was at least a year ago. It's a yellow-crowned gonolek! I used to see them a lot back in Nigeria, although we didn't live there for very long.

[mayoninofukucho]

[He shakes his head.]

I'm not a hair pin guy. The water'll sort it out!

[And he takes off running towards the sea, as if kicking off an inofficial race! A few merpeople, both sirens and the "regular" type, who came to the surface to also watch the match, hastily make way - wisely, seeing how Hijikata goes splashing in, keeping on running until the water's depth slows him down. If Ezra didn't join him right away, he'll wave for him.]

It's nice and cool!

[assent]

{ she did the right thing as pieces of tree and other stuff goes flying in the air as soon as it explodes. it's dislodged now especially since some of it was on fire before, but that just means they have one part left. }

One moment.

{ sonia's hand stretches out in front of her and while she doesn't need to do this for it to work old habits die hard--like commanding. }

Move out of the way!

{ the beavers double take, but then earth is slamming up out of the ground into the last part of the tree blocking the dam, sending that off to the side as well. }

There, that should be sufficient.

{ she smiles at rinku, as though they don't have a whole mob of angry beavers coming at them now. }

[roundandaround]

Aaaaaaaa --

[Rinku throws busted-up logs with telekinesis to keep the beavers away long enough for her to take off one of her gloves and use her guild ring to send the quest report. Which takes a while, given she's multitasking and that is not the easiest thing in the world for her to do.]

Sorry! It's for the river!

[assent]

In that case, I shall do my best!

{ she didn't even need the encouragement of knowing it was slenderman tbh. that'd make it all the more interesting to keep coming back though--don't tell her her frieda. }

H-However... their words are quite concerning. { she frowns. } If you do not drink blood, you have no sustenance and will surely suffer. There are many of us { us... } who are more than willing to offer it. I wonder if there is a way to convince them of that?

[linguaphilia]

[Alhaitham has complained very little about their apartment, save for the times when he was able to hear the antics of the people living to either side of them. Kaveh is not wrong in thinking he would prefer to live somewhere more private, though he would not ask the other man to totally isolate himself for his sake, and he has not been ignorant of the fact that the older man has been putting his mind towards just that thing for some time now.

He walks in and toes off his shoes, sets his satchel and shopping bag down, and moves over to where Kaveh beckons him.]

Mm?

[His gaze moves over the plans.]

Are these options, or all for the same plot?

[assent]

{ don't worry, rinku! sonia will cover them both while rinku sorts that out... by shooting the floor in front of them but not directly at the beavers. }

Please stand back if you do not wish to be destroyed as well.

{ internally she's sad for them as well, but at the end of the day it's dangerous for them to continue with this. she's thankfully got a good enough aim that none of the bullets hit any of them. }

[roundandaround]

Let's teleport out of here -- wah!

[Rinku takes a bit too long sending the report. It's in, but she loses her focus and drops all the flying wood. The beavers rush to attack, and she stumbles back in the snow.

Thankfully, Sonia's warning shots do ward them back, and Rinku can rummage for her Travel Crystal.]

Hold onto me!

[emanation]

Oh! It's another of the season things? I didn't look too far into the transformations so I didn't think... But nevermind that, it's cool you could switch so quickly!

{ and without destroying any shirts, a whole other level of cool. }

What did you see though?