Quest Mingle: August-September

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Quest Mingle: August-September
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Quest Plotting!

• These quests are valid from start of August until end of September.
• 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 (times are calculated as walking times) in mind when planning what quests to do when. You have two full months, so there's no rush!
• 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.

🚨 Emergency Quest 🚨

Going Gorgon

A massive monster has been spotted in the Jungle of Judgement (Summer Segment). It has been feeding on the native fauna and even people! It looks like a giant snake lady with wings. Some have identified it's name to be "Gorgon". We can't have this monster feeding on everything that comes even close to the area of the Jungle its at, so we need people to take care of it! We will pay 2000 Moon Coins for your efforts of somehow solving this problem - may it be destroying the monster or just getting it leave!

OOC: This is a player made quest that won't last for two months. More information on it in this post. To suggest a quest, please leave a comment on the Player Suggestions page.

Log for the Gorgon Quest is here!

City Quests

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

Quest Name	Description	OOC Notes	Rewards
Blind Cooking	Local TV channel is looking for participants for a new type of reality cooking show. In the show one person is blindfolded and the other is giving them instructions. This is very much a trust building exercise for the participants, as well as entertaining for the viewers. Of course, any and all injuries will be healed by a team of specialists on set.	Upon entering the set the producers will do a spell that will determine how well the two people know each other. The closer they are the less likely they'll be allowed to work together. The goal is to find people who barely know each other to take a leap of faith in cooking. Of course the spell can be fooled by keeping your thoughts neutral about the other person while it's being cast.	500 Moon Coins, a free self made meal
Emotional Art	Amberfall artists have set up giant blank canvases all over the districts (even in Frostreign) with plenty of different painting tools (brushes, spray cans etc). The task is to paint with your positive emotions and make pictures that radiate with positive energy. The tools and canvases are all magical so trying to enforce negative emotions into the paintings will lead to the paint disappearing once it's been on the canvas for a while. These works of art are meant to uplift the spirits of the citizens and just let people have fun with painting.	Characters may learn an instant spell for cleaning their clothes from paint (and only paint) while they're participating in this quest or can be provided with overalls. Occasionally the paintings will be changed to a new blank canvas to give people more room to paint, but the "finished" canvases can be found from various places in the city.	100 Moon Coins, a watercolor set, watercolor paper
On a Magic Carpet Ride	The Research Center is always looking for fun new ways to travel. Now they are looking for people to test out the newest ones. It's a magic carpet meant to be ridden by two people. One of them powers up the carpet by singing (anything goes, even songs thought up on a whim) and the other steers the carpet. The test drivers are asked to complete a course where they need to pick certain items throughout the city and then return back to the Research Center.	You are free to come up with simple items (fruit, special tokens, stamps - anything that won't be too heavy to carry) for the course. If the character in charge of singing stops, the carpet will gently float down to the ground (or whatever is beneath it) until singing continues again.	700 Moon Coins
Pipe Express	Mysterious turquoise pipes have appeared all around the city. Some natives have entered them out of curiosity and ended up in a completely different place. Turns out they're warp pipes, a new way of fast travel! However, some of the warp pipes have an extra challenge that will take them to either a grassy terrain where you get chased by small dinosaurs that breathe fire or a pool with fish called Toe Nibblers. Some have even found just a room with a bunch of gold coins! Please help us label all of the pipes and where they might lead.	Fire Breathing Dinosaurs are the size of a house cat and can look like various different dinosaur species. Toe Nibblers are various fresh water fish that nibble on people's toes and aren't generally very dangerous. There's 1/10 pipe chance to end up in either of the enemy pipes and there's 1/50 chance to drop into a room full of gold coins.	300 Moon Coins
Undercovered CW: Gang Activity	After the opening of the Underground Mall, there has been an increase in criminal activity and shady people, especially in the center district. The police are very understaffed, so we're asking otherworlders to go undercover and infiltrate these crime groups (but only those on the surface). Any information provided is important and will help towards making the city a safe place to be in.	You're free to come up with different motivations, reasons and plans the minor crime groups may have and use the local Law Enforcement to bring them down with the help of your character. Some groups will hand out simple flower pins (imagine small, like hair accessories) to characters out of trust towards them.	2000 Moon Coins, possible flower pin

Winter Segment

Lights, Snow, Quests [ Click to Expand ]

Quest Name	Description	OOC Notes	Rewards
Invisible Maze	Throughout the Winter Segment, invisible walls have appeared. These walls form a maze and occasionally one finds themselves stuck in an invisible dead-end. They're very hazardous and make traveling in the Segment difficult. We ask that you find whatever is causing this maze to exist.	Passing through the maze will lead to finding an invisible Mime Monster (a bipedal, masked ermine creature). Once the characters reach the Mime Monster it will turn visible and attack. All its attacks are invisible but you can predict what they are by participating in a game of pantomime. The Mime Monster doesn't need to be killed if you show it a pantomime it can't solve.	400 Moon Coins
Just Around the Riverbend	The rivers and lakes of the Winter Segment are flooding due to giant monstrous Snow Beavers making dams all over the place. These beavers are the size of human teenagers and their coat looks like powder snow. You don't have to kill the beavers, just get rid of their damn dams!	Snow Beavers usually travel in groups of four and make dams on any watery surfaces. The dams are strengthened with ice, but shouldn't be too hard to destroy; it's just that there's a lot of them and the Snow Beavers will try to bite anyone who attacks the dams.	600 Moon Coins
Snowed Out	The Summer Districts want to make ice and snow sculptures in the city to cool the areas a little bit. To accomplish this, special snow and ice need to be delivered from the Winter Segment. Any snow and ice that glitters like the northern lights under sunlight will be perfect for the task as it won't melt. Bring as much of it back as possible.	Sleds and other means of transport are provided for the task. Snowmobiles can be rented to pull sleds easily through the snow.	200 Moon Coins
Yet We Must Fight	A group of Giant Yetis have emerged from the forests of the Winter Segment, looking to destroy anything in their paths. They have weapons made out of wood that they use to hit opponents with. They've been making steady progress towards the City Barrier, attracted by the masses of people inside it. We believe the barrier will hold, but the natives would likely get spooked if they saw them banging on the barrier so chasing them away is important.	The Giant Yeti max height is 6 metres / 20 feet. They don't have any other abilities other than their size and their wooden weapons. Killing them is optional, they just need to be chased out. Usually by fire.	900 Moon Coins

Spring Segment

Breezing through quests [ Click to Expand ]

Quest Name	Description	OOC Notes	Rewards
Cats Need Catnip Badly	Local animal shelters have run out of cat- (and other creature-) nip due to not being able to visit the Creature-Nip Meadow regularly for the past two months (due to a certain quest). Now they want to fill their storage with as much of the herbs as possible.	Eating or otherwise ingesting the various herbs in the Meadow may turn people into the creatures they're meant for (cat nip -> cat). At the least they will make the person act like said animal for a few hours.	200 Moon Coins
Farming Life	The Research Center has provided barrier stones. These stones can be used to protect farming plots where you can grow various vegetables and herbs. The barriers don't protect them from normal animals, but they do protect them from various natural disasters and monsters. Place these barrier stones around the various abandoned farming plots and maybe get into farming yourself!	The barrier stones only cover plots of 5 x 5 kilometres / 3 x 3 miles. There can be multiple next to each other. Various vegetable and herb seeds are also provided by the quest givers.	200 Moon Coins, fresh vegetables/herbs later
Movie Inspirations	A movie producer needs references for a fight scene and wants people to defeat local Spring monsters in the flashiest way possible and get it on camera. Camera provided, of course, with enough film for four different takes.	Any Spring Segment monsters in particular will do the trick (even slimes). Cameraman safety is not guaranteed during the quest and they may have to tend to themselves.	100 Moon Coins per clip
Panda Picking Season	It's the time of the year when Giant Pandas tend to feast on the Bamboo Labyrinth in large parties. This is a necessary cycle to keep the labyrinth in good shape. However, the panda babies tend to run off. Please protect them and bring them back to their parents. The grateful mama pandas will give characters golden bamboo shoots they find from the ground as a reward.	Golden Bamboo Shoots are a special type of bamboo that will upgrade the Spring Power Holder powers when added to regular food. If a non-spring holder eats it they will just feel a lot lighter for a few days. It also tastes delicious. Please refrain from taking the baby pandas away from their parents. If you must adopt a panda, adopt the whole family at least!	Golden Bamboo Shoots

Summer Segment

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Quest Name	Description	OOC Notes	Rewards
All These Mummies CW: 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, we suppose). 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 off their bandages they will comically cover their genital area and run away.	300 Moon Coins
It's Raining ... Fire CW: Burns	The Summer Segment is a place where it rarely rains outside the Rain Jungle, and when it does rain it can be something other than your regular water. Like fire. Recently observational team has noticed fire raining down from the skies. The source seems to be Wyverns circling in the skies (their scales, when falling, turn into fire). Put out the fires before they spread too far and dodge the unpleasant rain.	The Wyverns can be fought, but they're danger level 10 and even killing one is a very, very hard task, especially since they're cloaked in Dark Energy most of the time.	400 Moon Coins
Pirates of the Great Lake	Mysterious 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.	700 Moon Coins
❗High Risk Quest❗ La Va Land CW: Burns	New creatures are emerging from the Lava-Ridden Land. Monsters made completely out of lava and rocks and are slowly making their way towards the segment and burning their way through everything. They're especially headed for the airship station, though we are unsure if they'll be able to cross the Forever Fall, but we don't want to risk them actually passing through it. Defeat them, however it takes or chase them back beyond the barrier.	Lava Monsters are extremely dangerous and will burn anything they touch. They're closely shaped like slime and other blobs, making hard to tear apart as they will just reform themselves. Their weak point is the lava core, lodged deep inside their bodies. Breaking the core means the lava creature will dissolve.	8000 Moon Coins

Autumn Segment

Maple scented Quests [ Click to Expand ]

Quest Name	Description	OOC Notes	Rewards
Leaf Me Alone	Majority 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.	300 Moon Coins
Migrating Foes	Over the course of several weeks, some (Spring) slime and (Winter) Gem Biters have made their way to the Autumn Segment and are now eating special mushrooms near the Mushroom Sanctuary (but not inside it). These mushrooms grow them in size and now we're dealing with human-sized foes. Slime are still relatively harmless, though now they can cover someone in their slime drool, but Gem Biter bites may actually be dangerous. Fight these creatures and either destroy them or bring them back to their original habitats (the effects of the mushroom will fade with time).	Eating a mushroom will make someone grow triple their current size (clothes will transform with them). The effect will fade in a day. Used in potions this mushroom will help with plant growth.	400 Moon Coins
Silent Streams	In the woods, near the Silent Mountains, people will find they lose their voices. In fact, all the sounds disappear. However, it's also the place where you can find one of the purest of water sources, needed for a special potion. The quest is simple: obtain the spring water and bring it back, but be careful of the dangers you cannot hear.	While the area around the spring is relatively safe, sometimes Spirit Animals wander around, attracted by the emotions of those in the area. They will only attack if there are too many different emotions in the area at the same time. There are also actual bears and wolves wandering the woods, but they rarely come too close to the Silent Zone.	100 Moon Coins per water container
❗High Risk Quest ❗ Rest in Pieces CW: murder, drowning	Lately people have died or gone missing near the Abandoned Graveyard. A new type of Kelpie specie has emerged from the Flooded Woods: the Ghoul Kelpie (or Ghoulpie). It can't enter the protected area, but it will haunt people right outside of to either immediately feast on them or take them with them back to the woods to drown them. They're extremely aggressive and attack anyone on sight. They need to dealt with as soon as possible to bring peace back to the area.	Ghoul Kelpies have a sticky fur that anything sticks to. Their teeth are sharp and venomous and their mane turns into vines that poison or stun their opponents. Their weakness is that the more dry they get, the more vulnerable they are to attacks so they occasionally need to retreat back to water.	8000 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 Name	Description	OOC Notes	Rewards
Sex on Air	A new airship is looking for workers for their opening months. The airship cruise that circles around the districts and segments is meant for pleasure and pleasure only. Employees will dress up in sexy lingerie and serve customers drinks, food and entertainment. It's much like a sexy host club on air. There is also a chance of trying their new spell: actually having sex while floating in the air. Just make sure not to fall behind the airship or you may be in trouble.	Of course anyone is allowed to just be a customer of the airship - or why not both, with occasionally doing work and occasionally being served. The Airship leaves evening second evening from the Nightwake Central station and returns after two days. Think of it as a luxurious cruise.	900 Moon Coins per cruise
Shibari Lessons	Due to the last month's Freezing Heart incident, local sex shops have opened up workshops around the Underground Mall. They are teaching characters magical shibari. Every knot tied around someone will represent an emotional or physical block they have. Once all knots are in place a spell is cast on them that will relieve them of their burdens for some time (depends on the person, how fast they will grow these burdens back in their minds/bodies). May also cause arousal to doing this with a partner you know and trust might be a good idea.	The spell doesn't completely erase the burdens, it's merely meant to bring temporary relief and pleasure. The spell is a customized for every person, but it has to include the words "release you from your burdens", but otherwise it can be worded however the one doing the spell wants (for ex. "With my love and care towards you, I release you from your burdens"). The spell has to be one full sentence, but it can't just be "I release you from your burdens".	Shibari Spell, Shibari Rope

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Comments

[invigorates]

"Ah, thank you, but I will insist on paying full price." She had plenty of moon coins to spare anyway. "I could also pay you to cook a meal, if so inclined. I do enjoy trying things from other realms." And she's sure he's not terrible at cooking!

[orangebrained]

I have an idea...

[He pulls his staff forwards. Dark purple magic begins gathering at the top of it, crackling with electricity.]

Worth a try, right? If it doesn't work they might get kinda angry, though.

[phoenixblessed]

Then I suggest you do that, instead of wasting your energy on words.

[Diluc is not always so stern, as Ozymandias may have realised earlier in this mission before they were in the midst of battle, but when it comes to fighting he clearly takes things seriously.

These creatures are huge - bigger than any hilichurl he's ever seen before - but size isn't everything and size is something that can be used against an opponent.

Like now, for instance. Diluc bolts forwards with his claymore swung behind him and slashes at the legs of the closest yeti to them. It goes down to its knees howling, fur singed and stained red, and Diluc almost seems to dance out of the way of one wildly flailing arm. There's a look on his face that's new - almost bloodthirsty - and he smirks a little.]

Keep the other one off me.

[corpsewarblade]

Lure them, huh...

[Perhaps she could bait them out? No- first they needed to see what weapons worked and what they had at their disposal to harm them.

Crouching down, she trained her pistol on the nearest one, ready for him to lift it up.]

Understood- ready.

[physicianhealthyself]

Yet you're pressing valiantly on, regardless.

[And it is kind of funny. ... Very funny, actually.]

I'm afraid I won't be of much use - I don't have any physical strength to speak of.

[mayoninofukucho]

[Back home it's much of the same for Hijikata - being inattentive for just a moment in a dimly lit backstreet or even in a crowded marketplace could mean death for a man with as many enemies as him. Part of him probably is always alert, but he certainly doesn't do it as consciously as Ayato. Regardless, he's confident that even here his instincts would snap him into taking the right action in case of a sudden attack.

He dries himself with the towel he grabbed from his bag - he's always prepared for a swim if he knows he'll be near the Great Ocean Lake! -, observing Ayato's water magic.]

Sheesh, you're so subdued in everything you do.

[It's more of a gentle tease than anything else. Once more Ayato's mannerisms remind him of the shogunate officials back home - elegant, but oftentimes corrupt people who'd prefer to let the Shinsengumi do the dirty work for them. Luckily Matsudaira, who oversees all police activities in Edo, has a good (if trigger-happy) head on his shoulders and won't let anyone else except the (frankly overly sheltered) shogun himself give them any missions. Granted, Ayato has proven by now that he doesn't at all deem himself too good to get his hands dirty, so the comparison doesn't feel very fair anymore.]

Yeah, if we stop here once more before we leave tomorrow that'll be great.

[They will find that no more lava monsters will approach the Great Crossing anymore during the remaining daylight hours - the cool air rising from the soaked soil keeps them at bay. It'll probably take until the midday heat of the next day for the ground to be fully dried by the sun. But that isn't to say that the creatures won't try to take the long way around! The Lava-Ridden Lands extend quite a bit eastwards, after all. Still, between Ayato's ability to turn any soil into a swamp and the comparatively "safe" beach's proximity to the dangerous lake their presence constitutes a significant stronghold, considering they're only two people.]

[mayoninofukucho]

[Lifting people or monsters into the air is still more of a challenge than doing it to items, but Hijikata has had plenty of practice by now. One of the ghoulpies involuntarily rises out of the water (looking extremely confused about it and kicking its legs, but finding no ground under them).]

Fire!!

[Every single shot lands, given Mukuro's marksmanship, and the ghoulpie lets out a shrill, ghostly whinny... but it's still very much alive (if that term even applies to these creatures) after taking the barrage of gunfire. Wet as it is it's not easy to see, but it doesn't seem to be bleeding at all.]

Well, damn.

[The second ghoulpie, having overcome its moment of stunned surprise, starts to come ashore. It knows where they are now!]

I think we're going to have to split up. I'll burn this one, but it'll take a while! Can you bury that one in the ground or something? No matter what you do, don't touch it!

[hometown]

That static feeling isn't the power Reiner knows, carrying with it no taste of ozone. However, it's noticeable enough that he assumes Hakkai is using some sort of ability. (It's a testament to how comfortable he is with Hakkai that Reiner doesn't tense.)

Then Hakkai unleashes that unknown power, slamming it into the kelpie's chest. Reiner has to force himself not to stop and watch. He's not a spectator here; he's Hakkai's quest partner.

Deciding to hold off on transforming until they try other methods, Reiner drops to one knee and presses a hand to the ground. Doing so isn't strictly necessary for what he does next, but it helps him focus, making magic seem more manageable.

The ground underneath the three unharmed kelpies abruptly drops, the kelpies sinking into a rapidly forming pit with sheer sides. Reiner is trying to pen them in. He hopes to secure at least one before they realize what's happening and try to leap out.

[hometown]

[ If Reiner had to guess, he'd say that tail isn't a recent addition. Not something gained through seasonal powers, anyway. This guy—Sun—uses it too naturally, treating it as an extension of his body. (Which, obviously, it is.) ]

Reiner Braun.

[ A name that has brought about a dramatic shift in behavior from more than one person. Reiner watches Sun's body language even as he continues speaking. ]

Have you been at this for a while?

[ Checking out pipes, he means. ]

[hometown]

Maybe so.

[ Reiner looks down at the gnawing panda cub. ]

Are you giving your sibling a hard time? Is that what it is?

[ Gnaw, gnaw, gnaw… At this point, it's probably a good thing Reiner heals so quickly; he'd probably get (playful) teeth-shaped bruises otherwise. ]

[dreamsofwings]

[ Eren doesn't consider himself decent, but his self-perception is warped by a future he purposefully ran away from. Still, he's glad that Hijikata likes him. He's oblivious to Levi's dislike of cops in general and has only had a good time with Hijikata so far.

Even from up so high, he thinks Hijikata seems a little worried? But that passes and he hears the answer. ]

Yeah, I got it.

[ He slides back into the titan, the nape closing behind him and the body coming back to "life." He spends the next however long scooping weird snow into the containers. There's only the smallest bit left, but he leaves it. They have enough, after all.

The snow out here doesn't really melt, but some of it steams as the titan body dissolves. All the steam the titan itself releases is scalding hot; Eren stays far enough away that Hijikata isn't in danger from it.

Then he makes his way back over to Hijikata, titan marks still on his face. Those always take awhile to disappear, even after all the years he's been doing this. ]

There's a little left over there.

[mayoninofukucho]

[He exhales hearing those details. Yeah, that would've done it. It seems that either Nina's injuries or her intense emotions at the time triggered her transformation... but he wouldn't be able to say for sure either, and frankly, does it matter? She'll have to deal with it if and when it happens, anyway. Regarding the quest, though--]

Yeah, we aren't supposed to just barge in and start a party with these overground guys. Infiltration's the name of the game. How're your shape-shifting skills?

[If they're not up to par, this plan probably wouldn't work out... if he weren't in the possession of a handy little thing he purchased from Riki's shop not too long ago.]

If you suck at it and still want in on the fun, I've got a full bottle of Invisibility Perfume.

[noodleboi]

"Well alright. Can't say no when you say it like that," MK said with a smile. "Sure. I can make you my dad's recipe for noodles. Everyone loves them. They're called Pigsy's Noodles. Since that's my dad's name."

[mayoninofukucho]

[Even now, Hijikata still tends to underestimate just how hot titans (and especially their steam) can be. But luckily Eren is looking out for him, and Hijikata lets him work undisturbed.

Once Eren is back to normal, Hijikata has to practically fight down the urge to put a hand on his cheek in a sympathetic gesture. The marks left behind make him look even sadder than usual! Instead he offers something he took out of his backpack while Eren was busy with the snow: A potion bottle.]

I let you do all the work, so let me give you a reward, alright? This is a 'Feel Invincible' potion. It'll create a protective barrier around you for two hours.

[Because clearly Eren, of all people, needs that... what's more, Hijikata isn't remembering that he didn't buy the potion from Riki's Rewards but rather from Better, Stronger, Cheaper. It will create a barrier protecting the user from physical damage, but the barrier is so glittery that it makes the person look like they were put through Blingee.]

Best keep it on you in case you ever need it, be it for yourself or someone else. Now let's make a snow sculpture!

[He already has a great motif in mind: A man-sized mayonnaise bottle.]

[knowsvinewhip]

That's unexpected. But not unwelcome. The kelpies are milling around in equine unease. One of them tries to jump out, only to be met with another blast from Hakkai's palms. It falls backward into the pile of limbs, thrashing manes and tails.

"Well done! I don't think they'll be getting out of that soon."

At least one of the creatures seems to think better of this whole operation, and bolts, back the way they'd come from. That's probably the smartest one of the bunch. The other two scream in absolute rage, redoubling their efforts to get to the two men.

"How many bullets do you have on you?" he asks, casually enough, though his hands don't drop, and Hakkai doesn't take his eyes off their opponents.

[mistsplitter]

I'll be in your care, then.

[ She's pretty good working blindfolded, at least, practicing her sword arts without the sense of sight at times. ]

[knowsvinewhip]

Not to worry! I'll see you through this trial.

[Hakkai you seem way too cheerful about this.]

It seems we're making a simple baked chicken. Nothing to fear.

[mistsplitter]

I didn't know you could bake chicken!

[ Now doesn't this sound promising, Hakkai?

In any case, Ayaka takes the blindfold so she can put it over her eyes and tie it behind her head. ]

[knowsvinewhip]

... Oh dear.

[We're at Goku level. Except with less attempting to eat the ingredients.]

All right, well... to start off. Once you're ready, the baking dish is directly in front of you. Please get a feel for its dimensions.

[localdeliveryboy]

[ At the question, Noah looks at Hijikata like he's crazy or just did something stupid. ]

Because we're from different worlds??? And I don't want to get attached to anyone I will obviously be seperated from???? Just sounds like a bitch of a memory to live with. Hopefully when we go back, they take my memories away of this place away. All of them.

[ He's not sure how loaded or offensive a statement that really is, or if he even realizes it is, but it seems to be his honest feelings on the matter. ]

[mistsplitter]

[ Ayaka is 🌈 learning! 🌈 ]

Right!

[ She takes a step forward, careful as to where her hands go. Whens he finds the baking dish, she tries to see how wide it is and how long it is first, committing the feeling to memory, before a hand slides down from one side to see how deep it goes. Not very deep, from the feel of it! Just to the last knuckles of her fingers. ]

It is... fairly big. [ Ayaka washed her hands before this, at least, so when she tries to see how many of her palms can fit inside... ] I suppose what is cooked here could feed a small family.

[invigorates]

Lioriley seemed positively delighted by the idea. "Wonderful! I will look forward to trying them. I am sure my darling Astarion will as well." And it he doesn't she'll at least tell him to be nice about it!! "Do you like dogs?"

She was trying to keep him on (hopefully) nice topics. Maybe it would help his mind not wander.

[mayoninofukucho]

[Hijikata doesn't take offence, he's just mildly surprised at Noah's vehemence.]

I met a woman two worlds ago, and I still go back to see her.

[As you do!! Granted, she stayed on the world that had called them in, and those who opted to go home were given a means to return, and Hijikata won't miss out on any time back home no matter how long he visits. His year has 15+ months now, pretty much. It sure isn't a sustainable (or attainable) lifestyle model for everyone!]

Here's hoping they'll give us a choice when we're done here - I'd like to keep my memories, but it'd suck if you were saddled with yours if you don't want them.

[He'd actually be pissed if his memories of Ellipsa were simply deleted! Or, well... he wouldn't be, because he wouldn't be aware of having lost them, but, you know! Regardless, he seems ready to fully focus on the signs now.]

Would this be a good place for the next one? Or should we set both of them up a bit further ahead, at the mid-point of both pipes?

[They're both dinosaur-infested, so maybe they can just use one sign with two arrows pointing left and right!]

[dreamsofwings]

[ Eren just looks at the potion for a second. Feel invincible? Really? It's not like he can be permanently hurt (as far as he knows). But then, Folkmore had taken his power away before. That hasn't really happened in Ellipsa, but it doesn't mean it couldn't happen.

In the end he takes it. Anyway, it would be rude to say no, right? ]

Thanks.

[ He puts that away in his bag for later. ]

How exactly do you make something with snow?

[mayoninofukucho]

[If Eren ends up passing the potion to some hapless civilians in the middle of the next disaster, Hijikata won't mind. He just wanted to thank him for hangling all the grunt work! Logical as it is to use Eren's titan body for arduous physical labour, he deserves a little thank you. (Hijikata definitely isn't at a loss for how else to express his fondness for him or anything.)]

It's really easy. First of all you make a snowball.

[He gathers some snow, clumps it together, and rolls it on the ground to gradually enlarge it as more snow sticks to it. Before long it's a head-sized snowball! But clearly Hijikata is more ambitious and still keeps going.]

Make one too, okay? Then we can stack and fuse them!

[He estimates that they'll need to stack 4 hopping-ball sized snowballs for a nice stately mayonnaise bottle! If there's not enough of the special snow, he'll strategically use the normal snow for the main body and leave the colourful one for the "coat".

(If he caught his subordinates making a snow sculpture on a mission, he'd come after them with his sword... but since Eren has never built one before, this now takes precedence over the quest itself.)]