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spellbinders2017-09-04 06:46 pm
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Entry tags:
- &world: aimintas,
- blazblue: hibiki kohaku,
- fate grand order: robin hood,
- fate stay night: archer (emiya),
- kingdom hearts: riku,
- kingdom hearts: xion,
- mystic messenger: jumin han,
- nier automata: 2b,
- nier automata: 9s,
- oc: geir,
- pmmm: madoka kaname,
- ssss: emil västerström,
- ssss: lalli hotakainen,
- tales of xillia 2: jude mathis
[WORLD ONE | AIMINTAS REBUILDING]
Who: Coven members and the Palai
Where: Rebuilding the Aimintas marketplace.
When: Day 59
Open/Closed: Open to All
OOC Note: For Prompt A -- the egg claiming is closed to those who selected eggs from this thread! Anyone can use the prompt creatively, but please don't give your character an egg if they aren't listed in the above thread.
The initial setting information found here should be utilized for threads here.
There's no official OOC account for the Palai people. You're free to roleplay their actions and reactions on your own, as in depth as you want -- asking questions, hand-waved interactions, becoming best friends. The new world is your oyster!
Where: Rebuilding the Aimintas marketplace.
When: Day 59
Open/Closed: Open to All
OOC Note: For Prompt A -- the egg claiming is closed to those who selected eggs from this thread! Anyone can use the prompt creatively, but please don't give your character an egg if they aren't listed in the above thread.
Many efforts have been made to help rebuild Aimintas, which has become a little bit water-logged and bloodied after the confrontation a few days previously. The Palai are fully capable of rebuilding their own city on their own, but with coven members around and willing to help, hopefully the repairs that need to be done can be completed much more quickly. The marketplace is quite expansive, which is both good and bad when it comes to coven involvement. While the areas that need to be repaired are expansive, this creates the opportunity for most coven members to help rebuild in some way or another. With everyone taking responsibility for a task, the work can get done much more quickly. Aside from the repairs, many Palai are still in mourning. Because this incident happened during their mating season, many Palai are essentially shut out of reproduction or are going to potentially lay eggs a month from now without one of their previously supposed parents. The demeanor around the marketplace is glum for this reason, though the steadfast species is certainly not giving up.
B ▢ Half of the battle when it comes to rebuilding the marketplace will be the large quantities of standing water in certain stalls and enclosed spaces. Some of the Uvi's ocean masses burst or were used as a sort of liquid smoke grenade for defensive measures -- some water was absorbed into the dirt in outdoor eating areas, but a lot of it is stuck in businesses, suites and other rooms. The Palai have buckets, but they sure could use a hand getting this stuff out of here. C ▢ From slamming large sharks into the front of stone store fronts to stabbing down doors without barriers, the Uvi certainly did a number on Aimintas. Stone fixtures are certainly more difficult to repair, though the Palai have concocted a cement paste that they're using to help fill in seams. The biggest issue to deal with here is that water-logged and damaged wood needs to be hauled away or destroyed (safely!). At the same time, new wood needs to be installed to doors and stalls, and tables need to be rebuilt in order to return the majority of shops to well-working order. D ▢ Working hard isn't the only task at hand, either. There are Palai in restaurants and eateries that ARE mostly functional, hard at work preparing canteens and food sacks that need to be passed out to workers expending so much energy for their city. This also means the return of their energy drink (see TDM #2, Prompt E). This can cause hallucinations, power malfunctions and extreme giddiness and euphoria, for those who didn't experience this drink the last time it made the rounds. E ▢ Another "low-level" task focuses on keeping the younger Palai entertained and out from under the feet of those who are working hard to repair the city. The hatchery is being emptied for repairs, so one of the more untouched open-air areas of the marketplace is now a makeshift daycare. There are obviously Palai helping to attend to the children, but there are a lot of them -- some are more docile and easy to entertain, others scuttle out of the enclosure and try to help the coven with their chores. This may or may not go well...have you made a new little friend? F ▢ More detail-oriented coven members can help with the management side of things. These tasks can include restocking and carting a round food stuffs (produce, shrimp, other food goods), getting rid of damaged goods (some of these are only slightly damaged, so maybe you can get some discounted, barely working merchandise), and redecorating storefronts. This work is great for those who aren't as good at physical labor and still want to help. G ▢ Most of the Palai who were put up against the Uvi found themselves fatally wounded, though there were some lucky lizards out there. One of the other open-air areas of the marketplace is essentially a medic tent, which serves as both a makeshift hospital for coven members and Palai alike who are still nursing Uvi wounds, as well as a first aid station for any rebuilding-related injuries. Healers would definitely be appreciated! H ▢ Wildcard! |
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But hey, he's picked up on one thing]
Milla's that one you mentioned the other day, right?
[Priorities]
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Mm. That was Milla. Why do you ask?
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[So it stood to reason the one he'd mention would be the one he had some sort of connection with. At least, that's what he thinks, though he supposes with Jude's nature he might've befriended a lot of these spirits...whatever they are.
Though on that note, he supposes there's something that he's neglected]
...I didn't really answer your question the other day.
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[ oh. that one. ]
You don't have to. It's alright.
[ but jude neglects to mention that he wants him to. that he wants him to more than anything, although he doesn't know how this has a correlation to milla. ]
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Or maybe it's just a quirk]
I don't think I've got one you'd be satisfied with...but if it were somehow possible [to think that way, despite what his core programming tells him, and what he sees no reason to fight against] it'd be enough just to be around that person.
[Just the same as it is with 2B, his family. Regardless of how conflicted he was, he vastly preferred her companionship over being without her]
I don't know if it's the same where this Milla's concerned, but... Like I've said, I wasn't created with those things in mind.
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he absentmindedly feels around for her pendant before remembering that it disappeared when he got here. ]
No. You're... you're right. Just being around Milla was enough. Seeing her resolution, her ideals, her path carved out in front of her... Milla saved me.
So I understand. I do.
[ jude loved her. as a person, a friend, family, or something else, he doesn't know. but he did. maybe he still does, and he's managing without her just fine, has accepted a life without milla maxwell standing tall by his side, but that doesn't mean there isn't an irreplaceable spot for her under lock and key in his heart.
he laughs a strained laugh. ]
It looks like we're finally agreeing on something. Imagine that.
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[If only because that look on Jude's face always makes him feel so leaden. It gets him to thinking there is perhaps one other thing he'd want, aside from companionship. And that sentiment's been his reason for avoiding talk of his experiences with 2B, or even telling her that he'd long ago ascertained what her real designation was. What her real assignment was.
There comes with it far too heavy a risk of causing her more pain, and he remembers so clearly now all of the times he'd compounded weight on her already burdened heart]
I'd want to be able to make somebody like that smile.
[Maybe it's a silly thing for all that it's so incredibly mundane, but in such a pained, at times tortured existence, something as small as that strikes him as precious. And it's something he already wants with the people he can spend his time around now, all the more for those he's closer to.
Excuse him as he reaches across the table, gloved hands cupping Jude's cheeks]
That goes for friends too, for the record.
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but... it's not uncomfortable. his lips twitch upward, threatening to break out into his usual grin. ]
That's all I ever wanted.
And that's still all I want. To see the people I care about smile.
[ jude cares about a lot of things, wholeheartedly and earnestly, but his friends easily make the top of the long list. he never forgets how lucky he is to have them. there's a real smile blooming on his face as he brings one hand up to wrap around 9s' slender wrist. ]
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But 9S isn't concerning himself with it anymore. They're guests here, and their stay is presumably not a permanent one. With that in mind, it strikes him as more important to focus on how Jude views contact. And so far as he sees, the other boy takes comfort in things like this.
It'd probably be too intrusive with his fellow YoRHa. With 2B. He'd often braced her as best he could, catching her arm or resting a hand on her back, but something like this might be too much. Or would that be contrary to his expectation?
Maybe one day he'll know. For now, he draws one hand back, leaving the other one where it is since Jude's holding his wrist. His face sure got warm]
Looks like we've got that in common too.
[There's something vaguely wry about his smile then. It's a curious thing, having commonalities he wouldn't have thought about, but it makes sense that Jude would want to see others happy. He really is a nice guy]
Fancy that.
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[ he hesitates, mulling over his words before pressing on. ]
I think we have more in common than either of us realize. And I think, as time goes on, we'll continue to discover those things. Together.
[ jude doesn't quite realize it, but he tilts his cheek into the palm of 9s' hand before releasing his wrist and letting him go. he's filled to the brim with warmth, spreading from his chest throughout his entire body. perhaps this is strange. perhaps his comfort with his closeness to 9s is strange. perhaps jude is just used to a lack of personal space.
but he doesn't particularly care to deny himself the reassurance and kindness. ]
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[YoRHa, as with any androids, were meant to emulate their creators. This is a fact of which 9S is quite aware, so there's a certain irony to being programmed to believe it shouldn't be too much. How much is too much? They salute left-handed, they don't imitate parts of anatomy useless to them, they're told not to feel.
And yet they have the capacity for it. They feel as intensely as anyone else, and that's something 9S is painfully aware of. He questions anew how alike is too alike, what is acceptable...and wonders if there's really an answer.
Whatever it is or isn't, he retracts his hand to fold both over the tabletop. Jude feels better, he's sure, and he's glad for that. He's far from an expert on having human friends, despite their easy acceptance of him]
There's still a lot I don't know about mankind.
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[ jude's smile is ever so patient. serene, even. ]
But who says we can't take the time to learn?
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And there's a lot that in this place, only 9S knows, concerning YoRHa. He isn't sure how he feels about sharing some of it, for all that it's bleaker than he wishes it to be... But it seems to him that Jude doesn't mind waiting.
The better parts, perhaps, would be the best to start with]
Time's one thing we seem to have a lot of around here. That and shrimp, for some reason.
[The locals seem really, really keen on them]
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[ at least, that's what he's been told, but look. drooling all over his textbooks after running on coffee for 48 hours doesn't make him a workaholic, okay? ]
But the shrimp isn't half bad... ?
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[He enjoyed that kind of detail work, always has. Surely, he always will.
And now there's so much more in a far greater scope than he'd ever had access to before]
They're alright, but it's pretty strange how much they like them. [Since they're on such an easy subject] Do you have a favorite food?
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... Well, sort of.
[ jude pauses at the change in topic, but it doesn't take long for him to answer. ]
My favorite food? Tofu miso soup. What about yours?
[ a dreamy sigh. leia's dad makes it better than anyone. well, being a cook, he makes pretty much anything better than anyone. ]
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It's nice, he thinks, that Jude could understand. Though he thinks it was more of a hobby where Jude's pursuits are leveraged as a profession. His data analysis benefited other units, sure, but...]
I don't think I've heard of that before. [But his favorite food...?] I'm not sure if I've got a favorite, exactly, but I like sweet things. Or grilling fish with 2B, but that's mostly just because it's nice to relax once in a while.
[And one thing 2B would actually indulge in, when there was time, was fishing]
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[ if that's a rude thing to say, he doesn't mean for it to be. ]
Do you and 2B like going fishing? I've never been. I can't imagine getting it right, either.
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I'm the guy who likes dinner and a bath after a mission, even though I don't need either one.
[For no better reason than that it feels good]
But we sure do, it's relaxing. We always fished with our pods, though...
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Your pods... Right.
[ a frown tugs at his lips. he wonders whether or not it's too sore a subject to ask about. he doesn't know exactly what they were for, though. ]
What else did you use your pods for? If you don't mind me asking, that is. Curiosity getting the better of me again.
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They're our Tactical Support Units, so they have a lot of functions. In combat they can fire on enemies, or use a variety of programs to assist in defeating hostiles, or destroy targets outright. And we can talk with them I guess... they convey information available to them or facilitate communications, things like that.
[He really hopes that Pod 153 wasn't damaged. Last he's aware of, he and A2 were, but...]
In addition to that they monitor our vital signs, assess information, and can facilitate and carry out repairs and maintenance. Without a pod, other units can't perform that maintenance on internal systems like Scanner models do, or hack into enemies.
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[ jude's lips are parted in awe, expression colored with interest. they sound amazing. jude would love to witness technology like that and decipher how, exactly, it works, the tools behind it. pods sound like something everyone should have. he wonders if they're mass produced? get him one. ]
Well, they sound self-sufficient enough, right? That means I'm sure both your pods are doing alright. In all likelihood, they're probably searching for you as we speak.
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[More so, perhaps, than some of them had ever appreciated. He knows without that sense of judgment that proves invaluable in the field, though he hadn't always listened to it. There was a time when he preferred ignoring reasoned suggestions, even if he knew they were just that.
His pod had been there until the end, no matter how illogical or irrational his decisions became]
They're pretty efficient, so I wonder... [He looks down at the books arrayed in front of him, puffing out a sigh] Maybe they're being kept.
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Like... hostage?
[ he almost asks who would want two pods as hostages, and then remembers that not everyone is as nice as he is. he doesn't know how rare or costly they might be. ]
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