[HUB ISLAND | ICE BREAKERS]

[spellheal]

Who: Coven Members
Where: Coven Base Camp
When: Day 90
Open/Closed: OTA

You're not doing anything right now, right? Good. Genette's using some of the resources taken from Aimintas to create a little get together. Even if you do have something going on, she's not averse to using a little force to make the evening magical. In fact, the magic is exactly how she's pulling this off. Genette is offering you to a little get together at the base camp, which may be all it takes for you to follow her. If not? Your hand is tethered (or some other part of you) quickly and you're led to the camp anyway. This is important, darn it! What's so important? A little "party" of sorts. There's an assortment of foods, some of which have been hastily made since some groups have gone harvesting for new resources, and a large water basin that's acting as a punch bowl. The true purpose of this little activity is a 'get to know you' exercise of sorts. Genette's got a glass container of a large quantity of Elto bones that can short-circuit the tethers, but the caveat is that you have to participate in a little, tethered sharing circle. (It's honestly a good idea to know who you're stuck within your little makeshift coven, but Genette is the pushy sort when she sets her mind to something.) The way to be released from your Elto shackles? Tell everyone your name, where you're from, your magic (seemingly left a little ambiguous) and something else about yourself. Discussions are encouraged! The more people know, the better! After you're done sharing with the class, food and drink is yours to have -- or you can just run off, that's fine too. OOC: Characters who would have absolutely nothing to do with this can of course escape, whether fleeing in the first place or using Elto bones of their own to circuit out their tether. A ▢ This is it -- your character can breathe deeply, unlock their knees and get this little activity over with. All they have to do is share the criteria and they're free to go! B ▢ Afterwards, their free to stick around the area and mingle. There IS food and also drinks. They may also want to have a more private conversation about something they learned tonight.

Comments

[guerrilla]

a.

[Wow, this sucks. Time to make as vague an introduction as possible.]

Name's Robin Hood, I'm from Britain, my magic is the unimpressive kind, and as you may have noticed, I'm dashingly handsome.

[For people who are familiar with the name Robin Hood this might accidentally raise more questions than it answers.]

Anyway, that's about it. Anyone tested the food for poison yet?

[He might as well, if no one else has.]

[drizzle]

[Hello, Robin Hood, you'll be met by a pair of green eyes that may just be staring into his soul with a very clear look of scrutiny on her face.]

I don't know about the last part of your introduction over being considered "dashingly handsome". You seem pretty plain looking color-wise.

[His hair and eye color look a lot like her third older sister's along with other relatives. It wasn't special in the least bit while his face wasn't as illuminating as Bardwin's neither. Then again, she was more interested in more feminine looking men. Or ones that don't think too highly of themselves.

But whatever the case, she'll offer him a polite smile once she was done rating him so to say.]

I'm pretty sure the food isn't poisoned. You can eat. Just avoid the meat if you haven't tried it already.

[guerrilla]

Color-wise? What do you think I am, a bird?

[Wait, no, turning into a bird is actually the magic he was given here.]

[drizzle]

A bird would have better coloring, now that you mentioned it.

[Although he does have a bird name, she can't compare him to a bird -- she didn't want to offend all of the colorful birds out there.]

Hm, no, if I had to choose a spirit animal for you, I'd say you're more like a mountain pup than anything else.

[Like a fox or maybe a dhole, if she knew the names of those actual animals.]

[guerrilla]

A mountain pup...? I guess that's not too bad.

[Depending on the kind of pup, anyway.]

I actually did have a pet bird before I was here, though I haven't seen it since arriving.

[And now he has a lizard baby, though she's definitely not a pet.]

[drizzle]

That's a surprise. I didn't expect you to be a bird person. What kind of bird was it?

[But the part about it mysteriously disappearing will get a look of concern since...]

Hey. Has it always been by your side back at your world?

[guerrilla]

A bluebird...and, yeah, it was always with me. Did you lose track of a pet too, or...?

[That's the first thing he'd associate a concerned expression with, anyway.]

[drizzle]

A blue bird? How lucky! I don't think I've ever seen one before. Do they really sing beautiful melodies?

[As for his question, Nike will shake her head.]

I've never had a pet before, but I did lose something really important. [Touching her ears.] My earrings. They're known as "limitors" back in my country.

[guerrilla]

All mine does is follow me around, but less lazy ones have a nice call.

[His might or might not be magical in nature, so it's not quite like the other members of its species.]

Can't say I've seen any earrings lying around. Do they actually limit anything, or is that just a fancy name for them?

[drizzle]

Oh, so it didn't have the habit to sing?

[She'd defend this bird's honor, but his next question was enough to distract her.]

They do. They limit my original abilities. Everyone with the knowledge of all of my family's spells are expected to wear them. We may lose control otherwise.

[More like, she can become fully possessed by spirits that may want to destroy three countries in less than twelve hours by simply using the forces of nature to do their bidding.]

[teratias]

[Waver has a plate of the food, and he's been eyeing it suspiciously since he filled it up.]

No. We need a guinea pig or some other way to test that. And that system needs to be consistent too.

[guerrilla]

Well, you're lookin' right at a poison expert.

[Though so far his method of testing is mostly just "eat the food." This is what happens when you grow up in an era with no forensic testing.]

[teratias]

[Waver pauses at that, then offers over his plate. How Robin can tell is a mystery, and Waver is happy to assume it's a Noble Phantasm.

Never mind that those don't work on the hub.]

Sense anything off?

[guerrilla]

[Robin gives the plate a good hard stare, then sniffs the food, a discerning look on his face. After a few moments, he hands it back to Waver.]

I'd have to taste it to know for sure, but there's no sign of any natural poisons as far as I can tell.

[Though chemicals cooked up in labs are beyond his experience and he's completely unfamiliar with most of the plants he's encountered on the hub, so it means a lot less than it normally would.]

[teratias]

[Waver's frown only deepens, and he then sighs.]

And that doesn't discount just weird stuff that can set powers haywire.

[guerrilla]

It's only a matter of time 'til I figure out that stuff too, but if we keep getting shipped off to other worlds it'll be a pain in the ass. It's hard to make sure your boss doesn't get poisoned if you don't know what's poisonous, you know?

[That's probably not a valid concern most of the time, but as someone who spent a solid two years, well, poisoning people, it's more at the forefront of his mind than it is most people's.]

[teratias]

Mmm. And something suggests that we are never going to be given any true chance to settle here and get some kind of ground under our feet.

[It isn't a bad concern to have though, if the time with the Palai was anything to go by. Weird food and weird impact on powers. Ugh.]

[secrowtary]

[ Dashingly handsome, huh?? ]

If you say so...I believe that you forgot to add that you're a modest person.

[ Hibiki belongs to the group who'd ask Robin Who??, so at least it could mean that the introduction part is over. ]

I doubt it. You might be the first one if you dare.

[guerrilla]

Ha, ha. It's not like I care if other guys think I'm handsome or not anyway.

[Do "self-hating" and "modest" count as the same thing???]

I'm considering it. I thought about asking for an ingredient list, but I don't recognize the stuff I've seen so far...not that you can take anyone's word for granted, but it'd be a good place to start.