[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

[actus]

a.

[ this is the worst. the absolute worst. why does anyone think ice breaker are a good thing? he really does hate talking about himself so this is kind of the hell-on-earth. thanks, guys. ]

Akira Kurusu. Tokyo. And I can set things on fire... sort of.

[ how vague! how mysterious! can he leave yet? please? tidbit about himself? ugh. ]

I have a talking cat.

[rebells]

You have . . . a talking cat.

[He's got a small stack of papers in one hand. Slowly, he puts them away.]

[actus]

[ what do you mean you don't want to write that down, jay? it's very important. ]

Yeah. He usually tells me to go to bed.

[rebells]

[It's not a power, so it's technically outside the scope of these surveys!!]

I see.

Do you have trouble doing that on your own?

[actus]

When he's not there to sing me to sleep, sure.

[ akira, don't. please don't. ]

... Sleeping is boring.

[drizzle]

Your talking cat doesn't happen to be the one I saw at the speed dating, right?

[Yes, she'll get back to his introduction later. What is this about setting things on fire?]

[actus]

There was a cat at speed-dating?

[ he looks physically pained. ]

...Ah, I've missed it. I'm doomed to be forever without tiny cat toes.

[drizzle]

Yeah, there was! It was a very fluffy kitty with grey fur and a sour puss for a face.

[please don't look so pained at her, mister! it'll make her want to....try to comfort him. while not really because he said something curious too.]

Tiny cat toes? What do you do with those...?

[actus]

[ this sounds like the perfect cat. ]

What do you do with those...

[ he repeats it and hangs his head, a bit shamefully, before lifting his hands. and then wiggling his fingers. ]

You hold on to them forever.

[sealeted]

...

[Have a slightly bored, judging look.]

...I already knew all that though, Pinnokkyun.

[actus]

[ ... you know what! you know what. ]

I suppose the ice has already melted between us, hasn't it?

[ is that freaking you out yet, hakuno? ]

[sealeted]

Yeah, you are kind of a tepid man, looking back on it.

[actus]

... I'm going to somehow count that as a compliment.

[decipheringeye]

You mean like a youkai cat? I've never heard of a human owning one.

[ The other way around would make more sense. Then again, there's no way Marisa wouldn't own a few youkai if she could figure out how. ]

[actus]

Ah... maybe? Sort of?

[ not really? he isn't sure. but he shrugs. ]

He probably owned me more than I owned him.

[decipheringeye]

It sounds like a really complicated relationship. I hope he didn't get you into too much trouble.

[actus]

Eh. It was a give and take kind of thing. I probably got him in more trouble.

I'm sorry

[nockpoint]

[ SPEAKING OF TALKING CATS...

archer is dodging this team building exercise as best he can by avoiding genette at all costs, since she's the only one who knows about this cat bullshit he has, and can call his ass out on it...

so he might have listened to her and followed along until he realized what's going on and tried to bail tf outta it. and since he's a paranoid, over-analytical, neurotic ghost, he decided the best strategy for getting out of meeting new people without getting caught, was to hide with the new people.

his hope is that eventually, he can work his way through the crowd and escape out the other side without getting roped into stuff... which is why Akira currently has that big fluffy cat hiding behind his ankles and looking out at everything else suspiciously. ]

LMAO

[actus]

[ there's a cat. oh my god there's actually a cat. his eyes light up - if not a bit nostalgically. there's a maximum of thirty seconds before he's crouching down. he's mindful not to step or crush the ball of fur and he's excitedly extending his hand.

he knows better than to wildly pick up a cat or scare it. even if this cat isn't a talking cat claiming to be a person (jokes on you, akira), he still thinks the same theory applies.

so he's going to be patient and just. blink at it. ]

Hey. [ yes akira talk to the cat. ]

[nockpoint]

[ !!! the cat is startled suddenly by his hiding place shifting and moving, and he reflexively skitters out away from akira for a moment — until he realizes whats happening. god... this is going to be super obvious, one person in the group crouching is just gonna draw attention. but being out in the open is worse, so he trots right past that hand and circles around akira once, looking out for genette, then pausing by his knee.

he clearly did not take into account the fact that everyone fuckin loves cats and he's real cute and fluffy when he came up with this plan.

cue a little cat sigh, and akira being so ignored right now. ]

[actus]

[ cat. cat what is your problem. cat.

at least he's comforted by the fact the cat is using him as shelter. that's warming his heart. that must mean the cat trusts him! that's probably the reason why akira just grins and, while still crouching to provide cover for the cat, reaches behind himself to try and pet the cat.

sorry???? for the hand invading your space? ]

[enflame]

( We can pretend Emil and Akira have already swapped Fire Buddy knowledge, and Emil finds his magic vastly superior jsyk. There's a more pressing matter to discuss here: )

You have a cat...and it talks.

( Not said as a question, but more like a flat statement that he finds absolutely bullshit and unbelievable. )

What kind of cat is it, at least -- ( oh, before Akira can give a smartass answer ) -- outside of being a talking cat, I mean.

[actus]

[ damn it! you got the in before!

still, akira thinks for a solid minute before he unceremoniously reaches for emil's hand. yeah, this is going to be weird. at least they're already tethered. and at least akira is actually doing something useful for once, which is guiding emil's hand up to his signet because it's time. it's time for some mental images!

it's a cat in a bag. how impressive. ]

[enflame]

( Woah -- okay, touching him is happening. Akira...this is very sudden, especially considering where the signet is. Yikes!!

Emil's taken aback....ness. Is rewarded with a nice mental image of a cute cat in a cute bag. Worth being confused for a second! )

Oh, a black, short-haired one? I like long-haired myself, but this one's nice! It'd be useful to have a cat here, but the lizard is enough to keep me preoccupied. Not that they've been abundant here or in Aimintas, anyway.

[actus]

[ at least emil knows he wasn't trying to be creepy. trust your friend, emil. trust is good. ]

You brought Lisko back with you?

[ listen he's trying so hard to remember names and important things about his new friends. he didn't bring his own back with him, uncertain about his own ability to care for the small creature. that, and the island wasn't exactly the best for people, let alone lizards. ]