[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

[sealeted]

Oh, am I too close?

[Hakuno does her best to scoot backwards.]

[rootbound]

[whines a little under his breath, as the tether just pulls him along with her]

It's . . . fine, I wasn't super serious about that . . .

[sealeted]

Maybe not, but you were at least a little serious, right? And I know it's a problem you honestly have to deal with.

[She stops moving, because there's a simpler way to do this.]

My name is Hakuno, I'm from the Moon Cell, I turn into a squirrel, and... uh...

[What else?]

I have a lot of fun in that form?

[Good enough, it seems, because the shackles fall.]

[rootbound]

[well, if she is offering -- and loosening them both from each other -- he'll take what's offered and slide back a bit, though he doesn't move to get up from his seat yet]

Thanks, Hakuno. Er, I'm glad you like your power . . .

[he's not as awkward as before, but still a little]

You want a drink?

[sealeted]

It was an easy way to get around without shoes, and other people seem to like it too.

[What with her being tiny, fluffy, and cute.]

Yes please.

[rootbound]

Okay, I'll get us both something.

[unfolds himself -- and glances at her feet. Hakuno do you still have no shoes a month later]

[sealeted]

[..........

M-Maybe.]

Thank you, Vern.

[rootbound]

[okay

okay first priority is: drinks. gets them both some. also something small to eat because dangit, they got roped into the annoying social event, they might as well get a snack out of it. hands hers over to her]

. . . is it just that you can't wear shoes for some esoteric reason I don't know about, or . . .

[sealeted]

[She hangs her head, accepting the cup.]

...I couldn't get a pair made before we left, and it's not like the Palai had ones my size just lying around...

[rootbound]

[...yeah, there wasn't a lot of time with all the, the fighting and the death, and the Palai celebrating in between rather than normally running their shops. fair.]

Can you wear sandals? We definitely have the right materials for some now that we're somewhere with game animals that give decent hides, though they still won't last as long as properly cobbled shoes. I could show you how to put them together.

[sealeted]

That would be amazing, thank you.

[Vern, you absolute angel.]

[rootbound]

We can go after we finish this, if you like. I don't know how you got around! Unless you just turned into a squirrel to go most places...

[sealeted]

Basically, yes. Anytime I was outdoors. A surprising number of people were happy to carry me as a squirrel, too...

sorry the notif for this got lost D<

[rootbound]

Or as a squirrel girl, I suppose.

[he hasn't forgotten that one time in the marketplace with the enchanted pastries, lord.]

If you want to transform, I can bring you to a decent spot to work. I don't think I can carry you very well when you're a human, at all.

no problem!

[sealeted]

[Why would he want to, that little episode was adorable.]

Sure, sounds good to me.

[She shifts, and hops from the ground to his arm, scampering up to his shoulder.]

[rootbound]

[he reaches up instinctively to pet her for a moment -- he looks soft, and Geir likes to put his nose on Vern's shoulder a lot so he's used to reaching up for anything there -- but hesitates, not sure if it's going to be rude]

Um--can I--

[sealeted]

Yeah, go ahead. I don't mind.

[She's so soft and fluffy it's practically a crime not to touch her. She's gotten used to it easily enough.

...maybe a bit too easily.]

[rootbound]

[hakuno did no one teach you stranger danger on the moon,,,

nevertheless, pets her ears and the top of her head very carefully with his fingertips, like he's afraid he'll bruise her; she's so much smaller than Geir that he's not used to it.]

...thank you.

[sealeted]

[Everything on the moon was strange. And dangerous. And wanted to kill her.

She deserves these pets.]

Anytime.

[One of her ears softly flicks against the side of his finger.]

[rootbound]

[huffs something very close to a laugh, and finally draws his hand away]

Okay, I see why you like that shape. Let's go, though, or we'll wind up getting roped in again somehow.

[sealeted]

Good plan. I'm determined to get shoes, just to see if I'm actually allowed to have them.

[rootbound]

Today we discover whether you have the misfortune of an anti-footwear geas.

[makes a quick stop at wherever the coven keeps general supplies, picking up what they need for crude shoemaking, then heads for a good quiet spot; at least most people are still at the icebreakers and won't bother them here.]