[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

[lalliho]

[All he's done bout this magic is complain and experiment recklessly, tbh.]

Bored...

[He doesn't really...get bored, he thinks. He remembers a long time ago, being small in a big, big forest and getting bored. His mind had wandered, and even though the impulse hadn't made it to his feet, it had been enough to catch his grandma's attention. And her disapproval. After all, if he'd allowed himself to get bored, that meant he'd lost his focus on the world around him. Boredom led to mistakes, and mistakes led to death.

So he can't really say he gets bored these days, even after the hours spent walking alone on an island in the sky.]

...Maybe. I guess. I usually just run or hunt.

[alphonse]

Well, I'm sure keeping busy helps.

[For a while. When it's possible. Until even your distractions seem like they'll make you crazy.]

There's plenty to do around here, after all.

[lalliho]

Is there...?

[he says he doesn't get bored and then he doesn't know there's stuff to do]

[alphonse]

[Yeah, that gets a curious headtilt.]

Sure. Just making sure there's enough food for everyone takes a lot of work. And even though the island isn't that big, there are still a lot of places to explore and fix up.

[lalliho]

...Ah. You mean like work.

[That does make sense... But still, he scooped all those activities into one umbrella, rather than thinking of them as plenty to do. Lalli hums softly to dismiss the argument in his head, and instead...tries to find a reflection in this armor... It's just weird, alright? And this way, he's talking to a face. Just his own face.]

I don't know how to cook, but I don't understand what's hard about finding food. I'm fine hunting, it's just...weird. Why don't people know something important like that?

[alphonse]

[After all the humidity in Aimintas he's been polishing the armor pretty obsessively, so a reflection might not be that hard to make out. Al's creepy, glowing eyes are perfectly acceptable to look at, though, gosh.]

A lot of the others are from big cities, so I guess it's just something that never came up. You're right that it's weird, though. I don't know how someone could go their whole life without going fishing even once.

[Something something these damn kids and their phones.]

[lalliho]

[No, he said the armor was big, not him, so that's a false head with false eyes. Looking at it would be silly.]

Pfft... Cities are stupid. [He's a petulant child...] Just because it's safer, it's made people bad at stuff?

[alphonse]

That's one way to look at it. When it's convenient to just go and buy all your food, you don't have to do much thinking about where it comes from.

[He's a sheep country kid at heart, he gets it.]

[lalliho]

[It's really dumb, and knowing that Mr. Metal Suit agrees makes him feel a little better about it. So he's just gonna go ahead and switch subjects with a poke to the chest. Tunk tunk, sounds hollow. Weird!]

Why are you wearing this?

[alphonse]

[Of course it always comes back to that question.]

Well... I had it on when I was brought here, so keeping it with me seems like a better idea than just leaving it somewhere. You can't be too careful, right?

[lalliho]

[Lalli nods and flexes his fingers open and closed a few times.]

Mmn. I guess that makes sense. I wear my gloves and my boots all the time. [His ridiculously long gloves and boots...] I don't always wear the rest of my uniform, though. Uncomfortable.

[alphonse]

[Luckily, Al's tolerance for ridiculous accessorizing is high.]

Uniform? Are you a soldier?

[It's the first thing that comes to mind, anyway.]

[lalliho]

[ehhhn...]

I'm a military night scout.

[So like...technically? But since combat isn't his bag, it feels a little odd to say. He much prefers just sticking to "scout".]