[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

[potentite]

[He smiles watching her.]

They look like good chums. But, um, cats are notoriously difficult to win over, right?

[soulcomet]

I think so! I feel like I read that you have to help them feel really safe around you — but "safe" probably means something different for every cat.

[she is going to add a giant cloud of dust around this bull fairy drawing while she talks.]

I guess it's sort of the same for people, too.

[potentite]

Huh. That's awfully deep. [It sounds so simple but he didn't think of it that way.] Though, animals feel a mite easier to handle than people.

[soulcomet]

You're right about that ... I know we joke about cats being mysterious, but I think I've met way more people who are much harder to read.

[Madoka can't stop herself from wondering, either, if Jake feels safe around her. that would be a weird question to ask, though, wouldn't it? so she doesn't.]

That's okay, though — it's definitely not a bad thing.

[potentite]

You don't mind doing pirouettes through the labyrinthine mindfield of the heart?

[soulcomet]

[Madoka ... needs a moment to process the mental image Jake just gave her. it's actually a pretty incredible one.]

[and then she grins.]

When you put it that way, it sounds like it'd be a lot of fun. But no, I don't mind at all! Especially when it's my friends' hearts.

[potentite]

[He smiles. Madoka really does have a good heart. He knows Dirk says 'Heart' isn't actually emotions and shit, that it's about selfhood and souls or something, but he imagines if Dirk took a peek in, he'd see something beautiful, something unique.]

Well, any friend of yours must feel blessed. [A beat, front teeth briefly pressing into his lip in hesitation before he continues.] Um, I mean. I do?

[soulcomet]

[Madoka already fills the role of Pink Magical Girl, and Jake's gone and made her even pinker. excellent work.]

[and even though she's flustered, it's also something she honestly needed to hear. when she'd first sat down, there was a lot weighing on her shoulders — questions whose answers are far out of reach, at least, on this little low frequency island.]

[they're still there, of course, but right now, Madoka feels safe. and now she's reasonably certain that Jake does, too.]

The feeling's mutual. [she smiles down at her drawing.]

You're really sweet, Jake-san. I'm glad we're friends.