Hijinks Mingle

[potentite]

Who: Everyone!
Where: Anywhere around the hub!
When: Days 103-105
Open/Closed: Open mingle!
Notes: See this post for details on the moon prompt and this one for the telepathy/dream/spirit prompts!



[A | Flower Gleam and Glow]
[The nearby moon is still passing close to the hub island, meaning the effects are still in play. Perhaps now is the time to stop and smell the large lit up sparkling moonflowers that have bloomed? Or be annoyed by the mosquito-like insects that came with them.

Alternatively, the deer seem to draw some sort of energy from the moon's light. Given their size, at least their sudden aggression and proximity to the base camp isn't the worst thing in the world but a kick would still break a rib or other bone so be careful! Possibly help each other deal with these cute but troublesome fauna.]



[B | Eavesdropping]
[For some reason, the telepathy will suddenly get rather wonky. Characters won't know why it's happening, though of course no doubt there will be ponderings, but it means characters won't be in control of their ability to broadcast — or more specifically, not broadcast — their thoughts. Time to find out secrets of an embarrassing nature. Or maybe something sadder is going on in your character's head.

If this wasn't bad enough, the area around the signet might experience burning or tingling. Just try to keep a lid on your brain for the day and distract yourself from any annoying pain.]



[C | Talking In Your Sleep]
[Or maybe your character just doesn't have the most interesting thoughts. Maybe they're busy thinking about pie instead of their upsetting childhood. That's fair. Pie is great.

But surely sometimes it haunts their dreams. With the telepathy running amuck, it's no wonder dreams and nightmares are leaking through, too. Of course, it doesn't have to be an accident. Feel free to grab a friend and share a fanciful dreamscape together on purpose! But for those nuts that are tougher to crack, accidents can and will happen.]



[D | Who You Gonna Call]
[Last but not least, as Friday rolls around, there seems to be something odd going on with the island. If your character is inclined towards the spiritual or supernatural, they'll no doubt notice the strange heavy thickness hanging around. There are whispers in the air and all of new energy just feels solemn. Might be good to give people a heads up and keep an eye on it.]

Comments

[splinten]

Man, that bad, huh. [Embarrassing.] I've been hugged before, yes. Roxy was big on them, and Jane and Jake weren't totally sparing either.

[witchhooded]

Not bad, no!!! Just... [ she might as well have hugged a spoon tbh..? but then why was he spoon like. shit was it her? ] I guess I surprised you, sorry!

[splinten]

You definitely surprised me.

[HE WAS SURPRISED]

Sorry.

[witchhooded]

Oh, that's fine! I just was really glad someone so thoughtful was around for Jake when I couldn't be! Grandma sized or not, hehe.

[splinten]

[But he isn't thoughtful. He's selfish and callous and cruel. He doesn't know how to say that to Jade, so instead he just takes the flower in hand.]

I can take care of this.

[witchhooded]

[ okay but: ] Huh? Why? I thought I was helping you?

[splinten]

I'm pretty sure I just made you uncomfortable right now. You can have your space, it's cool.

[witchhooded]

Hehe, space.

[ is she assuming that was a pun. yes ]

Dirk, you did not do anything wrong! Like I said, I think I surprised you, but I really am just happy someone was there for Jake. I think it's a Bec thing? [ you know, like how dogs knock into you when they get excited at your like.... existence. ]

[splinten]

[What]

You know I don't know what a Bec is, right.

[JAKE HAD NO BEC]

[witchhooded]

[ touching the ears atop her head with her finger tips, jade raises an eyebrow??? IS THIS NOT OBVIOUS, SHE WONDERS ]

Where do you think I got the ears from?

[splinten]

I assumed you'd prototyped a dog. [Because he does know how these things work. That's the Alpha curse: knowing Sburb, being very suited to playing Sburb, and being utterly incapable of doing anything with that knowledge or ability.] I didn't know its name.

[witchhooded]

Oh! His name was Becquerel. He was my best friend, and you are right about that, the prototyping thing that is. I tossed my dream self in with him!

[splinten]

[....]

Did that go well for you.

[witchhooded]

I am alive, aren't I? So I would say yes!

[splinten]

I meant more in terms of intrapersonal relationship, with 'intra' here being the operative part. I suppose in a sense, that splinter was incorporated into your whole and functions as a redirected path.

[witchhooded]

Splinters...?

[ a beat, and then: ]

It... is a little hard to imagine a me that is not entirely myself as I am now, but... [ hm, she has to consider his question about, then. jade's not very good at talking about herself, mostly because she has to skirt around the truth then. ]

In a metaphorical sense I guess I never really stopped arguing with myself, heh. And despite there being two "me"s now, it still feels like the vast emptiness of everything at times. [ jade raises her hands to look at them - did dirk every exist entirely as his aspect? she wonders. ] And of course there are all these doggy parts of myself that I am always sort of discovering! The woofs are a lot easier to control than my sense of hearing or smell. Well, there are still three people in me, maybe? It's fine, though, I do not really have much of an existential crisis! Although sometimes I really want snausages? [ :/ ]

[splinten]

[It clicks, then. What Jade is like. Who Jade is like, in more than a superficial manner, little quirks passed down by ectobiology or the strange paradoxical reacharound of swapped guardianship. It occurs to him what Jade is doing.

It occurs to him that Jade definitely didn't enjoy facing a splinter.]

You'll have to settle for boar meat, sorry.

[He wonders what else she's buried?]

[witchhooded]

Lame!!! I bet I could make vine jerky!

[ jade is... thankful for the topic change, honestly, and her expression lights up. although, now that she thinks about it, vines are. generally edible? wow what the fuck. ]

There should be all kinds of jerky for my doggy needs.

[splinten]

We'd have to actually establish a process for making jerky if that's what you want.

[So that she can have her jerky meat. What is this. Can't believe the real space furry was Jake's grandma all along.]

I thought dogs preferred meat raw.

[witchhooded]

Oh, not always? Bec liked his irradiated!

[ and being part human, jade can't eat raw meat, though a rare steak sounds pretty good ]

[splinten]

[wait a second]

He was a First Guardian, like God Cat.

[witchhooded]

[ ??? jade nods ]

Yes he was! He raised me, too.

[splinten]

Huh. We just got GCat. He was way too independent to raise anyone.

You know, like a cat.

[witchhooded]

Hmm, maybe so, but maybe he also did not need to raise anyone in your session...? A First Guardian just always seems to know things like that!