spellbinders | [WORLD ONE] AIMINTAS (INTRODUCTION)

[WORLD ONE] AIMINTAS (INTRODUCTION)

Who: The coven & Palai people
Where: In and around the city land of Aimintas
When: Days 13 & 14
Open/Closed: Open to All

The initial setting information found here should be utilized for threads here.

There's no official OOC account for the Palai people. You're free to roleplay their actions and reactions on your own, as in depth as you want -- asking questions, hand-waved interactions, becoming best friends. The new world is your oyster!

Just like how you arrived, the process of leaving the hub and reappearing somewhere else is quite quick and uneventful. Brie and Genette gather as many people as possible so that everyone can explore the new world together in a group, which is where they all land once Qri has worked her magic. If you weren't in the vicinity, or thought that not being social meant you'd get to stay on the island, you come along as well, though you didn't exactly show up with the group.

The sun sets while the coven is busy trying to get through the craggy infrastructure (at least, that's the fate of those who don't find a quicker way to get into the city). Brie locates a large cave in one of the rocks, and that's where everyone sets up camp for the night. If you want to carry on, that's your choice...but who knows if anything that goes bump in the night is out there bumping in the night time?

C ▢ What will your character be doing tonight? Sleeping on a hard rock? Stuck awake? Even if they do manage to fall asleep, they may be haunted by the occasional high pitched screech that comes through the night, though the location of the noise is unknown as of right now.

It takes about a day to travel to Aimintas, climb through the rocks and come into the city. Thankfully the city hub is close to the side of the city the coven managed to climb through, so civilization is awaiting. That civilization is decently modern, lizard-like and very, very nosy.

Even outside of interacting with the Palai, there's quite a bit around here to look at. Genette can be found in the middle of one of the parks, handing out the stored supplies to their owners. (Don't worry, she'll tell you where she is with a little telepathic poke. Your supplies will give you access to shopping and bartering...your status as a magical humanoid thing will only get you so far.

It can be easy to get overwhelmed within the Palai marketplace, so no one will blame a coven-member for escaping the city for a bit.

On the outside of the marketplace is a very large house with dozens of Palai congregating -- and my dozens, we mean at least 200. A Palai mate triangle just committed to each other, and this is certainly worth celebrating.

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A

"Ugh!" Waver groaned as he stepped into yet another pile of kelp. He had long ago accepted that sand was going to get into his shoes, on his clothes, everywhere, that was the price of a beach hut, but this? This was ridiculous, and at this rate, he was going to ruin his shoes. Given how few and far between it felt like supplies were, Waver wanted them in good condition for a while longer.

He took another few steps, and this time when the shoe got stuck in the kelp, it stayed that way. Waver walked forward right out of his shoe, and his foot landed in a squishy pile of wet sand. He let out a louder groan.

"Are you kidding me?!" he shouted, mostly at the shoe. Never mind who saw this outburst.

B

[Waver was a skinny little thing, which was one of the few advantages he had in this nonsense of having to go on foot while someone else could just float up and over on a caravan.

Moving through the crevice, Waver groaned,a twisted, and then realized something important. His arm had gone in a weird direction and now it wasn't coming through.

Just his luck.

After a few moments of panic and trying to tug himself free, Waver remembered that this was probably the kind of thing the network was for. So he tapped in, using his mirror shard to show his location.]

I'm stuck here! Anyone able to move rocks?!

E.

Waver has mixed feelings about being demanded to show off his magic. On one hand, who is anyone to demand he show them anything? Seriously? But on the other, he is still a proud jerk, and no one is going to berate him for his skills this time. So he's agreed to show some of his magic off.

He stands off to the side with a little group around him, manipulating smoke into slightly more refined shapes than he had managed before. There are some crude attempts at animals, most of them look like balloon animals, but basic shapes are coming along and are much more detailed than they were before. Perhaps most impressive of all are the smoke plumes that he manages to have hover, curling into branching designs.

Whatever the gifts are, Waver doesn't know. But he hopes that they're practical.

H.

[This part? Weird.

But Waver had been ushered into this festivity before he could properly protest, so now he simply stood off to the side, observing the celebration at hand. He was not so rude as to say, refuse cake, but he felt like this was the kind of intrusion that went too far.

If Iskandar was here, he'd had dived right in, celebrating and probably dancing too. Could he dance? Ah, he'd probably make it all up. Waver smiles at the thought of it, temporarily lost in his own thoughts.]

He'd probably chide me for standing around right now too.

[But Waver stays put for the time being, eyes scanning the crowd. There had to be others here too.]

Edited 2017-07-21 01:41 (UTC)

[ B : LOOK AT THIS STUFF ]

[To say that Chiaki's a little bit in awe is an understatement. Even when they're wandering through the rugged terrain, he finds himself constantly looking up, up, up to wear the ocean rests overhead. His eyes are bright in delight, a grin constantly pulling at his face - up until there are moments where he seems. Off? His expression grows distant, his eyes dimming as they flick to the ground. Is he... thinking? Distracted? Hence why he might be about to walk straight into the rock wall if you don't stop him.]

[ D : ISN'T IT NEAT ]

[Once they actually made it into the marketplace, Chiaki's overwhelmed all over again. For a few moments at the beginning, he's almost... quiet? He watches how everyone else treats each other, and then he runs into the fray with a grin so wide it might split his face in two. With remarkable accuracy, he picks up on culture, laughs heartily and loudly with every Palai he runs into.

The gift that they give this idol boy? Why, a camera of course. That said, it makes his eyes light up and he grabs the nearest coven-member by their elbow, pulling them in closer to him - ]

Friend! Let's take a picture together? To commemorate our welcome! [BUT FIRST, LET ME TAKE A SELFIE. And he even aims a grin to their Palai friend - ] You too, you too! Let's all get along well, okay?

[ H : WOULDN'T YOU THINK MY COLLECTION'S COMPLETE ]

[To be honest, the wedding is something new and exciting for Chiaki - and it's just like him to get caught in the festivities?! He's wandering around, laughing and mingling with the Palai as if he's always belonged there. Damn social butterfly. Though if he spots you - yes you! - fellow coven-member, his eyes light up with newfound recognition even if you've only just seen each other in passing?!

Hence why he leaps forward to you, holding out both hands - or if you're a more stubborn type of character, maybe just taking your hands on his own - and grinning.]

Let's dance!

[alright, idol boy, chill out]

[ I : WOULDN'T YOU THINK I'M THE BOY WHO HAS EVERYTHIIIIING ]

[WILDCARD TIME - surprise!! Chiaki's a tourist and a millennial. Whether he uses the small camera gift that the Palai gifted to him or his own smartphone that he brought with him on his travels, he's taking pictures of everything. The aquatic animals, the food, and many, many pictures of the ocean overhead. At random, you might realize that he's pointing the camera at you and - ]

Smile! ☆

[ - that's all the warning you get better the shutter sound of a picture taken! Though he does stick around to give you the biggest, dopiest smile.]

Ahaha, thank you...!

a: running around at the speed of sound

[There's a flicker and Dirk senses it: his Aspect is back. He feels the power of his Godtier. Flight, immortality, the power to drain souls. It's all here.

Dirk doesn't try out any of it. The first thing he does isflashsteps, moving in an impossible-to-follow-blur, just because he can. Then he takes his sword from its sheathe and drops it into—thin air? Then pulls it out of thin air again, before tucking it away. He seems monotonous as ever, but maybe there's a hint of relief?]

Oh thank fuckin' God. Shit did I miss my sylladex.

[At long last. He can exist for real.]

e: performing monkey

[He wanted to ask questions, but was provoked to do magic first. Dirk pauses for a moment. Ripping out souls seems a bit much. Heart powers are generally not helpful for this. Destruction may be a bad idea. So.

Dirk decides to float up into the air, letting his feet off of the ground. He flies around and then drops back down to converse with the Palai he has suitably impressed. His line of questioning becomes immediately obvious: he's trying to learn about this place, its culture, its history. He is basically grilling this dude on the history of everything.

Help an amphibian out? Or maybe you want to help Dirk with his questions?]

f: (not) for sale: baby shoes, never worn

[Sometimes, Dirk can be found holding a strange knitted object, a little dog that one can hear gently making ocean noises. He is idly holding it while he talks to someone in the market, trying to work out a deal. This is somewhat difficult for a kid who has been completely out of any kind of economy his entire life.

At one point, the Palai Dirk is trying to get computer parts from asks about the dog, and Dirk explains its enchantment and demonstrates it. When the Palai asks for it in trade, Dirk immediately gets closed off.] No, dude. Not for any damn thing in this city.

[He makes the small knitted toy disappear (into his sylladex) and tries to offer...

this, which he yanked out of his sylladex with a rap? Holy shit. Someone please help this boy, he's terrible at bartering. Or just stop him. Take that awful pot away. Good god.]

g: howdy pardner

[This place is specifically designed to attack him, a loner. He stares at the market person who is refusing to even let him look at old machine parts. From his earlier interrogation, he understands why, but goddammit this is stupid.

After a pause, he turns around and finds the nearest person from the coven. It really doesn't matter who you are: you're being conscripted in the name of parts.]

Hey. Apparently we're being encouraged to operate on the buddy system. Do you mind helping me here?

i: wildcard!

[Dirk will be around getting into things, mostly attempting to accumulate computer parts. If you want me to set up any special prompt, hit me up by PM or at mobiusloops!]

Edited 2017-07-21 09:33 (UTC)

i. timestopper

[ they reappear somewhere else but dave barely pays attention to where after ascertaining his friends are still in the vicinity. instead he pauses after looking at them, tilts his head to the side, and then actually smiles.

he pulls out the pocketwatch he drew himself and got fixed over a week ago, and starts to wind the hands to new positions. if he sees you watching, he'll offer in tones a lot calmer and almost more cheerful than he's used any time previously: ]

It was off a little. [ and now he's moving it to be exact, happily aware of exactly when he is, if not where.

the when has mattered more to dave for years now.

but also? the second thing he does is remove his sword from his hip and let it disappear back into his strife sylladex, looking again more pleased about the situation. ]

That's better. [ the sword going into his sylladex is basically the sword disappearing into thin air, for the record. oops. ]

ii. travel montage

a. exploratory
[ dave moves faster than he did on the island. usually it's just weirdly quick reflexes rather than true flashstep - nothing has popped out to make him move that fast - but there's a notable difference in how he holds himself. he's more comfortable with all his abilities at his fingertips, even if he opts not to fly but to stick to the main group. typically he scouts ahead then circles back, occasionally chatting with people he knows about what he sees.

he doesn't seem to mind company on these forays back and forth, though. mostly. ]

b. free rides
[ that looks like a terrible climb. dave's eyebrows raise over his shades, and he glances over. ]

So. I can fly again now, and if you want a ride up...I can probably carry you?

c. nighttime
[ while he'll eventually settle down near rose and john, dave won't sleep much, probably; too many people and too new an area, so he'll sit up to do watches instead, unless his friends sit on him or something. what he will do, though, is offer: ]

I can draw you a sleepin' bag if you want. Those ain't too hard to do.

iii. civilization

a. demonstrations
[ dave doesn't mind showing off for the lizard people - they're kind of like consorts, aren't they? - and twirls the red light-pen he and rose and john made between his fingers with an easy grace before he starts to sketch mid-air. what he makes varies: fruits or toys or pieces of clothing - but he's always fine with showing off.

he...still can't draw. but he is trying to get better. kind of. apples seem to be the only thing he can reliably sketch and make look right. ]

b. movies
[ STOP THE PRESSES, DAVE SUDDENLY DOESN'T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE. as soon as he locates the equivalent of a movie theater he is Gone. ]

Oh my god. Holy shit. New movies. And not the goddamned troll versions of old movies kinda new movies.

[ who cares if he can even understand the plots of whatever alien films they've got going on here, or the languages, DAVE IS HERE FOR NEW MEDIA. he doesn't even care who he's talking to; he's suddenly going a mile a minute, and even though his voice is still quiet and monotonous, there's a repressed energy that he doesn't usually display. ]

Holy fuck, you have to come with me. Do I have cash for this - I don't care I'll literally preform on street corners for it. [ !!! movies !!! shit maybe there's new music too. god. he needs to get like a laptop while they're here if he can even scrounge up the cash...or just draw one. ]

c. flash photography
[ eventually through the barter system, dave does get his hands on a camera. it looks familiar in his hands even though it's been a while, and he takes pictures pretty much at random: anything that catches his interest gets a snapshot, and he'll then examine the screen (it's digital, if not as high tech as he'd like) and delete or save whatever it is as he sees fit.

if he sees a friend or someone he knows and likes, he might snap a shot of them, too, without asking.

otherwise, it's easy to find him taking picutres of the most random bullshit. he does not take any selfies, however. ]

d. info-gathering
[ at some point he'll be frowning to himself, though, after speaking to a variety of palai. while he won't exactly open up immediately with what's up, he does give a distracted nod to whoever comes up to him, and a quiet: ]

Hey. [ so that's a thing. ]

iv. weddings?

[ dave lets himself be swept up into the festivities, although he avoids the alcohol and opts for some kind of fruit juice. he will also have cake. for a while he'll stay on the outskirts, learning how the dancing goes, before joining in; it doesn't take him long to pick up on movements, and it's kind of fun in a stupid way.

later, though: ]

I wonder if they have recordings of that song. The last one; it had a catchy beat, you know? I'd like to give it a different spin...

c.

[one might think that Madoka would be tired after a long day of walking — but truth be told, she's used to getting very little sleep. that's only part of the reason why she's seated at the mouth of the cave, staring off into the sky, watching creatures swim by ... flinching visibly every time a scream echos through the land.]

[she's always been a bit of a lighter sleeper, anyway.]

[if you happen to take a seat next to her, Madoka will turn with a smile, her face illuminated by the pink glow of the only light source she has that wasn't whisked away in the caravan — her Soul Gem, which is placed on the ground right in front of her.]

Couldn't sleep either, huh?

h.

[once she's had her fill of the shopping district, Madoka's more than happy to take part in the festivities when she's ushered over — this is the best food she's had, and the best she's felt in general, ever since she was pulled from her home. ]

[if she happens across one of her friends (and to be clear, every single person Madoka has met she considers a friend), they can expect to be asked to dance. if she happens across a stranger? she still might ask.]

[E]
[The problem was that Jake couldn't really think of a way to show them his ability. How do you explain it? Well, it probably was easier than he was making it out to be but he totally blanked when they started making demands of him, growing shy and unsure.

So, he started a game.

That game has gotten popular enough that a small gathering is around him. It's claustrophobic and makes him anxious but he's trying not to show it. They're welcoming all of them into their city, so it only feels right.]

Now, ready? One, two, three—

[They all throw their hands out for rock-paper-scissors. If you watch a few games, sometimes Jake does lose. But, more often than not, somehow, all of the Palai pick the one weaker to his choice. Some of them don't seem to think it's magic but most of them are entertained at least.

But they keep demanding another round and Jake is looking pretty exhausted. Save him?]

[F]
[So Jake learned firsthand that working off your debt is apparently a normal option. Maybe he could have used his magic to get out of it but he didn't think of that. So now he's standing outside of a cafe with a tray of dozens of small sample squares of pastries.]

Um, um— E—Excuse me, would you like to try our new dessert? It's berry tasty!

[Look they told him to say that.]

[G]
[By now Jake is exasperated. He's arguing with a Palai.]

Please, I just— Really, my friend just left, I'm waiting for them to come back, but, um—

[He's not very convincing and the Palai seems to feel sorry for him but still refuses to sell him lunch until he proves this 'friend' exists.]

[H]
[The dancing actually looks pretty fun but Jake is standing off to the side, practically hiding in fact, lest some poor person tries to ask him to join when they notice he's watching. He's just playing idly with a slice of cake.]

They seem happy despite everything, don't they?

[He can't help thinking about those mysterious terrible people that apparently keep appearing from above and attacking them.]

[I]
[Aside from constantly getting bullied by lizard folk, Jake is enjoying himself here: a) checking out the movie posters outside the theater with great interest, b) trading comic books with some kids and c) hugging a laptop that he just bought because he's so happy. You're free to make up anything else, too!]

A+B

[It's hard to describe, but something feels better about this world. After making sure his friends came along, John finds himself noticing that they have a long way to go. At first, he finds himself walking and carrying what looks like a backpack and also his giant hammer with him. It's only on instinct that he stops a little behind the group and pauses to think, glancing around a bit before testing something.

Okay. There goes the hammer disappearing in mid-air? And there goes the backpack. WELL OKAY. He grins brightly and there's a tiny fistpump of victory.]

Take that, other powers!

[Alternatively, Genette isn't the only one who can just carry on and float away. After a short walk, John finds himself floating. And floating. And floating still? He's hovering in mid-air behind some of the other group members and his head is craned back to stare at the sky. It's only while he's not paying attention that he crashes straight into whoever is in front of him, a gentle kick to the head drawing attention to himself even as he looks down.]

Uh. Sorry…? But seriously, have you looked up recently?

C. Joint Prompt with Dave and Rose

[That night in a corner of the cave anyone who looks over will find John, Dave and Rose arranged in a small triangle away from the group huddled together. They're talking amongst themselves and Rose appears to be holding first Dave's hand, and then John's. Anyone who approaches will find Dave looking at his newly red fingernails and John waving his hand (covered in blue polish) in discontent.]

No one ever said this shit was cold. [Why are they doing this? Because Rose Lalonde is a powerful being.

ooc: order of you, dave, rose, john!]

E

[It might be surprising to find that John is utterly thrilled by the appearance of the Palai, more than happy to communicate with them and even when they stop him to see his magic, he can't tell the little guys no. It's almost as if he's used to this, and there's a little smile as he steps back.]

Okay, okay…

[There's a moment's pause and anyone nearby will feel a trickle of the breeze blow through their hair and around them shortly after. The problem, however, is that soon the breeze picks up and a huge gust of wind sends some of the Palai flying right into the arms or backs of anyone in the area. The wind picks up, ruffling clothing and lizard people and soon it settles to the low breeze again while John lowers his hand and lowers himself back to the ground with a sheepish grin. Instead of an apology, all he says is:]

Sweet catch. [The Palai may be ruffled, but John seems pretty amused anyway.]

F

[After the incident with his powers, John finds himself once again floating through the marketplace and exploring on his own, ignoring the weird looks he's getting from some of the Palai. He pokes his nose into various shops, digging around and taking note of everything that's around. The bartering system isn't new to him either and he appears exasperated as he's trying to talk his way into getting what looks like a laptop.]

Okay, I understand your point, but I don't have anything else? [How unfortunate that he spots someone else nearby and he draws attention.] Hey! What do you think is a fair trade for this?

Wildcard

[Hit me for any of the other prompts or anything else in the prompts provided!]

Edited 2017-07-21 02:40 (UTC)

[you don't have to ask her twice, Jake. in fact, the pun probably sold her on it even more than it would have otherwise.]

Yes! I'd love to.

a
[soooooo unless you have the ability to see spirits and things of that ilk normally, you might notice that as soon as the coven arrives on the new world, Mikleo just straight-up . . . vanishes before your eyes. a second later, a small, swirling globe of water appears where he was standing.

weird? that's weird. maybe you should poke it.

. . . if you can still see and hear him anyway, though, this is what actually happens: he breaks out into an enormous, startled smile, then puts one hand out, palm up. the water leaps into existence on his palm, a little silver torrent spinning in place; he sends it dancing over his fingers like a living thing.]

That feels so much better.

b
[he's been staring a little longingly up at the ocean sky now and then throughout the trek to the city (not that he could swim through that ocean, but it looks absolutely fascinating, like the greatest water arte he's ever seen, suspended over their heads.) he doesn't think of trying to use his granted power to move ahead of the coven until they reach the graccy border barring their way to the city.

when the caravan floats off over the craggy rocks, though, he stares after it instead of disbelief, then shakes his head (still mostly unseen), then asks, telepathic and a little wry:]

Okay. Who thinks they're really, really not going to be able to make that and could use a ride up? It might be a bit damp, but it'll be a lot faster.

f
[at some point in the dizzy whirl of the city, you might stumble on Mikleo among the shops in the marketplace, doing his best to politely engage the storekeeper Palai. he certainly looks pretty magical right now -- he's figured out a trick of gathering some water in around himself, so he makes a strange humanoid shape in a mobile cloud of mist and suspended droplets. he can also still communicate with the Palai telepathically. unfortunately, that's not enough to overcome the cultural gaffe of having gone off alone.]

Look, I just need a spare staff, and some bandages. About this long, sturdy, surely you've got something like that -- what's wrong? I don't understand...

[after the initial joyful reception the coven got, being snubbed is not quite unfamiliar, but still a bit weird. please help him.]

wildcard
[other? i'm game for whatever!]

I dozed off for a moment... but I couldn't fall asleep completely.

[Haru has never had to sleep like this before. The first time is rough and unforgiving. The things she's hearing don't make anything like this any better.

So when she sits down next to Madoka she's immediately bringing her knees up to her chest.]

Are you hanging in there okay?

[Never fear! Haru is here! She's going to see that Jake is having some trouble with the Palai and approach him.]

I'm sorry, he was waiting on me. I had to step away for a moment.

[JUST ROLL WITH IT, JAKE.]

[It's not a lie to say that perhaps Haru had been spacing out while she was walking. The trek was long and nearly unbearable by maybe around the three hour mark. Does that make her a little weaker than anyone else here? Probably.

But she isn't going to be one to complain.

When she feels the gentle kick to the back of her head and the apology soon followed....she looks up.]

... why are you floating?

[The wedding certainly was something! Haru stuck around for the pure interest in learning more about the Palai and how their people work.

She doesn't expect to see Chiaki bounding up to her and holding his hands out.]

Wait, are you asking me to dance?

[She was not prepared for this!! Goodness...!]

C.

[She'd felt it all day, as soon as they'd gotten to this new world. A vague sense of something being there, an odd sensation that was both in her chest and her head and just out of reach of her hand.

And it's after she's gotten to the night's rest stop and settled there for a bit that she investigates. Because she's... it's strange, but she knows this feeling. She knows she's had it before, even though she wasn't really sure if she was able to sense its absence back on the island. Does it matter? She can definitely tell now that it's there again.

Xion finds herself a corner of the cave, holds a hand out away from her, and then closes it around the hilt of a weapon that wasn't there a second ago.

It's back. Her Keyblade's back.

She doesn't cry, doesn't laugh or anything. Just leans her forehead against the cool metal of the blade, closes her eyes, and breathes.]

F+G.

[She's been doing her best to just take her situation one thing at a time. First getting to the rest stop, then her keyblade (and other powers) being back, then getting to the city, then trying to talk and interact with the locals... Everything's finally settled down a bit and she's able to think at length about... smaller things.

Like how her coat feels really terrible with all the sand in it, and has resisted all attempts so far to get it out. Maybe um... Maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to look for something else? She stops by some of the clothing stores and stalls, fingers lightly picking at the fabric of this and that, uncertain.

You can find her then, or find her later, standing outside a doorway with a pair of shopkeepers refusing to admit this strange loner, despite her protests.]

Please? I just... I just want to look.

[They shake their head at her, and continue to stand firmly in front of the door to their establishment.]

B. Peace Out and Climb
[Yang can’t believe they didn’t even get to hitch a ride! But she wasn’t about to whine about it--just really miss her bike at the moment...not that it would have done much good up a cliff face.]

Well. No sense just standing around I guess.

[Yang approaches the rock wall like she has a plan. She hadn’t done much rock climbing before, but she doesn’t look like she’s going to let that stop her. She eyes the rock wall for any hand holds and when one isn’t immediate she produces a glowing orb about the size of a quarter and blows up the rock to make one.]

C. Rock It Loud
[Yang doesn’t feel like sleeping just yet and sits at the edge of the cave. She has a nice little rock pile she seems to be chunking outside of the cave, listening as they plink down the side or make no sound at all. When there is a loud screech she looks up, but doesn’t seem scared so much as curious.]

D. Living Like a Star
[Yang is only a little surprised when it turns out the inhabitants of this world are lizard-people. Once she gets over their weird appearance, they’re actually kind of cute. Yang is about average height for a young woman, but even she towers above most of the them. It makes her feel even stranger when they start giving her little tokens: jewelry, gadgets, and gizmos a plenty.]

Aww. Thank you. You guys don’t have to do all this.

[A few from the crowd call out for a demonstration of magic]

Oh...is that what this is all about?

G. Bar Hopping
[The hustle and bustle is something she had missed. She’d been recovering for weeks prior to arriving here and so it was kind of nice to be back in a big city again. Usually she didn’t have too hard a time getting into bars, taverns, and clubs but a lot of those places were giving her weird looks or flat out telling her no. She clenched her fists as the fifth place turned her away.]

Hey! What’s the deal? I just want to check out your restaurant. What do you mean you don’t serve singles?

[Someone’s getting angry--if the red flashing eyes are any indication. Someone wanna step in?]

[Yang's definitely picked up on the odd treatment she's been getting, which doesn't make sense given the reception they'd initially received. She noticed one of the other coven members standing outside a clothing store and asking to be let in.

Yang frowned and made her way over.]

'scuse me. Is there a problem here? The girl just wants to have a look.

[Yang had been a little too distracted by the move to another world to notice the disappearance. However, it's hard to miss the sudden floating globe of water.]

Oh cool. This place really is going to be weird.

[She apparently thinks it's part of the world and not the coven. She reaches out to poke it. Maybe it'll burst like a bubble.]

[Yang wouldn't mind a dance, but right now she's just watching the others enjoy themselves...thinking about the last dance she was at. Even with her feelings about that conflicted, it had been such a good night it was hard not to smile.

She directed that smile at Madoka as the girl approached her, having just finished a dance herself it seems.]

You look like you're having fun.

Yang heard the call on her mirror, but she wasn't in a spot to answer it just yet. There was a small ledge overhead and she pulled herself up to it. She took a seat, barely able to fit on the ledge, and pulled out her own mirror.

Well...I could blow it up. Or I might be able to punch it into smaller pieces. Your pick.

[She hadn't been paying attention until he said 'You have to come with me.' Yang blinked and looked where he was looking--a movie theater? They had a whole world to explore and he wanted to sit in a theater? Well, she supposed it would be different from anything she'd seen back home.]

Uh...sure? Does it matter what we see? I guess we need to figure out how much tickets are first...

[Yang has a few things she wouldn't mind using to barter with.]

This seems really important to you.

[ if there's anything akira has learned over his time with his female teammates, it's that a woman's temper should never be tested. despite the fact he hasn't formally met yang yet, he recognizes her from the coven, and she seems quite peeved. ]

Ah -- actually, she's with me. Sorry for the confusion.

[ he swoops in, voice calm and almost deadpan as he looks towards the resident. ]

[ akira used to always fall asleep pretty regularly, but without the aid of his talking cat combined with the stress of all these changes, sleep has been hard to come by. so he's awake and restless. which means that he's wandering around when he should be sleeping, hands in his pocket, trying to run through all he's learned so far.

of course, that's when he notices xion. ]

... You okay?

[The two shopkeepers immediately turn upon hearing Yang's words, and their demeanor changes about as quickly, looking from her to Xion and back.

'Ah, were the two of you shopping together?' one of them asks expectantly.

Xion, for her part, is surprised to turn around and see someone noticing her, let alone sticking up. She doesn't even know what to expect in regards to a reply to the shopkeepers' question. It's not really her decision to make, is it?]

Um....

Hm?

[She lifts her head from where it's resting against her Keyblade and opens her eyes.]

Oh, yeah. I'm okay. [Her smile is one of pure relief.] I'm fine.

[E]

[Demonstrate her magic, eh? The air was so thick, so familiar, and she was overjoyed to see these little critters with their cool little alien karate chop hands. One couldn't help but be more than welcoming to a rather pushy demand to show what you could do. When she felt a familiar power building in her core, she was relieved; this world was one of those that was so full that she could draw upon the aether freely.

The limbal rings around her eyes began to burn to life as she drew her guitar, a simple acoustic-sounding thing that may have been heard all over the hub world. But this time was something rather strange, and it instead sounded as if it had a source of electricity, an amp and the works. When she strummed over the strings, it sounded like something belonging on stage in the big city with lights, a drum set and wild-haired singers with something to prove.

When she sang the effect was immediate: Any fatigue from clearing the rocks was beginning to melt away. For those that felt like a hundred bucks, they now felt like a million of those suckers, all pumped up and ready to take the day on with a newfound vigor. Small colors and shapes swam through the air, harmless in nature, but Madhuri wasn't one to flex her magical muscle without adding a little pizzazz. Her voice took the air and filled it, adding a gentle reverb.

Soon the Palai were swaying and lifting their silly little claws, and Madhuri reached out to point at a passerby. She locked eyes with the curious witness - you - and gave no warning.]

Soul without a name, heed my call...

[It shot like a bolt from above, thrumming through the senses when it struck. But rather than harm, it was like getting the biggest cup of coffee or an energy drink. You're ready to take down a bear with your own fists! But, in this case, as she crooked her finger at you, she bid you come and join her. The little ones want magic demonstration. Maybe you were shy or unsure before, but now might not be so bad...]

[G]

[But some moments she wasn't quite so lucky. Madhuri had never heard so many 'no's, seen so many shakes of the head. She wanted to retire for lunch or dinner, but they seemed hesitant to let her do business. Why was that? She was a good worker, she paid her dues...

"No singles! No singles!"

The auri woman lifted her eyebrows. No singles? She had to go with someone? Well, she never... did they think of her an old maid? Sh-she was twenty-one, how rude...!

Okay. Alright. Fine. So she needed to grab some other unlucky sod and they could both eat. Tipping her feathered cap, she scanned the crowds before she tread over and sidled up to a random someone. Her arm looped with one of theirs.]

You look just as hungry as I am. Shall we eat? They seem to have a thing against wallflowers...

Edited 2017-07-21 11:48 (UTC)

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