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Who: Anyone
Where: Anywhere
When: Day 41
Open/Closed: Open! Geir will tag responses to B only, but feel free to use any or all of these prompts for your own shenanigans ☆

A (the rain in Spain falls mainly on the...)

[you know that the strange seawater rainstorm at the festival two days ago flooded out the marketplace and part of the city. the question is, how far did that rain fall over the hard, sandy soil that surrounds the city of Aimintas? what kind of erosion happened? perhaps you have a hankering to go out and see the effect that the water had on the crags outside the city, or the humid plains covered with native plants. there are four directions to explore, north, south, east, and west: which way will you go and how will you get there? fliers and adventurers, take notice!]

B (how does your garden grow?)

[Geir, at least, is more worried about the plants in the farmed area. he doesn't know much about plants, but he has a vague idea that sowing fields with salt is something one does to one's enemies. since these plants are irrigated with freshwater, more salt rain is not likely to go well for them.

right now he's glaring at a small plot he's dug out out with his talons. he's seeded some of the bark from the strange shrubby filtration plant into it, trying to check if that will help the soil deal with the salt water, but he's run into a problem: there are no plants there yet.]

--can you plant seeds? My claws aren't small enough.

C (after the storm)

[the festival aside, there was a lot of damage to the Palai city -- like, a lot. so many bloody fights happened in the streets, so many powers got deployed, so many giant fish landed on buildings... the damage is considerable, and now that they've buried their dead and celebrated their victories, the Palai who aren't making weapons are out and about repairing their city instead. any characters who show an inclination to help are promptly given piles of bricks and mortar and wooden planks, though they might want to ask each other or the Palai for help and direction to repair things...]

D (rain rain go away)

[there are a lot of different reasons to go swimming in the strange overhead ocean right now. maybe you're trying to find out why the rain fell from it a couple of days ago, or maybe you're checking to see what the frozen Uvi fortress looks like. maybe you even want to go visit the strange island above the waves again -- who knows what there is to find?

or maybe you just want to go wrestle sharks in there. go wrestle those sharks, no one's judging.]

E (free fall)

[come up with your own prompt and run with it!]

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[ He's not quite sure where he should settle himself next to a large dragon, so sitting down next to the plants will do. ]

Nature is wonderful. Especially if we can help it thrive.

[next to Julius seems like a great place for Geir to thunk his big head down, so he does so. it's an oddly peaceful and comfortable scene, and they have the pastoral landscape to go with it -- not bad.]

Do you do a lot of stuff like this? Working wtih plants and-- nature?

["nature" the way Julius is using it is a slightly odd concept to him; for Geir, the natural world is just the one you live in, not something separated. he doesn't have much experience with cities, and even inside the cities, everyone in general in his world is still less disconnected from their surroundings than people accustomed to less high fantasy settings.]

Not much. So I treasure the experience whenever I can.

[ A God Eater's life is spent on the battlefield. They rarely had time to pause and admire the scenery; and farming as Geir knew it was no longer feasible in his time. Given the work that Julius had to do, it would have been impossible for him to get his hands on planting at all.

In this way, this is a good form of respite. ]

[~~oh god sorry for the typos.~~ Geir is a bit curious about the way Julius puts that... how do you get away from nature? in his world, even marching to a battle is done through fields and forests, through muck that threatens your horses' legs and brush and bracken that threaten you with scratches and bug bites. in the cities, snowstorms can shutter windows and herbalists hawk their wares. there's just no getting away from living things and their attendant problems. farming is a getaway for him, too, but for very different reasons; as a god and a predator, he stays far away from peaceful human occupations like this one.]

For me, too. I mostly hunted or fought, back home. Or slept. But this is different.

[he's guessing that Julius has different reasons than him... it's not like he's personally ever had any incentive to try to make things live rather than die. maybe he shouldn't make this a habit. Julius is different, though, so he thinks it's worth venturing a suggestion:]

...why don't you do it more? At least while you're here.

That sounds like a good idea.

[ Being here lets him explore a lot of things that he couldn't do back home due to various constraints. If he can ensure that his curse wouldn't erupt... then it would be nice. Very nice. ]

What did you do back home?

What did I do?

["what are we going to do?" is what he and Vern were really trying to answer next. it was strange, to wake up one day knowing that you have a grand destiny, that you're the linchpin that the end of the world rests on-- and the next day, nothing. he didn't have to do anything, before; his existence was defined by what he would do. the only thing that mattered in Geir's life was the moment after Heimdallr sounded his horn, far in the future.

now he has to do something. but there hasn't been a lot of time since that changed. he hasn't done much.]

...lately, I've just been hiding in the woods, mostly. And staying with Vern.

[ That sounds... surprisingly familiar, really. He would have chosen to hide in the woods if he could, since the Aragami wouldn't bother him. But he was too weak. ]

I hope you get to experience more things here, too.

I already saw my first city now! Even if it was full of frogs... and I couldn't get to half of it. But I think most humans cities are like that. And for some reason the Palai don't think I'm going to eat them, either.

[he's not sure why. honestly, it's not an unreasonable assumption to make. but he'll certainly take it!]

You can communicate with us. That sets you apart from a predatory beast.

[ Said from a hunter of monsters. ]

Is that how you tell? ...is that how people guess someone won't hurt them, either? Most humans can talk.

[Geir's aware that being eaten isn't the only risk someone could assume, looking at him.]

[ Humans fear what they don't understand. It's a pitfall he's fallen into himself... but human morality is hardly something to discuss at this point. ]

Well, not immediately. The Uvi were mindless monsters, they wouldn't speak. The ability to have rational conversation at least lets us communicate, to find a way away from violence.

Is that really what usually happens...?

[Geir is skeptical. humans can all speak and communicate to each other in his world, and his world has been war-torn for as long as anyone can remember. at least in Midgard, the only thing that people who can speak and theoretically find a way away from violence need to prevent them from doing so is something they want, with other speaking, thinking humans in the way of that.]

It's a nice thought.

[ That's not really his intention, so he'll have to clarify. ]

It'd depend on the heart of the person, of course. But it'll stop people from killing others on sight, I would hope.

Maybe! Anyway, I'm not going to kill anyone here, as far as I know.

[he won't rule anything out! he's an open minded dragon. but he's having a lot of fun so far, and he likes these people.]

I appreciate it.

[ And he says it with perfect honesty. Killing is... really. It's not pleasant, it should not be done unless necessary. ]

[Geir doesn't see any reason to suspect Julius is being ironic. he doesn't have a lot of social experience, and he knows that he's a giant death machine. thanking him for going out of his way not to murder people is probably completely appropriate.]

No problem. Vern and I were hoping we could lay low for a while, anyway. We didn't think we were gonna get taken somewhere else, but doing it here is easier for sure! The people are nice and we don't have to watch our backs so much.

You're a honest person. I hope more people can see that.

[ Anyone who's a friend to plants is a good person to him... barring certain exceptions, but Geir isn't one of those. ]

Hahahaha!

[Geir's hugely amused -- the son of Loki, an honest person! it's true, though. both he and his older brother Fenrir were both always straightforward personalities, dangerous monsters with no reason to beat around the bush. Geir's vague memories of Hel as a little baby make him think she might have grown up a little slyer, but she was too young when they were separated for him to really judge. he doubts any of them turned out just like Loki, though.]

My dad would make so many faces if he heard you say that! You're probably right, though. I've known that for a while.

[gives Julius an approving look; he's quite in charity with him after their conversation with him, honestly. Julius is easy enough to talk to and answers questions seriously when asked.]

You think we're ready to finish up telling the Palai what they need to do here?

[ From the way Geir says it, one might think that their family had a history. Every family has some sort of history, don't they? Some sort of weight. It's not correct to pry. ]

Yeah. I think we're done.

[ A pause, as he looks up at the dragon, feeling no sense of enmity like how he would from an Aragami ]

Thank you.

Thank you. You helped me a lot! Now, if you think getting it written down is worth it--

[there are a few more quick chores to take care of, and then Geir peels off to go find his summoner. a productive day!]

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