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pajamabox2019-06-16 05:25 pm
wizardseason) wrote in pajamabox2019-06-16 05:25 pm
Day 3: Evening
Evening: 5:00pm - Midnight
[ IRL Timeframe: June 16th toNo matter when the heroes defeated their monsters, or when the sixth monster was defeated and there were none left, everyone will be treated to an unfortunately familiar feeling. The world of the past will fade, slowly at first but gradually increasing in pace until they pass out to blackness.
Everyone will wake up on a beach, and not a beach in the town their residence is in. Looks like everyone will need to take the train back home or go for a really, really long walk.
More unsettling than that is that every hero will either have a decent suntan or a mild sunburn. Social media is abuzz with comments about the island "going still" and the knights "dead on the beaches". There are reports that all twelve knights and the princess were all defeated at the same time and left on the beaches as an advertisement that the world was over this year.
Naturally, the heroes will realize that they are not, in fact, dead. Better do some damage control, there. Anyone who tried to make any recordings in the past will find that the files are corrupted and unavailable. Looks like whatever happened is going to... stay in the past.
The heroes who are due for an evening visit in the Princess' Dream Citadel or in The Wizard's House will arrive there the moment they sleep.
The Weather
- Warmer than yesterday.
- 77°F / 25°C
- Everyone's in a bit of a panic!
Prompts:
- 05:00pm Beach Wake-up Call: Every hero will wake up laying on the wet sand of the beach. There's waves gently lapping at them, waking them up slowly from their abrupt return from the past. Everyone will feel a little groggy and their clothes will be uncomfortably crusted in sand. Here's to hoping that saltwater and sand will wash out? Make sure to remove the little crabs that have started crawling over you!
- 5:00pm, Craydon: The residents of Craydon are all safely at home up the mountain by now. The only people still lingering around the Craydon beaches are fishermen working to prepare for their sunset runs. The offshore cages aren't going to empty themselves, after all! Fortunately this means they have, and can offer, blankets and hot drinks while they're heading out. It's not much, but they're here to help. At least the heroes are hopefully not alone?
- 5:00pm, Bamborough: The residents of Bamborough are really just the locals, concerned for the future of the world and of the heroes. Instead of waking up alone, they'll find little boxes of dry towels and bottled water beside them. Looks like the residents were pretty sure they were going to wake up at some point because they've left little kits to help them wake up with. It's not much, but it's better than nothing. The boardwalks of Bamborough are empty, with not a single soul out and about. The local shops, though, are pretty much business as usual. They'll immediately bustle in excitement when the heroes show themselves. Also: Free showers near the beach boardwalks! Better get all that crusty sand cleaned off.
- 5:00pm, Far Haven: The city of Far Haven is simultaneously the most cold and impersonal and the most immediately helpful. Each hero in Far Haven will wake up with a little walkie talkie beside them. If they pick it up and reach out, they'll be immediately told to come to the Far Haven hospital for immediate medical assistance. Once there, they'll be offered a free shower, water, hydration, a medical checkup, and a free coupon for the Craydon hot springs. There are even little kits set out for the knights in other towns. But... there's no one to bring them to the other towns, whoops. Guess they're carry-out only?
- 5:35pm onward, Train station(s): The train has a pretty reliable schedule for the evening, ending in Far Haven at 11:25pm. One way or another, the train is going to be how your hero makes their way back home to sleep for the night. Will the ride be uneventful, or will it be spent with others?
• Bamborough: 6:45pm, 8:30pm, 10:15pm.
• Craydon: 7:20pm, 9:05pm, 10:50pm.
• Far Haven: 6:10pm, 7:55pm, 9:40pm, 11:25pm.- 6:00pm, Bamborough: In the outdoor seating area of Slyder's Wizard Sliders, a Wizard-themed burger restaurant in the most touristy area of Bamborough near the waterfront, the Wizard herself is seated at one of the tables under a big umbrella. Despite the big umbrella, she's still wearing her massive hat: Double shade from the setting sun. Sitting on the table is a small wizard-themed drink with little lightning bolts sticking out of the blue liquid.
- 8:00pm, Far Haven: Social media is quick to add the #wizardsighting hashtag to posts made by officers at the police station in Far Haven. The Wizard is seated up on the rooftop ledge of the police station, legs dangling over the third floor edge, surrounded by fireflies sparkling in the night. All a hero has to do is tell an officer they'd like to go up to talk to the Wizard and they'll be escorted to the elevator to the roof. Up you go, heroes!
Procedure:
Reply to the appropriate toplevel comments for events below. Indicate if a post is a private conversation with "Private" in the subject otherwise all threads should be open to interaction with others. Plan OOCly how you'd like to toss everyone around.
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《Of course it does. That's when I go home, or just take my family to our cabin way up north for a break.》 It's not until after he hits send that he remembers Gyre's got some kind of sore spot about his own relatives.
《My "partner" is kinda the same way. Sometimes he's just gone for a week, alone in nature SOMEWHERE. Then he comes back with a new trophy for his wall and a ton of meat.》
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《That sounds right. I often wonder if you all only like this because you've built up a tolerance for it. Sounds like he doesn't have quite the callus for it that you do.》
He rereads the message and this time his eyes land on a word he missed the first time. He tilts his head, curious.
《What do you mean by trophy?》
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Garrot has absolutely gone stir-crazy in the woods before. Not his proudest moments. Now he just brings a few books. And a backup phone battery.
《You know like heads mounted on walls, taxidermy, rugs, keychains...
He made me a fuzzy cloak once!》
A few moments later, Garrot's sent over a picture someone took of him, easily over a decade younger. Naturally, he's wearing a cloak made of a heavily furred, slightly blood-spattered mammal. The upper jaw and neck serve as the hood, and the forepaws have strings installed so he can tighten it around him like a hug.
Knight Garrot has never looked close to as happy as he does in this single photo. There might even be a tear in his eye.
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Buildings don't grow up out of the ground. Nature does. People belong in nature. I used to think cities were the entire reason your societies are so sick.》
He's about to continue when the picture pops up. It takes him a second to realize what's happening, and then he spends awhile squinting and processing what this picture is. It makes his chest hurt to see how happy Garrot is here, but then he's examining the skin and the text. Wrinkling his nose. How unpleasant.
《Why is there blood still on it? Andwhy would he put a head on a wall? Doesn't it smell bad?》
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Garrot may or may not have train-of-thought rambled his way through that. In fact, his guy's tendency to invite the Monkey Knight over solely to help him remove the carcass of a giant monster from a freezer is... well, it's super creepy and Garrot doesn't want to dwell on it. He'll deal with people, not beasts, thank you very much.
So instead, he shifts back to nature and society.
《But some buildings are made out of natural products and some coexist with nature! Plus, plants creep up all the time and the rats are huge, so nature adapts!》 Garrot's absolutely trying to plead with stubborn, grumpy Gyre to see the bright side. Or maybe it's just, what's the word, rationalizations? He's a city slicker, he's way out of his element, and definitely not nervously trying to overcompensate...
《Remind me to show you some pictures of my old monastery when we hang out again, they're nice.》
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His mouth twists slightly when this poor city slicker tries to rationalize things to him. He actually shakes his head slightly, sighing at this man.
《I didn't say anything about buildings. It's cities that are the problem. A little grass between the cement is not the same as a forest. You must know that, right? That's why you're offering your monastery over whatever city you live in?》
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Honestly, Garrot's just trying to make jokes and mostly steer away from talking about taxidermy. So gross, so creepy, such soulless eyes.
《I offered the monastery because they're surrounded by nature and enjoy meditation and stuff. You'd probably like them. I didn't offer up my city because it's cold and loud and bright, which is the opposite of the woods you've lived in.》
Garrot is, of course, trying to appeal to what Gyre knows, rather than drag him kicking and screaming out of his comfort zone. But, there's a joke that needs to be made.
《You should be glad cities attract so many people, otherwise you'd never get any peace and quiet!》
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《The ass is sweet but thighs are more to my taste.》
Is he still talking about things he eats? Did he pick up the flirt Garrot laid down? Who knows! Gyre is certainly curious how he'll respond. God knows he was called a weird cannibal a couple times forty years ago, and he has no idea how times have changed.
Either way, it means he's in a lighter mood then he might otherwise be for these last couple texts. While he truly doesn't understand Garrot's need to defend his gross, nasty city, he's at least taking it more charitably then he might otherwise.
《I'd take a more populated wild for a little less suffering. The world is vaster then your cities make it seem.》
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《Not everyone wants to leave what they know. You seem to like your woods just fine, you know? Plus if people spread out more, wouldn't they use more resources over more space?》
Garrot knows that a perk of denser populations is that it's easier for more people to get access to more things. He's also not any kind of economist or anthropologist or anything like that so he's really winging it. The Monkey Knight doesn't want to ruin the fun rhythm they have going, so instead...
《Okay but can we talk about breasts? There's just so much to sink your teeth into!》
Not even Garrot knows if they're talking about body parts or cuts of meat anymore.
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This is to say, he lets that thread go for now, and after several minutes, he finally responds.
《Not always my favorite, but I've had a nice pair or two in my time.》
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So he breathes a long and deep sigh of relief when Gyre responds. Garrot dodged taxidermy, Gyre dodged the relationship between societies and nature. Considering they're kind of figuring out each other's boundaries as they go, this isn't as bad as it could be! So Garrot is proud of them both.
《Gotta find the right ones, buddy! Maybe we can go shopping sometime?》
Honestly, the thoughts of taking Gyre into a market to buy a bunch of meat or taking him to a populated place to window shop the attractive people is... great. Entertainment with bonding and all that good stuff. That said, he isn't going to completely forget that abrupt pause, or how being honest helped him out with Gyre the night before.
《And I'm sorry if I pissed you off with what I said. I wasn't trying to be mean.》
It's almost like Garrot can more easily slip out of his boisterous bravado when he's not in-person.
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He's impressed, and he smiles thoughtfully at the message. Honesty helps, even if it's an unnecessary apology.
《I'm not mad. You're wrong, but I don't have the words to explain the sickness I see in all of you. And there are worse things to be wrong about then wanting to live where you were born.》
《Anyway, why shop when you can hunt?》
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Someone hit a nerve. Looks like Gyre couldn't find the words but he sure picked a bad one!
《I mean, you make it sound like there's something inherently wrong with people because you don't like them! I heal people for a living, and you can't change who someone is or what they want as easily as you can fight diseases that kill people all over the world. You don't want people to tell you what to do, but you have NO problem being an ass to other people because they don't live how you want them to.》
There's a minute or so of radio silence, and then-
《The word you want is "phenomenon," as in "shitty phenomenon."
And you shop for things you can't get normally, like seafood or spices. You spice your food, right?
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《And you have a problem taking general statements personally. You're a healer so you should know that sickness isn't inherent. It has nothing to do with not liking you all. As individuals, most of you are fine, but you also let people go cold and hungry on the street before you let them into empty houses, and that is a disease that kills people all over the world》
Hopefully Garrot can hear his grit teeth in all that. He can't believe this man dragged it back to this, and he's even more incredulous when he tries to pull it back the other way to talking about shopping. And correcting his word choice. Ugh!!!
《Whatever word you want to use for it doesn't matter to me. It's grotesque. Do you want to chastise me, or do you want to know about my taste in food?》
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《You said you didn't have the words to describe this in Amarosian, which isn't either of our native languages. The word you used was offensive and I didn't think it was SEVERE enough for this grotesque phenomenon that my side of the world struggles with like a bunch of IDIOTS. I agree, it's fucking stupid!
I want to be your friend, Gyre. To get to know each other, where we came from, our food. Hell, I'd love to cook some Wild Elf/Koskenkorvan fusion dinner! But our conversations feel like a minefield and it SUCKS! One of us gets angry or I say something stupid or you get grouchy because you hate how my society works and things fall apart.
What do you wanna do about it?》
Garrot misses the moments where they can flirt aggressively and shoot the shit in a crowded bar and talk about kids. Bickering is exhausting, spending energy that'd better be spent meditating and training for the next day. So he has some Ideas, even if Gyre doesn't.
And if the olive branch doesn't work, then fuck it.
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Garrot actually manages to surprise him completely again. A good surprise. Mostly good. He doesn't really like the question at the end there like he needs to change, but that whole first paragraph actually impresses him. He sits back and stares at his phone for awhile, reaching up to fix his glasses so he can be certain he's reading this right.
He is, and he learns two things in this moment. Garrot wants to be his friend even if he has to force it, and he should probably start giving this dude the benefit of the doubt. At least sometimes. A little more often then he has so far. Honesty has, once again, recovered the conversation in Gyre's eyes at least.
《I think I. I think I misunderstood. I'm used to you all being so defensive, I assumed. I won't use that word if you prefer. I'm not sure what else I can do though. I can't just not be angry when I'm angry, and I don't expect that from you either》
This is an entirely genuine text! Hopefully that comes across despite it being a text. Hopefully he makes his tone clearer by offering this a moment later.
《We don't usually cook our food. Sometimes during winter, but not the way you do.》
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《How about when we're angry about something that DOESN'T have to do with us or with fighting monsters on this island, we call it Bullshit? You think it's Bullshit that we cluster up and build cities without nature, and I think it's Bullshit that if you're not in a city, it's harder to get good medical care. Like a code word for when we wanna be angry about stuff we can't just DO something about!》
If nothing else, Garrot would be less inclined to try to dig into everything he's told for more information if he knows Gyre's just letting off steam. And if they synchronize their Bullshit, well, that could be fun!
《I gotta know what I'm working with here. You don't do fruits or sweets, so what DO you eat? Meat? Fish? Bread? And how can you cook food differently? Isn't it just fire and heat?》
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《I'll try to remember that.》
He's done with this conversation though, happy for the outlet into something different. Despite himself, he prefers when they flirt and chat just as much as Garrot, and even if it involves the beginnings of a weird biology lesson, he's happy to talk about food over how fucked up capitalism is.
《No, I don't mean I cook differently. I know you all cook every day usually, right? It's a special occasion for my family which is different. That's what I meant. Well, I also don't cook as long. Just a little heat. Mostly it's meat and fish, yes. Bread makes my stomach hurt》
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《So no bread. Does that include grains like rice, too, or just the processed stuff? What about nuts and beans and vegetables?》
It'd be great if he could piece together a coherent, unique meal that won't make Gyre or Garrot absolutely miserable. Although... ye olde buggebeare constitutions mean he might've inherited the ability to bite into a still-bleeding deer leg. Getting salmonella and the expectations of society (and his own urbane leanings) sort of steered him away from that, but the Monkey Knight is always down to monkey around and try new things...
《What are some of your favorite meals?》
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《I can eat some of those. Never tried rice. Nuts hurt my teeth. Are those not all vegetables?》
He is absolutely wading into water he can't really handle here. That second question actually catches him off guard, and he's left chewing his lip. He's pretty sure Garrot is asking what food he likes, but meals have always been about the people he's around rather then what specifically he's eating.
《I like pigeon. Salmon is great when I can get it. I'm not picky. If you just want to eat with me, we can just do that you know》
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Who still doesn't seem to know what a vegetable is???????
《I do want to eat with you! But I don't want to give you food you can't eat or won't like.》
Sure, the Monkey Knight won't be hosting this get-together, and in fact he'll probably be wandering out into the woods to find Gyre, but he's still putting in the effort.
《But if you want to keep it simple, we can just share meats!》
Will Garrot lose brownie points if he buys a fresh salmon for Gyre? Maybe. Will that stop him? Absolutely not. He's definitely not killing a pigeon though, that sounds gross and gruesome and absolutely not his aesthetic.
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《Sure. I can bring something for me, and you can bring something for you. We can share if we want. The company is more important then the food anyway.》
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《That works! So are we doing this at your place or at mine?》
There's a moment, a beat, a pause, and Garrot hastily types out another question. Cover. All. The. Bases!
《Or we could find a park or something?》
Help him.
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《You can come to my camp》
The boy is living in the woods. There's no demonstrable difference between the space he's cultivated for himself and a park at this point, and the idea of going inside another person's house after seeing Seth's makes his skin crawl. He doesn't dare dream that Garrot has an outdoors space for entertaining like a normal person.
As he's wondering about what the other's home might look like, he realizes that with all this talk of cooking, there's an important question that needs asking before they make any particular decision.
《Can you cook over a fire?》
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《Yeah! I'm not great at it, but I'll survive for an evening.》
Of course, it's worth noting that between Sly's outdoorsman tendencies and his kids' collective desires to go camping, he's figured out at least the basics. And it's not super different from a stovetop... at least as far as he can tell.
《Where's your camp???》
It's taking all his willpower not to ask for, like, GPS coordinates. Because he knows. He knows that Gyre would have trouble with that. But damn would it make his life easier!
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