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open november catch-all ( haru okumura + princess yona )

Who: Haru Okumura (

frombetrayal) & you! Princess Yona (

cutefaced) & you, too.
What: A post-event catch-all for November. Personalized starters will be in the comments.
When: Anytime after the event.
Where: Basically anywhere, though mainly Wyver for now.
Warning(s): ~~Nothing at the moment, but I'll add them as things come up.~~ Mephisto and Jae-Ha are in the middle of some 18+ shenanigans in one thread but that's probably getting cut short.

haru;

one - searching for supplies;
[Haru's up in the Old City today, taking a look at the marketplace. She doesn't seem too perturbed by the state of the Old City itself; sure, it's... definitely got a sort of dangerous feel to it, but she's pretty capable of defending herself if need be.

The axe she's got strapped to her back is something she knows how to use, after all.

That being said, she's not really anticipating a fight - it's more of a precautionary measure. She's calm and polite with the merchants as she looks through their wares, though eventually, she has to stop and ask someone for directions-]

Um, excuse me. [You! Yes, you! Help a girl out.] You don't happen to know where there might be someone selling gardening tools, do you?

[Do they even garden here? Man, she doesn't know. There's plants every which way down in the jungle itself, but they don't really seem organized - it's a very wild feel.

Which has its own charm, of course, but...]

two - foraging for foliage;
[Midway through the month, Haru decides it's about time to get her butt in gear. She's more or less decided that she will be returning to Olympia eventually, but she doesn't want to forget the nice parts of Wyver, either...

So.

She's got a pack full of supplies and a simple sketchpad in hand. You might catch her throughout the city, taking sketches of the various plants that are growing there -

Or you might catch her looking at one or two of them, puzzled.]

Hmm... I wonder if there's some way of harvesting seeds from this?

[If she can, she'd like to grow some of these back in Olympia - though she's not sure they'll take to the climate there.

...eventually, of course, she'll wander to the Undergrowth. She has, at least, stopped to grab her axe, but now she's lingering at the entrance, checking over her supplies.]

Well, no time like the present...

[In she goes!]

three - many hands make light work;
[Haru's spent a decent amount of time in Wyver - but, toward the end of the month, she joins the volunteer efforts to help get Olympia back on its feet. It's only fair, after all - Olympia was kind enough to take them all in when they first arrived, and she can't in good conscience leave them to flounder now.

So. If you're on the road to Olympia at the same time as her, she raises a hand and calls out -]

Hello there!

[Safety in numbers, after all; maybe you can travel together!

On the other hand, if you encounter her once you're both back in Olympia, you can find her basically anywhere in the city - helping move supplies around, working on general cleanup, et cetera, et cetera. She's pretty strong for a girl her age.

Of course, everyone needs to take a break sometime, and she's no exception. Catch her while she's taking a breather and getting a bite to eat, and she might wave you over.]

Are you hungry? I have enough to share.

yona;

one - bad decision time;
[So. Uh.

Here's Yona. Here's Yona at Falmi's Ring, watching some of the fights with interest while clutching a few coins in one hand. Gambling probably is not the best habit for a princess to get into, but she's heard that if you get good at it, it can be a way of making money quickly. And since she doesn't have a steady job yet - she's mainly been doing odd job around Wyver for some coin - this seems as good an option as any.

For now, she's observing the fights. Her eyes are fixed on a slender man currently in the ring, ducking and weaving to avoid his much brawnier opponents' moves. He's quick on his feet and his strategy seems to be wearing his opponent down.]

Hmm... He's doing pretty well...

[Maybe she'll bet on him in the next fight.]

two - practice makes perfect;
[Thunk.

What's that sound? Well, that's the sound of Yona hurling small throwing knives (which she, uh, "borrowed" from Jae-Ha, sorry Jae-Ha) at a tree trunk. But it's better than the alternative! The sound means she's hitting her target and not, you know, missing and nearly throwing a sharp object at your face.]

Hah! I'm getting better at this.

[She's run out... looking proud of herself, she hurries over to pull the knives from the tree and heads back to the line she's drawn in the dirt for herself. Time to get back to work... Oh, hey, there's a person.]

Oh, sorry! Was I bothering you?

[Alternatively -

Thunk. Thunk.

...

Silence, and then-]

Oh, oops!

[Looks like she missed. Maybe you're an unfortunate passerby that is now going to have to dodge the knife? Maybe you got hit. Who knows.]

three - fangirl mode, activate;
[By now, Yona's a pretty common face at the stables, especially now that the week of the full moon has passed, the dragons are back where they're supposed to be, and they're not trying to... you know, eat them.

Today, she's hanging around and peering at them when she gets the chance.]

They're so beautiful...! I wish I could ride one.

[But, uh, she's broke. Alas.

Alternatively, if you catch her in the West, you may see her watching some of the dancers with interest.

...later in the night, you might catch her in a secluded part of town, trying to mimic the moves on her own. She's not quite ready to join in the dancing herself, but she would like to learn!

She's a little unsteady on her feet, though. It's a lot of twirling and jumping.

Heck, she might even stumble out and smack into you if you're not careful.]

Oh— I'm sorry!

wildcard;

[If none of the above works for you, just hit me with whatever! Alternatively, hit me up by PM or at hungriest and I'll be glad to write a personalized starter for you.]

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Ah—!

[AND HARU IS DOWN.

Good thing there aren't any Shadows around, because otherwise she'd be getting hit with a follow-up attack right about now! But since Ryuji isn't a Shadow, Haru just picks herself up off the ground and glances after the little furball.

Manju seems proud of herself.]

I'm fine, but— Are you?

[...well, he seems okay.]

We should probably get those back before she swallows one of them...

[Please don't eat socks, Manju, that's bad for you.]

[DOUBLE SHIT. He thought maybe he'd hit Shinji, but his stomach hits the floor at the same time Haru does. He immediately goes to help her get up, shooting a glance in the dog's direction.

Manju seems very proud of herself as she continues to slobber all over Shinji's hat and his socks.]

Sorry, Haru... I wasn't lookin' where I was goin'.

[When she's back on her feet, he rubs the back of his neck.]

Wait- Can she swallow those??

It's all right...

[It happens. Especially when you have a very energetic pup in the house!

Her gaze drifts to Manju, who seems quite pleased with her bounty; after a moment, she shakes her head.]

I'm not certain. Aragaki-kun's hat might be a little too big, but the socks... they're just small enough that she might be able to. {Especially if she shreds them, first. But with all the stuff in her mouth, maybe she won't be able to.]

At any rate, I don't want to discover that she can the hard way.

[Knowing this dog, she'd swallow Ryuji's socks just because they belonged to Ryuji whether it were possible or not. He's been pretty good about keeping his doors closed since Shinji brought Manju home. He got a warning about dogs peeing on beds and that was the end of that.

But today, he thought he'd be safe. What folly.

BUT ALSO, HARU??]

They aren't that small...

[He frowns, trying to hide his embarrassment about anything of his being called "small." But Haru is right, so he clears his throat and starts moving toward Manju, hands out.]

Manju, gimme those back. They ain't even washed yet.

[There is no safety with a new puppy. Constant Vigilance™.

With Ryuji approaching Manju head-on, Haru shuffles to the side and begins a slow approach herself. Perhaps they can flank her... the problem with this is there's only two of them, and even if they back her up against one wall, she'd still have one escape route.

Well, hopefully she won't realize that. The puppy's tail is wagging as she looks up at them, apparently viewing this as some kind of game.]

Come on, Manju, we'll get you another toy to play with...!

[The dog tilts her head to one side as if considering that.

And then it darts forward to run directly between Ryuji's legs. Nope! Smelly socks and a beanie are her toy of choice, it seems.]

[He's more about Constant Magazine Reading™ but he's learning his lesson now, he guesses.

He never asked for a dog and yet here he is, trying to corral one. She's cute, but her fascination with eating laundry is less so as her tail wags and she backs up step by step every time Ryuji gets closer.]

Come o--Whoa!

[The dog darts straight between his legs and he has to do a weird side jump and step dance to try not to kick her in the head. DUMB DOG!!!]

Goddammit, c'mere!!

[Even though his balance is off, he still goes for a swipe at her collar and misses by a good three or four inches. He careens to the floor as the dog thunders away down the hall.]

Haru, can you catch her?!

[Well, at least Manju is getting her exercise.

(Maybe they should have just taken her for a walk, but Haru didn't want Shinji to come home just to find his puppy missing ... not that this is much better.)]

I'll try—!

[And she fails.

Haru darts after the dog, but loses her balance down the hall and slams forward. She stretches her arms out, hoping that she'll at least be able to grab her -

But, nope. Manju hustles just out of her reach, and Haru hits the ground hard. Ouch. Ouch, that knocked the wind out of her.]

...ggk...

[Manju gives a triumphant little bark, but it's muffled by her ill-gotten gains.]

[Ugh his knee... Ryuji manages to get up as he hears the commotion down the hall and comes around the corner in time to see Haru eat it.

Ouch.........

He winces and limps forward a bit, glowering at the dog who is still shaking her butt like this is the greatest game ever invented.]

What the 'eff... You okay? How are we gettin' beaten by a dog?

[...they're really good at this. A+++ dogsitters]

...she has the advantage in that she doesn't have to be careful not to hurt us.

[Manju is so much smaller than the two of them, and her teeth are otherwise occupied with the socks and the beanie.]

But, I'm fine. Are you, Ryuji-kun?

[S Rank dogsitters, just F- dogcatchers.]

Shinji would murder me if she got hurt, that's true.

[Not Haru though. He'd never hurt Haru.

Ryuji sighs and rubs his knee before rolling his shoulders to draw attention away from it.]

But 'm fine. Maybe if we throw some other stuff she'll go after it and we can trap her. ...Unless you wanna use Personas. I bet they could catch her.

...I'm sure Aragaki-kun wouldn't... you're his friend.

[Even if, uh, he doesn't want to admit it. but that's probably a conversation for another day.]

...our Personas?

[Hmm.

She hadn't thought about that - Manju is about as far from a Shadow as it's possible for a creature to get. But now she's giving the idea some thought, and nodding slowly.]

That might work... as long as they didn't hurt her.

[Please let Shinji walk in on them summoning their Personas to catch his dog]

Dunno about friend. I think he just puts up with me 'cuz I clean when he's not around.

[And because Ryuji is Haru's friend and Shinji seems like he actually gives a shit about Haru. Ryuji wants to think Shinji is his friend, but the guy is so prickly, he has no real clue how he thinks.]

They got a longer reach than we do and it's not like we're gonna use any electricity or special attacks, right? It's just to catch her.

That's not true at all. Aragaki-kun isn't the type to "put up" with someone he doesn't like.

[Or so she thinks, anyway.

And besides, he and Ryuji had been living together even before he found out he was Haru's friend... although that arrangement hadn't been without its own ups and downs even back then.]

Mm, you have a point. All right... in that case, let's give it a try.

[She smiles.]

On the count of three?

Well, he can't kick me out until I fix his door, so there's that at least.

[It's halfway fixed, but then they got kicked out to Wyver sooo...

He nods though, now that they have a plan and grins at Manju, punching his fist into his open hand. That dog has no idea what's coming for it. Even as she slobbers all over the hat and socks and seems like she might know and just not give a crap.]

Let's do this.

One? Two. THREE.

[In a burst of power, his clothes go from loungewear to Phantom chic and Captain Kidd appears behind him, somewhat cramped within the house's confines but still ready to go.]

[this is like ash, misty, and the bicycle, isn't it...

But all right HERE THEY GO. It's time for some questionable decision making, and on the count of three, Haru focuses - her clothing shifts into her Phantom Thief garb, and a moment later, Milady manifests just behind her, skirts swishing as she raises her fan to cover what would likely be a smirk if she had a face.

Or, you know, a head at all.

The small house is quickly becoming more and more cramped, and Manju watches the two new arrivals with alarm before letting out a shrill bark and darting forward as if to try and chase the "phantoms" away from her two humans.]

[mmmmmmmaaaaybe

Captain Kidd doesn't seem all that alarmed by the tiny dog darting forward and Ryuji pushes the mask back off his face just to reassure Manju that he and Haru didn't suddenly vanish into the darkness or something.

He reaches down, palms up.]

C'mere you!

[Unfortunately, when Ryuji moves, so does Captain Kidd and the skeleton pirate with a gun for a hand is also reaching out for Manju. The dog screeches to a halt and drops the things in her mouth, but starts barking up a storm instead. DANGER, HUMANS! DANGER!!]

[ shinji knows something is wrong even before opening the door. there's a familiar flash of light that usually doesn't mean anything good. after all, personas aren't summoned unless the users are in battle; and when he spots the shape of ryuuji's persona through the window, shinji assumes the worst.

he drops the groceries by the door and kicks it open, hand already on the trigger of his evoker. the sight that greets him is his two roommates in their full thief garbs, personas barely fitting into the tiny livingroom. he doesn't even see the puppy until he can focus enough to hear her bark.

looking around widly yields no sight of an enemy. still, shinji doesn't drop his guard when he looks over to ryuji and haru, incredulous. ]

What the hell's going on?!

[With Ryuji going for the dog, Haru goes for the beanie and the socks she let fall in order to bark at their Personas. Her fingers curl around them just as the thud of Shinji's foot slamming the door open rings out.

They probably make quite the sight. Haru disengages her persona with a slightly sheepish expression and Milady vanishes; Manju's barking quiets for a moment before she refocuses it on Captain Kidd.

And then growls.

And then darts for Shinji so that she can hide behind his ankles.]

...ah... Aragaki-kun. [AWKWARD.] We were... ["Using our Personas to get some pieces of clothing back from your dog" sounds like an over-the-top explanation, but she holds up the socks and the beanie anyway.] ...attempting to get these back from her.

[So this looks bad. Like, there's no universe wherein two kids engaging their personas while trapped in a small house with their roommate's dog barking at them doesn't look bad. It just gets worse when the door comes flying in, banging against the wall, and said roommate rushes in with his damn gun out like he's a big damn hero.

Ryuji jumps and turns as the dog runs for her owner, but doesn't have the presence of mind to disengage like Haru has. Captain Kidd turns, too, the skeleton's hat squished up against the ceiling and his ship barely making it past the walls.

At least Ryuji has his mask up and not on his face?]

...Uh...welcome home?

[ manju's crowding his leg and is energetic enough that shinji is sort of reassured that she's not hurt or anything. still, he scoops her up and gives the wriggling puppy a once-over to really make sure she's fine. then it's back to haru and ryuji, his frown only deepening. ]

With your personas?

[ the idea is just. so ridiculous? that he has a hard time following up with the thought. there's a vague bite mark on his beanie that haru is holding up. it might be a little frayed. and honestly he couldn't care less about ryuji's sock. ]

... Put that away, Sakamoto. What the hell.

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[They are getting hardcore judged and Haru can feel it.]

Well, it seemed the simplest way to crowd the room enough that Manju couldn't run out of our reach...

[Which is basically admitting that the puppy already did that multiple times. Be proud, Shinji, your little ball of fluff is quick on her feet.]

We were concerned she might swallow some of the socks and get sick. It seemed prudent to try and stop her as quickly as possible.

[Captain disappears and along with it, Ryuji's Thief outfit, leaving him in his regular clothes and looking sheepish.]

Hey, we were tryin' to save your dog from choking on stuff she ain't supposed to be playing with anyway.

[Also why just the socks!! She could have swallowed the beanie, too... Ryuji sighs and kicks one foot against the floor.]

And it worked. She didn't get away and she's not eating your hat anymore either.

[ manju, the little devil, barks innocently and blinks up at shinji as he attempts to glare down at her, like she did nothing wrong. technically she didn't do anything wrong, just didn't know better. or maybe shinji is just making excuses for her because he's weak. ]

A'right. I get that puppies do dumb shit. [ there might be a hint of something apologetic on his face re: ryuji's sock... but it's never voiced. ] But isn't callin' your personas way overkill?

[ the answer would be yes, btw.

manju continues to wiggle in shinji's hold. and he looks at her once more. ]

I think she just needs a walk. I'll take her out. And-- uh. [ a beat, and a glance at the door he just kicked down... ] I'll fix that when I get back.

[shinji is definitely weak, but honestly, who's not weak to puppydog eyes?]

...perhaps a little... but it seemed like a good idea at the time.

[of course, their perception of that was probably heavily colored by the fact that they had already tried and failed to catch manju without them, but haru doesn't want to admit that... he might never leave them alone with the puppy again.

her gaze wanders to the door, and she can't help but chuckle a little.]

Ryuji-kun and I can help work on it. You only kicked it down because of the commotion we were making, right...?

[Everyone is weak to puppydog eyes, even Ryuji who is currently staring at his very damp socks. Gross.]

It's not like we were gonna attack her with them...

[But even he sounds apologetic about it. It was a desperate attempt that worked, even if it was...well....poorly thought out on his part.]

And yeah, I just finished fixin' your door, so this shouldn't be a problem. [And see, Aragaki? He isn't even giving any shit over breaking down a door. LEARN FROM HIS GRACIOUS EXAMPLE.]

But now that we've both done it, I guess it's your turn next, Haru. Whose door is gonna suffer your blow, huh?

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