nysalogs | 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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Gardening?

[ For as much as Shino loves cute girls coming up to talk to him, he knows he's about to look like an idiot. Oh well. He's used to it. He just grins disarmingly and shakes his head. ]

All I know is how to pick veggies. No clue about anything else, so I couldn't begin to tell you. Sorry bout that. I think? My pal's got an interest in farming but he's a little hard to talk to.

Oh, don't worry about it! I knew it was sort of a long shot...

[Especially here in Wyver. She'd probably have had an easier time of this in Olympia - if only she'd stocked up before everything had played out the way that it had... oh, well.

Haru smiles anyway, because it's kind of him to have answered at all.]

If you don't mind my asking - what sort of veggies did you pick? I used to grow them back in my home country, you see.

It's no problem! I can help you look, if you want. I don't mind lendin' a hand or keepin' you company.

[ He likes being helpful and friendly even more than he likes just basking in the presence of cute girls. ]

Ooh, corn, tomatoes, cucumbers, potatoes... lotsa stuff.

That would be wonderful, thank you!

[If she ends up finding a lot of stuff, maybe he'll help her carry it! Haru has no problem carrying her own things, but she is rather used to having help, too.]

...oh, wow. I'd love to be able to grow all of those kinds of things someday. [She smiles.] I managed to grow carrots and tomatoes in a planter on my school's roof, before I came here, but... that was just as a hobby.

No problem!

[ It's no skin off his nose to help her out. Maybe he'll build up some better luck if he's helpful to some people outside his group. ]

It's a loooot of work. A lot of stuff plain doesn't grow cause the land's bad. It has to be worked for a couple years before anything even tries to grow there.

But I bet growing food in this world would be super helpful for people. And you could make plenty of money along the way, right?

[you earn that good karma, buddy]

Hmm... I wonder what the soil is like around here.

[There doesn't seem to be a whole lot in the way of organized farming in Wyver, or at least not in the city proper - but they have to get food somehow.]

...that's true. There's always going to be a demand for food. [gotta eat to live, after all] It sounds like you've given it some thought... are you considering going into business?

[ he is gonna try ]

Soil? No clue. I don't even know if Mika would know, really.

[ Really, he should probably learn. But learn from Mika? He can't see him being a very patient teacher. ]

Nah, I like building and stuff better, really. Plants are probably too delicate for me to deal with.

Mika?

[she doesn't know who that is, buuuut... she figures he'll either explain or he won't, but he can't force him to if he doesn't feel inclined to do so.]

What sorts of things do you build?

Mikazuki, the one that's good with plants that I know. Mikazuki's really good at that stuff but not much of a teacher.

Well, back in Olympia, I helped fixing up buildings and stuff. Otherwise, machines. I don't know much about them but I can use tools pretty well. I'm probably most suited for fighting though. That's what I'm most used to.

Hmm... I see. Well, maybe you can learn by observing?

[Sneakily. Stealthily. Just watch Mikazuki from afar; it'll be fine.]

That's an interesting set of skills to have! What sorts of things were you doing before.... [waking up on a space station] coming here?

Aaah, maybe. That'd probably be easiest but there's a lot I don't know, so I'd have to try and keep up without sayin' so.

I was a ... soldier. I guess that's how they'd put it in this country. I was a soldier for, uh, a private army. Escorting goods and people. Securing trade routes. We did stuff like that.

Oh, so you did mercenary-type work...

[Hmm.]

There seems to be a demand for that kind of work here, so you have plenty of maketable skills and experience, at least.

Oh, is that the word? Yeah, I guess so!

[ But he looks uncomfortable, especially when she suggests that it's marketable. ]

H-Haha, I guess there's always people that need fighters. I'm kinda tired of it though. I've been at it since I was knee high.

[...oh, hm. He really doesn't look happy about that; it's clear to see on his face.]

Other people who aren't skilled fighters are also making their way well here, so if ever there was a good time and place for a change in career, this very well might be it.

I'm sure you'll figure out something you enjoy.

Career, huh? That's when you have a job forever, right? Yeah... that might not be too bad. Guess we're not goin' anywhere else anytime soon, so might as well do something to keep the crew fed.

[ Not that Eugene isn't being incredibly responsible for their sake, but he can't let anyone carry his weight anymore. He has to be a leader here while Orga is in cold sleep. ]

Hehe, might take a few tries, but I'm gonna keep at it. What about you? What do you plan to do?

Yes, something to that effect.

[It seems like he may not know exactly what he's going to do, but that he's got a rough idea. That's not a bad thing at all.]

Hmm... I'm not certain just yet. For now, I'm just doing what I can to make money where I can, so that when a good opportunity presents itself, I'm in a position to be able to take it.

Well, y'know, they say 'you're young, so it's fine if you don't know yet!'. Don't they? So it's okay if you're still figuring it out. If you're getting by, it's probably nothin' to even worry about right away.

[ It's not like he ever had any aspirations or dreams about what he'd do with his life. In the moment seems fine. ]

That's a fine way of looking at it.

[She doesn't seem too bothered by the idea - she's spent much of her life looking at the long-term. It's actually somewhat refreshing to take things day by day.]

Eh, I'm pretty used to living in the moment! So I guess it's just natural for me.

[ Maybe the one blessing of living such a rough life is knowing how to take the days as they come. ]

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

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two tiers of finals + new job + holidays + artist alley im so so so sorry for the wait

NO WORRIES... my county caught on fire so i haven't been around either. it's that time of year!

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