january open post + catch-all

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Who: Yona (cutefaced) & you!
What: A catch-all for January with OTA prompts and closed starter toplevels.
When: Throughout January
Where: Mainly in and around Olympia; some visits to Wyver, too.
Warning(s): Nothing yet, but I'll edit if that changes.

olympia proper;

one - getting reacquainted;
[Before taking ill, Yona had spent much of her time in the market district - mainly because she's always been easily distracted by interesting things. As a result, she hadn't been completely familiar with other parts of the city before then, though she did make a few forays into the theater district.

No more. Now that she's back, she has every intention of learning her way around the city she and her friens have returned to.

Her wandering takes her almost everywhere - and as a result, she ends up hopelessly, uselessly lost. Maybe you'll catch her looking at her surroundings with a puzzled expression.]

...wait, was I supposed to turn right at the last street, or the next one?

[Help.]

two - weapons galore;
[You must never touch weapons, Yona.

Her father's words are fresh in her mind as she stands outside the weapons shop. Of course - she's already disobeyed him once, when practicing throwing daggers. But she can only keep "borrowing" from Jae-Ha and sneaking them back to him for so long, and they're his weapons, in the end; she needs to find something that suits her.

Sooner or later, she was always going to have to look out for herself.

So in she goes, although she nearly immediately looks a bit overwhelmed at all the different choices. Oh boy.]

There's so many of them...

three - order up;
[She can't just rely on other people to buy her things forever (although to be truthful, it's worked for her so far).

So, not long after they return to Olympia, Yona starts looking for work. Her problem is there aren't a lot of things she already knows how to do well - but part-time work serving food at a cafe seems simple enough, and she's managed to get a job as a waitress at the Wyvernest, which suits her just fine. One of the most interesting things about Wyver was the dragons, after all.

Now she's sort of got the best of both worlds - she can see the baby dragons while she's working, and can learn about them as she does. (The owner doesn't rebuff her when she asks for employment as some others have, but maybe that's because they remember she wore a Wyver pin at the gala. Maybe they think she knows more about dragons than she actually does.)

But at the moment? It's time to serve some customers! Yona looks up when she hears the door open and fixes the person who's just entered with a smile.]

Welcome to the Wyvernest! How many would you like a table for today?

the outskirts;

one - neutrality problems;
[The first time she borrows a mount to go exploring, she runs into some of the people who have left the city.

...up until that moment, she hadn't realized just how bad things had gotten. Sure, there were people who were vocal about wanting to keep themselves separate from the people of Wyver, and people who were talking about fighting with them... but she'd believed it was just talk. After all, when she'd gotten sick, the medicine that had cured her had only existed because they'd cooperated with them.

But, no. Apparently it is that bad. And when she hears that people on both sides have been refused help from the Sanctuary and the Altar of Volkkra...

Well, she can't take it. She really can't take it.

So, from time to time, she ventures out from the city on a mount for a "picnic," though what she's got packed is more along the lines of simple food for traveling, cloth cut into bandages, and other things she's managed to purchase with her earnings from the Wyvernest cafe. Some days, when she's gotten especially good tips, she has a little more.

Some days, when business has been slow, she's got a little less.

Either way, she's trying. And she could probably use a little help... be it with passing things out to people who need them, or actually providing effective medical assistance, or not getting mugged or attacked by wild animals or something.]

two - edrathe ruins;
[Is it foolish to be out here? Probably. Is that going to stop her from looking around? Probably not.

...except it really should have, because enough time has passed that Yona's borrowed mount has decided to head back to the stables and has definitely left her behind. She's wandering around near the entrance now, unsure if she's actually where she left it or if she's just gotten terribly turned around.]

Hello?

[...there's that strange rumbling noise; she jolts, then glances over her shoulder.]

Is someone here...?

a visit to wyver;

one - dragonwatching;
[No amount of tension is going to keep Yona out of Wyver - for the time being, anyway. But even she's not that stupid; when she does take off for the hotter country, about midway through the month, she at least has the sense to change the style of clothing she's wearing and smooth down her hair. It's perhaps not the most effective disguise she could have gone with, but at least when her hair reverts back to its usual frizzy state, she can use that as an excuse -

It couldn't have been me you saw! Do you really think I could get my hair to look like that?

Et cetera, et cetera.

Anyway, now that she's back in Wyver, she's going to be visiting some friends - but she's also going to be taking the time to go observe some fully-grown dragons. ...from a distance, of course; she doesn't want to be eaten. Still.

There's no small amount of admiration in her eyes as she watches them.]

They really are amazing...!

two - lagoons;
[Before she goes back to Olympia, she has to stop at the lagoons. Has to. There's no two ways about it. They're one of the things she enjoyed most about the jungle country, and she doesn't know when she'll get the chance to bathe in them again.

The public bathhouses in Olympia are perhaps a little more elegant, but the lagoon has its charm, too.

For now, Yona lounges in one of the public pools, her hair fanning out across the surface of the water and preserving her modesty. But ultimately, a bath is a bath. There's a time and a place for being naked; this is one of them.

So she doesn't really think twice about it when she catches sight of someone's feet at the water's edge - she waves them over with a smile.]

Come in, the water's great!

wildcard;

[If none of the above works for you, just hit me with whatever! I just ask that you let me know when and where it's happening; I can come up with a justification for Yona to be wherever you'd like. Alternatively, hit me up by PM or at hungriest and I'll be glad to write a personalized starter for you.]

Comments

closed to mikazuki;

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[It takes some asking around, but sooner or later on her visit to Wyver, Yona manages to track down where Mikazuki is staying. Eventually, she even manages to track down Mikazuki himself.]

Mikazuki! There you are!

[In retrospect, she probably should have given him a heads-up by the communication device that she was visiting, buuuut... hindsight is 20/20, she doesn't realize that until she sees him, and she can't change the past. So. Instead, she's going to run at him and attempt to give him a hug.]

[sparsity]

[ Getting someone's attention isn't easy in Wyver's noisy marketplace. Its streets are colorful and loud, full of smoke and spice and the voices of its shopkeeps and citizens. Not even running footsteps seem to reach him immediately as he unloads a crate from a wagon to a storefront. Hearing his name though, that gets Mikazuki to right himself with a quizzical Hm? noise, brain failing to match the familiar voice with the blur of red until it's all but barreled into him.

He's not the softest person to hug at high speeds, but she could probably do worse. ]

— Yona? I didn't know you'd be here.

[ hindsight, etc., etc. ]

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I guess I forgot to say I was stopping by!

[Or something like that.

Yona beams at him and steps back from the hug once she's satisfied with it, then eyes the crate he's unloading.]

...did you get a job delivering things?

closed to zashunina;

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[The gala really wasn't the place for the kind of talk they were going to have - but that doesn't mean Yona would prefer not to have the talk at all. If zaShunina has something to teach, then she wants to learn, and so she sends him a message as soon as she's able to find a day on which she doesn't have any other plans.

hi! are you free to talk about that thing we were talking about before today?

Eventually, they figure out a place to meet, and she's waiting there a little impatiently. She greets him nicely enough when he arrives, but then she's launching right into it -]

You said it would take a while to get it all, right? I cleared the whole day today, so don't worry about it running late! Keep explaining to me as many times as it takes!

[fractaljesus]

[He's pleased she remembers. He's also pleased for her enthusiasm about getting started, as small talk is an art he hasn't mastered.]

Yona. [He acknowledges her in greeting when he arrives, and an arm--entirely detached from his body--appears from thin air between them, floating independently in the air. It waves briefly in a 'walk with me' gesture before vanishing back into the ether.]

There is a lot to discuss, and I will attempt to translate these concepts into language you can understand. But first, I must set a baseline for our conversation.

This world exists in three-dimensional space--everything you perceive within it exists in terms of these three dimensions; length, [And when his hand appears again, there is a sheet of paper floating above it, which folds in on itself to create the thinnest line its mass would allow.] height, [The sheet unfolds into a flat plane again.] and depth. [And finally, the paper folds in the air until it creates a cube.]

You can comprehend this, correct?

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[The detaching arm thing is still kind of freaky (and she can't help but shoot it a slightly startled look when it just appears), but she's starting to get used to it. She follows along in the direction the gesture indicates with no real fuss.

And as he starts to explain, she nods thoughtfully. That... makes sense. She's never heard the terms before, but...]

Uh-huh. That's why we're not flat like pieces of paper, right?

closed to shura;

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[Shura is among the people Yona thinks it would be nice to see again when she visits Wyver - and so she sets out to look for her. It would probably be fastest to send her a message, but...

Apparently she didn't learn her lesson with Mikazuki. So. Here she is, wandering the streets, keeping her eyes peeled for a shock of red hair -

And miraculously, she spots her.]

Miss Shura! [She's beaming.] Miss Shura, over here!

[exaomori]

[It probably would be faster to send a message, but what's even faster is the power of fate. Or something like that. Whatever's behind their chance meeting, it finds Shura in a good mood. She just got paid for some job or other, and that silver's burning a hole in her pocket. It was best to celebrate with a drink!

Yona distracts Shura from her plans, but it's not a bad thing. Maybe it'd be better just to get a snack anyway. Shura stops, turns to where she hears Yona's voice coming. What did she find a good deal on something? Shura will oblige her, making her way from down the street to meet her. It wasn't like she didn't have time to kill.]

Yo. Find something interesting or somethin'? You look pretty excited.

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I'm just happy to see you again! I was looking for you.

[She's all smiles as she jogs the rest of the way to her, and also a little out of breath. Travel will do that to a girl, though luckily, she's built up enough stamina since coming here that she's not totally wiped out.]

I have to go back to Olympia soon... I was worried I wouldn't see you before then.

closed to prompto;

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[Third time's the charm. This time, she actually thinks to shoot Prompto a message before just turning up unannounced, demanding a lesson.

hi prompto!
i'm in wyver today
are you still willing to teach me about guns?

[Quick and to the point.

Once they work out a place to meet, she heads straight there, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and totally ready to accidentally shoot a man. Or two. Or three.]

Thank you for taking the time to teach me!

[punshots]

[ Ah...he's been waiting for this!! ]

hey yona!!!
you bet i am
you might even say i'm trigger-happy to!

[ And then he sends her directions (poorly-laid directions, but directions all the same) to some training grounds he's used before with Alisaie. It's a decent open space with some targets already lined up, and they're definitely going to demolish those today, whoops. ]

Hey, don't mention it! Always happy to pass on the fine art of shootin' things.

[ Even if he...has no idea how to...teach things.

Giving her a considering look, Prompto summons a pistol into his hand in a flash of white-blue light. ]

So, you, uh...you've seen one of these in action before, right?

closed to jae-ha + mephisto + slaine;

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[The day starts off innocently enough - a group trip out to Flona Cove for a picnic, making use of the pegasus mounts that can be borrowed to get there. They have every intention of being back by nightfall to return them.

Of course, the best-laid plans, and all...

Yona can't remember which of them noticed the ships first, but one thing leads to another, and they wind up within view of the miners' supply caches. More specifically - that means they get a great view of the pirates just loading up on things and walking away.

She frowns as they watch from a safe distance.]

...it doesn't look like they're up to anything good...

[meinwaifu]

It certainly seems that way, doesn't it?

[What an odd little group they are. It wasn't too often Mephisto had the opportunity to interact with Yona alongside the likes of Slaine and Jae-ha... but something like this was unexpected! And far more exciting than spending the afternoon teasing Jae-ha behind the other two's backs about this being a double date.]

[...okay, that was a lot of fun too, but this was exciting fun!!]

Shall we take a closer look just to be sure?

closed to mephisto;

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[You'd think that knowing her dog was actually a man would put her off from letting him sit in her lap to pet him, but... it really doesn't. So here they are, Yona's fingers in his fur as she scratches him behind the ears, when something occurs to her.]

...hey, Faust? Did you ever meet Slaine when you were in your real form, or does he only know you as a dog?

[meinwaifu]

[And honestly, this arrangement suits Mephisto just fine, who has absolutely no shame when it comes to receiving affection as a dog, eyes closed and tail wagging. This guy needs better hobbies.]

Oh, we've met a handful of times, actually. Though I wouldn't say we're particularly close. He's a rather shy young man, after all.

[Which made him way too fun to tease and honestly he struggled to hold back sometimes. He'd probably traumatize the kid if he went all out.]

[But a part of him wonders what would happen if he pushed him too much. Would he actually get an emotion other than outright gloominess out of him??]

Why do you ask?

closed to william;

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Hmmm... well, okay then!

[Luckily (?) for him, Yona is pretty used to people who get flustered over minor things. This is barely a blip on the radar, so when he tells her not to worry, she opts not to worry.]

Hey, do you want to dance? Or were you taking a break?

Re: closed to william;

[notsolomon]

[That's a relief, though if he knew, he'd ask exactly what she's doing to the people in her life that they get so easily flustered.

But when she asks, he nods after a moment. Might as well just brush this off as something normal.]

Oh, I'd love to dance. [He stood up and extended a hand to her.] Shall we then?

one;

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[ While it's rare to see Mikleo without Sorey with him, this is one of those times where they had split up - this time, Mikleo's looking for something they can use to collect more research in this world. He hadn't expected to see Yona in the same place as he was in, however. ]

Yona?

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[And he's found her while she's wandering lost... he's going to think terrible things about her sense of direction at this rate. Rest in pieces, Yona.

For her part, though, she brightens up quite a bit at the sight of a familiar face.]

Oh, Mikleo! Hello there!

quest » disturbing the dead - allen + mephisto;

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[A blind man, a dog, and an idiot princess walk into a crypt.

...and no, that's not the start of a bad joke; that's what's really happening here. Even Yona thinks this might be a bad idea, but one thing has led to another, and here they are. Turning back now feels like giving up, and honestly?

She's too stubborn to do that. So here they go.]

This... shouldn't be too hard, right? We just have to find something nice in there.

[...her voice is only a little shaky!]

[likethelight]

[ He's just mostly blind!! It'll be fine! Probably. It's not like the eye that regenerated itself was the one he was already nearsighted in or anything. Or that his Everything revolves about having multiple levels of sight. It is.

Although bearing a plain eyepatch now over the right one, that's fairly obvious. Honestly it just took a few comments of "what's wrong with your eye" from people in the market and realizing they didn't mean the one that was actually different before he caved. At least it doesn't draw the same kind of attention as one eye that focuses and a cloudy one that.. doesn't. It's no different than wearing gloves, he'll tell himself...

He cocks his head at Yona for a moment though, the slight tremor not missed, and he takes a moment to smile. With bright reassurance! ]

Mn! With how long it's been since anyone was here, I'm sure it won't be any trouble. [ And it's not like they're grave robbing. This is stuff actual robbers left behind! ... right?? And he is going to staunchly ignore the rumors that it's haunted. Don't mind how twitchy his fingers seem to be. Haha, ha..

...although his gaze is going to trail down somewhat skeptically to her dog. Isn't it a little... small and fancy to bring somewhere like this?

Politely: ] What did you say your dog's name was again?

quest » a day in the life - mephisto;

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[So. Here's Yona.

Here's Yona with smooth, silky black hair, deliberately wearing an unfashionable outfit that she's going to burn as soon as this is over (not to cover her tracks, but because she just dislikes it that much). Here's Yona a few blocks away from the guard house, kneeling down to pet Mephisto, who is, of course, a dog.]

Okay. So, I think I have a good idea for how we should do this.

[meinwaifu]

[What is this weird Scooby-doo AU... but really, if there's anyone qualified for sneaking around, it's Mephisto, even without his timey-wimey space powers. If he really wanted to do a thorough job, he'd sooner disguise himself as a bug or a mouse. But he's not here because he's interested in outing possible corruption. No, he's here because Yona was interested. That's where his real interests were right now, after all... just what was she hoping to accomplish, he wonders? It feels as though she's always finding some new way of surprising him these days.]

Oh? Pray tell-- I'm all ears.

closed to leo;

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[It's been some time since the gala - and truthfully, things have been weird in the city since then. Yona's not sure if she likes it, but holing up in her room to block out the things she doesn't like isn't an option.

So here she is, out on the streets of Olympia, when she spots a familiar-looking mop of hair. ...come to think of it, she never learned his name, did she? So she doesn't have anything to call out to him, other than-]

Hey! Hey, you!

[Aaaand she's rushing over. What, you thought you were rid of her once you let her do your hair, Leo?]

[flips]

[ he thought he was?? honestly? the city is big. some people avoid the streets, himself among them. it's just his luck that he takes a step out of the tavern where he and elliot work, only to run into that meddlesome woman again. ]

Oh. It's you.

[ at least leo isn't running away this time. might as well save himself the trouble. ]