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january open post + catch-all
Who: Yona (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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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;
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;the outskirts;
[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?
one - neutrality problems;a visit to wyver;
[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...?
one - dragonwatching;wildcard;
[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!
[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 athungriest and I'll be glad to write a personalized starter for you.]
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[Even if it is SIGNIFICANTLY LESS DANGEROUS plz don't accidentally shoot him someday.]
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[She smiles.]
But not everyone is going to be able to learn to use magic the same way you're teaching me to. So I feel extra accomplished when I get it right!
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[Is he blushing? Nope, not at all, totally her imagination.]
Well! When you put it that way, it does sound rather special, doesn't it?
Still, I'd be curious to see just what sort of magic you'd want to learn when given the freedom to choose! Magic is, by definition, limitless. There's still so much more you can do than just what I've shown you!
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[Yona takes a second to think about it, then grins.]
In that case, I want to learn how to change my voice next!
[All the better for disguises, honestly, when coupled with the spell to change her hair color and the spell to tame her hair and let her style it...]
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[YEAH WHY NOT THAT'S EASY RIGHT??]
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[#priorities]
And I don't want to look old, even if it's just for a disguise!
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Hahah! Such a sincere answer! Very well -- if you can master the spell by the end of the week, I'll teach you a spell to alter the sound of your voice.
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You'll see! By the end of this week, I'll be able to change my hair any way I want to! I'll be so good at it, it won't even be funny!
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[See, this is why she had to tell him to behave, he's awful.]
Fufu... I look forward to it.
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[...and apparently, she's going to get right back to work? She clenches her eyes shut and resumes trying to visualize her hair becoming darker and darker. ...it's not immediately effective, but hey, she's trying.]
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[It's not as though he's never had students before. Even this sort of one-on-one training wasn't foreign to him. But there was something different about this, about how he felt about her, and how he felt when he saw her progress and succeed--]
[Ah, but that was just the dragon's blood, right? It was fascinating how strongly it affected him, without her even knowing!]
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Anyway, when Yona sets her mind on something, she really sets her mind on something. Case in point: she's going to sit there for several hours, trying to master the spell. It'll likely be rather boring for him, unless he's finding things to occupy himself with.
About an hour and a half into it, though, she manages to put black streaks in her hair.]
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Oh! You managed to get the color right! It still needs to cover a bit more, but-- why, at this rate, you might even perfect it by the end of the day!
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[Her eyes snap open, and this time she's able to catch a glimpse of the strands of hair at their darkest before they start to lighten again. It takes about a minute for her hair to fade back out to red.
She's torn between sulking because she couldn't maintain it, and celebrating that she managed to do so well in the first place.]
...come on! That's not fair...
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Now, now-- you've already made far more progress than I expected you would this quickly! Why, I almost feel as though I should up the incentive for if you do manage to master it today.
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[Or... laughing at her. Or something. With a little huff, Yona twirls a few strands of hair around her finger as if that's supposed to make it any easier to change its color.]
Come on, come on...!
[The more annoyed she gets, the less her hair changes.]
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I'm not going to needlessly pad your ego -- if I compliment you, I mean it genuinely.
And if I scold you-- that, too, is genuine. [REACHES OUT AND GIVES THAT HAND A TAP] Playing with your hair is only going to distract you. You need to keep calm and focus... or take a break, if you've hit a wall.
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[She'll come back to it later and sit there trying to darken her air for four hours straight, probably. Until someone (probably Slaine) inevitably interrupts her and reminds her to eat.
(Apparently she hasn't lost all her babysitters after all.)]
Do you want to turn back into a dog? Maybe we could go for a walk...
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[There's really no reason he has to be a dog. They could go out with him as himself. He's not sure whether Yona even considers this as an option, but... eh, he won't complain. It means he less likely to run into someone who might recognize him.]
[And so he poofs!! into a cute little doggie again.]
You should be careful not to exhaust yourself too much. Overwork is poison for the mind -- your ability to use magic for longer periods of time will grow over time, but you shouldn't try to force it either!
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Hence the suggestion that he be a dog.
...also now she's petting him, so that's her real ulterior motive here.]
But how am I supposed to improve if I don't push past my limits? If I just keep doing what I can do instead of trying things I can't, I'll never get better.
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Pushing your limits and pushing yourself to the extremes are different. It's normal to feel a bit tired, but if you ever find yourself feeling dizzy or lightheaded, you should stop and find something to eat or take a nap to help your body recharge!
[Much like when he didn't let her practice when she was ill -- he honestly doesn't know what could happen if she exhausted herself too much with magic. She might even die -- and that would just be a waste!]
As your teacher, it's my responsibility to ensure you don't do something to hurt yourself.
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...that makes sense, I guess...
[Yona sighs. She knows it's better to do as he says. He's her teacher; he knows best. But she can't help but feel a little impatient, regardless. She'll stubbornly keep at it until she succeeds, and she knows it will take time, but...]
...I just wish I could pick it up faster.
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...of course, there are methods of gaining powerful new abilities instantly. But I don't think they would suit you.
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[They might not suit her, but she can't help but be curious about it anyway. Mephisto has to have expected this by now.]
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Why, making a contract with a demon, of course! The desire for power is one of the simplest ways men fall to demons -- depending on the strength of the demon in question, even a person with no prior experience with magic can become quite powerful almost instantaneously.
Naturally, I receive many such benefits from my familiars! Not that I wasn't already rather skilled in magic beforehand, of course.
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