(open) this time i know

[sparsity]

Who: mikazuki augus (sparsity) & various & you!
What: january catch-all, open prompts/closed quests.
When: throughout the month.
Where: mostly wyver, a smidge of olympia.
Warning(s): none as of now!

I. WITHIN WYVER

A. ODD JOBS:
[ Calling Mikazuki a workaholic wouldn't be an understatement. He seems to sleep as little as he can possibly get away with and spends the rest of his time either training in the jungles or picking up odd jobs around the dense, vibrant marketplace. Constant movement comes to him easier than being inert, though no one would really figure him for a restless sort. Whatever the case is, he's been hefting deliveries for different shops, earning some silver and a snack or two along the way.

His current task, one that has him parked outside a café with a carved facade depicting a dragon and a few spartan teacups wreathed in steam, sees him cleaning up a pretty tenacious gnarl of plantlife. Foliage grows freely in Wyver, but overgrowth can be a nuisance. He doesn't seem to mind doing the job barehanded, peeling back vines and thorns from bright red blossoms. Luckily his hands are tough and show he's been at this a while as a result: dirt darkens his wrists, fingertips sticky with sap. At his side is very small deer who daintily steps over the carnage, picking up fallen leaves to chew on. With a flat look, he reaches up to push at its nose. ]

Cut it out. You'll get a stomach ache.

[ While most of the unruly vines have been snapped and put aside, there's a pile of flowers neatly laid out, separated from the bulk. Mikazuki sits back on his knees if approached, reaching up to wipe beneath his bangs with the back of his wrist. There is now dirt on his face. ]

Take them if you want them. [ He places another one down. ] It's a waste to throw them away.

B. FIELDS OF THE EXALTED:
[ Working with animals had taken some more getting used to. Mars had no animals to speak of; insects and birds were rare, strays and rodents a little less so. He'd never seen livestock or working animals, so the abundance of wildlife on El Nysa had been drastic change in pace. But Mikazuki seems to thrive on new things, even (or maybe... especially...) when they're wild, strident, and bloody. Which is why he's parked on an outcrop of rock in the fields where he has his main job babysitting dragons. He tends to be not so good with small or sick things, so he spends his time with the older beasts. They're a pretty cavalier bunch, proudly turning earth and whipping the air with their wings. Squabbling over the last sheep, things like that.

Right now, it's fairly peaceful as the early afternoon sun arcs overhead. Mikazuki lets his legs dangle from his perch and watches over the windswept fields below where the dragons come and go, some napping, others blustering about proudly. He's never really approached one, but he's patient. ]

I heard you could bond with one. [ Whether it's a coworker within earshot or a visitor come to sight-see, it's the same statement. ] Somehow.

[ Though he looks relaxed, he's pretty alert, considering where they are. ]

C. LHONGHA STABLES:
[ Things Mikazuki has done: knife fight moon-crazed wyverns in his underwear. Things Mikazuki has not done: actually ride a wyvern. He's interested in seeing more of the place he's chosen to live, but the insistence on it being done with mounts leaves him skeptical. Still, it was supposed to cost lots of money to do this normally, and maybe he won't get the chance to again. Not that this makes him look any more sure about it despite the calm lay of his features. He lingers outside one of the pens where a wyvern is lashed to its fence. It dips its head over the side and tries to take clips at the edges of his hair with its pointed snout.

He doesn't look nearly as alarmed as he should at being so close to an animal that could fit his whole head in its mouth. ]

It's not that I haven't flown before...

[ Just, you know. A talented pilot doesn't necessarily mean he'd be a talented rider. ]

D. LAGOONS:
[ Whatever or whoever convinced him to go, Mikazuki did in fact take to the wilds with a large reptile creature in tow. Whether he actually rode it or just walked it along with him isn't immediately apparent, but he's stopped by the lagoons for a spell. He's left it tethered to a tree where it idles with brief flexes of its pliant wings. For his part, he's, well. Poised over the edge of one of the cold springs, his head entirely underwater. It's a sight.

With some bubbling, he finally pops his head above water with a breath and a splash, not unlike a dog shaking off. Sorry if you get the brunt of that? Glancing over his shoulder, hair now dripping and mussed every which way, his gaze hones. ]

What? It's hot.

II. WILDCARD

[ what to do something else using the jan outline or unaffiliated quests? go for it! plotting comment here or hit me up at rivalry! ]

Comments

[eaudevamp]

[ Sometimes, one had no choice but be forced to adapt when there was no other way around it. Reign learned that the hard way, but he was also exceedingly surprised by how much he liked this planet.

Mikazuki sounded like someone who didn't speak much, or at least a tad awkwardly, but Reign could hear the genuineness loud and clear. ]

Oh! Those large robotic machines, right? Or do is it mechanical robot? So those are known as mobile suits, eh? I wonder how one person is able to pilot such a huge machine! You must be a very talented pilot!

[ Fanboying again, yup. ]

[sparsity]

Yeah, the ones with arms and legs. [ Built in the image of a person but also a wild animal, that was his machine. ] I fly pretty normally, I think.

[ Then again, he's not exactly a master of exaggeration, even when it's true. All of Reign's excitement has him curious, because it'd only ever been the younger ones who came at him like this, when they actually knew how he fought. There's no accounting for new experiences though, it seems like. Wyverns, robots, etc.

Subconsciously, he turns his gaze to the sky. ]

But I can't use Barbatos just yet.

[eaudevamp]

[ Reign had been amazed upon seeing those mobile suits, and he wondered just how would Mikazuki's look like. Besides, Reign was mostly excited because this was his first time seeing these kinds of flying machines. ]

Is that the name of your mobile suit? I wish I could see it, and witness you flying it.

[sparsity]

Got it. [ Easy. ] When I can, I'll take you.

[ If this had been before the Storm, maybe Mikazuki wouldn't have been as patient with the fanboying (hadn't Hush been the same...) but maybe coming here tempered in some ways he doesn't realize. Looking up, he grabs for the wyvern's reins so he can pull it around back towards the stables. ]

Come on.

[eaudevamp]

[ Did Mikazuki see that smile on Reign's face? Reign was practically brimming with excitement and happiness over the prospect of seeing Mikazuki on Barbatos. And was that a hint that Reign will be taken aboard the mobile suit as well? So much to look forward to! ]

Ooooh~ I can't wait!

[ With that, Reign followed after Mikazuki and the wyvern, chatting animatedly about what it would possibly be like while flying in a mobile suit. Mikazuki may be a man of few words, but Reign's chattering helped fill in, though hopefully his new friend wouldn't mind it so much.

And thus end their day, with more days to look forward to. ]