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Akira "chaotic extra" Kurusu [Jᴏᴋᴇʀ] ([personal profile] purrtagonist) wrote in [community profile] acatalepsy_logs2018-09-07 06:40 pm

Don't Skip Your Flu Shot

Who: Everyone! It's a mingle post for the first week of Struxta sickness!!
Where: All around the temple
When: During the first week of the sickness
Rating PG?? At most??
What: Curry, blankets and pillow forts, and other assorted sick things

[With the Struxta illness sweeping through the temple like a wildfire, and with so many new arrivals trying to get adjusted to temple living, it's probably no surprise that things around the Astoria's little pocket of space have gotten a little hectic. Feeling under the weather? Looking for something warm to soothe that scratchy throat? Just want to curl up underneath a pile of blankets and not move for like, seven hours or so? Never fear! A Mysterious Helper (TM) has you covered]

A. Curry in the Kitchen

[The kitchen smells extremely nice during lunchtime this week, the only meal of the day that isn't pre-prepared by the misty servants. Like the scent of coffee intermingled with complementary spices. Those who take the initiative to investigate will find something pleasant waiting for them. A few pots of fresh made curry and steamed rice; a few pots of miso soup (a. . . little on the salty side, sorry); and some freshly brewed coffee already poured into individual mugs, along with cream and sugar and whatever additives your heart desires. It's all strewn out across the counter tops with a handwritten note pinned against the wall above the stove:]

Help yourself, and get well soon.

[There isn't any sign of the mysterious chef when you enter the kitchen, and if you arrive near the end of lunch hour, some of the food and coffee miiiiight be a bit cold. But hey! This might be a good chance to mingle with some of your new coworkers who are also seeking out a warm meal to help quell some of their cold symptoms. Just please don't sneeze into the curry pot, thanks. . .]

[Lunch will be laid out in the kitchen every day at lunchtime for the entire first week of the sickness. Help yourselves!]


B. The Temple Hallways

[THERE ARE BLANKETS AND PILLOWS EVERYWHERE]

[. . . no, seriously. For some reason, it's like you can't even walk down a hallway without tripping over a bundled up blanket or a pillow. What's up with that! For the most part, they're normal bedtime accessories, although you may find a bundle of pillows and blankets stacked up into an ENTIRE PILLOW FORT if you're lucky.]

[Pinned to the walls of the hallways (not every hallway, but enough of them that it should be easy to find one of the signs without wandering for too long) are more handwritten signs:]


Whoever can build the tallest pillow fort will receive one (1) high five as a grand prize. Good luck. Blanket provider is not responsible for anyone accidentally falling asleep in the hallways and blocking your route back to your bedroom.

[Hm. Well, that's weird. Anyway! You can build a pillow fort if you want, grab some blankets to take back to your room, or. . . nap in the hallways. Or do whatever! They're all free for the taking. Maybe you could even team up with another Circle member to try and win that extremely coveted high five??]

C. Wildcard

[Don't feel like interacting with any of the above? That's okay! Make your own prompt based on the event stuff over here, or just use this post for. . . whatever you want! It's totally and completely open for mingling for new and old characters alike, so. HAVE FUN ♥]
spellweave: (» oh YOU)

[personal profile] spellweave 2018-09-26 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
[He's not tsundere like she is about giving compliments to her face.]

I usually am. [He says this solely to annoy her though.]

Honestly, I am actually quite surprised that taking to the skies as some type of cloudkin was not the first thing you tried. [That sounds just like the kind of horribly reckless thing she'd do. He may regret saying that because the thought stresses him out and it's hard enough to keep track of her when she isn't running around as an animal.

But... to be completely honest if it were his power that would be the first thing he'd want to try...]
adelphoi: (🍰 ᴋᴜᴇ sᴀᴛᴜ)

[personal profile] adelphoi 2018-09-26 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
[ oh that is a dangerous way to annoy her, alphie-boy, because all she need say to counter is is crystal braves..

but she'll hold that savagery back, and level him instead with a searing glance; never let it be said that she is unkind to him!! ]


What makes you think I haven't?

[ she's spent a lot of time in secret.. trying out all kinds of things.. ]
spellweave: (» peace)

[personal profile] spellweave 2018-09-27 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
[Wow don't be cruel about it!!]

Your embarrassment over it, for one. [But he supposes it's true, he has no idea what she might be doing in her spare time when they're apart. If she has he'd have many questions about it though. Did she reach the end of the forest? Is there even an end? Does it just endlessly loop you back to the Temple in the air like it does if you walk too far? These are important questions.

But he doesn't get to finish his train of thought when he nearly walks face first into a caterpillar nest attached to a low hanging branch. Thankfully he's spared but has to take a few hasty steps backwards. When he looks up he realizes the entire tree is practically covered with their cocoons.]


Is it safe to presume this is where you found them? [Ha...]
adelphoi: (🍰 ᴛᴀʜɪɴɪ)

[personal profile] adelphoi 2018-09-27 06:41 am (UTC)(link)
[ oh man.. he was so close to getting a face full of cocoon!! the gods frown upon her this day.. ]

Oh! Indeed.

[ with a bright smile, she cranes her neck to peer up into the sprawling branches of the tree, shielding her eyes with one hand. ]

Tenacious little monsters, aren't they?

[ and so cute.. look how fuzzy they are!! ]
spellweave: (» intriguing)

[personal profile] spellweave 2018-09-27 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[He almost makes a remark about how that's probably why she likes them so much because she is also one but he chooses to keep living instead.

He follows her gaze. The ones not in cocoons yet crawl along the branches and feast on the leaves. He recognizes a vine of leaves traveling up the tree's trunk as the herbs he has been collecting. It's as he thought after all.]


Very. They often kill trees entirely with their nests. For them to all gather on this particular tree bodes ill for it but fruitful for us. [He'll approach and start plucking said leaves from the vine. The ones he can reach anyway. The ones higher up are lost unless he has Arenvald here to haul him up like last time. Considering Arenvald's state right now he will have to make do with what he can reach.

He uses the bag he had brought the food in. She pretty much devoured all of it by now so there's plenty of space for the herbs...]
adelphoi: (🍰 ᴋᴜᴇ sᴀᴛᴜ)

[personal profile] adelphoi 2018-09-28 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
[ look she would take that as a compliment. tenacious, and also hungry. these describe her well.

anyway, while he's busy yapping and picking leaves, alisaie makes friends with a nearby caterpillar, watching it crawl onto her finger, its wiggly body undulating. look how hairy it is.. how can people not find these cute?? but soon enough she glances back to him. ]


Do you need assistance gathering the higher vines?

[ it's like she's a mindreader or something ]
spellweave: (» so much has changed)

[personal profile] spellweave 2018-09-29 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[Or something. It's just their wonder twin powers at work, probably.

He pauses at the suggestion. He glances toward the tree to examine it. It does look pretty climbable with the thick branches and how they're spaced. Most of the leaves are growing higher on the vine too. Aside from the caterpillar nests everywhere that would have to b avoided it's easy enough. And stable looking enough that he isn't too worried about her falling.

He glances back to her and nods.]


If you think you can climb it then I've no objections to the help. The more that we can take back now the less trips I will have to make later.
adelphoi: (🍰 ᴅᴜᴛᴄʜ)

[personal profile] adelphoi 2018-09-30 08:07 am (UTC)(link)
[ ah, alphinaud...

alisaie shakes her head. ]


I've a better idea.

[ she shuts her eyes, focuses for a moment and.. poof! in a flurry of light she becomes................ a dhalmel.

with a red bow on one ear. ]
spellweave: (» very good then!)

[personal profile] spellweave 2018-10-02 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
[He honestly didn't think she'd take his words to heart so this definitely surprises him. Then again proving that he is indeed not always right is her favorite hobby so maybe he should have seen this coming. He cranes his neck back to look up at her. Waaaay up.

... The red bow on her ear is endearing. Did her other animal forms have that? He can't recall. Is that the source of her power?? Probably not but it's a thought that amuses him.]


'Twas indeed a better idea. Hopefully you are not tempted to eat them? [Do Dhalmels even eat leaves? He doesn't know.......

He also doesn't know how she plans to get them down beyond plucking them herself with her mouth. Or pulling the vine down? Unless she intends for him to get on her back or something but he might object to that.....]
adelphoi: (🍰 ᴄᴀsʜᴇᴡ)

[personal profile] adelphoi 2018-10-02 01:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ truly the power was in her hair ribbon all along. alphinaud's hair ribbon actually possesses the ability to turn him into inanimate objects. time to become a bucket of water!!

anyway, alisaie gives him a withering look with her dhalmel face, then lifts her head up into the canopy to break off like.... an enormous branch with her mouth, which she sets down at his feet. seriously, it's huge. ]
spellweave: (» reflection)

[personal profile] spellweave 2018-10-06 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
[He objects!!

Wow, that's an unnecessarily large branch. He's somewhat amused she managed to find one that didn't have caterpillar cocoons on it. So considerate. He takes a step back to look at it. Even so it has what he needs on it as the vine wraps around this branch. There are definitely more leaves on it since most animals can't get this high for them.

He approaches it to pick them all off. It's a process that takes a bit of time because not all the leaves are in good shape and he has to check this. Still, it is more than enough and when he's finished the bag he's using is more than half full.]


I think that will suffice for now. [But he charted the path here in his head and knows he can find it again tomorrow on his own if need be.
adelphoi: (🍰 ᴋᴜᴇ sᴀᴛᴜ)

[personal profile] adelphoi 2018-10-06 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[ look it would probably be super useful!! not as cool as her power, sure, but he will never be as cool as her, that is his curse.

anyway she's quick to shift back, because this form is even less dignified than most of the others she's taken. ]


I think I shall venture a bit further, if you feel confident enough making your way back on your own?
spellweave: (» eastern travels)

[personal profile] spellweave 2018-10-10 02:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[Look we can't all be red mages that backflip into AOEs like her.

As fascinating a power as it is it's still pretty amusing to see her shift into creatures like that. He nods.]


Of course. Try to return before it gets dark. [He isn't too concerned about it though. These woods aren't dangerous and he's pretty sure it loops back to the Temple if one strays too far.]

Should you find anything else you feel would be useful I'd be glad to take a look should you bring it back. [Don't bring back anymore caterpillars though.]
adelphoi: (🍰 ᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ)

[personal profile] adelphoi 2018-10-10 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[ that sounds like jealousy to me.. at least she doesn't stand out in the middle of nowhere never paying attention to mechanics and always being out of range!! besides she's an npc, she has like 4 billion health. ]

Aye, I shall. Be careful on your way back.

[ 300 caterpillars coming right up ]
spellweave: (» step forward)

[personal profile] spellweave 2018-10-10 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[That doesn't excuse the backflip into an AOE during the instance quest in 4.2, Alisaie!!]

I will be cautious. [And so he will, leaving her now to do whatever exploring suites her fancy.

If he finds any caterpillars in his bed during their time here so help him........]