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You gotta live better than you were though
🧙 WHO: Gokudera and YOU
⚔️️ WHAT: August catch-all! OTA
🕒 WHEN: August
🗺️ WHERE: New Camelot (predominantly)
⚠️ WARNINGS: Language, violence, drugs, mentions of past trauma: self-immolation, slavery
I. Healing Circle After Party
Despite most of his friends helping him, Gokudera has felt very alone since he learned of Yamamoto's absence. It's not the first time he's lost someone he's cared about. He's not being loud about his heartbreak and has seen on the network that others have lost some people important to them as well. But how often do you lose six different versions of your same friend/rival from home?
Gokudera feels a bit numb, and the strangulation he faced before is healed, but... still, there's pain. It feels like it never goes away, and on his own self-reflection, he realizes it's because he's focusing on it. He needs to use his head before his collar gets rid of it, and he can't problem-solve when it feels like his heart aches more now than it ever has before.
He collects yarrow and lemon balm, enjoying the smell and seeming almost to meditate while he gathers herbs. Once he's done, he's looking about for someone to sit with. There is no visible injury on the young man, and whatever he's going through, he doesn't want to talk about it. He'd rather just get on with the meditative healing.
Even burning the herbs seems somewhat traumatic, and so he closes his eyes and takes a steady breath, wondering why and how he suddenly became so wary of flames. The first thing he will share is fear and pain, a sinking feeling starting from the fingers and winding up the muscle of arms and causing a slight bit of panic. Sorry for sharing, but at least no one has to listen to him talk about why an explosives expert is scared of fire, right?
II. Crystal Mushroom
Gokudera gets on the quest board regularly (it's how he makes most of his money, in fact). Some manual labor feels nice, and he enjoys getting his hands dirty, literally, if only to focus on something he feels he has control over. Cleaning is one thing.
Taking care of a drug-dealer's source is another.
But still, work he can do. Gokudera's out to find Wendy, and he's dressed the part of the mafioso he is. The teen's donned a suit and he's come with the intent to threaten with dynamite, or explain that Wendy might find herself with some bad luck. If anyone stops him on his way to find her, he'll be honest.
He's going to beat up some drug-dealer. That's all they need to know. Gonna take out some aggression. Want to supervise? Help him? Hold him back? Talk him out of it?
III. Don't Treep, Man
Gokudera can be found repairing fences, looking out for fairy nests in the farm land, and helping to clean up the orchards. He has no green magic, but it's moments like these that he wish he did. The boy's very eager to be close to real, live trees. Too many years trapped in worlds where everything was either a hologram, or irradiated has him grateful to sit on fertile soil while he takes a hammer to a fence. The sun might be beating down on him a little too hard, burning at his skin, and he may appreciate someone helping him out. The fairies in the area seem to be enjoying his company, though, and are a fun distraction.]
I don't suppose any of you have tips for staying cool?
[The faeries, of course, don't respond, but just keep on gathering blades of grass and taking them back to their nest. Gokudera offers one a nail, looks it over, and then gets up to go make a sort of laundry line by pushing two into the dirt by their nest, tying a string about them, and then leaving a few sweets.]
Don't let the ants get to them, now...
[Few people have seen how tender the boy is towards the fae, and despite what he's been through, he continues to offer gifts, smiles, and any help he can.]
IV. Animal Mage Hunt - Platina Faun
[It's been... an odd couple weeks, and now, for some reason, he's woken up without his normal lower half. Gokudera's not keen on leaving the house, but he has to attend classes, has to escort the Tenth to them. His current transformation is making going out in public especially difficult. He can't wear pants, because he can't fit them past his new set of legs, and his pet leopard keeps looking at him oddly, so he can't stay inside, either. Gokudera can be found napping by the training grounds, eager to spar with anyone who wants a new challenge, or he can be found moving about the forest, foraging for food and stones.
He's keeping to himself, but can also be found walking about the streets of New Camelot, just... trying to run errands as if his cloven footsteps weren't loudly announcing his new features. His bigger concern is whether or not he'll change back. If he does, hopefully it will be in the privacy of his own home, where being without pants is at least acceptable.
Oh well, at least the little stubby horns popping out through his silver hair are cute.]
⚔️️ WHAT: August catch-all! OTA
🕒 WHEN: August
🗺️ WHERE: New Camelot (predominantly)
⚠️ WARNINGS: Language, violence, drugs, mentions of past trauma: self-immolation, slavery
I. Healing Circle After Party
Despite most of his friends helping him, Gokudera has felt very alone since he learned of Yamamoto's absence. It's not the first time he's lost someone he's cared about. He's not being loud about his heartbreak and has seen on the network that others have lost some people important to them as well. But how often do you lose six different versions of your same friend/rival from home?
Gokudera feels a bit numb, and the strangulation he faced before is healed, but... still, there's pain. It feels like it never goes away, and on his own self-reflection, he realizes it's because he's focusing on it. He needs to use his head before his collar gets rid of it, and he can't problem-solve when it feels like his heart aches more now than it ever has before.
He collects yarrow and lemon balm, enjoying the smell and seeming almost to meditate while he gathers herbs. Once he's done, he's looking about for someone to sit with. There is no visible injury on the young man, and whatever he's going through, he doesn't want to talk about it. He'd rather just get on with the meditative healing.
Even burning the herbs seems somewhat traumatic, and so he closes his eyes and takes a steady breath, wondering why and how he suddenly became so wary of flames. The first thing he will share is fear and pain, a sinking feeling starting from the fingers and winding up the muscle of arms and causing a slight bit of panic. Sorry for sharing, but at least no one has to listen to him talk about why an explosives expert is scared of fire, right?
II. Crystal Mushroom
Gokudera gets on the quest board regularly (it's how he makes most of his money, in fact). Some manual labor feels nice, and he enjoys getting his hands dirty, literally, if only to focus on something he feels he has control over. Cleaning is one thing.
Taking care of a drug-dealer's source is another.
But still, work he can do. Gokudera's out to find Wendy, and he's dressed the part of the mafioso he is. The teen's donned a suit and he's come with the intent to threaten with dynamite, or explain that Wendy might find herself with some bad luck. If anyone stops him on his way to find her, he'll be honest.
He's going to beat up some drug-dealer. That's all they need to know. Gonna take out some aggression. Want to supervise? Help him? Hold him back? Talk him out of it?
III. Don't Treep, Man
Gokudera can be found repairing fences, looking out for fairy nests in the farm land, and helping to clean up the orchards. He has no green magic, but it's moments like these that he wish he did. The boy's very eager to be close to real, live trees. Too many years trapped in worlds where everything was either a hologram, or irradiated has him grateful to sit on fertile soil while he takes a hammer to a fence. The sun might be beating down on him a little too hard, burning at his skin, and he may appreciate someone helping him out. The fairies in the area seem to be enjoying his company, though, and are a fun distraction.]
I don't suppose any of you have tips for staying cool?
[The faeries, of course, don't respond, but just keep on gathering blades of grass and taking them back to their nest. Gokudera offers one a nail, looks it over, and then gets up to go make a sort of laundry line by pushing two into the dirt by their nest, tying a string about them, and then leaving a few sweets.]
Don't let the ants get to them, now...
[Few people have seen how tender the boy is towards the fae, and despite what he's been through, he continues to offer gifts, smiles, and any help he can.]
IV. Animal Mage Hunt - Platina Faun
[It's been... an odd couple weeks, and now, for some reason, he's woken up without his normal lower half. Gokudera's not keen on leaving the house, but he has to attend classes, has to escort the Tenth to them. His current transformation is making going out in public especially difficult. He can't wear pants, because he can't fit them past his new set of legs, and his pet leopard keeps looking at him oddly, so he can't stay inside, either. Gokudera can be found napping by the training grounds, eager to spar with anyone who wants a new challenge, or he can be found moving about the forest, foraging for food and stones.
He's keeping to himself, but can also be found walking about the streets of New Camelot, just... trying to run errands as if his cloven footsteps weren't loudly announcing his new features. His bigger concern is whether or not he'll change back. If he does, hopefully it will be in the privacy of his own home, where being without pants is at least acceptable.
Oh well, at least the little stubby horns popping out through his silver hair are cute.]
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[Gokudera wonders why he hasn't heard anyone else mention the lance, Rhongomyniad in this world.]
Do you know if he has such a weapon in Avalon?
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...Though, uh, I don't actually know how you'd manage that? Do you just, I dunno, walk up to him like, "hi, I've got some questions to ask"?
[ She doesn't actually know how kings in their courts work. Most of her knowledge comes from movies and dramas (which always seem to kind of handwave those details), or else outlier-type circumstances. ]
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[So Gokudera isn't going to just text him at random or anything like that. Even if the King did respond, Gokudera would trip all over himself. It's going to be something that will require careful consideration before he brings it up.]
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[ That's not even something she's really considered. She's seen politicians posting on social media plenty of times, either to shill opinions or in an attempt to appear approachable. Is it really unthinkable for the king of a magically-technical kingdom to do the same thing? ]
In my experience, that seems like something you'd be better off asking a Merlin, rather than their Arthur...
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[A nod. She gets it, and he appreciates that.]
But isn't it Arthur's weapon?
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'Cause in the end, just because you're the one who uses the magical weapon doesn't mean you're the one who got it. Maybe if you went on a big quest or something, but even then, you'd want to consult your local magician, right?
[ Her logic feels pretty sound to her, at least. ]
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[Because he's never read the exact story. Partially not wanting to break the fourth wall on this one, but also because he's not read much that couldn't be applied to his every day life. Sure, reading The Once and Future King might help him out, but... he hasn't.]
I'd want to understand my weapon the most before I ever use it for anything.
[But maybe that's just him.]
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[ She holds out both of her hands to look at them as she says it. She's got gloves on, though the back of the right one has been modified to have a window for this symbol on her hand to be visible. ]
Even back home, with everything I was involved in... I asked one of them to teach me how to fight, you know? And he's turned me down every time. I don't know how different it is for someone who knows what they're doing.
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[He looks at the symbol on her hand, but does not understand its purpose.]
Why not ask someone else?
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Because he's the one who was actually a teacher. The rest of them are more along the lines of like... "sure, it's easy, you just hit the other guy until they don't move anymore."
If I'm gonna learn, I want to learn properly, you know?
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Relying on only one person is bad news, anyways.
[Or at least, that's how things have gone for him. Having a mentor who didn't want to teach him, and didn't really put much thought into how Gokudera learned had result in some pretty dangerous losses. There are things he's taught himself and he's succeeded, but still... there are a lot of lessons that were tough to swallow, no matter who handed them out.]
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[ She knows how to throw a proper punch, and she knows several ways how to break someone's hold if they grab her from behind. Everything that has been taught to her has been geared towards self-defense, things that will allow her to stall until she can get to safety, whether that's shelter or a "proper" combatant finds her. ]
I guess... before I came here, I was pretty lucky. I had a lot of people looking out for me. And now I'm kinda behind the curve.
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[Gokudera only knows how to fight because of the need to do so. Growing up the way he did, it was very much a life or death and case-by-case sort of ordeal. You just figure it out? He's not sure how to explain it. Each opponent is different, so learning could be beneficial, but it's always easier to just literally and figuratively roll with the punches.]
Look out for yourself, then. See what happens. That's how most people learn how to fight.
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Yeah, I'll probably do that. ...I've been pretty lucky, up until this point. It's never been that important.
[ In her opinion, she's always been the safest person in her world, in the liminal space after it had ended. There'd always been a group of people looking after her, so no matter how dangerous the job was, she'd been protected.
That's no longer the case, is it? ]
Maybe I'll look into it when I'm a little more on my feet.
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[He gives a light little snort-laugh that almost sounds like a bleat.]
Are you going to be safe on your own?
[He can't help but ask. Honestly, he just doesn't feel right leaving her out here alone, even if he knows she's capable. Gokudera is a huge worry-wort.]
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[ But the joke and the laugh both bring a smile to her face. ]
I'll be fine. I'm not going to go wandering off for any kind of big adventure on my own, I promise. Just 'cause I'm planning on leveling up doesn't mean I'm gonna do anything over my head.
[ Yet. No promises once she's a little more comfortable here. ]
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[He can't guarantee that Larry is even still here, but trusts that the sea monster is able to keep an eye out. Gokudera straightens himself up a little more, brushing some of his fur from his legs before adjusting his bag, and giving her a nod.]