Sometimes I Can't Believe It

[theskyaccepts]

🧙 WHO: Tsuna and you
⚔️️ WHAT: Beating that summer heat by ignoring your insecurities and failing
🕒 WHEN: Throughout August
🗺️ WHERE: Around town
⚠️ WARNINGS: Insecurities around self worth, last month's event and just general bad times? Will update as necessary.



A - Don't Treep, Man

[Since the events last month, Tsuna hasn't exactly felt like himself.

It's hard, he finds, to shake off the voices in his head, reminding him of how pathetic he is. And even with the reassurances of his friends, they don't go away that easily. And thinking about it makes his head spin.

So for now, it's the next best thing. Not thinking about it.

Green magic is still a bit of a mystery, but Tsuna is doing his best to encourage the plants. He's only focusing on his green magic and slowly but surely, small growth can be seen poking up out of the ground. Though he's reluctant to turn up the gas as it were, since the last time he did that, things got a little super charged. And he doesn't want to mess this up.

But maybe...just a little more?]

Hey! Get out of the way! I think I overdid it!

[Yeah, there is a mess of vines growing out of the ground at a rapid pace now. Help?]


B - School Days

[His attempts to help out having ended in disaster, Tsuna retreats.

He dithers about where to go, feeling like he's something of a danger to the world before finally settling on the school library. It seems safe enough and he can work on his homework at least, as something to do. Maybe something familiar will help.

And so that's where he's settled, at a familiar table to anyone who's joined Tsuna in his studies before. Although the familiar feeling he was hoping for has quickly disintegrated.]

I don't even know what half of this means? I'm never gonna get earth magic.

C - Wildcard

[OOC: Open to other options or hit up urbaninja if you want to plot or want a specific starter]

Comments

Closed to Tohru

[theskyaccepts]

[Tsuna is on the roof of the school.

He's finally had enough of studying but he's not ready to go home yet. It's just him there now and, well, it's not easy. Especially when his thoughts are still spinning and he can't seem to get a hold on them. It just feels like a lot and he doesn't know where to put it all.

It's times like these when he misses Reborn the most. And wishes his tutor would come out of the woodwork to smack him out of his doldrums or drag him into doing something with his friends. As much as he complains about it, those times do mean a lot to him.

For now though, he's just gazing out into the sunset. There's a half eaten bread roll beside him but he doesn't have much of an appetite.

He sighs.]

[agentlewish]

( Tohru had noticed that something was off.

She had been quiet, gently watching over him from time-to-time during class. He seemed so down... She wasn't entirely sure as to why, but she hopes that she can help him somehow during their breaks. When the time comes, Tohru finds that-- Tsuna is leaving the classroom. She doesn't feel right leaving him alone at all -- she knows how difficult things can be when you're handling them alone.

She watches him leave, quietly watching before making her way behind him. It's only when she opens the door to the roof that she speaks. )

... Good afternoon, Tsuna. Would it be alright if I joined you?

[theskyaccepts]

[Tsuna jumps, a little surprised since he hadn't really expected to be followed. Granted he was also caught up in his thoughts to really notice. He relaxes a bit when he sees who it is, but can't quite meet Tohru's eyes.]

Ah...Tohru-san...um, if you want to. I guess. I was just. Thinking.

[Suggesting that he might not be the best conversationalist at this moment. But he's not chasing her off.]

[agentlewish]

( She doesn't fail to notice the jump. She closes the door behind her and offers an apologetic look. )

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you.

( She makes her way to him then, sitting next to him - but keeping some polite distance between them. )

Are you alright? ... It's alight if you don't want to talk about it. I can just keep you company. I... know that sometimes -- it can just help to have someone nearby.

[theskyaccepts]

It's alright...

[He's just a jumpy kid. Blame Reborn for that.

He sighs, looking a little rueful as he turns around and leans against the barrier.]

I'm fine. Just had a lot on my mind lately. Since the whole thing with the mirrors in Celliwig.

don't treep

[sos_pilot]

[ Della had mostly been doing hard labor, her particular magics not really needed for these tasks. But she hears a familiar voice crying out, and is already on the move with the toolbox she was given to repair a fence. ]

Hey! You okay? I - whoa!

[ She trips a bit on the vines, trying to catch the toolbox, wobbling back and forth on the ground. ]

[theskyaccepts]

Sorry!

[Tsuna calls, trying to reign his vines back in. It's not the easiest tasks, since the plants, having been reminded that they like growing, seem to be determined to do so.]

I don't know how to make it stop yet!

[sos_pilot]

It's fine, it's fine! Lemme see what I have to work with...

[ Della opens the toolbox, digging though... a-ha! A small saw! ]

Aw, sweet! I'll hack these vines to bits!

[theskyaccepts]

[Tsuna looks a little concerned at the size of the saw. Hopefully it'll be enough, since the last time they exploded like this a sword was needed.]

I'm trying to turn it off to. The magic I mean.

[sos_pilot]

What were you trying to do in the first place? It kinda looks like you're ready to turn this farm into a jungle.

[ But she says it all cheerfully, as if this is casual conversation about the weather. ]

B

[bakudan_bambino]

[Gokudera is already in the school, and he should take more classes, but given his inconsistent suffering, it's in his best interest to supplement his education with only the lessons that help with his magic specifically. The library is quiet, and he usually is occupying his time there while waiting to walk the Tenth home.

He's been reading up when he hears his boss approach.]

Earth magic? What part's difficult, Tenth?

[He's never actually trained with his boss. They've never sparred, and he can't help his curiosity.]

[theskyaccepts]

Oh, Gokudera-kun!

[He smiles, but a little sheepishly at being caught in the midst of his struggles.]

It's just this assignment for my elemental magic class. I can't really get the earth magic to cooperate with the other elements.

[bakudan_bambino]

[Gokudera sits by him without invitation because, well, he hopes they're close enough to do so. He may be polite to the Tenth, but it's comfortable to be near him.]

What other element have you tried to use it with and how?

[theskyaccepts]

I mean, all of them? But even when I combine them, nothing really seems to happen to the earth. It just looks like dirt with water or fire over it.

[Nothing like it describes in the book.]

never got the notif!! sorry!

[bakudan_bambino]

Why not use dirt and water to make mud, then draw the water out, and then you can... make something out of mud or clay?

[Like a casing around something? Ceramic shield?]

A - Don't Treep, Man

[lunarchain]

[ Mona needed the extra cash, less for food and more for the sake of purchasing more goods from the world of Avalon. Taking up a job where she can use her water magic, and abilities to help tend to the crops. Was an easy notions, and quick money in her eyes. However what she did not expect, was to end up with vines entangling out from beneath her. Coiling around her legs, pulling her up and hanging her upside down.

Theres a bunch of noises coming out of her mouth, and she's waving her arms about. The water she was controlling before hand, dumping entirely onto the crops around them. Which seemed to delight the vines that were constricting around her legs. In a way, this was ironic. This was precisely how she first ended up in this world, entangled between vines. ]

What is with this place!! This is the second time this has happened to me. Put me down!!

[ She's trying very hard, with her fists to be let down. The with hat she wore, having flitted down onto the ground. Resting there where she was standing. ]

[theskyaccepts]

[Tsuna has been trying everything he can think of to get the vines under control. Willing himself to stop, slowing himself down by deep breathing, everything but the vines seem to have developed a mind of their own. He thinks he's almost got it when he hears the screaming, and that just ratchets up the anxiety once again.]

I'm sorry! I'm trying!

[He shouts back.]

Just...just give me a minute!

[lunarchain]

[ Upon seeing a familiar face - she relaxes... Slightly, but it doesn't make this circumstance any better for her. So she is attempting to rally her own pride and muster some sense of self as she settles there with her arms crossed. Letting out a long sigh, she waits patiently to be put down. ]

Please hurry.

[theskyaccepts]

[Tsuna gives a shaky nod, trying to calm himself and get the vines under control. If that doesn't work, he'll have to try a plan B, and burning the vines doesn't sound like a very good option to go with. But after a few deep breaths, it starts to work, allowing the vines to loosen slightly and allow a chance for freedom.]

I'm really sorry about that.

[He says again, head bowed.]

[lunarchain]

[ Mona gently comes back down onto her feet, at this point if it happens a third time within this place. She is going to end up with nightmares of some sort... Letting out a gentle sigh, she adjusts to look over at him. ]

It's fine, you didn't mean it. [ Mona flicks one of her pig tails. It jostles from the movement and then settles back into place. Her Lunar Moth familiar, finally comes from no where. Fluttering itself back onto the side of Mona's hair. Acting as if it were a hair pin. She reaches down onto the floor then. Dusting off her hat. ]

Having problems?

A

[cantgetanyworse]

[She notices the vines both at the shouting of a familiar voice and the sensation of something plucking at her skirt, and lets out a little 'eek!' of alarm as she tugs the fabric free to quickly stumble out of the way.

Her eyes dart up quickly to the person making the trouble and--]

You again! [--she doesn't sound angry, but certainly surprised that the two of them are once again meeting under... painfully similar circumstances.]

[theskyaccepts]

[Tsuna, at least, has the awareness to look a little sheepish at the situation. He's a trouble magnet if nothing else.]

S-sorry. Are you okay?

I'm trying to get them under control!

[cantgetanyworse]

Ah, yes, I'm fine! Just a little... surprised.

[Not terribly surprised to see that it's this young man getting himself into trouble with magic again. Well, at least she has some experience with that.]

Um-- how did this..? Happen?

[theskyaccepts]

I...I don't really know. I guess my attention slipped for a minute.

I was trying to be careful.

[Really, he was. But it's like turning the gas on too quickly.]

[cantgetanyworse]

Is this happening to you often?

[Ah, you little inquisitive vine, get off her skirt. She shakes the heavy fabric free and steps back, huffing at the audacity of the apparently curious flora.]

Being, ah... overly enthusiastic with your elemental powers, that is.