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isleofavalon2021-09-23 06:14 pm
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🧙 WHO: Rei, Sasara, & Rosho (and Princess)
⚔️️ WHAT: Rei moving in with the boys due to refugee crowding... also rosho is an owl lol
🕒 WHEN: After the Sept event
🗺️ WHERE: Phoenix Roost
⚠️ WARNINGS: discussion of the event's disasters
[It's been a real dark week.
Really, they shouldn't be surprised that shit has gone south; the whole reason outworlders were brought to Avalon in the first place was because of a multiplanar collapse. But, true to human nature, it's easy to get comfortable in the daily rhythms of the city when strife is so far away.
Still, those rhythms clearly weren't meant to last without protection-- and in the days following Celliwig's destruction and the wave of survivors entering the city, it seems everyone has become clear-eyed about that fact.
Phoenix Roost has suspended performances, its operations diverted to survivor welfare, but its back offices still serve their purpose for team meetings. Rei's relationship with Rosho and Sasara might be a little strained right now, but that didn't stop any of them from continually making sure they were all alive.
So here Sasara and Rei sit, waiting for Rosho to get off work and join them. Rei's familiar too is ever-present. She had been acting extra protective of her ward, but now sits at her window perch, peering pensively through the glass.]
...Sasara.
[Rei's cigarette smolders weakly between his fingers, forgotten long ago when Rei became lost in thought.]
You two don't have plans to rent out your rooms, do you.
⚔️️ WHAT: Rei moving in with the boys due to refugee crowding... also rosho is an owl lol
🕒 WHEN: After the Sept event
🗺️ WHERE: Phoenix Roost
⚠️ WARNINGS: discussion of the event's disasters
[It's been a real dark week.
Really, they shouldn't be surprised that shit has gone south; the whole reason outworlders were brought to Avalon in the first place was because of a multiplanar collapse. But, true to human nature, it's easy to get comfortable in the daily rhythms of the city when strife is so far away.
Still, those rhythms clearly weren't meant to last without protection-- and in the days following Celliwig's destruction and the wave of survivors entering the city, it seems everyone has become clear-eyed about that fact.
Phoenix Roost has suspended performances, its operations diverted to survivor welfare, but its back offices still serve their purpose for team meetings. Rei's relationship with Rosho and Sasara might be a little strained right now, but that didn't stop any of them from continually making sure they were all alive.
So here Sasara and Rei sit, waiting for Rosho to get off work and join them. Rei's familiar too is ever-present. She had been acting extra protective of her ward, but now sits at her window perch, peering pensively through the glass.]
...Sasara.
[Rei's cigarette smolders weakly between his fingers, forgotten long ago when Rei became lost in thought.]
You two don't have plans to rent out your rooms, do you.
owl let myself in 🦉🚪
Maybe its a bit too much all at once, when he gets the results he wanted in his first full animal transformation but finds himself without the ability to turn back.
Oh, don't worry too much about it sir, one of the other faculty members had told Rosho as he forlornly perched upon the back of a chair in the break room. Since they're not permanent changes you'll return to yourself in due time! Its a matter of letting the magic run its course.
And that was how Rosho found himself flying through the city in the direction of the Roost. He has to admit, its a bit exciting to fly, but not at the expense of him no longer being human! He's not even sure what to do about the meeting they'd all set up that day but it isn't as if he can just not show up. Now isn't the time to be worrying Rei and Sasara with a sudden absence.
Fortunately with the flow of people coming in and out of the performance house, Rosho has no problem soaring into the building, and its not difficult for him to locate Rei's office. The issue now is... well, getting inside. His talons try to catch against the doorknob, but they just scratch and grasp futilely only to slip free from the smooth surface. He doesn't have many other options at this point, and so Rosho starts to bang his body against the door. He's big, but not that big, so its not like he'll break anything. Right? ]
daisy i'm so proud, that was im-peck-able 🥲
The rhyme and flow of life got disrupted, but among Dotsuitare Honpo's members the pace is slowly picking up again, ya see. ] Eh? [ That's the root of them sitting tucked away in waiting conversation. Without the trouble on the other side of the door, it'd be as casual as it used to. Sasara answers that way. ]
I don't suppose it's in the cards. What, with Rosho still working, ya know? [ Inn keeper Sasara can't hurt you. However— ] We've got just a little extra space, besides.
[ It's tempting to join Rei, bide the time like so, with the ashtray sitting there. Sasara flip-flops between starting again and quitting again. How troublesome this has been! The knock on the door startled him out of any sorta thought for it, though. He almost feels like he's been caught because he assumes.
A guilty conscience, but luckily none of them can read minds.]A-ah...! It's open, Rosho!
[ Unhelpfully not assuming that his partner is a bird, Sasara doesn't move to get up at all. ]
haha, hoot :)
What, the lock jammed or something?
[Princess squawks, irritated at the two of them. Open it, you idle fools, she orders; not that either of them can understand her, but Rosho might hear it at least.]
All right, I'm coming. [SIGH!! Rei gets up with a grunt, assuming that their mysteriously silent caller is probably a staff member or refugee needing help or getting lost. He turns the knob, opening the barrier that had frustrated Rosho's attempts.]
What is it, y--
[That. Is a fucking owl]
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Looking between the two of them, he realizes he has no way to try to communicate who he is and what's going on, so he moves onto his next best candidate and fellow feathered friend in assuring he's not scooped up and tossed out of the office.
Thanks for making them let me in, now please make sure they don't kick me out! I'm not an owl! I mean, I am, but I'm Rosho! ]
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Princess leaps from her perch at the windowsill to the back of Rei's chair, behind Rosho's seat on the desk. She extends her wings, appealing to the two humans in the room. Behold. It is that boy of yours.]
What is it? [Rei does not catch on immediately.] Is this your friend, sweetheart?
[The utterly dry look Princess gives Rei makes it clear, even wordlessly, that that is Not Correct.]
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[ Sasara tips his chair almost so far back that he falls over. Sure, this place is called The Roost, and while he knows Rei to have a sense of humor, he's never thought of him pulling anything more elaborate than having Princess perch around the place. He'll laugh about it— later!
Princess' wingspan is a little intimidating, ya see, and while it suits Rei's schtick, Sasara thinks there are too many feathers flying around this room suddenly. ]
Her friend!? She looks upset, ya know! [ On top of having no animal magic, Sasara also has no idea about bird-body-language... ya see... ]
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Don't call me his boy! I have a name!
Thank God Rei and Sasara can't hear this, but them not being able to understand either of them isn't a good thing either! Honestly this just seems like its going to be hopeless and it doesn't look like Princess can do much to help him out. But, he's got them asking questions and not throwing him outside, so that's a good enough victory for the moment. He really should have brought something along to try to give a hint of who he is.
Turning back around, Rosho looks at Rei, and while he imagines it'll be easier to get him to figure out what's going on here there's no real plan for how he's going to do that.
So, he focuses his attention on Sasara instead. Walking across the desk until he gets to the edge, Rosho hops off with a flutter of his wings and lands in his lap. He looks up at him, unsure of what to do, until the glint of the shiny fan pin catches his eyes and he begins to peck at it. ]
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--Oh, I've seen this happen before.
[That's right-- Riou once got stuck as an animal too, didn't he? So this is probably a human. And probably... Rosho.
But it's way funnier to see Sasara panic, so Rei says nothing :)]
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How much more can he lean back without tipping the chair over? ]
A-ah, seen what, ya say?
[ Sasara tries to move his hands in a way to shoo the owl away as it starts pecking, but without a real aim of how to do it, like not wanting to grab it or push it off, it looks more like he's flailing. ]
Don't cha think your little birdie can help!? [ ( Princess. ) Surely she knows she's meant. ]
Or wait around for Ro– [ Eh... hold on! He's had a recent encounter like that too! Sasara's sorta flustered look between Rei and his familiar drops back down. ] Oi, ya ain't saying...!
[ In that case, it's funny!!! ]
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However a shining beacon of light finally reveals itself with Rei's curious inquiry, and Rosho stops pecking at the pin. Have they finally figured it out? About time. Rosho hoots as he flaps his wings, trying to push the answer home. Yes, this is exactly what they're both saying, and that'd better be that he is in fact Rosho!
He settles down and turns himself around, remaining in Sasara's lap to wait for the reveal. ]
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Well, we probably don't have to wait around for him anymore, is what I mean. [Rei meanwhile is having the time of his life, grin fixed entirely on the huffy little owl in Sasara's lap.]
Right, Rosho?