[Open] You Were In the Darkness Too

[tantailizing]

🧙 Who: Zidane Tribal and You!
⚔️️ Which: Open
🕒 Where: Between New Camelot and Atys/Ruins of Celliwig
🗺️ What: March Catch-all! Featuring! A Quest (Snow Laughing Matter), a TDM prompt (Eggxacting), and a nice general open prompt (stare at the doom sky with him!).
⚠️ Warnings: Will add when needed

I. Snow Laughing Matter

[And here he thought he'd be herding up Moon Rabbit kits, but he came across another issue that required his attention. He thought his magic had been a little screwy the past few days which was enough reason to try not using it, but at least it hadn't caused anything like this. Also, good thing snowmen don't really move too fast or this would be a bigger issue.]

Come on, I know where there's a bigger freezer than trying to cram into someone's fridge. This way, hurry!

[Bargaining magic might be a boon right now, but again, not worth the risk. Now's the time to work together!]

II. Eggxacting

[Flowers had come in handy shortly after the ritual's completion not too long ago. The flowers they'd used - the extra verbena - had helped illuminate the darkness better than the Candlebloom spell had. At least, more area had been easy to illuminate in comparison. So when a culinary wizard hands him some 'Oeufs de fleurs', Zidane's all about seeing them planted about accordingly.]

[Blue ones at night, white ones during the day...]

[There's a lot of checking his phone to know when its day or night with the sky as it is. Though, he also discovers there's nothing wrong with an 'accident' here and there with the eggs.]

[Hopefully Camelot won't mind a few extra trees around because putting them a little more accordingly around Atys seems like a pretty good idea. He could be found at the next spot just waiting for flowers or a tree, day or night, juggling several eggs with a hum.]

Which one will it be~?

[Unless someone sees him and would rather he have the right egg break into flowers right now, this would be up to chance.]

III. Stars Fall, but I'm Here

[Only once had Zidane had doubts about the pending destruction of their worlds. When someone said there was passage to a place to bear witness to this event, the quiet doubt slipped away.]

[But now, he could see it.]

[Sitting, staring up at the sky, of their worlds frozen in time but heading towards certain doom. Everyone's okay for now, but if something like the wraiths happened again - if that magic was forced to be temporarily released - that might change. Quietly, he stares, eyes focused on one planet in particular. He's seen it plenty of times before, through model globes and even thought holograms.]

[Their home - Gaia.]

...

[He's not saying anything. Probably hasn't even noticed someone may have joined him.]

IV. Wildcard

[OOC: Wanna do something unlisted from the prompts? Hit me up at demidemonLove or PM so we can plot! While Zidane is doing Tent Solution, he's mainly helping Kaika Theater, but is still willing to help others outside of that.]

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III

[rustyhonesty]

[Jean joins Zidane's company quietly, looking at the sky. It was menacing, but somehow coming from a world that's full of hell it's not bothering him as much as it probably should.]

Is that where you're from?

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[Keeping his eyes focused on the planet, Zidane slowly nods.]

Yup. Y'know, I knew the ocean was big, but I never really thought about just how big. Guess distance just changes that perspective.

[rustyhonesty]

[Jean focuses his gaze on the planet a little better. There's definitely a lot of water. More than Jean can imagine their world having.]

That's definitely a big area... is it all salt water?

[tantailizing]

Haha, I have no idea. As much as I've been on the sea, I don't make a habit of diving into it.

[He chuckles.]

I think some of it's salty, but not everywhere. Small places between the continents it seems to change.

[rustyhonesty]

Huh... that's still a lot of salt.

[Sort of makes you wonder why it's salty and exists in so big quantities.]

A few friends back home keep talking about the ocean. How there surely is one somewhere in our world... how it's filled with so much salth the people who sell it wouldn't be able to sell it all.

III

[inemeraldfaith]

[Truthfully, the sky's a terrifying thing to behold. Aerith doesn't like falling into that, however, which means even with the calamity illuminating the sky so effortlessly, she's still wearing smiles, still going about her day as if absolutely nothing has changed.

...While trying to use her magic as little as possible because things aren't always working quite the way she'd expect them to. Things are changing, relatively rapidly, and she can't help but wonder if what looms above them is some kind of sign of inevitable...

She doesn't know. Destruction, maybe. She hates thinking that. There has to be a way to stop that.

When she finds Zidane, she watches him for some moments, looking between him and the way his chin is tipped up to eye the sky. And eventually she moves to stand next to him, saying nothing at first.

Until...]

Oooh, looks kind of bad, doesn't it?

[tantailizing]

[Hearing footsteps approach, Zidane considers looking away, but decides against it. It's not as though he's had issue with anyone deciding to ambush him outside of that one quest so he's not too worried about that starting. But when she joins him, he does glance her way, nod... but then put on a smile.]

Looks pretty bad, but it's not moving. It's kinda like staring at a large painting.

[And as long as it's not moving - or not doing so too fast - he's going to try not worrying too bad about it.]

[inemeraldfaith]

A painting, huh?

[She can see it. That's a lot nicer than a lot of other ways she could probably describe it.]

I didn't think of that, but you might be right. I've never seen anything like it myself. Honestly, I've been looking at it since it showed up. It's like one day it wasn't there, and the next day it was. Think it's going to go away anytime soon?

[tantailizing]

[He nods and continues staring at it. At least there are way less crystals involved in this.]

Hm... probably not too soon. It makes day and night kinda ominous.

[Which, not cool doom sky.]

[inemeraldfaith]

[Aerith slips her hands behind her back as she exchanges her gaze between Zidane and the sky. This thing... what can they do? She can't help but wonder what awaits them all, how things will change as they move forward, if things truly are as... inevitable as they seem...]

A little bit, doesn't it.

[She wants to smile and share her optimism, but she's not sure how much he might buy that.]

Welllll... everyone here can see it. I'm sure there are plenty of us trying to think of a way to turn the sky back to normal. We just might need some time to figure things out.

III

[luciing]

[ It seems that all has turned their attention upward. No longer does the vault of the heavens reveal the majesty of the stars; instead, the calamity is laid bare for all to see: both ominous and terrifying at once.

Death has passed him twice, and thrice he has lived. The end of days, stalled save for a sliver of hope, is something he has come to see it for himself... Only to find someone familiar at its bleak mantel in the exact same location.

Somnus pauses before speaking. Perhaps...now would not be the time to greet him. Or, with the end nearer, perhaps it is the only time. He steps forward, making his presence known. ]

Ne'er think there is naught to be done.

[ There is not a shred of animosity in his tone, not as he had when touched by the curse of the Knights. ] ...Hail, youth.

[tantailizing]

[Tail stopping it's lax sway behind him, Zidane raises his head a bit... but doesn't look yet. Sure, he heard the footsteps, but he hadn't expected to be hearing that voice anytime soon. Considering what happened, he had two thoughts: one, being Somnus wasn't ready to talk about it, or two, the older man had just decided leaving things as they were would mean peace and quiet. Not that Zidane would let things stay that way, and also Somnus didn't seem like that guy, but man, he was hard to find.]

[Being found instead makes things easier.]

[And Zidane can look back at him with a wide grin when he finally does turn his head.]

Hey, Somnus! Feeling better now?

[luciing]

[ As ever, the smile contrasts against the Somnus' own grim countenance. With the backdrop of the calamity, the other's cheeriness seems unhealthily forced.

Somnus raises his hand, palm upward, then lowers it. This is a motion, slow and dignified, that he's always done in either greeting or calling for pause, even when none is needed. He gestures to the spot beside Zidane. ]

May I watch the heavens with you?

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[Glancing next to him, Zidane blinks, and then nods up at him.]

You can. Nothing else to do tonight?

[Because staring at the planets isn't really accomplishing much.]

[luciing]

Nay. [ He approaches, his footfalls quiet save for the swish of his heavy robe behind him. Then, he sits-- not to close as to be intruding on the other's space, but not so far as to make conversation stilted by distance.

When he adjusts, his hand rests on the ground beside him. His fingers pad against the cool earth, and he speaks again. ] No business, but to offer an apology.

I

[fullgauntlet]

[Izuku himself has been dealing with a few, ah, blips- in his magic lately as well too. He's not too sure what is happening aside from the issues in the sky.

At least he knows one thing hasn't changed. That's doing strange quests and tasks with Zidane. He's standing there looking at the enchanted snowman with a frown and his finger to his chin in thought.]

I... I wonder how they managed to enchant a snowman this time of year in the first place?

[tantailizing]

[No matter what happens, doing strange quests and tasks will never change. The only difference would likely be the method they get it done. And at Izuku's pondering, Zidane shrugs, shaking his head.]

No idea. I didn't think people could enchant snowmen like this anyway. Is it elemental magic? Kinetic? Maybe borrowing magic through siphoning?

[fullgauntlet]

That's a good question.

[At this point he's pretty used to doing all sorts of strange quests with the other boy. Yep.]

Or some sort of magic that possesses intimate objects... Anyway, we need to manage to get it out of here before it causes some damage.

[tantailizing]

Oh, I hope it's not that.

[Because then they have to figure out what object that was, and if it's on the snowmen... aha.]

No problem. We just have to herd it that way.

[fullgauntlet]

[Please no cursed objects today.]

Ah... Right, let's see if we can get it to move.

[Izuku moves towards the snowman that is trying to root through the house's belongings. It's really kicking up a fuss. Izuku glances at Zidane and then waves his arms...]

H-hey! If you stay in here you're only going to melt down?!

II

[apshot]

This one.

[ Yeah. Katsuki is snatching up one of the eggs right out from under Zidane's nose and throwing it. The correct color, thank you. So it's going to burst into flowers.

There's no need for 60ft trees. Not right now. Get with it. ]

[tantailizing]

Ah- heeey...

[Ceasing his juggling act, Zidane pouts a little, scowling at Bakugou.]

[... At least he didn't throw a wrong colored egg just cause.]

Someone's having a day.

[apshot]

Someone just doesn't like it when people fuck around when there's a job to do.

[ He's just a serious lad, Zidane. ]

[tantailizing]

Someone doesn't see the benefit of a tree.

Still, the flowers'll be good to have.

[apshot]

There's a benefit to a tree. But not too many of the damn things when the objective is to make flowers?