April Event/Closed Prompts + Catch All

[doppomine]

🧙 WHO: Doppo and friends
⚔️️ WHAT: April + quokka shenanigans. Plotting post here if you're interested in any of this month's prompts! Please feel free to contact me~
🕒 WHEN: Just before the April event to the end of the month
🗺️ WHERE: Various places!
⚠️ WARNINGS: Doppo being Doppo



Closed to Rinea, before April events

[ Even after the reassurances from the others, it's all the more reason Doppo feels that he ought to get a better handle and understanding of his magic before he even puts himself out there as someone looking for a job. Nobody wants their business to suddenly explode on the literal level just because Doppo can't keep his cool...

Naturally, imagining such scenarios isn't doing his mind any favors so he shakes them off as he continues to browse the shop. He'd been doing his own reading, as if he were reading off a recipe online and what he's doing now is to just...buy the ingredients. Something that should sound so simple has become so daunting for a man who's barely familiar with what he's looking at. Goma walks in the shop with him, observing whatever potential ingredients Doppo picks up and sniffs it when he brings it close to him. Still, Doppo would give these things a second pensive glance and would put them back on the shelf, his basket empty. He almost sneezes but catches himself this time though not without releasing a series of coughs and feeling like a total idiot.

It's just that the last couple of times he's sneezed, he ended up teleporting elsewhere or shoved things that aren't meant to be pushed... ]

Closed to Hifumi; Marsh Malous

[ Doppo Kannonzaka, beaten down by a toxic work culture, has now been reduced into the body of what appears to be the happiest looking animal. It just takes one look at his reflection in a puddle for Doppo to see just what he's become and he cannot help but scream internally. To anyone else, this marsupial's smiling from cheek to cheek and it's all sunshine and roses for him!

It seems any attempt Doppo makes at trying to contact people just lead to him being cooed at (weird), dismissed (which he kind of expects), or get a sketch drawn or pic taken with him...

On one hand, he's no longer the invisible salaryman who is a deadweight to his team doppo, u never were, but on the other than...is this really what he amounts to? A little rodent-looking thing that possesses the ability to smile like an internet fad???

Doppo may be the first quokka ever to appear upset as he finds a log to sit on to ponder about his life for the rest of his...shorter-term life, maybe.

There's so many more things he'd rather deal with right now. ]

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[champagnetower]

[It is just another day ending in y where Hifumi cannot help but to be nosey and go over to see what others are stopping to look at. If it's something cool, he can tell Doppo all about it! He simply cannot miss this opportunity, because he needs more reasons to talk Doppo's ear off. What he definitely did not expect was to see this small little animal. It's just so cute, he gets to his knees to take a closer look.]

Hey there little buddy! I don't think you're supposed to be here! Are you lost?

[He laughs to himself over asking this little friend questions.]

You probably don't even know what I'm saying, huh? But I'll try to help you anyway!

[doppomine]

[ Doppo's not only away from home and unemployed, he's a wild animal. He can barely take care of himself as a human so he supposes he could just spend the rest of his life hiding...

Just as he's reached the point of feeling resigned to his fate, he hears a very familiar voice above. Hifumi's then greeted by what looks like the biggest cheeky smile ever, like sunshine meeting a daisy. And while that description doesn't fit Doppo, he is actually happy to see that his friend's here. His presence alone brings Doppo hope. Or at least, a chance for a desperate effort to fix this situation.

Hifumi! Thank goodness, you're here...!

...he'd say, if he could. Instead, he just appears as a friendly creature with a curious demeanor as he ambles over to Hifumi on all fours before appearing to stand, hunched over. It's then that he raises both paws to rest at the highest point of Hifumi he can reach...which is just above his shoe.

YOU HAVE TO HELP ME!! ]

[champagnetower]

[Hifumi could just melt over how cute this quokka is with it's little paws on him like that. Who needs animal magic when you have a friendly disposition!]

You're awfully cute! Do you want some head pats? Of course you do!

[All animals like head pats, don't they? He's pretty sure they do, though he is of course no expert. If they're furry he simply assumed it to be true. So head pats it is, and he gives this quokka the gentlest of head pats.]

What a good little guy you are!

[doppomine]

[ Doppo would frown if he could but even he has to admit that the head pats are actually pretty nice. He leans forward, even reaching up to Hifumi's hand to encourage more -

Hey, wait a minute...!

Quokkas aren't particularly vocal animals but Doppo here is just screaming on the inside at this situation. A day in his life never goes by without some sort of struggle, is there?

What do I do...what do I do... Doppo's thinking so hard that what he does next is done without actually thinking, not realizing that his tightened grip onto Hifumi's hand means his little claws may start to pinch a little too hard. ]

[champagnetower]

Hey!! Watch it!

[Hifumi shouts, picking up the quokka to make sure it gets to have a good look at his pout.]

You have sharp little claws, you know! And you're pricking me! You should be more careful with what you do with those things!

[doppomine]

[ A-ah, shit! He didn't mean to do that!

With the way Hifumi's holding him, he's slumped over which makes it all the more easier for him to nod his head since any attempts at vocalizing "SORRY!" seems to not be going through. In fact, he does this several times while cursing at himself on how to convince Hifumi that he's holding his best friend like this. As for how Hifumi can help him turn back...uh...

One thing at a time.

Doppo's happy little head darts around, scanning around for what he can use and he just thinks fuck it and tries to wriggle out of Hifumi's grip. If he succeeds, then he's going to dive straight to where he can find the man's phone. ]

[champagnetower]

[Hifumi doesn't grip him firmly enough, so when he sees little quokka managa his way out of Hifumi's hands he wonders what it's next move is. What a curious creature, is all he thinks right now.]

Whatcha doing? I don't have any snacks on me!

[Even Hifumi finds himself curious, tilting his head at the quokkas behaviour. He's not sure a phone looks tasty... but sure, he'll take his phone out and hold it up.]

This isn't for eating! But I can probably pull up a good food pic!

hifumi, you *are* the snack

[doppomine]

[ He's not sure if this animal is even meant to climb anything, but he's taking this chance to scale up Hifumi's shirt so he can hang onto him at the shoulder. It could be the mental adrenaline or the animal body, but he's surprisingly not tired? (Listen, Doppo's never one for athletics...) If he can succeed at proving his identity, he may return to his old-but-still-recent life of unemployment and enjoying Hifumi's cooking again...!

The moment they're past whatever lockscreen Hifumi has, Doppo immediately goes to his contacts and slaps at his name over and over and over. ]

😏😏😏

[champagnetower]

[Well if that isn't a good name for this quokka to tap on! This quokka makes him more and more curious by the second. It truly has a mind of it's own!]

You want to talk to my Doppochin?

[He giggles, pressing on Doppo's name as well, which dials his number.]

Sure, why not! Let's talk to Doppochin! I always want to hear his voice anyway!

[doppomine]

[ GYAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!

You know, if the situation isn't already so dire for him, he probably would do a doubletake on some of the word choices there. ("My" Doppochin? Wanting to hear his voice? What?) Why couldn't he have turned into a parrot or something?! Or nothing at all! Ah, to be nothing...

Man, even as an animal his mind tends to spiral.

The fact that there's no answer on the other line says a lot. Doppo makes up for the lack of vocab with body language, frantically attempting to paw at the message icon to pull up the keyboard. It takes a few tries and even a few more tries for him to even attempt to text, to the point where he almost falls over from Hifumi's shoulder.

At some point he will do his best to come up with some mishmashed form of I
AM
DOP
P O ]

[champagnetower]

[Hifumi pauses to stare at the message the quokka certainly did it's best typing... For a moment he's confused by it, but then he remembers ah, wait, these planets really are just like this sometimes. Even after all these years when he thinks he's got everything figured out, when he thinks he's seen every weird thing that can happen, he finds that he's wrong. There's always an endless amount of new things that can happen.]

It's really you in this small, furry body?

[He holds up the quokka. Even now he still can't believe it, and he stares at it.]

I always imagined if you were turned into any animal, it would be a sloth!

[He thinks he's HILARIOUS and that's all that matters!]

[doppomine]

[ Doppo attempts to lunge at Hifumi but fails to given how he's being held...so much for giving him a peace of his mind. The quokka otherwise appears to be smiling cheek to cheek and very eager to give the human a hug for being able to figure the situation out.

SHUT UP AND HELP ME!!

The jerk that transformed him said that he had to be kissed to turn back...which sounds utterly stupid but the whole situation is stupid and appears to be par for course in a place like this. He just hopes Hifumi knows what to do, given how much longer he had been here...or he'd have to find a way to explain that he may have to kiss his best friend??? Man, is it getting hot in here? ]

[champagnetower]

[As cute as quokkas are, if this truly is Doppo, Hifumi wants nothing more than to have him back to normal. The very best Doppo is normal Doppo, after all.]

Can this place really make it that simple?

[He's mostly thinking out loud, not expecting anyone to have a real answer for that kind of question.]

In fairytales when someone turns into an animal, you kiss them to make them go back to normal. But this place always does the weirdest stuff, it seems like it should take a lot more than a kiss to fix this one. Maybe animal magic?

[Not that he has animal magic, so that's not anything he himself can try out. But he can definitely try a much simpler method that he's plenty capable of on top of the ability to make this as embarrassing as possible!]

I don't have the ability to do animal magic, but I def have these two lips that would like kissing a furry little you! How about it!! Pucker up, Dopppochin! You're gonna die from an overdose of Hifumin kisses!

[And even if it doesn't work, at least he tried! That's all he can do in this situation. First he holds the quokka to be cheek to cheek with him, taking in what may possibly be the last moments of Doppo being small and furry, then he goes for a bunch of kisses all over its little face.]

[doppomine]

[ Thank god Doppo doesn't have to type out what needs to be done. As expected of Hifumi to catch onto the ridiculousness of the situation so quickly...!

...wait, he's taking this a little too well, isn't he?! Hifumi isn't even questioning it? He definitely has been here too long!

And it's not like a videogame where Doppo can just pause and think about his choices. By the time he processes the fact that he'd been kissed once, he's kissed five more times. The change from quokka to human happens even quicker as that small cheeky smile is soon replaced with a very wide eyed and very flushed face of a man who can only say, "Wuh?" at the end of all this.

He's not sure when he did this or how long he'd been locked in this pose, but Doppo's holding both of Hifumi's hands with his and he's just, kind of frozen at what happened. ]

[champagnetower]

Aha! [Hifumi shouts at the sight of Doppo having his normal human body back. He truly did not think that would work, but is very grateful it did!

He notices Doppo holding his hands, understanding this is probably a big shock for him since it is for Hifumi too. Hifumi does his best to comfort Doppo, giving him a soft smile.]

Are you okay? Do you need a minute?

[He won't move his hands away unless Doppo does.]

It must've been suuuper scary being in a body you couldn't communicate normally in!

[doppomine]

[ Yeah, his body is really confusing him right now.

Doppo drops his hands to wipe at his face, as if to confirm that he's no longer an animal but really he's...just trying to collect himself. Seems no matter how hard he rubs, his face only gets redder and that smile Hifumi gives him isn't doing that any favors. It's a smile he'd seen a billion times but...?! ]

S-Sorry. [ Naturally, that comes out of his mouth first before a groan escapes. Can he just go back into the water now? ]

...that you had to do that.

[champagnetower]

[Seeing Doppo back to normal and hearing his voice makes Hifumi so happy and relieved that he pulls him in for a hug.]

I didn't mind it!

[Of course he didn't... kissing Doppo is never a problem for him, regardless of whether or not he's in the body of a small animal.

He ruffles Doppo's hair.]

No matter what this place does, I will save you as many times as I need to! And I know you would do the same for me too!

[doppomine]

Y-Yeah... [ He would. Would things have turned out the same if the situation was reversed? Hifumi has no problem with it, so it's obviously a problem of Doppo's. Ain't that par for course. The kisses were just a means to help Doppo turn back to being human so for his mind to go to that place makes him feel all the more guilty. ]

This place sure is...something, even for Avalon. [ Hifumi thinks nothing of it and neither should he, or so he's going to try to keep telling himself. Spoiler alert, it doesn't work. ] It was probably a bad idea for me to even come here...

[champagnetower]

[Doppo is right; this place sure is something all right. He nods and hums in agreement, but that stops abruptly at the second part of what Doppo says.]

That's totally not true!

[He pinches one of Doppo's cheeks. Don't go to the bad place Doppo! Hifumi will be annoying enough to make sure that doesn't happen! He simply will not allow this!]

Everything is so much better when you're around! Really truly! So so so much better! I won't ever let you forget it!

[doppomine]

[ Hifumi will even get away with a couple of pinches before Doppo swats his hand away. He's months past thinking that all of this is a dream but the pinches pretty much confirm otherwise. ] That's not what I meant! Well, maybe a little. I mean here, in Malous. [ It's way out of his league. So is Hifumi. Seriously, he needs to sleep on this. The only good thing about their whacky situation is that it's distracting enough of a topic to shift from the one going on in Doppo's mind. ]

I've gotten a little better about my magic but...things still go wrong even when I'm not even casting anything. [ Nope, Hifumi's right. He's going to that bad place after all. It is technically, a very familiar place for him unlike this world. ] Ahh...and just my luck that I'd turn into an animal that's doomed to smile forever...why is that even a thing... [ Better get him outta here before he sinks to the ground. ]

[champagnetower]

It's not your fault! That's just the nature of this place!

[With his hand being swatted at, he keeps his hands to himself momentarily. Gotta go harder at playing cheerleader!]

Weird things happen left and right, it's out of our control! The one main thing that is still exactly as it was back home is that all you can do is try your best!

[Hifumi pats Doppo on the back a little too roughly.]

What do you say we get out of here and head home? I'll fix you up something nice to eat!

[doppomine]

Yeah, you're right. [ No matter how often this happens, Hifumi's back pats always catch Doppo off guard as he nearly falls over. He doesn't, but it is enough to ground him from spiraling again. The mention of having Hifumi's cooking is probably the best news he's heard all day. ]

Before that though...um, how are your hands? [ Doppo reaches for them again to inspect for any scratch marks. Bad idea, given how the Thoughts have already made his own hands feeling pretty clammy. He knows Hifumi wouldn't mind but he...really needs time to process this. (In the form of screaming into his pillow later tonight.) ]

Sorry about that...

[champagnetower]

[The distraction of Doppo being in that small animal body, then transforming back to his normal self made Hifumi completely forget there was a brief incident involving quokka claws.]

Oh yeah! My hands are fine! No worries!

[And just to prove it, as Doppo inspects his hands, he lifts his own hands up to hold at Doppo's eye level for him to get a closer look.]

See? No biggy! A teeny tiny lil scratch that is barely noticeable!

[He gives Doppo the biggest grin. See! He's fine!]

Why? Do you wanna kiss my booboo?

[doppomine]

[ Listen, Doppo's seen this hand bleed a time or two and it's already one time too many. He doesn't want a repeat! ]

No, you're obviously fine. [ He drops the hands and turns away to walk in the other direction. If Hifumi cares to take notice, the tips of his ears are visibly red, flustered at the comment and what happened earlier. Doppo may be back to normal but he feels anything but right now! He just needs to sleep on this, yes... ]

[champagnetower]

[Hifumi giggles at Doppo's reaction. He teases because he looooves far more than he can tell Doppo right now. The red on his ears are a lovely bonus, and he absolutely has to tease for that as well, poking at one of his ears.]

You don't have to be embarrassed, Doppo! Like I said, it's not your fault!

[He links arms with Doppo.]

I'm gonna make sure you're not gonna go all animal on me again! If this doesn't work, we'll have to put you on a leash next time!

[doppomine]

[ There are people that double down on their statements and then there's Hifumi who does the same thing but with a bulldozer. Years of..."practice" lets Doppo tolerate the affection(???) and keeps him from getting completely riled up from all the teasing. At least, until Hifumi mentions the idea of getting a leash for him. That will earn him a very beet-faced Doppo who will attempt to speed walk (with their arms still linked)... ]

I'm not an animal anymore so there's no point in getting a leash! [ He'd follow up with a comment on getting one for Hifumi because the other gets distracted and into antics all the time................except this time, it was Doppo's fault for wandering off. Don't @ him ok ]