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[unhappy]

🧙 WHO: Emerald & YOU!
⚔️️ WHAT: Top is open prompts, individual prompts in comments.
🕒 WHEN: Early to mid-March
🗺️ WHERE: Various
⚠️ WARNINGS: None yet, will add as needed.

A. Flowers and Dragons (TDM Prompt)
[ Emerald isn't much of a flower person. She doesn't mind them, but in the grand scheme of things, she's more a fan of realistic wants and needs-- she's not the type of person to get drawn in because something is pretty. The baby dragons are kind of a menace though, and without her aura to protect her, she'd rather do things the peaceful way...

At least her particular style of magic is especially useful for this kind of a mission. She may not have mastered hard light by any means, but in the months she's been here, she's become very adept at illusion and glamours. It's more a focus of familiarity and want, but right now, it's got her with one hand up to hold an invisibility illusion up while a dragon is mere feet from her and she's kneeling down with a basket full of little purple chive blossoms. She's doing her best to fill up the basket with one hand, but it's obviously a little messy.

If you come near her, she'll stop to put her fingers up to her lips. She can't control what the dragon hears, after all. Please don't alert the baby, she's trying her best to get this done without disaster. ]

B. Homesick or sick of home?
[ While Emerald's happy that they have inn rooms to fall back on, it's a stark reminder that it's still not a home. There's no one there waiting for her, and the longer she's here, refusing to let anyone get close (even if some people are clearly trying) the more it reminds her that she's alone. It also leaves her to think a lot about what a home means to her, and why she wants one here. It would be natural to want to stay in that inn if she felt like she had a place back in her world. Because the inn should be temporary-- a reminder that this is not forever, that they'll all go home one day. It's getting harder and harder for her to see why that's a good thing, the longer being here reminds her what it's like not to spend every day in a constant variable state of terror.

And yet, she finds herself wandering around an open house. The place she's at is too big for her to live at alone, for sure, but anyone can wander in easily and see her looking caught up in her own thoughts. If she does catch you looking though, it'll quickly be covered up with her narrowing her eyes. ]

Do you want something? You're supposed to be looking at the house, not me.

[ Well, she's still got an attitude problem whenever she's caught having feelings. ]

C. Wildcard
[ Write your own prompt or contact me and I'll whip up something for you! I can be contacted at tartetatin or taylotjelly#4556 on Discord. ]

Comments

for raven

[unhappy]

[ It wasn't until she was already on the hopscotch.. board? Whatever you call it. It wasn't until she was on that that she saw who her opponent was and her immediate instinct is to draw her gun and just shoot Raven. But she's trying not to make herself out to be a wanted criminal here. She's really trying, and so despite that it would be so easy because Raven isn't a maiden here, she doesn't reach for Thief's Respite.

Instead she just glares and sticks her tongue out before proceeding. They explained the rules, and Emerald thinks she's got the advantage here for sure. She just has to get to one of the magic squares first, then she can use illusion magic to hide where the actual steps are. ]

Aren't you a little old for this?

[ She taunts as she waits for them to get the go ahead to start. ]

offers starbucks as she finally arrives

[ensuredsurvival]

[Raven would have opted out for this event if she had known who she'd encounter. She had wanted to practice her magic, so she had opted for trying these games out and this is what she gets as a rewards. Yikes.]

Maybe... but I'll still kick your ass. Just like Cinder's.

[She's intentionally trying to make her angry, yes, how did you know?]

the best gift

[unhappy]

You ran without bothering to even check if you finished the job, so I'd watch your back if I were you.

[ Emerald's eyes narrow. It's obvious that she's more than a little defensive of Cinder. But she's decidedly not as upset as she would be if Cinder were actually dead. ]

You don't have any more magic than I do here.

[ The countdown to start begins! 3, 2.. ]

for morgan

[unhappy]

[ This was possibly the most annoying quest that Emerald had ever done on any planet. It was easy to catch something when you could kill it, managing to infiltrate a bunny cafe without hurting any rabbits or being able to really bring anything to capture it in besides her hands.. that was a challenge.

Emerald took out her phone as she leaned against wall adjacent to the door of the bunny cafe she'd trapped Flufferton to. She wasn't against calling a partner. As soon as the ringing stopped and Morgan picked up (or she caught the voicemail) she started talking. ]

Morgan, you're good at annoying things, can you meet me at...

[ She started giving the address, but cut off halfway through, as there's a rabbit running right out of the door past her, surprised exclamations from the pop-up shop owner after the rabbit leapt right past the boundaries and booked it. Emerald started chasing, putting Morgan on speaker so she can focus on it. ]

Just get here!

[morganknight]

There's no way a request that begins like that can disappoint me.

[Considering what Emerald finds annoying, he's sure he's going to love this. Especially because it means he gets to run through the streets, coat trailing behind him, looking all cool and action-hero-y.]

[Look, you gotta love what you do, man.]

You in trouble?

[unhappy]

I wouldn't say trouble!

[ She definitely doesn't need a rescue or anything. ]

I'm hunting an animal and I'm not supposed to kill it, just get over here!

[morganknight]

[Morgan's looked at the quests, and... can it actually be possible that tough, sassy Emerald is trying to catch a bunny?]

[Oh, he's tearing up the ground on his way there! He can't miss a second of this!]

for naoto

[unhappy]

[ Emerald held her phone up as she entered into a bar attached to the Red Spring Inn. If what she heard was right, the guy wasn't the type to avoid celebrating a 'win' with a drink or two. Some guy tried to sit down next to her and chat her up, but she turned around in her chair just enough that she could still see him in her peripheral but made it clear she wanted nothing to do with him.

That turning around lead her to spot a familiar face. ]

Beat it, I'm here with that guy. Naoto!

[ She calls out for him. If she manages to get his attention, she'll gesture him over to hopefully prove to her stubborn seat neighbor that she really isn't interested. At least talking to him will make waiting for the Snagglefooted target to show up a little more exciting. ]

[divinereaper]

[ He waves back, indicating that he had heard Emerald call out for him. Spotting the clearly unwanted visitor as he approaches, he raises an eyebrow. ]

... You know him?

[unhappy]

No. He was just leaving to go creep on some other girl hanging out by herself.

[ Unfortunately, Emerald doesn't really concern herself with the fact that he could literally go creep on some other girl. It's not her problem. This is the easiest solution to her problem if he's not planning on giving up easily. ]

wildcard

[trustheart]

Chris is once again at the training grounds; practice makes perfect, as one might say. She's come a fair bit of the way on her training with magic in under a month, and now... now she needs to try and reach out. She's had a number of training partners so far, but more never hurt, and besides, she might meet someone with whom she could partner up with in the future.

Even if such a possibility were ultimately intimidating to her. But she'd never been able to meet people easily.

But who to approach? Chris felt the social anxiety creeping in, and so she found herself backing away from people... and ultimately, into someone, along with her bow and quiver strapped to her back.

"Oh! I'm sorry!"

Re: wildcard

[unhappy]

Emerald herself isn't particular happy about being back at the training grounds, but it seems less time consuming than taking a class. She was able to figure out certain parts of her light magic on her own, but other parts are less intuitive to her. Hard light, for example, continues to allude her. The idea of making illusions is one thing, the idea of conceiving light into a solid object is another.

"Watch where you're going."

It comes out automatically when her concentration is broken by some girl walking into her and she gives the girl a little shove to get her to back up. Emerald's probably not the best person in the world for someone with social anxiety to run into, particularly since she's off on her own for a reason to begin with.

[trustheart]

Chris hurriedly backed up, and turned around, bowing her head in apology. "Sorry!" she said. "I just...I should have watched where I was going."

After a moment, she blinked, and asked, "Uh, are you here to train as well?"

let's gank greg

[morns]

( well, if you don't have anyone... that girl just went up on her own. see if you can catch her!

Kate squints, sceptical of that offer, but since she's going in that direction, she may as well see if she can run into whoever it is. maybe they'll be competent. maybe not. )

... You?

( or, maybe they'll be very fucking familiar instead. )

[unhappy]

[ Emerald looks over when she hears Kate's voice, looking surprised. She had definitely been planning on getting the full amount of her paycheck rather than splitting it with someone, but the people she'd been talking to had been insistent. ]

What, did they send you up after me?

[morns]

( well. this is not the face she expected to see, but if they're both here for the same job, they're here for the same job. )

They said someone went up and I could catch 'em.

( a shrug. )

Really don't want people going alone.

( so... fine. let's do it. )

A

[kiss_it_better]

[He'd already picked some edelweiss and was looking for a second type of flower when he spotted the girl with green hair which wasn't even strange all things considered.

He saw the gesture and nodded. When he was closer he knelt crouched down and started picking flowers...and putting them in her basket. Look, picking with one hand while managing magic had to be at least a little troublesome and since she was making his life easier as well he thought he should help even if she probably wasn't trying to help him specifically.

His own basket of white flowers was neatly arranged. Not for any love of flowers but just because he's a bit of a neat freak.]

Re: A

[unhappy]

[ Emerald watches him as he approaches. She's gotten a lot better at splitting focus than she used to be in the last few months, even before she'd arrived at Avalon, but it hasn't done anything for her ability to trust others. It's why she looks surprised when he starts picking them for her. She takes a couple of seconds to watch him, as if she's not sure whether to trust him not to run off with her basket the second she turns her back, but it'll be a lot more effective if she's focusing on the illusion and he's getting the flowers. Besides, maybe she can trade him once they're in the clear. Emerald turns away from her basket then, instead putting up both hands to solidify the illusion. Before she fully dedicates herself to it, she taps herself on the shoulder as if to gesture to him to let her know when he's done.

...And if he does try to run off with her stuff, she may not be great at the attack magic but she sure as hell knows how to throw a sickle into someone's back from a distance. She'd really rather it not come to that, though. ]

[kiss_it_better]

[He continues during those seconds, as if he didn't notice her staring, just picking flowers and putting them into the basket.

When she turned and tapped her shoulder, he nodded and went back to filling the basket. It doesn't take long before he's finished and he reaches over to tap her shoulder.

He picks up his own basket and, all things considered, it would probably better to let her decide if she wants to take her own basket or let him hold it. He wouldn't want anyone to mistake him for a thief.]

for pyrrha

[unhappy]

[ Apparently at some point after she returned the rabbit with Morgan, it escaped again. Which is really annoying in some ways, yes, but in other ways it causes her to re-assess the best way to go about this.

Maybe it'll respond to a... gentler touch. A healer maybe? Healers can do like.. soothing things. SHe doesn't want to chase the stupid rabbit again. So Emerald thinks for a moment, then decides to do the best thing she can think of.

She calls Pyrrha Nikos, despite that she really has no right to do so. And now she's waiting at the entrance of the first cafe on her list of places she knew he hadn't already hit up, hands in pockets, leaning against the outer wall. ]

[incinerators]

[ Bunny quest round two sounds like a good idea, a good way to get her mind off of all the weirdness that's been happening with Yang and Ruby's arrival. She's grateful they're here, but some things have been weighing on her for a few days; bunnies, clearly, are the answer to everything. Her first attempt with with Akira was great, but this bunny just likes to run away, huh!!

So here she is at the cafe, arriving only a few minutes after Emerald. She gives the other girl a little wave and a friendly smile. ]

Hello, Emerald! I'm sorry I kept you waiting!

[ She does feel a little bad about being late, so... ]

How about I treat us to the food today to make up for it?

[unhappy]

Deal.

[ As if Pyrrha needs to make up for anything to Emerald... well, no one said Emerald was a great person. ]

Not from the rabbit cafe though. I'm about to go break down that Lady Bledsoe's door because she can't get a stupid fence for the rat.

[ It's a rabbit, not a rat, but Emerald is Annoyed with a capital A. ]

for kaji

[unhappy]

[ Okay, she got the package and while she's.. incredibly curious about what's inside, she hasn't opened it yet. Going by foot seems annoying though so as soon as she sees someone she knows, Emerald ends up spotting Kaji.

Someone she knows is apparently a lose definition. She's not really close to anyone, and she still has her suspicions about this guy. He seemed like he knew her and if she's got a long journey up to Celliwig to begin with... two birds, one stone.

She walks by him and bumps her shoulders into his. ]

Hey.

[rippingu]

[Kaji is adjusting to well everything, he finally started doing some of the quests, realizing it was a part of surviving here and it helped him get the gold he needed to start up his shop.

He is also adjusting to knowing people and them not knowing him, it has not happened often, most of the familiar faces had recognized him.

Whatever is his final thought and as he sees Em at the same moment he is given a shoulder bump he flashes a lazy grin.]

Hey stranger, find any good coats lately?

[unhappy]

Hm...

[ She makes a gesture, leaning back like she's checking out his coat in jest. ]

No, don't see anything I have to have.