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open | march catch-all

🧙 WHO: Jade & various!
⚔️ WHAT: Catch-all for March.
🕒 WHEN: Throughout the month.
🗺️ WHERE: Camelot and the surrounding area.
⚠️ WARNINGS: None so far!

i. sir fuzzlerton the cad ( open )

[There are certainly stranger jobs that Jade has picked up in recent memory, most of them alongside friends back home, so seeking out a missing rabbit that’s on the lookout for a mate doesn’t strike her as a particularly odd request— but she had underestimated just how many Bunny Cafés have come into being in honor of the season.
She collapses into a chair at one of the tables at the fourth café she investigates, folding her arms and dropping her head to rest it against them.]

How is anyone meant to find a single rabbit in a city this size? I severely underestimated just how difficult this would be…

[He’s an angora, so he ought to stand out, or so the description had implied. She sighs, lifting her chin to rest it in her hand and prop her elbow against the table as she looks to whoever happens to be sitting nearest to her.]

You wouldn’t have happened to spot a particularly… aggressively friendly rabbit recently, would you?

[Curse this lothario lagomorph!

Alternatively, feel free to cross paths with her at any of the other pop-up cafés in your own search, if you so choose.]

ii. home sweet home ( closed to eleven )

[It had only taken a few short weeks before Jade had decided she'd had her fill of the hotel. It was kind enough of the city to provide for newcomers, but it's become abundantly clear that this situation is not temporary and thus, more permanent lodgings are called for.

Eleven has been somewhat more hesitant. The city is a bit big for him, Jade thinks, and to a degree she can empathize— though she had been born in Heliodor, she had spent most of her life on the road with Rab, sleeping in tents or small-town inns. Camelot certainly has the potential to be overwhelming, but if they're going to thrive here, she figures they ought to be close to where everything happens. Fortunately, she had gotten him to agree to go look at places to live with her, and both Bella and Tickety-Boo had come along to offer their insight— whatever that might be worth in the long run.

They've seen two flats so far, but both were a bit small for two people, and Jade has been working enough that she thinks they might be able to find something that better suits both of them. They're in a quiet neighborhood near the edge of the city now, and she gives her companion a questioning look as they walk.]

This isn't so bad. Less noisy than the rest, don't you think?

[Maybe not Cobblestone-quaint, but something.]

iii. to catch a thief ( closed to dimitri )

[Another return trip to the Red Spring, but with a much different purpose this time around— Jade had come here in weeks past to look for familiar faces, make use of the training facilities or simply soak up the ambience, but this time she comes with a particular task in mind, as well as company to help her handle it. While she has no doubt she can take care of a common thief on her own, the trip to the Red Spring is long enough that she hadn't quite felt up to making it all on her lonesome. After years of only a single travel companion, she's found she's grown quite tired of solitude. Dimitri has proven himself to be good company as well as an excellent sparring partner— even the gnome debacle following that awful elevator hadn't negated that, and so it seemed only natural that she ask him to accompany her.

Her expression is carefully neutral as she and Dimitri approach the inn, and she carefully scans their surroundings. Nothing seems out of place, so far, but if the man they're after is any good at his job, then she supposes it wouldn't.]

If he's hoping to rent a horse, he'll have to pass through here.

[She's also hoping the sketch they had been given of one Snagglefoot Miffen was reasonably accurate, or else it was going to be difficult to spot him.]

What do you say we politely ask the proprietor if they've seen anyone fitting his description?

[If polite doesn't work, there are certainly other methods to employ, but she's hoping they can save intimidation for Snagglefoot himself.]

iv. wildcard

[Anything else goes here! If you want to work something out together, feel free to hit me up via PM or at necrofancy, or just leave a starter and see what’s what! Jade is out and about doing odd jobs and exploring the city this month as she makes herself at home, and will be offering herself as muscle for hire for anyone who needs it while she’s still finding her way.]

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[This is Makoto's third cafe herself, and she looks up from scanning the bunny hosts while absently nursing a cup of chamomile tea. Oh hey, this lady looks cool. She shakes her head with a wry laugh.]

Nope. Take it you're on that quest too?

[She nods wearily, offering a faint smile when it's made clear that she doesn't have to explain the situation any further. It helps a great deal that this girl is already well-informed.]

I'm afraid so. No luck on your end either, then.

[Well, at least now she knows for certain she's not the only one looking.]

I suppose we could compare notes about where we've been and where we're sure he's not— or at least where he wasn't.

[No law saying he can't double back, of course...]

Yeah, that's a good idea. So far I've been here, U-Hop, and Coffee Buns. [She gives the room another squint.] Not sure I see him here either.

[Then again, the two-timing lagomorph might be tucked away somewhere and Jade might have a better vantage.]

[The names of these places range from cute and clever to considerably less than, Jade has noticed. She nods once more, folding her arms in front of her.]

I've been to Coffee Buns as well, and Hopalong.

[She cants her head to one side as she scans the room again from her seat, lips pursed in thought.]

You would think he would stand out, but it wouldn't hurt to take a closer look before we head elsewhere. These places aren't terribly big, at least, but even a rabbit like him is small enough to get himself in some inconvenient spots.

[Nod nod.]

Right, right... Probably why he chose it. I hope Lady Fuzzlerton gives him a piece of her mind when he gets home.

[Which sounds oddly anthropomorphising, but magical world. And also because Luna and Artemis are Mako's basis for mated animals, and if this was them, Artemis would not live to see the next moonrise...]

You think we should actually look around, or would that scare him off?

I'm sure she'll have more than a few stern words to offer, after all the trouble he's caused her.

[Though she's not sure how well a rabbit would receive such a talking-to, but it's not like she's never run into animals that couldn't talk elsewhere. No reason animals here couldn't understand speech just as well, even if they might not be able to make use of it— not to mention the widespread use of animal-oriented magic to facilitate such things.]

Let's at least sweep this place once— I'll take the left half, you take the right?

[Nod nod]

Got it. [Aaand to the right she will search.] Come ooon, Sir Fuzzlerton...

[She nods and breaks off to the left, stooping to look beneath a counter with a number of stools in front of it, staying low as she walks its length.]

Here, rabbit rabbit... we know someone who would be thrilled to see you about now.

Heeere Fuzzlerton... come on, where's that dumb rab--

[Oh. Right there, perched on an empty table and she could SWEAR he's making come hither eyes at a silvery bun with black ears.

Mako freezes in her tracks and looks Jade's way.]

Psst...! Over here...!

[Jade's head quickly turns in Mako's direction as she hears her try to grab her attention, and looking past her, she sees exactly what Mako herself had seen— a rabbit fitting Fuzzlerton's description trying to get cozy with one of the resident bunnies.

Did he just wink at her?

Quickly, Jade makes her way towards Makoto, but stops before getting too close and spooking their quarry.]

We should take him from opposite sides— rabbits are skittish, we don't want to lose him after how long it's taken to find him.

[PINCER ATTACK]

[A solemn nod. Got it. Sure, the Sailor Senshi have never been heavy on stealth, but it's just a bunny. How bad can it--

And THAT is when Sir Fuzzlerton- likely having to outrun questing otherworlders all day, possibly longer- decides he's had enough and LAUNCHES himself at Makoto's face!]

GAH!

[Not how Jade had expected this to go in the least. Her reflexes are quick, thankfully, and she launches forward to put both hands around Fuzzlerton's middle before he can do any serious damage— she doesn't know if pet rabbits are particularly vicious like some she might find in the wild back home, but she would rather not take any chances.]

That's enough of that!

[Sir Fuzzlerton wriggles in Jade's grasp, but very thankfully his claws are well manicured and not very sharp. She might want to secure him a little better before he can angle for a bite, though.

Thankfully, Mako rises with some VERY red marks on her face, but none sharp enough or with enough pressure to draw blood.]

[Unwilling to give the rabbit a chance to take another swipe at someone or perhaps leap out of her arms, Jade is quick to double over and tuck him beneath her arm, putting him in what amounts to a full-body lock for someone his size— it would have served well enough for a head on a person, but at least for now, she doesn't think he'll be wriggling free.]

Are you alright?

[Even though there's no blood, her eyebrows have shot upwards, her ton urgent and alarmed.]

Y-yeah... Yeah, I'm okey-dokey... Nice job, Jade-san...

[Just... give her a second to sit up.]

[Only once she's absolutely sure the rabbit is held securely under her arm does she extend her free hand to help Makoto up off the floor when she's ready, casting a damning glare at their culprit.]

You don't seem to be bleeding, thankfully, but I still think a healing spell might not go amiss, once we have him back where he belongs.

[Alley oop.]

Ah, it's okay... I've had worse, it just startled me. Thought he'd try running away instead...

[Wascally wabbit...]

I suppose he's out to disprove what people say about being rabbit-hearted.

[She has a good hold on him now, at least, and he's starting to give up his struggle— for the time being. She'd rather not test that.]

Shall we get him back to his owner and collect our payment before he gets a second wind?

[A nod, then a look over her shoulder to the befuddled waitstaff, before sheepishly rubbing her neck herself.]

Uh... any chance we can get the rest of our stuff to go, please?

[The waitress looks between the two of them before nodding in confirmation.

"I'll have that wrapped up for you right away."

Jade gives a nod of agreement in turn.]

A job reasonably well-done and cakes to go. Not a bad afternoon, all in all.

Edited 2021-04-18 21:54 (UTC)

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I rolled a d20... got a natural 4

oh my god

Bunny Casanova don't play, apparently.

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we can probably wrap this one here!