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🧙 WHO: Momo Yaoyorozu and YOU!
⚔️️ WHAT: catch all for May
🕒 WHEN: all throughout the month of May
🗺️ WHERE: in and around Camelot
⚠️ WARNINGS: TBD

🥣 Every language easy... Easy as the recipe for making jello [SLICE OF LIFE]

[ Living in the inn hadn't been Momo's idea of an ideal living situation (especially when it started flooding intermittently), but at least it had come along with readily available meals. Momo's had it lucky thus far in life, when it comes to food availability... From her parents' personal kitchen staff, to Lunch Rush's cafeteria food, to the dining room at the inn, Momo has somehow made it to sixteen without really ever learning her way around a kitchen. Now that she's moved into a small house with her female classmates, it's sink or swim!

She heads to the market to pick up some supplies— nonstick pans, spatulas, measuring cups and spoons— though really, she's so far out of her depth; she doesn't know what she might need. She finds herself frozen in indecision looking at different cake pans, trying to debate the merits between a round pan or a square one. She'll turn to whoever is nearby, be they employee or customer, and ask politely, ]

Pardon me, but... Have you ever baked a cake before?

🏅 To excel in athletics is not difficult if one has the temperament (and I have the temperament) [TRAINING]

[ More often than not, Momo finds herself at the training grounds, practicing her magic.

Some days, she focuses on her Elemental magic, strengthening up her skills with the different elements. Her current training regimen focuses on using wind magic to lift herself up in the air and try to fly (or, more realistically, hover). When she gets tired of practicing the brute force of summoning enough lift to take off, she practices her finesse by trying to use lightning magic to power small household appliances. If she's too tired, though, she might just end up frying them beyond repair!

Other days, Momo spends her training time working on her Alchemy. She sits at a table, with a number of different materials and components spread out in front of her, her Yaoyorictionary nearby to look up any specific chemical formulae she might need. She tries the basics, changing the shape of metal, transforming wood into glass, before moving on to more difficult tasks like transmuting precious gemstones and metals, or brewing potions. She might be a bit too overly ambitious with her potion making, however, leading to some concoctions blowing up in her face (literally) in a stinking cloud of green smoke... ]

🎶 And I like the theme from Rocky, though I play Mozart more [QUEST – Party Rock Anthem]

[ How difficult could this quest be? Momo likes to think she could navigate a raucous party well enough to suss out the vessel carrying out the spell and neutralize it. How difficult could it be? It's just a party, after all.

A very loud, intense party... Momo enters and right away finds herself bombarded on all sides by flashing lights, pressing bodies, and thumping bass. She claps her hands over her ears, trying to save herself from lasting hearing damage, and shouts to whoever agreed to help her on this quest, ] IT'S SO LOUD IN HERE!! I CAN HARDLY HEAR MYSELF THINK!

[ Finally, Momo's eyes and ears adjust to the levels of light and sound in the party, and it's a good thing too, because as soon as she stepped inside, the doors disappeared behind them. Focused on her goal, Momo explores the different rooms of the house (aside from the bedrooms with socks on the doorknob) until she finds the spare bedroom that is serving as the coat room. This is as good a place as any, she wagers, to start the search for the vessel. Only, as soon as Momo and her partner start rifling through the pile of coats on the bed, looking for anything out of place or unusual, a party drone enters the room, red solo cup in hand. ]

What are you two doing in here? You're not trying to kill the vibes, are you?

📣 I don't like to brag. And I won't, 'cause I don't have to [WILDCARD]

[ I'll put closed starters for people in the comments as the month progresses. If you want to plot something different, HMU @ millennialfalcon or ©hris#1234! ]

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Quest - Party Rock Anthem

[crimsongirl]

[Homura had never actually been to a party like this. Seemed like something regular high schoolers or college people would do like in those imported movies Haruka watched back in Hebijo. The loudness was a bit unsettling, but she adjusted. Her training took many factors, and she wouldn't falter there.

The smell and being crammed with several people though, she felt completely out of her element. Never had she smelled so much liquor and...were they doing drugs? She just tried not to make a face as she went with Momo to find the coat. Any sign of disapproval at the party might have alerted people.

Which happened as they rifled through the coats. She looked back at Momo and the drone. Had to think of a plan. What would the character in Haruka's movie do?]

...uh....now way, man! We're just looking for some place to...um....make out, bro? Peace and love, right?

[She nearly threw up the words. Yeah, her acting was bad, intense blush on her face now that two people heard her say this. It was so much easier if she could just punch all these party goers. No training prepared her for this! Especially not with the acting skill her master had, which was shit.

She looked at Momo for any kind of sign to either play along or knock this dude's lights out asap, really hoping for the latter.]

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[ It's clear from Momo's shocked expression that, whatever lie she was expecting Homura to come up with, that was not it.

But, the important thing when creating a cover story for undercover missions was to go along with whatever improv your partner comes up with. To play, "yes, and." So...

Here goes nothing! ]

Y-yes, please just go b-back to the other room and let us m-m... [ GULP ] m-make out in peace!

[ They're both so bad at this... ]

[crimsongirl]

[Welp, they were stuck with this plan now it seemed, though thanks to their combined bad acting, the drone didn’t really seemed convinced. The best Homura could do was awkwardly stare at him as he did the same. Just leave, she thought. Just leave and never--]

Prove it, to keep the good vibes rolling, ya know?

[....Fuck this.

She quickly got behind him, hand covering his mouth, while the other grabbed his arm as he attempted to retaliate. She leaned back to close the door, to make sure only her partner could witness the takedown. Electricity sparked through his body, making him writhe, noises muffled by the hand. All until he was pushed onto the batch of coats they sorted through. So much easier than acting out--

Oh right, Momo. Should probably explain the sudden assault she committed.]

He’s only unconscious. Worst he’ll get is maybe a hangover.

[Thank god for all that practicing on spiders. Made shocking people like this so much easier.]

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[ At first, Momo begins to panic that she's going to have to put her money where her mouth is-- or rather, her mouth where her mouth is, but--

Oh. Homura has seen fit to "take care" of the problem a different way... That works too, she supposes. She's not all too taken aback by the sudden display of violence. She is training to be a hero, after all. She's certainly seen worse. ]

We should hurry, then, before someone comes to look for him.

[ She turns back to her search of the room in renewed fervor. ]

[crimsongirl]

Yeah was trying to be less violent but...eh not suiting me. [Especially...well that panicked mess.] Should probably check his pockets and--

[And then the knock at the door. Right, even a door slam might catch someone's attention. At least this time, she had a game plan. Quickly, she dug into the pockets of the unconscious man, taking two packets of, well, drugs.]

Keep searching, I'll distract them. Fortunately, bribery should do the trick.

[With a few lies too. She moved back to the door, leaving Momo for a few minutes. Fortunately...this time things went well, with Homura walking back in, with one less bag of drugs.]

Good thing it was just a regular. Those guys are easy to fool. A lot of these saps are drunk or high. How are things in here?

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[ Nodding, Momo vows to make the most of the time Homura is buying her, and searches the room in earnest. By the time Homura gets back, she thinks she might have a lead. ]

I found something! [ She holds up a small idol that had been hidden inside a nightstand drawer. ] Do you think this might be it?

[crimsongirl]

[She raised a brow, suddenly pulling out her phone for the quest details.]

Really wish they gave more specifics. Never saw anything like it though. Smash it and we'll see what happens.

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It's worth a try...

[ Momo nods, gripping the idol in her hands for a moment, before throwing it down on the ground as hard as she can. It cracks and smashes into two pieces, letting out an ominous turquoise smoke.

From outside the room, there comes the sound of a record scratch and confused murmurs as the rest of the entranced partygoers seem to come out of their fugue state. ]

[crimsongirl]

[Homura watched as she broke it, and could feel the air in the place change. Even the loud music had mercifully come to an end. She blinked.]

...Huh. Didn't think it would be so easy--

[The door had suddenly busted down, men similar to the one they just took down right there, arms crossed and glaring at the duo. Homura scolded herself for not setting a trap. Someone would have had to set the idol there in the first place. At the same time though...

She smirked and cracked her knuckles.]

I probably should have seen this coming. But then again, that means we would have skipped my favorite dance!