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May Adventures
WHO: Hijikata and ✨YOU✨
WHAT: Training, Questing, Attempting to Prevent Dark Web Quests, Hanging out with the Ghosts at Loch Manor, Getting Lost in the Brocéliande at Night
WHEN: Throughout May
WHERE: Red Springs' Training Grounds, City of Camelot (Castle and Loch Manor), Brocéliande, Lakeside close to the Silent Shore
WARNINGS: Probably Violence for the Quest Threads
Time Top Training
[When the Elphame traders came to Camelot City last month Hijikata purchased a nifty little item: a time top. This morning he hitched a totem teleport trip with someone else headed to the Red Springs, and now he's getting the hang of spinning the top, aiming to make it rotate for as long as possible. The only problem is that it's hard to gauge how much time he has to deal damage when there are no actual moving targets... and that's why he's glad to see a fellow off-worlder nearby. Time to rope this unsuspecting person into his efforts.]
Hey, would you mind helping me out with something? It shouldn't take too long.
No Buccaing Out (Quest)
[When Hijikata reads the QuestBoard post about the man-eating nudibranchs he's aghast. Having one's skin eaten off one's body while paralysed is something straight out of a horror movie, and he doesn't want that to happen to anyone. So he loses no time in renting a wetsuit (complete with swim fins) and buying a big net, a helmet, and a strong underwater lamp. One trip to a local metalworker later the lamp is affixed to the front of the helmet, leaving both his hands free to fight the colourful skin-eaters. Come dusk he's by the lakeside, tugging the wetsuit into place here and there before inspecting the potion he was given by the eel naga community.]
One hour, hm. Well, it'll do.
[Of course the mission will be more easily accomplished with help - even someone who can't swim and wants to stay on land would be more than welcome since Hijikata has several ideas of how to deal with the deadly molluscs.]
A Polite Pyro (Quest Prevention)
[Honestly, what is wrong with the people posting quests on the dark web?! Hijikata really hopes to get his hand on the pyromaniac who posted this instigation so he can throttle the living daylights out of them. Alas, he has absolutely no idea where any takers may strike, so it's only when he sees the smoke rise into the sky that he grits his teeth and rushes to the site of the fire. He better not catch any suspicious figures nearby, or else there'll be hell to pay! But even if the only other off-worlder in the vicinity is visibly distressed at the sight of the flames, or else likewise rushing in to help, he'll bark at them.]
Hey, you!! Go find me a water hose-- or a water mage!
[Never mind that he could be a water mage if he had ever tried to gain control of more than one element... details!]
Incubabes (Quest Prevention)
[Seriously, why are there so many scummy characters on this island?! Blatantly admitting that the sole reason for putting a bounty on several people's heads is an impending inheritance..! Whoever that shrewd woman is, Hijikata intends to cross her plans. He not only warned the castle's head chef of the assassination plot but also took it upon himself to guard her (she insisted that she'd be safest in the castle, and seemed overall reluctant to be pulled away from work despite the situation).
Usually off-worlders don't just get to waltz into every corner of the castle at their leisure, so Hijikata had to field some questions and was initially accompanied by a guard to deliver his warning, but ultimately he was allowed to stay and protect the head chef. He's currently stationed outside the kitchen (she gently threw him out after he got in the way one time too many), and once he sees someone who doesn't appear to be part of the castle staff he narrows his eyes, hand on the hilt of the sword at his belt.]
And what would you be doing here?
Revisiting Loch Manor
[Now that Hijikata is back in full possession of his fire- and death magic, thanks to those who went through the trouble of aiding his familiar's intervention last month, he needs to make good on some promises. He only returns to the spooky Loch Manor with hesitation, but he can't let his death magic mentors down... or the ghosts. One more deep breath, and he enters the old house. Anyone who wanders in later on will find him in one of the rooms on the upper floor, quietly sitting with the ghost of a young man and writing down information in a small notebook.]
Okay, I'll see what I can find out. Thanks for the description. I'm sorry, but I can't promise you that any of them is still around.
[His voice is surprisingly friendly. If the newcomer joins him and the ghost he won't mind, but otherwise he'll bid the spectre farewell before noticing that they're not alone - again being way more polite than usual.]
Following the Will-o-Wisps
[Interacting with the ghosts at Loch Manor has been going better than expected. So far Hijikata tried to talk to two in particular: the poltergeist who scared the hell out of him and made him hide behind Emet-Selch, and the young murder victim he first encountered by Thanatos' side. He also looked for the ghost lady he encountered with Klaudia, but didn't find her again today. At least he can really understand what they say now. But...
It's a bummer to talk to people who found a violent end and be unable to bring their killer to justice. It really pisses him off. He's a policeman! He wants to put the murderer behind bars, if not see him executed, but it all happened so long ago, there's nothing he can do anymore. Yet the spirits find no peace, and they're so detached from the world of the living that he's at a loss of how to proceed here. So he ends up mulling over it over a few mugs of mead, to change things up from the beer, and it ends up hitting him harder than expected. When he leaves the pub he's properly smashed and ends up taking the wrong "shortcut" home. Before he knows it he's wandered into the outskirts of the Brocéliande. He sort of realises that he's lost... however isn't that a soft glowing lantern light between the trees, just a little ahead? He follows it and waves clumsily.]
Heyyy~! Are you going home too? Let's go together!
[Alas, it's only a will-o-wisp... luckily for him they are amiable faeries, but he's not really cutting a cool figure, stumbling through the woods with all the grace of a newborn cow.]
[OOC: If you'd like any additional prompts please feel free to hit me up on my plotting post! Also here are Hijikata's permissions.]
WHAT: Training, Questing, Attempting to Prevent Dark Web Quests, Hanging out with the Ghosts at Loch Manor, Getting Lost in the Brocéliande at Night
WHEN: Throughout May
WHERE: Red Springs' Training Grounds, City of Camelot (Castle and Loch Manor), Brocéliande, Lakeside close to the Silent Shore
WARNINGS: Probably Violence for the Quest Threads
Time Top Training
[When the Elphame traders came to Camelot City last month Hijikata purchased a nifty little item: a time top. This morning he hitched a totem teleport trip with someone else headed to the Red Springs, and now he's getting the hang of spinning the top, aiming to make it rotate for as long as possible. The only problem is that it's hard to gauge how much time he has to deal damage when there are no actual moving targets... and that's why he's glad to see a fellow off-worlder nearby. Time to rope this unsuspecting person into his efforts.]
Hey, would you mind helping me out with something? It shouldn't take too long.
No Buccaing Out (Quest)
[When Hijikata reads the QuestBoard post about the man-eating nudibranchs he's aghast. Having one's skin eaten off one's body while paralysed is something straight out of a horror movie, and he doesn't want that to happen to anyone. So he loses no time in renting a wetsuit (complete with swim fins) and buying a big net, a helmet, and a strong underwater lamp. One trip to a local metalworker later the lamp is affixed to the front of the helmet, leaving both his hands free to fight the colourful skin-eaters. Come dusk he's by the lakeside, tugging the wetsuit into place here and there before inspecting the potion he was given by the eel naga community.]
One hour, hm. Well, it'll do.
[Of course the mission will be more easily accomplished with help - even someone who can't swim and wants to stay on land would be more than welcome since Hijikata has several ideas of how to deal with the deadly molluscs.]
A Polite Pyro (Quest Prevention)
[Honestly, what is wrong with the people posting quests on the dark web?! Hijikata really hopes to get his hand on the pyromaniac who posted this instigation so he can throttle the living daylights out of them. Alas, he has absolutely no idea where any takers may strike, so it's only when he sees the smoke rise into the sky that he grits his teeth and rushes to the site of the fire. He better not catch any suspicious figures nearby, or else there'll be hell to pay! But even if the only other off-worlder in the vicinity is visibly distressed at the sight of the flames, or else likewise rushing in to help, he'll bark at them.]
Hey, you!! Go find me a water hose-- or a water mage!
[Never mind that he could be a water mage if he had ever tried to gain control of more than one element... details!]
Incubabes (Quest Prevention)
[Seriously, why are there so many scummy characters on this island?! Blatantly admitting that the sole reason for putting a bounty on several people's heads is an impending inheritance..! Whoever that shrewd woman is, Hijikata intends to cross her plans. He not only warned the castle's head chef of the assassination plot but also took it upon himself to guard her (she insisted that she'd be safest in the castle, and seemed overall reluctant to be pulled away from work despite the situation).
Usually off-worlders don't just get to waltz into every corner of the castle at their leisure, so Hijikata had to field some questions and was initially accompanied by a guard to deliver his warning, but ultimately he was allowed to stay and protect the head chef. He's currently stationed outside the kitchen (she gently threw him out after he got in the way one time too many), and once he sees someone who doesn't appear to be part of the castle staff he narrows his eyes, hand on the hilt of the sword at his belt.]
And what would you be doing here?
Revisiting Loch Manor
[Now that Hijikata is back in full possession of his fire- and death magic, thanks to those who went through the trouble of aiding his familiar's intervention last month, he needs to make good on some promises. He only returns to the spooky Loch Manor with hesitation, but he can't let his death magic mentors down... or the ghosts. One more deep breath, and he enters the old house. Anyone who wanders in later on will find him in one of the rooms on the upper floor, quietly sitting with the ghost of a young man and writing down information in a small notebook.]
Okay, I'll see what I can find out. Thanks for the description. I'm sorry, but I can't promise you that any of them is still around.
[His voice is surprisingly friendly. If the newcomer joins him and the ghost he won't mind, but otherwise he'll bid the spectre farewell before noticing that they're not alone - again being way more polite than usual.]
Following the Will-o-Wisps
[Interacting with the ghosts at Loch Manor has been going better than expected. So far Hijikata tried to talk to two in particular: the poltergeist who scared the hell out of him and made him hide behind Emet-Selch, and the young murder victim he first encountered by Thanatos' side. He also looked for the ghost lady he encountered with Klaudia, but didn't find her again today. At least he can really understand what they say now. But...
It's a bummer to talk to people who found a violent end and be unable to bring their killer to justice. It really pisses him off. He's a policeman! He wants to put the murderer behind bars, if not see him executed, but it all happened so long ago, there's nothing he can do anymore. Yet the spirits find no peace, and they're so detached from the world of the living that he's at a loss of how to proceed here. So he ends up mulling over it over a few mugs of mead, to change things up from the beer, and it ends up hitting him harder than expected. When he leaves the pub he's properly smashed and ends up taking the wrong "shortcut" home. Before he knows it he's wandered into the outskirts of the Brocéliande. He sort of realises that he's lost... however isn't that a soft glowing lantern light between the trees, just a little ahead? He follows it and waves clumsily.]
Heyyy~! Are you going home too? Let's go together!
[Alas, it's only a will-o-wisp... luckily for him they are amiable faeries, but he's not really cutting a cool figure, stumbling through the woods with all the grace of a newborn cow.]
[OOC: If you'd like any additional prompts please feel free to hit me up on my plotting post! Also here are Hijikata's permissions.]
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I think it will be more that, I am escorting you.
[ Walking forward and allowing the lights to follow along side them and lead the way. Their gentle glows like fire flies that follow with them, make it easier to walk around. ]
I am staying at the hotel here for now, yes. You are too right?
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[He's still being daft as hell... Mona's magic looks so professional to him, and she's moving around in the night so self-assuredly, he has no doubt that she was born on Avalon! But then his brain belatedly processes that it would be odd for a local to first learn of the plants around Camelot from an off-worlder like Razor, and the penny finally drops.]
Oh, wait..! You're from elsewhere too, aren't you? Do you already have a job here, say? Because if you don't... your stars are so nice, you could probably make good money as an event illuminator.
[The soft lights make him feel like he's walking in a dream (okay, the alcohol definitely also adds to that, but even so!).]
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... Yes.... Yes I am from another world too, I am... Surprised you think that I belong here though, I would not mind it if I stayed here. There is so much to learn here, I would hate to go.
[ Their steps continue and she makes sure he isn't wobbling away or off the course of the path. To go back toward the hotels. ]
I had thought about selling lights, I was researching crystals here... More the ones shaped like stars. I wanted to imbued them with my magic, and sell lantern stars for everyone here. What do you think?
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[Hijikata isn't big on trinkets or home decor, yet even he wouldn't decline something like that, even sober. He's a bit surprised that Mona doesn't seem eager to go home, but at the same time he understands. He wants to resolve the time freeze problem and return to his loved ones, but the idea of suddenly being ripped away from the people he has come to care for here on Avalon is a stressful one. In her case it seems to more of a scientific curiosity that makes her want to stay and properly explore the island, though.]
Where are you from? Earth?
[If so he doubts that it'll be the same Earth as his, but at least then their worlds are likely to have a bunch of things in common.]
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[He gets pretty animated at that. It's a bit of a struggle for him to explain, what with how drunk he is, but he manages to keep it more or less comprehensive.]
I've visited Mondstadt in a mind merge dream - I don't know if you were here for that, it happened to everyone who participated in that spring equinox ritual with the giant flowers, the one where everyone got to see what their lives would be like in other people's worlds!
[This would probably sound like drunk bullshit in most situations, but, well, this is Avalon. He points at her artifact.]
You're a Vision-holder, then! What Vision do you have? I don't have one. I mean, I wouldn't if I really lived in Teyvat.
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[Some things never change, it seems. He leans in closer to inspect the symbol on Mona's Vision.]
Hydro? That's always good to have.
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I think its wonderful you know much of my world as well. I would love to learn about yours sometime.
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[He's thinking of his Edo in particular, and to be fair, what big city isn't dirty? Still, Hijikata doesn't think his Earth can compete with Teyvat. The life he could have had there was a happy one.]
So your teacher gave you a masterless vision? Isn't it rare for them to respond to someone new?
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[ Not necessarily an optimist, ] Teyvat is riddled with struggles all across our nations. I do not know one place where it seems people are truly fully happy or at peace. The Truth, isn't always as it seems. As for my Vision... Yes I guess - to be honest Its nothing that I care for. The vision itself yes, because it was given to me by my teacher. Though being able to have powers, and martial prowess isn't beneficial for me. It does make my travels easier, aside from getting wet from time to time.