[OPEN][May Catch-all]

[cantgetanyworse]

🧙 WHO: Jane Porter & YOU
⚔️️ WHAT: Catch-all for May
🕒 WHEN: All through the month
🗺️ WHERE: Noted in top-levels
⚠️ WARNINGS: None yet, will be indicated if they come up

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✹ A Balanced Approach
✹ QUEST: Holo, Goodbye
✹ In which Jane is people watching, sketching strangers and offering them their picture

Comments

[tantailizing]

[Unfortunately, someone saw that.]

Hey! We agreed to no tripping!

[There's what sounds like croaking and a sigh accompanying in a moment.]

I guess, but this contest is between us. You better not be trying to get my bugs by knocking over other people...

[Footsteps approach and Jane would find a gloved hand offered to her once she could look up.]

Need a hand? Didn't fall too hard I hope.

[cantgetanyworse]

Ah...

[Ouch, ouch... One of her hands had jammed directly onto a stone as she fell, and she reaches the other one up to take hold of the one being offered. One she's back on her feet again, with a bit of mud on her skirt and her hair slightly out of order, she picks the stone out of her hand and grimaces as she flexes her fingers.]

That was very ungentlemanly.

[A bead of blood wells up where the stone had poked through the skin, but she carefully heals it with her own magic.]

I think I should be all right. Thank you.

[tantailizing]

Yeaaah, it was, but these guys are pretty competitive.

[Back on her feet, that was quite the tumble. No surprise to see a bit of mud and the rocks - oh - they look bad. Oh, but she had healing magic? Nice.]

No problem. The more 'gentlemanly' one should've stopped and helped you... and said sorry.

[Zidane looks at the Frog Tribe member in question who hops their way over and rubs their head sheepishly.]

[cantgetanyworse]

I suppose I ought to have been looking where I was going.

[Her way of saying all is forgiven, she supposes. She didn't really get hurt, after all, and she knew that they have been inflicting mischief on people all day.]

But I had you at least, so thank you again.

[At least some young men around here know how to treat other people properly. As far as Jane is concerned, being a frog is no excuse.]

[tantailizing]

[The Frog Tribesman still croaks an apology... and then admits it had been attempting to get Zidane.]

Yeah, that's what I thought. Also, I told you: off limits.

[Shaking his head, he looks back at Jane and nods.]

You're welcome. Would've been rude if I didn't come check on you.

[cantgetanyworse]

I do suggest working on your aim. [She tells the Tribesman a little tartly, but she accepts the apology and lightly brushes a few pieces of dried grass from her skirt.]

Well now. What might I call you, my gallant rescuer?

[tantailizing]

[Sad croak, but they get it. They'll hop on ahead - just because Zidane wanted to stop, that didn't stop their competition!]

I am called Zidane. And what may I call you, my fair lady?

[cantgetanyworse]

[She chuckles, giving a little curtsy in response to his oh-so-gentlemanly behaviour. Chivalry isn't dead everywhere, it seems, even if this tribe seem to have no concept of it.]

You can call me Jane, good sir.

[Then she looks around them, planting her hands lightly on her hips.]

Have you managed to make some sort of deal with the tribe?

[tantailizing]

Jane? A lovely name for a lovely miss~

[He'll bow properly, smiling all in good nature.]

Not with all of them. Just that one and we agreed to a fair contest. Treasure for treasure, but in this case, bugs for bugs, winner takes all.

[cantgetanyworse]

[Flattery, is it? Good thing she isn't so taken off-guard by such things as she used to be. She smiles and only blushes a little.]

I see! It doesn't look like your contest partner is entirely playing fair.

[tantailizing]

Seems like that. Guess he decide the agreement was he couldn't attack me, but other people are still game, but stealing bugs from people isn't catching them.

[He says that last part loud enough that his competitor should hear.]

[cantgetanyworse]

Oh, quite so. That sounds like he wasn't honouring your agreement. [She purses her lips slightly.]

You should definitely keep an eye on him.

[It sounds to her like someone is cheating, and it isn't Zidane.]

[tantailizing]

It does sound like that. [He shrugs and shakes his head.]

Oh, I will. Not just for the game, but people don't appreciate being knocked over.

[cantgetanyworse]

I know I certainly don't.

[Sigh!]

But I suppose I knew what I was getting into when they told us that the tribe was here. Not everyone likes to play fair, do they.

[tantailizing]

Again, sorry about that.

[He'll punch the guy later.]

Not at all. Whatever to win, right?

[cantgetanyworse]

[She gives the smallest shake of her head.]

I'm not really here to win anything. I just wanted to see what was happening, and it looked like fun.

[tantailizing]

Hey, no harm in that. Aside from the accident, are you having fun?