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Ring a Bell

🧙 WHO: Colette Brunel & Open
⚔️️ WHAT: Test drive prompts/birthday log
🕒 WHEN: June? (Def end of June for her birthday)
🗺️ WHERE: Around?
⚠️ WARNINGS: Uh. Inevitable likely sacrifice talk because of Colette being the Chosen back home?

Beach Party:

[Colette is just relieved things worked out in everyone figuring various items from the shipwreck below and is happy to celebrate and relax with everyone. Which of course includes her getting in there in enjoying some snacks and games. Though she is rather clumsy so maybe. Not in obtaining a bat for the watermelon but offering it to someone else. And probably tripping into someone else if she tries to play with the beach balls. Or possibly still figuring that concept of aiming in not being used to guns at all if someone gives her a water gun to try. She may soak someone else other than her intended target?]

Kidnapped:

[Just because Colette can fight? Doesn't mean she necessarily wants to. Not if she can help it. So she certainly wouldn't be the one throwing the first punch or kick, as it were. If necessary, if this is what it takes to get them out, she'd let her opponent win. But she isn't sure if that would get them back home. Isn't sure what to do. There's so many others, after all. She can't just leave them here.]

What should we do? I don't want to fight. I don't want to leave everyone here like this. There has to be some way to get out of this.

[Look if you spend enough time with Lloyd, being stubbornly optimistic pays off somehow? Right?]

Birthday:

[She's turning seventeen at the end of the month. And.....hasn't had a party before. Short of that one time she turned twelve and Lloyd made her that pendant, Genis making her that cake they shared together with the three of them. So this concept is new to her at least in the sense of it being a celebration on her birthday that isn't the church. That's about her as Colette and not celebrating being another year closer to her Journey as the Chosen. She'd mentioned it, but still wasn't necessarily sure on what to expect for it, what she wanted since she hasn't done this before.

But even so. Since she was here and made friends and all. It might at least distract her from Lloyd being absent in particular. But she will certainly enjoy some cake and thank anyone that joins her for celebrating, with Emerald in tow and licking most anyone present as her gratitude in everyone caring for Colette as they enjoy a day at the park outside.]

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Maybe? Do you have your familiar with you?

[Because he didn't have Moguo - and he didn't understand how they'd managed that. Moguo always managed to find him if he called, but the familiar was just not answering maybe? Okay, so that might be his fault, but it still didn't make sense. When in danger, that seemed like the moment they would come around. Well, the bear's not waiting for them to find out - or for Colette to find a plant. He'll meet it halfway to keep it occupied.]

Not at the moment but I could try calling her.

[Which she does. Or at least she tries to summon Emerald by calling out. Not that it works, but she isn't sure if that's because she's so distracted and tense with the situation at the moment as Zidane approaches the creature. She tries to reach out with her light magic in the absence of obvious greenery in here, in using the light as a barrier to pin the creature in if possible, if it would actually work.]

Alright!

[It looks like her magic works a bit, but the bear looks like it's getting fairly irritated by it and struggles to free itself from it. Still, it's enough to see their magic works that Zidane gets ready with his own if it does break out.]

Careful, Zidane!

[She's still figuring the likes of applying this magic offensively with it being a little different to back home. But she's trying to do her part at least in restraining it? Or distracting it. Though it does seem to be getting frustrated.....

She just doesn't want Zidane getting hurt with all this.]

[Zidane's as careful as he can be... which is a bit on the reckless side dodging those claws that manage to get through. At the next roar, it pushes and pounds at the barrier, forcing it forward, but he pushes it back.]

[He doesn't actually think they're dealing with a monster - just a regular ass bear - and he doesn't really want to fight it like this, but it might come down to it if they don't knock it out.]

[Colette bites her lip, unsure how else to help besides maybe trying to distract it given she doesn't exactly have a lot of options at her disposal without any weapons or anything. She watches as Zidane dodges, trying to help distract the creature by waving her arms and calling out to it, hoping if she does that would give Zidane an opening or something at least.]

[Another dodge, and Colette's arm waving certainly does get the bear's attention. Enough that it would likely charge over to her were it not sucker punched a moment later.]

Eyes on me! [It stumbles and snorts, looking back and forth between the two. What happened? Its fur bristles.]

[Maybe if they confuse and tire the creature out? Colette is not sure what counts. What the audience want aside from a fight. Probably to see someone get hurt. She is unaware on the potential consequences in regards to the audience influencing things for her and Zidane outside of the obvious of bringing out another opponent to fight them.

She keeps trying to distract the creature with waving and calling out, trying to keep focus on the barrier if it is helping Zidane.]

[If they can wear this bear down, that'd be great, but Zidane thinks it'll be faster to knock it out instead. It's got a bit of energy still keeping it going, but they might not have enough magical snuff to keep it occupied that long. When Colette manages to get the bear's eye again, he manages to get another strike in, but barely avoids a retaliating claw swipe.]

Careful, Zidane!

[Might. Not be that helpful. But she really doesn't want him getting hurt. It isn't like she could heal the same way that the Professor and Kratos could if something were to happen. All she had were a couple of Gels. Still, Colette does try to keep focus on the barrier, on trying to help distract the creature for Zidane at least a bit. She glances around but it isn't like there's anything immediately available to throw at it or something. Not that she is aware of the potential consequences of this fight if the audience want to help or hinder her or Zidane.]

I'll be okay!

[He says, but this might be close. Again, a bear is a pretty feisty and furious once riled enough. That barrier barring it again does seem to take a majority of its angry swings to follow, leaving it huffing, but getting on all fours, it seems ready to charge.]

[What a great time for a bid on a spell to nerf speed to be up for auction.]

Zidane!

[Not that she is really paying attention to the crowd. That she's aware of the bidding, the possible consequences of the audience's whims during this fight. But she can tell the creature seems to be ready to attack. To try run at them. At him, probably more likely as he was closer. She bites her lip, making to rush over to him as if she could get there anywhere near quickly enough to pull him back out of the way.]

[Zidane's eyes narrow and he plants his feet, getting ready for the bear to charge himself. The auction continues, but he's not paying attention to it either - instead, locking eyes with the bear while he bristles. The audience wants carnage, want the confrontation, but the winner of the auction isn't sure who to throw their sabotage at. Colette's on the move, but Zidane's got the magic.]

[Still, the spell is cast, Colette would feel it hindering her speed, just seconds before the bear huffs and heads back to the door it came through to sit. Looks like it was a less confrontational species than first thought. What a waste of a sabotage...]

A-ah?

[She can feel something affecting her. Slowing her down. But she isn't sure what it is or how this was happening exactly. So she ends up stopping and glancing around almost confusedly for a moment, blinking as the creature turns and seems to go right back where it came from?]

What was that? Are you okay?

[Walking backwards to Colette, Zidane nods.]

I'm good. It's just an bear - they can be intimidated easier than some monsters can.

[A few hits helped, but the Boss probably wouldn't have needed to.]

[She is slow, but does approach, a hand to his shoulder as she does and he retreats back towards her in turn. Mostly, because it's Colette, she is just relieved that Zidane is alright. That they didn't need to kill or hurt the creature.]

That definitely could have been worse. I'm just glad if you're alright. I feel a little strange, sluggish for some reason. I hope that's it and we don't have to fight again.

Huh? ... Oh, they must've auctioned a sabotage.

[AKA they really just paid to see him possibly mauled by a bear.]

Well, haha, joke's on them... wasted money for this round.

Auctioned a sabotage?

[She gets the idea? It's more she's. Surprised? Confused? Why they would do that? But. Well. They want a fight and she and Zidane weren't fighting each other so maybe it makes some weird sort of sense in that way. She blinks, glancing between him and the bear and the audience.]

At least we're okay.

Yeah. They'll bet on whether to give an advantage or sabotage your fight. Be careful if they bring you into this arena alone.

[It was for a fight between them they were brought in. They changed it obviously, but now, even that match was over. By technicality, they were the winners so it looked like money was being exchanged in the audience. He crosses his arms, nodding.]

Mmhm, match cleared.

Ah, okay......I will.

[Not that she is sure how? But. If she did find herself back here she isn't sure who else it might be in the arena with her. And if the same strategy of not fighting each other would be an option to the other person. But even so. She does agree to try to be careful if they bring her back out like this. ]

But ah, we did it? What now....?

They'll take us back to our cells.

[And the door behind them opens with a few guys coming in. He'd fight these guys if he could, but in this place, he'd need help to get them off. Not that Colette couldn't help, but this'll get rough and despite a rough life, he's not gonna put her in a position where they'd get rough-handed. At least he can still leer.]

To wait for another fight? Will you be okay?

[Because of course with Colette she is more worried about him in this. When Zidane is the escape artist of the two and more likely and willing to fight his way out if he had to do so. She glances to him as the guys come out to the arena for the two of them, worried.]

I'll be fine. [Maybe. She's right in worrying that he might do something dumb and he will... eventually.]

What about you?

I'll figure something. They got us here, there has to be a way out as well.

[She doesn't want him worrying either. Even if he probably still would. Colette can fight if she has to. She just wouldn't be keen on it if it's one of her friends or such is all. It doesn't look like they have much time though. Before those approaching would reach them.]

Yeah, there is.

[No 'has', just 'is' - there is a way out and they just needed the opportunity to present itself. But it would have to be later; maybe next time they meet as they're taken separate ways to other cells.]

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