James "Jim" Lake Jr. (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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awashlogs2019-03-15 11:22 pm
sonofbarbara) wrote in awashlogs2019-03-15 11:22 pm
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Open Log + Quest Catch All
WHO: Jim Lake and you!
WHERE: Bluo
WHEN: Throughout March
WHAT: Jim isn't used to having all this free time.
WARNINGS: Nothing probably.
i: Looking for worms
[Jim's life had become...really hectic since he found the Amulet of Daylight. So suddenly having all this free time is so strange.
So he finds things to occupy himself with. He knows he's no good at hunting...but he doesn't want to rely entirely on his roommates to get ingredients.
After some digging around in the store, he manages to find a fishing rod! Success! But now he needs to find bait.
Which is why he's digging in the dirt with a small, rusty hand shovel. Then he stops and groans.]
Still nothing... [He notices you watching and, far from being embarrassed, he just waves.] I don't suppose you know where I can find some worms?
ii: Training is important
[Just because Blinky isn't here, just beause he'll go back and nothing will have progressed doesn't mean he doesn't need to train.
In fact, Jim feels like this is the perfect time to get some training in! That way he'll have gotten extra training by the time he got back!
Though without the Hero's Forge (not that he's been able to train there for a while now) and no other places to train he's going to need to get...creative.
Which is why you may catch him trying to tie some hay and logs together to make a training dummy. it might look a bit like a naked scarecrow though.
When he thinks he's done. He's going to look at his rather lacklustre attempts and nod.]
Not bad, right?
[Yes, he's asking you. And as if on cue, the dummy leans over to one side before falling down. Or maybe its arms fall off. Either way...he has the grace to look embarrassed when it happens.]
WHERE: Bluo
WHEN: Throughout March
WHAT: Jim isn't used to having all this free time.
WARNINGS: Nothing probably.
i: Looking for worms
[Jim's life had become...really hectic since he found the Amulet of Daylight. So suddenly having all this free time is so strange.
So he finds things to occupy himself with. He knows he's no good at hunting...but he doesn't want to rely entirely on his roommates to get ingredients.
After some digging around in the store, he manages to find a fishing rod! Success! But now he needs to find bait.
Which is why he's digging in the dirt with a small, rusty hand shovel. Then he stops and groans.]
Still nothing... [He notices you watching and, far from being embarrassed, he just waves.] I don't suppose you know where I can find some worms?
ii: Training is important
[Just because Blinky isn't here, just beause he'll go back and nothing will have progressed doesn't mean he doesn't need to train.
In fact, Jim feels like this is the perfect time to get some training in! That way he'll have gotten extra training by the time he got back!
Though without the Hero's Forge (not that he's been able to train there for a while now) and no other places to train he's going to need to get...creative.
Which is why you may catch him trying to tie some hay and logs together to make a training dummy. it might look a bit like a naked scarecrow though.
When he thinks he's done. He's going to look at his rather lacklustre attempts and nod.]
Not bad, right?
[Yes, he's asking you. And as if on cue, the dummy leans over to one side before falling down. Or maybe its arms fall off. Either way...he has the grace to look embarrassed when it happens.]
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[ Is Jim fucking insane?! Like he's going to do that! That water's freezing! Does he want to catch pneumonia or whatever fucking weird-ass shit is in the water?! ]
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[Being thrown into freezing water is, surprisingly, not something that has happened to him yet. EVEN SO.]
I'll be fine. [Probably.]
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It is not going to happen.
[ He humphs! ] This teacher is much more hardy and can handle these waters better.
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He doesn't want to say, well I'm younger so I'd recover faster if anything happened because that seemed.....rude.]
It's hard to say which one of us hardier though, right? It could be me.
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Like hey, you're arguing with me. I really hope you also argued with that fucking troll-dick ghosts! ]
This humble one is an immortal cultivator. Naturally, I am much more hardy.
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Some part of him is wondering why he's arguing to have himself thrown into the water when he's spent so much of his life since getting the amulet arguing against being put into weird situations (before giving in two seconds in because it wasn't worth it to argue). But maybe the difference is that he can't be bothered to argue against, say, being put into a machine for shrinking trolls that has never been used on humans, but he'd probably have argued harder if it was someone else being put in.]
...how certain are you about that? Are immortal cultivators immune to catching colds?
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Of course, we're immune to catching colds. [ A cultivator with a cold! Could you imagine! Who would accept that? Now poisoning. Poisoning is real. In his head, he tips his head back to laugh. It's canned laughter. Okay. Bring it back. Bring it back. ]
I'm assume you are not immune to such things.
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...no.
[And when it comes down to that, it really did seem like he's less suitable for being thrown into the water. He rubbed at the back of his neck.]
...you're really okay with this?
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If I am honest, I would say I'm not "okay" with it, but this is a good chance for us to do something for the town. So whether or not I'm okay doesn't matter if it is for the greater good.
[ Sounding real dramatic for a person that's just asking to be thrown off a pier, but whatever! ]
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And no, it doesn't occur to him that he's talked himself into a lot of dangerous or unwise decisions with similar reasons in the past.]
...I wish they had given us this quest when the weather was warmer.
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It would have been a kindness if it was, but we shall have to make our own kindness. [ He gestures with his hands. ] Go ahead and throw me in.
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[He sighs then steps closer and...did he actually have to throw him? Because his training didn't tend to cover throws because his enemies tended to either be trolls, who were too heavy for his puny teenage arms to throw, that or they were goblin sized or smaller and the technique for that was similar to throwing a football.
So he'll just walk up to him, hesitate. Bring up his arms...hesitate again before he closes his eyes and just....shoves Shen Qingqiu in. '
Yeah.
He hates this.]
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Oh no!!
... OH NO! The water makes his entire body break out in goosebumps and it feels wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong! He can't even properly explain how wrong that it feels to be in the water but he wants to be out of it. I would like to be out! OUT! Swirling a burst of energy beneath him, he is going to shoot up out and back onto the pier. ]
... don't let anyone convince you to go into those waters.
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...was it bad?
[NOW HE'S WORRIED. And also feels guilty.]
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It feels very weird all over.
[ Twisting his head back, he looks down into the black waters. ]
It ... it leaves you with an uncomfortable feeling like you shouldn't be in it.
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[But he did bring some towels with him! So he takes one out of the bag he'd left on the dock when they hadn't even decided who was going to be thrown into the water.]
Here.
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[ In short!! He's fine with it because he's the one that went into the drink. Motherfucker, that water is cold and weird! He graciously takes one of the towels to wipe off his face first before wrapping it around his shoulders. Bleh. ]
Thank you. You really did think ahead. [ Shen Qingqiu makes a gesture with his hand so that they can start headed away from the harbor. ] This teacher is proud of how far ahead you thought. [ He's just very grateful for the towel, okay?! ]
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[He'd be singing a different tune if he were the one dunked in the water.
Still, best not to dwell on that. He shrugs with a smile.]
I'm used to taking care of people I guess.
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I remember you saying that before.
[ At the very least, he can circulate his energy through his body to keep himself from getting too cold. Now he just feels damp. Cultivation is magical when the person who wrote about it knows jack shit and leaves a lot of loopholes on how it works. ]
I, too, am used to taking care of people. I suppose I was going to use my abilities to dry you off. [ Right, he could use like a wind gust to dry off his clothes, but he feels like he'd be like Marylin Monroe, holding his robes down as the wind blows up. Big pass. BIG PASS. He'll walk around damp and wet, thank you. ]
But about taking care of people... do you like doing it, too? [ That is!! Shen Qingqiu wants to make sure that Jim is enjoying his youth!! ]
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[And so useful! But...hm. Does he like taking care of people? No one has...asked him that before, actually.]
I like being able to help. Making dinner and cleaning isn't really as big as what my mom does...but it's something I could do for her while she's out there saving lives. So yeah...I do like it.
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[ He also thinks so. The amount of bullshit that he can do is fucking staggering! ]
You're saving lives, too, in doing what you do. The little kindnesses that you give... it helps a person feel like the world is not so dark.
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...thanks, Shifu.