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friendly galactic space dad. ([personal profile] paladads) wrote in [community profile] awashlogs2019-04-07 06:58 pm

( OPEN ) come with me, stay with me

WHO: Shiro + ???
WHERE: The canal boat & various.
WHEN: All through April.
WHAT: Catch-all for quests and whatever else.
WARNINGS: tba.

[ Fight with a close friend. Make someone cry. Give someone a near-death experience.

Whatever kind of sadist is behind the so-called quests, Shiro has long since decided he doesn't like them.

After taking a chance on becoming an actual lion and finding no real payoff in the wind, his faith in "F" has been scrubbed down to the minuses and any enthusiasm to play their games is hard-won. One of the Blue-marked himself, he tries to sidestep any confrontations that might provoke someone into playing by the morbid rules and mostly spends his days on the canal-boat at the docklands when he isn't scavenging for food. Some salted fish from an inland lake where he starts fishing (and can be found in the mornings) begin to stack up in his and Keith's home, strung over the stove for a warm, chewy snack if the urge strikes, and the vegetables they root out mean a stew is usually simmering in wait for hungry men to come looking.

He likes the library, exploring what he can and finding frustration awaits when he can't. The empty houses in the blue, red, and yellow districts have a creepy haunted quality that he braves only when he and Keith need something homely in a hurry, bedsheets or a small cabinet. It feels like grave-robbing the grey homes which doesn't sit well with him, despite knowing they have no other choice.

And if his evenings aren't spent with Keith for whatever reason he can sometimes be found on the roof of the boat, stargazing.

It's always easy to find Shiro; his arm never stops glowing, day or night. ]

whichcraft: lord deliver me for i know exactly what i will do (PENSIVE ♚ i am surrounded by idiots)

[personal profile] whichcraft 2019-04-07 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[She remembers Lion Guy, of course; even if she hadn't turned him into a lion, thus inherently making him memorable, she would've remembered his name just from the inadvertent mnemonic she'd crafted for him through idle chatter. Shiro — is that because of the hair?

It's not, but it makes it easy to remember, anyway.

She's actually carrying her lion plush with her as she goes walking through Bluo one evening, past the canals, because she's on her way to Prompto's house and taking the scenic route to get there, but she seems considerably more content with her quest prize than Shiro has been. Makes sense, really — Maslow's hierarchy of needs, and all. She's higher up on the pyramid, so the lion fills a niche that's above where Shiro's at currently. Nothing too unusual about that.

She pauses, though, when she sees him hanging around on top of the canal boat, aware that she's all but invisible in the twilight just because her oversize cloak is black fabric, even without the enchantment that makes it difficult for passerby to look at. And she's not sure what makes her decide to stop and talk, but she does, snapping her fingers and crafting a softly-glowing violet orb of light in her hand to illuminate the place where she's standing.]


Hey. Shiro, right?
whichcraft: and the ones that you wrecked won't take you back (FRAGILE ♚ you're the last beautiful girl)

[personal profile] whichcraft 2019-04-07 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well, shit. Summer of all people knows a trauma reaction when she sees one; she's a creature of defensiveness and skepticism herself, hardened into survivalist paranoia from a series of events that she never had any control over, no matter how hard she tried to impose it on what little scrap of her surroundings she could. So she knows exactly what it means, when the figure on the roof goes from watching the stars to hunched and ready for a fight at the sight of her. It means she spooked him, and he was ready to kill her because of it.

...Well. She doesn't know that he was going to kill her, specifically. But she's learned the hard way that it's always better to assume that first, and be pleasantly surprised later, rather than the alternative.]


Sabrina, yeah. The witch.

[It occurs to her belatedly that maybe that's not the brightest confirmation to give when she's already startled him, but oh, well. No helping it now.]

Sorry. I know the cloak makes it hard to see me in the dark.

[It wasn't the cloak, she's pretty sure, that made him react that way. But it's an excuse, a conversational "out", that she sets up for him to take if he wants it, to help smooth things over.]
whichcraft: murder, arson, and jaywalking, presumably (INNOCENT ♚ what can one little girl do)

[personal profile] whichcraft 2019-04-07 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Going to Grandma's house. I'm Little Goth Riding Hood.

[She turns to face him properly, one hand still holding the orb of violet light to help illuminate her in the twilight, and the other arm bent at the elbow with the plush tucked into it clearly visible.]

I have some friends who live in Bluo, so I go hang out with them a lot. My house in Ruga is like a revolving door of roommates, so I don't really spend a lot of time there if I can help it.
whichcraft: that's kind of bullshit but i believe it (LISTEN ♚ like watching paint dry)

[personal profile] whichcraft 2019-04-07 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Sure did. I did it with someone else, too, and we got a little toy car. So I guess the rewards for that one were toys and shit; one time it was costumes, which was kind of great but also ridiculous.

[Hmmm.]

Guess a guy like you doesn't really have a whole lot of use for a stuffed animal, though, right?
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[personal profile] scourged 2019-04-08 06:39 am (UTC)(link)
[ He's not creeping, not this time at least. Ardyn has been wandering around since arrival, checking out what the surroundings hold and picking up the odd item here and there (thankfully no more stones, Ardyn's had enough of that thank you very much).

So when the Chancellor decides to take a look at the forest edge he notices someone nearby headed to whatever hobby it is they've decided to pick up in a place like this. Probably food related if they're smart. It only takes a second for amber eyes to spot that prosthetic arm and just like that Ardyn is giving a wave, expression nothing more than pleased to see a fellow person.]


Hello there! Shiro, isn't it?
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[personal profile] scourged 2019-04-09 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Of course, forums don't come with pictures and Ardyn can only silently congratulate himself for being right. He's not seen anyone else with a prosthetic arm otherwise he would have said the same thing to someone else.]

Ah, pardon me, sometimes I forget that those forums don't come with names or pictures. It would probably make life much easier if it did. [ Ardyn takes his hat off, giving his most gracious bow, nothing but a picture of pleasantry for now before his hat is put back on. Can't be in the sun too long like that.] Ardyn Izunia, at your service.
whichcraft: lord deliver me for i know exactly what i will do (PENSIVE ♚ i am surrounded by idiots)

[personal profile] whichcraft 2019-04-09 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[She shrugs a little, nonchalant.]

Hey, I was gunning for a good quest reward, too, just like you were. It's not like I was entirely altruistic about it.

[She pauses a minute, though, regarding the lion for a second before adding: ]

They don't have these, where I was before I was here. That's why I like 'em. Sure, maybe they're useless in a practical sense, but. If I'm being honest, I can't really say I mind having stuffed animals again.
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[personal profile] scourged 2019-04-11 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The man, the myth, the legend. It's almost funny in a way; for all the warnings that Ignis, Prompto and Noctis can give, they barely even scratch the surface. Fate has (for once) smiled kindly on Ardyn in terms of timelines. They can't even guess the scope of the hatred that has walked into their midst; a hatred that is currently smiling as if it's a regular old sunny day.]

Likewise, sometimes text just doesn't seem right when one is having a conversation. [ The fishing rod and bucket get a cursory glance before Ardyn turns back to the edge of the woods.] I'm certainly thinking about it. People in the town have waxed lyrical about how dangerous these woods are, but if you ask me places are only dangerous because they have something hidden within them.
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[personal profile] scourged 2019-04-11 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
There is that, but no-one mentioned that, only that the woods had a habit of trying to kill people. That and homicidal, fire-breathing geese. Whatever those are.

[ Sounds terrifying, Ardyn hopes to catch one some time. The offer is briefly considered and Ardyn may have been thinking of an excuse not to when Shiro drops his last comment.]

Famous? Why I do believe I left a pen in my other outfit. Unless of course you're talking about the calling out that happened on the forum. [ Ardyn gives a small shrug, looking unconcerned over the whole thing.] It is what it is. I do think I shall join you if that's alright, I haven't had time to check out the fishing spots in this place as of yet. Lead the way.
photoshooter: (SANKYUU 📷 Ever at your side)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2019-04-13 03:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[Fishing is boring, that's an unequivocal fact. But fishers make up one or two of Prompto's favorite people in the world, so when he comes across Shiro at the lake in his quest for distractions from an untenable fear situation photo subjects, the sight warms his heart automatically. He snaps three pictures of the big guy before recognition even brightens his face, and only then does he let the camera shimmer back into the Armiger.]

Oh, hey! Shiro, right?

[Prompto waves, a big and friendly gesture, and hops closer so they can talk more quietly so as not to scare the fishies.]

It's been a while. You feeling better, dude?
photoshooter: (SMELL 📷 Is that Gladio?)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2019-04-13 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Eennnnhhh.

[If the face he makes isn't enough, he also crosses his arms in an X in front of him and shakes his head.]

No offense if that's your joy, but fishing is just, like. The worst? I don't know how anyone stands still for that long, I get ants in my pants just thinking about it. I leave that stuff to the patient people!
photoshooter: (IGNIS 📷 I can be smart!)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2019-04-13 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, man. Being a fighter pilot sounds awesome. Maybe not for me, though, the guys barely ever even let me drive the car.

[Eschewing a seat, he just crouches by Shiro with the ease of a boy who does this a lot and also still has them spry young knees.]

Makes sense, though, don't you think? I'm probably about Keith's age, too. I mean, I'm twenty-one.

[In case anyone thought he was, like, twelve.]
photoshooter: (EYEBROW 📷 He's still asleep?)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2019-04-13 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[He gives Shiro a Look.]

I'm an adult. I do my own taxes and everything.

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