open! and also closed! whoa!

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WHO: Okuyasu and friends!!
WHERE: various locales
WHEN: not during the first week of june that's for sure
WHAT: "I'm not going to make an open log," I said, a liar
WARNINGS: nada

various nonsense, pick your poison, ICly these are all after the 10th or so

[So, resignation to keep doing quests is all well and good, cool, cool cool cool, but! Another good idea! Is spending his time otherwise doing something, before he gets so surly he tries to fight the whole forest. It's restlessness—Okuyasu does poorly with decision-making and sitting still, so now he's forced himself out and about to do! Stuff! Yeah!

There is... so little to do!! But you may find him

A. roaming around the empty houses or still-abandoned buildings, like he's Investigating,

B. by the well, scuffing his shoe in the dirt to make a... circle? It's supposed to be a circle but it's lumpy as hell, he's trying. He could also be,

C. down by the water, trying in vain to teach himself to skip stones. That's the level he's reached here. Fun. And finally,

D. catch him by the well again, holding his wish coin in one hand and staring down into the well with a contemplative look. Is he thinking about the wish--]

Am I gonna bean some poor dude still down there if I toss this, or what?

[--So no, not really at all, great.]

collecting actual junk? i guess?

[Look - collecting junk and fixing it for people was Josuke's idea, and it's Josuke who can actually fix things, but Okuyasu is a Good Bro and so he's busy looking around the stores and such for things that need a good fixing.

It's just, some of this stuff is too Fairy Tale Peasant^TM for him to comprehend. Here you'll find him with two pieces of Something, one in each hand, looking between them.]

Is this shit broken or do I just not know what these are?

[What are the items?! You decide. This is an interactive mystery.]

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[okay yall.... besides positivity quest, my quests are spoken for, but hmu with anything else!! you may reach me on plurk at jojoveller with w/e you need]

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[Jake... Jake. Okuyasu frowns, clearly troubled by this cavalier death attitude.]

That's... great, dude. Stick to it.

[kringlefuck]

You know I will! Already mentally taken note of it.. it's all right here.. right in the ole cranium.
_{[ tapping his head.. for emphasis.. ]}

Surely I'll remember if I don't end up concussed anytime soon.
_{[ it's a near every day occurrence for him. ]}

Also if you wanna help a dude out, you can lend me some ace trousers and whatnot should you come across them. None of that peasant bullshit, I don't wanna look like an absolute buffoon smack dab out of Monty Python. That way we can wrestle sooner. I look forward to..
_{[ pause.. ]}

Kickin' yer ass!
_{[ ok that was a bit put on.. ]}

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[Okuyasu, who just beaned him in the helmet with a rock not thirty minutes ago, is not convinced that Jake can go a whole day without being concussed. Maybe he's concussed right now.]

Sure, if I find some miracle jeans that don't look like shit, you'll hear all about 'em. First pair of good pants is mine, then we'll see. [Imagine a world where Okuyasu doesn't have to wear his school uniform pants all the time and Jake wears pants at all? That would be utterly wild. Anyway, this Thug Speech--] Maybe you should stick to the derry-whatevers if you're gonna do it like that every time.

[kringlefuck]

Hehe. I know it's intimidating, but don't worry. I'll go easy on you.

_{[ oh my god there's some challenge in his voice combined with his signature wink. It's been awhile since he's felt this ballsy... but it's sort of hard not to when you've been resurrected as a god. It gets you feeling a little conceited; with as low as his esteem is, he's certainly not showing much of that. ]}

For now, I'll give you plenty of time to prepare.
Are you gonna get you some fish or not?
_{[ where's your net.. ]}

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Never been intimidated by a guy who giggles. [And he's not going to start now!! Really, what's intimidating is the confidence it takes to wear that outfit, but he's not going to start talking about pants again - he has to let it die.

Anyway! About that fish!]

Uh-- I dropped the net. Somewhere else.

[kringlefuck]

Oh.
_{[ just oh. ]}

Um.
Do you wanna use this instead?
_{[ yeah sure let's just offer the spear gun to the guy you just met sounds GREAT... he even extends his hand out to him with the gun. ]}

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[BEST END??? BEST END!! Okuyasu goes from mildly awkward about his transparent fishing lie to hype as fuck in zero seconds flat.]

Holy shit, do I?! Dude, show me how to do it!

[kringlefuck]

_{[ oh good! He's glad to show anyone how to use anything pertaining to guns of any kind, soo.. ]}

It's relatively simple! Actually, you just hit the trigger button and reel'em in but your aim has gotta be impeccable. No worries, pal, there's no ammunition so nothing goes to waste. Nothing complicated like the rest of my weaponry I have with me.

_{[ nudges him with it, please take it. ]}

Handle with care, it's rather old since it was my grandmother's.

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[He takes it and fumbles it immediately-- no, but he definitely got all of his gun-holding knowledge from movies, so give him a second to work out how to heft it up properly... or what he thinks is properly.]

Yeah, yeah— do I look like a badass, or what?

[Posing with a gun? Posing with a gun.]

[kringlefuck]

_{[ Jake has learned about the outside world primarily through movies so he understands this excitement. Learning how to use a gun, though? That was totally his grandmother's doing and he had to use guns anytime he left his house so he really knows what he's doing. ]}

Um, sure thing, buddy. A spear gun isn't that cool looking though, I hate to break it to you. If you want to pose with a gun, I have an assault rifle in my inventory and a couple of submachine guns.
_{[ a couple, he says.. ]}

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[Aw, what? More guns sounds--absolutely buck wild, he'll get to that, but first he frowns and looks at the spear gun, pointing it at various spots in the water like he's a competent shot. Hm!]

It doesn't look cool? You sure?

[kringlefuck]

Nope.
_{[ He pops his lips at that "p" and raises his brows. ]}

Actually, you look like you don't really know what in tarnation you're doing. Remember I was under the water? You fire under water with it at the fish and spear them.

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Yo, what? I can't get them from here?

[Yeah he is utterly clueless. This is a huge disappointment!]

[kringlefuck]

I reckon you could if you're that good, but it's very hard to spot any targets here. Maybe you could get a bigger fish if it surfaced over the water, but a harpoon cannon would work out better for something like that if you wanted something like a whale.

What's the matter? You can't swim?

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In my clothes? No way! How'm I supposed to get the salt out?

[The threads are important! Also he's got at least three big ol' metal Fashion Pins on him, they'll be ruined.]

[kringlefuck]

You could go in your underwear.
_{[ says the guy who is just waltzing around in his own but he doesn't really have a choice. ]}

Um.. if you want privacy I can let you be!
_{[ yeah leave him unsupervised with a weapon he doesn't know how to use FANTASTIC idea.. ]}

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[Is he going to strip down to his undies just to play with this gun... No, his dignity fortunately outweighs this absolutely terrible choice.

But know that he is very, very disappointed in himself.]

Maybe I oughta skip the fish gun this time.

[kringlefuck]

Yeah?
_{[ Oh.. he sounds disappointed too. He's always eager to see other people enjoy the thrill of the hunt like he does. ]}

Well.. do you wanna handle something else? Maybe something smaller.. oh!
_{[ hang on he'll just pull out his faithful twin Beretta 9mms... his weapon of choice and allow them to appear and just.. hit the ground between them both. No harm is done with either of them, the guns or the teens, despite how careless he is. ]}

These are more like what they use in the movies.

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[Get him some swim trunks and he'll reconsider getting bitten to all hell by scary fish. This is his only good outfit!!

Now then— holy shit, he just drops guns out of the ether, the pajama pals are so wild--]

Dude, you trying to blow my feet off? [A light scolding for dropping guns so carelessly... but he stoops down to scoop one up, anyway. It's a real gun? He's an ordinary guy from a small town, he's never held a real gun before this...] Kinda intimidating, if I'm being honest.

[kringlefuck]

Oh, don't worry. They're safe!
_{[ they're safe, final words from Jake English.
He fondly picks up one of the guns and gestures to the safety on it; a small lever near the back of the gun. ]}

It's only dangerous if I take this part off, but I always store them safe!
_{[ Safe, but always loaded. He wants to be ready for anything. ]}

If you want to hold the other one, you can.
_{[ go on... pose with that gun, you know you want to. ]}

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[Safe... sure. Okuyasu gives him another look, hesitant, but he reaches out and takes the other gun anyway. Hell yeah, he will pose, and it will look very tough and straight off a late 1990s action movie poster.]

Okay, now this looks cool, right? C'mon.

[kringlefuck]

_{[ Jake just cocks his head to a shoulder as he watches Okuyasu pose with the gun, but a slight smile spreads on his face. He's careless to make sure the safety is on that specific gun, but thankfully it is, and neither does he correct Okuyasu if he has his finger on the trigger.. you really shouldn't do that if you're just messing around. ]}

Rightfully so! Much better than with the spear gun.

_{[ Jake, on the other hand, spins the other Beretta rapidly in his hand and catches it, giving the muzzle a fond kiss as he strikes a pose too. You have plenty of time to perfect gun spinning when you lived alone on an island with no other company among other things so he's a man of many pointless talent. ]}

Gosh, I should really show you how to fire these babies too.
_{[ what! a great! idea! where is their supervisor.. ]}

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[Whoa, so cool... despite his troubling wardrobe, it looks like Jake is actually a very Cool Dude. Okuyasu is impressed by his gun-twirling, looking at one of the ones he's holding like he's thinking about giving it a try... but he wisely reconsiders and looks hesitant again.

Let the record show he totally wants to do this, but they're real guns, and he's just a dumb kid from a small town. Too real...]

Maybe some other time, huh?

[kringlefuck]

Some other time? Alright, sounds good to me. If you want, I can show you how to use a rifle first; we can go hunting together.
_{[ thrill of the hunt!!! his favorite.. ]}

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Oh- Emma's got a rifle! Maybe you guys can hang out and compare guns or... whatever gun people do.

[He's trying. Don't wrestle her, though, she's like 5.]