[Open] + [Closed] DIVERSITY

[scooptimistic]

WHO: Maya and many individuals
WHERE: All over
WHEN: The month of June
WHAT: Punishment shenanigans, quests, and a catch-all for additional threads?? Closed threads will be added to the post, open prompts will be beneath the cut.
WARNINGS: Talk of nonexistent gruesome injuries, spoilers for both P2 games idk is that a warning!!!!
NOTES: If you'd like to plot anything additional, you can PM me or reach me on plurk at starswept!



[ That first week of June. ]

[ If you are a teenager or younger, regardless of whether or not this young woman has met you, she's looking incredibly upset the minute she gets a good look at you. This is a prelude to her hurrying over, gaze anxious, as she looks you over and-- ]

This is... definitely going to be a weird question, but are you actually hurt?

[ SHE MIGHT LOOK LIKE SHE'S ABOUT TO CRY. ]

[ Alternatively, she can be spotted making a much slower way around the town. Slower because she's apparently decided to use her necktie as a blindfold, and even Maya isn't about to go sprinting about an area where she can't see.

It won't stop her from bumping into someone, or-- ]

Whoops! Sorry!!

[ A tree. Or the well. Or literally anything else, but she doesn't seem keen to take that blindfold off? Wonder why???? ]

Comments

[whereabout]

[ Blink. He hadn't been trying to be stealthy or anything (although, admittedly, sometimes it's more a reflex than any conscious effort on his part). ]

I thought I was making some noise. Sorry about that!

[scooptimistic]

... I've really got to work on my observational skills... it's okay, you don't have to apologize.

[ She's just got to up her game!! ]

[whereabout]

I mean, I'm pretty good at that kind of thing, when I'm trying. I didn't...think I was trying, but I might be wrong.

[ It's kind of his autopilot, after all. ]

[scooptimistic]

You've tried to be a ninja before? Was this for some kind of audition?

[whereabout]

No, nothing like...that. I'm just...

[ Uh. ]

I'm good at being...quiet, I guess?

[scooptimistic]

... You know, I hope you don't feel like you have to be, around me.

[ because Maya is not a quiet person. ]

[whereabout]

Don't worry about that.

[ Look, he lives with a loud girl, he's used to this! ]

[scooptimistic]

Well, if it's not a problem, I won't worry!

[ Easy enough. ]

So what are you actually up to, Joshua?

[whereabout]

I was just going to get some more water from the well. Nothing big.

[ It is an Exciting Life, some days. ]

[scooptimistic]

Mind if I tag along? We haven't talked in awhile!

[whereabout]

Sure, no problem.

[ He's already got a bucket and everything, so they can mosey right over! ]

[scooptimistic]

[ Excellent, she'll tag along. ]

I have to say, I'm extremely glad those punishments are over and done with!

[whereabout]

The reward I got for succeeding was pretty stupid, but it was just an object. I don't envy anyone who got stuck with something that lasted for a while.

[scooptimistic]

... Yeah, that week was rough.

[whereabout]

[ He's not one to press, so he'll leave it at - ]

Any lasting harm done?

[scooptimistic]

No, not at all. It was more of a psychological attack.

[whereabout]

Those can do plenty of lasting harm.

[ Ask the expert. ]

[scooptimistic]

Well, lucky for me, I've dealt with worse.

[ is that... lucky... ]

[whereabout]

I don't think most people would call that lucky.

[ IT...PROBABLY ISN'T... ]

[scooptimistic]

Mm... probably not, but I'm not most people!

[whereabout]

No, definitely not.

[ She's not a person, she's a force of nature. ]

[scooptimistic]

[ He's not wrong. ]

It hasn't scared you off yet either, so I'm glad!

[whereabout]

After five years with Estelle, it takes a lot more than that to scare me.

[ And it's taught him that really positive girls won't let you get scared off, once they've taken an interest... ]

[scooptimistic]

I see! You've been trained for this day!

[whereabout]

I wouldn't say trained.

[ Definitely trained. ]