[OPEN] june prompts and catch-all!

[keeneye]

WHO: Emma and Open!
WHERE: All Over
WHEN: June catch-all
WHAT: Open prompts and closed! Lots of animals??
WARNINGS: n/a at the moment

OTA - A survey;

[Could this more easily be done on the forum? Yes. But Emma is putting boots to the ground and putting faces to names. She can't associate people with their hexcodes forever!

So, it doesn't matter where you are in town or what you're doing. Emma appears, old notebook held diligently in hand, and a pencil at the ready.]

Excuse me, I would like to ask a question. [Were you going to refuse this solicitor? Too late.] What's your favorite type of animal?

[Yup. That's the very serious question. She's waiting.]

OTA - on the hunt(?);

[As the Month starts an explosion of color occurs around the forest's perimeter. So many animals that were once perfectly camouflaged within the gray underbrush have burst into startling color. The sheer novelty of the sight after months of gray has piqued Emma's interest. She's usually out and about but she's exploring even more trying to identify all the new critters.

Unfortunately, the majority of colorful animals are relatively small. You may find Emma stalking after bright orange lizards sunning on rocks, OR watching bunnies from a far, OR setting up little piles of seeds to lure out the purple mice. You get the picture. The sky is the limit as more and more animals are discovered.

If the animals are ever startled away (thanks) then Emma will sprint after them, attempting to jump and catch them.]

Comments

[closed] ochako and izuku

[keeneye]

[It's dinner night once again! This time after the infamous Punishment Week. Although two out of the three in this equation didn't get punished per se... Well, it was a rough week all around. They still deserve some nice things. Surely it will stay a pleasant evening, right? Right.

After they're mostly done Emma pops up from the table with a grin.]

I wanna show you guys something. [And she's off to grab a piece of cardboard that she has two corners of a puzzle mostly completed. The puzzle pieces are frighteningly small but from what's been completed it looks like a photograph of a group of children on a beautiful spring day.] I received it a few days ago... I was thinking we can finish it together.

[You're not afraid of a few thousand puzzle pieces, right guys?]

[inheritance]

[Puzzles! There is definitely no way that anything can go wrong with this. None at all.]

You got a puzzle, Emma-chan? [Izuku immediately brightens with interest.] The rewards from the quest really are random... [He picks up one of the puzzle pieces, turning it over in his hands.]

I think it'd be fun to work on this together! What is it supposed to look like when it's finished?

[thriftea]

[Emma gets a nifty picture puzzle, Ochako gets... five hundred gold-embossed copies of a poem. Huh. Ochako leans over toward Deku, trying to study the piece he's flipping about.]

It looks like part of a face, doesn't it, Deku-kun? And there are more over there— [She glances back at the big piece of cardboard. Definitely faces, and definitely kids' faces. Hmm.] Emma-chan, are these people you know?

[A shot in the dark, really, but many of the prizes she's seen have been important to their owners in one way or another.]

survey

[troubadamsel]

[Once Maribelle's punishment time is over, she's eager to get out of the house and get some fresh air. She's a little startled by Emma, but sees no reason not to comply.]

Hm... I suppose I may be biased, but my answer is "horses".

[keeneye]

[She nods as she writes down this very important information... Maribelle- horse.]

Thank you! There's no issue of bias when it's a personal question. Although I guess I should have guessed the answer to that one.

[It's hard to miss the single house in Flavo with two horses pastured outside.]

[troubadamsel]

But why are you asking this, anyway?

survey!

[batsuits]

[ Well, here's a guy and his dog to answer that question. The german shepherd sits on his heel as Emma approaches, giving a slight whuff at her question and before Bruce can even answer, Ace is leaning in to lick Emma's face. Sorry about the dog spit, Emma! ]

... Ace, no.

[ But Bruce can answer? Yeah, sure. He can answer. He's not going to say bats. He better not say bats. ]

Dogs.

[keeneye]

[The return of Ace! Emma can step away from gathering hard data to accept some dog kisses. She can definitely pencil that in. Ace gets some affectionate pats on the head for the greeting.]

Noted. [In a second, after she is done rubbing Ace's head.] You're another easy answer. Can't say anything else with a cutie like this right here, right?

[batsuits]

[ Ace is definitely glad Emma's schedule isn't too busy for dog kisses. He seems pretty happy to get her pats, tail wagging eagerly as he patiently accepts them.

Emma's response does make Bruce look a little wry, lifting a shoulder in a shrug. ]

I suppose not. Though we have a few pets at home, beyond Ace. He's just the only one who, ah, joined us for this.

survey

[apocalypticist]

[ Ryo's on his way to the woods to gather some ingredients for the demon-suppressing drug he's trying to develop for Guren when Emma approaches. He stops to listen to what she has to ask, eyebrow quirking up minutely - favorite animal of all things? What a pointless question. ]

I don't have a favorite, but if I had to pick one... sharks, probably. They've roamed the oceans for over 400 million years and survived four of the five global extinction events. It's fascinating that they've been able to overcome the odds and adapt to change for so long.

[keeneye]

[It may seem that way right now but this hard hitting investigative journalism is definitely building to something. Just you wait, Ryo.

At the moment Emma just seems surprised. This is one of the first answers that hits her out of left field. And yet appreciating sharks doesn't seem that far fetched. She diligently jots down his name and answer in her notebook.]

That's a new one! It's a cool answer though. It matches your image.

on the hunt

[a_special_hat]

[If the animal had been scared away it probably hadn't been Mahmut's fault. He was just...watching from a distance, a small smile on his face, both smaller and more genuine than the political one he's been giving just about everyone. He approaches when he sees her trying to catch another animal.]

You're going to have a lot of trouble catching them if you go about it like that.

[keeneye]

[She lets out an aggravated huff as the frog jumps off and vanishes under a log somehow. Admittedly she doesn't want to be caught out failing at something so simple by someone else, but here she is! Hopefully she can hide it behind a sheepish smile.]

Looks like... It's hard catching them alive without hurting them. I just want a closer look!

[a_special_hat]

[He's hardly going to make fun of her for failing. In fact he's going to nod.

Then you should try setting traps. You'll have to be patient and wait but you should have more success.

[He's staring at where the frog had disappeared.]

Why did you want to get a closer look at it?

on the hunt!

[good_ideas]

[Shiho isn't entirely certain why Emma is going around running after animals but at least she seems to be having fun?]

Let's corner them.

[And with that she's going to the other side of a group of bunnies, her footsteps soft. Like this, she's hoping to run one at Emma.]

[keeneye]

[Looks like Emma can count on Shiho to join in on complete nonsense without any prompting without a worry.]

Alright.

[She sticks to her side of the bunnies, slowly approaching, yet still ready to dart to either side to catch any bunny that risks escaping too close to her. There's no doubt about it that she is going to get her hands on one of these fluffy woodland critters.]

[good_ideas]

[Shiho isn't quite as agile (thanks to her own laziness) but she uses psychometry to keep an eye on the bunnies as she approaches, watching as its ears perk towards her then back again at Emma.

Slowly...slowly....]

Now!

[And with that, she steps forward, surprising the bunnies which run away in the opposite direction. Catch one, Emma! Or else all this activity will be wasted!]

survey

[anamnestik]

[Eliot was just minding his own business when someone came up to him and asked an opinionated question?? And he thought that the prom voting was stressful.

He stares at Emma, frozen in place. The gears in his head are spinning in conflict. Surely he has a favorite animal! Ah, but. Libraries don't have opinions... A Library with a bias is tainted and ought be destroyed...!

Therefore, as a Living Library, he mustn't have an answer. But goodness, she's waiting and he can't leave a lady hanging...!]

Uhhhh well. Yes. [Not a real answer.]

[keeneye]

[That... wasn't an answer she was expecting! Emma stares, waiting for him to continue, but he just doesn't. They are at an impasse clearly. The polite response may be to step back and reword. Let's try that.]

Um! My name is Emma and I'm just asking a few questions of everyone here. It may seem a little silly but I would love to know what your favorite animal is.

[Was that the problem???]

[anamnestik]

[His favorite... animal? Oh dear. She even asked twice. She must really want an answer! But Eliot has no idea what to say. He doesn't give his favorites much thought, since the idea of favorites is so irrelevant to him...

But he's also a people pleaser.]

Well... uh... perhaps... The spider deer must be my favorite. [nod.] The one Mr Caramia and I have in our house.

[The one that is absolutely not Eliot's favorite. But this seems like the best answer.]

Survey

[totheno1]

[For someone who helped make the handkerchief? Kei will give her any time of day.]

A dragon.

[Said without hesitation or a hint of irony.]

[keeneye]

[See, that's a cool answer! She seems pretty excited at the unique answer as she writes it down.]

A dragon! That's super cool- What kind do you like best? Like the ones that hoard gold or the more noble kind?

[She's... still poised to take notes? Okay.]

[closed] sometime before the wolves

[keeneye]

[Sheep. Glorious, invisible sheep. The town needs more invisible wool (probably because they keep losing what they've already obtained) and Emma is on the job. She even has her fabric scissors ready for cutting.

Thankfully, she has some idea where the sheep gather now consider she has been hunting them for the past week now. She has a really good feeling about this trail.]

Maybe this way, Ochako! I think there's a clearing ahead that they might be eating at.

[Look, maybe and might are the best you can do when you can't actually see anything.]

[thriftea]

[Is there anything Emma can't do? Ochako highly doubts it, which is why she is more than happy to carry this surprisingly heavy roll of rope and let the smaller girl lead her straight into the woods.]

If they are there, what's the best way for us to handle this? [And her sheep experience is extremely limited, so—] If I sneak up on them one at a time, I can make them float... but they'll be really loud, won't they? Maybe that will just scare the rest of them away...

[But think about this, Emma: Sheep! Balloons!!]

[keeneye]

[Emma may never have seen a sheep before in her life but if if she's one thing it's a fast learner. The mystery of sheep cannot evade her.]

We only need to catch a few to sheer. It's fine if the rest run away. [They can't stop them from going either. Sheep balloons though... Now there is a fine idea.] If we locate the herd do you think you can run in and touch two before the rest run? I can try to tie them before they float away too far.

[Because if they don't then they'll never find invisible sheep drifting through the air.]