Open + July Catchall

[tosa]

WHO: Mutsunokami and you. With closed prompts for Nyx, Dextera, and Ryouma.
WHAT: Target practice for Quest #17
WHERE: Out and about
WHEN: All month!
NOTES: If you'd like to do Quest #17 (Shoot an apple off of someone's head), hit me up through PM, plurk (eski, discord @ #eski#9874. Mutsu is a red and is a cautious volunteer as a shooter or target. He'll need a little bit of convincing but he's willing to help! So let's work it out first if you want to go down the quest route. If you don't want to do the quest, just treat it as an ordinary open prompt.

( There's a loud bang just out of Flavo. Given a certain quest given to the town, it may or may not be out of the ordinary this month but should one investigate it, they'll find Mutsunokami facing the forest, a row of make shift targets set along what was probably once a garden wall at the edge of Flavo. It isn't much and his targets are mostly things along the lines of old cans, some broken bits of wood, and other, small targets. He isn't standing particularly far from the targets-- it's not like he's practicing sharpshooting but he's definitely a good distance away from them.

From the looks of it, he hasn't hit anything this time and he doesn't look particularly pleased with that. But he won't give up! Eyes sharp and focused and aim ready, he looks like he's ready to go for another shot when he hears someone approach. Lowering his gun, he looks back, )

Here to watch? ( Relaxing, he gives his gun a casual twirl and grins, ) Gahaha! You're gonna make me nervous.

( Not really. )

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[teradaya]

[Hm...he should start preparing himself to get hit. He doesn't want this outcome, but Mutsunokami is something of a firecracker right now. He was a lot easier to deal with as a sword, but seeing Mutsunokami so alive isn't something he'd trade away.

Still. He doesn't want his sword to punch him. That's really high on his list of priorities right now. So Ryouma pulls his hands away and raises them, showing he means no harm. Or offense.]

Hey, hey, big guy, I'm not sayin' any of that. I'm just givin' ya an option because you have that choice now. Because I respect ya.

[Things are different now, but that's not a bad thing.]

I'm glad, though. I'm real glad. I feel better with someone on my side. Especially if it's you.

[Ryouma lowers his hands, and his voice.]

I trust you.

[tosa]

(The more muted tone and seriousness of Ryouma's answer hits him and he immediately relaxes, lowering his hands and adopting a much less aggressive stance.

It's all he really wanted to know; that he was trusted and valued and now that he has it, all of the wind he'd had building up goes out like a breeze. He's easily worked up but he's also quick to relax... which has him feeling some whiplash, if he's honest. Now he isn't really sure what to feel when he's gone from offended and ready to fight to suddenly getting the validation and confirmation he'd wanted. It... it's a little embarrassing, now? And he looks away, keeping his chin up as if that's going to hide the fact he's a just a little bit shy,)

Good.

(That's it. "Good.")

I'm always on your side. This is my choice and I'm sticking with it. You can count on me.

(And he's stubborn and not going to budge on it one bit.)

[teradaya]

Good.

[Hopefully it really is. Hopefully Ryouma won't keep saying things to work everyone else up even though he doesn't intend to. But Mutsunokami really seems to have calmed down and that's...well, good. So Ryouma's going to take it.

And reach out once again to ruffle the sword's hair.]

You're an interesting guy an' I like havin' ya around. So this works out, yeah? You're not gonna punch me in the gut or anything, yeah?

[This is a joke. Really.]

Anyway, ya got time? I've been inside for too long and I'm sure ya know I hate bein' cooped up.

[He's probably been inside for, like, an hour. But that's definitely too long.]

[tosa]

( An interesting guy. Like having you around. All good things, yes, good, this is fine.

Ugh, stop ruffling his hair though because don't you know that just makes him weak? He's definitely not going to lean into that even if he really wants to. )

Maybe I won't. ( Maybe. ) Maybe I'll just wait 'til we get ya home and let Otome take care of the rest. ( Is that a threat. ) She's probably already onto ya...

( The way sisters are with being able to sense when their little brothers need a beating and all that. )

Yeah, I got plenty of time. ( And he starts to smile. Of course Ryoma would hate being stuck in one place. ) Sitting still doesn't suit ya.