Event Eight.

[awashmods]

To thee I'll return, overburdened with care; The heart's dearest solace will smile on me there. No more from the cottage again will I roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.

he Town is quiet this week. No sudden quests on the forum post, no roars of werewolves in the distance... just peaceful, peaceful quiet. Of course, it's hot as hell right now, but that aside, it's pretty pleasant. You probably don't want to wander around the Town right now, but... Naturally, now's when the Town is going to start thoroughly encouraging you to do just that. You do want to find your doorway back home, don't you? Better get searching! And don't mind the other worlds you might end up stumbling into first. Welcome to Awash's eighth event log, everyone! Further information on this event can be found here at the OOC post. You are welcome to start your own posts or logs for this event as well. If there are any questions, please ask them here. Thank you!

Comments

[queenofminiskirts]

Was he...some kind of experiment?

[Like Momotaro the psychic flying squirrel? She looks down at the plant when it hisses.]

Is it normally like this with you?

[pursestrings]

Maybe? He kinda came this way when I got my hands on him.

[It's possible a small child could explain, but he doesn't have that small child on hand, so oh well. The mystery lasts another day.]

—And sometimes, yeah. My dad usually hangs onto him.

[queenofminiskirts]

I see.

[Well. Okay. If he doesn't have an explanation beyond that then she wasn't going to ask anymore. She stared at his hands.]

Are you okay? Do we need to worry about any diseases Stray Cat [She clearly still thinks its a weird name!] might have?

[Like rabies...? Can cat plants get rabies? Is it like the werewolves where Okuyasu is going to turn into a cat plant too?]

[pursestrings]

Uh-- shit, I don't know. [Maybe he should be worried about turning into a cat plant...] Probably not?

If I start sprouting something, just, uh-- pull 'em out.

[This won't happen, but if it did, surely that wouldn't be awkward at all.]

[queenofminiskirts]

...that sounds like it'd hurt. Are you sure that's what you'd want me to do?

[And she's staring like he might actually start sprouting leaves.]

[pursestrings]

If I got leaves coming out of my head or something? Hell yeah, pull 'em out. I'm not gonna be a garden.

[The horror!!!]

[queenofminiskirts]

But what if it's like pulling out your hair? What if doing that makes you go bald?!

[...how did she reach that conclusion? Look, it makes sense to her!]

[pursestrings]

Then I'm gonna wear a hat. Who wants to be a plant?

[Kaoru!!!!]

[queenofminiskirts]

[She looks like she's seriously considering it.] I guess you have a point. You could also wear a wig.

[But also,] How long do I need to hold i--him. [She holds up the pot a bit higher just in case you don't know what she means.]

[pursestrings]

Probably won't find a wig around here. [Sad...]

He's not trying to bite you, so what's the problem? I gotta get a break from being chewed on sometime.

[queenofminiskirts]

It's only a matter of time before we get one as a quest reward. It'll probably be really ugly though.

[Like maybe a bright blue mohawk wig?]

I don't mind. [It's weird but it's behaving at least.] I was just wondering...