august catch-all

[parodeity]

WHO: Dave Strider & OTHER PEOPLE
WHERE: many places
WHEN: everywhen
WHAT: shenanigans
WARNINGS: dave swears sometimes as per usual

OPEN: PUMPKINS

[ so on the 3rd dave goes out and does a thing with some people and comes back and Lo And Behold, there are now pumpkins in the garden! ...almost. not quite. you can find him planting the magic seed in the gardens (why) on the 4th and about a week after that pumpkins will be a thing.

they have color. this is fantastic and great, obviously.

dave can be found in the middle of august twirling a knife and looking at some of the pumpkins contemplatively. while you can catch him at any of the above times, if you catch him in the middle of the month he'll say: ]

You know, I've never carved a pumpkin before.

OPEN: CAPTCHAROIDS

[ early on in the month dave will be carrying around his captcharoid camera for some godforsaken reason, and will occasionally pause to snap a picture of, like. you, your house, whatever you're doing, a flower...

it produces an instant picture every time, and he'll offer the thing to whoever you are. there's a captcha code on the back of every card, it's fascinating and dumb. don't you want it?

later in the month he'll have his actual camera, rescued last month. there's no instant photos here and he's a little less casual about it, being picky with his shots because film is a limited thing and he's careful with it. if you catch him then: ]

You know what ribbons would help? Ribbons that spat out film every week. [ he sounds vaguely rueful. ]

WILDCARD

[ if you'd just like to throw something at me, go for it! otherwise feel free to pm me or ping me on plurk for a specific prompt tailored for you if you'd prefer me to write you a starter. i'll respond to any starters left here, however! i will also be putting quests in here later in the month once we get them.

AS A NOTE: if your character thinks of dave as close cr and you didn't fill it out last month, please fill out a lost memory here for my record-keeping purposes! as per death rules, all close cr loses one memory of dave at the time of his death. thank you! ]

Comments

[unfatalist]

Stand back, the both of you, a bit of fire ought to —

[As he says it, he's automatically reaching into the Armiger for a magic flask, which appears in his hand and looks to be about the size of a softball — but he falls still mid-turn as he's coming around to take aim at their foe, because it...sure does appear to be waving, yes.]

...Hm.

[I mean he's not putting the Firaga down but he's also not throwing it either.]

It does seem to be waving, doesn't it.

[parodeity]

I'm gonna see what it wants.

[ DAVE SAYS, LIKE THIS IS AT ALL REASONABLE, traipsing off towards the clearly non-suspicious plant monster with his hands in his pockets.

you know, as you do.

this is absolutely the sort of thing you should not do but he's doing it! anyway! ]

[messianic]

[..... Well, if even Ignis thinks so...]

Don't get eaten, Dave.

[THAT'S MINATO'S HELPFUL CONTRIBUTION... as he slowly lifts a still-soap covered hand to try to rub it on the moss in his hair to get rid of it, because ick.

(Ignis has like. Literal fire prepared if something goes wrong, so he's not too concerned.)]

[unfatalist]

If it opens its mouth and looks as though it's about to spit at you, dive to the left, and I'll let fly with my spell.

[This is helping. Teamwork. We are all doing so well at this.]

[parodeity]

I will have you know I have only gotten eaten once here so far!

[ is.

is that meant to be comforting?

but dave is strolling up to the Plant Monster Friend (?) and just kind of tries to figure out...how you talk to one...

he settles for giving it the Nod. ] Yo.

[ ...

the plant monster nods back.

diplomacy is in progress maybe, or the plant monster is just like "??? ok" ]

[messianic]

[Diplomacy is...happening? Minato would usually say something about that very not reassuring statement from Dave, but Ignis' words are reassuring, and also.

Plant Monster Friend diplomacy.

So.

Minato just kind of tilts his head.]

... Well, it's not attacking yet. Maybe it's...friendly? Or it wants to send us on a quest or something.

[RPG rules.]

[unfatalist]

No one is going to be eaten today, thank you very much.

[Read: NOT ON IGNIS'S WATCH, Y'ALL'RE NOT.]

It seems as though it might be imitating you, rather than properly understanding you. Try something besides waving, and see if it copies that as well.

[parodeity]

[ dave nods and then...does...a spin and a slide. why is he dancing.

the plant monster seems to consider that and just...waggles its tentacles again, this time more insistently at dave's pockets? ]

What? [ obligingly he empties them, coming up with some herbs. ] Uh...

[ the tentacle gesturing clearly indicates it wants the goods. ]

[messianic]

[... Nice dance. Minato would clap, but the plant monster is definitely more confusing and distracting.]

... Oh. It wants... your stuff?

[...PLANT MONSTER...WHY....]

Is this commentary on picking stuff from the woods... [Like a Ghibli film.]

[unfatalist]

All right, so it's clear it's not just imitation. It's trying to communicate.

[And it has yet to try to kill us all, so. There's that.]

Give one to it, Dave, let's see what it does.

[parodeity]

You got it, bossman. [ why is he calling ignis that - but dave hands over one of his herbs.

the plant monster seems ? pleased in that its eye closes in a sort of happy crease.

it then immediately begins demanding more goods.

dave appears thoughtful, then gives the monster like. everything he has. empties his pockets into the waiting tentacles, and then empties his sylladex.

once he's cleared out, the monster turns to make the waggling gimme gestures at minato and ignis... ]

[messianic]

[...Well.

Minato immediately shoves his hands into his pockets to grab the plants he's picked up as well, shrugging a little to Ignis as he hands them over to the plant monster.

Here....you go?]

[unfatalist]

...What, does it want them back?

[RUDE, PLANT THING, GO FIND YOUR OWN.]

Absurd to think we spent so much time on this, only to relinquish them all again.

[But fine. Fine!! Take the herbs, then, plant buddy.]

[parodeity]

[ their plant friend pauses to do a tentacle-y dance of joy. dave watches with lowkey amusement, lips twitching, and okay guren is going to be Disappointed but they clearly made the plant dude happy so maybe it was worth it?

(was it worth it...)

and then the plant monster produces...

a shining pretty obviously magical seed, which it hands to dave.

then the plant monster PEACES OUT into the woods... ]

Huh. [ that seems to like

sum that up ]

I'm not super sure what just happened but this is real shiny. [ what is he, a magpie? ]

[messianic]

[Ignis does get an apologetic look; they did just kind of waste his time immensely, oops.]

Sorry about this...

[Still!! The seed!!]

Quest reward.... [As in, RPG quest rewards, and not the town's, necessarily.]

It looks like a seed...? Do you think we can plant it?

[unfatalist]

I suppose it's worth a shot. It certainly doesn't look edible in its natural state.

[you kids and your rpgs and your quest rewards and your plant creatures]

Shall we make for the garden, then? Since we seem to be through here, with all of our herbs gone.

[parodeity]

Works for me. [ ... ] I'll...tell Guren about it when we get back...

[ AS THE ONE WHO GAVE THE HERBS UP FIRST, HE'LL TAKE THE FALL WITH DAD... ]

[messianic]

[Ha...]

Good luck.

[Honestly!!]

Hopefully the seed was worth it, but if not... at least we learned that not all of the monsters out here are dangerous...? Or, at least, not all of them attack on sight.