[ SEPTEMBER CATCH-ALL ] we will welcome summer’s ghost.

[passio]

WHO: dextera and the crew
WHERE: all over!
WHEN: september… the whole 30 days.
WHAT: quests and whatever else crops up over the course of the month!
WARNINGS: nothing yet!


( i’ll put top levels in the comments for a variety of things, and as always, if you want to do something, you can PM this journal or ping me on plurk! )

Comments

2/2, RIP

[passio]

[ in one embarrassing instant, dextera pitches forward—the snare has a surprising kick, and when he was resisting the pull anyway, naturally trying to continue his walk, he yelps and goes facefirst into the grey shrubbery around the well. ]

Aahugh?!

[ and then… he doesn’t move? ]

[osuni]

[Okuni will give that performance a 9/10, there was just not enough screaming or flailing happening to give it a perfect score, but she busts out of her hiding place CACKLING ANYWAY]

It worked! Well, I knew it would, but I haven't made this kind in forever so I thought I'd be a little rusty at it.

{Okuni just unabashedly revealing her crimes... She peeks at Dex's face just to check if he's maybe fallen unconscious....]

[passio]

[ dextera has a whole like, throat issue, that makes him unable to scream, so that small sound of fear is the most she’s going to get. it’s quite an accomplishment, in any case! ]

…?!

[ he’s the type of person to just die when he gets scared, but when he feels okuni approach, he jolts into an upright position—or tries to, because the snare is still around his leg and it just kind of pulls him onto his back with his ankle in the air. ]

[osuni]

[Okuni truly achieved something monumental here. She settles back on her heels to avoid being smacked in the face by his jolting, small mercies. But at least it doesn't look like he's fainted!! HOORAY]

I have the utmost of confidence in my knots. They won't come loose just like that!

[SKILLED CRAFTSMANSHIP, THAT"S WHAT THAT IS!!]

So, how are you feeling right now? [DESPAIR?? RUIN?? mild inconvenience??]

[passio]

[ all three? ]

Ah… [ dextera isn’t sure if he’s embarrassed or terrified or both, and that’s kind of a weirdly impossible to describe feeling in and of itself. it says a lot about him that it doesn’t occur to him not to answer the question, when she’s the one who trapped him like this and definitely doesn’t deserve his hospitality. ] Bad.

[ at least his hands are still free to sign! ]

[osuni]

[HMM, Okuni sees him sign his true feelings which is great if Okuni could understand these gestures! Instead, she looks at him blankly for a moment. Then, as if a light bulb pings over her head,]

Well, I’ll be satisfied as long as you’re in some kind of bad mood.

[She looks around as if she’s contemplating on leaving Dextera behind because she’s bad, and then she sidles off into the foliage to DO JUST THAT






Dex might feel a few tugs in the rope, the only warning until it loosens completely. Okuni pops back into view with the spare rope coiled around her hands.]

There! You’re welcome.

[passio]

[ …

that’s not very nice of her, but the cheerful way she says it almost makes it impossible to be mad. she reminds him of the coffin man, which is… as morbid as it is nostalgic. ]

Nngh…

[ he checks his ankle, which luckily has no marks in it thanks to his clothes, but he’s still confused about why this happened to him. ]

…

[osuni]

[Okuni would be thrilled at this comparison... She leans down a little to check Dextera's ankle the same time he does, then straightens up with a nod.]

You look fine... Maybe I should have let you dangle there for a few more minutes?

[she was too excited to have caught him and played herself... NOW DEXTERA'S FREE!!!]

You're surprisingly tough even though you look all spindly.

[passio]

[ thanks… okuni… he’s not happy. not like, day-ruiningly unhappy, since he’ll get over it, but no one would be in a good mood after something like that. okuni is just lucky (or unlucky?) that dextera has been through much worse, like dying. if the trap didn’t kill him, is it really a trap at all? ]

…

[ he frowns at her. ]

[osuni]

[Okuni tried so hard!! But she can't say that it's an all around failure yet. If there's one thing she's learned about life, it's that there are always opportunities galore...

She beams back at Dextera.]

Well, the day's still young. [she'd rub her hands together like a maniac if she wasn't holding all this rope.] What were you in the middle of doing? Were you going somewhere?

[It's time... to follow Dextera around for the day...]

[passio]

[ no, she looks so excited, and for what? for no reason at all! ]

…

[ he looks at the well, and shakes his head. his only hope was to check for people, but it seems like there’s no one there—and even if there were, it’s probably best to lead okuni away from them before she has the chance to set up another trap. ]

I’m leaving now.

[ he points over his shoulder, in the vague direction of away, and then starts to back off. ]

[osuni]

[Dextera, a willing sacrifice...

Okuni is happy to follow, like the gremlin she is. After a moment, she picks up her pace to walk beside him.]

Are you on your way home?

[passio]

[ she’s following him. sweats.

dextera walks a little faster. he doesn’t want to be rude, but honestly, he’s not going to be able to shake her—it’s more like he’s hoping to wear her out, so she’ll get bored and go home, because he’s not good at doing much else. ]

…

[ he nods. like a fool. ]

[osuni]

[LIKE A FOOL!!!]

Good! I'm hungry.

[Okuni says this as if this is something Dex should care about??? It's like she's suddenly forgotten that she trapped Dex??]

You don't mind if I join you for lunch, do you?

[passio]

[ …she’s a menace!! ]

Um…

[ dextera makes the most genuine noise of hesitation that’s ever left a human mouth, and he looks at her with something clearly conflicted in his eyes. he can’t tell her to fuck off, but he also… doesn’t know how to make her go away. ]

[osuni]

[DEXTERA U CAN DO IT, CHASE THE MENACE AWAY!!!]

Isn't it fine if I do? I don't eat that much! [this is normally a lie, but Okuni probably ate earlier before she went out to terrorize Dextera, so she'll... eat... half of what she normally does.] And I won't have time to set up any more traps if I'm at your house.