Event Ten.

[awashmods]

Little Willie, mean as hell, Pushed his sister in a well. Mother said, while drawing water, "My, it's hard to raise a daughter."

t's pretty dark and miserable down in the well. The cavernous area feels much larger than a well should be, bodies milling about in the darkness and knee deep, frigid water. So you're here -- and you're not alone, and the only way out appears to be the thin circle of sunlight from above, the opening of the well. (And elsewhere, in the Town, everyone's waking up to gifts of various usefulness, but hopefully they remember to check the well today even so!) What now? Welcome to Awash's tenth event log, and the intro log for this month, everyone! All new characters have found themselves waking in the well in the middle of the Town. Hopefully they can get a hand out! For more information, please go here! Meanwhile, the current characters have some new gifts. If there are any questions, please ask them here, and have fun! Thank you!

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[ninjanature]

i. the well part

[There he goes. Enigmatic stranger, not saying a word.

Leaping from well bottom to opening would be easy, but instead, Sasuke jumps just high enough to hit the wall running--literally. His feet catch the stone, and he sprints vertically up to the top with an amazing amount of speed and absolutely zero chill.

At the lip, he stands for a moment or two, surveying, and then he disappears over the side for a minute. Thankfully, he returns, leaning over the opening and peering down below.] It's clear. [His voice carries easily enough down the well for it being so mild.]

Can you get out on your own?

ii. BEES?? (quest for reds)

[Any reds venturing out to hunt the honey from the bees will find Sasuke already there standing several yards back. He had been banking on idea getting honey would be simple, though hadn't known the bees would be... mutated.

The ones are this hive are the size of a small dog--terrifying when the hive attached to one of the tree trunks is covered in so many the honeycomb can't be seen. The noise of the wings is strangely synchronized, but loud, like hundreds of fans.]

Did you bring something to put the honey in?

iii. bad sad dad

[There's a church in Bluo, and Sasuke is sitting on the highest feasible part of it. A single, mostly black shape just chilling; he's hard not to miss with the ends of the cloaked jacket flapping in the bit of breeze from the height.

Nothing is weird about sitting on a building. It's fine.

If he isn't eye-catching enough, something he's rolling between his fingers snags the light of the day and glints, flickering and blinding. The starburst from it makes it difficult to discern, but whatever it is has his idle attention rather than his full focus.]

wildcards

Hit me with some wildcards, let me know if you'd rather me tag you instead, or ping me on moetan if you have an idea you wanna try! Feel free to ruin his day, too. He's the most mellow dude now, so if you can ruin it, the prize should be good.

iii

[queenofminiskirts]

[Kaoru definitely notices someone up on the top of the church and after barely thinking about it, she uses her powers to fly up there to see who it is.]

I know the view is pretty nice up here but if you hang out here all by yourself people might think you're sulking.

belatedly realizes i typoed the church in bluo rip

[ninjanature]

[When she comes up, his right hand comes down against the lifted right knee. The glinting has stopped, and something dark and iron is folded into the gloved palm of his hand. By the edges, it looks like a shuriken.]

I'm not sulking. [The flying isn't shocking, but it's different in a way. She gets a cursory glance with a single black eye.] Have you been here long?

It's okay. I don't even remember where the church is...

[queenofminiskirts]

[...a shuriken? Did that make him a ninja or a cosplayer...? She'll ask later, probably.]

Brooding then? [She's teasing! Because teasing serious looking strangers is practically a hobby at this point. She winces though because...yeah.]

I stopped trying to keep track after four months. And that was...a while ago. I'm sorry. [For not having a better answer and also for the fact that it's probably not reassuring to know that after such a long time they were still stuck here.]

iii

[swordfucker]

[Did you say sad dad angst roof?? Only Guren can do that. But really, spotting someone else up there like that... he has to look into it. So, he jumps. I guess it's kind of like naruto jumps so it's fine. He's not on the tippy top of it like Sasuke here, but he's stepping up behind him a little closer, just a lower level.]

You can't be tired of people already, right? You just got here.

[It's weird to call out a stranger on this, probably, but Guren doesn't seem to care.]

[ninjanature]

[The crawling, electric energy swooping in to tickle Sasuke along the spine and shoulders makes him turn his head to acknowledge Guren out of the habit of combat.

He doesn't move; in fact, he does little else than curl the shuriken into the palm of his hand, but his attention is attuned to one man completely.

Sasuke can't see Mahiru like Guren can, but the rinnegan standing out under the blowing hair shows him a kind of collective generalization of the power. It's strong, and it's dangerous, as far as he can tell. It feels a lot like kinjutsu. Something forbidden. Interesting.]

It's the best place to see most of the town.

[After a moment, when he feels as if Guren isn't an immediate danger, he glances back out. Sad dad club. They match a little: Sasuke has a sword, too, pushed to his backside and only the end of it visible beneath the wavering cloak.]

Who are you?

[swordfucker]

So you're people watching.

[The complete opposite! Guren says it with a bit of a humored air to it, though, and it's clear that he doesn't have any murderous intent, or anything even close. He's more trying to figure out why Sasuke has the weapon in his hand.]

Guren Ichinose. I've been trying to help people get settled in. [Sorta] And you?

iii

[withwisdom]

Hey!

[ shouts the distant voice of a young lady from below, as she looks up to the top of the church. will he even hear her? she's going to just scream until he does. ]

Get down from there! The church is not for standing atop of!

[ this is a house of god? or so she understands it to be. ]

[ninjanature]

[Nope. Gonna sit and stand on a house of any god.

Casually, he leans forward just enough to look down at Zelda yelling from below. The hand disappears, concealing the shuriken which he been glinting in the light.

And he vanishes.

In all honesty, he is simply moving very fast, not disappearing. But the movement is so quick and skilled, he goes from the top of the church to the ground several feet away from her without any kind of image between.] Does this place have a god? [He probably startles her, but

it's fine.]

1/2

[withwisdom]

[ he's gone? ...oh, that's good. guess everything worked out in the end-- ]

[withwisdom]

--AAH!

[ and then she fucking jumps back, trips on her boot heels and falls to the ground. ]

... [ ok. ] ...

Don't. Do that.

ii BEES

[osuni]

[Okuni's here to get honey, but more so to find these exact small dog-like bees that Sasuke has the fortune of stumbling onto.]

Did you?

[It's such a five year old thing to say back, but Okuni's actually curious... Sasuke... did you not bring a jar to the bee quest!!! She holds out hers to show him though.]

I already have a jar, so I don't really need mine. You can have it if you like. I'm just here to fight these bees!

[ninjanature]

[In reply, the edge of the cloaked jacket parts, and Sasuke's right arm emerges to hold up a small wooden jar. It seems to be something he pilfered from the town, based on the looks of it.]

Only to fight them? You brought a jar. You don't want the honey?

[osuni]

[Ah, so this complete stranger IS prepared!! Okuni decides to judge him 0.5% less now.]

I don't want any more jars of tasteless gray honey. [unless it's for a good cause, like covering someone's house in it.] I thought I'd catch a bee instead!

[which would have worked if Sasuke had found bees of a normal size.... sad.]

But just getting to fight is fine too. You can join me if you like, stranger!

iii

[purrsuasively]

[There's absolutely nothing weird about sitting on top of a building when you're either a) a cat or b) a bird. Sasuke... is neither, which is curious enough to lure Mogget up to the roof, as well. Waddup, you lonely-looking human.]

Enjoying the view? Or perhaps you're searching for a way back down? There are many different paths to take, although some are... risky. [Padding over to Sasuke's side, Mogget peeps over the edge of the roof and promptly clicks his tongue.] Potentially messy, as well.

[Is your day merry and bright yet, Sasuke. Is it.]

[ninjanature]

[A chatting cat is something he wishes he could say was the strangest thing he's seen, but it isn't. Very close.

While Mogget talks, Sasuke doesn't really move much less speak. The single black eye follows the cat up onto the roof and over to the edge.] It's true getting down is sometimes harder than getting up.

[The words are quite literal, but the way he says them almost sounds philosophical.]

[purrsuasively]

For you, perhaps. I've the opposite problem.

[Mogget doesn't even bother to ask if Sasuke would like some company; instead, he just sits the heck down, green eyes twinkling as he looks over at the human beside him. He, too, can speak in pseudo-philosophical circles.]

Do you often find yourself in a position to look down on others?

i.

[rerevale]

[ Momo, from the bottom of this stupid well, watches the exact opposite of a Jackass episode unfold in front of him with the sort of stupefied awe that only a complete normie could convey.

Can you get out on your own, says the Real Life Ninja, and Momo doesn't even have it in him to be offended.

So here's a muffled: ] Uh.

Sorry, I really don't think so!

[ He's down there, a huddled blob knee-deep in water, with his arms out like an infant. ] —Is there a ladder up there I could use?

[ninjanature]

[Hm, hmm. A little bird trapped in a well.

Sasuke disappears again, but only for several seconds this time. When he comes back, he's already hopping over the mouth of the well and descending--as painfully Actually Ninja as he had went up.

Manipulating chakra allows him to fall at a better, slower pace, and he hits the bottom of the well with a splash not befitting the distance from above.] Sorry.

Come here. [Momo is tall enough Sasuke doesn't have to really squat, but the cloak is knocked widely open, and he offers the curve of his right arm as if saying he's about to play elevator.

The only weird thing is--that's it, just one arm. (And a sword...) The sleeve on the left side of the shirt is hanging limp.] Hold on tight and keep your head down.

What's your name?

iii

[hydrokinetics]

[He's not the religious type for obvious reasons, but he finds himself passing the church anyway. It's hard not to notice the building, and it's even harder not to notice the man literally sitting at the top of it. Percy stops in his tracks, tilting his head back to peer up at Sasuke before he makes the Very Wise decision to open his mouth.]

I've heard of bats in the belfry, but this is probably taking it a little too far.

[ninjanature]

[Percy, bless your stupid jokes.

The glinting stops as Sasuke draws his arm back beneath the cloak, his face peering down. Honestly, he looks like an older version of someone Percy may be familiar with, but he also looks, in a way, like Guren--all minus the comfy teen jacket and jeans and the stylized military uniform.]

Bats aren't exactly my forte.

i

[umbraportation]

[ Nico just stands there at the bottom of the well, watching this man run straight up the wall as though he were moving on a horizontal surface rather than a vertical one. Clearly this guy is not normal - well, at least not a regular mortal.

Also, it seems like he just left everyone else behind for a moment. Which is fine. Nico's used to that.

He's already considering his own options for getting out when Sasuke's head reappears over the edge and informs him that it's clear up top. Seems like the man was scouting ahead for danger, though he could have said something first. Nico shoves his hands into the pockets of his jacket and shrugs idly. ]

I'll manage.

[ Luckily the well is filled with darkness and shadows so Nico has his pick of them to move through. One instant he's there and the next, he looks like the kid is absorbed into the darkness completely. Then he steps out of Sasuke's shadow up at the top of the well.

Nico looks pale but it's hard to say if he always appears that way or not. It wasn't much of a jump via shadow travel and he'd been alone so it isn't nearly as draining but he does stumble a bit with the first step. ]

Someone should stick a ladder or rope nearby if that well is the entrance to this place. [ Now at the top, he takes in their surroundings - the colorless trees and foliage. Nico frowns. ] Where ever this place is.

hello fellow hot topic son

[ninjanature]

[The ability is surprising--not in that it exists, but that it's used, that Sasuke doesn't know Nico well enough yet to expect it. The energy from the well is gone, and then it's behind him.

A Nara clan technique?

Sasuke turns to look back, the movement easy but with enough rigidity to say there's some caution to it. The single dark eye studies Nico for a long moment before darting away to follow Nico's gaze to the surrounding area.

In a way, he had thought something was affecting his eyes when he came out of the well, and he's glad that isn't the case. No color, huh. Odd.]

I've never seen this place before. There's a board nearby with things attached to it.

iii.

[nascere]

[ There's someone on the roof of the church -- at least, Noctis thinks it's a church -- and while he's usually someone who tends to leave someone else well enough alone, the glimmer and glint of what he's rolling between his fingers catches his attention.

Spot, the black chocobo he's riding, stops on its tracks when the bird senses Noctis' curiosity, and he carefully places the tuna fish he'd caught on Spot's back before he dismounts, trying to make out just who it is there. ]

Hey, that thing might not be stable. You stuck up there?

[ninjanature]

[The glimmering flickers, off, on, off, on, as the shuriken rolls back and forth over his knuckles. When it stops, his arm lowers, and his attention turns toward the voice.

The bird(?) is a surprise, the tuna even more of a surprise.

Carefully, he comes down from the highest portion of the building as if he's a normal person walking along the street. His feet stop him at the edge of the lowest roof, just above Noctis and the chocobo.]

I'm not stuck. [The only visible black eye shifts to the chocobo, the tuna.] Fishing?