Badly Injured Man Not Done Partying Yet

[withwisdom]

WHO: Zelda and others
WHERE: Various
WHEN: November
WHAT: Quests and other things.
WARNINGS: None at the moment.

(This post is mainly to serve as a catch-all for log threads. If you want to thread shoot me a pm and we can think something up together. No open prompts because apping new character + two events this month = me needing to chill.)

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sleepover for 100+ w/sierra

[withwisdom]

[ zelda is a creature of habit and routine, and her nightly rituals are no different. before she goes to sleep, she kneels down before the window and makes her prayers to hylia. praying in an open space would be preferable, but with the weather getting colder it makes more sense to just face a closed window where she can see the outside.

she clasps her hands and tilts her head down, eyes closed as she whispers hylian chants so that her roommates are not disturbed. the night feels gloomier with the sky having mysteriously lost its color and she's wearing a dark purple sweater to sleep, but apart from that the night is still. ]

[regrede]

[ sierra is good at being quiet, when she needs to be. she’s been quiet for the past several days, in fact, trying to sort out her feelings toward all the trouble she got into with the harvest festival. never again will she eat anything without having someone else try it for her.

regardless of all that, however, it’s finally time for her to get back on her feet—or on her wings, as it were, and seek her revenge. it doesn’t really occur to her to complete a quest at this juncture, but it’s going to come at some point or another.

zelda’s prayers are, of course, interrupted, by a distinct thud against her window and then an urgent flapping. let! her! in! ]

[withwisdom]

[ what was-- ]

AAAH!

[ and zelda, prim and proper, scrambles from her spot and crawls back crab style on the hard wood to get away from the window. but once she's far away enough she sees how the bat looks with the help of her lit candle on the nightstand before the window. ]

S... Sierra?

[regrede]

[ kindly enough, once sierra has zelda’s attention, she stops flapping, and hangs off whatever edge she can find to press her nose to the glass.

it is sierra, now let her in, please. she has important business. ]

bright church w/ari

[withwisdom]

[ it's early daytime and the weather is turning cold, but that isn't enough to deter zelda. especially not when she has someone accompanying her to do her usual upkeep of the church. and as they walk together toward the building, she's not shy to strike up conversation. ]

I appreciate your willingness to help with the church. Do you have a particular connection to religion to inspire this?

[thinshadowed]

[ It's getting colder, but that hasn't dimmed Ari's desire to be helpful around town. When she asks him about religion, he glances up from watching his footing to look at her properly. ]

> "Well... not really?"

[ That doesn't sound like a very good answer, huh? He tries again. ]

> "We have a church back in Tenel. That's the village I'm from."

[withwisdom]

[ she smiles, a small chuckle escaping at the first line when he says it so honestly. ]

Don't worry if not. A lot of people don't here. [ a shrug. ] Is Tenel's church a large gathering place, or a smaller venue?

gratefulness w/valvatorez

[withwisdom]

[ a quest about showing your appreciation? this will be easy...

...is what zelda thought at first. it isn't that the quest is hard, but she's started to come down with illness not too long after she began working on her gifts. she wants to honor valvatorez's love of sardines by sewing a small sardine plush toy. it isn't especially great looking because of the lacking color, but she works hard of the details despite having to power through her sickness all the while.

and when she finally finishes and knocks on his door to deliver, she has a scarf bundled up over half her face, eyes puffy and head feverish. she hasn't gotten sick in... well, a century, so getting outside takes a lot out of her. ]

[promissum]

[He was going to make a meal, but he can barely make it out of bed. The food is all ready to be cooked but confusingly he has... gotten sick? He's never been sick before in his life. This is a tragedy. Is he dying?

This is not what dying should feel like. His head feels like it's full of tissues and he barely makes his way to the door.]

Zelda? [He sounds congested.]

[withwisdom]

Valva -- [ COUGH HACK-- ] --torez.

[ ugh. he doesn't sound much better either. she smiles, and it's weak despite being genuine. ]

Can I - come in? And have some water?

gimme ur color, gurl

[purrsuasively]

[Quests... are silly. That's Mogget's Hot Take™, anyway, yet after scanning through this month's offerings, he finds himself intrigued by the idea of stealing someone's color. It's not an alien concept to him; it's not even something he'd typically bother with, truth be told, but in this strange place, with these strange people...

...Well. A cat can't help but to be curious, which is why, after a good deal of thought, he trots right over to Zelda's house. Her new house. Did she tell him about this? Definitely not, but here he is, knocking on her front door before sitting down to patiently wait for someone to open it. At least he isn't, like, leaping through an open window?]

[withwisdom]

[ the door opens a crack a few seconds after, as she pokes her head out to check who it is. she doesn't see anyone and thinks to pull back, but as she does her eyes dart down and-- ]

Mogget? [ hm, what is this deja vu feeling? she pokes her head out and opens the door full, wearing a dark purple sweater over her usual dress. ] Is there something you need? If it's the fish, I was planning to leave it on your doorstep tomorrow morning.

[ there isn't much to fish right now with the weather getting colder, but still she tries. ]

[purrsuasively]

[His nose twitches ever so slightly at the mention of FISH, but he makes sure to remain nice and composed. He's on a mission here, after all.]

It is not about the fish, although I thank you in advance for such a welcome gift. I am here about something else entirely. [He stands, blinking up at her as innocently as he possibly can.] A quest, actually. Perhaps we may discuss the... finer details inside?

[He's being so polite? Watch out, Zeldy...]

sorry for your sick

[scooptimistic]

[ It's not hard to figure out where Zelda might be. That girl's pretty much married to the church and as much as Maya isn't one to just amble inside and ask some kind of god for guidance and wisdom and serenity-- she's on a mission today.

And that mission is to shove open the doors and call out. ]

Zeldaaaaaaa, are you in?

[ Hopefully no one is actually praying. ]

[withwisdom]

[ no zelda isn't praying, but she isn't having a great time either. she came here to do some clean up work, especially now that the color is restored and it's easier to see where the spots she missed before are. but she's not feeling especially well so she decided to lay down on a pew for a nap. maybe not the smartest idea, but not a lot of people come out here anyway.

but she's not quite asleep yet when maya barges inside and calls her out. with a groggy grunt she carefully bring hers body up and makes herself visible at the front pews. she only really has the energy to sit-up. ]

Maya?

[scooptimistic]

Oh, there you... are...

[ She started off so happily and trailed off so uncertainly, peering at Zelda with a hint of concern creasing her brow. What the-- ]

Are you okay? Did I wake you up?

quest 33

[apocalypticist]

[ Another month, another set of quests—a routine Ryo has been used to for quite some time now. He's familiar with the story of the Sphinx guarding the city of Thebes and eating all who failed to solve its riddle, and he gets the feeling that the quest won't end with merely tracking down the creature; a riddle will surely be part of completing it.

He's a red, so all he needs to find is someone he thinks will be a decent partner for this. Someone with a good head on their shoulders that he can bounce ideas off of, in case the riddle is a tricky one and the answer doesn't come right away. After considering his options, he decides to contact Zelda and ask her if she's interested and now they're heading into the forest together.

As usual, he has his rifle hidden beneath his pristine white coat, just in case they mess up or if the Sphinx is feeling particularly hungry today. ]

There's a famous riddle that comes up in the story of Oedipus and his encounter with the Sphinx. [ He says, idly adjusting the front of his collar as he keeps an eye out for movement or animal tracks. ]

"What goes on four feet in the morning, two feet at noon, and three feet in the evening?"

[ Gotta warm up her problem-solving skills a little before they run into the Sphinx. ]

[withwisdom]

[ and while he has a gun hidden away, one zelda is completely unaware of, she's taken precaution to sling her bow behind her back just in case things go awry. she's never heard of a sphinx before, but it sounds like ryo has judging from the riddle he poses. ]

Hm. The 'what' in question is the same for each phase of the day I presume?

[apocalypticist]

Yeah. [ He nods as he steps over a large root that's sticking out of the ground. ]

Remember to think outside the box.

Forest Adventure #2

[promissum]

[It's not the first time they've walked through the woods together. The structure of meeting up and starting to walk in is simple enough. Just like last time, they've put put onto a path that the forest seems to have chosen for them.

No matter, there's two of them. They can deal with whatever is at the end of the path.]

Do you see that house?

[His eyes aren't tricking him, right?]

[withwisdom]

I do.

[ she wondered if it was just an illusion too, and she's thankful he said something before she thought she was going crazy. is it the same house dextera had mentioned though... ]

I'm surprised. We were wandering the forest much longer last time before coming upon that pond. Interesting.

[promissum]

The challenge may be in the cottage itself.

[Who knows? Still, he's walking ahead and knocking on the door. Maybe it's empty or maybe somebody's there.]

Gratitude Quest

[good_ideas]

[What Shiho has with her is a small bag. It's taken her a while and she'd definitely wanted to give up at least two stitches in but had persevered as much as she could to end up with a folded up rectangle of fabric, held closed by an old button. Holding it close, she's knocking on Zelda's door.]

......Um.... is anyone home? [She could check with her powers, but they've been weird lately ever since she started feeling sick and the bad thing is that she can't stop reading, pushing past layer and layer of memories, unable to stop.]

[withwisdom]

[ zelda is home, miraculously. mostly because she's not doing well right now. she keeps getting sick on and off and there's no rhyme or reason to it she can figure out. maybe her body just isn't used to bacteria after being in stasis away from the world for so long.

it takes her a moment to get to the door from her room, but soon enough she's opening it up a crack and then the whole way when she sees who it is. ]

Shiho! [ she sniffs, blinking through her puffiness, and opens the door further up. ] Please, come in. It's dreadful outside.

[ (it's actually not that bad but to zelda, sick as she is, being outside is like asking for suffering.) ]

[good_ideas]

[Zelda does not look good and Shiho hugs the bag closer if only so that she doesn't reach out and touch her. What if it was something worse than a cold? What if it was an infection and settled somewhere bad?

Shiho frowns to herself as she walks closer.]

...It kind of is, huh? How do you feel?