[Open]

[promissum]

WHO: Val and quest takers!
WHERE: Bluo, the woods, around town
WHEN: December
WHAT: Open quests
WARNINGS: None for now!

A. Quest 36, blue for quest, anyone for chatting

[He reads it several times and honestly he has no idea what caroling is. A human thing, surely. Does he know much about human things? Not the joyful spirited kind.]

You there. [Stranger or not, blue or not.] What is caroling?

B. Quest 38, wide open

[He has no idea what Christmas spiders are, but decorating a tree is at least something that makes sense. There are no little bat charms around, but he could pretty easily make them with enough effort.]

I'm a yellow. [It's as abrupt as he ever is.] Come get and decorate a tree with me. [It's more like a demand than a request.]

C. Wildcard
[Wildcard, just tag him here for any other ideas. He sure loves fishing.]

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Percy - Quest 39

[promissum]

[While he's generally open about his wishes and desires, there are only a few people who actually know how lonely he really is. He's kept it mostly to himself, after all.

He's sent the message and received an affirmative reply. They're going in to make their wishes. At the edge of the forest, he's standing there with his sword in his hand. Who knows what might await them this time around.

Once he spots him, he perks up a bit.]

Are you ready?

[expulsions]

[He gives Val a half-smile because Val at least deserves some effort from him. Despite everything that's happened in the last few days and despite Percy not quite being open with Val about what's going on, he likes the vampire enough that he'd drop everything he was doing to go off with him.

Thus. Here they are. He has his hood up and his hands are in his pockets, Riptide gripped in his fist and he nods at the question. He's also doing his best to avoid eye contact to delay having to explain why his usually sea green eyes are now a dismal gray.]

About as ready as I can be. Think we can avoid flesh-eating worms this time?

[promissum]

[Val lets people be as honest with him as they're willing to be. Unless he thinks they're hiding something that needs to be addressed, he's perfectly fine with hidden agendas. Especially when his comrade will still come explore and do ridiculous quests with him.

Though maybe a wish isn't that ridiculous.

He thinks it's odd that Percy isn't looking directly at him, but... It may come up later. Besides, they have something else to deal with.]

Come now, they weren't that bad. It's good to keep your skills sharp.

[expulsions]

[Straight ahead. He marches straight in and he doesn't look back, head down a little as he keeps his shoulders hunched.]

Well since that's about the only thing I can really do here, I can't disagree with that. I'm way more out of practice than I thought.

[...not with his combat skills. He definitely means something else, but he's not exactly elaborating either.] Might have some monsters in the woods to take out while we're looking for this bell. That should help.

[promissum]

[He hates feeling worries about people, but Percy's making it difficult to not worry with the way he's acting. His expression twists into a worried frown.]

What are you talking about, lad? You did fine when we fought those flesh worms.

quest 38;

[neronian]

[ Umu, what's this??? A stranger approaching her because he wants to decorate a tree with her...? Well, Nero boldly accepts, nodding to his demand. The imperiousness of it is shrugged off easily, as she is used to demanding like so as well. ]

All right! You are in need of my artistic genius, yes? Then far be it from me to refuse you!

[ Also she can cut down a relatively small pine tree for a Christmas tree, no prob. ]

[promissum]

[Val will do a lot as long as somebody is willing to go along with his inane ideas. And sometimes (a lot of the time) he goes along with ideas that aren't even his.]

You're an artist? Your eye will be useful in decorating the tree.

[God knows Val doesn't decorate anything.]

[neronian]

[ Nero nods enthusiastically, hair curl bouncing all the while. ]

But of course! [ ... ] T-True, we may not be able to make it glitter and shine like a beautiful palace, given our...resources, but these are the sort of circumstances in which true genius comes out, I say!

[ Why can't they just beat up some gem golems for materials...hmph!! ]

Lead the way, sir.

[ Tree finding, tree finding! ]

[promissum]

There's not much in the way of glitter in this town, but we can make some ribbons easily enough. There are plenty of rags around.

[Incredibly colorless rags, but you know, how picky can they really be?]

My name is Valvatorez.

[But he will start walking into the woods, considering the trees they're passing by.]

[neronian]

[ Nero makes a sound of agreement. They can make ribbons out of rags, tie some sticks together in a way that makes them look like snowflakes, carve stuff out of wood, maybe find some winterberries and pinecones...something. Anything. No gold for her, alas. ]

You may refer to me as Saber. [ ... ] Ah, but if another one arrives, then you may call me Red Saber.

[ Since she arrived after Archer, who knows if other Servants will pop in or not? ]

Maribelle - Quest 39

[promissum]

[He's done the bell quest once. To be honest, he doesn't know if the wishes can be granted more than once, but Maribelle is also his comrade.

If he offers his help then of course he's going to give it. He honors his word more than what he could potentially get out of it.

He settles himself at the edge of the forest, cape swishing gently in what seems to be a nonexistent wind. Once he spots her he shifts from lounging to attention.]

Are you ready?

[troubadamsel]

[Maribelle relaxes considerably when she sees him - she meant what she said, she was very worried about him.]

Yes... I've brought my healing staff, and a wind tome, just in case.

[promissum]

Excellent! Let us head out.

[He seems in good spirits and in full color. Nothing to worry about here.]

[troubadamsel]

[As she follows...]

... Were you... affected, in the ice palace?

[Because that's a different thing to worry about.]

[promissum]

Are you asking if I broke my mirror?

[Because Percy had to deal with the consequences of that.]

A

[usedlick]

[Connor is blue, so at least this is convenient!]

It's something humans do at Christmastime. They go to houses or stand on street corners and sing songs.

I've never seen it myself.

[A hazard of being only a few months old.]

[promissum]

[At least by this point, he's been informed of Christmas. Though he still thinks Santa is a form of angel.]

What kind of songs do they sing?

[usedlick]

Songs about Christmas.

[Okay, that's not very specific...]

I only know a few. There wasn't a lot of reason for me to learn any.

[promissum]

Percy told me of one. "Santa Claus is coming to Town"? Is that one you're familiar with?

[usedlick]

Yes, I believe so.

[That's a pretty common one. It was already playing in some places, even in November...]

B!!

[fineprinted]

Eh?

[ tsumugi just. points at himself, unsure if he's the one being talked at by this dapper lad because who else could it be, idiot - ]

Me? Uh, sure. [ this is so random but ok he'll wing it. ] Did you bring decorations already?

[promissum]

Yes, you, do you see anyone else here?

[He doesn't even wait for an answer, continuing on.]

Interesting, you think we should get the decorations before the tree? Everyone else has done it the opposite way around.

[fineprinted]

Of course! Unless there are already decorations around said tree... Maybe we shouldn't waste any more time.

[ so! onward!!! ]

My name is Tsumugi Aoba, by the way. I've only arrived here last month.

[promissum]

No, since we're chopping them down ourselves, they come plain.

[Forward, decorating finding they go!]

I am Prinny Instructor Valvatorez. I've been here three months.

HOW DID I MISS THIS IN MY INBOX im gomen...

[fineprinted]

Oh, we're going to chop them down ourselves? I don't exactly have the arms for it, but I'll compensate by decorating it at the very least!

[ tsumugi's tried chopping firewood on his own just fine, but hacking down an entire tree seems arduous... ]

Valvatorez-san... Nice to meet you! Um, what's a Prinny, exactly?