[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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[expulsions]

[...]

Do we make the wish first and then ring the bell? Or vice versa? [But he's approaching the bell. He'll go first.]

[promissum]

You think I spend much time wishing on bells?

[ But he's going to guess. ]

Ring it then say it.

[expulsions]

I never really know what you do in your spare time. [But there's a thoughtful glance before he reaches up and yanks on the bell, forcing it to ring through the woods.]

I wish I knew where to go from here to get the answers I need.

[promissum]

I fish. [Or he works, but there's not much work here.

Does he really feel that lost...

Once Percy is far enough away from the bell, Val rings it. Loud and clear.]

I wish my comrades at home stay safe until I return.

[expulsions]

…I'll go with you next time. [Fishing, he means. He's good at that. But surprise, he sure is lost at this point. He's not used to feeling essentially useless and his mirror pointed that out.

Still, he hears Val's wish and he smiles slightly.]

Your party's lucky to have you, man.

[promissum]

[There's a pleased chuckle.] I would enjoy the company.

[The again he likes most people's company so how much does that really mean.]

They are. [Confident as always.] I'm lucky to have them too. [As sincere as he ever is.]

[expulsions]

[Val...you're hilarious.]

I hope your wish comes true then. That's how wishes are supposed to work, right? [He looks at the bell again, tugging a little to see if it'll budge. It looks pretty stuck though.]

[promissum]

Usually you have to work to make them come true... These are a bit different.

[expulsions]

We think. We don't know that these are going to come true right away either, as nice as that'd be. [He makes a face at the bell.] ...I wonder if we're supposed to wait here or head back for results.

[promissum]

I wonder...

[But also they have some meat to deal with.]

We do have a bear to pick up.

[expulsions]

We do. [Hm.] Let's go deal with the bear and maybe by then we'll know what the next step is. Do you remember the way back?

[promissum]

I remember where we left the bear.

[Which was more or less the same straight line they walked in from...]

... By the way, Percy. I do have that holy water. It might return your color. I won't use it.

[expulsions]

Close enough. [Let's start walking. He heads that way, kicking some snow out of the way before he hears Val's offer. There's a little pause then.]

...I appreciate that. But I'm worried about wasting it in case it doesn't work. We could use it for something else.

[promissum]

[There's an approving little nod.]

Very well. I will keep it in case of an emergency.

Do you know how to restore your missing colors?

[expulsions]

[...]

Yes. I have a list to go through. [So he can at least admit that...] I want to find another way though.

[promissum]

Is the list dangerous to you?

[expulsions]

I'm not going to die if that's what you're asking.

[promissum]

[He worries. Not that he says that.]

Then why do you want to find another way?

[expulsions]

[Because he's stubborn.]

The things on that list are too personal to just do just to get my stupid color back. Except for the yellow thing. That's whatever.

[promissum]

Do you have people you trust here?

What is the yellow thing?

[expulsions]

Of course I do. [They're just a small amount and even when he's not sure how he feels about it.]

The yellow thing is doing something "normal" with someone who's yellow. Mr. F seems to think that I don't know how to be seventeen.

[promissum]

Good.

[17... a child... Unfortunately though, what Val considers normal is very different than a human.]

I can't help you with that, Percy.

[expulsions]

It's okay. I know you would if you could. [They walk in silence for a bit longer.] I might ask Izuku. I don't know.

[promissum]

Who is that?

[ They only met briefly after all. ]

[expulsions]

Uh...Midoriya. He's a yellow about my age, green hair, green eyes, about your height? He's been here since the first group arrived. We've been friends for a while.