march catch-all!

[unghost]

WHO: Cairngorm + quest partners
WHERE: all around!
WHEN: march
WHAT: questing; remembering past friends, harbor pushing
WARNINGS: gem dismemberment/body horror?! classic hnk stuff

starters in the comments! feel free to contact me at ishimarus if you'd like to do a quest!

Comments

[unghost]

It's normal. We get broken up like this in battle regularly.

[ Or worse. They finally dislodge their arm from the dragon's jaws with an oof as they fall back from the sudden change in restraint, immediately going to work on inspecting it. ]

Of course I have a method. Being here for a year now— I've been making the glue necessary to repair gems from trees in the forest since I got here. The issue is with putting the pieces back in the right order and in the right places... it will take a longer amount of time with breaks like this.

[good_ideas]

.....How are you different from a 3D crystal puzzle again?

[She crouches down beside them, reaching a hand out as if to poke that arm in their hands, but really meaning to look into it with psychometry. Is it missing chips? Does she need to find them too?]

[unghost]

[ They're too tired to yank the arm away from her rudely for trying to touch it, so they just raise a brow. She'll find that it's not missing any pieces, or rather, that it's "missing piece" is just the part of their arm that's still connected to their body. ]

It's not like it's impossible. [ Do they sound annoyed? Mildly. Humans are the weird ones, not them!! ] I'd rather be a "3D crystal puzzle" than get injured the way humans do. It's gross...

[good_ideas]

[Thank goodness for the arm not missing a piece, she thinks. Even if it is a detached arm and therefore the idea of it is kind of weird to think about.]


....Well, you've kind of got a point, I guess. I couldn't exactly glue myself back together like you can.

[But then again, humans also don't talk when they're in this many pieces which is a... plus...? Either way she's going to look at them again.]

Can you stand? I don't think I can carry you anywhere and I didn't think to bring a bag with me to carry a giant 3D crystal puzzle with.

[unghost]

[ The question provokes a long, drawn out sigh from them, pressing the broken edge of their half-leg into the dirt as if to test it. ]

If I walk with a knee bent... [ They're able to get up, even if they have to lean over considerably to stay balanced on their broken leg. ] If I get my other arm on first, it'll be faster to collect this all.

[ With a pause, they give her a look, considering what she'd said about not having anything better to do anyway. They'll accept the help, if only because they're aware that that kind of talk is a roundabout way of saying she's going to (because they're that way too, when it comes to pride.) ]

My house isn't far. And there's a bag there, for the pieces.

[ They keep an eye on her over their shoulder as they take the first dragging step in the direction of their humble abode. ]

[good_ideas]

I don't even know why you already have a bag prepared for pieces. [But it better not be because they keep getting broken!!!

At least she knows better than to try and support them, especially because she can see the full weight just from touching the pieces she already has. The last thing they need is for both of them to be incapacitated at the same time.]

I'll bring your arm so we'll get that on first.

[unghost]

I can carry it myself.

[ They reassure her, even if they do agree that she'll have to help them put it on - and they leave it at that. Luckily, since this all went down in Flavo, the lovingly nicknamed Gem Haus cottage is not more than two or three minutes away, even with the damage to their limbs. Even more luckily, it seems that no dragons are interested in bothering them for the time being.

When the pair actually come up to the door, Cairngorm leans against the side of the entrance, looking to her as they keep balance against the building. ]

Just— open the door, and I'll tell you where to put everything.

[ A big surprise awaits inside the door, that Lottie has tried to keep secret from the town: and it's that the interior of their cottage is an exact replica of her high-end apartment from LA, fixed with electric lights, real air conditioning, running water, the works... ]

[good_ideas]

How dependable. [But she won't fight them on this, handing over the arm so she can focus instead on scooping up some small pieces. She has a pretty good idea of which home is his just from what she can see in the pieces but she's gotten very good at following like as if she doesn't, adjusting her hold on the gem chips she has once they get there.



And when she touches the door to open it? She sees exactly what's inside, pausing for maybe a touch too long before turning to them with a sudden, cheerful smile.]

Okay~ [But she's talking to this Lottie and asking her why she was keeping air conditioning to herself!!!]

[unghost]

[ That smile would be unnerving if they weren't currently focused on hobbling in the door - which they manage, but only barely. They grip the doorway on the way in, then proceed to limp to the nearest table, which happens to be the right nearby the kitchen. ]

That tray of jars in the cabinet, [ They point while they try to sit up best they can on the table itself. Don't get distracted by all the quality dishes and other working kitchen appliances... ] Those are the materials. You can just set the pieces you have here...

[ When they place their left arm down on the table, it's obvious that they mean to keep all the pieces together in the same place. ]

[good_ideas]

[Shiho is more than capable of getting distracted by the quality dishes and working kitchen appliances at the same time as she heads for the exact cabinet. Psychometry is good for taking stock of all the things here as well as for finding the right tray of jars on her first try.]

Will the table hold the weight? [Though now that she thinks about it... this isn't her nice table? So she puts the scattering of pieces she has in front of them.]