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[monster_san]

WHO: Fuu Hououji and you!
WHERE: Around!
WHEN: September
WHAT: An open log + some prompts
WARNINGS: None but what you bring with you.


Heropa (heropen)

[Tanabata, kryptonite, fae, horrifying interdimensional abominations... it's been a busy few weeks on parallel Earth. Fuu had been hoping for a less chaotic few days after that.

Maybe she will get that... but not yet, because Hikaru isn't here anymore. Fuu meanders around, easily found in the park (possibly practicing her archery), or at a bookstore or along one of the storefront streets. Or you might find her at her favorite sushi restaurant, more interested than usual in having a taste of home.]

Castles & Chimerae (open)

[Fuu is at the Two-Dimensional Adventureporium this afternoon, ready for an open session. It's a simple one-session adventure that she hopes will draw in new players for a longer campaign.

Today, the scenario is based on Robin Hood--in fact, players will take the part of a Jolly Man in the band of Sparrow Cowl, stealing from the rich and giving to the poor in the forest. Simple, right?]

Welcome! Are you ready for adventure?

Comments

meeting the gremlin boy (for Marty)

[monster_san]

[Fuu is getting more comfortable in Maurtia Falls, as she feels she has to be now that she knows people there. Still, she tends to be wary in this city. Though, at least there aren't any hideous monstrosities lurking under bridges, at least for now.

She's heading for the Endeavor Center today, though, as she's curious about it and hasn't been there before. Fuu's often thought that the minors brough to this Earth need more formal support than what's generally provided them.]

[darkov]

[as she draws near, she happens to be in the trajectory of a soccer ball sailing over the fence. there's a mix of delight and disappointment in the gaggle of kids and teens who saw it go, and then some general chatter before one of them -- Martin, specifically -- starts trotting over to collect it.

he hesitates just shy of the fence line as he sees it's landed just shy of the girl approaching, feeling uncertain of how to approach this. he was just going to climb the fence and grab it, but...would that bother her?]

Um...sorry, uh...

[monster_san]

Oh! [The approaching projectile has startled Fuu into stepping back, but it's only a football--nothing sinister or frightening. Which is a relief, given recent events. So she smiles at the boy who comes over to the fence.] Not to worry, it didn't hit me.

[She picks up the ball and tosses it gently over the fence.]

My name is Fuu. What's yours?

[darkov]

[he doesn't answer right away, still shifting his hold on the ball now in his hands. he thought that to be the end of it, but it seems not...

her hair is very short and fluffy. kind of like Haru's.]

...Martin. Hello. Sorry for-- [he grimaces.] Well, it...didn't hit you, so...

[monster_san]

It's quite all right. [She bows politely, and starts looking for a gate to come inside the fence.] And it's nice to meet you, Mr. Martin.

[she knows that most people her age don't like being addressed with such formality, but it's too ingrained a habit.]

It wouldn't be Martin Darkov, would it?

Helix Training Centre (for Allura)

[monster_san]

[Fuu has always been interested in Aegis, even though she has no interest in joining it herself. Particularly with their gadgets and technological know-how... really, what seems like a burgeoning tech war against the OTO.

So it's not a surprised she's asked one of her Aegis housemates about it, and as a result is now at the Helix training center with Allura. Which, right now, is a large empty room.]

So how is it that you train in here, Allura-san?

[patchricide]

Through simulations, of course. So, the first thing we'll need to do is start one.

[She explains this while walking up to the control panel and starting to play with the options. As she does, the room starts to 'fill in' around them, like a video game loading in models and textures.]

It can simulate everything, including the opponents... although honestly, I find the setting options more interesting. [Right now, it's on an aquatic setting, as if they were standing at the bottom of the ocean.] Where would you like to go?

[monster_san]

[So it really is a giant simulation room... like something out of a sci-fi TV series. Then again, Fuu reflects, everything about this world is like it's out of a TV series of some kind. Several, in fact, all mashed together.

She marvels at the undersea landscape for a moment, which is rather like a game she's played recently. There's something about being underwater that is enchanting, alien, yet not--and familiar, now she remembers. But Allura's question brings her back to the present.]

Goodness, the tyranny of choice... [She taps her fingers against her cheek as she considers all the places in the world. For a moment she thinks of a place from Japan, but this room's purpose for battle training puts her off a bit--Himeji Castle, for instance, deserves its retirement from warfare.]

Well, it's hard to beat the ocean... but what about a time? The world before humans arose, perhaps.

Birdbot (for Wolfwood)

[monster_san]

Birdbot (for Wolfwood)

[Hikaru's absence is wearing on Fuu. Fuu is aware that the standard waiting time is about a week, and that others have been away for two or three--or for a year. And if Hikaru has gone back, to have time continue on? That is good. In fact, that's better. To have been torn from that, the worst moment of their lives, to the cold reception of the Porter facility is unimaginable. No, better for all that she's sent back, hopefully to experience the better things that came after.

Still, Fuu misses her, and she doesn't like waiting in limbo. That's why she's sitting on a beach that night--rather, she's sitting far above the beach, on Windam's shoulder. It's too dark for him to be all that noticeable as she takes in the waning summer evenings.]

[mycrosstobear]

[He likes the beach. Not as much when it's crowded with tourists, but early in the day or at night, when you can see and hear the ocean better. It hasn't gotten old yet. And at night, you can see the stars better from out here. That's one thing he actually misses about living on a sparsely populated desert planet. There's a comfort in looking up at the sky and being reminded that there's more than this.

Though there's also considerably more on the beach tonight. It looks like...a giant robot? A really giant robot.

Please don't tell him they're getting giant robots from other worlds, after that space station that replaced the moon, and the rocks, and all the weird monsters...

He tries to approach it carefully, keeping some dunes between himself and it. But is that someone sitting on it?]

...Curly? [Sorry Fuu you've already been nicknamed.]

[monster_san]

[Oh, dear. Fuu admonishes herself as she sits up straighter, looking for the source of the familiar voice. Didn't Quatre warn her about letting others see Windam? Quatre is gone now, too, but she had seen all the sense in his concerns, and the passage of time shouldn't have weakened them.

And the familiarity of the voice becomes apparent when she sees the figure on the sand. Although there's not much light to see by, the word gawking still springs to mind.]

Oh--Mr. Wolfwood? [now what is the American phrase? "play it cool." well, she does that anyway.] I see you're also enjoying the last of the summer evenings.

[mycrosstobear]

[That is definitely playing it cool. It takes a moment for him to respond to the apparent nonchalance.]

Yeah. [You're sitting on a giant robot.] ...Is that yours?

[monster_san]

[It doesn't seem either practical or polite to try and hold a conversation from this many meters above Wolfwood, so she climbs into Windam's hand, holding onto one of his taloned fingers as he lowers her to the sand.]

In a manner of speaking. [She keeps one hand on Windam.] Windam is... a guardian, of sorts. We fight together when there's need for it.

castles & chimera

[lesterzeppelin]

[ Honestly, Apollo has no idea how he even agreed to a session. He doesn't really do the role-playing thing, let alone the adventure questing thing. He likes sending people out on quests. He likes sitting back and watching them fetch his important items, or deliver his messages.

Back home, he still has an unfinished quest of his own - and even though the sheets are meant to be fun, he can't help feeling a little uneasy.

Not that he's going to say so. Part of his appearance is to draw in other locals for that 'imPort experience,' and part of it is to be a good friend for Fuu. Nothing more, nothing less. So he puts on a smile, strumming an invisible lyre, ]

As ready as I'll ever be.

[monster_san]

Good. It's best not to assume how ready you can be when you start a session.

[Fuu smiles brightly. Having Lester here is good for business, and there's no denying that. In fact, the other people filtering in for tonight's session are looking quite decidedly at him rather than her as they sit down.]

The year is 1100, and the king has disappeared whilst invading a distant land (in an effort to purge his soul of the sin of invading slightly less distant lands). [Yes, you can hear the parentheses.] Taxes have skyrocketed, leading the noble Sparrow Cowl to start robbing the rich and giving back to the common folk.

You, a small band of his Jolly Men, are awaiting a tax caravan on the kingsroad. Their vanguard is approaching. What do you do?

[lesterzeppelin]

[ The rest of the party gives Lester expectant looks. In another life, he might've found this rapt attention intoxicating. He thrived on worship and idle, complacent followers. Lester, newbie to C&C, would've rather had complete anonymity.

He glances down at his character sheet. He's the bard; the one with words and music that can reshape reality, once he reaches a high enough level. The number 'one' has never, ever taunted him so much.

Another player, a rogue, asks about a spot check. Lester latches onto that - ]

I want a spot check too. Let's see if we can discern anything about the guards.

[ He rolls. It's a 4. His other party members aren't much better - 5, 7, 9, and a lone 15. ]

[monster_san]

[Oh dear. That won't do much to tell them anything about the guards except that they have swords, apart from the 15.]

Lester-san, you can tell that is a very fine looking treasure wagon, and there are four guards. [She clears her throat for the player who rolled 15.] There are no rookies among the guards. They wear the crest of the Bailiff, and the wagon they guard bears the same crest. It's obviously full from this month's round of tax collection.

[One of the players, a girl who's playing a wizard, immediately declares that she casts Fireball at the lead guard. Fuu smiles and rolls a die.]

The guard falls back, injured. One of his comrades shouts "Harold! Are you all right?" and all three of them draw swords to attack.

Please roll for initiative.

heropa

[slapfight]

[It's at precisely the moment Fuu exits the bookstore that a tiny green girl the size of a child, carrying a Pumpkin rounds the corner and immediately decides she makes a good person to hide behind. Maybe it's because she favors green and thus is good camouflage.]

Oh my stars, you have to hide me. The Earth authorities are here are so much less tolerant of "wacky hijinks" than the ones on my Earth.

[monster_san]

[When Fuu spots the rather geometric little girl, her first instinct is to stop. When the girl ducks behind her, carrying a--is that an animal or a plant what--it seems that was the right instinct.

Fuu looks over her shoulder, trying to be subtle about it, and then scans the street ahead to try and spot the authority figures.]

Is that so? [She repositions herself slightly in front of the discount book cart to provide more cover.] What would you describe as "wacky hijinks?"

[slapfight]

I may have thrown a dumpster. [This is something that clearly just happens in her life.] In my defense, I've thrown far worse than dumpsters in much more public spaces and there's never been any repercussions.

[That's because there's no cops in Beach City.]

[monster_san]

[All right.

There are so many questions here, clearly. But to answer them, Fuu will have to escort her new companion inside before the police spot her and take her in.]

On this Earth, at least, it's customary to leave garbage disposals on the ground. [She motions for Peridot to walk ahead of her, back into the bookstore.] If I might ask... why did you find it necessary to throw one anywhere?

Heropa

[bridalrose]

[ ... Ah. Anthy knows this one. They've talked a few times. Reasonable, hopeful, heroic.

She leaves the paved path she'd been walking, wandering over the lawn of the local park and towards Fuu's makeshift archery setup, maintaining a polite distance while the bow is drawn and released. When Fuu hits her target (quite a good shot, too!), Anthy claps. ]

You practice archery here? All alone? I was under the impression that the schools here didn't have clubs for it.

Re: Heropa

[monster_san]

[Fuu turns and smiles at the single note of applause. She recognizes this girl--oh, yes, they encountered each other on that disastrous Moonbase swear-in. Or rather, the second disastrous Moonbase swear-in that Fuu's attended. And they spoke a little about Tanabata too, she recalls.]

I learned at school back on my own Earth, in Japan. Though I'm sure there are a few schools in America with archery clubs, it doesn't seem as popular as team sports and chess. [She lowers the bow to have a more proper conversation.] I've met you before, haven't I? I'm sorry, but I don't think I managed to learn your name.

[bridalrose]

[ She doesn't have much more to say about archery. The thought of team sports at school makes Anthy think of Utena's baseball uniform, washed and hanging in her own closet.

It's a pointless, aggravating thought. Anthy pushes it aside and smiles a little wider, her eyebrows tilting up in a slight sheepishness. ]

Oh, goodness. How rude of me. I'm Anthy Himemiya.

[ There's an accompanying bow, of course, a little lower than what's normal. Polite deference, you know! ]

[monster_san]

[Fuu bows as well, matching Anthy's.]

It's a pleasure to meet you properly. It's good to see you in a more peaceful setting. I seem to remember that we were being attacked by robots on the moon last time.

[Which she says in a completely casual way. Because really, aren't hostile moon robots a casual day on this Earth?]