nastyboy: (Ghosts are so funny.)
Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd, local cryptid ([personal profile] nastyboy) wrote in [community profile] victory_road2021-03-03 03:12 pm

[closed] March Catch All

Who: Team Femblemtroika (Grant, Chip, Dimitri, Sylvain, Claude, Felix, Jinx, Razor, Ashe, Annette, Lysithea - with people going in and out as they please)
What: Please let this group just fall asleep in Olivine for a while with nothing exploding, they beg you
When: March
Where: The Olivine City general area
Rating: T

bestswordmaster: (postskip contemplative)

[personal profile] bestswordmaster 2021-03-11 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh. It was a birthday gift from Grant. To go with all the tea Jinx gave me. [He gestures to the variety box of teas on the counter nearby, which his actual male Meowstic is rifling through at the moment.]

Why are you doing all of this?
cyan_maid: (Smiling backpacker)

[personal profile] cyan_maid 2021-03-17 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh hey that's a fact-]

Oh dear, when was your birthday? I'm sorry I missed it. [As for his question,] Well, I felt like coming along and helping. You all helped me when I was...not okay. It's only fair I return the favor. And besides, I don't know if Grant could've done it all himself.

[Especially since your group is constantly, like, adding new people to it.]
bestswordmaster: (postskip concerned)

[personal profile] bestswordmaster 2021-03-17 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Felix looks at her in confusion.] Why would you apologize for that? You didn't know about it. It was the 20th of Pegasus Moon. Or whatever you call last month. Besides, you didn't miss anything. ...Sylvain was asleep at the time. And I'm not much for celebrations anyway.

[He's not sure how much help they really were to Jane, crowding her and taking up her space while she was...recovering, and besides that she was already letting them stay in her home without doing much to earn their keep, but contradicting her seems counterproductive when she's by far the most competent caretaker among them other than Grant. Besides...]

Hm. You remind me of someone. A friend of ours from back home. Her name is Mercedes. She's a healer and she's always fussing over everyone the same way. And she bakes all the time, too.
cyan_maid: (What am I looking at here)

[personal profile] cyan_maid 2021-03-17 02:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Because...birthday?

[Jane Logic (tm) dictates that birthdays be celebrated.]

Ah, really? Goodness, I never would have thought I'd have a kindred spirit somewhere.
bestswordmaster: (postskip contemplative)

[personal profile] bestswordmaster 2021-03-18 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
[Felix looks back at her blankly. Yes, birthday, and...?]

[Then he gives her a small smile.]


Heh. You even talk like her. [A pause.] You're not her. Obviously. You're yourself and no one else. You just...remind me of her, that's all.

[He goes about filling the kettle and rinsing out a few teacups in silence for a few minutes, but then he lingers by the sink, his back turned to Jane.]

Are you...you seem...better. Now.
cyan_maid: (Give me all of the bacon and eggs you ha)

[personal profile] cyan_maid 2021-03-19 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
[Yeah, birthday. Yeah?]

Ah, do I? Maybe I am. I think...coming over to help you guys is kind of part of that. It gives my brain something else to focus on, and that's honestly better for, uh...the time I do have, for thinking about all the other things. It means I don't linger for too long on the bad stuff.
bestswordmaster: (postskip contemplative)

[personal profile] bestswordmaster 2021-03-22 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
[Felix nods, back still turned to her. It's just easier.]

That's...it's better for Sylvain, too. Not to be alone. It always has been. He...falls back on bad habits when he's left to his own devices for too long.

[Not much of what Jane was saying to Dirk when she woke up stuck in Felix's mind, partially because it sounded largely like nonsense and partially because he wasn't at his most alert. But he remembers the thread of feeling like she'd done horrible things, although he can't imagine it.]

Do you think it's true of everyone who comes here? That their lives back home were worse than they are here?
Edited 2021-03-22 01:19 (UTC)
cyan_maid: (Goodbye and thanks)

[personal profile] cyan_maid 2021-03-23 01:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[That's fair. Jane is fully aware that her life and experiences sound unbelievable and nonsensical, partly because she knows they are, even though she's lived through them. It's why she tries to preface talk of home with, "I know it doesn't sound possible".]

...I don't know about that one. It definitely sounds like a common occurance, whether someone actually explains all they've been through or implies how rough things had been. But I do have to think it is possible some folks can go home to perfectly peaceful, satisfying lives.
bestswordmaster: (postskip look away)

[personal profile] bestswordmaster 2021-03-23 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
...maybe. Or maybe that llama god is doing us all a favor by bringing us here. Why, I don't know. But that still wouldn't explain the arbitrary returns.

[He turns to look...not quite at her, but in her general direction.]

Sylvain said he spoke to you about it, and you helped him. So...thank you.
cyan_maid: (Pesterquest - Well thats odd!)

[personal profile] cyan_maid 2021-03-30 02:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, ah, yeah. He put a message out about it, and...well, I couldn't not say something, you know?

[Considering she just went through it.]

Honestly, for all the talk about the god of this world looking like a llama, I have never actually gotten to see them for myself.
bestswordmaster: (postskip eyes closed)

[personal profile] bestswordmaster 2021-03-31 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
No. You could have ignored his request, but you chose not to. Take the gratitude.

[Felix shakes his head.]

Hmph. Were I to meet this so-called god, I would have a bone or two to pick with them.

[He's glad Claude talked him out of trying to actually find Arceus, though. It really was a ridiculous plan.]

Oh. Sylvain also told me you're helping him make the wedding cake. It doesn't matter to me, I don't like cake, but...everyone else will appreciate it. Your baking skills are impressive.
Edited 2021-03-31 23:31 (UTC)
cyan_maid: (Sheepish)

[personal profile] cyan_maid 2021-04-01 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, word gets around, huh? [It's only slightly joking. Of course Felix would know, he's one of the parties getting married here.] Is there anything I can make you that you might like? I know you're not a cake and cookies person, but I do feel bad that you might not enjoy it. It's your wedding too.
bestswordmaster: (postskip look away)

[personal profile] bestswordmaster 2021-04-03 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
Not really. Sylvain told me.

[Oh, he didn't catch that it was a joke. Whoops.

Then he makes a half-exasperated, half-self-conscious face.]


Sylvain said the same thing. I don't...need special treatment. I'll live without cake.

[Felix, your own wedding is exactly the time when you should be getting special treatment...]
cyan_maid: (Give me all of the bacon and eggs you ha)

[personal profile] cyan_maid 2021-04-03 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[Lol it's cool]

Hm, well, I can respect that, but...I definitely want to make sure it's something you're both at least in agreement upon.
bestswordmaster: (postskip facepalm)

[personal profile] bestswordmaster 2021-04-05 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
Hmph. I'm sure Sylvain will insist, so if you must, Lysithea knows how to make cakes I enjoy. I don't know what kinds they are, just that they're not very sweet or heavy.
cyan_maid: (Smiling backpacker)

[personal profile] cyan_maid 2021-04-05 01:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, that's perfect! I'll ask her, then!

[aaaaaaaaaa gonna learn a new thing!!!]

Thank you for the tip, I appreciate it.
bestswordmaster: (postskip i do not see it)

[personal profile] bestswordmaster 2021-04-06 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
I was just sick of people pestering me about it, that's all.

[Sure, Felix. Whatever you say.]

So you'll be there, I suppose.

[He doesn't seem annoyed about that, just making a statement.]
cyan_maid: (Sheepish)

[personal profile] cyan_maid 2021-04-06 02:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh! Um...I would like to be? So...yeah? Yeah, I should be.

[Does making the cake mean she's invited?]
bestswordmaster: (postskip really)

[personal profile] bestswordmaster 2021-04-08 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
[Felix quirks an eyebrow at her in amusement.]

Are you asking me or telling me? We're hardly going to ask you to make a cake and then fail to invite you.
cyan_maid: (Mm...I dunno.)

[personal profile] cyan_maid 2021-04-08 12:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I guess I just wasn't thinking that far ahead.
bestswordmaster: (Default)

[personal profile] bestswordmaster 2021-04-21 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
Consider this an invitation, then.
cyan_maid: (Huh?! With blush)

[personal profile] cyan_maid 2021-04-21 12:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh! Well...I accept! I shall be there. Thank you!