[open] i love the clear season

[soulstoker]

Characters: Leia Rolando & YOU
Date: throughout March
Location: various
Situation: various
Warnings/Rating: Most likely none?! I'll edit it if necessary.

—wood sector

[It's a nice, peaceful spring day here in Tu Vishan, and the Wood Sector is no exception to that. If you happen to be passing through the area, there's nothing particularly out of place or strange, at least no more so than usual. Except, well, a random shoe isn't really supposed to seemingly drop out of the sky and land on the ground, or maybe even your head, are they? Alas, that is exactly what just happened. Hope it didn't hurt if it landed on you...]

Oh, shoot! [Says a voice from way, way, way up high in one of the many trees in the Wood Sector. If you look up, you'll see one (1) Leia Rolando looking down and missing a shoe, although that might be hard to tell when she's so high up.] Sorry about that! Are you alright? It didn't hit you or anything did it?

[Leia why don't you just go down instead of shouting from a tree... Granted how she even got all the way up there might be a good question to start with too...]

—water sector

[You have to work to make a living, right? Even when you're whisked off to completely different worlds without permission... But that's exactly what Leia's doing, advertising some local produce in the Water Sector market.]

Fresh sea prunes, get your fresh sea prunes! Step right up and try this delicious delicacy! [Except you can see the sea prunes in a stand right behind her and those don't look good at all. They're wrinkly, kind of damp looking, and the color is none too appetizing. If she sees you looking though, even if it's from sheer horror, she'll be flashing a bright grin, waving you over.]

Hey, you over there! Why not give these a shot and see how you like them?

[She's already taking a few from the stand and putting them in a bowl to offer them as a sample. Is this it, is this going to be the end of an innocent bystander's taste buds...?!]

—all around

[It turns out that there's a problem with working open stalls with exposed food though. Flying around the area today is one of those giant birds that seem to have come with the arrival of spring. While that in particular isn't too out of the ordinary, the fact that it has a plastic bag obviously filled with food probably is. Why is it even flying around everywhere instead of just landing in one area? Well...

There might be one girl chasing it the entire time, too.]

Get back here you stupid bird!! [And theeeere she is, panting and with her bo staff in hand. Just how long has she been chasing this bird? Why is she actually getting this worked up over a single bag of groceries in the first place? The world may never know.] You better put that down before I make you part of dinner too!

[Despite making a skilled swing at the bird with her staff, it just flaps its wings lightly and avoids the hit, almost as if it's mocking Leia. Someone tell her to just give it a break already before she hurts herself... Or someone else honestly, is she even watching where she's swinging that thing!!]

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[burnseternal]

[Saint Walker moves at a decidedly slower pace of life than most, content to sedately walk through town and to take in his surroundings, but it appears that even the wildlife here takes the opposite view. He pauses to look up as the bird whizzes by before the source of its haste makes itself - or rather, herself - known.

He nearly gets in the way of the swing of her staff, but manages to step neatly out of the way before any such contact is made.]

Somehow, I don't think you're convincing him, [he remarks mildly, still keeping a healthy distance between them. He doesn't want to get in the way of her next swing, after all!]

[soulstoker]

Where there's a will... there's always a way, right...? [She puts her hands on her knees though, staff still in hand, and panting as she tries to catch her breath.] Besides, if I don't convince him, I'm not eating dinner tonight!

[burnseternal]

I can see why that would be a problem. Perhaps I can be of some assistance.

[If Leia knows any of this place's resident Green Lanterns, the blue ring on Saint Walker's hand may look somewhat familiar. If not, then it would be easy to come to the simple conclusion that the ability to fly is an in-born trait among his people.

He gently drifts up and into the air, one hand outstretched towards the bird. As good with animals as Saint Walker is, it takes more than a gentle touch to get an animal to relinquish a bag full of food, and he drops his hand back to his side as the bird evades his touch.] It appears that it's his dinner as well, [he says, good humour in his voice. He still intends to win back the prize, but he's certainly in no hurry to do it.]

[soulstoker]

Wow... [Not being familiar with the Green Lanterns at all, Leia's completely amazed at watching him fly up like that. It's almost enough to make her forget about being upset with the bird to begin with! Almost.]

Somehow I'm not surprised that he thinks that. [But it won't do her any good to stay mad, so she says that with a bit of amusement as well.]

wood;

[wintershepherd]

[ The shoe does in fact hit Jack as he was heading back toward his suite, bouncing off his shoulder as he looks up in surprise before breaking into a grin. He retrieved the shoe and then, with a cushion of wind gathering beneath his feet, rose smoothly into the air to fly up to the branch she was perched on, holding the shoe out to her. ]

No problem. Runaway footwear always seemed like such a hassle, s'why I don't wear any.

[ He gave his bare feet a demonstrative tap with the bottom of the long hooked staff. ]

[soulstoker]

[Seeing Jack just fly up like that, Leia can't help but break out a smile too. She can jump and climb all she likes, but flying is still something pretty incredible to her. Taking her shoe back, she laughs.]

If this starts to be a common problem for me, I might just have to follow your example! Thanks for bringing it up though.

[wintershepherd]

[ Jack perches lightly on the edge of the branch, holding an uncanny balance. ]

Sure, no problem. Whatcha doing way up here though?

[soulstoker]

[Oh man he's not going to fall off like that is he... Then again, considering he just flew up here, she probably doesn't have anything to worry about.]

I thought it'd be fun to see how far I could climb, and I can't say I was disappointed. Besides, the view's great up here!

[strategisch]

Armin, coming back from some shopping for dinner, is just barely skimmed by Leia's boot glancing off his shoulder and bouncing to the ground. What in the heavens...? Oh. He looks up to see who's raining articles of clothing.

"Hello Miss-- I'm sorry, I mean-- Leia! No, I'm alright! Do you need your shoe back?"

...Wait. He didn't question it at first, since he's often in trees for no good reason either, but--

"Why are you so high up?"

[soulstoker]

It's a long way to look, but that's definitely a familiar face and voice. Waving her hand, Leia calls out to him. "Heeeeey Armin! I thought it'd be fun to climb up here!"

That's... pretty much her entire reasoning, yeah. But hey, when you're living in the Wood Sector, you might as well get to know the area, even if for most people that wouldn't include places way up high like this.

"I kinda need my shoe back though, yeah! Do you want me to climb down?" Since, well, she might have fun with this kind of thing, but she wouldn't expect everyone to want to climb all this. Or be able to.

[strategisch]

Because... it would be fun? Armin can't help but smile. It reminds him of something he'd do as a child, playing soldier with Eren. Sure Leia was quite a bit older than they were, but her playful spirit is contagious nonetheless.

"You're very good at climbing to get that high up! I wouldn't want to make you have to do that all over again," he says, tucking her shoe into his bag. The motion reveals his 3DMG hidden underneath his Kedanese style cloak, "Do you mind if I join you instead?"

[reliabletraitor]

[Alvin isn't actively looking for Leia. He may have told her that he would go find her if he ever needed to talk, but it's...a little uncomfortable to think about. He doubts she feels any different. To pretend like he knows what she's thinking though seems a little too...him. He likes to think that he can read anybody because that's what he's been doing ever since...well...that boat ride that went way off the promised destination.

Of course...since he isn't actually looking for her, there she is...yelling at a bird. His day is already far more weird than he figured it would go. He eyes the bag and lets out a big ol' sigh. He can't help it. He watches this all unfold from a distant before he steps a little closer, carefully avoiding the distance it will take her to smack him with her staff.

He makes sure to project his voice as he holds up his hand in greeting.]

Give the poor guy a break! It's hard to buy groceries when you're a bird!

[soulstoker]

[It's a little weird when she sees Alvin honestly. Leia's first instinct is to retort back with an easy joke or angry huff, but her gut feeling is still to feel uncomfortable. For half a second she even thinks about how she might be entirely alone here with Alvin—no, she's not going to do that. She might still be uncomfortable, but she got everything she needed to say off her chest that day. It's supposed to be progressing forward from here.

Right. So she puffs her cheeks and gives one more glare to the bird for good measure before looking back at Alvin.]

I'm sure there's plenty of people who wouldn't mind giving a piece of bread to a bird! [Herself included... when she's not getting her own food stolen anyways...] It doesn't change the fact that he's stealing my groceries.

[reliabletraitor]

[It actually puts Alvin more at ease to hear those words out of her mouth. It feels a little more like what he's used to...well...before what happened. That's probably not the best subject to be focusing on right now. This is already awkward enough. There's more than enough people here for him to figure that his being here is just a really horrible coincidence that only a bird with a grocery bag can solve.

He isn't going to dare take a step towards her though. She has that staff in her hands and he'd been up against it before. Even he can admit that she has some talent with it. As for how to answer back, maybe he can afford to be a little cheeky.]

It...kind of looks like it's getting the best of you.

[He chuckles, but it's more hollow than usual. He scratches the back of his head.]

Do you need any help getting that bag back?

wood

[shorttempered]

[Mark was just enjoying his day, blissfully unaware of his surroundings... a mistake that causes him to get a shoe to the head. Blinking, he picks up said shoe as he tries to figure out where it came from...] What the...?

[Then, before he could look up on his own, he hears a voice calling him from the branches of the nearest tree.] I'm fine! Are you all right? How'd you get up there?

[soulstoker]

I climbed! [She says it like it's a pretty simple thing. If you wanna go up a tree, you climb, right? Never mind that she may or may not have cheated a bit with the help of her artes... AHEM.] But I'm fine, yeah! Sorry for the trouble though.

[shorttempered]

No trouble at all! You want your shoe back?

wood sector

[browbeater]

[he rubs his head a bit, staring at the shoe, and then up at the girl who dropped it. His question was less about how she got up there, and more about why she was up there.]

I'm fine. Lose something?

[and he picks up the show from the ground.]

[soulstoker]

Kind of, yeah. [She laughs, a bit sheepish.] I didn't think my shoe was loose enough to just fall off like that!

[browbeater]

I guess... What are you doing up there, anyway?

[he could try to toss up her shoe, but that seemed like it would create more problems than it would fix, so he'll just... hold onto it from down there. For the moment at least.]

/SLIDES IN

[superieure]

[She has Layla's glove. It's been sitting on the shelf for days, and Monet glaring at it, as though trying to spontaneously manifest heat vision as a mutant ability. Nothing works. Layla's still gone, that stupid thing is still there and magical, so with a huff she decides to start practicing with it.]

[There's one problem with practicing with a magic glove that you don't know very much about.]

[It becomes a bigger problem when there's a bird with a bag of groceries, and said bird (or indeed, the person chasing it) nearly gets zapped. Monet falls backwards, landing inelegantly.]

[Through clenched teeth:] What are you and your stupid pet doing?

WELCOME WELCOME

[soulstoker]

[THAT.... was a close call just then, and Leia whips around towards the direction that zap of energy came from. The first thing on her mind is something along the line of "What just happened?", the bird momentarily forgotten, but wow that sure was a question to be asked!!]

One, that stupid bird is not my pet! Seriously, if I ever had a pet, I sure wouldn't let it go around stealing other people's groceries! Two, what are you doing? You almost killed me just then! [Okay that might be a slight stretch, but hey it looked dangerous and she likes staying unhurt tyvm.]

:3

[superieure]

I'm practicing magic, [An annoyed huff because excuse u Leia!!] and for heaven's sake that barely grazed you at all.

What are you doing with that bird anyway?

water sector!

[spiritshifted]

[Milla's been walking around and exploring today - and when she's not walking, she's been riding boats through the Water Sector's canals. The sun feels good on her skin - of course, colder weather had felt fine on her skin as well. Both are part of life, and part of fully experiencing and being present in this world as a human with a human body, more than just Maxwell.

But she's hungry now (surprise, surprise...) and today she's going to purchase some food. Her cooking skill's still woefully low, but perhaps she can improve it with practice.

So Milla's walking up the street, stopping to look at strange produce here and there. She's got a little basket filled with fruits that are wholly unrecognizable to her: something that resembles a porange with a slightly different shade, and an elongated sort of napple. It isn't long until she stops at the sea prune stand. With what seems a lack of surprise at seeing her friend for the first time in quite a while, the Lord of Spirits strolls over.]

Oh, Leia. I would like a sample.

[soulstoker]

Yeah, sure thi— [Wait a second. It felt so normal and natural to just reply to Milla that easily, and she's already picking a few sea prunes to give for the sample, but THERE'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING OFF HERE!! Oh, right, it's the fact that Milla's here.




MILLA'S HERE?!?!]

Milla! When did you get here?! I didn't even realize you were around!