#so i think itd be very sweet when shes doing quest stuff and rolls back up to freeside for the first time since she was like 15-17ish

[termagax]

like ronnies wuest is ALSO really really good but you basically get to say to her everything i wanted to say. about it not being her fault and about how much i love her and want her to be free and live her own life and not tie herself to a sinking ship forever. girl i love you sometimes your family is determined to wallow in the mud but YOU dont have to. but like you get to tell her that straight up. the combo of not getting to say everything i want to say + arcade LEAVING ME FOREVER. SOMETHING I DID NOT KNOW WOULD HAPPEN. just leaves me with this big aching arcade gannon shaped hole in my heart that will never be filled by anything else as long as i am on this earth. i get to go back to my apartment every night and go HONEY IM HOME and kiss veronica on the mouth. i wont see arcade again for months and months and months of in game time. and i miss him dearly.

[quasarsturncoat]

QUINNE: -The woods are the usual place to be, and she's good at navigating them. Whatever the reason she's moving through them now, she's got an armful of books and a rather chilly demeanor. Not unlike usual, of course. She doesn't seem to be in any big hurry, in any case.-

SIRIUS: =There's soft thumps coming from the tree above, as Sirius starts climbing down. On the last branch, she hugs the trunk and slides down it like a ladder, dusting her hands off when she reaches the bottom.=

QUINNE: -she just stops in her tracks as soon as she picks up on the noise, floppy ears twitching a little. She doesn't bother looking up, just waiting for whoever or whatever it is to reach the ground first. And... It's her.-

QUINNE: -She stares, still just standing there.-

SIRIUS: =turns around holding a bunch of flowrs and oh...someone is there. The clear-nectar-someone from the day previously. Did she tell her her name? She doesnt quite remember=

SIRIUS: (oh hi)

SIRIUS: =points up at the tree and laughs a little= (just...looking at stuff up there hehe)

QUINNE: -her gaze sort of drifts to the bunch of flowers for a moment before snapping back to her face. She doesn't mean to look so judgemental... It's just how her face works. And her general demeanor.-

QUINNE: )) stuff ((

SIRIUS: (uh...) =SHE FEELS SHE MUST EXPLAIN=

SIRIUS: (these arent for...) =the heat is rising into her face= (for anyone)

SIRIUS: (ahaha)

SIRIUS: (these grow up on the canopy and i never noticed them before so i thought)

SIRIUS: ("oh how nice")

SIRIUS: ("maybe ruleus doesnt know these are up there too")

SIRIUS: ("i will ask him")

SIRIUS: (though i suppose that does mean these are for him)

SIRIUS: (but not in...)

SIRIUS: (that...sense)

SIRIUS: =thinking she should have perhaps fallen out of the tree instead=

QUINNE: ... )) Ruleus? ((

QUINNE: -she's not entirely oblivious to Sirius' distress, but she's kind of thinking that's just how she is. She does seem to have a lot of red that just kind of happens for her. It's cute.-

QUINNE: )) is that your quad mate? ((

SIRIUS: =her brain just goes fzzt! as she stares into the distance wishing she should compel herself to teleport into the sun=

SIRIUS: (n-no)

SIRIUS: (hhhhhhes only a friend of mine)

SIRIUS: (who does science and research and stuff)

SIRIUS: =she didn't say that crucial bit of information, whoops!=

QUINNE: )) on flowers (( -She still sounds sort of doubtful, or maybe just curious. It's hard to tell.-

SIRIUS: =WHYYY WHY THIS=

SIRIUS: (not just on flowers hhhhhhhhhh)

QUINNE: )) does he do research on perfume too? ((

QUINNE: )) you could give him some of that, too (( -She's offering out a little roll-on bottle of it, one with a clay exterior she molded and painted. The top of it has a face painted on.-

QUINNE: )) or don't ((

SIRIUS: =She's now confused more than anything=

SIRIUS: (oh...okay) =!=

SIRIUS: (sure) =carefully takes the bottle and studies it, holding it up to the light like she had with the other bottle the day before=

SIRIUS: (theres science in that)

SIRIUS: =more to herself= (i think...)(edited)

QUINNE: )) maybe (( -she really just gave it to her out of a kind of curiosity... Which is mostly goaded on by the feeling Sirius does have a crush on this Ruleus person. But it's interesting to try to figure things out.-

QUINNE: )) or maybe not ((

SIRIUS: (its a very cute bottle) =Her glow is dying down the less embarrassed she gets and she placed the flower (now wilted from the heat her hands produced) onto a patch of moss so she could examine the object more thoroughly. She hadnt seen this kind in any store, so she ran a finger carefully over the grooves.=

QUINNE: -oh, this wasn't exactly what she had been anticipating.- )) I made it ((

QUINNE: )) all of it ((

SIRIUS: =gasp!= (you did)

SIRIUS: (how)

QUINNE: )) the bottle is clay and paint and the perfume is oil based with ingredients derived from natural sources ((

QUINNE: )) like plants ((

QUINNE: )) and insects ((

SIRIUS: (wow...)

SIRIUS: (are you sure this is something you wanna give away) =?=

SIRIUS: She's turning it in her hands, admiring the swirls of color in the clay. She'll...lift the head to take a cursory sniff. Why does it feel like she's decapitating someone by doing this?=

QUINNE: -it's maybe intentionally that way...- )) no ((

QUINNE: )) I'm not sure of a lot of things ((

QUINNE: )) but I'm not just giving it to you ((

SIRIUS: (oh) =she means she's giving it to SCIENCE, right?=

SIRIUS: (then after the research is done i will return it to you personally)

SIRIUS: (in case you still want it back)

SIRIUS: =pulls her head back and recaps the bottle, smiling= (it smells as tasty as the bottle looks)(edited)

QUINNE: -with that nice sweet flowery smell, it at least gives a good impression- )) I probably won't want it back ((

QUINNE: )) I just want to see what you do with it ((

SIRIUS: (hehehe okay i will put it to good use)

SIRIUS: (ill have to think about for what cause though)

SIRIUS: (If i use it in a confined space my momll start bumping into things)

SIRIUS: (hmm)

SIRIUS: (maybe she should stay out of the labs until the research is done)

SIRIUS: =She has determined Quinne is very sweet.=

QUINNE: )) your mom uses her smell to move around ((

QUINNE: )) I know a little about that ((

SIRIUS: (mhmm)

SIRIUS: (she says its a latant ability everyone has since we were little)

SIRIUS; (but the older we get the less we use it which is why we forget)

SIRIUS: (we'll remember when we need it again)

QUINNE: )) like when you're lost underground in a cave system ((

QUINNE: )) with nothing but you and the infinite darkness and possibility ((

QUINNE: )) kind of like life ((

SIRIUS: =!! waoh. that's deep=

SIRIUS: (yes)

SIRIUS: (a lot like that) =!=

QUINNE: -nods... She understands- )) maybe loss of smell would lead to another possibility ((

QUINNE: )) maybe your mother could use a spell to develop a new ability beyond even that sense ((

QUINNE: )) or maybe not (((edited)

SIRIUS: =Shrugs= (i dont know for sure)

SIRIUS: (but she does say)

SIRIUS: ("make wise choices")

SIRIUS: (and always seems to know what i did before i tell her)

SIRIUS: (i asked aunt rose once and she said)

SIRIUS: ("call it intuition")

QUINNE: )) you're saying she has a power ((

QUINNE: )) I guess that's not that surprising ((

SIRIUS: (a power) =?=

SIRIUS: (i dont know if its a power...)

SIRIUS: (but if it is she doesnt talk about it)

July 25, 2016

QUINNE: )) everyone has powers, and most of them don't ((

QUINNE: )) mostly, she just sounds like a mom ((

QUINNE: )) mom powers are a thing in themselves ((

SIRIUS: (hehehe its gotta be a mom power then)

SIRIUS: (itd be a little weird if she could do something like that windy thing that doctor john can)

QUINNE: .......... )) do you think he might be one of the guardians ((

SIRIUS: (uh)

SIRIUS: (...'guardians') =?=

QUINNE: )) guardians of the watch towers of the east ((

SIRIUS: =nods sagely= (oh right)

SIRIUS: (the watchtowers..)

SIRIUS: =long pause as she THINKS=

SIRIUS: (actually im sorry, youve lost me)

SIRIUS: (i have no idea what youre talking about) =winces=

SIRIUS: (though)

SIRIUS: (i do want to know all about these guardians and their watchtowers) =Hopeful expression!=

QUINNE: )) it's terminology used in witchcraft ((

QUINNE: )) I wanted to see if you knew it ((

SIRIUS: =Shakes her head, apologetic, and starts to glow in embarrassment.= (hhhhhdshfdslfhdhs) =covers her FACE with her hands=

SIRIUS: (i dont im sorry)

SIRIUS: =no matter what the gaze is, Sirius still cant see it with her sight obscured like this..= SIRIUS: (but what does it mean)

QUINNE: )) the poles all have associated elements ((

QUINNE: )) for the east, it's air ((

QUINNE: )) south is fire, north is ground, west is water ((

SIRIUS: (oh)

SIRIUS: (and you asked if doctor john was a guardian of the east because)

SIRIUS: (wind)

SIRIUS; (i get it now)

QUINNE: )) now you understand ((

QUINNE: )) magick can be useful when you understand ((

SIRIUS: =her glow is dying down little by little. It's safe to come out. She lowers her hands=

SIRIUS: (hehehe yes)

SIRIUS: (you seem to know a lot about magic) =It must mean quinne understands A LOT of things=

QUINNE: )) it might be something I do a lot of ((

SIRIUS: =eyes widen in interest=

SIRIUS: (really)

SIRIUS: (what kind of magic do you do)

QUINNE: )) any kind that suits my purposes ((

QUINNE: )) it's an incredibly versatile craft ((

SIRIUS: (thats nice) =!= (i thought witches were experts in only one category) =That's what movies implied, anyway= SIRIUS: (is there a type of magic you like the most)

QUINNE: ... )) the type that uses scents and stones and homemade crafts (( QUINNE: )) so I guess mostly ground and air magick ((

SIRIUS: =star eyes=

SIRIUS: (incredible)

SIRIUS: (can you tell me more)

SIRIUS: (are you allowed to tell me more)

SIRIUS: (do you have a coven where youre sworn to secrecy)

SIRIUS: (youre not getting in trouble by talking to me about this, are you)

QUINNE: )) I dictate the rules ((

QUINNE: )) it's possible I could tell you more ((

QUINNE: )) but that depends ((

SIRIUS: (...)

SIRIUS: (....on) =? She ventured.=

QUINNE: )) your ability ((

QUINNE: -she considers for a moment, then offers out a vial of something golden-brown to her. Looks like yet another syrup.- )) this is an ingredient ((

QUINNE: )) the white witch can use it, if you can find him ((

SIRIUS: =what...ability? her glowing?? that sounds like a line from the human version of Lord of the Rings, the Two Towers.=

SIRIUS: (i will definitely try)

SIRIUS: =if anything, she'd think itd be Uncle Jake. hey had white majyyks, so he couuuuuld be a witch? gee.=

QUINNE: )) then maybe you'll succeed ((

QUINNE: )) or maybe not ((

QUINNE: )) we will see if intents align ((

SIRIUS: =inspects the bottle in her hands for any CLUES. sHIT, how she obtain a quest?! This came literally out of nowhere!=

SIRIUS: (where theres a will theres a way ahaha)

QUINNE: -eyeballs her... at least her attitude seems right for magick, but she's not going to say that yet-

QUINNE: )) I'm looking for something, too ((

SIRIUS: (you are)

SIRIUS: (what kind of thing)

SIRIUS: (is it something specific) = o: =

SIRIUS: =did she just...agree to another quest=

QUINNE: )) a ship ((

QUINNE: )) one that came here recently ((

SIRIUS: (oh) =!= SIRIUS: (well the union did)

SIRIUS: (but you probably already knew that)

SIRIUS: (do you know what it looks like)

QUINNE: )) no ((

SIRIUS: =still turning the bottle in her hands=

SIRIUS: (there one that's landed three days ago down eight landing zones that someone recently took to get a paint job)

SIRIUS: (its metallic cyan with neon orange racing stripes)

SIRIUS: (theres the green rocketship shaped ship that landed yesterday to deliver a shipment) =points in the distance. They can see the nose of it from even this far away=

QUINNE: )) it's full of notable figures and their offspring ((

SIRIUS: (that does sound a lot like the unbreakable union...)

SIRIUS: (theres people like the signless and disciple on board)

SIRIUS: (and it was home to orphaner dualscar once)

SIRIUS: (and aranea serket the famous autobiographer lived on it too)

SIRIUS: (she recorded all the adventures of the union and her crew)(edited)

QUINNE: )) yes that might be the one ((

SIRIUS: (what a coincidence) =Smiles!= (i live there sometimes)

SIRIUS: (were you looking for anyone in particular)

QUINNE: )) maybe ((

SIRIUS: (do you know what they look like)

QUINNE: )) maybe not ((

QUINNE: )) I only need to find the ship ((

SIRIUS: (in that case ill lead you right to it)

SIRIUS: = :D =

SIRIUS: (youll have to talk to the captain to get on board of course but you dont need to worry cause hes super nice)

QUINNE: )) interesting ((

QUINNE: )) I will find out ((

SIRIUS: =Sirius stored the bottle of perfume and the bottle of brown nectar in her sylladex then picked up her wilted flowers. Cant forget those!=

SIRIUS: (are you a fan or fam) =starts walking in the direction of the docks and beckons her to follow= (usually its one of the two)

QUINNE: )) neither one (( -she's following behind her at a leisurely pace-

SIRIUS: =She's...slowing down so her mile-long strides dont leave quinne in the dust.=

SIRIUS: (oooooh)

SIRIUS: (is it okay for me to ask you the reason)

QUINNE: )) you can ask ((

QUINNE: )) but I probably won't tell you (((edited)

SIRIUS: (hehehe okay)

SIRIUS: (just curious)

QUINNE: )) curiosity is good ((

QUINNE: )) you never know what can happen ((

QUINNE: )) it's better to be curious ((

SIRIUS: (then out of curiosity what is the reason for you want to visit the union)

SIRIUS: =joking= (is it the museum)

QUINNE: )) it has a museum? ((

SIRIUS: (it does)

SIRIUS: (most of its items were collected during the war)

SIRIUS: (the second one)

QUINNE: )) hmm ((

QUINNE: )) it could be a reason ((

SIRIUS: (theres some pretty neato things in there)

SIRIUS: (its basically a collection of donations so they kinda tell the story of the people that lived it)

QUINNE: )) it's probable some interesting ghosts cling to them ((

SIRIUS: (oh yeah definitely)

SIRIUS: (i heard my lusii talking about things when they thought i wasnt listening)

SIRIUS: (like)

SIRIUS: (people have...) =looks around to make sure they arent overheard=

SIRIUS: ((died))

SIRIUS: (on the ship before)

QUINNE: )) yes ((

QUINNE: )) I guess that isn't surprising, either ((

QUINNE: )) people seem to die most places ((

QUINNE: )) the circumstances might be unique, though ((

QUINNE: )) as unique as deaths can be ((

SIRIUS: (places where people die is a good place for ghosts to be as any) =beaming smile=

SIRIUS: (baldur taught me this)

QUINNE: )) Baldur ((

QUINNE: -she's looking at her now-

SIRIUS: (yes)

SIRIUS: (hes really into haunts and stuff and is practically an expert in all things ghost and supernatural related)