That's it for now!

[oi_theoi]

Who: Everyone
When: Day 112, late morning and on
Where: Headed Northward
What: A bit of normalcy

[Having switched routes from the preset course that was previously taking everyone southwest, the HQ now drifts steadily northward on manual navigation.

If one sticks their heads out onto the balcony and looks back, they can see the shape of a great feathered beast, her blue, green, and red feathers gleaming along a strangely serpentine body as she glides down on wings that dwarf the HQ. A few blasts of wind and a deep rumbling sound buffet the building, vibrating it a bit as she lands in the distance, followed by a haze of red shapes that rise off her and spread out over the area that the HQ once occupied.

There may be a tense moment while one waits to see if any of those red spots in the distance change course to pursue, but after maybe about half an hour of watching it becomes clear that for the time being none of those particular lizagons are interested.

The HQ drifts on, the jungle moving by below like a sea of green. It seems for now the HQ can finally have some peace. What will you do with the rest of the day?]


((ooc: A MINGLE TO BRING US BACK TO NORMAL PLAY. The HQ will be traveling at about 20-25 mph and take at least 4 or 5 IC days to clear the jungle, so in that time everyone is free to go back to regular posting! We'll be doing a more thorough summary and announcement stuff later on to catch everyone up to where we're at. Thanks to everyone who participated!))

Comments

[besomeothername]

[Stealing a sheet of paper and trying to write the kanji in a stylized way similar to what Syaoran showed him]

Hmmm. What if we did a little bit of both?

[Are you a good artist, Syaoran? Hopefully you are because Lavi tries to draw a bird around the words, but it ends up looking like a chicken]

[featherfetch]

[DECENT ENOUGH in another life he probably produced enough diagrams and sketches of artifacts to manage something]

Like this?

[sketches something a little more simplistic and stylized like this with the tail feathers curled around the kanji]

[besomeothername]

It's so cute!

[featherfetch]

Aah. . . is that good?

[besomeothername]

Yeah! I love it!

[featherfetch]

Okay. . . should I use this one, then?

[besomeothername]

Yeah!

[Picking up the picture, being careful not to smudge the drawing. He brings it about three inches from his face]

Can you really make it look all feathered and ink brushed like that?

[featherfetch]

Aah. . . I should be able to transfer whatever is on the page, yes.

[besomeothername]

[Oh. Then he probably should be more careful with the paper. Setting it down next to Pochi carefully]

All right. Time to work your magic, Pochi.

[Pulls off his left glove and rolls up his sleeve up to his elbow]

[featherfetch]

Okay. Where am I putting it?

[besomeothername]

[Holds out his hand to him, palm down]

Can you get the body of the bird on the back of my hand and have the tail wrap around the wrist a little?

[featherfetch]

I can try.

[grabbing his hand lightly from underneath, letting his other rest on the paper]

[besomeothername]

[Keeping his hand as still as possible]

[featherfetch]

[concentraaaaates...

his standard magic circle appears, and the ink slowly and carefully just lifts from the page before settling into Lavi's skin



it's probably kinda tingly]

[besomeothername]

[Wow that is mesmerizing to watch]

[Also getting a tattoo with no needles. YES!]

[featherfetch]

[when he's done, turning Lavi's hand this way and that to check his work]

. . .Is it okay? I can probably take it off again if not.

[besomeothername]

[Stretching and curling his fingers to see how it looks]

No, no. Looks great!

Will I need to be careful with this hand for a while?

[aka refrain from punching Doug in a few days]

[featherfetch]

No, it should be okay.

[besomeothername]

[Then Lavi should have no problems pulling Syaoran in to a big bear hug, y/y?]

[featherfetch]

[splat]

E-eh?

...It doesn't hurt, right?

[besomeothername]

Not at all.

Feels really good actually. Like home and stuff and something Red would call smoopy.

[featherfetch]

Ah, smoopy.

[NODS SAGELY]





. . .Are you thinking of 'family'?

[besomeothername]

Yeah. I've never had one outside of Bookman.

[featherfetch]

Now you have lots.

[besomeothername]

I have the best family!

Couldn't ask for a better one.