october/november catch-all

[aflowers]

WHO: Aerith Gainsborough (and you?)
WHERE: around and about, mostly in Stygia!
WHEN: through the end of October and any time during November!
WHAT: catch-all; there's some notice board starters in here, or you can wildcard at any time!
WARNINGS: n/a, will update if anything comes up!

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[ lumine won't deny the excitement and thrill of jumping in first, thinking about it later. archons know she's done it more than a handful of times, and in situations where she really should be thinking first rather than letting her recklessness get the better of her. this time, though, she's decided that crawling through the dirt might not be the best way to catch bunnies, especially bunnies that have made their life's passion to destroy a garden.

she accepts her hand, shaking it with a bigger smile. ]

For both, really. You?

[ getting the coin and the bunnies just for finishing the request is essentially like hitting two rabbits (???) with one stone. she can at least save money on spending for food by cooking rabbit meat ... sorry, aerith. ]

I'm Lumine. It's nice to meet you.

[aflowers]

[ Her smile broadens at the introduction, her hand falling back to her side once they've shaken. ]

It's lovely to meet you, Lumine. [ A friendly, decisive nod. ] I guess it's both for me too. But maybe more the rabbits than the coin. I feel like I'm going crazy here, you know? Having a bunny friend or two doesn't sound bad.

[ And while it's true that she has no idea that Lumine is there to get rabbits to eat, while she naïvely hasn't even considered the idea of using them for food, she wouldn't blame the other girl for having such plans. Things are difficult here, after all, in more ways than just their apparently being dead. ]

Since this plan was yours, though, you should get first pick of anything we catch.

[ That's only fair, right? ]

[unalign]

[ oh, she wants ... oh.

that's a very pure reason why she wants the rabbits after this commission, and lumine feels a twinge of guilt that the rabbits she'll be collecting will eventually go into a pot. good thing she didn't say anything, then, though she wonders if aerith might've figured it out already, seeing that she showed up with her sword brandished. ]

That's a good idea. [ having a bunny friend to talk to, maybe? or cuddle? that's cute. ] I found a talking ruby in the Shadowlands before I sailed here and it's been a colorful conversation partner ...

[ it's been chattering nonstop, slinging backhanded comments when she allows it. it's almost like having paimon around, she's not going to deny. ]

Are you sure, though? [ she releases aerith's hand before she gestures under the tree, taking a seat under its shade. ] I'll happily take whichever ones you don't choose. I'm not very picky ...

[ beggars can't be choosers, after all. ]

[aflowers]

[ Maybe if she hadn't been quite so frantically crawling around when Lumine arrived, she'd have put two and two together by now, have clued into the fact that the other girl came at the task with sword out, but naturally her focus— and still remains— elsewhere.

Her brows lift in surprise in the next moment, though— a talking ruby? She's come across many strange things since arriving here, but that... that's new. She's kind of curious, honestly, about what sorts of things a ruby might have to say.

So she takes a seat under the tree too, next to Lumine, and she responds with a slight shake of her head to the question. ]

I don't think I'm too picky either, not really...

[ ...Okay, maybe that's not entirely true. After all, what if she sees a bunny that she just instantly falls for? Her shadow is at her ear, urging her to be selfish, to take what she wants—

She frowns, and shakes her head again, the action somewhat more forceful than before. ]

We'll decide once we succeed then, right? [ A determined nod. ] And maybe while we're waiting you can tell me about the ruby.

[unalign]

[ it'll probably take a while before the rabbits come out again, guards down and unaware that their captors are just nearby. lumine supposes that this is a good time to relax, maybe make a friend along the way; it's the one thing that keeps her sane in this world, company. ]

I picked it up a while after I woke up in the Shadowlands ...

[ they looked like precious stones and she thought she could sell them at a reasonable price. that is, until it started yelling expletives at her. ]

It's pretty demanding, very talkative. [ like someone she knows, but with more cursing. ] It wants me to ignore it but it complains when I do ...

[ like what do you do with that kind of thing??? ]

[aflowers]

[ Her brows lift again, and there's a laugh, one that would definitely be louder if not for Aerith's attempts to keep herself quiet so as not to scare the rabbits. After all, they need them to let their guards down if they're going to be caught, and loud laughter probably isn't the way to help that happen.

Still, she can't help but think that a talking ruby would be good company, even if Lumine makes it sound like quite a difficult travel partner. ]

If it says it wants you to ignore it, then complains when you ignore it... it doesn't really want you to ignore it, you know? [ It's possible Lumine has figured all this for herself, but Aerith feels the need to say it, just in case. ] It wants your attention. If it tells you "don't talk to me!", it's making you chase after it... so I guess it's like... you're proving you wanna talk to it?

Maybe that's kinda weird to say about a ruby, but... that's the impression I get, anyway.