songerein | November Catch All (Open)

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November Catch All (Open)

Who: Anya and You
Which: Open Log
Where: Around Town
What: Dreambucks Tea Time, Working at Madame Blackbird’s shop, and Harvest Time, and maybe other things
Warnings: None at the moment

Dreambucks
(It has been a while since she visited Dreambucks and Anya thinks that it is a good time to visit it and check out the new offerings for the season. After going through the menu, she settles on a cup of Cranberry Cheer and slowly sips it while Pooka takes a nap beside her seat.

As she takes in the drink, she is starting to feel rather festive for the Russian Orthodox Christmas and the memories she once had with her family: snow falling down, playing in the snow with her sisters and brother, the quiet moments of prayers, and the beautiful sight of the Christmas tree decorated in the palace. Her crystal lantern pendant glows vibrantly as she enjoys her drink and relives the memories.

Granted, this is still very early for Christmas, but hey, a Grand Duchess can dream, right?)

Madame Blackbird’s
(It did take some time for her to find a job, but she has found employment in Madame Blackbird’s shop: assisting her in sewing and preparing materials for the clothing that needs to be made for the day. This is the best thing she can do to help the seamstress after she and Tenn found the threads for her shop.

You can find her either getting the shop ready to open for the day, sweeping the floors, or assisting Madame Blackbird in sewing a dress or a coat on the mannequin.)

Harvest Time
Hello! Do you need some help with the harvest?

(Anya just joined the harvest and she is going to assist in gathering up fruits and vegetables at the farmlands and picking up seeds for everyone to have something to eat for the winter. She is also pushing a wheelbarrow onto the fields and is checking around for any crops that she can find.

Pooka may or may not help if he isn’t seen chasing any wild animals that catch his attention.)

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(Upon hearing footsteps entering the shop, Anya turns her attention away from fixing the thread drawers to see who has come inside. Pooka is still at the back area taking a nap at the moment.

She notices that there is an older man (who could be possibly around Vlad’s age by her best estimates) in a yukata and he is looking around for some clothes. It looks like she could try to help him out.)

Hello there. Welcome to Madame Blackbird’s shop. Is there anything in here you might be interested in?

[Yujin's eyes swerve along the clothes on display within the store before coming to rest on the young woman who's speaking to him. He smiles and nods his head, his demeanor courteous, but not in particularly distant manner.]

Good afternoon. I was wondering... Well, as you can see, my sense of fashion is perhaps not quite fashionable in this place. Might you be able to recommend something more local?

Well, you must be very early since there are some suits that are going to be ready for sale pretty soon.

(She then points Yujin to a rack filled with suits that have been recently made and are waiting for customers to try them out. Anya must have lost count of how much work she has put into sewing some of them, but she is still proud of the work she had poured into.)

Feel free to browse through them and find something that you might like, Sir.

[It's reassuring, in a way, to be directed towards suits. Jackets, waistcoats, suit trousers... They may not have been in the largest portion of his life, but they've been present for several years nonetheless. He knows them well enough. Still, he finds himself lost when having to choose between color palettes and all the little details.]

If you don't mind... I was curious which you believe might suit me best. [The smile on his face sure implies that that pun was intentional.]

Oh, I can? Well, I’ll try to see which one will look good on you.

(She lets out a small chuckle upon hearing the pun. The Grand Duchess then scans through each suit, vest, and dress shirt to present to Yujin. There is an assortment of colors, patterns, and styles that it can be easy to be a little confused.

While searching for some options, she comes across two possible options for him to choose. Carefully taking them out of the rack, she raises the two suits on her hands at eye level.)

These two are the first ones that I have found in this rack. If you like, you can try both of them at the dressing room far from the counter.

Oh, thank you very much.

[He accepts both with a smile and a courteous nod of the head. The first one really appeals to him, though the second is not without its own merit. Ultimately, he supposes it does depend on whether they fit or not. He's slightly shorter than the average resident of this place, he's noticed.

So into the dressing room he goes, and he'll try this one first. Once he's ready, he exits the dressing room again and spends a long moment before the mirror. It seems to fit well enough, but there is one thing about it that stands out.]

Are all neckties in this place so... colorful?

Well, it must be the patterns and color choices, if I’m not mistaken. Plenty of the ties in this store are really this colorful, Sir. My employer has an exquisite in fashion as she is generous, so she is usually the one who decides on which colors, patterns, materials, and styles to make clothes with.

(To be fair, she didn’t see that many people wearing so much colors since the Soviet Union came to existence following her family’s untimely curse, so seeing this many colors has been an interesting ride for her.)

[He tugs at the necktie with one hand to straighten it a bit more.]

I see... So something like this is the norm around here, then? That will take a bit of getting used to.

[Plaids and patterns stitched onto kimonos are about as colorful as a single article of clothing's ever gotten, for him. Still, he's adjusted to stranger things.]

Yes, it does take a while to get used to things in a different world. I know that very well as I have been to another world before this one and my time in there was a very interesting experience to say the least.

[It's a very odd realization to him that Anya's story sounds familiar; Kazuma too had been to another world before this one. It implies that world hopping is common around here. While he frowns lightly, he still defaults to polite curiosity regarding the matter.]

Is that so? If you don't mind my asking, what sort of world did you visit before this one?

Well, prior to coming into this world, I had visited the Realm of Stories and stayed in there for a few months: it is a place where the stories come to life and everyone who arrives in the world becomes into an Aspect to help in restoring stories and fighting off an entity known as the Story Eater and its Erasers.

We don’t necessarily become the characters we take on the roles from, just inheriting the abilities and powers they have.

A realm of stories... That's quite something. I hadn't thought anything would be more fantastical than a world of dreams. [He smiles, tilting his head.] What sort of characters would you inherit abilities from in a place like that?

There are plenty of characters who hail from myths, legends, fairy tales, and old stories. The character I got during my time in there was Vasilisa the Beautiful: she is a character from the myths and folklore of my country.

I did got some resistance to fire and offensive magic along with carrying a magical wooden nesting doll and weaving fine flax threads.

I see... I'm afraid I'm unfamiliar with Vasilisa the Beautiful, but she certainly sounds quite powerful. [He pauses for a few seconds, his smile faltering as he considers the implications.] Though I would hope that you did not need to use her abilities in battle too often.

Usually I use her abilities during campaigns to restore the stories besides the whole weaving flax threads part: I did learn to practice making threads through her while I was at the Realm.

Now she does have a magical wooden doll who can give her advice or help her in doing tasks in her story and I should have it with me by now, but it just vanished from my hands upon arriving in Reverein.

It vanished? That's curious. It feels as if most of our belongings came to Reverein with us. Perhaps the doll was tied to the Realm of Stories, as it came from a story? But then... Surely, the Realm of Dreams ought to be able to create a copy, then. [Is he overthinking this? Probably.]

Yes, it was tied to the Realm itself as it was from the story itself, that can explain why it didn’t come with me and my dog when we arrived in this world.

Yeah, if I wish for it hard enough, maybe the dream copy of it will show up someday.

I certainly hope so. I do apologize if this is presumptuous, but it sounds as if it was a treasured possession of yours.

Oh yes, it was a treasured item, Sir. I did treated it well like it was a child I had to look after.

A child? That's about the highest form of praise anything could receive, I believe. A very treasured item, indeed. [He's a father and he takes that job very seriously, himself.]

(Anya nods back in response. A part of her does miss the magical nesting doll so much as it is a part of her time as an Aspect in the Realm of Stories.)

Oh dear, I nearly forgot to introduce myself. My name is Anya and I work here as a seamstress for Madame Blackbird herself. I do have my dog with me at work, but he is napping at the backroom at the moment.

It's a pleasure to meet you, Anya. [He bows his head and some of his upper body with a warm smile.] My name is Yujin Mikotoba. I've only just arrived in this realm, so I'm afraid I'm still unemployed at the moment. However, I was a professor of forensics back home.

Well, it is nice to meet you, Yujin. I have been in this world for a few months already so far, though that it is nothing worth bragging about.

Oh, a professor of forsenics. That sounds like an interesting job to have, what sort of the topics you teach about in the subject?

Well, let's see... Some of the returning basics are proper autopsy procedures, basic pathology, toxicology- that's the study of drugs and poisons... [He shakes his head a bit.] Truth be told, while forensic science is a fascinating subject, it's also a grim one.

Oh wow, that sounds like really a tough subject for many to study about. Is it always that difficult to teach to the students if I may ask? I am just wondering right now.

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