[open]

[refire]

Who: Alphen and Everyone
Which: it's an open log + catchall
Where: various places
What: road repair quest log prompt + training + eat alphens cooking at your own discretion
Warnings: Too much Spice



1.

[There's the sounds of lots of shouting and yelling. Alphen's trying to work up a sweat by swinging his sword around in the open field. Lately he's restless and staying active helps him clear his mind. So now he's training with a makeshift training sword. In a split, second the training sword breaks half leaving nothing but the sound of clang. Alphen then sighs looking slight disappointed. ]

Not again. This isn't working out like I thought it would.


[Fighting battles with a sword is just about the only thing he can do right. Alphen is a warrior and his skills are better used on the battlefield. He's got years of experience with the blade so he thought it'd be interesting to see what happens if he uses new training equipment. The results speak for themselves because off to the side there are several broken blades.

Those training swords came from Rokurou about a month ago and now they're practically unusable. ]

Are these blades supposed to break so fast or am I using too much strength?


2. quest ; road repair


[ It's another busy day and this time Alphen is occupied with manual labor. He wanted to help with the road repair efforts so he's carrying a heavy bag filled with cobblestone. Honestly if anything it looks like he's struggling with it because it's a lot of work for a single person. Alphen's just unloading more bundles of cobblestone with his physical strength because he never thought to terraform the land using dreamotion. Taking this approach to the situation is just going to leave him exhausted. He eventually collapses on the floor from working too hard.

Help maybe??

A guy roughly around 5-7 to 5'9 tall guy wearing armor who just drops on the floor suddenly. It might be nice to help him out or you can kick him awake too. That works. ]




3.


[The first thing you'll notice is the smell of food. There's an apparent thick aroma of spice lingering in the air as well. Alphen walks up to you with a bowl of grilled mushrooms. He's looking awfully confident that it will taste good!]

Feeling hungry? Look no further! Today I'm presenting you a dish with flavor that's out of this world. Come try some if you'd like! There's plenty for everyone.

[Of course, there's reason to doubt this will turn out well because the amount of spice looks over done and part of it looks a little burned too. Take Alphen's food at your own risk.]

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[dangoism]

[ it's a complete coincidence that she's wandering along the stretch of road that needs repair, after all, it's not as if she had any actuall intention of helping with it. Sorry, not sorry, Road Safety Committee. Ferris is enjoying the air and her dreamotion-created dango, the only thing she really knows how to do (or wants to know how to do) even if they aren't quite right (this is still a work in progress--)

But it's hard to ignore the man lying randomly on the ground next to a sack of rocks. Is he even lazier than Ryner, and just likes to nap anywhere? Or is this something else entirely?

She prods him (somewhat??) gently with her toe, but he seems to exhausted to stir. Ah well, she can do him one favour...

Which is dragging him off to the side of the road so there's a less chance of someone hitting him. Note, she's none too gentle about it. But she settles in against a fencepost nearby to finish her dango (and maybe dream more up) to see if he'll start to stir. ]

[refire]

[ Well, this is embarrassing. Normally he'd say something like a polite greeting back but he's in no position to do that. Instead, Alphen's barely conscious. He can feel some kind of pain and discomfort which makes him wake up with a grumble under his breath. Gods this isn't how he imagined his day would go.]

....? Did you just wake me up?

[ Everything hurts. He might have tripped and fell somewhere after working too hard. Alphen would be grateful if Ferris did in fact wake him up. ]

[dangoism]

[ she waits until she finishes her bite of dango and tosses away the stick, which disappears as it leaves her hand, its dream usefulness coming to an end - ]

Not especially.

[ She says it bluntly, casually, as if she's commenting on the weather. ]

I pulled you to the side of the road. Not what I would call waking you up. You were having quite the nap.

[refire]

I should probably thank you. Picked a poor sleeping place.

[ He can't really expess proper thanks without knowing who he's talking to. That's a bit of a shame in itself. Alphen lets out a brief yawn.]

Hey, you can just call me Alphen. What's your name?

[dangoism]

[ a very poor sleeping place, but eh, she's seen worse, honestly. But thanking her? For doing the bare minimum, if you could even call it that? Hm. Her expression doesn't change, but she gives him a once over. ]

Ferris. Do you fall asleep like that often?

[refire]

[ It's hard to say really. Sometimes Alphen just passes out without meaning to because he pushes himself too hard. So this happens once in a while. ]

I was working on some things then I randomly passed out. I'm still feeling out of it. Maybe I should take it easy for now.

[ yeah that would be a good idea. Would be a shame if he just dropped on the floor again. ]

What about you? What brings you here?

[dangoism]

[ She knows someone like that, or well, someone who wishes he was able to do that. He cannot though, because she exists. It is... not concerning that someone like this exists, but more, Ferris needs Ryner to never meet this person because he might get ideas. ]

A lady such as myself had the desire to wander.

[ read: boredom. definitely boredom. ]

And so it was chance that I ran upon you like that. A good thing too. Someone with less scruples might have taken advantage of you.

[ like steal your money, if money had like, real meaning here. ]

[refire]

So you weren't doing much before, okay I understand.

[ Thankfully money doesn't have any real meaning here yeah. Alphen isn't keeping anything that would be worth stealing except his sword. That blade is like a heroic relic and it'd be hell to pay for. So perhaps he's fortunate that he didn't turn out any worse for wear. He definitely hears those words and it seems like she's got some free time? What a way to meet someone.

Alphen just got kicked off to the roadside like it was no one's business but he nods.]

I can manage myself in battle so if anyone tries to bring a fight I'll be ready for them. It's kind of you to show concern though.

[dangoism]

[ Ferris gets worked like a dog back home! (Okay, only sometimes-- ) So she has to make the most of her free time. And, fortunately, basically all the time here has been free. Pretty great tbh.

Her eyebrow raises slightly at the mention of battle; Ferris has a nice sword too, which is mostly hidden behind her back though. ]

Maybe so... but unless you have some skill I don't know of, it's rather hard to fight while unconscious, isn't it?

[refire]

You got me there.

[ Alphen is humble enough to own up to his miscomings. He's always been modest like that. ]

I'll try to be more careful next time. The streets aren't exactly the safest place for a nap. Looks like there's still plenty of construction that needs to be done.

[dangoism]

Your nap energized you that much, did it?

[ She makes no move to suggest that she could, would or might help at all. She's still kind of trying to decipher this humbleness. She doesn't get many of these types and to be honest it still feels a bit weird. ]

Very dedicated of you.

[refire]

Well, I still feel kind of stiff. I won't be doing anyone favors if I just collapse out here again. Best save all the work for another time.

[ It is the wiser thing to do in this situation. Alphen
can't keep pushing himself like this. ]

Someone I respect deeply said that rest is equally important. They're right,you know? We can't be working ourselves so hard.

[dangoism]

[ rest is important but sleeping on the job? ]

To the point of exhaustion, no, but here we are. Anyone who caught you fast asleep on the ground would think you some kind of layabout.

[ and there's only room in this dreamworld for one of those. ]

A bad reputation to develop. I speak from experience; I know one myself.

[refire]

I'm not in the habit of sleeping randomly. Actually, I don't think I sleep enough. That could be why I was so tired and didn't realize.

[ Alphen stretches his arms he still looks groggy.]

Do you get enough rest? [ she looks like she has enough free time on her hands. ]