open 💀 first trick | august catch-all

[stillarhino]

Who: Beat + anyone
Which: Open log + network
Where: Network, Dreambucks, Around Reverein, Wild Harvest, Cliffsides
What: August Catch-all
Warnings: Possible Neo: TWEWY spoilers.


💀 a. network

sender: beat
subject: skateboards

yo im looking for parts for a new skateboard
anyone wanna help a brother out and tell me where i can find some of these
if we get enough maybe we can look into getting get u one if u want too

💀 b. dreambucks

[Anyone who passes by Dreambucks for a drink or some food might see Beat huddled over a notebook all by his lonesome. A half-full iced milk coffee sits on the table, together with a BLT sandwich with a few bites in it.

Upon closer inspection, it seems like Beat has been working on a sketch in his notebook. It's hard to tell exactly what it is at this point and with how closely he is hovering over it. But there are a few other completed ones strewn across the table. One depicts a shark as if breaking water to devour its prey, another of graffiti with a few skull and skeleton motifs above it, and one last of a rough sketch of a t-rex-looking creature with parts of it depicted as decals rather than flesh. His red cellphone sits on top of the finished pages as if to hold them all down.

There seems to be loud music coming from his headphones, which he hums to and bobs his head to the beat. It doesn't seem like he's noticed whoever has come up to him just yet. What do?]

💀 c. quest 801: a windy day around reverein

[With the winds picking up, it's starting to seem like anything that isn't nailed down will likely take flight after getting caught up in the wind. In fact, it's a little hard to see things at times with all the dust blowing around.

But you catch this particular thing whizz by overhead. And it's quickly followed by Beat, who you might not have seen coming when you turned your head or tried to avoid what flew by. He accidentally shoulder-checks you and almost loses his balance, regaining it at the very last second.]

Yo! Sorry 'bout that— Was tryin' to catch the—

[And when he looks back, whatever it was he was that was caught in the wind is missing from view.]

Where the hell did it go?!

[OOC: Feel free to make up whatever it is he might have been chasing. The more ridiculous, the better.]

💀 d. quest 803: a little spice will do you good

[Upon reading up that there was curry over at the Wild Harvest, he immediately made his way over there, not bothering to read the entirety of the post. Once he's made it there, he's already ordering said curry, again not looking at any of the signage advertising exactly what is in it or looking at the menu. It seems as if he is seated by himself, but man, is he looking excited. Practically like a child let loose in a toy store.

He turns to whoever is serving him.] I'mma get a curry, yo. Jus' one but I'm probl'ly gonna get another jus' so ya'll are ready.

Been jonesing for curry since I got here.

[And it shows. He already had his spoon ready in one hand even if the dish hasn't arrived yet.]

💀 e. wildcard

[Open to other prompts or ideas! He would also be up for kite gliding if you want to do that with him.

Feel free to hit me up on Discord (Riyuji#9693, just add me right away), dreamwidth PMs, or through my plotting post if there's anything you want to discuss prior!]

Comments

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[twilightskey]

You know how to make a skateboard?

[You've pinged one of his interests, Beat!]

[stillarhino]

not from scratch but if i find the parts then i can probably put something together

[twilightskey]

Really? Do you want some help with that? I tried making a skateboard once, but it didn't turn out all that well.

[stillarhino]

for real? i ain't gonna say no if u wanna lend a hand
maybe u even got more experience than me with this sorta thing

[twilightskey]

Well I don't know if nailing some wheels to a plank of wood counts as experience. But I don't mind helping at all. It might be easier to make one over wishing for one from the well.

[stillarhino]

[You can't see it, Roxas, but that gets a small laugh out of Beat.]

hey all i know is replacing parts
we got this yo

but wait whats this about a well?

So sorry for the delay! Things got busy on my end

[twilightskey]

Sounds like a plan, then. I think we can figure it out.

Oh, the wishing well? There's a well here that you can go to and make wishes. Apparently it can make things come true, or help you get things from your world.

No worries! Hope things have calmed down since

[stillarhino]

got a couple of tips where I can find things so gonna start with that

WAIT this place got something like that
why am i only hearing about this now yo?

It has, thank you! ;w;

[twilightskey]

It's something that took me a little while to figure out was here, too, but yeah. It's a thing here.

Though, I hear it only takes specific baubles. If you try anything else, the well won't work.

[stillarhino]

guess its good to know about that if theres something i wanna have from home
u ever tried it before?

[twilightskey]

Not personally, no. But I do have a bauble I can use if I ever wanted something. I just wasn't sure what I should get.

[stillarhino]

naw i getcha
probably hard deciding whatcha what more huh

[Impulsively, Beat would've wanted his own skateboard for the sake of familiarity but now that he thinks about it, there might've been other things he would've preferred to have to.

There is a short pause before he adds another thing to the journal.]

howd you get your hands on one of those?

[twilightskey]

Yeah, it's a little hard to decide. Plus I don't think you can wish for just anything.

[If he could wish for certain friends to appear, well, that would be nice. Sadly not, though.]

Oh, I got one after helping out with one of the dreamshifts that happened here. They happen pretty frequently, so you might be able to get some yourself.

[stillarhino]

probably gotta get to thinking if imma get one a those soon
aight if u can wish for anything u got back home and u toss that thing in and it works whats it gonna be?

[twilightskey]

Well now that you're mentioning it, I think it would be cool if I can get my old skateboard back. It looked pretty cool.

But otherwise... I wonder if I can get a Struggle kit. I think that could be fun.

[stillarhino]

yeah im thinking about my board too if i got one of that
just miss being able to skate around u know?
...what's a struggle kit tho?

[twilightskey]

Yeah, I get that. It was a lot of fun to ride around Twilight Town on my skateboard.

Oh, it's a kit for playing Struggle! It's a game where two people compete to get more orbs than the other person. You use a Struggle Bat to knock orbs away from your opponent and try to keep them away from you, and the one who gets the most after the time limit wins.

[stillarhino]

[It's so good to find someone else who seemed to enjoy skateboarding as much as he did.]

yo that sounds like one helluva game
if u gettin that back and looking for players hit me up aight? id be down to give it a shot

[twilightskey]

Sure, I'd be down! The more people who learn how to play Struggle, the better. Maybe if enough people play, we could run a little tournament.

[stillarhino]

a tournament? you really speaking my language yo
sounds like we gotta plan
imma call you if imma be working on the skateboard and you holler when you got that struggle kit of yours

yo totally forgot the names beat by the way

[twilightskey]

Sounds like a plan to me!

And I'm Roxas. Nice to meet you, Beat!

[stillarhino]

right back at ya
aight imma hit up some people to check for parts
talk to u soon

[There's a small grin on his face when the conversation ends. It was nice to talk to someone who shared similar interests with him, not realizing how much he missed that. And if anything, it's gotten him all the more excited for this little project of his.

Time to get this bread!]