songerein | [OPEN] a catch all

Who: Kisara and anyone!
Which: Open Log
Where: Around town
What: A catch-all for Kisara, event prompts and extras
Warnings: E for Everyone, to be changed as needed but pretty mild tbh

( I. hot pot - serenading the piggies )

[Ever in search for new ingredients and recipes to make - carrying on Shionne's legacy while she's gone, at least - Kisara had jumped on the truffle challenge. She's not shy of any danger, and experience at the ranch back home has her well prepared for a bit of pig wrangling! ...So she thought. Unfortunately partway in her partner in swine decides he's happier napping in the muck, so now she's on the edge of the path trying to coax him back.]

Come on, don't you want to find those tasty truffles?

[...Her pleas are left unacknowledged, unfortunately, so after a painful silence she sighs and starts humming some old kid's song from her childhood. Maybe it'll wake him up to play the way it did for her years ago.]

( II. dragon-sitting )

[Taking care of little kids? Sign Kisara the heck up. Even if said kids are actually baby dragons, that's fine. It adds a second layer of challenge to the task. She's at the dragon nursery, coaxing bite-sized morsels into the mouth of an especially precocious little dragonling. She's even trying to experiment with a bit of wind-based dreamotion to try and make it fly into the baby's mouth, which is… admittedly messy, but both she and the baby seem to be enjoying it.]

What's this? It's a zeugle, flying away! Best catch it before it escapes…

( wildcard: wishing well )

[Kisara is hanging out at the wishing well one unremarkable day when the skies are clear, leaning against the edge, rolling one of the baubles idly back and forth between her hands. She looks deep in thought, indecisive, a little sad. Maybe check in on her?

Alternatively, should you cross her path afterwards, one can find Kisara walking home from the wishing well area, carrying a small black cat in her arms and, by all appearances, trying hard not to cry.]

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[While they wait, Kisara sets Zareh down to let her explore a little; the cat steps cautiously around the area, understandably wary of this strange new place, but gaining confidence the more she's able to sniff and examine. For the most part Kisara is just happy to see her doing as she pleases.

When Susato arrives with the toy, Kisara tilts her head curiously and watches Zareh, who is drawn almost immediately to the colour when she notices it, eyes going wide.]

[ Susato immediately starts to wave the bird around by the string, swaying it back and forth. Zareh's eyes seem to follow it, looking like she might pounce any moment. ]

I had forgotten. We have a couple strays that sometimes visit... I think they followed Mr 76 back from the Wildlands a month or two ago.

So we have a few toys lying around for them.

[ Not too many. But Kisara is free to keep at least this one, while they search for more. She'll offer the stick to Kisara, hopefully before Zareh can act. ]

Thank you. I think it goes without saying that she's going to love this.

[Zareh makes a swat at it during the pass from one to the other, and Kisara brightens at once, moving it around so the cat can chase it properly.]

It's been so long since I got to see her play...

[ Susato will just watch them, but eventually she'll lead them back out of the Harvest. It's getting colder, but at the very least, Zareh doesn't seem bothered. (Or maybe she's just sufficiently distracted.) ]

If I may ask... What gave you the idea to wish for her?

Mm... I missed my brother.

[Zareh is scooped back up, easier to carry her than lead her about, though she keeps wiggling the wand for the cat with her free hand, cradling Zareh to her shoulder with the other.]

She belonged to him, so I suppose I was thinking about him, and my thoughts shifted to her when I made the wish. A happy accident.

[ Susato looks a bit surprised that Zareh wasn't her intention to begin with. She never really knew that the well could work that way, but at the very least, her feelings seem to have manifested in something. Happy accident, indeed. ]

I see. She must have been very attached to him.

...I've always wondered how many baubles it would take for such a wish, but I'm certain it wouldn't be the same.

[ Wishing for someone that way.

......

Absentmindedly, she looks towards Zareh in Kisara's arms and finds herself wondering if she is the same as Kisara remembers her. ]

On that... I couldn't say for sure. I wasn't wishing for him, exactly, more for... I suppose, something to keep him alive in my heart. Zareh was one of his most cherished treasures. Seeing her alive and well helps to keep him with me, in a way.

[She scratches the cat affectionately under the chin.]

And I like being able to take care of her, for his sake.

[ That sentiment is something Susato can relate to... In particular, wanting to keep a brother alive in her heart is something that almost hits too close to home. She doesn't know what became of Kisara's brother back home, but she'll tread cautiously. ]

What is he like? Your brother... Will you see him again?

Ah... well...

[That last question is a difficult one, so she focuses on the rest, allowing her words to speak for themselves.]

He was a kind person. He always wanted to help people, make things better... he had his eyes on the future, first and foremost. No one dreamed bigger than Migal.

Migal...

[ She repeats the name, as if to commit it to memory. She gets a warm, fuzzy feeling when she speaks about him. ]

I see. [ To be honest, they... her, and her friends, also had eyes on the future. A brighter Japan, a better Japan, to match the land of the rising sun it is. She doesn't want to shift the topic so suddenly, though. ] What dreams did he have, if I may ask?

Ah... it's not an unusual dream where I come from, I'll admit. Freedom, equality between the people who live in our world, Dahna. There are a lot of people suffering needlessly, and he was always fighting to make things better, even when we were still very powerless. His dreams inspired me to hope for a better future.

...That's a wonderful dream. Back home, we also strived for a better future, though we were not at war or anything quite as dire as that. [ That wouldn't come until later... After her time. ] Dahna... I have heard that name before.

I wouldn't be surprised if you had. There were quite a few of us here together at one point.

[Less so now, but it wasn't that long ago...]

Alphen and Dohalim are still here, but Shionne, Law, and Rinwell as well- we all came from the same place.

That's right, it was Alphen who mentioned it.

I... I was hoping to meet Shionne one day. The woman who captured his heart... but I suppose it was not meant to be just yet. [ Curse the Powers that Be, taking her away from him. ]

Yes... [It's been... a difficult time, to say the least.] Is it terrible of me to hope she might come back one day? We all miss her, but it would be hard for her to be here again, too.

[ She shakes her head. That much, at least, is easy to reassure. ]

That's not terrible at all. I hope for the same... Mostly for my father, but for others as well. I know it would be hard, but... I think some could truly have a better life here in Reverein. A second chance.

[Kisara glances over at that. Gently, she asks,]

Has it been very long since you last saw him?

[ Susato hums, though thinking about it is mostly a show. She knows. ]

The summer... So a few months, since he woke.

[ Zareh perks up in Kisara's arms just then, though it is not in response to anything Susato said. Rather a storefront seems to be coming into view: one called 'Pawsents.'

Clever. ]

[Clever indeed. Kisara crouches down and lets Zareh hop out of her arms, allowing the cat to wander freely. She used to explore the streets of Viscint without issue, so she trusts the cat to follow her when she's finished sniffing about.]

I hope you do get the chance to see him again soon, then.

...Thank you. Me, too.

[ She grins as Zareh is let down, and giggles when she zips across their feet before allowing them to lead. There's a ring of a bell when they enter, reminiscent of a pet's collar. ]

Let us see what we can find for her, shall we?

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thanks for keeping this up for so long. <3 you can wrap it for us or leave it here, up to you!