fishflakes: (My business here is done)
Toge Inumaki ([personal profile] fishflakes) wrote in [community profile] songerein2021-11-10 11:31 am
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[OPEN] November Catch-All

Who: Toge Inumaki and YOU!
Which: Open Log
Where: Farmlands and Treehouses
What: Quests: Harvesting, squirrel wrangling, and tree pruning
Warnings: N/A, will update as needed!

Harvest Time
[Toge isn’t really much of a farmer, but he’s taken care of the gardens around the Jujutsu High campus, so he knows a thing or two about gardening. So when the call goes out to help out with the farms and harvest the fruit, Toge is there to lend a hand.]

[His short and lean frame doesn’t look like it would be much help with something as labour-intensive as harvesting, but Toge works quite diligently, filling baskets with salvageable vegetables and fruits and bringing them over with the rest of the harvest. He works alone for the most part, softly humming to himself as he works, and might not even be noticed at first due to his quiet nature. But if someone is in need of some help, whether it be needing help carrying baskets of veggies or pulling up weeds, he’ll approach them with a wave, before pointing at their task.]


Tuna mayo?

[By the end of the day, he can be found sitting near a pair of baskets full of food that he was allowed to take home, going through a couple small pouches of seeds. Maybe he can start up a garden closer to home…]

Pesky Squirrels
[Back when Toge had arrived, he had somewhat befriended a squirrel while exploring the rubble and ruins. That squirrel ended up living close to Toge’s chosen treehouse, and had become a familiar figure for Toge to keep an eye out for. So when winter began to set in, Toge decided to help the hungry squirrel, rather than chase it away like others. It was a friend, after all, so why not help it out?]

[The squirrel decides to use a little hollow in the side of Toge’s treehouse as a storehouse for extra acorns and nuts, which is fine; Toge doesn’t take up much space, so he doesn’t mind sharing. However, it seems as though, as “reward” for his help, the squirrel has been dropping off all kinds of trinkets and objects at Toge’s windowsill and door. Objects that most definitely belong to someone else. Toge’s grateful for the thought, but he should… probably return these items. So, he will put out a little PSA out on the journals.]


If anyone’s lost anything small, I might have it at my house. I have a squirrel living in my tree who’s been leaving me gifts.

Treehouse Pruning
[With winter coming, the treehouses have begun to get… interesting. They seem to be getting more excited, or at the very least warmer, which is nice for the encroaching cold but has also led to a couple nights where Toge has woken up sweating from the heat. Something’s gotta be done to regulate this.]

[After seeing a few people trying out their dreamotion powers on the trees to help cool them off, Toge can be found outside of his chosen treehouse, arms crossed and foot tapping. He’s just… gotta channel dreamotion energy, right? But how can he do so? Is it like channeling Cursed Energy? And if it is, will he suffer a backlash for it?]

[He knows the only way for him to test this out is to… do it. But there’s a hesitance to do so. There’s a reason he doesn’t venture out of his chosen safe words and commands very often, after all.]

[So focused on staring at the tree before him, he might not notice others approaching him.]


Wildcard
[Permissions for Toge's Cursed Speech, if it arises, can be found here. If you’d like a custom starter or would like to plan something different out, feel free to PM me here or hit me up on plurk at [plurk.com profile] pocketnoivern!]
piromare: (w)

treehouse pruning

[personal profile] piromare 2021-11-11 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
Toge?

( the young man is staring at a tree. of course that's going to get his attention, even though he's on his way back from the cafe with a drink in his hands and his mind focused on the sorcerer. as he comes to stand next to toge, he also looks at the tree wondering if it has any secrets to tell them both...

...

and no. just a tree. well... )


Hm. The leaves remind me of my fire.

( except they're changing a little too randomly. )

You okay?
chippedsoul: (I tried to speak)

Pesky Squirrels

[personal profile] chippedsoul 2021-11-13 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[...Huh, wonder if that's where the honey went.] Did the squirrel take a vial with some rainbow colored liquid inside?
seemagicshit: (hmmm)

Harvest Time

[personal profile] seemagicshit 2021-11-14 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
[Zhao can prepare food with the best of them, but farming is new. Not exactly a lot of space to do that in the crowded places where he grew up. But he's young and strong enough for a bit of physical labor.

Plus, he has to set a good example for his follower, who is certainly doing his best by earning his keep. Not to mention all the veggies they've earned for their trouble today.
]

Holy hell. I think I got a full body workout from all that. But c'mon, what'd we score?

[What new recipes can he make from this mess?]
piromare: (34)

[personal profile] piromare 2021-11-14 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
( he doesn't recognize what 'kombu' means here, but the implications are easy to follow. a greeting, somewhat short but only because of toge's attention being directed toward those autumnal looking leaves. the trees here have been pretty... well, unusual in general. so he can't blame the sorcerer for being in a somewhat precarious situation. )

Well, if I can help...

( his eyes go back toward the tree. the urge to let his fire do the talking is always on his mind. )

... then I'll do what I can. No matter how dangerous it could be.
lethechained: (Partners in Crime)

Treehouse Pruning

[personal profile] lethechained 2021-11-15 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ Toge wasn't the only one to offer their services to help on the farm. Although she likely had much less strength to give, Naminé was there earlier today, herself, content to fight the warmth of the sun and the chill of the wind in an effort to be of assistance. If they saw each other, perhaps she waved.

Now, though, as the girl makes her meandering way homeward, she pauses when she happens across the familiar figure staring intently at a tree. If not for her own recent experiences, this might have struck her as strange; instead, she slows to a knowing stop, considering the back of his head for a few moments. Then, with a reluctance due purely to wishing to avoid being impolite, Naminé steps off the path and comes to stand nearby. She places herself just inside where she estimates the edge of his vision is so as not to startle him too badly when she asks, voice gently sympathetic, ]


Is your friend misbehaving, too?

[ It seems she's all too aware of the problem some of the trees appear to be having these days. ]
chippedsoul: (summon me now)

[personal profile] chippedsoul 2021-11-16 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
It's honey. Noticed one of the vials was missing when I was cooking the other day. So most likely yes.
seemagicshit: (side-eye)

[personal profile] seemagicshit 2021-11-16 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
I can make some good shit with this and a bit a rice? Hell yeah.

[He looks at the bag of seeds, type unknown.]

So you're not sure what they are? Try smelling them and see if they're familiar at all. If not we'll still have fun growing them.

[Zhao kind of stares up at the sky, sitting against a tree, mind kind of empty but feeling satisfied at a job well done.]
chippedsoul: (to your gentle hands)

[personal profile] chippedsoul 2021-11-16 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
Unfortunately they aren't, but they are blue. I have a friend who harvests their honey. It's probably that color from whatever nectar they're gathering.
chippedsoul: (summon me now)

[personal profile] chippedsoul 2021-11-16 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[Soldier 76, the beekeeper.] Not at all. He just takes the excess, somehow.[Never really asked about his method of gathering.]

Well, I still have plenty of honey here, if you want to sample the one in that vial.

[He'll find that it does indeed taste like honey, with hints of something flowery or fruity. Whichever might please the taster.]
chippedsoul: (piece of my mind)

[personal profile] chippedsoul 2021-11-16 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
He goes by 76. Difficult to catch sometimes, but he's willing to share the honey he gathers.
chippedsoul: (not what I had in mind)

[personal profile] chippedsoul 2021-11-17 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
Ink thing?

Yes, that's him.
chippedsoul: (life is a butterfly)

[personal profile] chippedsoul 2021-11-17 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
[...Oh, that must be related to that broadcast.] An Eraser I'm assuming.

He only just started doing it here. He tends to pick odd jobs here and there.
lethechained: (Rumpled)

[personal profile] lethechained 2021-11-17 07:34 am (UTC)(link)
[ Her kind eyes are waiting for him expectantly when he looks at her, head tipped down slightly to regard him. Upon his acknowledgement of her question, she takes a couple careful steps forward to stand beside him properly at a polite distance, both hands clasping the handle of her basket in a position that suggests she has no intention of moving on any time soon.

Curious, she watches Toge reach for the journal; after seeing it, her brow smooths with understanding. Upon his offering the book, she bends to examine the writing on the page. ]


Not sure how? [ Straightening again, she looks contemplative. She has a fair guess of what might be troubling him, considering how common a problem figuring out the magic of this world seems to be. Casting a glance at the tree, ]

Is it that you don't know where to start, or... is it that you're afraid you'll do something wrong?

[ She was, when her tree started acting up. ]
Edited 2021-11-17 07:34 (UTC)
piromare: (16)

[personal profile] piromare 2021-11-17 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
( he's used to being in more dangerous and life-threatening situations, both here and from his experiences in aefenglom. so... perhaps he feels a little more in control when with toge, that he knows that whatever he can do will be helpful in some way.

even if it's just supporting someone who doesn't feel confident.

he hums in thought, nodding after reading what toge's written. )


Does this have to do with cursing things?

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