December Open Post/Catch All/Overflow

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Who: Van Zieks and whoever
What: General catch all for bingos and other effects
When: December
Where: Various
Warnings: TBA

Something has gone terribly wrong? (December 9th)
[You are just minding your own business, walking on the beach, or through the wood, when you hear what is certainly an unfamiliar laugh. If you look around, you'll soon attach it to... van Zieks? No, this can't be him. He's smiling. He's barefoot and covered in dirt. His hair isn't immaculately combed back and he's simply wearing a loose cotton shirt with his tight lawyer pants, though he does have a sword now hanging at his waist, which is new. This cannot be van Zieks. Even the cadence of his voice is lacking his normal ominous grit, but the voice is certainly his otherwise.]

Oh, come here! I have something to show you.
[Seriously who the hell is this and what did he do with the real van Zieks???]

Nevermind, Uncle has the Depression Again (December 10th)
[The following day, van Zieks is back in his austere best, looking more glowery and somber than ever before, like he's making up for the time he lost yesterday. You may find him at his usual haunt in the darkest corner of the winery, OR if you're wandering around in the woods, you might find him surveying the plot of land on his farm, or rather, the chaos that the him of the day before wreaked, which is to say, something was done to the plots, but it's hard to tell if it was anything constructive because they're upturned earth everywhere. Van Zieks is leaning heavily on the shovel he's holding, looking tired.]

Let me know if you have something specific in mind for bingo
[Hit me up on discord or on plurk agentmaine]

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[Yes lets all just collectively forget the previous day happened. van Zieks is very on board for that. van Zieks isn't displeased to see Akechi, but he does sigh at the question.]

I wouldn't deign to trouble you with something like this, I hardly know where to start.

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[Akechi looks around the perplexing mess of churned earth and drops the head of his shovel into a patch of it, resting his shoe against the flat part of it to drive it just enough down it stands up when not held.]

My typical go-to is the internet, and with that not being an option here I'm thoroughly uncertain of how to do most basic farming tasks. I suppose you are in good company in that regard. [But no other regard, because Akechi simply is not good company.]

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[While commiseration isn't exactly unideal, he's a bit distracted.]

What on earth is an internet? Detective Ryuki mentioned that at one point as well.
[Oh no.]

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[Oh no indeed. Akechi's gaze gets suddenly very far away and he has to rein himself back in, closing his eyes and reaching up to massage the bridge of his nose.]

...to put it simply, it's a vast resource of information that I no longer have access to here, leading me to be at the mercy of what I can learn by what resources are here. [Which is: the people, and he doesn't want to be social.]

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[Hm. He's guessing it's not something as simple as a library, but Akechi also doesn't seem to really want to talk about it.]

I see. Well, between the library and the few people who do know something about farming, we aren't completely out of luck. However... I cannot say I am one of those people.

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[He mostly just doesn't want to try and explain The Internet to someone who is so clueless-- It's not van Zieks' fault, he's just a prick.]

[He affords a chuckle.] Well, that makes two of us.

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[Listen he would listen patiently!! He would be a good student!!!]

I was hoping to simply rely on my farmmate but... I was struck by a peculiar inversion of mood yesterday and took to the task, but did not finish. Merely left this chaos.
[Thus his brooding now over all this upturned earth.]

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[The problem is more that Akechi would not explain patiently, honestly.]

[A nod, and he surveys the chaos in point, shrugging his shoulders.] Well, at least you appear to have had a good time, for all the good it did you.

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...
[War flash backs to all the frolicking wrong van Zieks did.]

Assuredly. Though I am honestly more worried at the impressions I have made on those I encountered yesterday than this mess.

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[A sly, somewhat conspirational grin.] I don’t suppose you’ve any evil twins running around you could blame?

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... This is no time for jokes.

[HE'S SO SERIOUS ABOUT THIS.]

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[A brassy little laugh, and he shakes his head, standing straighter and quieting down.] No, you’re right, my apologies. Surely anyone you encountered yesterday would know it’s the influence of our location.

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Would they? We have not been here long, one person I'd not even properly met before, so he had no reason to think it odd.

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I suppose assuming that anyone spirited away to another location by someone claiming to be a Goddess and providing free yet dilapidated housing with improvements made by such lackadaisical prompts as exchanging names might question the behavioral oddities of their fellows is a bit bold, isn't it.

[Literally why did you have to say so many words for that. I hate Akechi Goro.]

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[Unfortunately van Zieks is used to legalese and thinks nothing of this.]

Especially given the wide variety of places we hail from. I hazard that behavior that seems entirely irrational to me does not seem as such to others I encountered that day.

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Not in the least, [With a chuckle, and he shakes his head.] That being the case, perhaps it isn't quite so irrational that you've done some questionable attempts at irrigation.

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It's possibly the least irrational thing I did that day, though I don't know hwy it seems I gave up halfway through.