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crescentview2023-01-11 06:36 am
sicklysweet) wrote in crescentview2023-01-11 06:36 am
✨summertime badness✨
Who: Owen, unfortunately, and others, also unfortunately.
What: DOG, also general catchall for the month including other bonuses and monthly things.
When: All summer, y’all.
Where: Nowhere is off-limits.
Warnings: Owen
walkies and gossip;
[When Owen wakes up that morning, he immediately realizes something is different. Or, well. Not different, necessarily - more like things have become a bit more like they’re supposed to be, because he hears the obnoxious bird outside the window and he can understand its overly cheerful morning greeting.
Which… of everything he could get back, this wouldn’t be his first choice. It’s kind of useless for most things, honestly, and he has absolutely no plans for being useful around any of the farms on the island. The bird laughs at him when he tells it to shut up, too, still keeping that cheery attitude, but at least when he steps out onto the porch he’s greeted by something that does brighten his mood.
Kind of. Honestly, he’s more confused now, but this is a step in the right direction. A small step, though the dog at Owen’s side as he makes the trek from the forest to the village isn’t precisely small. Its shoulders reach up to his knees, but with its awkward, gangly proportions it’s obvious it's just a puppy. With three heads and teeth that are larger and sharper than what any normal dog should have, and the connected spikes that hover over it like some sort of twisted halo, it’s very apparent this isn’t just a dog Owen picked up from the island. (There’s also a song accompanying Owen and Cerberus, but he’s trying not to be visibly annoyed.
When anyone crosses his path, Cerberus perks up and growls. It’s unclear whether he’s being protective or just… aggressive.]
You should be careful, or he’ll take a bite out of you.
[Said very cheerfully, like Owen wants to see someone get chomped. It’s probably a good thing Cain isn’t here.]
task board;
[Looking at the board is utterly, laughably pointless considering Owen can’t actually read anything on it, but he can still tell that it’s been changed since he first arrived. What those changes mean... Probably that there’s new inane tasks to do to appease the Goddess, because he vaguely remembers mentions of it. He really doesn’t know how doing mundane nonsense is empowering a spirit such as the Goddess…
But he also doesn’t really care. She’s a bitch, and he is absolutely not going to do anything to help her out. At least not intentionally… He frowns at the list of… something on the board, before huffing and leaning back, adjusting his hat and eyeing anyone else who came to doublecheck the tasks.]
Are you doing these to improve your farm or because you care about the Goddess’ strength?
[A loaded question to hopefully draw away from any questions for why he’s been staring so long so intently…]
bingo time;
[The task board has reminded him of another thing he’s been hearing about but hasn’t concerned himself with - bingo. What even is bingo? It sounds like something a Westerner would do, which means the thought of it already has given him a headache. There are squares on it, and text, and somehow two of his squares have been checked off? When did that happen…
Well. Whatever. That’s a mystery he will solve approximately never, because he has more important things to do. He can probably use this to make someone miserable, he thinks, because starting a task and then quitting at the end… The dissatisfaction would make doing something the Goddess tells him enjoyable, and so would duping someone into doing something for him…
It’s a perfect plan, and the best thing to do about it is to be forward and hope he can bluff his way through any questions about what tasks he has. He can just show people his card, right?]
What’s the most embarrassing thing you’ve been asked to do?
[Hello, random citizen, have a wizard appearing next to you and leaning way too far into your space. Hope you don’t mind.]
Or did you get lucky and you’re only being asked to spend time with people in the most boring ways possible?
[Is this… helping?]
mean bitch beach vacation;
[The heat is miserable. Owen’s not a fan, which probably isn’t surprising when he comes from somewhere that snows as much as the North. He doesn’t even have the clothes Chloe made to keep cool with him, either, and is stuck with just his normal attire and what he can get in town, which… Sure, he could have chosen to wear shorter sleeves and shorter pants, but why would he expose his skin?
The waterfront does provide a nice bit of cool, ocean air though, and Owen is content to at least enjoy that even if he doesn’t enjoy the sun and sand. Or the water, either. Or the other people on the beach, even if he is mystified by them. So mystified he caves and asks one of the offworld residents that he vaguely kind of recognizes. There’s a lot of people on the island he doesn’t care enough about to keep distinguished from the rest.]
What’s a hot girl summer?
[Wizards versus modern language round: god only knows. He sounds more annoyed by this then is probably reasonable, too, as if hot girl summer has personally insulted him.]
wildcard;
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What: DOG, also general catchall for the month including other bonuses and monthly things.
When: All summer, y’all.
Where: Nowhere is off-limits.
Warnings: Owen
walkies and gossip;
[When Owen wakes up that morning, he immediately realizes something is different. Or, well. Not different, necessarily - more like things have become a bit more like they’re supposed to be, because he hears the obnoxious bird outside the window and he can understand its overly cheerful morning greeting.
Which… of everything he could get back, this wouldn’t be his first choice. It’s kind of useless for most things, honestly, and he has absolutely no plans for being useful around any of the farms on the island. The bird laughs at him when he tells it to shut up, too, still keeping that cheery attitude, but at least when he steps out onto the porch he’s greeted by something that does brighten his mood.
Kind of. Honestly, he’s more confused now, but this is a step in the right direction. A small step, though the dog at Owen’s side as he makes the trek from the forest to the village isn’t precisely small. Its shoulders reach up to his knees, but with its awkward, gangly proportions it’s obvious it's just a puppy. With three heads and teeth that are larger and sharper than what any normal dog should have, and the connected spikes that hover over it like some sort of twisted halo, it’s very apparent this isn’t just a dog Owen picked up from the island. (There’s also a song accompanying Owen and Cerberus, but he’s trying not to be visibly annoyed.
When anyone crosses his path, Cerberus perks up and growls. It’s unclear whether he’s being protective or just… aggressive.]
You should be careful, or he’ll take a bite out of you.
[Said very cheerfully, like Owen wants to see someone get chomped. It’s probably a good thing Cain isn’t here.]
task board;
[Looking at the board is utterly, laughably pointless considering Owen can’t actually read anything on it, but he can still tell that it’s been changed since he first arrived. What those changes mean... Probably that there’s new inane tasks to do to appease the Goddess, because he vaguely remembers mentions of it. He really doesn’t know how doing mundane nonsense is empowering a spirit such as the Goddess…
But he also doesn’t really care. She’s a bitch, and he is absolutely not going to do anything to help her out. At least not intentionally… He frowns at the list of… something on the board, before huffing and leaning back, adjusting his hat and eyeing anyone else who came to doublecheck the tasks.]
Are you doing these to improve your farm or because you care about the Goddess’ strength?
[A loaded question to hopefully draw away from any questions for why he’s been staring so long so intently…]
bingo time;
[The task board has reminded him of another thing he’s been hearing about but hasn’t concerned himself with - bingo. What even is bingo? It sounds like something a Westerner would do, which means the thought of it already has given him a headache. There are squares on it, and text, and somehow two of his squares have been checked off? When did that happen…
Well. Whatever. That’s a mystery he will solve approximately never, because he has more important things to do. He can probably use this to make someone miserable, he thinks, because starting a task and then quitting at the end… The dissatisfaction would make doing something the Goddess tells him enjoyable, and so would duping someone into doing something for him…
It’s a perfect plan, and the best thing to do about it is to be forward and hope he can bluff his way through any questions about what tasks he has. He can just show people his card, right?]
What’s the most embarrassing thing you’ve been asked to do?
[Hello, random citizen, have a wizard appearing next to you and leaning way too far into your space. Hope you don’t mind.]
Or did you get lucky and you’re only being asked to spend time with people in the most boring ways possible?
[Is this… helping?]
mean bitch beach vacation;
[The heat is miserable. Owen’s not a fan, which probably isn’t surprising when he comes from somewhere that snows as much as the North. He doesn’t even have the clothes Chloe made to keep cool with him, either, and is stuck with just his normal attire and what he can get in town, which… Sure, he could have chosen to wear shorter sleeves and shorter pants, but why would he expose his skin?
The waterfront does provide a nice bit of cool, ocean air though, and Owen is content to at least enjoy that even if he doesn’t enjoy the sun and sand. Or the water, either. Or the other people on the beach, even if he is mystified by them. So mystified he caves and asks one of the offworld residents that he vaguely kind of recognizes. There’s a lot of people on the island he doesn’t care enough about to keep distinguished from the rest.]
What’s a hot girl summer?
[Wizards versus modern language round: god only knows. He sounds more annoyed by this then is probably reasonable, too, as if hot girl summer has personally insulted him.]
wildcard;
[Standard procedure! I don’t have a plotting comment at the moment and some other AC bonuses to get out, so I will update this if/when I make one! Otherwise you can reach me on Discord,
mean bitch beach vacation.
A "hot girl summer"? Hell if he knows, but he'll grin and give a cheeky answer anyway: ]
A season full of stunningly beautiful women to feast your eyes on, perhaps?
[ He doesn't sound excited about it, nor is he really checking anyone out, but that's that... ]
Why, does that sort of thing interest you?
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Hah?
[Owen never really talked to the Sage prior to Akira, but he did hear about his explanation of Valentine's Day (and Akira's second, allegedly more accurate explanation) through the grapevine...
Owen tuts, crossing his arms across his chest and tapping his fingers against his arm.]
I don't really care, but I think the only person who would suggest something like that would be a lecherous man who's dissatisfied with what's on display on this beach.
[You're a pervert, Vanitas.]
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If you didn't really care, why did you ask? The phrase itself seems quite self-explanatory, anyway.
[ That's not what it actually means, Vanitas, but okay, he's doubling down on it?? Not that he knows any better, but still. ]
I'm certainly dissatisfied with the display as it is now.
[ And he's looking right at Owen as he says it. ]
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[This man must be an idiot.
Also a jerk! Rude.
Incredibly rude, so it's unfortunate he's saying the exact right things to make Owen feel like he's been issued a challenged and he needs to get back at Vanitas. He's seen what some of the locals were wearing to the beach, and with his suitcase back his power has been boosted just a bit...
There's a pale purple shimmer that wraps arounds Owen's body as he leans in, caging Vanitas in, but he looks a little... different, now.
Owen smirks, but it looks just a bit murderous.]
Is this display better? You can certainly see more, can't you.
no subject
Really?
[ He is unperturbed by the murderous look in Owen's eyes, because he's seen that look too many times to count. ]
Congratulations, now go pick up someone somewhere else.
[ where's otegine- ]
no subject
Really.
[It would be easy to go and pick someone up, probably, with all of this skin on display… But Vanitas has made a fatal mistake. He’s annoyed Owen, and that grimace is proof enough that he could get Vanitas to break.
So don’t mind Owen settling down next to Vanitas, draping over his shoulders. Personal bubbles? Never heard of ‘em.]
Why pick someone else when I have someone so interesting [derogatory] and handsome right here?
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Instinctively, almost immediately, he swings his arms backwards, trying to shove Owen off. ]
You're that desperate for my attention, are you? And for what?
[ He scoffs. ]
The least you can do is introduce yourself, if you're going to be so clingy.
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But so many people on the island are more bark then bite, and he needs to see where Vanitas lands.]
I’m hoping to be entertained.
[Pats his head...]
I’m Owen, a witch of the North, and you seem like someone who doesn’t get much… affection.
[Technically not a wizard right now because a pointless point needs to be made.]
i had to emotionally prepare myself for this tag i'm crying
It's Vanitas.
[ He's continuing to grump and scowl at Owen, though... Is this entertaining. Who knows... ]
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I'd say it's a pleasure to meet you, but do you know much about pleasure? Vanitas.
[Owen's having a great time! The grumpier he gets the better.]