chill night times chillaxin'.

[crittersheep]

WHO: people
WHERE: places
WHEN: day 86 evening through day 87 morning

[ well! today was eventful, with a ritual that was fairly tame and all. now it's time to decompress and do whatever it is you like to do after not terrible mingles.

time passes etc etc. ]

Comments

[aiwillneversmile]

[sitting near the fence, flipping through a light novel (Gosick) with a cup of coffee . . . okay, he's drinking more coffee than reading but shh]

[wants_the_phd]

[Azdaja is walking around the pasture with a satchel full of flyers advertising an upcoming masquerade. She's still missing an arm from the shoulder down, which is making hanging these flyers up really fucking tricky, actually. She's trying to hold a paper against a tree with the side of her hand while she presses a nail into it deep enough to hold it in place. Then she pulls out a hammer out of her bag to finish the job. She doesn't have enough hands to hold the nail in place, so when the hammer glances off of it, it pings right out of the tree and the flyer blows away in the breeze.]

Fuck.

[failsaver]

[ catches it easily and offers it back to her ]

Here.

[wants_the_phd]

[she sighs, and tucks the hammer under her arm so she can take the paper.]

Thanks.

It's easy to take for granted how useful having two hands can be.

[failsaver]

Mm.

If it's okay to ask, are you looking to replace it?

[wants_the_phd]

Yeah. I have a limbus one growing already. I'm hoping it'll be ripe by tomorrow.





...You look familiar. Do you have any siblings, by chance?

[hotnbothered]

[ Catches the flyer as it goes wafting by, then automatically blurts out: ]

Shouldn't fixing that take priority over putting up notices?!

[mykidisthebest]

[snatches the flyer out of the air, glancing at what's written on it]

Need help with that?

[wants_the_phd]

Fixing... my arm? I've got a replacement growing. It should be ready by tomorrow, I think.

[wants_the_phd]

[Rose and Daffodil are hosting a FANCY BALL! and he's invited!]

I would love some, actually. This is harder than I expected.

[hotnbothered]

[ Freezes when she sees him and stares at him for a few moments too long. ]

[mykidisthebest]

I hate to point this out, but it's probably difficult because you only have one arm. Were you not able to find your arm?

[holds out his hand for the hammer and nail]

[failsaver]

Fingers crossed!

[ zero surprise regarding limbus, he's clearly caught up with the lowdown ]

... I do. But I'm pretty sure my brother isn't the guy you're thinking of.

[hotnbothered]

... Oh. Does it take that long? I didn't realize. I suppose I've only ever put an existing one back on before.

[wants_the_phd]

[She plops the hammer into his hand and starts fishing around in the grass for the nail]

I did, but it was already too dead to stick it back on. I have a limbus one cooking that should be ripe by tomorrow, I think.

[wants_the_phd]

Yeah, it can take a couple days if you're growing it from scratch.

I could have made an instant one, but it would have taken a lot of limbus sap, and I didn't want to hog it all in case other people needed it.

...I don't know if they did, though.

[wants_the_phd]

No?

[aiwillneversmile]

[will stare right back at her, go on (also, this is in the morning since i forgot to put it in the toplevel)]

[mykidisthebest]

[shoulders droop a fraction]

Ah. Sorry about that. The limbus arm doesn't seem to have any issues, but not being able to put the original one back on is a shame. I should've mentioned it sooner.

[failsaver]

Your guy looked like me, but was taller and more high-energy, right?

[hotnbothered]

Hm. Rather obliging of you.

[hotnbothered]

[ ... Looks slightly off to the side. ]

Already up and about, I see.

[aiwillneversmile]

[and closing his book]

It's not like Clover was going to leave me dead for a few days. But, yeah, I'm fine.

[hotnbothered]

Well, yes, I could have guessed that part. I meant more that you're going about your business as usual.

[aiwillneversmile]

I don't see the point in lingering on it. Everyone else is doing that enough for me.