001 // There's a storyline here somewhere [Open]

[twilightskey]

Characters: Roxas/The Little Mermaid and YOU
Campaign: Hollow Christmas Carol, Act 1
Format: I will match
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Summary: Exploring the Draft and Sub Quest things!

A: Tombstone Hunting
[Roxas knew that this was what he had agreed to do when he came here, and wasn't one who simply shied away from a difficult task. But as he hunted around the fog-filled forest, he couldn't help but want to be done with this place.]

Hey, did you find any new pieces yet?

[He's been doing his best to put up a tough front, but the way he kept warily looking around and gripped at his arms from time to time betrayed how nervous the creepy forest made him feel.]

B: Collecting Wooden Planks
[This seemed like a task that Roxas was more than capable of helping out with. Though the current was fast, a few pumps of his tail enabled him to fight against it and help whoever he was working with to fish out the necessary planks of wood that they needed. But while his idea to get into the river seemed smart at first, he was quickly seeing the problem with it.]

Ow!

[That last bite almost made him lose the piece he was holding onto, though he had to flick his tail to bat the skeletal fish that had bit him away.]

These things are a nuisance..!

C:
[The group may not have been in the Draft for terribly long, but after a few days of searching for pieces of the set they need, Roxas was quite painfully reminded of a particular "quality" of his essence. Late one afternoon, he will be forced to write a shaky scrawl of a message to anyone who might have their journals on them.]

Could someone come help me? I can't walk

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Comments

[ricebird]

Phew... I'm so glad, for a second I was worried you were going to drown...

[She lets Roxas sit up by himself, and then still kneeling and hands in her lap, she turns and gives a deep bow. Not a full kowtow, but back bent and reverent.]

Thank you SO much for your help, Shizuo-san...

[hatesviolence]

[If she's in the water, a full kowtow would probably not end well—]

It's no problem. Glad I could even help at all. [He's not really used to being relied upon, so...]

Sure you're doing okay, Roxas?

[twilightskey]

Sorry about that...

[He hadn't meant to startle them, but even he didn't know his transformation would have hurt so much. He looked up at them and nodded.]

Yeah, I'm alright, I think. My tail is still throbbing, but not as badly.

[He lifts the end of his tail out of the water, looking over it for a moment before sinking it back under the water.]

[ricebird]

Good... [Sigh.] Magic really can be troublesome at times, can't it...?

[Now she's kind of glad that her world is so mundane, and that her powers don't affect her body (that she knows of). Poor Roxas...]

[hatesviolence]

Seems that way.

[What a weird place they're in. But magic or no magic, at least he's glad he was able to help.

So to Roxas:]

I'm not really doing anything right now, so I'll stick around to make sure you don't need anything else.

[twilightskey]

You're telling me.

[The magic in his world isn't this complicated back home... At least he was able to get some help.]

Thanks, Shizuo. I'd appreciate it. [He has no idea when he'd be able to transform again, but at least he won't be alone.] Thanks for your help, both of you.

[ricebird]

[Kotori gives a nervous chuckle and jazz hands in protest.]

No no, you're fine, it's no trouble at all. Besides, Shizuo-san did all the helping, really.