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expiationlogs2023-02-17 07:53 am
{Mini Event} Day of Devotion
This is an entirely opt-in very casual event that has nothing to do with overarching storyline and is just an additional introductory log, and a means for characters to meet. We hope you've all had a very happy Valentine's Day week however you've chosen to spend it!
SCARVES OF LOVE
The season of affection and love of all kinds falls upon Aldrip in the wake of their festivities for Those Who Were There. As part of the celebration, what's referred to as the 'Day of Devotion,' local merchants carry a variety of wares, but none so coveted as their multicoloured scarves available in a variety of prints, designs, and fabrics. Perhaps consider picking one up and giving it to someone who's important to you. No money? No problem! Whilst Aldrip doesn't exactly work on a layaway system or akin to, you'll find the mercantile business owners are quite open to trades and other means of bartering. Maybe they'll give out a scarf or two in agreement for running some errands...
Lucky recipients of these very fashionable scarves will find themselves suspiciously open to sharing positive, warm and fuzzy, or perhaps downright amorous feelings toward the person who gifted them the scarf to begin with, regardless of whether you've known them for years or even just a couple of weeks. But don't worry—the feelings are temporary! Once the Day of Devotion comes to a natural conclusion, your feelings will return to something like normalcy and you'll still wind up with a new fashion accessory. Of course, if you've always been amorous with that special someone, you likely won't notice any sort of change.
Take the opportunity to embrace the celebration, maybe embrace one another a little bit, too, and begin forming some potentially everlasting bonds with others.
BRING PROTECTION
Not everyone is choosing to celebrate the Day of Devotion in the same way. Due to the heightened popularity of the pretty scarves, some of Aldrip's jewellers have been bitten by the green bug of jealousy. In an attempt to compete with the sales of scarves, jewellers are advertising pendants, brooches, and other assorted charms that are meant to serve as warding and protective trinkets. What are they protecting one from? It's difficult to say and the merchants aren't inclined to give a straight answer. But whether you need protection from love, personal feelings, or perhaps something more physical, they've got you covered!
If you choose to give these amulets to others, recipients of them and their related will be compelled to share their true feelings with those around them in addition to the person who gave them the protective charms. This sounds like it could be a good thing, however, that means it covers the array of positive, negative, and every shade in between, without a filter in place. Consider these accessories a potential test of friendships, familial relationships, and more.
Like the scarves, this need and desire to be truthful with your feelings will be temporary, lasting until the Day of Devotion celebration is over. But at least you'll be protected. From something. Maybe. Probably. Or not!
FLOWERS FOR ALDRIP
By now, you may be well familiar with Aldrip's variety of fields that are filled with vegetables and fruits that grace the dinner tables of the town and local cuisine. During the Day of Devotion and weeks leading up to it, you'll find that they're clearing another field and preparing the soil. What for, you won't find out until the actual day of the celebration. Once it arrives, there's a collection of simple carts filled with flowering plants. Locals and newly-arrived alike are welcome to lend a hand in planting them along the neatly tilled rows.
You may find plants that resemble or are identical to plants from your home world. You may find plants that you've never seen in your life. They come in a variety of colours and are accompanied by a lightly pleasing scent that shouldn't be too overpowering, though may still disturb those with allergies.
All who help out with the planting, watering, and other tending, will be rewarded with a bouquet of flowers that can be passed onto others to show your appreciation and other forms of affection. You may even find yourself making a good and lasting impression on the locals by offering some assistance.
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... Woah. I've... I've only been poisoned, but I don't think I've ever gotten a disease or anything. Do you turn green? Grow a third eye? What happens out there?
(instinctually, yeah, that makes sense. reason being why that happens is news. fushi is definitely not a doctor. but wait, record scratch.)
... Are there plants in space?
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Hah, nothing that weird. At least I don't think so? I once got bit by a bug that dug into my leg and started taking over it, but that wasn't really a disease, you know? At most I'd probably just get like a really bad stomach bug or maybe like a rash that won't go away. Humans are pretty resilient, but there's other species out there that would be in some pretty big trouble if they caught an off-planet disease.
[ Don't ask Peter about the time he caught an alien STD on Contraxia, he will deny everything. ]
Oh, yeah! They don't look much like these though. But lots of planets have all kinds of plants. Some of 'em are sentient, too.
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(she blinks a few times, hand back to peter's to drag him around to look and rub her face on more flowers, normal teen girl behavior.)
Like Groot, right? I've been moss, but moss... I don't remember. It's not like moss has a mind... But I've been many things, so if you wonder how life is as other things, I can tell you.
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[ This is a real, canon monster from the novelization. But Peter is happy to be led around and follow her -- that's what dads do, right? Who knows. ]
That's right! Flora Colossi like Groot are sentient. There's also this species called the Cotati, but they don't move around like he does. They just kinda sit still and watch and judge people -- I couldn't understand what any of them said, but apparently they're jerks.
[ Peter hadn't given it much thought at the time, since that would be a miserable existence if you asked him, but for a plant... what else would they have to do normally? ]
Man, I'd never thought of that. What's life like for moss... or flowers...? It's not like they got brains, but they've got like... photosynthesis?
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Woah... That's not how my life was at all. Doesn't your translator have it for them? Is it I am Cotati?
(and there's a shrug. as a moss, there's nothing too interesting to tell...)
I haven't been a flower... But when I was moss, it was very cold... It was a place where there is just ice and snow all the time, so the only... "thought"? Was getting enough sunlight. I've been other things... The wolf was the first, but the ones I spent most in that weren't human were fish.
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[ He wiggles a hand, as if that means something. Well, they only got the Cotati to move thanks to Groot, so he can only guess. ]
They live on this planet called Lamentis. It's actually a really beautiful place. Really peaceful. I guess the Cotati believe in peace, so maybe they probably think people are stupid for fighting all the time.
[ He shrugs. It's a little more exposition that he might give usually, but he knows how much Fushi likes to learn stuff, so he's happy to exposit. ]
Huh. That's cool. What was being a fish like? Is it true you don't realize you're underwater?
[ That's what people say, right? Fish don't know they're underwater, because for them it's as normal as breathing? ]
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part of her just wants to go to space now, see beings as strange as she is, meet people who would find fushi normal and where there are no responsibilities. she can live forever on her own terms, it seems.)
... Take me, okay? One day, we're going to space!
(adventurous fushi, and she laughs at the question. again, things she's never been asked before.)
Mhm... It's a very nice life. You just think about the smells you like, the food you like, and keep away from predators, but mostly the smells... You can't tell you're underwater, it's outside that it's scary, it's just... Like you and I are now! I didn't have good eyesight, so my friend would tell me when there were predators. I used to dig holes as a thanks, too. I spent two years like that.
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You can count on it.
[ He squeezes her hand. He really means it. ]
Two whole years? Man, that must've been nice! I mean, predators are something I've had to worry about sometimes, and I'm human.
[ He's mostly joking? But also? Even Peter can admit that having no worries would be a pretty nice break. ]
Can't believe that thing about the water's true. But yeah, I guess to them it's just breathing... Kinda reminds me of how some people can survive in space the same way, they don't need air or nothing, they're just built different.
[ He is not one of those lucky people. ]
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(If Peter Knew The Shit Fushi Goes Through He Would Have A Heart Attack
either way, there's a laugh from fushi. of course it would be like that. humans are fragile, and even humans can be predators and prey, but he doesn't like that either. it's not even for food!! humanity, help out.)
Yeah, it's like you and I are here, but if we went underwater, it could be scary after a while. Isn't it incredible? Many different things.
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[ He waves a hand, dismissing it. He'd be in good company. ]
Yeah! It's seriously incredible. [ Peter's eyes really light up at the idea. Even if going underwater would be trouble for him, he can't deny that seeing somewhere new would be the best. ] There's so much of the universe to discover. New planets nobody's been too, new places with new things to see and explore... I love how everything's different, everywhere you go.
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(new vocabulary, new confusion. nothing that peter isn't probably used to with fushi at this point.)
Do you want to ever just stop on a place? I think that could be tiring after a while, don't you think?
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[ Space is a kinder place, or at least Peter will make sure Fushi thinks so. ]
Never. My place to stop is my ship, the Milano -- that's home for me. Everywhere else is just a cool place to visit. [ He waves a hand, he talks with his hands a lot, but he gets especially impassioned about his ship. ] I mean, there are some places and planets that are cool, like Knowhere or Contraxia, and we'll stop for a week or two if we need to unwind, but... getting tired of being out there? In the stars? That's just never gonna happen to me.
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(help, this is so confusing, but at least peter's always been patient. there's never been any reasons for her to feel like she can't be ignorant.)
I can't imagine how you feel like that. It... Could feel a little lonely, but I suppose you have friends, so it's not so possible. Groot, Rocket, and the others...
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[ Peter really is patient with her. He was once that confused, lost kid in space, (even if Fushi is 200 years old) and he would never want to discourage them from asking questions. ]
Yeah. [ He sighs, a little misty-eyed. ] Having good company helps a lot. Groot, Rocket, Gamora, Drax, even Nikki... they're my family. Doesn't matter where we go, as long as we're together.
[ He looks up at the sky.... oh, he's going to make himself sad. He's definitely sad. But he's also realizing it, so he blinks hard and flips his visor on to hide any red in his eyes. ]
Ugh, that pollen's pretty bad. [ Sniff. He clears his throat. ] Anyway... you'd fit right in.
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he's going to get jumped, and barked at, and licked.
don't be sad.)
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Hah, whoa—
[ Naturally he's going to hug him and pet his ears and the mask is gone because it's hard to laugh in that thing. Plus, he knows his friends wouldn't want him to be sad, either. ]
Thanks, buddy. Guess I did a pretty crappy job of hiding how much I miss them, huh?
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it might do peter some good to remember them. fushi's an expert at that, after all. so, without any strength at all, he'll bite the hand that pets him, guiding them away from the crowd.)
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This where you wanted to go, boy?
[ Look, he's a puppy, it's hard to resist talking to him like that when Fushi's like this. ]
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which is what he proceeds to do. it's the boy this time, the gust blowing a little on their hair and he sits on the nearest patch of grass, a hand pulling peter down with him.)
I think you need to talk. Can you trust me to be honest with me?
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Being told he needs to talk about his friends is maybe less cool. Aw! But then if he were in Fushi's shoes he wouldn't want to pretend it didn't happen either... ]
Aw, man. [ Peter hangs his head. ] Of course I trust you, Fushi... I just. You know. I miss my friends... I miss the Milano. I shouldn't dwell on it, but. It's hard sometimes.
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(it's 200-year-old wisdom, even if it comes from a teenage boy.)
Besides, you have a chance, still. We don't know what this place wants from us, maybe you'll see them again.
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[ Peter sighs, his smile a bit muted. But it's there. Fushi is pretty wise for a 200-year-old kid. Peter should know better than to ignore his own sadness, after the mess with the Promise, but that was different. Missing his mom, or mourning Kor-El was dealing with the deaths of people who deserved better. At least Peter's friends aren't dead. They're out there, probably looking for him. Probably worried sick and arguing constantly without him to smooth things over. ]
I know I'll make it out of here. I have to, for them.
[ He feels stronger in his resolve, thinking about them. Even if the ache in his heart wants nothing more than to get yelled at by Gamora for being stupid, or cursed at by Rocket for leaving without giving them a heads up. ]
Do you, uh... I've talked about Groot a bit, but did you wanna know anything about the rest of 'em? Drax, Gamora, Rocket, or Nikki?
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(remembering, cherishing, honoring. the ways peter and fushi can do it differ, but the intention doesn't so much.)
Tell me their dreams... And if you'd like, I'll introduce you my friends, too, later.
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[ Peter nods. God, he can't imagine if he had to see his mom every day... He misses her still, even if he's come to terms with her death. It's still rough. He sucks in a breath, almost a laugh, almost a sob, then runs a hand across his face.
He still misses her. She didn't deserve what she got. But all he can do is keep living, and keep her memory alive. Same goes for each of his friends. ]
Dreams, huh... [ He smiles, sad, but trying. ] I think most of them just want a place where they belong. They're all people who've lost a lot because of the Galactic War. We all wanna make the galaxy a better place, maybe make it so less people get hurt like we did. Or at least help enough people so that the memory of the people we lost gets easier to carry.
[ Whoops, everyone in gotg 2021 has dead friends or family... hey at least they all have that in common with Fushi! ]
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fushi can listen.)
... But you've given them a place to belong, right? If you don't want to settle down, you've given them a place to stay. You've also given them each other, right? So in a way, their dreams have come true, yes?
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