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venti ([personal profile] wimdy) wrote in [community profile] come_sailaway2022-08-29 12:25 am

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Who: Venti and open /o/
What: laaate post-event thing for him, waking up from a little stress nap and being tiny.
When: near september!
Where: hurikane mostly!
Warnings: none really except maybe coming back from death and trauma-y memories if he talks about that. other than that he’s just a small fairy being an idiot.


[ it's not very responsible of him, but 1) responsibility and 2) venti: pick one. he is actually the kind of person who tends to disappear at occasional moments, sometimes at the most irresponsible times. he's also the kind who could stress-nap entire decades away, so maybe a good couple of days or even a week is being almost responsible for him. there's darkness, then he wakes up in bed rather unexpectedly and painfully by his new roomie. he processes that he's returned to life and rafaela is back and instead of talking to her or going out and checking on other people, why not just... go back to sleep. so he does.

a day later or so, he kind of disappears entirely, like wind invisible that may float away.

and maybe a week after that, the wind may slowly pull himself together. but he is weak, he's not terribly strong, he's rather tired and maybe lost more faith in himself. venti himself hasn't been around in a good while but a fairy-looking thing, something small and white that practically looks like a bird from a distance, would be slowly floating through the ship towards a bar. you can maybe find this creature:

1. fluttering rather dazedly, like a dizzy bee, charting a little path through the ship en route to deck five.
2. it seems to take breaks every so often to simply sit on the ground, or maybe even float to sit tiredly on your shoulder or head if you're nearby and make a nice perch.
3. sitting on the ground staring up at the door to hurikane, looking bemused at how to open it, chirping tiredly at you if you're nearby to please open the door!
4. if he manages to get in the bar, the critter is sitting on the counter making half-hearted little chirps to the ghost bartender who apparently doesn't get the hint that he needs wine.
5. eventually, or maybe a day later or so, venti would find it in himself to transform back and simply be found in hurikane at a table surrounded by bottles. he needs this, he really does.
(6. wildcard/anything else!! i might just make this a catch-all for september too i don't know yet) ]
opheliac: ✖ malagraphic (hallucinations)

[personal profile] opheliac 2022-09-05 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)
(with a warm smile, she brings up her free hand to lightly wipe the tears from his cheek. jinx leans in again to plant yet another small kiss on the forehead before settling more in next to him. )

Of course. (her tone kind, tender, and soft. a deep breath from out of her nose as she shuts her eyes, too. maybe if she relaxes her muscles and her mind, venti can as well in his own pace.)

Wanna make today an "us" day? We can lie here and talk. You can watch me work if you want later. Or I can put one some music? I don't have a lotta recorders but... I got one from Zaun that's not as wild.
opheliac: ✖ malagraphic (Rival the drugs we dare)

[personal profile] opheliac 2022-09-06 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
(well with that being said, it looks like "jinx and venti/baratos" day is a-go. so for a moment, she raises up from the mattress and gives her body a stretch -- arms over her head with a light twist.)

The desert had a lotta cars so I rip some of 'em to pieces to gather the parts. I'm makin' guns. They're not for me, though. Two of my caps asked to make some for 'em.

(finish stretching, jinx walks on over to the curtains of the stage to yank out her gramophone. and luckily to save herself work, the recorder of choice is already set up. all she needs to do is turn it on and let it play.)

I just gotta design it a lil' more and I'd be through.
opheliac: ✖ malagraphic (but I know them birds saw me)

[personal profile] opheliac 2022-09-06 02:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah! Curly and Basilica the Raven! But everyone knows 'em as Stede and Izzy. I'm in their crew and they've been givin' me strict orders!

(she smiles to him over her shoulder -- even makes an attempt to wiggle her nose at him (she can't do it so she just looks goofy) then sits back down in front of the instrument.)

I'd do that buuut they don't seem like the type who would be interested in those designs. It's more like a "me" thing, anyway.
opheliac: ✖ malagraphic (the only way out is down)

[personal profile] opheliac 2022-09-06 03:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. I'm thinkin' we all need to be armed or 'least know some kind of self-defense. But anythin' can be weapon if you know how to use it. Guns, knives, and all that isn't really necessary. Just more effective.

(she places the needle on the recorder and the song begins to play. but she makes sure the volume isn't as loud so they can still chat with it in the background.)
opheliac: ✖ malagraphic (I've heard that I grew up filthy)

[personal profile] opheliac 2022-09-06 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
(she hums along with him until he speaks again. at the sheer moment he goes off to a self-loathing route, jinx spins around to face him fully. she scoots over without needing to re-sit herself then places both of her hands on the side of his face. jinx makes absolutely sure his gaze is at her and nothing else. her pinks are glue to his aqua green -- even glistening for a split second before resorting back.)

Oh no, you don't. I'm not gonna let you fall off that cliff while I'm here. You did what you could. And that's what matters, okay? Don't make me poke you again.

(she then lets her hands fall to her lap.)

And yeah, I came out of it fine.
opheliac: ✖ malagraphic (Didn't say a peep)

[personal profile] opheliac 2022-09-06 04:44 pm (UTC)(link)
(it's hard to get a reading on her expression. is she upset? angry? secretly fuming? one can only guess. during her upbringing underneath silco, jinx had learned to keep a straight and default look whenever it's needed. it's normally during missions or for integration purposes if the rare chance she got captured.

this particular mask she hardly wears on the ship except for now. jinx sits motionless without a word as the song continues to bounce along the theater walls; it echoes once the chorus sings.)


(there's finally movement from her though after such intense stillness -- a roll of her shoulder as she speaks:)

Y'know when we were up there the air and I was havin' the time of my life? You probably didn't see 'cuz you were focusin' on us not fallin' to our doom but — (a small pause.) — one of the undeads I killed were the ones comin' after the Enforcer.

(and she will leave it at that. no further explanation.)
Edited 2022-09-06 16:46 (UTC)
opheliac: ✖ malagraphic (i dont know what is real)

[personal profile] opheliac 2022-09-06 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
(it's a real shame her complexion is so pale. the redness spread along her cheeks at the lean, wind, and the scent of the flower. quickly, she darts her gaze to the instrument working its halfway point to the song. a rough air huff through her nostrils and a grumble:)

Yeahyeahyeah, whatever. It was Pow-Pow's time to shine so I was MORE focus on her than anythin' else. Her happiness is my happiness.
opheliac: ヽ(✿゚▽゚)ノ (feel it in my bones)

[personal profile] opheliac 2022-09-07 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
The biggest!! — Fishbones was pretty bummed, though. But I couldn't use him, y'know? That rocket would had made tooooo much of a damage.

(let alone it would also destroy the diner, their escape route, and the remaining crewmates. if she was her old self, she probably would had done it anyhow. boy, she really has changed over the several months. funny how a few people can change a person.)
opheliac: (•_•) (Take your seat)

[personal profile] opheliac 2022-09-07 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
In a sense. Fishbones is a more of a one-on-one kind of guy. His whole deal is to hit one big target but not several.

(the song ends but she is too lazy to switch it up to something else. instead, jinx floats back on the mattress with her hands behind her head.)

'Course if you get in front of him, you'll get blown away, too. He lets out a BIG punch so it's better to be at the other end. Take the desert, for example. If I had used Fishbones instead of Pow-Pow... (she grants him a small shurg.) — Yeah, the undead would had been gone in a snap. Buuuut so would be everyone else and the diner. It would had just be you, me, and Lumine out there. Or... whoever else was behind us.

(idly, she sways her feet from side to side.)

So Fishbones is used for a big project, if ya catch my drift.
Edited 2022-09-07 19:10 (UTC)
opheliac: ✖ malagraphic (I heard you question my stability)

[personal profile] opheliac 2022-09-07 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
(...)

If my pirate caps want me to, I guess. It's a lil' hard to say since these excursions are so... — (she lifts up a hand to make wave gestures.) — random. Kiiiinda on the fence if I should hang on tight in case we come across somethin' where he'd be needed.
Edited 2022-09-07 20:16 (UTC)
opheliac: ✖ malagraphic (I don't care if I fall)

[personal profile] opheliac 2022-09-08 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
Oh yeah? (she doesn't really turn to look over his direction. her eyes are practically up to the stage curtains but lazily reaches over to flick his braid with her index.)

What's your new thoughts about it?
Edited 2022-09-08 01:23 (UTC)
opheliac: ✖ malagraphic (You thought I'd be crawling)

[personal profile] opheliac 2022-09-08 05:59 am (UTC)(link)
(she stops in mid-flicking his braid to finally turn her head to him; quirking an eyebrow. jinx's been hearing somehow these excursions are linked to something.)

I didn't get to see what happened but Darcy explained it to me. Some... small kid he turned into? Which practically means he has an Arcane talent of a shapeshifter.
opheliac: ✖ malagraphic (I know you've heard)

[personal profile] opheliac 2022-09-09 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
(jinx listens attentively while scrunching up her lips (aka duck facing it) as she takes in his thoughts and letting her own gears turn, too. it is pretty strange how the last excursion seemed so different and how he gave them so much wiggle room. she folds her arms over her chest before returning her glance back up at the curtains/stage lights above them.)

He could also be fuckin' with us. That's another possibility. — If I were him, I'd do a lotta random stuff just to throw everyone off. It's a lot more fun to watch everyone scramble around and trying to figuring me out when they're not even close. Or when really there's no meaning to anythin'. It's just pure mindless fun.

(she shrugs her shoulders before letting out a deep breath.)

Buuuuuut the Cap and I work differently. Well... more like our brains do their things differently. So you can't really take my word for it.
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