pawnstorm | [semiopen] they had lights inside their eyes

Who: Shinoa and a few other people.
When: Half a post backdated to 4/14-ish, half a post after Graupera's battle (4/20)
Where: Capablanca
What: Jobs! Shinoa frolics in the wilderness, and spends a sober afternoon making boats.
Rating: Mentions of death? Will update as I go along.

A date with Mother Nature: Closed to Lapis & Setsuna (anyone who has existing CR with Shinoa can also drop me a line if you want to tag this!)

[The chef is certainly doing himself no favors; Shinoa would've dug something out of a trashbin for them in spite, if she weren't looking forward to exploring the wildernesses she hadn't had back home.

But this place has intact woodlands and peaceful rivers, bubbling with water clearer than she's ever seen from the soil- than she's seen in a long time, to be exact, but her memories of a time before the apocalypse are too far back to be really accessible. She's spending as much time fooling around as she is foraging, rolling in the grass and circling around the trees, and when she strips off her boots to wander into the shallows of a creek her face is one of an awed child's.

But eventually she settles down, so if you don't find her exploring you might find her in water up to her calves, trying to net some riverfish. Once in a while she skims the water with a horizontal swipe of her scythe and send fish flying everywhere. Most of them don't land where she wants to- on the bank where she can get at them- so there's a lot of swearing and flailing to catch the ones that're just flung further out into the river.]

Vessel of Hope: OTA

[They did this too, back home. It was very informal, because by the time the army ranks were what it had been before the apocalypse they'd seen too much death for those in power to feel like commemoration was necessary. (Not like Kureto ever would do something as thoughtful as commemoration, but whatever.) When people died in her company she'd see their teammates cluster in a secluded corner of the barracks, hushed and solemn around some kind of firelight, and she used to not understand.

She understands a bit more now, but she still struggles; the least she can do is start the firelight for the fallen who don't have teammates. It feels like the right thing to do.

Shinoa can be found down by the docks, seated in a quiet area and decorating boats. The boats she's using are evidently purchased (because she has as much craft skills as cooking skills- i.e. none). There're small piles of beads and paints around her.]

Oh- snap!

[She accidentally knocks a paint-pot over, and hastily sets it upright.]

Threaded | Flat

[Since the docks seemed to be one of the fairly calm places around (not to mention the closest, too), Gilbert settled down in between smaller boats with the tools he lent and some wood pieces in various shapes. By no means, was he a master carpenter, but apparently he wanted to give it a try.

Two nails almost hammered into his own hand, a few minor abrasions and lots of wood shavings later, he could say that he was done. The boats he crafted were really plain as the thought of decorating them didn't really cross his mind—all that's left to do was to put the candles inside.]

Who's there?!

[Gilbert was already gathering the boats he crafted and putting them in line when the noise of a paint can flipped over reaches his ears , which means that whoever that was shouldn't be too far away. After straightening his back, he looks around to see who's behind the commotion.]

[ That's... a very unconventional way of fishing. Setsuna almost winches to witness those poor creatures being flung everywhere. She seems clumsy, so she might be unaware of the impact of her actions... That isn't good, so he immediately walks closer so he could call the girl's attention. He realizes that she's a Hero too because of her uniform, so he tries to speak with a nonthreatening tone.

Since she's here, it's either she's also doing this for the gathering job or she's here to catch fish for herself. Well, he'll find out soon. ]

Please cease that method. It is harming the environment more than you realize, and I do not recommend slaying the fish right away.

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i'm here now!!