[OPEN] Far from Skid Row, I dream we'll go

[guerrilla]

Who: Robin Hood, and anyone unfortunate enough to be in his general vicinity
When: Nebulously between the arrival in Cochrane and now
Where: Gammon
What: Robin Hood is an idiot and a scoundrel, do not associate with him.
Rating: Probably not.

[Arriving in a whole new city is really exciting! For about 0.04 seconds, and then it's time to just immediately fuck off and go roughing it in the country. He's spent an entire month getting to know Caissa, and he'll probably go through a similar canvassing process for Cochrane, but...maybe later. For now, Robin can be found in the following places:]

i. hello from the other side (inn).

[If he's even here at all, it's probably either to sleep or to immediately leave as soon as he wakes up. He's only just gotten used to Caissa, so being shuffled off to another huge city is pretty irritating. And that's not even taking into account that he's expected to fight in some war - that part doesn't bother him as much as it might other people, but if he's going to have to do something unpleasant he might as well enjoy himself until then.

And that means not sticking around any longer than he has to, so he can probably be found doing things like sliding down banisters or jumping halfway down a set of stairs so he can spend 2 fewer seconds indoors on his way out. Watch out, guys.]

ii. tourist trap.

[The countryside of Gammon is supposed to be beautiful, and that's where Robin is spending the majority of his time. Maybe other people are, too! And maybe they're observant enough to notice the pitfall trap a few steps ahead of them, but if they aren't, they're gonna have a bad time.

It's not very deep, and it should be pretty easy to climb out of, unless someone particularly short falls in. It's an annoyance at worst, but what might be more annoying than the trap itself is Robin laughing at anyone unfortunate enough to fall for it from his perch in a nearby tree.

Should someone avoid the trap, it wouldn't be unnatural to look around for who set it up, and while Robin is mostly wearing green, that red hair of his sure stands out when someone is looking for it. For his part, he'll just give anyone who doesn't fall in the most disappointed look.]

iii. mission fae-led.

[When Robin isn't being a jackass to people he might not even know, he's...actually, he's always being a jackass to people he might not even know. And that's not even strictly limited to other people. Raised as a druid, he's always been particularly sensitive to fairies, and seeing as people shunned him for this ability, he tends to prefer the company of fairies to that of his fellow human beings.

The fairies in Blanc are...not exactly the same as the ones he's acquainted with, but similar enough to be comfortable with them. The fairies in Gammon are...to put it bluntly, less willing to put up with his bullshit than any of the other kinds he's met. That's why he's got one climbing up his back, and another one chasing his Carrier around. He looks like a babysitter who got stuck with two overbearing children.

Incidentally, the Carrier, for such a small bird, seems to be putting up a pretty good fight. It's a plucky little thing.]

iv. wildcard.

[hmu if you want to do something else instead!]

Comments

somewhere between ii and iv

[sealeted]

[Hakuno, from far too much experience, does manage to identify and avoid the pitfall as she feels the coverage start to give way beneath her foot.

...mostly.

Her toe catches as she gets clear, and her arms windmill wildly, but ultimately she ends up flat on her face, her pleated skirt flying up. Congratulations, Robin. You get a full look at her white and black polka-dotted panties before she slowly pushes herself to her hands and knees.]

...

[guerrilla]

[Robin had been considering telling Hakuno to stop, but thought it would be fine when she seemed to realize what was going on. Obviously, that wasn't the case. He wouldn't be so bad as to laugh at her situation, though, would he?

Yeah. Yeah, he would. He's trying to muffle it a little, but it's still definitely audible. Sorry, not sorry, Hakuno. At the very least, he descends the tree pretty quickly, standing over the pitfall trap and trying not to start laughing again.]

You weren't wearing shorts this time.

[It isn't until after he says it he realizes he's pretty much just told her he looked up her skirt in the dungeon. Oops.]

[sealeted]

...if I was feeling nice, I might offer to pretend I didn't hear that.

[She stands up and pats off the dirt and leaves from her uniform, shooting him a withering look.]

I wasn't exactly expecting to have to do much climbing when I got up this morning.

III

[chronosynthesis]

[The faeries are the oddest for Syrlya who is basically a fairy in his world, he just doesn't know it yet since arriving in Gammon. He's kept a respectful distance between those he's crossed as they both find one another strange inversions of their selves.

But, well, Robin seems to have... if not trouble, some very full hands. So he approaches with a curious look, his attention drifting more and more on the poor carrier.] You look as though you are having fun.

[He says that genuinely.]

[guerrilla]

[The fairy on Robin's back reaches up and pulls his hair, giggling hysterically. Robin winces a little, but mostly just looks unamused.]

They're a little more...lively than the ones I'm used to.

[Displeased with his vague reaction, the fairy starts pulling on the hood of his cloak.]

Hey, hey! If you rip that you're paying for a new one, you brat!

[He says, as though fairies have things like money.]

[chronosynthesis]

And your friends are--? [Well, perhaps not even friends. He purses his lips to refrain from looking amused.] I suppose they want your attention. There must be plenty of things to do here that would occupy them.

ii

[long_live_the_queen]

[There were some things Kaede didn't really have any experience with, surprisingly. Being electrocuted, for instance.

Or falling into a rather large hole in the ground that was definitely not there before, what the fuck.

She was looking at flowers along the side of the path, too, so was paying even less attention than usual to her feet. She'd never needed to; her vectors would help her just fine, except...now they needed to charge up first, and the seemingly-solid ground gave way underfoot essentially instantaneously.]

Fuck!

[Aaaand over she goes, landing in a flailing heap of panicked limbs at the bottom of the pit. At least she didn't land on her axe.

Her Carrier stood on the edge of the trap, peering in and barking with some concern.]

[guerrilla]

[Robin spends a good ten seconds or so just laughing. This girl's reaction is one of the funniest he's ever seen - all the flailing is really just the icing on an already hilarious cake.

He's not enough of a jackass to not at least offer help to an unsuspecting victim, though. Unless he doesn't like them, in which case they're on their own, but she pretty clearly doesn't fit that category, seeing as they've never spoken before. He descends the tree pretty quickly and crouches by the edge of the pit.]

That was a pretty impressive fall.

[His tone is nonchalant, like he isn't completely to blame for her falling in the first place.]

[long_live_the_queen]

[Kaede's Carrier gives a friendly bark to the new person, wagging his tail. Friend?? Friend!!

Kaede herself isn't nearly as charitable, though. She just starts immediately hissing and spitting before she even sits up, let alone looks at who's up there. She glowers when she does.]

Oh, thanks.

[Naoki yips once more—then scuttles backwards away from the edge. He knew what was coming next! It mostly had to do with the heat shimmer rippling off of Kaede's now-muddy-in-places uniform.]

ii

[timetogetdown]

"Hey-woah!"

With catlike reflexes and sense that bordered on precognition, Lucio perfectly failed to avoid falling into the hole and then spectacularly managed to land on his ass with grace and aplomb.

And now someone was laughing at him too. Was this a thing that NORMALLY happened in the wilderness? This is why Lucio preferred cities.

[guerrilla]

Robin had been absolutely sure Lucio wouldn't fall in, so having his expectations completely defied in such a disastrous manner is amazing. This is already turning out to be even better than he thought it would be.

"Hey there, kiddo! Need any help?" he calls from the tree, still choking back the remains of a laugh.

[timetogetdown]

"Nah I got it."

Lucio was particularly short, but he was also good at climbing. It took a bit, since the edges were dirt and kept crumbling, but he did eventually scramble his way out of the pit.

He climbed to his feet and dusted his hands off. "This happen a lot out here?"

i

[lastcomfort]

[ The inn is really pretty from an architectural standpoint. That's something she can appreciate, torn as she is about her current situation. If this place really needs help, she understands that the powers that be might be desperate to find anyone or anything that they can, but...could the timing have been any worse? She's not certain.

Lost in her thoughts, she wanders down the hall, idly staring at whatever interesting piece of the building catches her eye. But she jumps when she comes to the bottom of the stairs, eyes blinking wide as she see someone take the fun way down...

...heading right towards her. ]

...

[ Oops.

She squeaks. ]

Ah!

[guerrilla]

[Robin's not too concerned when someone stops at the bottom of the stairs. She'll probably just get out of the way, right?

...Right?

He doesn't even have time to tell her to get out of the way before he crashes right into her.]

[lastcomfort]

[ Any rational person should. Her instinct is, yes, she should be jumping a few feet to the left--

--too bad that triggered a few seconds too late.

At least now she can check off getting attacked off of a bannister from her bucket list? Something like that. If not she'll add it so she can mark it off.

So there they are, a heap on the floor. Saying it didn't hurt would be a lie and she's never been very good at that. So instead she's rubbing her head... ]

Ow-wow...

[ She might have been squishy enough to make his fall a little easier, at least? Well, parts of her, anyway. ]

A-are you okay?

i

[redsea]

Oh!

[ She squeaks when he slides down the banister and past her, sending her spinning down the stairway herself. It's a miracle she grabbed the banister, else she would have dirtied her new dress. (She always seems to have a new dress.) ]

Watch where you're going, you! Is there a need to be in such a rush?

[ If he dares walk out as she scolds him, she's following! ]

[guerrilla]

[Fortunately, Robin is always dtf (down to fight, as long as it's a verbal one) so she doesn't have to worry about following him.]

No, but there wasn't a need for you to be in the way either, so I guess we're even.

[Why is he like this.]

[redsea]

[ She clenches her fists and stomps hard. ] I was using the stairs properly.

[ WHY IS HE LIKE THIS ]

ii

[gaydreamer]

[ nope. nope nope nope. only an amateur thief would be stupid enough to fall into a trap like that, and nina is no amateur. she'll even taunt whoever the maker of said trap is, jumping over it with a graceful, acrobatic flip.

when she sticks the landing, she can't help but smirk. with a trap like that, she's sure that the maker is somewhere around here. she'll speak out loud, in no direction in particular. ]

Nice try, but you're gonna have to do a lot better than that.

[ and she'll be scanning the nearby trees for said maker. ]

If you don't want to come out and play, I'll find you instead...

[guerrilla]

[This trap is far from his best work, but the way Nina completely avoids it is still pretty impressive. It's one thing to just jump over or walk around it, but she really went the extra mile.

He's not making that much of an effort to hide either, but he's decided to take Nina up on her offer to find him, so he very carefully moves a little higher into the bushier parts of the tree he's sitting in. Denser foliage means less visibility, at the very least.]

[gaydreamer]

[ what can she say? she's pretty agile, and while she isn't exactly flashy, she likes to taunt her foes every so often. weaving through attacks and traps is just one way to do that.

she stops to listen carefully to the sounds of movement, smiling to herself when she hears what she believes to be her adversary. it's tough to figure out which tree he's in exactly, but the one she begins to climb is quite close to his. as she climbs, she tries to stay hidden as well - it's better to have the element of surprise. ]

ii

[sommer]

Ow!

[ This is what Anna gets for traveling all alone. She has fallen inside one of the pits, and just so happens to be short enough that she can't easily get out. ]

Who puts a hole here? Seriously!

[guerrilla]

[Robin waves from the tree, still grinning a little.]

That'd be me. It's a pretty good one, right?

[Not too bad for something he whipped up on the fly, at least.]

III

[nomicrequired]

[No see he's never seen a fairy before, not a real one. Only ones in fantasy movies. So it's weird to see one on Robin's back, crawling up him like a mosquito or a tick. Does he squash it? He doesn't have a flyswatter.]

Excuse me, but there's something strange crawling up your back.

[It has wings and arms and legs. Maybe he shouldn't squash it.]

[guerrilla]

Oh, yeah, I know. It's fine.

[As long as it isn't pulling on anything, it's okay...though as soon as he thinks it, the fairy makes a grab for his hair.]

You little shit!

[The fairies, for their part, think this is absolutely hilarious.]