thenearshore | [OPEN] Ain't no stopping sunshine / Ain't no stopping me

Who: Kairi and OPEN
What: Catchall + Leo-Roxas Party Prep
When: All Month, but special prompts for July 1-2 (April 2nd-7th)
Where: The Far Shore, all over
Warnings: n/a

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PROMPT A - All Month: Before 10am (with or without Hajime)
[ Kairi and Hajime have taken to jogging in the mornings. You could very easily flag one or both of them down to say "Hi!" You could also use it as an excuse to have your character stop by the Artemis-Baldr temple later on if they see Kairi and remember something else they want to talk about. ]

PROMPT B - July 1-2: Lunch & Early Afternoons (Nimbus Errands)
[ After Kairi's request for pictures of Roxas or Leo goes up, she'll be bouncing between picking them up, buying supplies, and checking in at Forrest's temple for his side of the party prep. How is she getting around so fast? By riding Goten's little orange cloud friend. This time she actually got permission to borrow it for the 48 hours immediately before the party, so that hopefully Roxas wouldn't notice how long she was gone just from all the walking!

Feel free to flag her down from her cloud or assume she's visiting your character for a party-related reason. ]

PROMPT C - July 1-2: Late Afternoons & Evenings (Party Prep at Baldr's Place)
[ Maybe you saw Sora's announcement about the Leo + Roxas party, or Kairi's BBS request for pictures. Or maybe you saw Kairi out jogging earlier, or riding around on Nimbus doing her errands.

The point is that after she gets that much accomplished, she'll be holed up in a locked room of the Baldr temple getting decorations ready and stocking some of the non-perishable snacks for the party. ]

PROMPT D - All Month (not July 1-2): Afternoons & Evenings (Training)
[ Kairi has mentioned more than once to more than one shinki about Spell training, and more than one god about Swordsmanship or Hand-to-Hand training. Why not follow up on her offer? They can go somewhere else entirely to train, it doesn't have to be the Artemis Temple. After all, they might bother the 17 deer and 1 bear and... all of the other animals hanging around. ]

PROMPT E - Artemis-Baldr Temple famjam CR
[ You may be interested in Kairi's other log where she regained one of her memories. Feel free to tag that one or follow up in here too. ]

PROMPT F - All Month (not July 1-2): Wildcard!
[ I'm available on

frudence for plotting something out! Or if we talked about a thread previously, feel free to follow up on it here! ]

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Really? I mean, that makes sense, about Yuto and Davesprite, and I'm flattered... but okay.

[She knows not all prayers involve ayakashi after all, so maybe this one doesn't either. So she nods.]

I'll do what I can.

[Together, Kairi and Hajime head into the daycare, where Hajime's able to point out one of the workers cleaning up from the day.]

Her? What's wrong with her that she needs cheering up?

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[Hajime's smile softens a bit. It doesn't go away but she does feel for the girl.]

She's been having trouble with her mom. Her mom is in the hospital a lot and money is getting super tight. It's getting super heavy so she's picking up more shifts here but she's so gloomy I donno how much good that's gonna do.

[Hajime pats Kairi on the shoulder]

We need to cheer her up. She's strong, she'll get through this. I'm sure her mom doesn't like her like this either....I've tired telling her that before but she doesn't know me and I think she thought I was some crazy person. Weird, huh?

[Ah, so Hajime had already tried once before...]

Yeah, weird. [Kairi smiles softly.] But... Roxas and I had to help another person like this once before. I had an idea back then that worked, but we have to get her attention first... or, hmm.

[Kairi taps her chin a bit.]

Well, that was a different country too. That may not work here - payment plans and all of that... I'll just try to get attention like you said.

[And Kairi walks forward to lay her hand on the woman's, who is quite startled at first but Kairi has a gentle smile on her face.]

Hi... you probably don't know me, but a friend of yours said you were struggling right now, and... I just wanted to tell you that if you can juggle something as important as being a daycare worker and a mom yourself plus taking care of your own mom too... that makes you a really good person. And I'm sure your mom understands that because of how hard you're working. So... don't give up, okay?

[Hajime stands by the door way, watching from a distance. She doubts the lady would remember her but she does make quite the impression. Hajime doesn't want to risk startling her again so she lets Kairi take the lead and watches proudly. Heroes don't always have to be fighting bad guys to be a hero.

The woman stares at Kairi for a long moment, her eyes falling from the shinki's face, to their hands, and back to her face. With her free hand, she wipes at her eyes as she gives a weak chuckle]

"I just...don't know how much more of this I can take. B-But I have to be strong for my mother and child. Always encouraging and reassuring despite it all....I didn't expect someone to be doing the same to me."

Maybe... if you take your child to visit your mom, you might hear it from her too, instead of me. I'm sure any grandmother would love to see their grandchild - and with the both of you cheered up, you'll figure things out together.

[She pats the woman's hand again, sure that a hug wouldn't do in this situation, what with the woman being more clothed than Kairi is and her being so much younger.]

Take care now, alright?

[And she walks out of the daycare with Hajime.]

[OPEN] Ain't no stopping sunshine / Ain't no stopping me

SO ACTUALLY THIS IS ALL JUNE 28TH I JUST GOT MY DAYS MIXED UP

More like months but w/e

shush

next time it will be years 11/10

and then centuries? orz 12/10