Regular Time Piece acts were never this bad. [Open]

[hattersgonnahat]

Who: Open!
When: February 10-13
Where: Near Shore mostly, on the Japanese and European sides.
What: Local Hat Kid decides to do what she does best.



A - Near Shore, Japan. I spy.

[Once a certain kid figured out how this new god teleportation thing works, it was not long after that she discovered there was two locations to get into this "Near Shore" place everyone talks about. And wow, despite being so closely named, they could not be any different.]

[Actually, Near and Far are supposed to be opposites. Never mind that.]

[It was a bit of a walk to get to a part of the town with had a lot of people in it. None of the humans could see or hear her either, and that was an especially weird experience. But it was a great way to overhear conversations they had. ...It's just too bad most of them were boring. And not at all what she was looking for.]

[Okay eavesdropping was going no where - time to go higher up and have a larger look around. She eventually found a way to get up to the awnings that lined the streets, and now looking for a path to get on the roof of the buildings themselves.]

[Though the mortals would never notice a thing, not everything nearby was completely blind to gods. Particularly something slimy, amphibious, and also a skilled jumper. It was being a patient stalker, for now. Perhaps waiting to see first if its meal was going to fall. It can keep following the tiny god for as long as it needed to.]



B - Near Shore, Northern Europe. Adjusting to the Norse lifestyle.

[After a less successful day yesterday to find Time Pieces, the kid tried searching again at the second shrine. This time greeted by a ton of snow outside, and it's cold. A moment like this made her wish her raincoat hadn't disappeared, it might be slightly warmer than this. ...Oh well, it will be less of an issue once she got moving.]

[And it went fairly fine there on. The hook shot actually worked pretty damn well to avoid the snow all together and just stay in the trees, where it was faster to swing branch to branch. Feeling a little like a certain kind of super hero.]

Wah-! [For a short while, anyway.]

[The frost on one of the tree branches was too slippery for the umbrella to grab on to. She was plummeting, but luckily the snow bank was going to catch her fall. ...Okay, maybe not. She completely fell through it.]

[Moments later the child's head peeked out of the hole she had created - the bank was just about as tall as she was! But something was missing... She patted the top of her head. The hat was gone. Immediately she went back to digging in the snow to find it.]

[Unless of course, the wind managed to knock the purple top hat off during the fall. Perhaps in plain sight outside the snow pile.]



C - Wildcard, plus a day off to rest at temple.

[Plotting, surprises, requests, all welcomed and discussed Gristar]

Comments

[heptagram]

I guess it just blew off your head or fell off or something. Strange thing to wear in this weather, though.

[Though, Patchouli still basically just wears her pajamas everywhere. How much can she talk about fashion.]

[hattersgonnahat]

I lost it when I fell down! [Though at what height for it to land that far away?]

[Despite that, she kept a nervous smile.] I haven't been out this way before... i-it is really cold.

[heptagram]

Not much of a tree-climber? Well, that's okay, neither am I.

Yes. We're in... um, Norway, or Denmark, or thereabout. I'm used to cold weather. Well... okay, less used to it than when I got here, I guess. [I mean, if you want her life story, she could give it to you.]

[hattersgonnahat]

I'm usually not this bad. [It's just that these trees were so icy!]

[Japan was mostly frozen over too, though nothing compared to this. Far Shore too. Was the whole planet this way or did the shrine she used actually didn't go that far?]

There doesn't seem to be too much out here, so I might just go back anyway.

[And no Time Pieces either. Damn...]

[heptagram]

I guess there isn't much in this part of the world. There are a fair amount of open areas in this part of the world, if I remember right.

[Which admittedly, she doesn't.]

[hattersgonnahat]

Was hoping I would at least find something all the way here...

[Not that it should sound familiar or anything.]

[heptagram]

...something specific, or just a more general "something more than just some trees and snow would be nice?"

[hattersgonnahat]

...Does both count?

[heptagram]

Well, I mean, the first kinda means that the second can't really... eh, sure.

So, what are you after?

[hattersgonnahat]

[Actually came a bit prepared for this, unless the wind blew that away too. Nope, the piece of paper was still kept inside her pocket. But she had to unfold it after she pulled it out.]

I'm looking to see if anything like this showed up recently.

[It's actually a much better drawing than the one she had earlier.]

[heptagram]

[Patchouli has a look at the drawing. She could probably just take it, but that seemed kinda rude.]

...I mean, there's a lot of hourglasses out there that kinda look like that. I suspect this one's special, though, if you're out here in the middle of a snowy forest in... uh, somewhere in northern Europe...

Is there some other way I can recognize it? Does it glow in the dark? Hum with some kind of ancient and unknowable energy? Actively resist touch except by a select few? These are all more serious questions than I'm making them sound...

[hattersgonnahat]

[For a moment she perked up as Patchouli mentioned seeing hourglasses here. It's just unfortunate that they were likely the wrong kind... A Time Piece was no ordinary hourglass.]

They can glow really bright, especially in the dark! ...and sorta make a noise.

[Like, a sparkly kind of noise sometimes. Unless she was talking specifically about the presence it has. Someone powerful enough could likely tell there was something very, very special about them.]

[heptagram]

Ah... well, I mean, I could ask you what kind of sounds they make, but that sounds hard to miss. This would be a good place to catch sight of it, I think, too.

Well, maybe later at night. If it's emitting light, it might he hard to notice in such a snowy place so early in the day.

[hattersgonnahat]

You couldn't possibly miss one if you've seen it!

[...Which is exactly why it is still concerning that she still hasn't found any.]

Except... I can't seem to find one anywhere.

[heptagram]

Well, I guess there's a little more to explore, perhaps? But if not, then we'll just have to go look elsewhere.

[hattersgonnahat]

[There is always more to explore. It just depends how much of it is actually worth exploring.]

[She's thinking about what Patchouli said prior.] Hm, where would hourglasses here be normally at?

[heptagram]

Well... probably not out here, but I suppose things that get lost could turn up anywhere. If you're expecting it to be mixed in with other objects that look similar, perhaps we should head for a city.