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[thegoofball]

Who: Lance & OPEN
When: Late April
What: Settling in, being a nuisance, et cetera.
Where: All over - he’s On The Move.

a; in the far shore

[One of the first thing Lance does, after settling in at Minerva’s temple, is explore the place. He’s sure he’s allowed to - Hifumi won’t mind! And what’s a better way to learn the ropes than to be out there? He wanders through every district, often wearing the distinct armor he woke up with. Sure, he doesn’t know the significance of it, but...it might be a good idea to be protected?

(He has the assumption monsters are common. He might be disappointed, eventually.)

It comes in handy, though, when it comes to exploring the abandoned temples. He clambers up the ruins like a particularly spritely goat, and doesn’t seem to be bothered by all the vines and debris. In fact, if someone runs across him when he’s exploring an old, abandoned temple, they might even hear him laughing like a kid in a candy store.

Otherwise, he’ll just grin and wink at anyone he passes by. Maybe he’ll even throw in a finger gun, if you’re lucky.]

b; in the near shore
Oh, come on.

[Guess who’s in Die Jagd? It’s this guy, and he doesn’t look anywhere near impressed with the surroundings.]

That’s definitely fake. You see this, right? [He says to you, fellow patron.] That looks so cheap - there’s no way that’s real!

[Do you agree with him or not?]

c; wildcard
[Feel free to run into Lance wherever your heart desires! If you want to hash out plans, feel free to poke me at daintily or on discord at nickknack#8156!]

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in the far shore

[galrarm]

[ Shiro generally takes to wandering around the districts fairly often; it's one of the things he's done since arriving here. It's... sort of a routine. It provides structure to his days. He also just plain likes looking at the various temples and ruins that are here.

It never really gets old.

What's definitely familiar, too, is that laugh. Shiro's prepared for it, and for that he's thankful--or he thinks. He knows that Lance is here, he just... hasn't seen him. Shiro isn't sure how to start this out, but he's stood in place long enough, so. ]

You know, if you're not careful, you might hurt yourself.

rip

[thegoofball]

[Unsurprisingly, Lance doesn't recognize the other man at all. He's been getting that with just about every face he sees, and he's not really bothered by that, but it's something that sticks with him. Maybe it shouldn't be important, but it leaves him a little off-kilter.

So when he looks over the man - older, built like a brick shithouse, it's with nothing stopping him from acknowledging The Truth. No shame, no bias, no nothing.]

Maybe if I do, a big strong man like yourself might come save me.

[The truth being he's pretty hot.]

[galrarm]

[ Ah.

You know, he's never experienced Loverboy Lance™ himself. Shiro isn't exactly sure how to respond, but. ]

Maybe. Or maybe I'd let you figure it out yourself. Digging yourself out of tough spots builds character.

[thegoofball]

[Oh come on, that was a good line!!]

I'd rather figure out how to get in your arms.

[wink wonk]

a!

[yousaytron]

[Setting different routes for a daily jog always keeps things exciting! It's gotten pretty hard to avoid running across abandoned temples by this point, but there's really no point in avoiding most of them in the first place, they tend to make for nice, quiet scenery.

Nice. Quiet. That's the goal.

There's someone playing around here today. Normally he wouldn't think twice about ignoring it and continuing on his way, but whoever it is has a laugh that sounds so familiar that he can't stop himself from saying something.]

I hope you're not messing around too much in there.

[Whoever 'you' may be.]

[thegoofball]

[The voice gets Lance to pause, and he looks over from where he's crouched on a crumbling wall.

Geez. A mullet, in this day and age?

Lance purses his lips, before raising eyebrow.]

What are you, the fun police?

[yousaytron]

[Yes.]


[But that aside, Keith practically bristles when Lance appears, suddenly at a loss for how to respond. Lance? Really? Again?

He told himself, if he ever got the chance to talk to him again, he'd try and get off on a better foot, but it looks like there's already a stumble in that plan. Past that, he has absolutely no idea if this is a Lance that remembers him or not. That reaction, it's hardly enough to go on.

Can he salvage this? Let's... let's at least try.]

Some of these abandoned temples can be dangerous. [Nice, even, measured.] You wouldn't want to upset your partner by getting yourself in trouble, would you?

b

[incinerators]

[ pyrrha just wanted to eat some good food, okay, but someone's causing a ruckus. she turns her attention to whoever's yelling about the decorations...and her eyes widen considerably. ]

La--

[ no. no, she can't say that. she catches herself before his name slips out, and she clears her throat. ]

I mean...lame? The decorations are lame!

[ no...that's so mean... ]

[thegoofball]

[Nice save. Lance doesn't even noticed, too riled up about the decorations.]

Right? It's tackier than Disney World in here!

[Does Disney World even exist in this world.]

[incinerators]

I've never been to Disney World before, but I'll take your word for it.

[ i have no idea. ]

But I promise that the food here is delicious, at least, if that makes up for the decor?

a

[vaporlike]

Find something interesting?

[Lin Xue Ya isn't exactly the sort to poke around in abandoned temples, mostly because he wears far too much white and they're far too full of dirt and grime. He much prefers nosing around inhabited temples, much to their inhabitants' chagrin. However, he's also not one to pass up checking things out if someone is making this much of a racket.

He'll just be over here where the floor is mostly level.]

[thegoofball]

[Where's your sense of adventure? How are you supposed to be a cool action man on level ground?

The question gets Lance to look over, at least, stopping where he's crouched on a wall. He looks around for a moment, before turning back to face the other man.]

If you're one of those people who thinks rocks are interested, I've found loads.

[vaporlike]

That very much depends on the rocks!

[He does at least deign to pick up a bit of rubble from the ground and hold it up. Sometimes you need a prop to make a point.]

On their own, they may be entirely worthless, but there's always a possibility that there might be something to give them value.

[He turns this particular rock back and forth to look at it. It sure is a rock. Well, not every prop is a winner.]

A

[artificialrose]

[Exploring is something Garry tends to get up to himself, although it's not like he goes temple diving or anything. Rather, he just jogs around a lot to keep his stamina up after his sparring teacher went through all the trouble to teach him how to fight in the first place. Today isn't a jogging today, however. Today is a 'walk Hibiki's robotic goats around so that they can have some sort of free time'.]

[That means he's not in active jogging clothing, but rather a long breezy sundress with a thin shawl on top. Hey, it's getting to be less chilly weather, so why not wear some of the nicer clothes? He's keeping it fairly relaxed as he escorts the tiny purple goats on wheels crowd around him in around half a dozen in number, pausing when he years... yelling? Laughter?]

[As Lance comes scrambling into view, Garry cups one hand to his mouth.]

You sound like you're having fun!

[thegoofball]

[Oho, a stranger approaches!

Lance looks up from where he's trying to get as high up the ruins as possible - which is perhaps not the smartest thing he's done, but he's wearing some futuristic space armor, so he should be fine! Right? That's how this works?

Either way, if he's not fine, he's already dead so what does it matter?]

Of course! [He's pretty loud,,,] It's not every day you get to explore ruins!

[Well. He guesses it is every day, because these ruins are right smack dab in the middle of some normal, inhabited temples.]

[artificialrose]

[Yeah, he kind of wants to say... At least in the West District, abandoned temples aren't exactly unusual. Garry thinks there might be as many abandoned as there are those which are actually inhabited in. Still, there's no reason to ruin someone's fun.]

[Well.]

Are you sure you'll be fine like that? It looks rather dangerous.

[No reason as long as someone doesn't get hurt.]

prayer 40

[galrarm]

[ Now here's a prayer Shiro thinks would be a good one to go on with Lance. (Nevermind that Shiro thinks all prayers he receives are good.) He'd sent a text, asking if Lance wanted to join, and he's pretty glad Lance agreed.

They meet at the place, and it's... a festival. Prime territory for lost children. And the kid is there, crying. Shiro can't blame her; she must be terrified. ]

Hey, [ he says softly, kneeling down. ] We're here to help.

[thegoofball]

[Shiro had mentioned going on prayers together, when they first met, that it seemed like a no-brainer to accept his offer.

He's also glad that the prayer is what it is. It's something that's simple, but also something that's important. Being a kid, lost and alone, must be pretty scary, and Lance knows he can help.]

Yeah, you don't have to worry about anything. [His voice is soft, and he has a small smile on his face.] Okay?

[galrarm]

[ And Shiro isn't surprised at all when, at Lance's reassurance, the little girl sniffles and wipes her eyes, then nods. He hasn't forgotten when Lance had returned home, and his niece and nephew had attached to him. ]

Okay. [ She sniffles again. ] Do you know where Mommy and Daddy are?

Not yet, [ Shiro replies, ] but if you tell us what they look like, we'll find them in no time.

Wildcard ;D Far Shore

[pure_radiantics]

[ Even in the Far Shore, Kairi has a tendency to call upon the Nimbus cloud that actually belongs to Goten, but the little orange cloud responds to her like few others aside from Goten himself. Since Goten can fly, he lets her use it for everything from routine errands to combat practice.

As a result, if Kairi comes in for a landing around the area of Hakkai's school and happens to see Lance, well, they're both about to be just as shocked at one another. ]

LANCE?!

[ And she actually tumbles right off the cloud. Thankfully it knows better and flattens near the ground, so she doesn't really get too hurt, just a little dusty from the sudden movements. ]

[thegoofball]

[There's a lot to unpack here. Between the cloud, the fall, calling out his name...It's a lot.

It's also pretty startling, because everything was just chill and quiet and then there's a girl yelling his name and he has no idea what's going on.]

Uh. [Play it cool, Lance! Play it cool!] Didn't know I was that popular already.

[Perfect.

But he does walk over, offering her a hand up.]

You okay?

[pure_radiantics]

[ She smiles and then giggles at his reaction. ]

Oh it is you!

[ She accepts his hand and stands up. ]

I mean, you don't remember me, obviously, but that's okay. My name is Kairi.

[ She really is happy to see him. She's already come to terms with the fact that he didn't remember her from the last time he came back as a shinki. So now, god or shinki, she's resigned that he won't remember her. ]

a!

[handsome_genius]

[ From a distance, Yoon wouldn't have been able to recognize Lance... except for that armor. He rarely leaves the general vicinity between Aymeric and Leo's temples but he'd been planning to visit Serapis temple today. It's to his great surprise that halfway there, he catches sight of that iconic armor.

And thinks he's practically seen a ghost when Lance looks his way. ]

Y-you're... you're...

[ Is it safe to talk to Lance? He can't remember the rules right now. He had a real bad incident where he almost blighted full to ayakashi because of someone telling him about his past, but that was someone from his own home. Did the same rules apply to a shinki? And he had to assume Lance was a shinki until told otherwise, because it was just that dangerous of an assumption to make, in his book. ]

[thegoofball]

[Lance blinks once. Then twice. Then he looks behind him, as if there'll be any explanation for why this guy is looking at him this way.

There's just empty air there, so nothing really fills him in.

He blinks again.]

I'm...?

[Come on, you're not giving him much to work with, here.]

[handsome_genius]

You're ... Lance.

[ Names are okay, right? Of course they are. Obviously. But he doesn't want to make Lance an accidental ayakashi. ]

You... don't recognize me do you. Are you a god or a shinki?

[ Something that vague should be okay to talk about, right? ]