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sevenhorrors2025-07-31 05:19 pm
sevenhorrorsmods) wrote in sevenhorrors2025-07-31 05:19 pm
[if april showers bring may flowers, then july showers bring. . .?]
Who: everyone!
When: July 31st throughout the day
Where: outside, but also wherever you want to be!
What: a general all-purpose mingle with flavor
Warnings: nada
[Today, for the first time since your arrival, dark and angry clouds gather in the sky above to block out the sun. It is sweltering outside, so when those clouds eventually open up in the early afternoon, showering everyone with cool rain, rolling thunder, and a few flashes of lightning. . . it probably feels good!]
[It seems to be normal rain, for the most part. Look at it from the wrong angle and some if it may seem to be tinted red, like blood. And sometimes, when a drop spatters against the ground, a spider lily suddenly blossoms in its place. The flower dies almost immediately upon springing to life, its petals dissolving into dust that is quickly washed away by the rest of the water]
[dwbi]
[. . . things have been awfully quiet since your arrival. It feels almost a bit like the calm before the storm, doesn't it? Are you still waiting for that other shoe to drop. . .?]
[What else are you up to today!]
When: July 31st throughout the day
Where: outside, but also wherever you want to be!
What: a general all-purpose mingle with flavor
Warnings: nada
[Today, for the first time since your arrival, dark and angry clouds gather in the sky above to block out the sun. It is sweltering outside, so when those clouds eventually open up in the early afternoon, showering everyone with cool rain, rolling thunder, and a few flashes of lightning. . . it probably feels good!]
[It seems to be normal rain, for the most part. Look at it from the wrong angle and some if it may seem to be tinted red, like blood. And sometimes, when a drop spatters against the ground, a spider lily suddenly blossoms in its place. The flower dies almost immediately upon springing to life, its petals dissolving into dust that is quickly washed away by the rest of the water]
[dwbi]
[. . . things have been awfully quiet since your arrival. It feels almost a bit like the calm before the storm, doesn't it? Are you still waiting for that other shoe to drop. . .?]
[What else are you up to today!]
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I suppose what I meant was... You're used to being strong enough to handle a retaliating tree.
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Ah. That, yes. It's a bit inconvenient at times, but-- enhanced strength has always run in my blood.
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akechi is (unfairly) annoyed, but he shrugs. ]
And you still feel the need to train.
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Brute strength is no replacement for skill, experience or discipline. I'm hardly invincible.
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akechi frowns a little more, even if he begrudglingly nods. ]
You're right, of course. Still, I suppose it must also sting that training likely won't help against what we're dealing with here.
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You're right, of course. It'd be absurd to imagine ghosts being quelled by strength alone.
Still, I don't want to let years of work become rusty. And I do enjoy it.
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right. he’s supposed to be working on a team.
he nods. ]
I… sympathize. I used to have more active hobbies once upon a time, and I find without them here I feel a little lost at what to do at times.
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failuresclumsy freak strength]Is that so? What manner of pasttimes did you pursue, back home?
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it doesn’t have the same enjoyment as it once did, but… predictably, he enjoys the attention anyway. ]
Bouldering. Cycling.
[ beating up monsters in an alternate realm. ]
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Oh! Do you also train by lifting heavy boulders? I was disappointed to find a significant lack of them in the forest too.
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akechi frowns. the guy (probably) isn’t doing it on purpose, but what a reminder that akechi does not have super strength or even decent strength outside of the metaverse. ]
No, I’m afraid it has more to do with climbing them. Cliff walls, things like that.
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He blinks, innocent.]
Ah.
[but once he understands, he sounds truly, earnestly impressed]
That's quite a feat indeed! I've never imagined doing such a thing-- you must truly be an adventurous spirit.
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akechi can’t help it. he preens under the compliment. ]
Well, it takes a lot of strategic thought, it’s true. Having to decide where to climb next to get to the top fastest without falling is… adventurous, I would say.