Out There! A GM-less RP of Wonder & Escapism

Salix Babylonika · 2016-01-04 09:21:10

It was morning in Tolago. A misty, foggy morning, the crimson sun cast its red light over the vapor that hung low over the whole city, but the shrine, situated as it were atop a hill, was above it. There, Zenja ao'Tong sat, sipping tea and contemplating the waterfall that her shrine stood near. Its consistent splashing made for something of a water clock, and given her idleness, Zenja, if left undisturbed, could sit there all day.

Yet, she felt, today was not a day where she would be undisturbed.

Yarrun XIX · 2016-01-05 03:02:25

Esther took out a ragged sandwich from her saddlebag and took a big bite out of it. As she chewed, she took to the transmission of her motorcycle with a wrench, hoping that she could get it working before noon.

It was a bad spot for a breakdown. An hour earlier and she'd be able to replan her day around it. A half-hour later and she would have already been in town. One false move and she got oil squirted into her face. Fog wasn't helping at all.

She eventually threw in the towel (literally -- gotta wipe off the oil somehow) and took a look at the nearby hillpath. Thinking that the fog might be lighter at the top, she packed up and started pushing her motorcycle up the path.

Salix Babylonika · 2016-01-05 03:23:46

"Hm?" Zenja was not easily roused, but the site of a woman lugging a broken motorcycle up to her temple was certainly not a usual sight.

"Hmmmm." She hummed to herself, taking another sip of tea and being generally noncommital.

Yarrun XIX · 2016-01-05 03:26:23

Esther wiped the sweat from her brow and gave a friendly wave to the girl in the shrine

"Bonjou! Mind if I work up here for a minute?"

Salix Babylonika · 2016-01-05 03:26:56

Zenja shrugged.

"I suppose not."

Yarrun XIX · 2016-01-05 03:29:22

As soon as she heard the word, she flung up the kickstand and got to work.

"Ah, there's the problem. Hey, miss, you have any...I dunno, something thick and sticky? Like sap?"

One-Winged Eagle · 2016-01-05 05:25:52

"What would you need sap for?" Asked Jingjing, materializing into mortal space, who had been wandering the shrine at the wee hours of the morning, taking in the quiet moments as Taotie slept fitfully.

Yarrun XIX · 2016-01-05 06:30:42

"One of the fluid pipes is leaking where it connects to--" Esther finally made the connection, that the voice behind her had changed.

"Hey, where did you come from, kid?"

One-Winged Eagle · 2016-01-05 07:02:54

"Here, but sideways. I'd think you'd need industrial epoxy for that sort of thing."

Salix Babylonika · 2016-01-05 07:03:58

"Visitors." Zenja remarked, finally spurred to stand.

"You're welcome to anything you find inside the shrine, but, I don't keep industrial equipment around."

She scratched her chin.

"I do have a radio, though."

Yarrun XIX · 2016-01-05 07:06:13

"No, you'd need industrial epoxy. I can do it with a stick of bubblegum." The perceived challenge to her authority shook her out of her bemusement.

"...but I can't fix it without one. How far away is town from here?"

Salix Babylonika · 2016-01-05 07:06:43

"Half an hour on foot. Less if you fly."

One-Winged Eagle · 2016-01-05 07:23:22

"I work in a supermarket right now, actually. Want to come?"

Salix Babylonika · 2016-01-05 07:24:29

"I have all the food I need here at the shrine."

Yarrun XIX · 2016-01-05 07:29:26

"...and you're sure there's no side-effects to moving 'sideways'? Not too good with magick'

One-Winged Eagle · 2016-01-05 07:36:35

"Sideways or not, we'll have to walk. We might as well take the mortal paths."

Yarrun XIX · 2016-01-05 07:46:25

"You want to tag along, shrine girl? Or does someone have to watch the shrine?"

Salix Babylonika · 2016-01-05 07:50:15

"The shrine watches itself, I will come, but let me prepare first."

Zenja momentarily retreats into the shrine, for preperations unknown.

Yarrun XIX · 2016-01-07 04:17:22

"...so. What's it like living 'sideways', kid?"

Salix Babylonika · 2016-01-07 06:13:28

Zenja returns with a large sword resting on her shoulder, and a hat upon her head.

"I'm ready to leave now."

One-Winged Eagle · 2016-01-07 06:31:24

"It's okay," Jingjing says to Esther. "I get to avoid crowds, mostly. Not a lot of people in the god-planes."

Jingjing raises an eyebrow upon seeing Zenja return. "Are you sure you're going to need all that? The hat is a bit much, don't you think?"

Salix Babylonika · 2016-01-07 06:37:53

"You never know what you might need on a busy day out." Zenja says, as though she has done this a thousand times before.

Yarrun XIX · 2016-01-21 16:03:53

Esther raises an eye at the huge sword, but doesn't say anything

"So...to the store then!"

One-Winged Eagle · 2016-01-21 16:18:57

Jingjing takes the lead, burying her eyes in her sandalwood smartphone. She's very tired.

Yarrun XIX · 2016-01-22 08:01:32

Tolago, while not as decadent as the isle of Toyekken, is as bustling and modern as a town gets in this part of the country. Not as bustling as it could be, given the weather, but a few spirits and a few humanoids picking their way through the fog.

The supermarket is five stories high, with shelves that stretch the entire height of the building. Wheeled ladders assist those who can't or are unwilling to fly. Lower shelves held sundries and groceries, with more fantastic and marvellous items the farther up you go. The three newfound acquaintances found themselves on the third floor: marvellous, but believably so.

One-Winged Eagle · 2016-01-22 08:07:13

They arrived thirty minutes before her shift. "Behold, the supermarket. Knock yourself out," says Jingjing, a cigarette in her mouth, intending to spend a few moments by herself before working the day.

Yarrun XIX · 2016-01-22 08:25:33

Esther nervously edged closer to Zenja, visibly uncomfortable.

"So, um, I'm not that good with magic stuff? I usually stay with the mundanes, on account of them having stuff they need me to fix."

Salix Babylonika · 2016-01-22 08:49:48

"What do you need to buy?" Zenja deadpans.

Yarrun XIX · 2016-01-22 08:59:57

"Chewing gum? Sap? I could just say 'something sticky, but I don't want anybody thinking I'm hitting on them"

Salix Babylonika · 2016-01-25 06:56:23

"Essence of a treant?"

Yarrun XIX · 2016-01-25 16:15:20

"...is that sticky?"

One-Winged Eagle · 2016-01-25 16:23:28

Jingjing returns back to the pair, dressed in her uniform, white shirt, black slacks, and blue apron.

"Hello, welcome to Buy And Buy," her tone bored and tired. "How may I help you?"

Salix Babylonika · 2016-02-01 06:14:42

"The stickiest." Zenja replies.

"It can glue souls together."

One-Winged Eagle · 2016-02-01 06:18:19

Jingjing looks at here store-owned, employee-issued eyeFone.

"Yeah, we don't have that."

Yarrun XIX · 2016-02-01 06:28:49

"Do you have gum?"

One-Winged Eagle · 2016-02-01 06:36:39

"We have bubble-gum, tree-gum, human gum, spirit gum, the other spirit-gum, gumballs, and the Gumroad network where you can buy and download various media works is past aisle four."

Salix Babylonika · 2016-02-01 06:39:00

"How much is a clutch of spirit gum?"

One-Winged Eagle · 2016-02-01 06:41:43

"The spirit gum or the other spirit-gum?"

Salix Babylonika · 2016-02-01 06:47:41

"Indeed."

One-Winged Eagle · 2016-02-01 06:49:12

"Five dollars for the latter, and two souls for the former."

"That's what you get in this economy."

Yarrun XIX · 2016-02-01 07:27:22

Ester scrounges around in her back pocket for loose change. She pulls out a wad of bills.

"This'll cover it?"

One-Winged Eagle · 2016-02-01 07:38:31

"Cashier at the end of the hall. Thank you for shopping with Buy The Buy."

Yarrun XIX · 2016-02-01 07:54:16

"...I'm so sorry. This is no way to live."

Salix Babylonika · 2016-02-01 08:05:29

"You could just come with us."

One-Winged Eagle · 2016-02-01 08:14:21

"I would if I could, but it's not just me I have to work for." Jingjing smiles wanly, however.

"But I appreciate the offer."

Yarrun XIX · 2016-02-01 08:22:14

"No, seriously. Who else? Maybe we can work something out."

One-Winged Eagle · 2016-02-01 08:42:13

"I'll show you. Come meet me after my shift ends."

Salix Babylonika · 2016-02-01 10:06:30

Zenja turns to her companion, carelessly swinging her sword--still over her shoulder--about in the meantime.

"How shall we kill time?"

Yarrun XIX · 2016-02-01 18:22:19

"Whatever we do, it shouldn't be here. I feel like breaking the law just being here"

Out There! A GM-less RP of Wonder & Escapism

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