yesdoubt: (my hope lies in the present - right now)
Momo | 百 ([personal profile] yesdoubt) wrote in [community profile] middaeg2020-08-10 12:53 am

[open] your ambiguous true face is hidden in the magic hour

Who: Momo and you!
When: Throughout Aguril
Where: Around and about...
What: Catch-all feat. Lunasa + Antler Fruit, Forget-Me-Nots, and Darkness and Frost quest things (plus some closed prompts)
Warnings: Potentially raunchy discussion in Lunasa and Antler Fruit prompts, and Violence (tm) in the Darkness and Frost prompt.

[a: don't do the fashion crime if you can't do the fashion time (lunasa)]

[While Momo isn't exactly dressed in a not-extra way when he's out and about during Lunasa, what with the pinstriped dress shirt and useless fashionable suspender aesthetic because why not, the fact that he has modelling as a more permanent side job here now means he has to get involved in Lunasa things one way or another. And as far as he's concerned, it's better to have a little fun with it than just get set up with a bunch of local models. He figures Yuki will only have the patience for a little of it, though the single red string trailing off Momo's finger (coincidentally, it's chosen to tie itself around the finger he wears his repeat ring on, the left middle) somewhere off into the abyss of the city may be a dead giveaway to some people that Momo's oft-mentioned partner isn't directly present.

As such, anyone who comes near the right modelling locations may find themselves being propositioned by more than just the locals, as Momo taps shoulders (or just takes arms in cases he knows someone well enough or they look relaxed enough that he can assume he won't get hit for it) and starts trying to guide people towards the hell of designers and glitter and flashiness.]


Have you tried out a little modelling yet? You'll get some cute clothes out of it, I promise! [Or just. Good useful clothes for if anything fancy happens. He may have to change his tactics with some people...]

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[b: pursuing the elusive hornyfruit (antler fruit, 18+ characters only)]

[Considering Momo tends to favour trap tactics initially when fighting things out in the Wilde anyway, something that involves having to keep an animal still long enough to pluck fruit off its horns seems pretty ideal. And the pay is good, and the jury is very much out on how long Momo is going to hold out before he makes one or more horny puns. Maybe they should be offering extra hazard pay for that part.

As it stands, though, it's still out in the Wilde and that still means Momo is going to have to pick up interested parties to help him out in the collection process. Out of habit he'll favour adults, in large part because of the nature of the quest, but other than that he's not particularly picky as long as his company has some idea what they're doing. Most of his supplies are concealed under his very covering clothing since he'll be drawing on magic much more here, but on occasion he can be seen tapping at things under his clothes as if to make sure they're still in the right place.

On final approach, behind some trees from which clear sounds of the deers' presence can be heard and one or two of them even start to be visible in a clearing nearby, Momo finally cracks while peering out to check how many there are around.]


Wow, I guess they really are as horny as advertised. [In reference to the giant "branches" of antlers hanging with fruit that are visible even from here, but he's still grinning like he knows he just made the worst joke in the world and isn't at all sorry.]

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[c: animal crossing cheat codes (forget-me-nots)]

[Another particularly handy aspect of having focused primarily on distraction and protection magic in his early months is that thorny plants aren't a huge concern. He covers up habitually when travelling to the Wilde anyway, because Cwyld is like that, but some of the plants here are remarkably good at getting through gloves and he doesn't really want to learn if these prickly bushes are like that the hard way. So he's gathering the seeds with a layer of pink around his hands - a shield to prevent giving himself dead arm for the duration - and a nostalgic sort of smile on his face, courtesy of the fumes. He's dropping his own seeds into vials similar to those used to collect plant samples with a bit of soil, and while he knows time is of the essence, he'll spare some for anyone else who comes collecting.]

Are you here for seeds? If you've got something to transport them in I can get you some real quick, might as well carry as many as we can.

[He was told about the time limit when he came out, but at worst he can leg it back to the city after he helps.]

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[d: tattoo responsibly (darkness and frost)]

[With the amount of time Momo is spending in the Wilde and on the outskirts of the city this month, of course he hears the warnings about the screaming and the creatures. And initially he classes it as a general danger, something to be wary of but that he's not necessarily more at risk of than anyone else.

Unfortunately, he is as yet blissfully unaware of the creatures' targets of choice, and he happened to get an enchanted tattoo not at all long after he arrived in this world. And spends a solid chunk of time in Dorchacht for the open spaces.

Initially, it's just that the screams seem to come remarkably close a few of the times he's near the borders of the Outer City or in the Wilde - but in the case of the former he's generally in the company of the Wilders and others helping out beyond the walls. It's not until he ends up having to chase a Shade a little further out from locals that can muddle his scent than is entirely ideal that one of them bursts from the trees, giving off its eerie screaming. On the one hand, it spooks the smaller Shade enough for it to hightail it back into the deeper Wilde for the moment. On the other, it's much bigger and more vicious than what he was just dealing with, and Momo barely gets a shield up before it crashes into the pink dome, trying to stomp through it and screaming all the louder. It's rare to see Momo look legitimately afraid of something, but he definitely does for the first few moments of holding it out of the shield.]


What the fuck...? [The cuss slips out in his absence of care for pretense in this kind of situation, and while the flayed creature's screaming is probably attraction enough for help, he does call out to anyone who might've seen fit to follow him.] Stay back! And if you have any idea what this thing is I could use the update!

[Unless whoever came to assist fills the target criteria for the nuckelavee as well, it's likely to remain very obviously focused on trying to get through that barrier to stomp and/or chew on Momo. Otherwise...well, it's going to turn its attention to the target that doesn't have a shield in front of it.]

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[e: wildcard]

[[Feel free to hit me up at [plurk.com profile] reviseleviathan for other plans! Momo will also be doing his usual Out of the City duties besides the ones that involve getting attacked by weird revenge horses. Also feel free to tweak prompts slightly as needed to suit any plans we might've had for certain quests!]]
piromare: (d44)

[personal profile] piromare 2020-09-03 02:27 pm (UTC)(link)
( would someone who didn't have this kind of experience before say something like this? lio is pretty sure momo wouldn't. there's plenty that he doesn't know about momo, but what he does know is that... if there's a reason for anything, momo would do or say what he knows best for that matter. but in lio's case, he definitely put himself in more danger when he saw the opportunity to strike first.

little did he know that his strength wouldn't mean anything in the face of someone with the same kind of power. )


I think I've found more people here to trust than anything else... I hope one day I can say the same thing about the people back home.

( unless the burnish find somewhere to live far away, and then he probably won't have that same issue. )

I like to think that if I wasn't Burnish, I'd be able to have a friend like you.
piromare: (d19)

[personal profile] piromare 2020-09-05 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe. Maybe one day... if I live through it all. I can't think of life without being always on the run. I might never. It's hard to say.

( why does his heart hurt so? is it the fact he's aware that those who return home won't have memories of aefenglom? of the monsters, the witches, the city or the forests, the cwyld? that every experience he's had would be all for nothing? what permanence would he have? he doesn't want to forget momo.

lio closes his eyes. sighs again, but shakes it off soon after. )


I hope you'll get to have all you want, too.

( and then he laughs, a very small and cheerful noise. )

Well, actually. I know someone who might want to come by once in a while. Their name is Enkidu. They are... very kind.
piromare: (d20)

[personal profile] piromare 2020-09-07 03:41 pm (UTC)(link)
I do too.

( even though he doesn't know what peace looks like, what it feels like... will he get to live with someone? by himself? what about his two right-hand men, and the dozens upon dozens of burnish that might get displaced? what about kray foresight?

there are so many questions and thinking of them gives lio a headache. )


They stand out. They call themselves a 'hero of humanity'. I don't know what that entails, but I believe them. Something about their poise despite having lost a bond recently...

( he looks down and away. )

... it's a little scary. ( a beat, then: ) I don't plan on leaving any time soon.

( somewhat confidently, he reaches and takes some more seeds, though he makes a noise as he feels like he's going a little too quick. )
piromare: (d21)

[personal profile] piromare 2020-09-10 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know. The way they are... I don't think they'd embellish anything.

( and later, he'd know that enkidu was telling the truth. their bond would make it apparent. still, a part of him wonders how and why a literal hero would be able to be pulled through the mirror? maybe hero is defined differently from place to place; lio is certainly no hero, but he was definitely stronger than most. )

I'm glad he's here. ( a smile, as he hums in thought. ) What I wouldn't give for Galo, but the last thing I need is for him to stare at my wings and my feathers and then ask if I lay eggs...

( a beat, then: )

I don't think harpies lay eggs.
piromare: (d31)

[personal profile] piromare 2020-09-12 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
( listen, lio's not going to assume anything is normal here! the last thing he wants to do is wake up next to a bunch and wonder 'what the heckie just happened'.

unless he went shopping in his sleep. this is as likely as male birds carrying, probably. )


I'm kind of afraid to ask or even find out, but I guess I should if I'm curious enough to.

( his cheeks start to burn, and he stands up. )

Okay. I should deliver these... they can't sit around in my bag for too long, right?
piromare: (d20)

[personal profile] piromare 2020-09-14 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
( as long as it's not him being the one that is eggs-plored, then he'll be okay with it. weird things being posted aside, he doesn't want to be the one who gets investigated and/or experimented upon... not again. )

Okay. I'll come back once I get these dropped off.

( rolling his shoulders, he flexes his back then puffs out his chest. )

To give you company, of course.