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lifeaftr2017-10-24 06:32 pm
prettypurpleparlor) wrote in lifeaftr2017-10-24 06:32 pm
[Open Log] parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
Who: Muffet and YOU (plus closed prompts for a couple people).
What: Gardening and home improvement, island-style.
When: The 15th.
Where: Islet 3, and various points around Enso.
Warnings:Arachnophobia? None I can think of, but if any come up I'll add them.
remember me to the one who lives there:
[If you're passing by Muffet's house that afternoon, you might see her up and about- emphasis on up.]
[Her repairs to her little islet home seem largely completed, with half of the building covered by a neatly repaired wooden roof, over a comfortable little room... but the other half is deliberately open to the sky.]
[Instead of putting a roof over the other half of the house, Muffet has strung a large web of her own silk over the top, blocking entry to curious animals but letting the sun and rain through. The reason for this will become obvious with a bit of looking- she's turned the uncovered half of the house into a walled-in garden.]
[The roughly-made wooden floorboards she put down stop where the roof does, leaving the bare dirt free for planting, and she's taken advantage of the space to grow bountiful amounts of various edible plants somewhere she can keep scavengers from getting at them. In the very center of the garden, pride of place is given to a healthy young pear tree.]
[And as for the lady of the house herself?]
[Well, she is a spider- which is probably why she looks perfectly comfortable walking around on top of her web. She surveys the garden from her rooftop vantage point, standing casually on a single silken thread. She seems pleased with how her work is coming along.]
and sow it all over:
[Or maybe you're at one of a dozen different spots on the main island- by the lake where blackberries grow, a spot in the marsh that has carrots, or really anywhere that an edible plant can be found.]
[She works carefully, taking only a very small amount of any one thing to transplant into her garden. Still, there's more than she can carry alone, which is probably why she's very carefully tying the latest portion of her gardening haul onto the back of a...]
[Wait, what is that?]
[For all its' odd appearance, though, the... cupcake beast? Muffin monster, maybe? Well, whatever it is, it seems pretty docile, calmly accepting whatever Muffet has it carry and following her lead around the island unprompted.]
tell her to buy me an acre of land [closed to Taako and Lup]:
[Oddly enough, there seems to be one area out in the front of the house that she's cleared neatly but hasn't planted anything in, a decent-sized spot in the shade of a nearby coconut tree.]
[She's been saving that spot for a while- specifically, for as long as she needed to make sure the rest of her house was in order, so she could be sure she wouldn't have to move again too soon.]
[Because as much as she appreciates Taako's offer to build her an oven, she knows the twins are probably going to charge enough that she won't want to pay it twice.]
[Now seems like a good time to start negotiating.]
answer as many for me [closed to Ignis]
[The bulk of her garden is kept within the house walls, where she can keep it safe, but Muffet isn't one to waste space. All along the sides and back of her house she's planted more crops, and she hums softly to herself while she tends to them.]
[Passing by, someone might just happen to hear a pleasant little tune...]
What: Gardening and home improvement, island-style.
When: The 15th.
Where: Islet 3, and various points around Enso.
Warnings:
remember me to the one who lives there:
[If you're passing by Muffet's house that afternoon, you might see her up and about- emphasis on up.]
[Her repairs to her little islet home seem largely completed, with half of the building covered by a neatly repaired wooden roof, over a comfortable little room... but the other half is deliberately open to the sky.]
[Instead of putting a roof over the other half of the house, Muffet has strung a large web of her own silk over the top, blocking entry to curious animals but letting the sun and rain through. The reason for this will become obvious with a bit of looking- she's turned the uncovered half of the house into a walled-in garden.]
[The roughly-made wooden floorboards she put down stop where the roof does, leaving the bare dirt free for planting, and she's taken advantage of the space to grow bountiful amounts of various edible plants somewhere she can keep scavengers from getting at them. In the very center of the garden, pride of place is given to a healthy young pear tree.]
[And as for the lady of the house herself?]
[Well, she is a spider- which is probably why she looks perfectly comfortable walking around on top of her web. She surveys the garden from her rooftop vantage point, standing casually on a single silken thread. She seems pleased with how her work is coming along.]
and sow it all over:
[Or maybe you're at one of a dozen different spots on the main island- by the lake where blackberries grow, a spot in the marsh that has carrots, or really anywhere that an edible plant can be found.]
[She works carefully, taking only a very small amount of any one thing to transplant into her garden. Still, there's more than she can carry alone, which is probably why she's very carefully tying the latest portion of her gardening haul onto the back of a...]
[Wait, what is that?]
[For all its' odd appearance, though, the... cupcake beast? Muffin monster, maybe? Well, whatever it is, it seems pretty docile, calmly accepting whatever Muffet has it carry and following her lead around the island unprompted.]
tell her to buy me an acre of land [closed to Taako and Lup]:
[Oddly enough, there seems to be one area out in the front of the house that she's cleared neatly but hasn't planted anything in, a decent-sized spot in the shade of a nearby coconut tree.]
[She's been saving that spot for a while- specifically, for as long as she needed to make sure the rest of her house was in order, so she could be sure she wouldn't have to move again too soon.]
[Because as much as she appreciates Taako's offer to build her an oven, she knows the twins are probably going to charge enough that she won't want to pay it twice.]
[Now seems like a good time to start negotiating.]
answer as many for me [closed to Ignis]
[The bulk of her garden is kept within the house walls, where she can keep it safe, but Muffet isn't one to waste space. All along the sides and back of her house she's planted more crops, and she hums softly to herself while she tends to them.]
[Passing by, someone might just happen to hear a pleasant little tune...]
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[She raises one hand, holding it palm-up, and a small circle of white light forms above it.]
Most magic, like this, is meant to be something temporary. It does one thing, and then it's gone.
[To illustrate, she closes her hand over the circle, and it vanishes.]
However, there are ways to make something magical last. Usually, one tries to pour the magic into a physical object- like how monster food is given healing properties. But one can also try reinforcing something already magical, putting more and more into it until it becomes strong enough to last.
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So was your friend here already magical...?
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[Muffet repeats the gesture she made before- except this time, the white light takes the form of a ghostly outline of a spider.]
Shaping one's magic like this is called a bullet- it's the most basic kind of monster magic. Every monster can do it, and all of our bullet patterns look different based on who we are.
I was trying to see if I could make one of mine last, so I could keep it around and use it to do things. Things went... a bit strangely, but I ended up with a pet that I could summon.
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... What about this time around? Did you ask the Storyteller for him, or did you get it back all on your own?
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But I wasn't willing to risk trying to summon them here at first, because I was worried that something might go wrong and hurt them, since we're in a different world that doesn't always seem to be friendly to other kinds of magic. Eventually, we'd been here long enough that I felt confident enough to try.
We were quite fortunate, it seems, because I called them out with no trouble at all.
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So you saved a wish! Way to go, Muffet! You might the most powerful magic-user among us!
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That's a very flattering thought, but I doubt it- I've seen other people here do things I know I can't manage.
Besides, how helpful your magic is very rarely tends to be about whether it's stronger or weaker. More often, it comes down to what type is more useful for the problem you have at the time. For example, fire magic can't fix a broken leg, but healing magic can't cook a meal.
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... But I'm still really glad we have you here... and that we've got a little extra help thanks to your buddy here!
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I'm glad I can help- and I'm sure Ramequin will be quite happy to assist those in need, too.
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[He immediately resumes petting Ramequin.]
And we're really happy to have you here too, Ramequin!
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Speaking of help, if you'd like a ride back to the mana pool, I do believe there's enough room left on Ramequin's back.
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[With that said, he eagerly begins to climb up! He wishes his pals could see this!]
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[The last bit is directed at her pet, in a tone similar to someone telling their dog that he's a very good boy. Muffet scratches it gently behind the head as she waits for Mickey to seat himself comfortably.]
All right then, ready to go?
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Heigh-yo, Ramequin, away!
Probably wrapping soon?