[cleaning intensifies]

[lightlessfuture]

Who: The Knight, Edward, Legion, Guzma and the Hollow Knight
What: Barn, windmill and silo maintenance
When: November 20th
Where: All over Nuidan
Warnings: Probably nothing? I AM SO SORRY THIS IS REALLY LATE



The Knight knows most people here, and in truth, that's enough for them to basically entrust their sibling, even partially, to these people.

Besides, it'll be a good opportunity for...socialising. And menial work to get their mind off things. And introducing their sibling, very gently, to the concept of an entire orange season, if all goes well.

Who knows if it'll go well. They're...trying their best, at any rate.

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OTA

[lightlessfuture]

[ The Knight is incredibly busy, compensating for being the smallest of their companions with an almost manic energy, like they're working in exchange for trying not to think about anything that's happened in the past few months especially.

They may be trying to do that. Whether it works is another thing entirely.

Still, drowning their problems in work or not, it certainly means that their cleaning fervour is at an all-time high. They scrub and patch and follow instructions as needed, putting themselves in some frankly dangerous positions to just get things done that have a tangible effect on the environment.

It's fine. They're fine. Everything is fine. ]

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[solperierat]

[Edward has never exactly been a fan of menial labor. It's something that needs done, sure, but it's often difficult to keep his focus--especially when it's something that under normal circumstances he could have done in maybe three seconds.]

[Grumbling as he nails another board into place over the hole in the barn, it chafes even more than usual. He'd been able to transmute some of the walls back into a serviceable shape, but there was just too much damaged to do it all in a single day. And working through his exhaustion from even doing that much was just making him even crankier.]

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[sealedvessel]

[It is... nice here, they think.

They aren't sure what it is about this place. The quiet, perhaps? But somehow, there is a pleasant feeling in the air itself, somehow different from what else they've experienced so far. They might... like it? They aren't sure yet.

They also aren't sure what they are supposed to do. There were specific tasks that the Hollow Knight had been trained for. Tasks like these are not it. At some point, they're just staring helplessly at their nail, then at the tasks at hand.

...

It's a little like watching a child work out how to fit a square block into a round hole. You know it's never going to get anywhere meaningful.]

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[yallstupid]

[In all honesty, Nuidan is perhaps Guzma's favorite island outside of his home on Enso. There's so much here, and it keeps his hands and his mind busy. He never expected to enjoy physical labor like this, but when it comes down to it, he can certainly get the job done and done well. It certainly keeps his mind occupied, and his Pokemon enjoy the fresh, clean air and the exercise. Seems they're happy to just be out and about, moving freely from their Pokeballs.

Ariados, in particular, is a great help when it comes to patching up the windmill. Guzma can command her from down below, calling up to her on what to do and where, and handing off items she may need as she skitter up and down the sides of the windmill's bodyshaft and its arms. She's a great weaver, and stitching cloth into the arms of the windmill, or holding sections together with her thick and sturdy webs is a boon to have. Not only that, but the spider can haul Guzma up with a line of her thread - like a harness - as he hammers away on parts that require a more human touch. ...Thumbs, mostly.

He takes breaks frequently, mostly to chug down water and food and let his Pokemon rest. At the moment, he's removed pretty much everything but his shorts and shoes (and he's even debating if he needs the latter), tying back the longer, white part of his undercut into a ponytail to keep it from his eyes as it gets slick with his sweat. He's definitely gotten a bit tan, and red in spots, pouring some of that water over his face and even onto his Pokemon, who shivers and shakes it off, but seems appreciative to cool off.]

Good work, sweetheart, you're doing great.