[OPEN] A window opens up and someone calls your name

[tenthstreetbred]

Who: Commander Shepard and YOU!
What: Shepard has just returned from the land of Hiatus and is trying to settle back in!
When: Today, the 15th
Where: A lot of places honestly, but mostly Enso and the Islets
Warnings: PG-13 I'd say! If anything more crops up, I'll edit this to reflect it.



A. The Islets

[It hasn't been too long since she woke up inside her special little home, the crumbling structure that she's claimed as her own. She has no idea that time has passed, and yet... things feel a little different to her than they did before. Perhaps it's because the plants around her home seem just a tad larger than before, maybe the wood creaks louder... It's only a gut feeling however, nothing more, and therefore she gets up and begins her day like nothing has happened at all.

But something did happen, and the dream she had during the night sticks with her as she begins to build her dwelling into something more livable than it is now. Later she'll travel through the islets, quietly checking up on everyone and getting ready to travel back to Enso to retrieve more supplies and see what is happening there.]

B. The Mana Pool

But first, before she makes the trip over, she decides to take a bit of a break by the mana pool on her islet of choice. She's sitting by it casually, wearing her clean and repaired under armor and tries to not think too hard on why she must return to pools like this one rather frequently to stave off the feeling of her very bones creaking and cracking as she moves. Hell, she's barely in her 30s and yet she's already falling apart.

If she happens to see anyone she knows nearby she'll give them a friendly hello as she spends this quiet moment recharging. She wouldn't be against company in general however, acquaintance or no.

C. ENSŌ

[Here is where she gets back to work, making her way over the island to collect whatever she can to be used in building materials and food to add to stocks both personal and designed to be left in caches on the island for anyone who may need them. Places of note she can be found are The Beach where she can be seen trying to clean it up a bit so it's less dangerous to be there and collecting driftwood and pulling it aside to dry. The Ruins are also another place for her to be found as she checks in makes sure everything is still together. She also hits up the Coconut Trees specifically for more of that sweet sweet fruit. Overall however if it has already been explored you can potentially find her there.]

((ooc: I switched between brackets and prose with these prompts but I don't care all that much so feel free to tag with whatever makes you the most comfortable for anything here!))

Comments

[prettypurpleparlor]

Compared to the alternative, certainly. And yes, I suspect it would be quite unwise to leave it be indefinitely. I had considered asking the Storyteller about it, but I confess that I wasn't sure how to broach the topic.

[She figures it's not a great idea to just walk up to their temple and go 'hey what the fuck'.]

[tenthstreetbred]

[That gets a gruff laugh out of the soldier.]

I tend to find "a giant beast with murderous intent is out there and is going to get us" usually gets one person's attention.

[The Storyteller seems... a bit more attentive than her Alliance heads back home, though they haven't proven themselves much yet.]

If they can't tell us anything though, I'll investigate it myself. See if I can find a weakness somewhere.

[She's killed a Reaper on foot before, she can handle this!]

[prettypurpleparlor]

[Muffet laughs softly along with Shepard, before becoming abruptly serious at her next sentence, turning to give her an impressively stern look.]

Not by yourself, you won't. If you wish to investigate it in person, then that's all to the good- if you're familiar with that sort of thing, your experience may well prove invaluable to dealing with it.

But no matter how skilled you are, going in alone would just be foolish. Find at least another person or two you know can handle themselves and bring them along, if you're going to do that.

[Guess who just volunteered. Aggressively.]

[Because the one thing that Muffet likes even less than the idea of dealing with the Fustercluck again right now is the idea of somebody else having to deal with the Fustercluck and getting themselves hurt or worse.]

[tenthstreetbred]

[For a moment Shepard feels... oddly caught out. It's not a good or bad feeling, at least nothing she can suss out in this moment, but it does remind her of her squad mates back home. She tries not to think about that association too hard.]

Then I'll be sure to hit you up when that time comes.

[If Muffet is willing to risk hide and limb over this, who is Shepard to potentially push her away?]

[prettypurpleparlor]

[Muffet relaxes again, smiling wryly. She knows she's being a bit forward about it, but there's no sense letting someone put themselves in danger by being shy.]

Any time, dearie.