Where's the Elf Help Section?

[holtfinder]

WHO: Moonshine and you!
WHERE: The Bishop, Town Center, near the flood plain
WHAT: Getting her bearings, making friends and influencing people, getting into trouble
WHEN: After the superhero event, as she arrived in the aftermath
WARNINGS: None, will edit if that changes

[Closed to the Crew of the Bishop] Queen Takes Bishop
Upon being informed that she's been assigned to the Bishop, the ship becomes one of Moonshine's first places to explore. The larger rooms make her height look even more ridiculous against the proportions of the ship, but she still makes a point of poking her head into as many of the rooms as possible. At one point, she even picks one of the exposed cords in the wall, following its length to see where it leads. It's as useful as anything, as any signs indicating what's where on the ship are useless to her.

One particular place to find her poking around is the Galley, where the refrigerator and freezer seem to confuse her more than anything else she's seen. "What's the use of a big box of cold?"

[OTA] Nyoom!
It's a bright day in the city center, when suddenly a grey wolf with a small purple-clad woman riding on his back bolt across from somewhere near the livestock nursery, around the fountain toward the Whale Come Sent Her. Someone's excited to stretch his legs, it seems, though he alternates between zoomies and stopping to sniff around things. It is entirely possible that those who aren't paying attention to their surroundings may be half bowled-over by an overeager wolf and his apologetic rider.

[OTA] The Wild Hunt
Eventually, Steadypaw catches the scent of a nest of piglet-squirrels toward the south end of the Town Center, tracking their scent down toward the flood plain. Those within earshot may hear a loud "AYOOOOOOAH!" from Moonshade as the pair harry their prey. If anyone's interested in a delicious breakfast of fresh piglet-squirrel meat, feel free to join the pair as they hunt. After all, Moonshade's without the knife or bow and arrows she'd normally be packing for such a hunt. She has, however, fashioned herself a slingshot and gathered some rocks, but more firepower would obviously be appreciated.

[OTA] Wildcard
Feel free to reach out on Plurk (darkersolstice) or Discord (darkersolstice#9463), but honestly if you just want to throw something random at me, I will roll with the punches!

Comments

Nyoom!

[heypartner]

"Dank farrick!"

Cobb went down hard as something furry caught his legs. For a moment he just laid there, silently cursing whatever was running around the city and himself for not paying close attention. He had a lot of his mind and well he just wasn't paying attention.

Maybe he was getting too comfortable here.

He rolled over and sat up, resting his arms on his knees glaring slightly at the creature that had run him over and it's rider. "You folks mind not doin' that in the middle of town? I know it ain't busy but folks do walk through here."

[holtfinder]

Moonshade convinces her mount to slow to a walk so they can turn around and have a proper conversation.

"I'm sorry. I think he's excited by everything that's new to him here. If you can recommend a better place to run to get him calmed down enough to pretend to be civil, that'd help. We're both still getting used to everything here. We've only just arrived."

[heypartner]

"There's a big open area by the lake." Cobb pulled up the map of the town and pointed to the section he was thinking of. It was right by the houses he was fixing up, a big open field.

He pointed to it on the map and then pointed the direction she and her mount should go. "It's out that way. You can run as much as your beast wants and not risk runnin' into anyone."

Even as small as she was her mount looked pretty tough. Cobb had never seen a creature like it. It reminded him of a loth wolf but it was pretty small.

[holtfinder]

"Ah! Thank you." She nods, glancing in that direction. "Is there anything else on the map I really ought to know about? Pretend I know absolutely nothing about this place yet--it's pretty close to true."

Nyoom!

[beholding_archivist]

When mount and rider dash past the building that once served as the city's library, a group of young, winged felines that have been lounging in the sunny grass before the building raise their heads, one or two of the creatures even sitting up with cautious curiosity.

The second time the large canine zooms by, some of the mothcats jump up onto their feet, eyes trained on the wolf.

The third pass is when Jon comes stepping out of the library, leaving him to blink in befuddlement as three of the mothcats leap into the air to flutter after wolf and raider, zooming along the pair excitedly while producing cheerful trilling noises.

Obviously these cats aren't afraid of a potential predator but instead excited about a potential playmate.

[holtfinder]

The woman on the back of the wolf is laughing, reaching out occasionally to try and touch one of the mothcats, because clearly this is just a big old game of tag now. The wolf leaps up at one point to try to catch one as well, missing by several inches.

"These clearly aren't food, Steadypaw. Play nice. For all we know, this is the closest you'll get to pack around here."

[beholding_archivist]

Jon stands and watches wolf, rider and mothcats round the fountain once more, blinking twice before his attention is pulled down towards where the Countess brushes lazily against his leg before sitting down next to him with a lazy swish of her tail feathers.

The mothcat that Steadypaw snaps after performs a roll in the air and then swoops down to land on the wolf's head, hitching a brief ride and turning to face the elf with wide, green eyes. The feline meows once before leaping back up into the air and resuming to flutter along.

With her next pass of the library, Jon raises a hand in an attempt to catch her attention, which she may or may not notice. "...uh... H-hello...?"

Nyoom

[demjiin]

Since Kaz did hear something that sounded like a dog coming up fast, he waited until the very last possible moment to step aside. It was surprising how fast he could move when he wanted to, despite having a cane. When the 'dog' went by Kaz was very surprised to see what looked like a tiny woman riding it. More than that she seemed to be smiling? Surprised, some of his rudeness was replaced with bewilderment.

"Uh...well you probably shouldn't be doing that. Your dog will knock people over pretty easily."

Re: Nyoom

[holtfinder]

"He's not a dog, he's a wolf. Dogs are weak, tame, human-bred creatures. Steadypaw's still mostly wild." You know, except for allowing a whole person on his back. But Moonshade slows the wolf down, approaching Kaz at a more sedate pace.

[demjiin]

"Wild except for having someone riding on his back?"

Well, at least they were both thinking it. His bewilderment is wearing off too, and his wits were starting to work again. The wolf seemed to be about average size for a wolf. The woman, however, was child-sized but seemed to be a fully formed adult, was caucasian, had black hair, and her features were pointed. She was wearing leather that was dyed a dark purple, too. Making an educated guess, Kaz decided she must not be human.

"Correct me if I'm wrong but wolves don't do very well when they're all alone."

All the nyooming

[foundlingfather]

Moonshade and her wolf are not eh only mount and rider out in the city at the moment. Albeit they're hardly racing. Din's out on his blurrg, doing their usual work of helping the construction. The blue grey bi-pedal beast is currently hitched up to and pulling a hovercart, full of debris from one of the buildings somewhere.

Din catches site of the wolf and rider coming toward them almost too late, and he yanks on the reigns to try and maneuver out of the way of the racing pair.

"Watch out!" The blurrg, being a temperamental animal, will even give an angry high pitched roar at the other beast.

[holtfinder]

Moonshade feels as Steadypaw's back half contracts, as he looks at the top of the cart. "No! Steady, no, don't you dare!"

It's too late, the wolf has already begun to launch himself, trying to get over the cart in one leap. A foolish attempt, his paws catch on some of the debris and he and Moonshade end up toppling into the cart.

"Oh, puckernuts," comes the frustrated comment from behind Din.

[foundlingfather]

Well. At least words mean they're not dead, and maybe not injured. After pulling the blurrg to a halt, Din turns look back at the cart and unexpected passengers.

"You okay?" He asks, and quickly jumps down from the blurrg's saddle, to walk back to the cart, looking them over for any visible injuries. "Not a very smart idea. Are you injured?"

Bishop

[out_of_order]

"It's for storage," Cal replies, unable to help but overhear the elf's inquiry as he's passing by the galley. Hopefully he doesn't startle her. From over his shoulder, BD-1 borbles curiously, the little droid peeking around the padawan towards the new face. Cal glances at his little buddy, nodding before he looks back towards the elf.

"Guess you're our new crew member," he says, offering a faint smile.

[holtfinder]

"I guess I am." She turns around, starting to say something else when she notices BD-1; that sort of manages to short-circuit her thought process. "Is that an animal turned into metal? Or...somehow made of metal?"

[out_of_order]

Blinking, Cal exchanges a glance with BD-1 before chuckling a little. "Neither, actually. BeeDee-One's what you'd call a droid. Not an animal, but he is made of metal." He lets the droid down to the floor where he can scuttle up to the elf, chirping a greeting.

"He says it's nice to meet you," the padawan translates. "I'm Cal Kestis. Welcome aboard the Bishop."

Hunt

[tempredmental]

The howling was... concerning? Keith wasn't sure, but it kind of put his nerves on edge. It also caught Kosmo's attention immediately and the cosmic wolf whined a little that he wanted to check it out. Keith gave the animal's head a quick rub, an unspoken agreement to allow him to check out the sound. With that, Kosmo ran off, teleporting himself a few times with brief flashes of light to find the source of the noise.

Moonshade would find herself eventually approached by a strange looking wolf, bluish in color, with bright cyan markings that seemed to glow. He was curious in posture, not aggressive.

[holtfinder]

Well, as long as he's not aggressive...

"Here to help us hunt? There's three or four of the pink fluffy animals in that set of bushes." Not that she's sure if the beast will understand, but it's worth trying. "If you help us take them down, you can have the meat from one of them."

[tempredmental]

Kosmo was very perceptive, so, even if he didn't understand the words specifically, he could understand intent. His nose twitched, and picked up on the fact that she meant no harm to him, and that was good enough for him right now. There was a wag of his tail to acknowledge her words before he disappeared in a flash of light again.

It didn't take long before there was another flash, and he had returned with Keith, the human's hand on the wolf's back. Keith looked momentarily surprised, but then noticed the elf.

"Ah... hello."

Bishop

[on_repeat]

One of the rooms is currently occupied. Echo sits on one of the bunks, mostly armored, fitting a bracer over his forearm when the newest recruit appears.

And he blinks, realizing that Moonshade isn't a familiar face aboard the Bishop. "–Oh. Hello."

[holtfinder]

It's the fact that he's armored that puts Moonshade on edge; she may not recognize all the materials, but she knows that he's dressed for combat. So she doesn't come any closer than the doorway of the room, ready to hide or run if he's going to prove dangerous to her.

Still, he greeted her casually enough, and he gets a quiet "hello" in return, her dark eyes unblinking.

[on_repeat]

One of these days he'll have to wear something other than his armor. Or at least throw a poncho over it.

Is she a child? She's small – that's about all he can tell from this distance. Echo holds up his hands as a means to show her he's unarmed and not looking to harm her. "It's okay," he reassures. "I see I'm not the only one aboard the ship anymore."

Bishop!

[the_tailor]

Lance always loves welcoming new people, even if this place isn't exactly Disneyland or whatever. He hasn't yet met his new shipmate, though, but that's about to change as he heads into the galley to grab a snack.

"Oh, hey!" he calls out, giving a wave as he heads over. "You looking at the fridge? Have, uh...you never seen one before?"

[holtfinder]

"No, never. There's a lot of things here I haven't seen." She turns to face Lance, her eyes dark and uncertain. "Are you also assigned to this ship?"

She almost seems to be assessing how much of a threat he might be, maintaining her distance from Lance uncertainly.

[the_tailor]

"I am! The name's Lance. Nice to meet you! Guess you're new here, huh?"

He'd hold out his hand in greeting, but he can already tell she's tense around a stranger.