January Catch-All

[haveaflare]

Who: Dion Lesage and YOU
Status: Open and Closed
Where: Where these threads take place
What: Some open and closed threads for the month of January, including MANTA prompts and Dion practicing with a weapon he hasn't used in years
Warnings: None as of yet, but I'll update when necessary!

(OOC: If you're interested in a customized prompt or would like to start your own thing, you can find me on plurk and discord at vikael or PM Dion's account! I'm also always open to Wildcards, so you can just start your own thing if that's more your style!)

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Closed to Joshua – Shopping trip!

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[It had started as a glimmer of an idea, a suggestion from Cid to learn to use his tattoo to augment Bahamut's Aether, then another from Erichthonios who'd spoken on Aetherology as though the study of these patterns were nothing more than numbers or letters, and then Rokurou and their discussion of weapons.

It's been some time since he and Joshua last visited Elah together, and mayhap his partner might be persuaded to join him on a journey to a well-known blacksmith aboard the leviathan if he bought lunch? Facilitated another visit to the archive? He wanted to share this idea with him as well, get his thoughts and perhaps recruit his aid. Joshua has far more experience of being versatile in the channeling of Aether through his weapons, after all.

And his partner proves himself predictable as he finds the other Dominant in the library.]

Ah, there you are.

Beginning to level PLD | Open

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[The clearing on Eltrut has become a popular spot for Dion to train, be it his wyvern (who is resting nearby, watching this new development with interest), or simply keeping himself fit. It's central, it's near to several food establishments he's come to appreciate, it's far enough away from the dwellings of others to keep them safe if anything untoward should happen, and it's well away from the other wyverns and griffons who call the Roost home and who might take offense to whatever noise he might produce.

Today, though, the halberd he is so often found in the company of rests against a tree beside which his bronze wyvern is curled and instead, the prince is in practice leathers, even in the cold, and wielding a…sword and shield? He has a wooden practice dummy setup here, against which he's practicing what are clearly swings and other basic moves he hasn't touched in some time, though he would also welcome a sparring partner, or something give him pointers.

Or something to ask what the hell he's even up to.]

[empyrean_mirror]

[...Well, if it comes to sparring, Mehrak can help, but Kaveh's rather curious. He build and designed the training grounds on Clive's specifications, but honestly they don't see much use otherwise. So seeing Dion use them is a bit a surprise to Kaveh.

It helps that Nima (the young unicorn who appears to believe she is a chocobo, for those playing at home) is quite curious about Lucian and has come to SNEEF.]

...Nima, mind your manners.

[Do not get too far in the baby Wyvern's personal space, please.]

MANTA (paladin) Can't Let it Go | Eltrut Docks | Open

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[No, a paladin worth his salt can't let a call for help go unanswered, and no, he can't cook, but what Dion can do is organize the gathering of supplies and do his best to facilitate their distribution to outlying islands.]

The people would be most appreciative, sir, if you could only-

[But his pleas seem to fall of deaf ears.

"If anyone wanted ta haul freight through that tempest, they would, son."

The pat the old captain gives his shoulder doesn't seem to ease his frustration. Maybe a little help is in order.]

MANTA (general) Fleamaster Mooshka | Open

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[This task is not any more his speed than research, but the Fleamaster had seemed so adamant and if life in Escordvi has taught him anything, it is that any life has meaning, even the miniscule. And so here is the prince, kneeling beside an overturned barrel in order to peer into the gap between, brow furrowed in deep concentration.

But ah! He's found a tiny cage!]

Mayhap this will not be as taxing as I assumed.

BOUNTY | Year of the Honse | Open

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Armed with a rather mind-boggling description from a very disturbed petitioner, Dion is on the hunt. The storms are still too much for Lucian's wings, and so he hunts alone today, unless others join him either in town before he follows the rough descriptions given to him by the disturbed townsfolk or on the trail as he follows what to him are very distinct hoofprints in the slushy ground.]

What make you of this strange creature? And why do you think it has so many hands? Mayhap a failed experiment?