[closed] 🐦 they will see us waving from such great heights

[phoenixdominant]

Who: Joshua Rosfield & Friends
Status: Closed.
Where: Where these threads take place.
What: A catch-all log for Joshua for the month of January! Feel free to wild card me or find me at michrure at for some plotting.
Warnings: Tba.

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closed to benedikta harman 🕊️

[phoenixdominant]

[Progress toward Joshua's solution to the Crystal Curse for all of Valisthea's Dominants is well underway. It's a long process, and one whose ending he cannot see. Whether he'll find a solution at all ... whether he can change their lives for the better? Or fail entirely? Is still something that remains unknown.

Still, Joshua has uncovered a few key things that have put hope into his work. He's secured several vials of basilisk oil thanks to hunting with both Clive and Tifa. And now he is starting the process of collecting the other added ingredients to something powerful. An alchemic mixture infused with otherworldly magic...

In the meantime, Joshua decides he should check in with Benedikta to see how her condition stands. And to give her an update on what he needs from her.

At The Hideaway, Joshua arranges to meet with Benedikta.]

Good morning, Benedikta. I pray you slept well.

[garudas]

[It is in the healer's quarters of the Roost, set further into the caves beyond a tunnel, where she agrees to meet him, and there is a nervous energy about her as she approaches, her shoulders tense and her fingers curling and uncurling from fists at her sides. As soon as she sees him, though, she straightens her back and tries to play it all off.]

Well enough.

[A soft clearing of her throat and she flashes him a scrutinizing look, her own defenses and pride already starting to rise up against her better judgment.]

I should hope that you have as well.

[phoenixdominant]

[It's not as if Joshua can't tell that she's a bit nervous. If the roles were reversed, he might have been nervous as well. He's never liked doctors (despite being a healer of sorts) or being holed up on hospital beds for long. Having been sick or dying for so long when he was young, it's ...

That's for another time.]

Well enough.

[He echoes with a bit of a smile. He motions to the table, where he's got some tea brewing.]

I thought we might talk, first.

closed to fantomex 🪞

[phoenixdominant]

[At some point, Joshua might find himself with one too many books in his arms. He's busy at work and his mind is focused, and when he is in this sort of mood, he needs all the books he needs at his disposal. And that means travelling with too many books in his arms.

He may or may not come across someone at The Hideaway without seeing him over the stack he's carrying... If he collides with him or not is to be seen!]

[madeofmirrors]

[There meeting here is becoming something of a regular occurrance, and not only because Fantomex is jealous of the extensive library the Hideaway boasts, though that may very well play a part. He also genuinely enjoys Joshua's company, which is not something he can say of most people.

That being said, he isn't expecting to make it so physically, or send his hawl tumbling to the floor quite so spectacularly.]

They should look at enforcing borrowing limits at this rate.

[phoenixdominant]

Ah-?!

[And there goes his armful of books. Joshua lets out an embarrassed sigh and kneels to start collecting them.]

Jean-Phillipe. My apologies. I... I've had my head stuck in books for weeks.

[No one would dare to put a borrowing limit on Joshua, though. Right?]

too much pep in the potion 🐉

[haveaflare]

[Dion's at the prow of the ferry, one of the few willing to sail the waters in which they've found themselves, reading over the ingredient list for what must be the twentieth time, brow deeply furrowed.]

How does one procure a jar of...monkey kisses?

[phoenixdominant]

[When Joshua had seen the Manta Board posting under his banner, he didn't think twice about the strange list of ingredient he needed to find. He was thinking more about the latest copy of a certain... ahem... novel series... that he wants and hasn't had a chance to get a copy of yet, seeing as it's been hard to get a hold of. The quest promising a copy of the novel was more than enough to have Joshua taking it.

And dragging his partner in along with him to complete it. Thank you, Dion.

Although, Joshua looks over the paper at Dion's side and frowns.]

I'm... not entirely certain what that might be. Perhaps it is not an abstract concept at all? Maybe some manner of plant?