[semi-open] 💣 they're gonna clean up your looks

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Who: The PLUS ULTRA! crew & friends.
Status: Semi-open.
Where: The Mighty Explosion God Ship Bomb!! ship that is docked in Eltrut or Elah. Or the small cottage the crew owns in Elah.
What: A catch-all mingle log for March for the PLUS ULTRA! crew and any friends happening by. Some Manta Board quest prompts have been included too.
Warnings: Tba.

⛵ Like the rest of the ships around the docks lately, the explosion of sea slugs has taken over the hero's ship as well. It's covered in what seems like hundreds of playful and colourful sea slugs. They are all over the deck, climbing up the mast and leaving strings of sticky slime all over the place. The slugs will either need to be removed somehow or killed. And the sea slug slime mopped up...

If crewmates and friends are looking for partners to go harvesting underwater pineapples with the ship can also be found in Eltrut waters where the special pineapples can be found. Go swimming or diving to collect as many underwater pineapples for the ship stores as possible.




🌼 If not on the ship, the crew can sometimes be found at their small cottage on the paladin's leviathan, Elah. The cottage is small but happens to be well kept despite four very unruly and busy teenagers living inside it. They have a small garden growing outside as well as various plants and pots all over the terrace.

And they seem to be preparing to build some kind of new addition to the cottage soon too as there is a pile of stone and wood stacked up outside. And an apple-shaped sheep keeps walking around too. Baaah.

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Toge Inumaki | Breaking in your post like the rude houseguest he is!

[cursedwords]

I. He swears he’s not a ninja...

[ The cottage is cute, really, and since Toge’s own ship is not far from town at the moment he can find time to visit!

What kind of a person knocks on the door? Not him. After all, he’s in Paladin territory here. He can’t expect to know if the occupants of the cottage mind his presence.

So, instead of going to the door like a normal person, he can be seen in the twilight scaling the wall up to Shoto’s room and letting himself in. At some point in the night, he’ll sneak out and leave some pastries in the kitchen for the occupants as thanks for letting him visit.

In the morning when they get up he’ll just go right back out the window, so in daylight he can be seen not scaling down, but jumping, landing rather solidly on his feet like that’s a normal thing to do. ]

II. Just an ordinary visitor.

[ And, at Shoto’s request, he will at least come visit once to meet people in an ordinary way, knocking at the door.

It’s a housewarming right? Something like that.

So Toge will bring something for them and what that happens to be is a cloth bag filled with various candy bars swiped from his bottomless cauldron in his room on his ship.

Whoever comes to the door will get a cheerful smile behind a mask and a raised hand. ]

Kelp!

III. Wildcard

[Oh he can visit the ship too – don’t you worry, this brat has a ring of returning, he could set it up to visit.

Also Bakugo he owes you a sparring match.]

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[At the best and worst of times- Izuku is a night owl. He stays up late a lot and often because he's busy fixating on a book or some sort of project. Tonight is one of those nights. In particular, he hears the sounds rustling in the kitchen as their house guest breaks in to leave some baked pastries in the kitchen.

He's quick like lightning, a crack of his quirk Black Whip snapping into the kitchen to slam against the wall because-- of course, he thinks they're being robbed?! Who breaks in to leave things instead of taking things though-]

Wait! Don't move?!

[cursedwords]

[ Congratulations Izuku, on getting the jump on Toge, because he was not really paying enough attention.

His back hits the wall, but he doesn't listen because he makes a grab for Izuku's arm and moves to sweep his leg and put him on the ground.

It's a reflex. ]

Pastry Ninja

[callmekacchan]

[Katsuki is an early riser and he's up making breakfast when he sees something--someone drop from above into their yard through the kitchen window. A window that he opens to find... Todoroki's boyfriend.]

Oy. We have doors.

[cursedwords]

[ Come on, doesn't everyone exit buildings by jumping from the window? That's such a normal thing.

Toge had landed and is hopping in place a bit to wake up and he blinks at being shouted at and he smiles and waves. ]

Mentaiko! [ Yes, he knows. ]

II - I'm not late, you're late.

[heir_conditioned]

There's never not a smiling moment when Shoto gets to see him, even if they're small smiles when that door opens.

"Toge." As if he was expecting someone else, but also, he's happy to see him anyway. Moving out of the doorway, he gestures for him to come in. "Everyone should be around eventually." As does usually happen with this place, with their ship or crew. Everyone mills around as they need or want.

Time is a myth.

[cursedwords]

He smiles cheerfully and steps inside, look Toge knows how to use doors just fine. He's not a total heathen. He enters, lets Shoto get the door and lowers his mask so he can give him a little kiss in greeting.

"Kelp." Toge's tone is a bit different, less total cheer and more warmth.

Izuku Midoriya | My Hero Academia | Paladin

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[🥦 a. spring sprung slugs]

Ehhh?!

[Izuku frantically stumbles over the ship's wooden deck, his feet practically slip-sliding across the entire length of it before he manages to grab onto the railing. He manages not to slip and fall face-first onto the slime-covered deck but now he's stuck here and is a little too afraid to move in fear of that.]

How did this much slime accumulate on the ship already?!

[There's a horde of sea slugs squeaking around all over the place. And while Izuku still thinks they're adorable and doesn't want to kill a single one... This explosion of them is getting a smidge out of hand.]

They're multiplying too fast... And why does it always have to be... s-slime?

[🥦 b. if i had a little hammer]

[Back at the homely cottage, there might be a loud bang that can be heard somewhere near the back of it. It's followed by another cracking noise and then the strange alarming view of black smoke coming from somewhere.

If someone rushes to find out what is happening they'll find Izuku at the back of the cottage with a sledgehammer in hand. He's got working overalls on and he looks extremely focused on what appears to be a wheelbarrow of stones and rocks...

Luckily, there are no holes in anything. Yet?]

[🥦 c. wildcard]

[anything else with izuku this month? put it here!]

Please Put The Hammer Down

[empyrean_mirror]

[Well, Kaveh might have nebulously timed plans during this month but he's still been checking in on people he knows, and he made the time to come stop by Elah.

He heard the crack as he got there. Oh no. Oh no oh no oh no.

So Kaveh comes skidding around the side of the house and grabs for the sledgehammer with his telekinesis.]

Izuku what is going on here.

[fullgauntlet]

Eh?!

[The tug of the sledgehammer by invisible force startles Izuku at first! He stumbles and lets go of the tool but it dangles there just out of his reach.]

Kaveh-san?! Oh- I ... Hello! I was just starting to plan some things out?

[He reaches up because can he have his hammer back??]

Hammer Time

[catsgothistongue]

[Since he's part of the 'crew' now, Ranma figured he should probably visit the guys' cottage every once and a while. Try and bring them something as a 'thank you' present for letting him come on board. Unfortunately, he neither could think of anything to give, nor knew what any of them would like, so he's here on a visit to try and figure that out for later.

Before he could knock on the door, the crackle and banging in the back caught his attention. To give him credit, he didn't jump. Only stared up at the forming black smoke rising in the distance. Alright, time to find out who blew what up.

Walking around back, he saw the other teen hard at what he figured to be renovations on their cottage. Ranma calmly walked up behind Izuku and tapped on his shoulder to get his attention.]

Whatcha up to?

[fullgauntlet]

[Ranma and the rest of the crew are more than welcome to come by the cottage anytime they want and even use the cottage if they need it. It's currently littered with Izuku's little projects because he's the type to always have to keep busy with something he can hyper fixate on which today means... renovations.]

Ah- Saotome-san! Hello!

[He's more than happy to see the other boy. He turns to him and holds up the sledgehammer like it's a golden tool.]

I've been thinking about making an addition to the cottage lately. Something like ahhh... An alchemy study or greenhouse attached to the side! What do you think?

[He glances at the cottage wall.]

I'll just need to find a way to take this wall out...

closed to katsuki bakugou 🧡

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[Today's the day- March 14th.

Izuku is sure that he's going to die today but at least it'll be a decent way to go.

After last month's confusion things have been a little strange between the two boys but not as terrible as Izuku thought they might be. He spent hours going over the details of Valentine's Day with Shoto only to come to the conclusion that Katsuki more than likely picked to make chocolates for Izuku despite Katsuki's surface level responses. So it's ... it's only fair that he return the favour today.

He's going to die.]

Ummm... Kacchan?

[He'll approach with caution, wearing what appears to be a apron over his clothing.]

If you're not busy today... Would you still like to make chocolates with me? I have almost everything ready.

💚

[callmekacchan]

[It's been a weird time since the whole Valentines Chocolate thing. They haven't done... bad? Since then? At least he feels like they haven't.

They danced. That was a thing. And it went pretty okay all things considered. But he's certainly had a lot on his mind when it comes to Izuku and his feelings.

But he's been aware that white day was drawing ever nearer and that he'd have to eventually face his decision to agree to help Izuku make chocolate for... well.

Todoroki seemed to think for him.

It was something Katsuki couldn't think too long or hard about.

And now it's March 14th and Izuku is in front of him in an apron. And Katsuki feels... fuck.

Fuuuuck.]

Said I'd do it didn't I? Think I'd go back on my word?

[Like he hasn't been counting down the days with dread and made sure his schedule was clear for this.]

Got any idea what you want to make?

[heir_conditioned]

See. Now. A normal person would hear that and wonder what's going on. No, Shoto is already aware it's likely Bakugo if there's a crackling noise, but thinks better of it than to think it. The consideration gets his curiosity to go out there and when he realizes it's not Bakugo and that Midoriya seems alright, Shoto simply and calmly walks up beside him and looks down at the same place he's glancing, too. Maybe they're rocks used for potions? He has been very focused on that, to be honest.

"Good morning, Midoriya." He says, picking up one of the rocks, looking down at the rest of them. "Have you had breakfast yet?" He's trying to parse out what these rocks have to do with Izuku in overalls and a sledgehammer without asking first.

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Good morning, Todoroki-kun!

[Izuku replies cheerily like holding a sledgehammer and having a pile of rocks and rubble is the most normal thing in the world. The fact of the matter is when Izuku's got a project in his head its hard to get him to stop.]

I haven't eaten yet, now that I think about it. I think I got a little carried away this morning.

[Case in point... This giant mess.]

What are you up to this morning?

Ranma Saotome | Ranma 1/2 | Corsair

[catsgothistongue]

{💧I. A Little Sluggish💧}
[Things were fine on the vessel of Mighty Explosion God Ship Bomb!!. Ranma was swabbing the deck with a push broom, whistling a tune to himself. Everything was going just peachy for him... Which should've been a sign that they wouldn't in the next several minutes.

All at once, the now squeaky clean deck Ranma spent the last couple hours making spotless was painted over in a colorful array all over. Sea slugs, the ants of the sea.]

Gah! Get outta here ya slimy--

[Ranma was running all over the place, whacking any sea slugs he with the broom he had on him. Yet no matter how many he swung off of the ship, they just wouldn't stop coming! Take out one, thirty more pop up in their place! These things were everywhere, mucking up the place with their slime. The same slime that Ranma ended up slipping on, careening through the air with a yell.

Incoming, pigtailed teen coming in hot.]

{💧II. Suddenly Pineapples💧}
[After his experience with his kooky principal, Ranma really should be sick of pineapples by now. Truth be told though, nope! Nothing was going to ruin food for him. And hearing about ripe plump pineapples growing under the sea, Ranma knew he had to be one of the first ones to try it.

Of course, that meant having to get ready beforehand, since he wasn't going to be able to get in the water without the obvious hiccup. That, and the dive was going to have to be deep. Ranma's good at holding his breath for a really long time, and he's a fast swimmer, but he isn't sure if neither will be good enough to get him to the bottom fast enough. Hmm...

A light bulb went off in her head, for hours later, Ranma was in her cursed form. Dressed in the right piece of attire. Goggles, swimsuit, rope with one end tied to her waist and the other around a gigantic boulder hundreds time Ranma's own tiny size. Just the usual equipment for deep-sea diving. Ranma was walking to the edge of the water, monstrous chunk of rock on her back as she steadily approaches. Surely no one will pay any mind to the tiny redheaded girl hefting a rock attached to her with the intent of throwing it, and by extension herself, into the watery depths?]

{💧III. Shapple A Day Keeps the Ranma Away💧}
[Consequences have actions, especially harebrained ones that a certain pigtailed boy failed to consider. Case in point, throwing around sheepifying spells meant a sudden influx of faux-sheep running amuck the land. No one has dared to try and take on the gargantuan sheep that was once a boulder, the locals accepting that that neck of the forest was now its territory.

For the rest? Some have been capturing them, taking care of them, adding to their livestock and more. One of these people was the teen behind it all. An apple-sheep (or shapple) was currently nipping on some shrubbery, unknowingly inching closer and closer to a wooden cage trap hanging from a tree branch by a rope. And the mastermind?]

C'mon... Little closer, ya' freak of nature...

[Ranma, hiding behind a bush. Only seen by his pigtail poking out of the green, holding onto the rope waiting for the right opportunity to catch the shapple. Or anything or anyone unfortunate to step right in the line of his nabbing.]

{💧IV. Suite Life on Deck💧}
[Getting used to ship life was going to take some time. Sure, Ranma's been on a couple of boats before. They were typically small dinghies, passengers and even a yacht. Never a pirate vessel.

It wasn't a bad place either. Had all the typical quarters you'd see on your typical pirate ship. And already, Ranma was making himself familiar with the place. One might find him sitting in one of the cabins, door ajar with the sounds of papers flapping. Should one's curiosity be piqued enough, they'll stumble upon the martial artist laser focused in on one book, skimming through the pages and clicking his tongue. Ranma's nose deep in the book, he hadn't even noticed whether or not someone's spotted him.

With Ranma being an outdoorsy person, he wouldn't stay inside the ship for long. One might find him on the deck, doing what Ranma does to kill time: train and exercise. The martial artist did the usual regimen, anything to keep his body active on his own. Kicking and punching a rudimentary makiwara he made out of some discarded wood and sandbags, pull ups on the crow's nest, and currently doing upside down sit-ups of the ship's railing. Nothing right now could break his focus!]

{💧V. Wild Card💧}
[Want something else, have your own idea, anything else for Ranma this month? Put it down here, or PM this account if you want to plan and discuss!]

Kaveh vs the Shapple

[empyrean_mirror]

Oh--hey there, little guy!

[Bad news, Ramna. Kaveh has spotted the shapple. the shapple has spotted kaveh.

The shapple has fallen in love with kaveh on the spot. So guess who stepped under the trap to see about this adorable little abomination of magic? Yeah. Yeah you know it.]

damn it dad!

[catsgothistongue]

[Well... This was an unexpected conundrum Ranma found himself under. He can either drop the trap and grab both of them, or keep it up and--]

An opening! [Oh never mind, he's just dropping the wooden cage onto Kaveh and the shapple, letting the rope go so the trap falls on them. Good thing Ranma made it spacious]

IV

[cursedwords]

[ At some point during their travels, although Toge has met pretty much everyone here, he wasn't part of the crew, but now he is. He didn't offer any explanation, although his relationship with Shoto is really not a secret, so he's around. Now that he has more free time, he too gets to lounge on the deck doing training.

He's just going to jump down from the crow's nest like that's a normal thing to do and land in front of Ranma with ease.

Toge grins behind his collar and makes a beckoning motion, putting up his fists and miming combat. Come on, train with him? ]

[catsgothistongue]

[In all fairness, while it might not be to most people, people landing from heights that'd induce grievous harm on a person's body isn't that foreign for Ranma. Guys and girls do it all the time back home, including himself. So Toge's sudden touchdown didn't shock or startle the martial artist.

That, and the pantomiming of Toge putting up dukes got a grin out of him as the gears turn in his head.]

You wanna train? [The pigtailed guy stretched and kept that confident smirk on his face. He hadn't had a real opportunity to train with anyone here yet besides Shoto a while back and his fight with Katsuki. So this is all but welcomed.] I've got nothing better to do, so sure.

Roxas | Kingdom Hearts

[seasaltkeys]

[A - Slugs]

[Oh it's gross.

It's really gross. Roxas hasn't had a lot to do with bugs in general, and whether or not slugs fall into that category, they do now, and they're gross. He's definitely not a fan.

Especially because the slime is hard to mop up. It's sticky and there's only so much scrubbing that he can do to get it off the deck of the ship.]

There's got to be an easier way to do this.

[He grouses, mostly to himself before he notices another patch of slugs. There's a flash of light as a keyblade comes out for a very pointed Thunder spell.]

[B - Swimming]

[Roxas still cannot claim to be the strongest swimmer, but he's been practising and there's been some improvement from when he first arrived here. He's floating, at the very least, and has been diligent in his practice. He's not quite ready to try diving yet, but he can at least be a lookout on the surface.

Or maybe he's just taking a moment to enjoy the water. Floating's easy. He likes floating, and after dealing with slugs, maybe he's earned it.

Or maybe he's just setting himself up for something.

Who's to say]

[C - Ship]

[For the most part though, Roxas stays on the ship.

He's still finding his sea legs, so he's looking for every opportunity to practice. Whether it's just focusing on the horizon, or getting used to the rocking or even just learning basics about the ship, Roxas is around.

He probably still looks a little bit green, especially if there's a wavy section, but otherwise he's okay. He thinks, he hopes. And maybe he just leans on the side of the ship for a bit.]

[D - Wildcard]

[OOC; Available for any and all other shenanigans. If you had any questions about Roxas and his backstory, now would be a good time to ask because he's a little more honest than usual. Plotting can be done by PM or on plurk @urbaninja

Additionally, I will be on hiatus this month, so I'll be a little slow in getting to replies.]

Sink or Swim

[catsgothistongue]

[Hey Roxas, you got company. Perching himself on the ship's rail like a bird on a branch, the martial artist was watching the other teen float carelessly in the blue ocean. He's been watching him do that for the last couple of minutes, mostly out of boredom.]

Yo! Are ya' actually going to swim, or are you gonna keep floating around like a piece of driftwood? Cause while that's good and all, you wouldn't want to be swept up by a strong current like that, now would ya'?

[He's just being a teasing little shit.]

C

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[ Their not-so-mysterious visitor turned shipmate can't help but notice that Roxas is looking a bit rough as they're going through the choppier waters.

Toge comes up beside him a few moments in and knocks on the railing to get his attention before offering him a warm cup of tea. It's ginger-based and it will help. ]

slugs

[fullgauntlet]

Ah... I'm sorry, Roxas-kun. I'm not sure how this got so bad...

[Their poor ship is just covered in slugs and slimes. He has a mop in hand as well and he's trying his best to clean as much sticky slime off the desk...

But then that keyblade comes out and Izuku jumps on the spot.]

Roxas-kun?!

[Well. That's one way to get rid of the slug problem!!]