escordvi | [open] april manta quests

Who: Rem and You!
Status: Open
Where: around
What: Manta board prompts.
Warnings: Include any content warnings

Wishing Tree (General)

It's really beautiful, isn't it?

[ Seeing as this tree blooms only one night a year, many have made their way up to this tree during this very same night. You, too, might have trekked all this way with a friend or a lover in order to make a promise. But, if you're taking a moment away from them to mingle with the other pilgrims, Rem is here to converse!

She is, of course, alone, as she has no one to make a promise with-- but that's no matter, as the tree itself is beautiful enough to justify the entire hike. Doubly so, as it only blooms once a year. Although she appears winded, she smiles through her fatigue, coughing softly into her hand. ] It's worth seeing, it is. [ Rem lifts her gaze to admire the flowering pinks and reds of its boughs. ] Even if the blooms fade too quickly.

Down Where It's Wetter (General)

[ SOMEONE STOP HER, SHE'S BEING SWINDLED BY HANDSOME MERMAN VARIANT #2 BY THE COAST-- ]

Oh, what's that, you need more to be able to buy dinner...? Fishing while being able to breathe underwater must be tougher than it looks. [ Rem reaches for her coin purse, selecting another doubloon. The merman motions her closer, and she blinks, initially confused, and leans in to allow him to murmur something into her ear.

Immediately she turns red, and she hands him the coins. ] Oh, um, that's... You're very kind, you are! [ Wow wow wow, he called her beautiful. That's so nice. She's never had someone call her that before, much less in such a forward way! An embarrassed, bashful smile forms at the corners of her lips, her cheeks retaining that soft pink. This is the look of a young woman who is easily moved, practically made smitten by such kind words. ] Here, take more.

[ It's not like she needs to eat or anything! The merman has to! Plus, he's so friendly! ]

Crab Curry (Special)

[ She's kneeling by a tide pool, cupping a tiny, baby hermit crab in her palms. Rem looks over the little critter remorsefully. ] I'm sorry, little one. I was too late.

[ With her thumb, she pets over its colorful shell. Should you be close enough, you might be able to notice that it's no longer moving.

But she's still holding it. Although her head is bowed, it doesn't appear as if she's praying over it, but concentrating. ]

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[For better or worse Alhaitham says nothing as he waits for Rem to be done, though the way she acts does pique his interest a little. He isn't going to be one to say anything based off assumptions, and ultimately what she does is not something he will concern himself with unless it directly interferes him or Kaveh, but... well. As long as she knows what she's doing and isn't actually hurting people.

He watches the wave that comes to take the deceased crab, seeing it vanish back into the waters, then turns to look at Rem, nodding in acknowledgement to her words. One of them might have not made it, but it is merely one out of many. He has no doubt that there will be others who are not as unfortunate.]

Let's look more inland. Those are probably the ones that need our help the most.

[ She'll turn away from the shore, heading up from the beach. ] It'd be easier if we were given a count for how many to find or help.

[ Wouldn't a mama crab keep track of all of her kiddos?? No? ]

[Have you seen how many eggs a crab lays in one go, Rem. Do you think mama crab would've kept track of that.

In fact, Alhaitham will say as much too.] If it did give us a number, I wouldn't be surprised if it was one that no human would be reasonably able to keep track of consistently.

[There's also the somewhat violate environment to consider... or well as much of one as fierce seagulls can be anyway. Seriously, he doesn't remember the seagulls back in Teyvat ever being this annoying. This world truly has some strange variances at time.]

[ She is never claimed to be a crustaceologi... crustaceanolog... carcinologist! So when Alhaithem suggests that a crab's brood is a lot-- ]

Which means we should hurry! [ Saying so, she quickens her pace. ] I mean, I'm sure the gulls are quite happy and not hungry anymore... [ Honestly she can't blame them because crabs are tasty but that's not the point. ] Still, the poor crabs.

[ She crouches down again, picking up a langer piece of driftwood to see if any are hiding there. When she finds none, she throws it off and continues. ] I suppose this is the least we can do.

[Well if anything, Alhaitham supposes that Rem is taking this rather well, in a manner of speaking. There's no real reason to disparage her from that so he doesn't, instead picking up his own pace as well in order to keep up with her.]

It is in our best interests to prevent as many of them from being pecked open by the seagulls as possible. [He remarks after watching her toss away the driftwood.] There's no denying that the number of seagulls around are rather plentiful.

[So, you know, a little bit of culling is always an option.]

The little ones are so tiny. If only there were some sort of magic able to locate the crabs. [ She has a dowsing blade, but that won't help them. Crabs aren't gold or treasure.

Rem walks a few more meters in silence, but her pace suddenly picks up as she spots a shell in the distance. ] Oh..! Over there.

[Alhaitham lets out a hum of agreement to Rem's remark there. It certainly would be nice to have something like Elemental Sight, but for crab locating... or perhaps a treasure compass except for crabs... it'd make their job here easier, that's for certain.

But those are just pipe dreams at best, and Alhaitham is never one to let himself linger on those for too long. He shakes it off soon enough, attention then drawn over to Rem as she spots something that makes her hurry over. Intrigued, Alhaitham does the same, keeping up with Rem while he tries to see what caught her attention. Is it just another crab, or something more...?]

[ Unfortunately, it's another dead crab, which Rem scoops up into her hands again. Before she can lament its loss, though, she looks up-- only to spot another one another meter away. Then another, not further off from that, almost as if they were a trail.

Or some pesky gull's litter of shells after eating them. ]

Should we follow it?

[It doesn't take long for the trail of crabs to become rather prominent, and Alhaitham frowns as he sees it. Of course, it could easily just be a hungry and rather opportunistic gull striking the proverbial gold, but at the same time...]

Mmn. We should. [He doesn't draw his sword out but he is more wary than before, senses coming up on alert just in case anything happens.] There might be a small nest or hiding spot where all these crabs came from.

[Better to look and see if there's anything they can find from this... mess.]

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