♠ (family)
Daisuke actually spends very little time with his parents outside of tournaments and family dinners. When forced to ‘spend time’ with them for appearances, he’ll always slip away with an excuse of ‘studying’ at his earliest (and least rude-seeming) convenience.
Sometimes, Sayaka provides distractions for an easy out.
PAC Odyssey - Bittersweet Gold
Characters: Logan, Cherise, Adina
Training wasn't all Venturis needed to tackle the next floor of the labyrinth. Their equipment was getting out of shape, and simply wasn't up to the task of serving them against the new enemies they were coming across. As such, Logan stood looking over the railing of their airship, watching the ground roll by.
"Spot anything yet, fearless leader?" Adina asked as she walked up beside him.
"Not yet," Logan said cheerfully, looking up at her. "I'm sure it won't be long though, the place is relatively untouched."
Adina quirked her head at that and looked down to the ground herself. "How can you tell? Looks all the same to me."
Logan smiled and looked down too, crossing his arms over the railing and leaning against it. "We grew up on a farm, just outside a small town a ways away, so I know a little about the natural land, so to speak."
Adina glanced over her shoulder to where Natsuki was piloting Nightshade with Cherise next to him, her seeming to carry a conversation by herself prodded only by a few nods and fewer words from the Dancer.
"Why did you leave?" She asked, only turning back to him once she'd finished speaking. "I know farm work is difficult, but it can't be worse than risking your life like this every day."
Logan suddenly looked decidedly less cheerful. "Wasn't much of a choice. We don't have the farm anymore."
Frowning, Adina leaned in a little closer. "What happened?"
At first, Logan didn't answer. He took a deep breath and let it out slowly. "How long has it been since we got the guild together?"
"A few weeks? Almost a month?" Adina answered, cocking her head slightly, curious about the apparent change in subject.
"Then its been about two months since some bandits attacked our farm. Burned it to the ground. Cherise and I weren't there at the time, but..." He shook his head and stopped talking.
The Medic put a hand on his shoulder. "It's okay. You don't have to talk about it. But if you want to, I’m here, okay?”
Logan nodded idly, still staring over the side of Nightshade, but staring past the ground and off into space. Fighting monsters had turned out to be a great distraction from the destruction of all one knew and loved. Logan had been more concentrated on staying alive, and keeping the other members of his guild alive, to dwell on the reason he was here in the first place. He could feel it all bubbling up again, and he squeezed his eyes shut to try and fight it.
It was a losing battle, but only until Cherise called out, “Look! Vegetables and cattle! I bet that would fetch a nice bit of Ental!”
Logan focused on the sound of his sister’s voice and opened his eyes to look where she was pointing. “Y...Yeah…!” Came his slightly delayed response.
He could see Adina looking at him, concerned, but he focused down towards the supplies and called out to Natsuki to try and coordinate a landing to snatch it all up. Within a few hours, the hold was packed, expertly arranged by Benji and Adina to hold as much as possible, and they headed back to town with smiles on their faces.
With a much fatter wallet, Venturis retired that night feeling high on spirits, though Logan and Cherise stayed behind in the common room while the rest of the guild retired for the night.
“Hey…” Cherise said, sliding over to her brother. “How are you doing? I saw what happened earlier today… You were thinking of them, weren’t you?”
Logan nodded, his eyes drifting to the fire, and ended up looking straight through it, much like earlier. “It’s been easy not to lately. So much going on, life and death situations and all that. I… Sometimes…”
As Logan struggled to find words, Cherise seemed to complete them. “It sometimes feels like they’re not really gone. Like we’re just away for a bit and when we’re done we’ll just go back and everything will be normal again.”
“Yeah…” Logan choked out, nodding slightly as tears welled in his eyes. “I miss them so much…”
Cherise wrapped her brother in a hug, rubbing her face against his shoulder blade. “I do too…”
When they finally left the common room, the pair had swollen eyes, but at least were too exhausted to let their minds wander much more.
(( picture time!! ))
♦ Marianne
Tilly: PARTNER!!!
no thats terrible..
wait let me thiiink
uuhmmm
persistent?
PAC Odyssey - Training Day
Characters: Logan, Cherise, Natsuki, Benji, Adina
“How come you two always get to pick where we go?” Cherise asked, crossing her arms and leaning back in her chair, causing it to tip a little.
“Don’t tip in your chair,” Logan said offhand, standing at the head of the table with Benji sitting around the side on his right. “And it’s because he’s the map guy who knows the area, and I’m the leader.”
“I didn’t vote for you as leader,” Cherise said with a shrug, and setting her chair back to normal.
Logan sighed and rolled his eyes, deciding to ignore his sister for the time being. “Anyway… Now that we’re all back up to full strength, we need to figure out how to get deeper into those woods. Considering how easily those monsters took us out, Benji and I have agreed we need a bit more training before we go too far in. There’s a nearby area, not far from the woods that seems to be good for what we need, a small orchard, right here.”
There was a mark on the map Benji had made up that Logan pointed at, not far from the mark that was labelled as the woods themselves. Logan glanced at the Runemaster and he cleared his throat before speaking.
“The orchard has some tougher monsters than we’ve seen so far, but it’s easier to come and go than the woods, which makes it safer overall. Adina thinks we could find some good materials to bring back to Berund Atelier, which means we’ll be able to afford some better gear for the trip through the woods as well.”
“It all works out!” Logan said with a smile. “So, let’s pack up our stuff and head out!”
How does Melissa relate to her teammates? What makes Jeong the angriest? What is Daisy's fighting style like?
How does Melissa relate to her teammates?
Her current relationship with the three of them is…decent, overall!! She gets along quite well with Celeste! Their fighting styles and a lot of their interests overlap, so they have a good bit to talk about!
Clovis is…mmmmneh. While she doesn’t dislike HIM ( and is actually pretty polite to him!! ) he’s kind of really cautious around her and not the warmest bc well…. > Faunus
As for Seth, Melissa thinks he’s cute….really cute. But, unfortunately, he seems to have the personality of a cardboard cutout. That’s what happens when yer Stoic McDesert-kun
What makes Jeong the angriest?
Constantly feeling inadequate
What is Daisy’s fighting style like?
She’s one of those people that you could beat easily as long as you don’t make her give a fuck. If she doesn’t have any specific vendetta against your or anything, or is even fighting because of grades, she’s very slow about it.
If you make her give a fuck, though, prepare for a smackdown.
PAC Odyssey - First Floor Complete
Characters: Logan, Cherise, Natsuki, Benji, Adina
"This is it," Benji said as the group slipped past one of the woods' large bears and through a doorway. "The end of the maze."
"At least for now," Natsuki commented, pointing across the pond to a staircase just visible from where they stood.
Venturis took a moment to relax, though every member took glances at the staircase. It had taken a lot of blood and sweat to reach this point, and it seemed there was an entire other level to the place. Just as they were starting to really settle in, a sharp cry echoed up from the staircase.
"What was that!?" Cherise exclaimed as Logan shot to his feet.
"I don't know, but we're going to check it out. Let's go!'
"Someone got here before us...?" Benji muttered as the guild got to their feet and dashed for the staircase.
PAC Odyssey - Late Night Nerds
Characters: Benji and Adina
The sun was setting on another day of exploration. Venturis had mapped nearly the entire first floor of the Lush Woodlands. They had thought their job there nearly complete, but other explorers and soldiers had reported a staircase leading further into the woods. That was part of the reason Benji was still awake in the common area of the inn, as opposed to resting peacefully in his room like the rest of the guild.
Before him lay the map he’d created during their trips into the woods, a number of books, and pieces of paper with writing on them. He was completely engrossed in them, meaning when Adina sat down across from him, she had to clear her throat to get him to look up.
“What?”
“You sure are into all this paper. What are you doing? Working on your monster book?” She asked, craning her head to get a better look at what he was currently writing.
He smiled and went back to writing. “Yes. Working on my ‘monster book’. If there’s another floor to this place, I want to make sure we at least know everything we can about the first floor before we go down further. Not to mention making sure all the information we’ve come across will come in handy and make things much easier on us.”
“Plus you’re a big nerd who likes monsters,” Adina teased, resting her chin in her palm.
Benji snorted. “And you’re a nerd who likes plants. You’ve been doing much the same with all the plants and materials and items we come across, aren’t you?”
“Mhm!” She said cheerfully. “Except that I’m doing it for my job, you’re just a nerd.”
Adina had to duck to avoid a balled up piece of paper Benji tossed at her, giggling as it flew past her head. “Whatever the reason we’re doing it, I’m sure the guild appreciates it. Makes Logan’s job planning for battles and exploring easier, I’m sure!”
“That’s the idea…” Benji said as he finished writing and put his pen down. “That, and, as you know, I’m interested in all the monsters in the area anyway.”
“You get the most adorable look when we find a new one!” Adina agreed, before dodging another balled up piece of paper. “Well you do! But don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone. What happens in the back line, stays in the back line.”
She made a cross over her heart and Benji rolled his eyes. “Thanks.”
“Want help cleaning up?”
“Sure.”
