[OPEN] + 2 Closed Prompts

[nachetanya]

WHO: Natalia Fairweather and anyone else! (plus Cleo and Astin closed prompts)
WHERE: Around the city (specific prompts for her apartment
WHEN: Primarily the 15th/16th but to people staying in the city one prompt can go for the rest of the month and one prompt meant for them in the aftermath
WHAT: Natalia has a busy 15th and 16th for belated valentines and then begins on a journey of self-discovery for the rest of the month
WARNINGS: None I don't think?

1) This is where I stock up [Some convenience store/on RU campus]
[ The morning of the 15th. She's been texted/called/etc by at least some people that the people on the missions are going to be back for a day. Noon on the 15th until noon on the 16. That's... not a a lot of time, honestly. It's both not a lot of time and in no way fits into either her campus or work schedule so she's... just going to ditch both, honestly. So early in the day, the earliest possible office hours you'll find her coming to or from a professor's office to get some notes from today and then sighing profusely before she bunkers down on some bench.

And then later at a store buying a... large... amount of Five Hour Energy or other such stimulants. Someone is just intending to not sleep because who needs that shit??? She has friends and family to see, dates to have, and generally just needs to make the most of the day. ]

2) The day in question [the 15th/early 16th anywhere]
[ Are you one of Natalia's friends or family? Some people she's talked to before? While she does have a large stretch of the afternoon and evening of the 15th spoken for, she is going to track down you and try to see you in person, just so she can say she saw you at least one last time? Given the time constraints involved this may or may not involve a text or meet up at like six AM or whatever other shenanigans? The longer this goes though the most obvious it is that she's running on empty by the noon point of the day.

... This is a vague prompt to allow for anything in terms of tag ins here but if you want me to make a custom thing just contact me. ]

3) When the clock strikes noon + 1 minute [Some cafe or diner]
[ So it's the last moment, people have gone back to work and she's...

Burnt out. Tired, but ultimately satisfied. The end result is that Natalia, holed up in some familiar diner or cafe (maybe one you're at, maybe one you can see her in the window of) ends up setting her head down on the table, intending to just rest is there and then...

Falls asleep. ... Sorry everyone. She might need to be woken and/or escorted home. ]

4) As I consider this sword [Some gym/dojo, the outskirts of town, or a park at night]
[ So Natalia got a small sword the other month. And then she got a surprise change to her physiology earlier in the month: her body more toned and muscular. Tight and refined but... barely noticeable unless you're looking for it but she's increasingly found incredibly potent.

... And so.

She ends up practicing with this sword. she's got no idea where to do it though so she just kind of walks/drives out to some likely looking place or uses a part of some dojo or gym where she's not going to get too many weird looks and starts trying out sword thrusts with it. Or... conducting? What the hell is she doing with that sword, working it like a conductor's baton? ]

Comments

Closed: For Cleo

[nachetanya]

[ So she has promised Cleo her afternoon some day, to "hang out" and all but... well. When she sent the obviously provocative card and that invitation she somehow expected it would be more than a day or two. So she's at once surprised, pleased and more than a little flustered to be out here this quickly. She hadn't called it a date for Cleo's sake but...

It was totally a date.

A date that she opts to begin at a private love of her, Narook's Noodlery, giving Cleo the address and telling her to meet her out front of it! Natalia's... well, she's got a smile and looks - well she notably has more muscle definition now, if Cleo is the sort to notice that? But mostly the same as ever other than the cute red dress and scarf the coat's over, her makeup being a little more done up than normal...

... Okay no yeah she looks a little more striking, actually. But she does seem to be waiting in a good mood! In the early afternoon. ]

[cattack]

[Cleo. for her part... Well, didn't dress up much at all. Rather, Natalia hadn't called it a date, so she hadn't thought of it as anything odd. And, well. She's bundled up, and seems to have converted a long sock into a sleeve for her tail, because it's cold. That said, as soon as she spots Natalia, she smiles, looking her over... Cleo's dense, and she may not understand why Natalia looks so much more striking than usual, but she definitely notices.]

Hello, Natalia. Have you been working out?

[a+ way to start a conversation, nailed it.]

[nachetanya]

[ Pffthahaha, that actually makes he laugh and, ]

Not really! I woke up like this.

[ Which is... decidedly untrue of how she's dolled up but ironically actually true of her new muscles. She can't help but be amused at the comparison between those two facts. ]

[cattack]

[... okay, she gets it, and it actually makes her laugh.]

Of course, I should have guessed. You always look that good.

[... she's not actually trying to flirt, she just. is trying to play along. u kno.]

[nachetanya]

For your eyes? Always.

[ Still giggling, she reaches out her right (biological) hand and makes to take one of Cleo's. ]

Did you eat lunch yet?

[cattack]

[She takes that hand, and shakes her head.]

I haven't, yet. I've been running around almost nonstop since I got back.

[nachetanya]

Good! That's why I took us here.

[ So she gets to try seaweed noodles, they're fucking great. But into the noodlery now... ]

Closed: For Astin

[nachetanya]

[ And then the evening with Astin. They're actually invited over to Natalia's apartment, on the border between Tisse and Apprassage in a big-ish but ultimately modest apartment complex she lives in. Natalia's by now washed off her make up and actually (as she sometimes does at home before bed) removed her left arm's prosthethic, leaving it as a stump. She can put it back in whenever, and likely will by the time Astin arrives, but she did have plans for this to be a bit of a movie night or something else a little bit more homey like that, so it's not like she needs to be too dolled up?

... Or well, that's the thought. She does fidget a little, coming off that other date earlier in the day as she waits for the other to arrive. It's not like her to fret, but she does just a little now. ... As noted in all the above prompts Natalia does have more muscle definition now if Astin's the sort to notice that sort of thing and she is in the same outfit sans coat (so a cute red dress) as earlier in the day.

... Also she has an excess of plantain chips out in a bowl. ]

Re: Closed: For Astin

[unreasons]

[ Astin is... kinda happy to be back in town, even if it's only for a short while. They've showered, primped, preened, exfoliated and are finally feeling better after 'roughing it' for the last few days. Dressed for a nice, casual hang out, they've made their way over to Natalia's place.

Though for Astin, casual hang out clothes means an over sized sweater matched with leggings, sneakers, and a snapback pushed as far back on their head as they can manage with out it falling off of their long, braided blond hair. Also just a little foundation and eyeliner with wings that could kill a man.

As they reach the apartment, Astin reaches up to buzz the door and waits, rocking back and forth on their heels. ]

Naaaaaatalia~! ♫

[nachetanya]

[ God, but Astin is always so pretty. Goofy and pretty and cute, which means the minute she opens the door (her left arm still off) she laughs and smiles, sort of expecting a hug or at least a brace on her shoulders or something the minute it clicks open. But she does so all the same, ]

Assstiiin~!

[unreasons]

[ There's a lot of effort that goes into it! All the same, Astin instantly leaps forward to give Natalia a tight, warm, and affectionate hug. ]

Hey you! I'm soooo glad to be back in town at least for a bit. I missed being at home and my own shower, you know?

[ The hug lingers a moment longer and then Astin twirls past and into the apartment. ]

How've things been in the city?

[nachetanya]

[ Well, naturally! Outside of her hair (which she does try to manage but it's just so naturally messy she's long since given up on taming it beyond just looking windswept all the time and trying to make that a bit more artistic and keeping it short) Natalia does need to keep up her own appearances. Still, when the hug comes she pulls her right arm into it, and even moves in the left stump. But when that fades she laughs and closes the door behind them, ushering the other in ]

Honestly, it's felt a little like we're waiting for something to happen!

[ Between the whole searching the outside and the kidnapped city council... ] It's been safer than I think it's been for a lot of you guys, though. And we have real showers.

[unreasons]

It's been pretty safe for us. We've just been running around doing errands and trying to stop this guy from like, buying out this cute rustic fishing village.

[ Astin siiiighs and flops flops down onto the couch without much preamble. Oops. So much for the snapback. ]

Ugh. Waiting is the worst. I hate waiting when I can be doing something. Especially if I'm waiting for something boring. I'm happy to get a real shower, though!

3)

[angealwings]

[ And she eventually gets a heavy hand settling on her shoulder, nudging very slightly. There's Andrew, holding a set of keys in his other hand. ]

If anyone had asked me who I thought most likely to be the object of pickpocketing, you probably wouldn't have made my list, you know.

[ Or any of Zack's cousins. As far as he knows.

The culprit is nowhere in sight, but then again, Natalia was pretty out of it. ]

[nachetanya]

Oh god, seriously?

[ She groans, sitting up a little to see... Ah, she's seen pictures of the man! But wasn't he supposed to be out in hell? Oh right, they were back for a day, but she came here to relax when they were gone - was it not noon? Maybe it was a little before noon.

Her red eyes (replacing the hazel ones she would have had in any but the most recent pictures Andrew will have seen) blink as he sits up with a groan, reaching her right (biological) hand up to wipe off her lips from any drool there ]

Thank you!

[angealwings]

It happens.

[ Hell also got a 24 hour break. That's all. ]

It is no problem. Not easy where your group is, then?

[ He also slept a fair bit, for him. Just not in public. ]

[nachetanya]

No, no, I'm in the city. Shouldn't it be noon now...?

[ On the 16th, that is. when everyone goes back. She's sure it's the morning of the 16th after all her running around. She mutters some more thanks to him, taking the key and then rummaging in her bag for her phone and...

... Oh, she was off by an hour. 11:03 right now. Jeez. ]

So..rry

[angealwings]

Nearly. I am also getting ready for getting shipped back out.

Apparently, baby dragons like McDonald's.

[ Hence going around the area with diners. ]

No it's fine, it's a fun prompt! Hence rolling with it

[nachetanya]

Oh yeah that---

[ A beat and then as she was smoothing out her hair wait that's- ]

- Andrew! Um, Andrew... [ Shit what was his last name- ] Zack's friend, right?

two!!

[usurpers]

[ there were some visits he had to make, and look— natalia is one of them. he doesn’t mind the place, as long as it’s comfortable, even if they don’t take too long. he did want to give her something, and just overall see how she’s doing. ]

Think about movie night yet?

[nachetanya]

[ I mean if she got to pick the place this is totally a fucking smoothie place or something.

But at the same time, ]

Not tonight! I'm sure we both have dates.

[usurpers]

[ a smoothie place it is! it’s best to eat cold things in the cold after all. so here they sit while they wait for their orders! eren gives an obvious sort of shrug tagged with a smile, because yes, he does have a date— but taking one of the biscuits to munch over at their table, he asks: ]

You’re dating?

[nachetanya]

I'm not dating, but I can go on dates.

[ So... clear... ]

[usurpers]

[ not this again!!!! it comes back to haunt him!! eren quirks his brows mid chew, and after swallowing: ]

If you go on a date, you’re dating.

[ see this is why he didn’t peg elliot the first time ]

[nachetanya]

[ Oh my......... ]

Not really...?