[closed] the price quest

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WHO: Xiaolang Li, Leon Zhong, Mio Sonozaki, Izumi Sena and Cloud Strife
WHERE: The wild, wild woods of Bosuma
WHEN: May 18th-20th
WHAT: who keeps sending the thirteen year old on missions-- They're on a Zee Quest!
WARNINGS: Language on Sena's end?? Also probable violence towards not so friendly forest creatures and possible mentions of murder-memories with Mio! Will update when needed!



You know, there’s something about Retrospec users that draws a lot of secrecy and hidden talent. It’s kind of interesting if you think about it, but that’s what makes you perfect for this assignment. Interested?



[arrival + painting | monster fighting | witch's house | downtime]

Comments

[quiet_storm]

Let me know of your sprayers start to lose power. It's a lot easier to clean them out before they're completely clogged.

[Cloud has nominated himself the team equipment manager.]

And don't forget to wear your goggles if you're using the mist setting. A stiff breeze will blow it all back in your face.

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[Honestly, as much as Xiaolang likes to tinker around with mechanical stuff and dabbled with robotics back at school, the idea of making cool new contraptions to make their painting easier hadn't occurred to him. So he's going to be observing the sprayer in his hands, looking over all of it's little parts and settings, with no lack of quiet enthusiasm. It was times like these where the actual thirteen year old boy shined through.]

How long did it take you to put these together? They're like those packs in Spirit Blasters!

[HE WANTS TO TAKE ONE OF THESE BACK WITH HIM....]

[quiet_storm]

About half a day. I've gotten a lot faster with assembly since refining the design after the latest round of field testing.

[Cloud tugs his goggles up onto his forehead and grins.]

I did model them after the BlasterPacks! No zapping sound effect switch, though. ... Yet.

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[Okay, this guy already was good in his book thanks to getting him out of that memory loss nonsense, but wow. WOW. Congrats, Cloud, you're now the coolest person in this group and no one can convince him otherwise.You can almost see the sparkle in his eyes as he looks at him, and then back at the sprayer, with silent awe.]

But on such short notice? Zee couldn't have sent us the texts more than a few days ago, and these must have taken ages to design...

[As his attentions get tugged away from observing the device, though, his fingers brush over the jet spray setting.]

I mean, it's probably good they don't make the noise, anyway. It would have gotten too annoying if we had to listen to that the entire time we were--

[But before the words leave his mouth, a sudden blast of green shoots out of the contraption, splattering against... well, something. A tree? A bush? An animal maybe??]

Wah--!

[quiet_storm]

[Cloud jumps back out of the way, but it's a good thing he wasn't in the way in the first place. He's not fast enough.]

Whoops, sorry! It's got a hair trigger. Less operator fatigue.

[There must have been some kind of animal involved, considering a small lump of green is darting away into the white void as the paint settles on a fallen log and some mushrooms.]

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[His shoulders don't completely relax until Cloud explains the trigger process, to which he carefully moves his hand well away from the controls. At least something wound up being uncovered in the process (although only in black and white-- he'd need to collaborate to get any color to stick on them--), but he wished it was a little more controlled.]

Is there any way to delay that somehow? It's good that it'll be easy to use, but it won't do us any good to accidentally shoot paint at one another.

[adoringpast]

Just... how many did you bring?

[ not that he's complaining (for now), but jeez this guy sure seems enthusiastic about the entire thing. this is the first time sena has met this guy btw, since he'd had the others in a group assigned to respatrum last time. ]

Is this part of your job description or something?

[promisedyou]

You know you didn't have to do all of this...

[As the only girl in the group, Mio can't help but comment in spite of her clearly baggy, plain green painted clothes. (Don't ask.)]