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[OPEN] | A thousand heartbeats beat in time
WHO: Xiaolang Li & YOU!
WHERE: All over the city!
WHEN: First half of June, more or less
WHAT: June event catch-all! Completing tasks for Zee so his girlfriend can get herasshole brother back, graduation can go without a hitch, and just to get the city up and functioning like normal.
WARNINGS: Nothing at the moment, aside from the inevitable fluff that come with Xiaolang and Sakura in the same area as one another, but--! If you want to jump onto anything on the prompt list or plot something in general, hit me up at![[plurk.com profile]](https://plurk.com/favicon.ico)
Urameshi and I'll be happy to hash things out!
☽ FOR THE GREATER GOOD
[Anywhere in Recolle, from June 3rd to June 16th! Xiaolang's task list is here, so feel free to use any of these for your own starters or jumping off points for your own prompts! The only exceptions are the red-starred ones, as they're going to be more suitable after the player plot is done with! He's going to be a bit of everywhere this month, so any location is good to randomly bump into him 8|b]
☽ 101 DALMATIANS - TRIBUNAL TERRACE
[If there was any task on the list that Zee had given them that Xiaolang was most enthused over, it probably had to be the one involving the fire-station dogs. He already had plenty of experience looking after his cousin's dear poodle, and he liked dogs in general, so it seemed to be a no-brainer to take on.
However, he hadn't factored in two very important things:
1) Fire dogs are almost always dalmatians, and dalmatians happened to be huge.
and
2) Dalmatians, by nature, have a ridiculous amount of energy.
And when the first thing tied into the second... well. It was one thing managing a small, fairly light miniature poodle, but it was another thing entirely trying to reign in a dog that was half his height and almost as heavy as he was. So you may see him trying (and ultimately failing) to hold back three very excitable dogs as they dash down the street, either after a squirrel or to the nearest person they find most interesting, yelling hoarsely as he's quickly losing his footing.]
Stop! STOP!!
[Alternately (probably after enough grown dog mishaps), he's going to be placed on puppy duty instead, tasked with feeding the eager new recruits. But hungry puppies are formidable foes, and they're quick to swarm Xiaolang's legs in an black and white frenzy the moment he brings out the kibble for them, making movement a difficult task indeed. He glances over at whoever else is nearby, clearly exasperated by the whole thing, keeping the food held high above him.]
Could you-- ow, don't bite!-- could you lend me a hand with this?
☽ FINALS CRISIS - APPRASSAGE
[The library is, thankfully, largely restored thanks to his efforts from last month, and he's using it to his advantage now that finals were quickly racing up to meet him. One would question why he'd need to study, if his teachers didn't even know he was there, but graduation was soon, and he didn't want to risk his shot at valedictorian in any way possible.
But in order for graduation to happen, most of the school needed to be restored, and thus he had to break out of his normal study habits. On his table, amidst all the textbooks and pencils and binders, is a sign written in not-quite-so-legible handwriting, large enough to catch anyone's eye should they be walking by.]
Offering: tutoring in AP-level math, science and Chinese/Cantonese
Accepting: help with english and history
☽ SUPERMARKET SWEEP - CHATA
[Grocery shopping was nothing new to Xiaolang-- after all, he and Leon split the chores in the household, and he was the one who knew what they needed for cooking, anyway-- so getting it done wasn't the issue. It was more approaching somebody, especially a stranger, that was giving him pause, his usual quiet and introverted nature making the simple task so difficult. If he could see them, they had to be a part of Retrospec too, so they probably (hopefully?) wouldn't find him too weird for asking, right? Squaring his shoulders and pushing his discomfort down, he approaches the nearest person he can spot in the store, tapping at their arm.]
Do you have a list? I can help find some of the stuff, if you want. I can figure out which ones are a better bargain.
☽ SUP FAM - VIEA VILLAGE
'Talk about your family and why you love them with someone.'
[... well, jeez. Talking about his family was one thing-- he certainly had enough subjects to choose from, both here and in Hong Kong-- but talking about why he loved them was a different thing entirely. His family, at least the one he grew up with, wasn't the overly-affectionate type (save for his sisters, if smothering could be considered as much), so being candid about his feelings about them was... strange. But these tasks had to be done, and maybe if he got someone else to open up about it first, he wouldn't feel so weird about it. So, during one time or another, be it fashion show rehearsal or on the bus, or even after finishing up one of his other tasks, he's going to look to someone and ask, quite simply:]
What's your family like?
☽ PANDA EXPRESS PART 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO - ENPRISE
[Xiaolang already had experience the month before with straightening up the zoo, painting the various cages and habitats, so he wasn't against working on it a little further for this. Not that he could claim his intentions were entirely for restoring the city-- he and Sakura had talked about going there for a date, eventually, and they couldn't exactly do that if half of it was blank and the animals were missing.
He's all around and about at the zoo, tracking down and carefully herding or carrying whatever reasonably sized creatures he comes across with varying degrees of success-- red pandas, penguins, and maybe even a few wolf cubs or two (the latter which he seems reluctant to put back into the cages).
However, at some point, he's going to be staggering over to whoever else may be working on fixing up the zoo, cuddled and coddled by three very clingy panda cubs, looking absolutely Done with all of this. This was Leon's fault. This was entirely Leon's fault.]
Please get one of these guys off of me.
[He was going to die of panda overdose, he just KNEW IT....]
☽ VIRTUAL INSANITY - TISSE
[Despite being a thirteen year old boy, the arcade was, admittedly, not a place Xiaolang frequented to all that often. School, clubs, and other activities gave him little time to spend playing video games, and the small amount he did know about them came from mobile games or watching his cousin go about them instead. Still, he was a quick learner, being able to pick up skills on his feet, and some of these games looked... kind of interesting? And possibly, dare he even think it... fun?
His hand shoots out, grabbing the closest person passing by, whether they be a familiar face or a stranger. The look on his face is almost comical in how determined it is, leveling them with serious eyes, gesturing to one of the machines nearby.]
Play this with me.
[DDR, Guitar Hero, skeeball-- it doesn't matter, he just wants to try it and beat someone at it, okay]
WHERE: All over the city!
WHEN: First half of June, more or less
WHAT: June event catch-all! Completing tasks for Zee so his girlfriend can get her
WARNINGS: Nothing at the moment, aside from the inevitable fluff that come with Xiaolang and Sakura in the same area as one another, but--! If you want to jump onto anything on the prompt list or plot something in general, hit me up at
☽ FOR THE GREATER GOOD
☽ 101 DALMATIANS - TRIBUNAL TERRACE
However, he hadn't factored in two very important things:
1) Fire dogs are almost always dalmatians, and dalmatians happened to be huge.
and
2) Dalmatians, by nature, have a ridiculous amount of energy.
And when the first thing tied into the second... well. It was one thing managing a small, fairly light miniature poodle, but it was another thing entirely trying to reign in a dog that was half his height and almost as heavy as he was. So you may see him trying (and ultimately failing) to hold back three very excitable dogs as they dash down the street, either after a squirrel or to the nearest person they find most interesting, yelling hoarsely as he's quickly losing his footing.]
Stop! STOP!!
[Alternately (probably after enough grown dog mishaps), he's going to be placed on puppy duty instead, tasked with feeding the eager new recruits. But hungry puppies are formidable foes, and they're quick to swarm Xiaolang's legs in an black and white frenzy the moment he brings out the kibble for them, making movement a difficult task indeed. He glances over at whoever else is nearby, clearly exasperated by the whole thing, keeping the food held high above him.]
Could you-- ow, don't bite!-- could you lend me a hand with this?
☽ FINALS CRISIS - APPRASSAGE
But in order for graduation to happen, most of the school needed to be restored, and thus he had to break out of his normal study habits. On his table, amidst all the textbooks and pencils and binders, is a sign written in not-quite-so-legible handwriting, large enough to catch anyone's eye should they be walking by.]
Offering: tutoring in AP-level math, science and Chinese/Cantonese
Accepting: help with english and history
☽ SUPERMARKET SWEEP - CHATA
Do you have a list? I can help find some of the stuff, if you want. I can figure out which ones are a better bargain.
☽ SUP FAM - VIEA VILLAGE
[... well, jeez. Talking about his family was one thing-- he certainly had enough subjects to choose from, both here and in Hong Kong-- but talking about why he loved them was a different thing entirely. His family, at least the one he grew up with, wasn't the overly-affectionate type (save for his sisters, if smothering could be considered as much), so being candid about his feelings about them was... strange. But these tasks had to be done, and maybe if he got someone else to open up about it first, he wouldn't feel so weird about it. So, during one time or another, be it fashion show rehearsal or on the bus, or even after finishing up one of his other tasks, he's going to look to someone and ask, quite simply:]
What's your family like?
☽ PANDA EXPRESS PART 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO - ENPRISE
He's all around and about at the zoo, tracking down and carefully herding or carrying whatever reasonably sized creatures he comes across with varying degrees of success-- red pandas, penguins, and maybe even a few wolf cubs or two (the latter which he seems reluctant to put back into the cages).
However, at some point, he's going to be staggering over to whoever else may be working on fixing up the zoo, cuddled and coddled by three very clingy panda cubs, looking absolutely Done with all of this. This was Leon's fault. This was entirely Leon's fault.]
Please get one of these guys off of me.
[He was going to die of panda overdose, he just KNEW IT....]
☽ VIRTUAL INSANITY - TISSE
His hand shoots out, grabbing the closest person passing by, whether they be a familiar face or a stranger. The look on his face is almost comical in how determined it is, leveling them with serious eyes, gesturing to one of the machines nearby.]
Play this with me.
[DDR, Guitar Hero, skeeball-- it doesn't matter, he just wants to try it and beat someone at it, okay]
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Did you just call me a puppy--?!
[Ah, wait, no, this wasn't the time for that!! Koga's trash talk does hit it's mark, though, as he growls under his breath as he finalizes his settings, his determination that much stronger to beat the pants off of him. But this was all for the soul energy, of course! Not some petty rivalry or need to get him back for that comment! Unlike Koga, though, he keeps his difficulty at easy, not wanting to overwhelm himself and wind up sabotaging his chances of winning.
... which actually winds up being a smart move, as the button patterns were much easier to predict this time around and he was slowly maneuvering around his equipment handicap. Of course, he's not nailing combos left and right, and his accuracy still needed work, but he's still hitting more than he had in the previous round, and it's enough to make a noticeable difference in their scores. He allows himself a small smirk of triumph as he glances over at Koga.]
It looks like you got too reckless with that one.
[And, since he won this round, he's going to take the song rights into his own hands for their final face-off, scrolling until it reaches "Sabotage" by The Beastie Boys. He's all about equal fights, though, and he glances over, motioning at the selection.]
This one good? I'm going to make sure to get more than one hit on you this time around.
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[ Casually drops that because he suddenly remembers it, even if he was putting an effort into hiding that from the skirmish a few weeks ago.The attention we have put into how these two young wolves play an arcade game with fake plastic guitars with fun rock songs is honestly pretty fun! But, since this is the third round, let's get to the point! Koga goes back to Hard because he's sure Xiaolang won't really mock him for it, Expert does kick his ass with janky controls. Koga wins again, close like before but with more fun in playing like he did the first round, so that's a task done on his part! But, all he really does a fist pump in victory when the scores pop up, then takes off the guitar. ]
Good game, kid. You want a rematch on another thing in here? We can't really figure out who's better on this anymore, I'm getting bored of it.
[ Xiaolang would probably want the task checked off too. ]
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... he fails. Welp.
That's what he gets for challenging someone with more experience on these things, especially something as tricky as a fake plastic guitar!!! But he's not about to give up just yet-- Koga may have gotten a task done by beating him, but he has to beat him at something next if he wants to contribute his part! ... And also because Xiaolang's still something of a competitive brat and isn't about to let this loss go easy. He huffs a little, still a bit put out by failing so badly, but his eyes search the arcade, deciding.
Finally, he settles upon a fairly new fighting game cabinet, nestled in the corner, pointing it out to Koga. As fun as the DDR machine would have been, rhythm games have been proving to not be his forte...]
That one. It's new, so the controls shouldn't be nearly as worn out, and it won't be a handicap for either of us.
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New game though? New game! Bye janky Guitar Hero. ]
Hell yes! It's not crowded either. We can kick each other around for a bit.
[ Good news: Koga is shit at fighting games because combos what combos, just mash buttons. He's pretty enthusiastic anyways though, because those are some nice graphics. ]