[muffled spooky scary skeletons playing in the distance]

[geonomy]

Who: You! Me! Everybody!
Broadcast: idk but we've sure got a pretty broad cast of folks eh, eh
Action: HECK YEAH PLANET MINGLE
When: 10/7 until plot update or recaptcha

It's a deep, deep forest filled to the brim with fungi, mysterious life forms, and pitch black darkness. Explore if you dare and discover all these things and more! Just don't get lost...

Comments

[witheringlotus]

[A. hack n slash]

[Kanda approaches the forest like he approaches missions from the Order. There is an objective, and he will cut down whatever gets in his way. So that means hacking at the overgrown fungi and brush using his holy weapon as a machete.

At least it seems to be effective. There's a veritable trail of destruction following him, and it means the path ahead is clear.]

[B. harvest moon]

[The reason for his environmental vandalism is soon obvious: he's looking for seeds. He's got a makeshift knapsack filled with a couple kinds of tubers, oversized berries, and strangely-colored fruit. He spreads his haul on the grass of the mesa where his ship is parked and begins to pick through what he's found, inspecting it for oddities.]

[C. wildcard]

[Feel free to comment with a better prompt than I wrote up here.]

b!

[stefanged]

[Stefan had technically promised that he'd check up on Kanda, and today seemed like the perfect time to do. So he's headed over to the mesa and - and those are a lot of seeds and fruits.

He kneels down, peering at the haul then back at Kanda.]

Huh. I didn't know you liked gardening.

[witheringlotus]

[Stefan is in his space, so Kanda of course raises an arm as if to protect it. He doesn't want Stefan poking at stuff without permission. This is important work.]

It's a useful skill to have in a place like this. Like being organized. [He is obviously both.]

[stefanged]

[That just merits a judgmental stare. He's not going to poke around stuff he doesn't know about. That's crazy talk.]

Incredibly useful. I'm still surprised no one's bitten into a poisonous mushroom yet.

[Sure, Stefan grew up on a plantation, but he wasn't expected to know the ins and outs of anything that wasn't cotton.]

[witheringlotus]

[He lowers his arm when he's sure Stefan isn't about to just shove his hands all over everything he's doing and mess it up. Look, he's used to Lavi. Give him a break.]

Give it time-- just don't give them to me. Coil doesn't want me in his lab and I don't want to be in there, either.

[stefanged]

You were placed on the Red Fish? [That's a sympathy wince.] That's rough.

I'm not good at sharing myself, or else I'd offer up my lab space.

[witheringlotus]

It's okay, I guess. [Stefan is the second person to wince like that. Kanda doesn't understand why everyone keeps acting like it's a bad place. It's all right, he supposes. Nice and quiet, most of the time.]

I don't want to work in a lab. It's not a loss for me.

A

[save_the_souls]

[Guess whose off his crutches and here to be a ray of sunshine in your life Kanda!!]

Do you even know where you're going?

[witheringlotus]

[He whirls around to see Allen off his crutches.]

Shouldn't you be in bed, Beansprout?

[save_the_souls]

It's Allen.

And no, I'm fine now.

[witheringlotus]

[And once again...]

Then help me look for plants we can eat. You're a bottomless pit, after all.

[save_the_souls]

[!]

You're foraging...?

[witheringlotus]

Like hell I'm eating that mushy crap while I'm here. If I have to grow something edible, I will.

[He resumes hacking away at some giant ferns.]

[ b ]

[precedented]

[ Leto hangs back at first. It is not fear, but trepidation. Kanda was his weakness, after all and he was self-aware enough to see it. Still, he couldn't step away or leave. So, with quiet footsteps he approaches the man, watching him sift through the seeds. ]

Would you like some help?

[witheringlotus]

[Kanda hasn't seen Leto in person before, but there's a glint of recognition. Not the deep kind that he would like, of course, but at least Kanda isn't ignoring him.

He looks down at what is sure to be a mess. It's already a mess, but he's done a fair job of keeping things orderly as he sorts through them. The job's only half finished, though.]

... You don't have to concern yourself with this.

[He shoves some bigger black seeds to their respective corner.]

[precedented]

[ He smiles faintly. ]

I know. I choose to, if that's all right with you. How are you sorting these?

[witheringlotus]

[Kanda considers telling him to fuck right off, but he really ought to try... being nice to people. This is a new thing for him. He's honestly just-- bad at this, so the best he can do is sit back a little, so Leto can help, too.]

Fruit is here. Vegetable is here. Roots and tubers are here. [And that leaves a messy corner for the unsorted stuff.]

[precedented]

[ Leto sits down on his knees and reaches out to sort the seeds. His touch is gentle and thankfully, he doesn't see the need to punctuate the easy silence with conversation.

He's only here to help, as he said. ]

[witheringlotus]

[Kanda is happy to sit in silence, thankfully, though he keeps stealing glances at Leto. His eyes are like neon blue. It's kinda hard to miss, and it gives Kanda the feeling that maybe he's not all human.]

A

[universal_charm]

_{[ You really should be more careful where you're hacking and slashing, Kanda, you could take someone's eye out or a limb off. Such is the case when Kirk suddenly finds himself ducking to avoid a swing of said holy weapon, popping back up like an affronted ground hog. ]}

Hey! Watch where you're swinging that thing!

[witheringlotus]

[Kanda hesitates, katana in his hand.]

Calm down. I wasn't going to decapitate you.

[A pause.]

I was closer to slicing you in half.

[universal_charm]

Sadly, dismemberment is not one of the things I can survive - and I have survived quite a few things.

_{[ He brushed some foliage off himself, shaking it off and straightening his survival suit. ]}

Why are you hacking away at the forest anyways?

[witheringlotus]

[Kanda can, in fact, survive dismemberment-- but he's not going to volunteer that information.]

I'm looking for food to bring back.

[He'll take anything that doesn't come out of a machine at this rate.]

[universal_charm]

Okay, well, you might find more if the reflection of your katana is not getting in the way.

_{[ He glanced at the weapon and back at Kanda. ]}

Are you more interested in hunting for something or foraging? Because, again, hacking doesn't make the hunting part easier.

[witheringlotus]

I'm not hunting. [Was that a dig at Mugen? Mugen is fucking beautiful, you uneducated American.] I'm looking for edible plants and stuff like that.