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Post by Twilight-Claw on Sept 30, 2020 14:35:47 GMT -6
Current Quest
‘ You’re such a strange being, Kidaki.’ She couldn’t help but think as a black juvenile Malli floated right next to her. For some reason he really likes to just fly in the sky, not touching the ground unless it is to rest for a bit, but then going right back to floating again. Hurling himself into the sky as if he is running. She’s just glad on the forethought to have him donned in a makeshift harness while they travel to the Quest Central, as he might have choked several times already if she hadn’t done it. His interest in what is going on around them just makes him want to get a closer look at whatever catches his interest. Be it a pedestrian with a large Vulticus, a Equillion with wings and dazzling colors, or an adult Malli with strange appendages that threw a hissy fit at Kidaki when he came too close. (1)
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Post by Twilight-Claw on Sept 30, 2020 14:36:42 GMT -6
She had to pull him away in those instances before one of those creatures would have bitten him, but stopping for the occasional flower growing in the gardens they sometimes passed, or grew through the cracks of the walkway where fine with her. They made it with plenty of time to spare to the building, and tugging him closer to her side made sure, with how many people she sees swarming inside the building, he won’t be disturbing them with his antics either. It feels in a way almost like he is a balloon on a string sometimes, when he’s letting himself float and be dragged along with the leash clipped on his makeshift harness. “Something about a night comet?” She whispers, listening to a woman holding an enthusiastic speech that seems to basically boil down to needing help for tonight and that it is a request that is open for all to take. It sounds, interesting she supposes.
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Post by Twilight-Claw on Sept 30, 2020 14:37:02 GMT -6
She hadn’t exactly heard everything too well on what was spoken in the speech while those who didn’t seem one bit interested in listening to that person, just talked through the speech with their friends or strangers, frustrating her just enough to frown at them. “Stay close Kida.” She murmurs as she tugs on his leash to have him closer at his side while he floats, getting closer to the women who appears to clearly be a scientist with the lab coat, but breaks the pattern with how one looks when you spot the bow on top of her head. A confused mew escapes from Kidaki’s mouth as he gets tugged closer to her side, but he wasn’t resisting it, he perks up when they get closer to the woman that is handing out the pamphlets. “Excuse me miss?” She calls out when they get closer, just as she finishes handing out a pamphlet to a young man who looks at it with interest shining in his eyes.
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Post by Twilight-Claw on Aug 11, 2023 8:32:25 GMT -6
“Yes? Oh! You want one too? I’ve got plenty left.” She exclaims, handing one to her, and then using her empty hand to push up her coke-bottle glasses when it starts slipping from her nose. “Thank you.” She says softly, tugging Kidaki away from the women as he almost started pawing at the bow on top of the woman’s head. Taking a step back as she starts handing out a pamphlet to someone else within a few seconds after she took a step back. Clearly this seems to be a rather popular quest, if the people milling around her and waiting for the chance to be handed one these slips of information is anything to go about it. Reading the content within it, she can at least say that it is somewhat of an easy mission, with a likely beautiful grand finale, if what the pamphlet is saying holds true to its content.
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Post by Twilight-Claw on Aug 11, 2023 8:32:35 GMT -6
“Well, it seems we have found a good one to do.” She murmurs to Kidaki, the little Malii doesn’t seem to pay her much attention, already his interest strays towards a couple people coming a little too close to his floating form. She snorts as he tries to take a swipe at them, but as she tugs him closer to her, he missed by a wide margin and gets growled at in return. “Really, we got better things to do today than bother other people.” Tugging him even closer, she makes a quick movement with her arms to hold him tight, the slip of paper crumbling in her hand as she does. “We should go now, we’ll be there then with plenty of time to help the folks there, and enjoy the show in the end.” Grinning she walks out of the building, ignoring his wiggling tails trying to make her let him go. She might just know somewhat the direction that the hill is mentioned, and if they make a wrong turn? At least they will have plenty of time to trace back their steps, or ask for directions to get there.
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Post by Twilight-Claw on Aug 11, 2023 8:32:45 GMT -6
It took only a little backtracking and asking another person that seems to give a feeling of ‘scientist’ for directions when she wasn’t certain if she is heading the right way to finally be at the correct hill while Kidaki keeps floating around. Not feeling the urge one bit to actually walk on his own four paws when she tried to persuade him with treats and he turns his nose up at them, it felt all kinds of ridiculous as people sometimes stared at the rope she is holding and is tied to Kidaki’s harness. It really felt like he was acting as a balloon. At least when she got there it was busy enough that people of all ages and types are already wandering about in the area didn’t seem to take up too much notice of the spectacle. Some seem to be here just to see the phenome that is going to happen tonight, and others are busy setting things up, one even shouting at their fellows as if something is going wrong? Intrigued, she heads closer to the man, a mammalian cat with hints of lynx descendant in them if she is seeing his ears and short tail correctly.
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Post by Twilight-Claw on Aug 11, 2023 8:32:55 GMT -6
“Hello sir? Are you the one in charge of this event?” She calls out, tensing slightly as the man rather swiftly turns his attention to her. “Yes? Yes I am. What do you want? Can’t yerr see I am busy herre?” He eyes her not quite in a friendly way, snorting at Kidaki when he sees how the Malii carries himself in the air. “I was just wondering if you need any help? There was a lady at the quest central building, asking for more volunteers for the comet that is coming.” Though with how he keeps eyeing Kidaki with a slight distaste, she is left wondering if it was actually a good idea to approach him first. Still, at least he got a nice voice when he purrs out the ‘r’s she adds silently as the thought comes immediately after the first. “Well yes, we do need some people’s help.” He agrees but is quick to continue. “What are your skills? Can you rread and wrrite common perrrfectly? How fast can you wrrite while listening to the one talk wherre you need to wrrite things down fast?”
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Post by Twilight-Claw on Aug 11, 2023 8:33:05 GMT -6
“Orr serrving the people food and drrinks when needed? You don’t look like much for securrity detail.” She hears him murmurs in the end as he stares at Kidaki, she feels almost certain that Kidaki understood he was being insulted as his eyes narrow as well, ears flicking back and with tails lashing behind him the Malii snorts and summons flames all around himself, puffing up and growling. “Wow there!’ The man shouts as he takes a step back and makes a motion with his hands that is a universal gesture of calm down, not a threat. “Kidaki! Stop that!” She exclaims as she pulls on the rope and make him loose his concentration. Once he is calmed as he stops summoning flames all around him, she turns her attention back to the man. “Sorry about that, he’s still a little young. Uhm, I can easily write down whatever people might say, but I can’t say at what speed you’d consider as fast?” As that feels like something someone else would be better to judge her with. “As for security I’d need to go home and take Taka a vulticus with me than, she can look quite fearsome.” Something that is going to be a problem as she can’t say for certain if they will be back on time before it all starts. “But serving drinks and food is something that is very easy to do.” She continues with a smile.
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Post by Twilight-Claw on Aug 11, 2023 8:37:26 GMT -6
Stroking Kidaki’s head when he floats closer to her hand, she hears him purr, but waits for the man in front of her to think over her answers as he looks thoughtfully up and down at her. “Alrright, I’ve decided.” She sees his ears perking up. “We got enough busybodies to wrrite things down, and from a distance you still wouldn’t be able to pull of the intimidation act, no offense meant!” He says hurriedly when looking at Kidaki with that same gesture as before, did her Malii really scare him that much? And make him at least a little more friendly? “You can do the catterring with a few otherrs instead, food and drrinks should be herre soon, help them set it up. And if needed, help set up the otherr equipment, but only if they ask for it.” He demands while pointing to a part that people seem to be waiting. “Alright! Thank you!” She says cheerfully, pulling Kidaki with her to what seems to be the place of catering that is going on around here.
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Post by Twilight-Claw on Aug 11, 2023 8:42:04 GMT -6
“-lright everyone, at last, group four, you’ll each grab a badge for your designation on the right corner of this table with the cook’s hat as a symbol. The tables for catering can be set in a row at the lower part of the hill, let the scientists get the space they need at the top! Their equipment works best with as little obstruction as possible. So!” An excited ferret mammalian exclaims, clapping his hands together as she joins the group working for the catering. “Let’s get busy! Group four! The food truck will be here soon for its last delivery.” She hears him mention as he hops off the chair he used to gain some extra height, directing group one who is going to place the equipment for the scientist exactly where he wants it to go. She had been listening to everything the man had said, how each group was separated to get their own task to accomplish, and it felt even if it was just instructions, it felt rather inspiring somehow. She has no doubt he does this quite often with how efficient it is. Even Kidaki had been listening closely to the man, eyeing the table with badges in interest as he saw each group take from different corners a badge to be pinned down at the chest. “Hey you! Can you grab as many of the poles as possible to bring down there?” She hears someone ask, and noticing they had the cook’s symbol badge on their chest, she knew it was meant for either her or someone else in the group. “Sure!” She calls out, pulling on the rope to drag Kidaki with her as she is quick to take a badge and pin it to her coat.
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Post by Twilight-Claw on Aug 11, 2023 8:42:14 GMT -6
Then takes the mentioned poles in her arms, picking each one from the ground till she felt like it would be too heavy for her to carry more. Holding tightly on the poles and with one hand the rope, she makes her way towards the man who first called out to her, he was busy bringing the flat surfaces of the table down with someone else, perking up when he sees the poles in her arms. Though the strange look he gives at her side makes it easy to guess who he is looking at as well. “Great, can you lay those on the ground here? Me and Nate will screw them on the tables later, or if you want to do that, you can do it now. We’ll still need to gather some more table tops.” He says pleasantly as he points back with his thumb where he got the flat surfaces from. “That’s not a problem! I’ll work on it now!” She grins back, dropping the poles closer to the first table, the human male gave a pleasant smile back as he walks off with his friend Nate, a humanish male if the tail and ears are any indication for it. “Alright Kidaki, let’s do this!” She exclaims happily towards the levitating Malii, seeing his ears perk up while his tails fan out in a wavelike motion he comes closer as she flips the table to see where it gets screwed on. Picking up one of the poles as soon as she lays the table top flat on the part she doesn’t need, she is quick to screw one pole at each side.
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Post by Twilight-Claw on Aug 11, 2023 8:42:48 GMT -6
Nate and the guy she hadn’t received a name from, but heard through their conversation is called Justin, came back a couple of times to bring the table tops near her, or the remaining poles. Lifting the one’s she is done with, and flipping it in the right position that the ferret mammalian has asked them to have it be positioned. It didn’t take long at all to have them be done with it. Even when she gets distracted by Kidaki as she needed to shoo him off the tables a couple of times when she had giving him too much space with the rope to lounge like a king atop of it whenever he flares his tails out. They return to the place where the badges were handed out. The ferret mammalian, Mr. Jonson had pinned on his chest an extra badge with his last name on it and a simple gender prefix.
“We’re done with the tables now sir!” Nate called out to the man, a big grin present on his face while he wags with his tail. She wasn’t certain what his heritage is as the tail is long but has very short fur on it, more whip-like in appearance than anything else. “Good! The food truck arrived, but said they had to park elsewhere as it was apparently against regulations, even with the comet event going on. Can you believe it! The nerve of the council! Pheh!” She takes a step back as Mr. Jonson spits on the ground at his side, luckily hitting no one. “In any case, you’ll need to head to the entrance over there to pick up everything. Once that is done, you can take these boxes with plates, glasses, forks, trays and aprrons to the tables and fill them up in an orderly fashion. I’ll let you all decide how to arrange it, the only important thing is easy access.” He pauses for a moment, eyeing the scientist higher up the hill and then the sky. “I better have group one working on those lamps now, it will begin pretty soon.” He murmurs to himself; she noted the sky was indeed getting darker while they had been kept busy.
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Post by Twilight-Claw on Aug 11, 2023 8:43:02 GMT -6
Looking at each other we wordlessly decided it would be best to leave Mr. Jonson alone now, even Kidaki who at first was interested in the man, started to look affronted when the man spit on the ground and moved as far away from him as she allowed with the rope in her hand. Heading to the direction of where the truck would be located was easy enough as she sees a female human open the back of her truck. On its side was some kind of commercial material plastered on it, but didn’t have the name of the company on it.
“Hello Ma’am, is this the truck for delivering the goods to the Astronomer’s Association?” She just barely remembered who it was again that is organizing everything as she wanted to say ‘Comet event’ before remembering what was on the pamphlet again. “Yes that’s right! You guys all the ones movin’ it up there?” The women asks while nodding in the direction of the hill, tucking a lock of long hair behind her ear as she grins at Justin. “That’s correct.” She nods, ignoring the byplay that seems to be going on between Justin and the women, as he smiles back. “Well, good luck then’, it’s quite a bit.” The women says as she clambers inside the truck, Kidaki hesitates only for a few seconds before he practically zooms inside the truck, making a choking noise when he reaches the end of the rope and forces himself to get closer at her side again instead of looking at what the women is doing. All the while grumbling in discontent. Lifting one box from the racks inside the truck the women is quick to hand it over to Nate, and repeat the process with Justin and then her. Saying more are still here when they come back.
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Post by Twilight-Claw on Aug 11, 2023 8:43:14 GMT -6
It took three trips to have everything that the Astronomer’s Association ordered to be near the tables, and then another trip to where Mr. Jonson had pointed out the dishes were located in the boxes and have that be near the food and drink tables. “So how are we going to do this? He did say organize it for easy access.” She says while waving at the tables, the two or rather now three guys as a mammalian feline who introduced himself as Finch joined when they had finished with getting the boxes to here looked back at the tables.
“Probably best to do them by food group? And drinks all at one table?” Nate thinks out loud. “Why that way?” She wonders. “Well,” He licks his lips and pointy teeth get flashed slightly. “I’m a cake guy, why would I hang out at the spot with different types of pie? Were also going to be serving the people here soon, so wouldn’t it be best to just take a little bit from each table on a tray? Having it all bunched up together will probably make it that we just get in each other way when it really gets busy.” Well, she looks in Kidaki’s eyes as he stares back at her, having listened to the same thing eyes sparkling slightly as his nose twitches from the scents coming from the still closed boxes, he isn’t wrong in that assessment. Justin easily agrees to the plan, while Finch just shrugs and says he doesn’t mind how it will be done, they just need to hurry as it starts soon within the hour. “Let’s do this then.” She says cheerfully, asking if its alright she will do the drinks, glasses, and then join the rest on what is still left over to do as a task.
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Post by Twilight-Claw on Aug 11, 2023 8:43:33 GMT -6
With quick agreements on each side on what everyone is going to do, she readies her own table. Setting up drink glasses in one corner, and then the bottles with soft drinks that have all kinds of different types of taste like coca cola, grape, a type of oranges, even strange green ones that are more like a smoothie as it didn’t contain any bubbles that go up. She is quick in finishing her task, especially as Kidaki while interested in seeing what she is doing, doesn’t feel like coming too close to the drinks and possible breaking something on accident one of them seems to give off a smell that doesn’t sit well with Kidaki as his nose wrinkles each time just looking at the drinks. She ties his rope on one of the legs of the table so she can use her hands better. “Need any help here?” She heads to finch who is placing small deserts of different types of custard or hard candy in a bowl.
“Uhm, maybe with the dishes? We each decided to have some placed on a corner of the table, less walking to get it I mean.” He finishes awkwardly, scratching the back of his head while grinning. “Sure!” Quickly heading to the box with those type of dishware, she takes a pile and brings it to the corner Finch motioned towards as he settles the desert in neat rows. It took just one more trip to the box to ensure she has plenty of plates on it, than when seeing Nate and Justin are busier with the food then the dishes. She does the same to their tables.
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