sticksandbones | [OPEN] lays in the river while caramelldansen plays in the background

Who: Elsword & You!
What: Fishing! Camping! Depression—
When: End of September
Where: The river & surrounding forest
Warnings: None yet

I. Fishing

[Elsword has had kind of a bad day, but that's okay, because therapy can be done by fishing. If he looks upset at all no he doesn't, he doesn't want to talk about it. How could anyone look upset when they're in the MILF shirt anyway, am I right? Anyway he's fine (he's not fine) he's fishing his teen boy angst away. So it's all good. He's good. Like a true fisherman, Elsword is knee-deep in the river with the rod cast far out in the distance, the bobber almost reaching the black fog wall, and he's quite focused on the task at hand. He doesn't notice you as he's reeling in the line, pulling in what looks like an oversized carp... and overestimating how hard he needs to pull the line, apparently, because the fish goes flying out of the water and smacks right into you.

Hi! Good afternoon! He's so sorry—]

II. Camping

[Late at night, Elsword is on the southmost side of the river with a camping tent set up. The reason why he's sleeping out here is because going back home right now is too awkward for him to stomach, but he won't say that if asked. Actually, he really does like camping, it's just he hasn't done it here in light of the whole dangerous-forest-thing. That's the excuse he gives. More of a half-truth than anything.

There are only a few lights in the darkness out here, one of which is a small lantern set up nearby, another a little campfire, and the last being Elsword's halo.]

Were you going to stay out here with me all night, or are you heading back soon?

[He asks, while he's roasting marshmallows over the fire — s'mores are a classic treat, can't go wrong with comfort junk food.]

III. Foraging

[The morning after sleeping outside like the feral child he is at heart, Elsword takes to looking for mushrooms. He has one of those little survival books he got from the Shopkeeper, the ones that tell you not to eat or touch certain plants and outline local fauna. The issue is, there are no animals other than fish out here, and the guide isn't updated to include all the new fish species... but it does contain information on mushrooms. And that's what matters.

Elsword told you "hey let's go look for mushrooms to eat" and he's assuming you know which ones to not just shove in your mouth like an animal. But just in case—]

Don't eat those ones. [Whether you're about to pick them up or just happened to look to your right.] That's an amanita. A death-cap. It'll kill you.

[If it wasn't obvious by the name.]

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[Elsword had kind of wanted to keep everything on the down low, but even if he's refusing to talk — they're kind of private matters, and it's not fair to thrust Chung in the middle of it — it's kind of clear what happened if you share a house with them. The boys are fighting... Chung heard the prior night... puzzle pieces are easy to put into place.

Elsword isn't thinking about that, though. Just camping... just vibes. It's been a while since he roughed it.]

It's like old times. [He likes camping. It's fun to camp.] I don't think we need anything, though.

[......hands Chung a s'more, here you go!]

Mm, alright. We can do some night fishing then. Maybe we'll find something that only comes out at night!

( wouldn't that be exciting? --oh, s'more? yay! )

It's nice to be out like this without it being part of... of some battle, too.

...yeah. It feels like it's been a while since we camped and nothing was happening.

[Having a house is kinda nice though. It's somewhere to settle in and do normal stuff, like try to cook and burn the eggs and painstakingly cut the burnt parts out of the eggs so that you don't look like an asshole for serving your housemates burnt eggs. And they can do laundry. And there's a cool chandelier.

This unfortunately comes with the caveat that when you break up with someone who wasn't even your boyfriend in the first place, you have to leave and mope like you're in a Hallmark movie.]

I got this book on mushrooms from the Shopkeeper a while back, too. Maybe we can find glowing mushrooms somewhere?

( chung appreciates elsword's efforts so much, even if felicity eventually took over the kitchen entirely. (only heimr's kitchen goes unclaimed... and that's because only mizuki knows about it...)

he's happy to have this time though. the river... doesn't quite call to him, but it's presence rings through his heart and he loves it. with just the two of them out here, it's peaceful in a way things often aren't- even their roommates, even during calm moments, add a bit of extra energy somehow.

vaikal seems to pop up out of nowhere and nuzzles against elsword's cheek. they are both pleased. )

We can take a look around, of course! I'll have to take a better look at his wares soon.

[Vaikal gets a headbump back, like a cat.]

He's really nice. [And Elsword is getting up.] Let's go find glowing mushrooms. There's a bunch, apparently. There's...

[It's a good thing he's a walking flashlight because of his halo, because he is flipping through this book now.]

"Eternal light mushrooms"? That's a cool name.

( elsword is fixated on those mushrooms and chung will support the hell out of it honestly- it's just nice to see him actually express an interest in something that isn't the el.

vaikal is going to dangle off of elsword's shoulder, though. )

Mmhm. Maybe if we're careful... we could make them a terrarium and keep them in the house?

[Vaikal is allowed. Leon, meanwhile, is following along after Chung like :D because he is too big for lift.]

...oh, that's a good idea. I bet the Shopkeeper has some. We can mark where we found them and pick them when we're ready to move them. Or— uh, not pick, but... [makes a scooping motion with his hands,] relocate, I guess.

[Rena from the abyss probably: y'all better not just PICK them and expect them to continue to grow smh]

( leon gets an arm thrown over him so that he can be included anyways. )

I think with a good hook and ropework, we could even hang them. Wouldn't that be nice!

Oh, yeah. Right in front of the windows. I hung that whole chandelier myself, so I'm sure I can figure it out.

[Two boyscouts do ropework to make hanging mushroom terrariums, more at ten.]

Oh, and I wanted to get more river plants for the fish tank, but I guess... I can do that whenever I head back home, so that they don't die.

[Step, step... where mushies]

That would be for the best. Felicity's quite taken with the NASOD turtle though.

( ... though... why is there the nasod turtles... this is something that's confused and bothered him since day one.

but that's not important. what is important is mushies, yes- oh! don't mind him quietly but rapidly tapping his shoulder- )

Elsword! It's not what we're looking for, but look! Chicken of the woods!

—oh. And I think they're fresh, too. [As fresh as a mushroom stuck to a tree can be, anyway. Elsword's halo is a fucking flashlight, so it makes it easy to see. Those are getting put into their Foraging Basket™.] Good eye.

[...here, Chung, you can hold the basket so Elsword can hold the cool book of forgeable.]

Man. I should've brought stuff to make kebabs with us.

[Mmmmm roasted mushroom and steak on a stick.]

They're very good quality, yes! Thank you!

( had he a tail it would be wagging. but he will hold the basket, yes! it will be a good harvest. hm... )

Should we leave some just in case...? --Oh! If it doesn't defeat the purpose, I can go make a run to the store after we're done foraging.

Is the store open this late? ...wait, I guess the Shopkeeper is just a shadow-man now, so probably. Do they sleep?

[Elsword is pretty sure they don't?]

Um, but yeah, going to the store is probably smart if it's open.

[OPEN] lays in the river while caramelldansen plays in the background

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