[CENTER][img]https://i.ibb.co/TYk8FL3/haruhi-header.png[/img][/CENTER] [hr] [i]“[color=00FF36]Hff![/color]”[/i] [i]Chuck[/i] [i]“[color=00FF36]Hff![/color]”[/i] [i]Chuck[/i] [i]“[color=00FF36]Hff![/color]”[/i] [i]Ch[b]CLANK[/b][/i] Haruhi, breath still coming hard, stared at the suddenly bladeless hoe in her hand, and at the blade where it had bounced after striking the rock. She shook her hand out, wincing a bit at the ache where the reverberation had shot through her hand, and giggled nervously to herself. “[color=00FF36]Oops.[/color]” For a moment she wondered whether or not she could reattach it somehow--after all, she wasn't done yet!--but as she jogged over and picked up the blade, she saw that was...rather unlikely. If the whole socket had come off or the shaft had broken she could just stick it on a new one, but the blade had actually broken [i]off of the socket,[/i] leaving a twisted jagged stump of steel that couldn't till if she put all the people in Heiseina behind it. She glanced behind, to where she'd been hoeing a line to prepare for planting the leek and cabbage. It wasn't much all told, so she hadn't thought she'd need to get out the plough, but [i]maaaaaybe[/i] it would've been a good idea. She idly twirled the now-headless shaft in her hand, rolling her stiff shoulders in the early morning chill and watching the faint vapor clouds from her breaths shiver away into the sky. It'd been quiet a while since she'd broken one of her tools. Maybe the shovel two years back? But the shaft had just fallen off that, so it was a snap to fix. Well, nothing for it, she supposed; she'd need to go visit the smith! Hopping up and down a bit to keep herself from getting too cold--she could feel the sweat on her skin starting to chill her, and a warning shiver ran through her--she hefted the blade in her left hand and kept on twirling the shaft in her right, occasionally dropping it, as she meandered through the farmland, passing by fallow fields and skirting the edges of winter barley not yet fully-grown. Once she reached the road she tossed the shaft up, watched it spin, and snatched it out of the air, then started to [i]skip[/i] along the road. Where her feet struck the dry hardened dirt, they sent up pale brown puffs of dust that dispersed away into the early spring winds. As she went, she flicked the shaft into the same hand as the blade, then dipped into her pocket and pulled out a handful of soybeans. She'd roasted them before going out in the field that morning, alongside the bowl of steaming rice that she'd topped with sesame seeds and a few slices of pickled daikon before carrying it out to the edge of the woods to offer. It wasn't exactly the greatest offering, but they didn't have a lot of variety right now; a few more weeks and some spring crops would start to come in, and then she could be a little bit more creative. A grin popped onto her face as she scattered the beans off, followed by another handful, then another, twirling as she went and sending them soaring off into the trees and fields. “[color=00FF36]Demons out, luck in![/color]” Her words were followed by a joyous laugh that echoed off into the still, quiet valley. Though, it wasn't quiet for long. Even as the echo of her laugh faded, she heard another voice calling out: [color=0086d4]"[i]Oiiiiiii,[/i] Haru-san!"[/color] With one more whirling flourish of the soybeans off into the woods and one more satisfying patter against the leaves, Haruhi came to a stop (stumbling a bit). The smile was set firmly on her face and only grew stronger now, turning into a huge grin as she waved back at the horseborne girl: “[color=00FF36]Heeeeey! Taka-chan! Mornin!'[/color]” Shaking her hair out to get her ponytail settled better against her back after her prolonged skip-twirling session, she bounded up to meet the other girl, tossing the shaft back to her right hand and twirling it again. She'd always gotten along with Takara. After all, their families tended to work somewhat closely together. Inn and farm always went hand in hand, and Haruhi was proud of the fruits of her labor. “[color=00FF36]Coming all the way out here, need somethin' from us?[/color]” She laughed lightly, making it clear she was joking when she added, “[color=00FF36]I dunno if we have enough on the farm right now to feed you![/color]” [hr] [sup][right][color=00FF36]Interactions:[/color] [i]Takara [@Kuro][/i][/right][/sup]