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Leon wasn't sure what sort of reaction he'd expected from the girl. Perhaps a passing, hungry look, or a glint in the corner of her eye at the thought of such a delicacy existing within reach. Leon had known hunger; he knew the spark the mere mention of food could ignite, and this girl looked, frankly, famished. Was she?

... The jury was still out on that one, but she certainly had dealt with nobles before. Leon was taken aback by her answer, smooth yet sharp, and it took him a few seconds too many to conceal it.

"First dibs?" he laughed, first genuinely nervous, then somewhat-less-genuinely amused. The way he'd been taught. "Come now, I'm not-- suggesting we eat it raw," he managed to wrinkle his nose as if the thought alone was preposterous, and gave the girl a look that bordered on pity - the kind a noble ought to give someone like her.

Someone like us.

"I was merely... making an observation, in case you'd never seen one before, and weren't in the know. Nothing mor-" He'd just found his rhythm and tone when Alphonse cut in with a dose of convenient curiosity, and made Leon scramble for a proper face to pull again. What was he even supposed to say to that, except-- "For Yhirel's sake, no one's eating it, petals or no! I wasn't--"

He was cut off again, though this time the timing couldn't have been more perfect. Yhirel bless, he could have kissed whoever it was that strode over to them - except it was the Galbian princess.

Startled by the sudden proximity of someone important enough for him to remember, Leon stepped away like she stank. His gaze trailed to what she was cooing at, and quickly realized it was the baby wyvern. His brow quirked. Really? Yeah, sure, the baby lizard was cute and all, but to go this crazy over it? Wasn't she-- wasn't she concerned about how she came across? Then again, royalty probably didn't need to be. All they had to do was be born, and the world would cater to them regardless.

Speaking of people used to being catered to - Leon raised his gaze from Sherry's antics only to startle out of his wits. A yet another soul dead-set on making him suffer had joined the fray. Leonid didn't recognize her, but she was the quintessential noble; prim, proper - insufferable. Oh, and definitely dangerous. Leon could see the glint in her eye, like a feline toying with a prey before the kill. All of a sudden, their silly little flower debate felt like a matter of life and death.

Leon decided then and there that if he didn't want someone finding out his ruse, it was definitely her.

"Well now, wasn't aware the fine folks of house Ciran had such bleeding hearts! Wish I could say the same about myself, truly, but regretfully I care more about my health than a potential insult towards a lowborn. I mean, have you any idea the amount of diseases they may carry?" Leon shook his head to accentuate his point, even as his own skin prickled from the insults. He didn't even dare look towards the blue-haired girl. She'd really gotten the short end of the stick here, huh. "The girl will live. I'm sure she's been through worse than a refused gift."

Like, you know, his whole spiel just now.

Stubbornly, and hopefully more casually than it felt, Leon held eye contact with the Ciran girl for as long as she did - only to practically heave a sigh of relief when she looked away. That was definitely his cue. "Well, I enjoyed all this floral discourse immensely, but we are holding up the tour. So if you'll excuse me--" With a quick bow, Leon whirled around on his heels, quitting their impromptu floral club before it attracted any more members.

Please, Yhirel, let the other half of the house be normal.
Garrock just wants some semblance of empathy at this point. He's tired, feels the group want rid of him and just wants to feel that someone in the group doesn't hate or want rid of him.


Oh noooo, Garrock ),:

Probably makes sense for me to go again for the other group, will do it tonight when I get a chance to write again. Also err, failed a Survey the Area roll, rip. But so, just to check, does the 4 I rolled for the mystery roll count as a miss? Cause if so, that's 5 exp and an advancement at least, so I'll pick something tonight. If not, disregard this!
Here we go!

𝐃𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐭

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Something reeked.

Duncan groaned, eyes opening to the flickering of a light bulb on its last legs. Recognition struck him; right, he should've replaced the damn thing ages ago. But he'd needed to spend the money on other shit, or else people would start to suspect something. Now, lying on the floor on his back, he couldn't remembered what he'd bought - or why he was home.

The room was stuffy, overlaid with a grey veil. Smoke. Not the kind that meant there was a fire, though the way teachers kept jumping on his case over a single cigarette made it seem like this smoke was even worse. Something rolled on the floor, bumping against the side of Duncan's head. Annoyed, he sat up and swiped the empty bottle from the floor. "That fucking geezer..."

He stood, and found another bottle. Then another, and another a little ways away. Somewhere along the way, he'd gotten a bag in his hand. The bottles clanged as they fell in. There was some money in them, at least; maybe he could finally replace that light bulb.

"Dad!" Duncan shouted, annoyed, voice higher than he expected. He wandered deeper into the house that seemed to grow larger with every step. His vision was dark at the edges, obscuring all the details that didn't matter - and even those that did. His father, as he appeared in the doorway, was nothing more than a dark outline. At the sight of him, Duncan stopped. He couldn't remember why he'd tried to find him so badly. Usually he avoided the old man when he smelled like this.

He took a quick step back, and with a blink, everything went black - then grey. He didn't smell the alcohol anymore, just the smoke. And this time, somewhere in the pit of his stomach, he felt fire.

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Wherever Duncan's unconscious body lay, he stirred. His fingers moved even before his eyelids did, fumbling around as if in search for something. He had no idea how much time had passed, where he was, or with who. He'd barely realized he was still alive.

But he did know he needed a drag, and bad.
Done! Few notes: combined the background and reason for being at the academy fields, since it made sense to keep the flow. Exchanged History with Performance from his background proficiencies, as per background customization, because it really didn't make sense for him to be good at history in the modern sense. Lmk if that's a no-go.

A'ight, finishing up the CS rn, expect it in a few hours at most.
@Guardian Angel Haruki @Vertigo That being said, I will need a roll from both of you before I write the next post, though it's not Traverse the Wilderness. Roll me a 2d6 - Shadows Marked. Haruki, you can get a +1 to this roll thanks to Vertigo's help.

Got a 4, aka first fail this campaign. I'm scared and curious.
The idea was to help her try and find our way, assuming she needs to do Traverse the Wilderness roll - I mentioned that in my post above. Technically I'd need to help after she does it, but that makes little sense narratively, so assumed this would be fine.

Unsure on that other point, Stargaze rolled to clear a Shadow from Fellwing, so I assumed she did it? Or would that technically have been a Convince Someone roll to make Fellwing do her own Look to Another Clutch's Example roll? I'm fine with that too (hey, it gives me exp! Since Fellwing refuses to fail her own rolls and get exp from anywhere but others convincing her lmao).

Fell's (the person's) call.
So I hope I rolled the Help move correctly. It said + Friendship Gems, and I wasn't sure if that was in general or with the character in question? Since it can be used to hinder too, I assumed it'd be in general. If not, you can subtract that three and turn it into an 8!

Oh also I feel like Stargaze should get a friendship gem, since she was definitely creative with the lesson. Will edit that into the ooc bit.

Edit: I guess technically it says you should help/hinder after a clutchmate rolls, but assuming Stargaze would roll the navigating thing anyway, maybe it doesn't hurt I did it in advance to save time? Hrm.
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