catch-all — take a sad song and make it better ;

[respiting]

Who: rocket and you
When: post-august event
Where: solvunn settlements, the horizon
What: a day in the life (and also building his horizon)
Warnings: none so far but will warn if they come up!


my schemes are just like all my dreams — solvunn ;

[ It's just another day in the commune, and in his newly mended and much better fitting robes (with pockets!), Rocket makes the rounds. Not that he makes a point of it at all, or says anything, or even thinks about it but he's taken to helping the locals whenever he sees an opportunity: mostly simple stuff like mending fences and roofs, fixing up tools, and then there's the odd wrangling of a goat.

Because, yeah. After his confrontation with some weird too-many-armed creature in defense of the goats, he's been keeping an eye on them a little. Every now and again. Just because.

Throughout the day(s) he can be found:

i) Mending said fences, just knee-deep in manual labour and looking surprisingly content while doing it. It's not just busy work (even thought it kinda is) but there's a surprising kind of productive feeling to the act. Maybe even something like ... fulfillment. But like hell is he ever gonna admit such a thing. Gross.

ii) Later, he might be found at one of the nearby little drinking holes, taking a local up on their offer for a free meal for helping them with a task (this time it was fixing a roof). If he recognizes you, he'll nod his head, which is essentially your cue to join him if you want. ]

Eh. Anything you want, it's on me. They owe me like twenty more of these things just today.

[ iii) And finally, at the end of the day Rocket will be making his way back to the treehouse near the Black Eye Lakes. He pauses as the sun sets to lift his head towards the bright orange skies and watch them for just a little bit.

To no one in particular (though clearly within earshot of you): ]

Well, I guess it's not all bad here.

here am i floating 'round my tin can — the horizon ;

[ Rocket's experience with the Horizon is still a little new and will take a little practice, but following his last visit there with Vash, in which there had been a lot of empty barren land and not much else, he decides that it's finally time to get to work on his own space.

He doesn't take up a whole lot of that space because being ruler of a planet or a kingdom or even grounded land has never been Rocket's ambition. Instead, it's a metal platform that he's currently working on, which stands beneath a system of control panels and steering systems that have already been installed, lights glowing through the motherboard. It looks like it's the kind of thing that will take a hell of a lot of work, and it'll be slow in its progress, but it's precise and it's exactly the way that Rocket wants it.

It's the starts of a spaceship. ]

Yeah. [ He makes a sweeping gesture with his free claw, while the other readjusts his goggles. There's a small shiny little symbol to signify the Chariot emblazoned on the side.

He points to the box of tools to the side, perfectly sized to him and looking already worn and well-loved. ] Yeah, that thing. Can you pass it over?

and oh, it's never quite as it seems — wildcard ;

[ feel free to leave your own starter below in any such fashion you wish if the above don't quite work for you! i'm down to party with anything and reach out to me via plurk/PM/discord to hash out any details! ]

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Schemes

[leitstern]

[There is a man watching nearby - with an eagle eye - with an apathetic look upon his face. It lasts for four seconds, following which he returns to drinking from the neck of a bottle.

None of his kin inhabit this place. No master to offer guidance and direction. No friends because what purpose would that serve?

He looks at the racoon who pesters him each time they meet. Does he recognise him like this? In human form? No? Then perhaps he will remember his voice.]

Make it wine. And make it the bottle.

[He has already emptied three. Is that a good idea?]

[respiting]

Geez, take a guy for all he's worth, why don't you.

[ Rocket gives the guy a little stinky look of surprise, but in the same breath, he shrugs and waves a claw for the barkeep to honour the request.

Look, he's in a pretty decent mood today. He's amenable to making people's drunken wishes come true.

... even after he glances at the three empty bottles already accumulated near him. ]

Feeling thirsty today, man?

[leitstern]

Today and every day while we are trapped in this hellhole.

[He stops drinking - brows twisting in thought - and hurriedly masks his ideas by toasting with his bottle. We. Us. Associates. Companions.

Friends.

He places the unfinished wine on the table.]

But take a seat. If we are all trapped here, surely we had best pass the time with friends.

[Ha ha ha.]

[respiting]

Uh ... huh.

[ Still, Rocket does get up from his own seat to move a little closer to where Jasper is, recognizing the voice all right. ]

You're in a real cheery mood. Or maybe it's the wine talking. [ Though he did mention 'hellholes' so. ] Not enjoying the trees and the goats, then?

[leitstern]

[Jasper pours himself another glass, helps himself to another drink, and laughs at that question.]

Neither are my first thought when I desire a vaction.

[He lifts his glass in a toast and takes a deep sip.]

I should rather be enjoying the beach. Somewhere pleasant and warm without a fellow soul in sight.

[respiting]

Honestly, yeah, sure. [ A small shrug. ] That doesn't sound like a bad idea. Hell, we could all probably use a beach vacation away from everyone and everything else.

[ He'll take a sip of his own drink in camaraderie. ]

Especially after all of that Clean Up duty. It was kinda hard to keep out of that.

[leitstern]

[Jasper furrows his brow in consideration. There have been events since his absence, events he should have experienced. But this world decided to make him the subject of a cosmic joke.

He puts down his glass and looks at his drinking companion.]

After that party? Yes, it was quite the mess.

[respiting]

Uh-huh. Yeah, some party. Not the kind I'd like to be invited to in the future.

[ It's ... definitely a weird way of putting it, but Rocket's gonna roll with it anyway. ]

Any weird-ass things you recognize crawl through?

[leitstern]

Oh? Only the one, friend.

[Why not share? Conversation passes time if nothing else.]

That large quivering jelly. The silver viscous blotch the size of a carthorse. Surely you witnessed such a beast?

[The one wearing a crown as though it even matters.]

[respiting]

Man, I must've missed it.

[ He's almost disappointed by this.

Almost.

Truthfully the idea of a large quivering jelly freaks him out a little. ]

You had a hand in stopping it?