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bottlecaplogs2025-03-07 01:38 pm
bladeofnymeia) wrote in bottlecaplogs2025-03-07 01:38 pm
March Catchall - Goals and Quests
Who: Firoza and YOU! With a private toplevel for Firoza and Shoka
What: Firoza Istus has plans, and has things to do. You're super welcome to join her as she goes about on her own personal MSQ
When: The month of March
Where: All over Bottlecap Bay!
Warnings: Shouldn't be any, but I'll put them here when they come up.
[Well! After a stamp of approval, some advice on how to put some things into motion, and a month under her belt of living in this new world, in this new form, Firoza has some things about town she's focused on taking care of over the course of...what seems to be the Second Astral Moon? One, two, three...yeah, that'd be Second Astral.
(The Eorzean calendar can be a bit rough to remember when you don't grow up with it. But anyway.)
The Questboard is checked pretty often, and while her eyes linger on the exploration or rescue missions, Firoza knows her limitations. She needs practice in combat before she can effectively contribute to any of those. So, for now, the supply missions are what she's taking on. While she goes to gather berries and twigs with Emporio and Junpei on two separate occasions, she also goes back down to the Mines to help get some more cool rocks with Shoka. If you'd like to thread something out during those explorations, or even just meeting up outside the questboard to talk about joining up for that, you're absolutely welcome to! And you're super welcome to notice how pointedly Firoza's eyes linger on the other kinds of quests.
When not out gathering materials, Firoza can be found in one of two places. The first? A clearing in the Canopy, where a tired old stump has been left to be reclaimed by the earth. Must've been a big tree that fell over in a storm, by the looks of how the top is splintered, but some Pokemon probably tugged that huge fallen log away to use for construction long ago, because it's nowhere to be seen, and there's no beaten down path of grass from a recent effort.
But it's perfect as it is, this stump. After all, this is clearly a Level One Training Dummy.
Firoza's cries as she lashes out at the stump ring out from the clearing, as she launches herself at the wood in Scratches and Double Kicks, and even the occasional attempt at Poison Sting...but only if she's still and aiming very carefully. We don't need errant poisonings here. She works on lashing out on all fours, on rearing up on her hind legs, maintaining balance...it's all simple moves, more to train herself on how to move rather than building strength in her blows. That can always come later. If you want to smack a stump for a while, or are concerned when you hear yelling somewhere in the Canopy, you're welcome to come over! Absolutely critique her form if you know what you're doing, she'd appreciate it.
The other place Firoza often lingers is at a shop run by Spinarak, specializing in producing things made from extremely strong thread spun by the proprietress in question and other Bug Pokemon. They're all very bemused by this gentle-voiced Nidoran fumbling with a wooden sewing needle in her paws and her unrelenting persistence, and are very welcoming, considering her greenlight to namedrop Ribombee as the one who pointed her this way. Anyone can come and see her here...but Shoka is the one person who gets a personal invitation to come along one day, if she's interested.
Other than that? Firoza's staying at the Cheri Berry base, so her fellow guildmates are welcome to find her there! Feel like chatting? She's happy to listen! Think of this as your Wildcard option.]
What: Firoza Istus has plans, and has things to do. You're super welcome to join her as she goes about on her own personal MSQ
When: The month of March
Where: All over Bottlecap Bay!
Warnings: Shouldn't be any, but I'll put them here when they come up.
[Well! After a stamp of approval, some advice on how to put some things into motion, and a month under her belt of living in this new world, in this new form, Firoza has some things about town she's focused on taking care of over the course of...what seems to be the Second Astral Moon? One, two, three...yeah, that'd be Second Astral.
(The Eorzean calendar can be a bit rough to remember when you don't grow up with it. But anyway.)
The Questboard is checked pretty often, and while her eyes linger on the exploration or rescue missions, Firoza knows her limitations. She needs practice in combat before she can effectively contribute to any of those. So, for now, the supply missions are what she's taking on. While she goes to gather berries and twigs with Emporio and Junpei on two separate occasions, she also goes back down to the Mines to help get some more cool rocks with Shoka. If you'd like to thread something out during those explorations, or even just meeting up outside the questboard to talk about joining up for that, you're absolutely welcome to! And you're super welcome to notice how pointedly Firoza's eyes linger on the other kinds of quests.
When not out gathering materials, Firoza can be found in one of two places. The first? A clearing in the Canopy, where a tired old stump has been left to be reclaimed by the earth. Must've been a big tree that fell over in a storm, by the looks of how the top is splintered, but some Pokemon probably tugged that huge fallen log away to use for construction long ago, because it's nowhere to be seen, and there's no beaten down path of grass from a recent effort.
But it's perfect as it is, this stump. After all, this is clearly a Level One Training Dummy.
Firoza's cries as she lashes out at the stump ring out from the clearing, as she launches herself at the wood in Scratches and Double Kicks, and even the occasional attempt at Poison Sting...but only if she's still and aiming very carefully. We don't need errant poisonings here. She works on lashing out on all fours, on rearing up on her hind legs, maintaining balance...it's all simple moves, more to train herself on how to move rather than building strength in her blows. That can always come later. If you want to smack a stump for a while, or are concerned when you hear yelling somewhere in the Canopy, you're welcome to come over! Absolutely critique her form if you know what you're doing, she'd appreciate it.
The other place Firoza often lingers is at a shop run by Spinarak, specializing in producing things made from extremely strong thread spun by the proprietress in question and other Bug Pokemon. They're all very bemused by this gentle-voiced Nidoran fumbling with a wooden sewing needle in her paws and her unrelenting persistence, and are very welcoming, considering her greenlight to namedrop Ribombee as the one who pointed her this way. Anyone can come and see her here...but Shoka is the one person who gets a personal invitation to come along one day, if she's interested.
Other than that? Firoza's staying at the Cheri Berry base, so her fellow guildmates are welcome to find her there! Feel like chatting? She's happy to listen! Think of this as your Wildcard option.]
Canopy clearing
Oh.
Never mind.
It's just the tiny Nidoran partaking in some perplexing landscaping.
Carefully, she takes a few steps out of her hiding place and into the clearing, head tilted much like a dog. ...or perhaps a bird. Like some sort of animal.]
That stump is already quite dead.
no subject
Yes, it is. That's why I'm hitting it. I am training.
no subject
A-Ah... The Oran Berries... They offer training services to Pokémon of all guilds, if you'd rather work with more suitable equipment.
[She starts circling, her head still tilted.]
As a member, I'm instructed to offer my services as a teacher, although I'm still in the process of learning, myself...
no subject
[She's still clumsy with her attacks, still thinking (mostly) like a beast instead of a Pokemon, and trying to use what her body has at its disposal before reaching down deep to unleash more of the untapped potential within.]
Mistress Mightyena asked you to teach? Then...perhaps you are to learn while teaching, too.
no subject
[If A.B.A had lips to bite, she'd be biting hers right about now. Instead, she nibbles at the end of one of her claws.]
Yes, I believe that's the intention. Miss Mightyena knows a great deal about training others in the art of fighting, so I have no reason to question her methods... Still...I can't help but feel like I might be passing down my........flaws onto those trying to learn from me...
That kitten... Firepaw... He's a suitable teacher...
no subject
[Lv 1 versus Lv 100 training dummy, or something.]
Well, you likely won't know what would be a flaw until you discover it. And then, you can work on improving on it with those you teach. I know I would prefer that to an infallible teacher.