mayaka's april catch-all !

[sharpjustice]

Who: Mayaka + quest buddies (Impmon, Eleanor, Parvati, Aelita)
What: quests, quests and more quests!
Where: around the bay
When: through April
Warnings: will update if needed!

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steel yourselves! (mayaka and aelita)

[edgewater]

[ parvati's already listened to toxicroak's brief, probably a few times before now as other groups have passed by. she's mostly here to supervise mayaka and a friend she's bringing along -- someone she's pretty sure she hasn't met yet. and that might be all the better, since she gets to supervise and help somebody learn a new skill.

she stands with her arms folded across her chest, all of her handy-dandy equipment in tow barring her hammer. it's not particularly practical to be lugging it around in a cave (nor is it particularly safe given its size). ]

Hey! I'm over here!

post order - Parvati >Aelita >Mayaka?

[digitalprincess]

[Aelita had listened to the brief. She wasn't sure how much help she'd be, but she had to try. Eventually she'd find something she could do. She was all to happy to follow someone and learn.

So she was bounding over on all fours, her long tail raised behind her.]

I'm here!

[Her limbs are already covered in dirt just from the run here.]

yup that's right !

[sharpjustice]

[Mayaka comes dashing up to Parvati, right behind Aelita. She'd been standing at the back of the group during the briefing, and fretted for a moment when the Dedenne disappeared during the chaos of everyone moving off to work on their assigned tasks.]

Lita-chan, you're so small, you've got to be careful about running off like that. [She's already having second thoughts about including the young girl in today's quest, but at least she can watch out for her if they're in the same group.]

Anyway, this is my friend, Parvati-chan. [The Sneasel gestures towards the Tinkaton.]

[edgewater]

Hi!

[ she gives a wave to both friends, before looking down at the tiny dedenne. at least she's bright orange, so she should be difficult to lose sight of in that regard at the very least. ]

You can just call me Parvati too if you want. I don't really mind. [ she smiles. ] We've gotta get a good amount of materials - I've got plenty of stuff to get it with but I'm also okay to hang back and let you two take the lead on the actual finding. Just so you can get the hang of it.

[ it's also not a total truth because tinkaton shiny instinct but. sssh. ]

[digitalprincess]

[Aelita paused to wave at the tinkaton. Smiling up at them after glancing back at Mayaka.]

Hello Parvatti-chan. [But at least she wasn't running off again. Even if she was scratching at the ground with her feet.

She'd been in caves, in the mountain and ice sectors. But the walls of those caves had been... perfect, they didn't crumble like this. Fascinating.]

How do you know where to look?

[sharpjustice]

[Mayaka has wandered off close by to experiment digging into the soft earth and rock with her claws.]

Yeah. Are we just meant to dig until we find something? [During the briefing, they were allocated a specific area to comb, but even so, how would they go about doing this?]

[edgewater]

Yep!

[ they're looking for iron, so parvati's content to carve out tougher rocks with her tools while the other two take on the softer stuff. the spire's dampness means a fair bit of it already is relatively soft -- which leaves the younger two with plenty to do while parvati supervises and does the more difficult part. ]

Like Toxicroak said, we're looking for iron. But I'm sure finding other minerals'll be just as good! [ thumbs up! ] I'd avoid digging too close into the walls, 'cause we can't be sure how stable those'll be with holes. Stick to what's already been dug out.

[ because above all, parvati holcomb values workplace safety. ] I will be here to keep an eye on you both, so don't be scared to ask me for help.

[digitalprincess]

[Did until you find something. But not near the walls. Got it... Except Aelita was rapidly realising that she was not built for this.

Her small claws could dig in the softer sections of earth. But she couldn't get through the harder sections and pebbles? She had to stop and haul the small rocks out of the little pit she was making.

It was only about two inches deep when she poked her head back out.]

What other minerals are there?

[She's rolling another pebble out.]

[sharpjustice]

[Mayaka jumps back from the wall in shock after hearing Parvati's advice, and quickly refocuses her attention on the large mounds of dirt that seem safer to sift through.

Midway through this, she can hear Aelita struggling behind her. Mayaka walks up and very carefully uses her claws to help clear the pebbles and rocks still in the little pit the Dedenne was making.]

I don't know much about minerals, but they should be easy to spot in the ground because they'll come in different colours, or they'll be shiny. Right, Parvati-chan?

[edgewater]

I think it depends, but the stuff we're looking for'll be one of the two. Someone else can probably sift through and identify it all.

[ she's here to search for shinies, but she's not too good at identifying unrefined materials. she misses her nice manmade alloys from home at times, but there's nothing wrong with stripping back to the basics. it's interesting to her that the minerals seem to be largely in-line with what she's read about earth's own metals.

parvati looks over her shoulder from where she's carving into a rock. ] They'll stand out for sure - just toss anything that doesn't feel like what you're digging through out, too. Might find a treasure.