un: shinykagari

[recklessbelief]

Name: Akko Kagari
Date: after the new arrivals
Format: text

since we got some newbies, i thought maybe it'd be a good idea
to talk about what's been the best and worst thing about being here
u know so they kinda know what to expect??

so the worst thing for me was some of the weird stuff i'd do because i'm a puca now ૮⍝◜•˕̮•◝⍝ა
like chewing on furniture
or
freezing up because someone spooked me
or hopping around when i get real excited
(well i kinda did that anyway before, but it's different??? idk how to explain it)
or that one time i kept digging holes
but i've gotten the hang of a lot of those things and don't do them as much
(sorry professor about the coffee table leg!! ( ´•̥ו̥` ))

best thing hmmmmmm...
well, i've met a lot of really cool people i wouldn't have a chance to back home! o(≧∇≦o)
some of them have left since then
but i won't be sad about anybody being gone
just happy that i got the chance to meet them
even people who kinda annoy me at first have a lot to offer
and it's nice having a bunch of people who are going through similar things as you
because doing this alone would SUCK (゜▽゜;)

anyway, what about everybody else?

Comments

voice; un: crow

[crowsfeat]

The worst thing... is, with all certainty... molting.

[ You can feel the annoyance deep in Eileen's tone when she says that word. ]

voice; un: jinsei

[blind_benevolence]

[ It takes Shu a moment to parse some of this -- seems like the watch doesn't know how to handle her emotes. ]

Ah...Did you drop your watch a few times?

[ Wait, she asked a question. How rude of him. ]

My worst experience has been magic buildup.[ It's not his worst-worst, but this is more applicable than realizing this is the only place he's still alive. ] I spent far too long without a bond and only hurt myself with that. The sickness was awful and it could have ended up so much worse.

My best...My best has been finding a new purpose here. I live out in the slums with my bonded and we both help keep it safe. I also do what I can to make life better for the people living out there, too, and bring them food and medicine. I've also been volunteering with the orphanage...I've found another home here, much more peaceful than the one I came from.

[blind_benevolence]

I could make another harpy out of the feathers you leave around the house.

[recklessbelief]

i guess it's a good thing the plumbing around here seems to be so good huh???
between all the feathers and snake scales and fur, i mean

[recklessbelief]

no, i made little emojis!
do they not have those where you're from???

[She has no idea it's text-to-speech on the struggle.]

wow! （＊〇□〇）……！
i'm really glad you decided to bond and didn't get too too sick
bc ur totally right i've heard it gets really bad for witches if they don't bond
like in some ways monsters have it a little easier with that sort of thing, i think
we don't act like ourselves but we dont feel bad while it's happening either
you must keep busy with all that stuff tho!
but it's really nice of you to spend so much time on other people like that

[crowsfeat]

Don't you start... [ A half-hearted scolding. ]

[crowsfeat]

What good would the plumbing do me, child?

[ it would be easy to assume she just doesn't take baths, worded like that... ]

[recklessbelief]

[Yikes!!]

um no offense
but u do bathe and stuff right????

[blind_benevolence]

[ He doesn't know what emojis are, either -- post-apocalyptic wastelands are short on tech. ]

I don't think these watches quite know how to handle those...

[ It's fine. If anything, the garbled nonsense the watch reads out is amusing. ]

Keeping myself busy is all I know. [ He laughs. ] It's not much different from how I was back home, just with less war.

[crowsfeat]

... [ A sigh. ]

How, precisely, do you think birds bathe, child?

[blind_benevolence]

Maybe I'll hold onto them and stuff a scarecrow with them. [ He laughs. ] A fitting use for them, don't you think?

[crowsfeat]

[ Well, she chuckles at that. ]

A terrifying figure it might make. Black enough to be stark even within the sunlight.

text; un: kaede

[long_live_the_queen]

try fur, feathers, AND knocking antlers into everything

and I chase people who run away from me, so don't do that

[Kaede just skips right to the negative.]

[recklessbelief]

ur not climbing into people's bird baths are you?! Σ(゜ロ゜;)

[recklessbelief]

that's gotta be kinda nice then
both having something familiar and less war

text;

[unsundered]

It seems monsters invariably get the worst of things... I wonder if there's anyone in the city who has enjoyed the process of their distortion of body and mind. Even if the result has its benefits for some, the penalties do appear to be considerable.

I've been fortunate to escape that much unscathed, witch as I am- though this world's magic is poor substitution of my native talents. I would say that loss to be among the worst aspects of being here, though for anyone new, that doesn't offer much of what to expect. It's already happened, there's little to prepare for.

UN: Heralia

[awryprincess]

Hmm. Well, I can take it from a Monster perspective and say... the best part has, so far, been expanding my horizons, learning new things and methodologies, and new ways of thinking. This place is rather unlike my world, so the different perspectives really challenges my way of approaching things.

On the negative side... I have hair in places I didn't otherwise. Not sure I like it. Waking up and playing "spot the difference" after the full moon was an interesting game I wasn't sure I wanted to play either.

un:ma voice

[stopfen]

Shedding is a pain, like the granny says. [Eillen. Mikasa was nowhere near enough for her shrug to actually be at the old hunter, but the sentiment was there. But the recording continues, an awkward pause.

But then Mikasa decides enough people have caught this one for it to be fine.]

...Eating bugs isn't very fun either.

[crowsfeat]

... [ A longer sigh. ]

No. I take dust baths.

[crowsfeat]

It's not so bad, if spiced properly.

[ says the crow that can still eat meat. ]

[recklessbelief]

[Listen, granny, you can't fault her for the concern.]

oh i guess that makes more sense
and probably causes a lot less problems with your neighbors ((*゜Д゜)ゞ”

[recklessbelief]

idk i think your feathers are pretty

[Take that!!]

text; un: styx

[tothemetal]

dont know if its really that bad compared to other people
witches seem to have it pretty easy you know ?
but the worst thing for me is being away from home
like
everybodys really cool !
and ive made a ton of friends and seen some killer stuff
but sometimes it just hits you you know ?

best thing is easy
the monsters and magic and stuff !
we dont got that kind of thing where im from so everything is really awesome to see
even on days im not doing anything exciting it ends up being exciting :)

[recklessbelief]

i don't think the monsters that are actually native to here mind being what they are
since you know they were born into it and they didn't go thru the changes or w/e like we do
but i would agree that there's a pretty big steep learning curve around being a monster compared to being a witch.
then again, a lot of the witches i know were witches before and already really good at it??? so maybe they're not the best comparison

hm then maybe is there a school of the magic here that was harder for you to learn than others?
maybe you could talk about that! and then whichever one was kinda the easiest for you to pick up

[recklessbelief]

that's a really good way of thinking about it!
i'll be honest and say i didn't really have that good of an attitude about it at first ヾ(_ _*)
i've gotten better tho
at least i think i have anyway

haha tell me about it!!
but it's kinda nice when it's colder out??
and idk about your fur, but mine is pretty soft.
so i don't mind playing with it myself sometimes