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[abundantlove]

Who: Crew of the Shepherd + anyone who would be around
What: I want caaaandy!
Where: The ship and all around (catch-all event thread)
When: 9th onward

The Shepherds had picked up several new crew members in recent days, but it seemed that the world they were now in had seen fit to share with them another new addition: the presence of bowls of heart shaped candy strewn about the ship.

It seemed shenanigans were about to be afoot.

Comments

OTA, romantic stuff only with Rikka and Alice, keep it PG

[abundantlove]

Mana was walking along, doing her morning rounds, when... she came upon the bowl. She blinked, and looked down... oh, they were Valentine's heart candy! She smiled. Someone must have put them out as a nice gesture.

She reached down and picked several up out of the bowl; they read "hug me", "glomp me", "cuddle me", and "compliment me". Smiling to herself, Mana pocketed all but one of them; she popped the "hug me" candy into her mouth.

[rosettawall]

As much as Alice enjoyed having use of her left arm restored with the arrival of a healer on board, it almost felt as if she was cheating. It had been her own fault... But, at the same time, it meant she did not have to get help lugging two significantly large bouquets of varying flower types on board. Nor did she need the help finding someplace out of the way to stash them until whenever appropriate, as she didn't want to just leave them sitting around in her room, and...

Well, it as suddenly becoming rather crowded. Off-hand wondering if they even had the sleeping space for all of the new arrivals, once stashing said flowers away, she happened upon a bowl of candy. She eyed it curiously, feeling a sudden urge to pluck one up.

All the while fairly unsuspecting of anyone else who might be lurking nearby.

[abundantlove]

Mana continued upon her rounds, until she at last came upon Alice. Grinning ear to ear, she ran over to her girlfriend excitedly.

"Alice!" she exclaimed. "Happy Valentine's day! Oh... more of that candy from earlier...!"

[diamondlight]

Rikka, meanwhile, had put two and two together. She knew - knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt - these things would be trouble. But if she just threw them overboard, they'd probably come back somehow... hmm. Maybe if she found a way to get them out of the way without actually getting rid of them? Inspiration striking, she'd run into the market and traded some of her remaining coin for a small leather pouch, presently secured to her side. She'd then painstakingly gone through the bowl looking for anything she badly wanted not to happen, and pulled out those hearts, dropping them into the pouch. The urge to eat one is rising sharply, but... this was for all their safety, right? The fact that her back wasn't aching every time she reached for the bag helped immensely; Tear was very, very good at what she did, and while she'd seen the scar that she'd probably have for a good long while, if not forever... she didn't mind so much. The only people that would ever see that spot on her back wouldn't care, except maybe to worry after her.

And then she noticed Mana swinging by, and in her shock and her panic to make sure she'd done the job, her attention shifts for just one moment, and her hand in the (visibly diminished) bowl picks up a candy and pops it into her mouth while she's not paying attention. There's an audible crunch just as she realizes it's happened, and she doesn't even know what was written on it. Which is a problem. But first, after pulling the drawstring on her pouch shut...

"Hi, Mana. Everything in order?"

She feels her entire body tense. Had Mana already gotten to the candy bowl before she'd managed to dig through it? Had the heart she'd already popped been something unforgivable? Normally the messages on these were pretty tame, she remembered, but... this bowl had been unforgiving in its goal: bonding the close even closer together. If in some very, very strange ways. (Rikka? Lay off the romance novels. They have no knowledge value and give you bad ideas.)

[abundantlove]

Mana didn't answer Rikka at first. Instead, she just stared at the other girl for a brief moment, before surging forward like a rocket and practically tackling her into a hug.

"Rikka!" she exclaimed joyously. "Yeah, everything's just fine! How about you?"

[knightlyidol]

[Poor Makoto hasn't exactly realized that anything's out of the ordinary just yet. She's heard about the strange happenings, sure, but they happened before she got here. So the candy bowls out of nowhere? Probably nothing to worry about. Someone on the crew must've left them out.

...she should probably start paying more attention to what people were saying in the journals.

Regardless, she unsuspectingly approached Mana.]

Hello, Mana. Ah... [She looked at the bowl Mana had just taken a candy from, a little curiously.] Is that candy any good?

[abundantlove]

"Makopi!"

And now she's latching herself onto her fellow Precure, hugging her as tight as she can. When she finally responds, it's almost like an afterthought.

"Oh... yeah, sure! They're pretty good..."

[mysterical]

Tear wasn't really all that used to being on a ship, even after all the time on the ferries, Tartarus, and the Albiore she'd spent while traveling with Luke and the others. She still found that during some swells, she'd have to hold onto parts of the ship to make sure she didn't fall.

But, the shipmates were nice at least.

However, the bowl of candies that had randomly appeared overnight gave the Melodist a bad feeling and she avoided it, despite the unusual urge for sweets she was currently experiencing. And when she saw the young girl...Mana, she thought her name was...pop the candy into her mouth, that feeling grew.

"Mana, do you know where those came from?"

[abundantlove]

"Hi, Tear! I have no idea!"

As Mana says that, she rather abruptly walks up and hugs Tear, acting as if it's the most natural thing in the world.

[bitty_blue_brother]

Hubert has been keeping to himself more than usual after being rescued by his crew a few weeks ago. But he's starting to recover bit by bit with every passing day, so when his walk around the ship takes him by Mana, he decides to greet her.

"Good morning, Mana," he says, still wondering vaguely if he should be addressing her as "captain."

[abundantlove]

"Hubert!" Mana exclaims, bounding forward and scooping up the boy into a big hug. "It's good to see you...!"

Jade | Ship or town | Open

[jadethenecromancer]

[Jade doesn't make a habit of eating something when he doesn't know where it came from, which is why he passes the candy bowl without a second glance (though he does idly wonder why he's suddenly craving sweets). Nor is he particularly interested in that Valentine's Day people have been talking about, beyond the possibility of getting blackmail material out of it.

The Colonel can be found on board the Shepherd or on Isla Empieza, business as usual. Is it just him, or is everyone else acting rather... touchy-feely?]

ship

[whiteas]

[ Did you ask for touchy feely? Because Weiss just decided to have one candy and suddenly she was attaching herself to Jade's arm and holding his hand before she even realized what she was doing. ]

Nice to.. meet you.

[ No. No this is not how you meet someone, Weiss, what are you doing!? ]

[jadethenecromancer]

[Jade raised an eyebrow. This was not how people usually reacted to meeting him.]

...My goodness, how forward.

Feb. 13th Until | Ship I guess | OTA

[curries]

[This isn't a giant horn full of delicious foods plus one smelly fruit, that's for sure. ...It's even better!]

[What kid could possibly resist sweets given freely? Definitely not Asbel. And while he practically bounces in delight and casually stuffs some of the candies into his pocket, he's not exactly heartless (see what I did there) enough to nab them all. That's right! Asbel's willing to leave a reasonable helping for the rest of the crew. They've all been through a lot lately, after all. Surely something sugary will help cheer them up.]

This is totally great! [Plopping a green candy into his mouth, Asbel looks up and waves one of his companions over.] Hey, perfect timing! Check it out, someone's left us candy this time. Pretty cool, right? I think they've got stuff written on them, too.

[He didn't think to read his before swallowing. But maybe he should have.]

[whiteas]

[ Weiss goes over and looks at the bowl of candy, not thinking much of it. ]

Who would leave a bunch of candy lying around?

Oh, god, why am I doing this, Cherry?

[mysterical]

[The Melodist looked up as she was waved over to where the young redhead was standing. Seriously, the more she watched him, the more she wondered what Luke had been like as a "child".

Of course, she'd been tactful enough not to say that out loud. As much as Luke and Asch disliked being compared with one another, she was sure that Asbel would feel the same way.

Instead, she approached him carefully, curious as to what he wanted.]

Asbel! I don't think it's wise to just eat things if you don't know where they come from.

[bitty_blue_brother]

Are you sure you should be eating those? You don't know where they came from...

[Never mind that they both ate the stuff from the cornucopia a few months ago (minus the durian, of course).]

OTA; 14th

[headfons]

[ ship ]

After he and Tear joined the crew, he decided to take the time to check out the ship and possibly get to know some (if not all) of his fellow crew mates. After maybe getting a feel for the ship, herself. It wasn't the first time he'd ever been on something like that--but, it was certainly the first time he'd ever been one of the people tasked with...literally keeping her afloat.

Fortunately, it also wasn't the most dangerous job he'd ever been given. He'd get the hang of things, soon enough, right? The redhead let out a sigh and paused to lean back on his forearms against the railing. Well, he was done checking the Shepherd out. Now to go introduce himself to people.

During the process of his investigation, he'd happened upon a bowl of candy--they were out in the open, so he was assuming they were for whoever happened to be walking by. Fair enough assumption, right? Eyes landing on someone who seemed busy, he decided on what he thought could be the best way to say hello--offering to help.

Without bothering to read what the candy even said, he popped a piece in his mouth and headed straight over to the random person.

[OOC: You can decide what the candy does:

A) Possibly awkward Hug
B) Possibly even MORE awkward Kiss
C) Hand Holding (for however long we decide r-rofl)
D) Something not listed here!

If you don't pick, I will RNG it.]

[curries]

While Luke approached said random person, maybe - just maybe - he was being watched. Positioned just a few feet away and holding his breath, Asbel crouched, peering intently from behind one of the ever-present crates on deck.

Stealth was important, he knew. Stealth and the element of surprise. And when it seemed as though the redhead was distracted enough, he made his move. Feet slowly padded across the deck, step by step, beat by beat until Asbel had cleared his hiding place. He continued to creep along the deck, trying to be as quiet as possible and to stay in Luke's blindspot.

Once Asbel thought he was close enough, he leapt into the air with a shout, arms extended in order to tackle his prey. ...Well, maybe.

"RAWR!!!"

OTA

[havesomedeath]

[Given his experience with cursed and/or poisoned food, plus the experiences he'd already had in this world, Henry was very much aware that something was up with this candy. Really, it would have been pretty difficult for him not to notice.

However, 'knowing' and 'caring' are two very, very different things.

Rather than try to do anything about the candy or, at the very least, try to avoid eating them, Henry has decided to not even bother resisting. In fact, he's happily munching on some of the candy. From what he can tell, whatever curse this is had to be pretty harmless.

Luckily for just about, uh, everyone, he hasn't eaten any of the more... dangerous candies.

But if Henry spots you, you might find that there's suddenly a creepy mage attached to you. And it doesn't seem as if he's about to let go, either... Yay, hugs?]

[mysterical]

[Tear felt the boy embrace her and stopped, face red and body stiff.]

Wh-what are you doing?

late as hell, whatever, OTA

[knightlyidol]

[Makoto has absolutely no idea what she's in for when she eats one of the candies. She hasn't been on the ship long enough to consider that the candy might be out of place. For all she knows, it's completely normal.

And this is a ship with Mana on it, so that's not so farfetched, really.

So, without thinking about it, she went ahead and popped a candy into her mouth, not paying much mind to her surroundings. Not knowing that she's now basically a ticking affection-time bomb. Approach at your own risk, people.]

fashionably late

[selfabsorbed]

[ Regina had spent the better part of her time in this new world exploring - the ship, the town they had remained docked at, Mana's room - but now she was settling in, relaxing more. As much as Regina relaxed, anyway... far too much energy for her own good.

And so it was that, when she saw her friend (in Regina's mind anyway) Makopi, Regina decided the best way to greet the unawares girl would be to surprise her. By floating above her, flipping upside-down, and lowering into her field of view. ]

Hey! [ Not even a moment later, noticing the candy- ] Oh, whatcha got there? When did we get candy?

even later than Makoto; LET'S DO SOME THINGS???

[bitty_blue_brother]

[Hubert is very, very pointedly avoiding the heart candy. They just up and appeared on the ships overnight, no way could they be good news!

Of course, this doesn't mean that he's immune to others acting out the effects of said candy. Give this bitty all the hugs you want, he sure could use them. I guess compliments or something are nice too.

...]