All aboard the hugboat!

[seadevil]

Who: The crew of the Katabami
Where: At sea, en route to Cahawba
When: April 1st
What: Opposite Day~~
Warnings: Ragna the Fluffedge
Style: Any
Status: Closed to crew

"Normal" is a relative term to begin with on the Katabami but the dawn of this day finds things even less normal than usual...

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cw: Ragna the Fluffedge

[rebellions]

[For some unexplained reason, Ragna woke up feeling different today. The good kind of different, mind you. The sky is blue, the sun is shining and the sea is calm. Another beautiful day full of adventures with his beloved friends! The Grim Reaper feels nothing but pure happiness when he steps on the main deck, a wide smile on his face.]

Good morning, everyone! How are you today?

[He hopes they're feeling as great as he is, even though yesterday he wouldn't have given a single shit about that.]

[harbouredheart]

[Xun Yu's only taking a brief break from sleeping in order to satisfy necessary bodily demands, so she's still more asleep than awake when she shuffles into Ragna's range.

She stops, blinks, and blearily looks between smiling, joyful Ragna and her hands.

Back and forth.

Her eyebrows draw in.]

...Am I dreaming this?

[She wonders aloud, apparently having a crisis of reality. Could it just be a false waking within the context of a dream? Right now that seems most likely.]

[rebellions]

[As he notices her, the grin on Ragna's face grows, as if it being there alone isn't strange enough.]

Ah! Miss Xun Yu!

[The Grim Reaper quickly walks up to her, but doesn't simply stop there; instead, he reaches out and... pulls her into a hug.]

I'm so glad to see you, my dear!

[Never mind he sees her every day. Clearly, this morning is special... in more ways than one.]

[harbouredheart]

[Special is something of an understatement. Completely and utterly shocked by his behaviour, Xun Yu doesn't intially resist and merely squawks in surprise as she's pulled off balance into the hug.

On an ordinary day she would simply jab him hard in the sides to make him let go of her -- if she'll do it to Motochika then she'll most certainly do it to him -- but fortunately for Ragna, her usual efficiency is out of the window and so she only tries to wriggle free of his hold.]

Ragna, what-- Unhand me!

[No longer sounding sleepy, her tone is scandalised.]

[rebellions]

[Ragna takes his sweet time following her command, her displeasure clearly being not enough to dampen his mood today. Eventually, he does let her go, but keeps his hands on her shoulders as he looks down at her with a happy expression stuck on his face.]

Hm? Is something wrong, my friend?

[He figured everyone would enjoy this new, improved version of him as much as he does.]

Re: cw: Ragna the Fluffedge

[curseking]

Terrible. There is nothing good about this morning.

[Replies Mitsunari, who is busy examining and/or glaring daggers at the magic wand that used to be his sword.

He looks up when he realizes hey, that question is a little weird, coming from...what's his name again? Something foreign... Randall, maybe? Raymond? Whatever. The point is, even Mitsunari notices that something's off here.]

Why do you ask?

[No, really. Why.]

[rebellions]

I'm sorry to hear that, M─

[... And then there's an awkward pause. How could he not catch his dear crewmate's name?! Right, he didn't give a single shit about him when he joined.]

─my friend!

[Smooth.]

Isn't it obvious? I'm concerned for your well-being, of course!

[While his smile faded a bit when he heard about Minatsuri's troubles, but his grin widens once again when he answers his question.]

[curseking]

[Cue the world's most skeptical look.]

We barely know one another. You have no reason to care.

[Ragna's never looked this smiley before either. Not in the few times Mitsunari's paid any attention to him.

...You can really feel the camaraderie here, huh.]

[rebellions]

[Truly, the best of friends, right here.]

Of course I do! You are my dear crewmate, are you not?

[In the sudden influx of both joy and (platonic, mind you) feelings for the other man, Ragna walks over to Minatsuri and, well.

Pulls him into a hug.]

Re: cw: Ragna the Fluffedge

[cherrybombpie]

[Kodachi was definitely her usual self, and was sitting on her ribbon suspended from the spar of the mast like a swing. She glanced down to see none other than Ragna, greeting everyone with a smile on his face. How peculiar.]

[She leapt down from where she was seated, landing on front of him lightly.]

Good morning. ♥ Are you ill?

[rebellions]

[It doesn't take knowing Ragna for a long time to figure out his reactions to people, so there wouldn't be anything odd about him getting mad at Kodachi for jumping out of nowhere in front of him. However, this isn't the case this time; instead, the man beams at her, unable to hide his happiness with her presence.]

Why, if it wasn't the lovely Miss Kodachi! [Ragna bows slightly and, without any explanation, grabs the girl's hand and places a light kiss on it.] I appreciate your concern, young lady, but I assure you, I'm better than ever!

[... Apparently, aside from good mood, he's also found manners overnight.]

[cherrybombpie]

[Suddenly etiquette! Kodachi was suitably impressed. As far as she was concerned, the change suited him - he was much more pleasant, and finally treated her like the lady that she was.]

[She sank into an appropriate curtsy.]

You seem possessed, but that's alright. It's a welcome change. ♥

[Kodachi looked up at him with a simper on her face.]

How is it that you came to be so cheery today?

[wanderer_from_ys]

Oh my God, you seriously don't stop, do you?

[seadevil]

[All Ragna gets from his captain is a baleful, miserable glare. "Opposite" in Motochika's case seems to have exchanged his left and right. The resulting disorientation has thrown his poor stomach for a loop, so he's currently draped over the rail, looking green around the gills. Other than that, the only sign that something's off is that his eyepatch is on the wrong side.]

And what's gotten into you?

[rebellions]

Captain!

[... Yes, he just called him "Captain". No, it's neither a dream or hallucination. He sounds really gleeful when he says that, too. And to make things even worse, Ragna just sort of... attempts to give him an affectionate glomp. Which, admittedly, doesn't work out very well when the other person is draped over, but he tires anyway.]

[seadevil]

What the hell are you doing, man?!

[Is he trying to kill him? He's trying to kill him, right? That's the only explanation for this. It's some sort of ruse to catch him while he's weakened. Motochika shoves at him to try to escape, but it just throws him further off balance.]

[harbouredheart]

[Where is your resident workaholic this morning, you ask? Sleeping in. Sleeping in for an inordinate amount of time, until close to afternoon.

If you think that any work will get done once Xun Yu is awake, you are mistaken.

Instead she settles on deck to lounge the day away and do nothing productive. She even forgoes the hassle of wearing her armour, though at some point during the day she puts her hair up into an elaborate chinese style for the pleasure of it, pressing in some of her smaller golden hairpins for decoration. She keeps her journal beside her for occasional reading and seems to have put together a makeshift go -- weiqi to her -- set for a more mentally stimulating idle pursuit.

She also has wine.

Though the best entertainment of all is the crew.]

[wanderer_from_ys]

What, did everyone just get an attack of lazy and insane around here? *Someone is a tad perturbed today.*

[harbouredheart]

[Excuse you. Xun Yu looks up and raises her eyebrows, her expression incredulous. That's not like Adol at all. She supposes it was naive to expect only Ragna to be acting against his character, but she's still disappointed. A peaceful day really is impossible on the Katabami]

You're casting an unpleasant shadow. Please move.

[wanderer_from_ys]

Why don't you try doing to some damn work. *Even worse, Adol seems to be channeling Ragna*

[curseking]

[Compared to some unfortunate souls, Mitsunari's got it easy today. The curse hasn't affected him so much as it's affected his weaponry. His extremely sharp and dangerous sword has been mysteriously replaced by a decidedly harmless magic wand prop.

Because harmless is the opposite of deadly. ...It's fair game, all right?

The point is, it's cute. Fuzzy streamer things come out of it when he waves it around. You can't kill somebody with this.

And he's upset about it.]

Why -- is -- this -- happening?!

[Every word is punctuated by a swing of the magic wand.]

[wanderer_from_ys]

*Watching Mitsunari swing around a fuzzy wand actually punctuates Adol's pissy mood. So he laughs.*

[curseking]

[Mitsunari shoots him a dark glare.]

Refrain from laughing! This is not funny!

[wanderer_from_ys]

How am I not supposed to laugh at that? It's ridiculous!

Grumpy Adol

[wanderer_from_ys]

*You know Adol is usually generally useful and cheerful? Today he will be playing the part of Ragna. He's griping and cursing and in a foul mood.*