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kupo! ([personal profile] sockupo) wrote in [community profile] bakerstreet2020-02-02 02:30 pm
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garden meme


— garden meme

Sometimes, all you need is a brief retreat from the rest of the world. A place filled with the soothing scent of flowers and the gentle touch of the passing breeze. Might be real nice to just lie down in the grass and relax for a bit...

— scenario prompts

1) RELAXING.
A garden's a good a place as any to read a book in peace or get an impromptu nap, right? The sun is out, it's nice and warm, and—well, now you can just close your eyes for a spell and bask in the warmth as you drift off to sleep.

2) OUTING.
You've come here to look at the flowers with friends, or you thought it might be a nice place to bring a date. Settle down for a picnic, or have a nice, scenic stroll.

3) EVENT.
You've been trapped mingling with other guests or foreign dignitaries or greasy bigwigs or just about anyone else you might find in a stuffy banquet, so it's time to escape into the garden of the venue for some air. There could be others trying to catch a break just like you are. Just be careful not to overhear anything you shouldn't be listening to.

4) ASSIGNMENT.
You've come here for a reason. There's a target you've been assigned to tail or neutralize, or something valuable you have to pilfer from an estate. Infiltrating through the garden seems like your best bet for remaining undetected. If you're lucky, everything will go as planned. And if not, have fun getting away unscathed.

5) GARDEN WORK.
You've been tasked with fixing up the garden in some way, whether it means planting new things or tending to what's already there. Are you slacking off on your duties or hard at work?

6) TRAGEDY.
The garden is merely the stage for a disaster. The birds and insects have gone silent; another threat lies hidden amidst the foliage. Someone is hunting you—or you, them. Is that the smell of smoke and the beginnings of a fire? Perhaps this will be the setting of a cataclysmic battle.

7) SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
What started as an ordinary stroll through the garden has turned into something else entirely. There's something unearthly about this place, like you've stepped into a different world. Perhaps it's a gateway to another realm, or you've otherwise stumbled across some mythical secret. Or, alternatively, you aren't really in a garden—you're just here in a dream.

8) OTHER.
Anything else you can think of!

— setting prompts

A) PARK / BOTANICAL GARDEN.
The garden is part of a well-maintained park with a large variety of plants. There's a pond somewhere lined with a series of willows. Sometimes, geese, ducks, and other waterfowl pass through.

B) PALACE GARDEN.
If there's a magnificent palace, it stands to reason that the garden is just as beautiful, right? Think countless species of flowers, beautifully maintained trees, fish ponds with gorgeous water lilies, butterflies fluttering in the distance.

C) FIELD OF FLOWERS.
It's not quite an actual garden, but if you go to a field of flowers, you could make a wreath. Or flower crowns, if that's more of your thing. There could be four-leaf clovers hidden among the wildflowers.

D) MAZE.
Hedge mazes can be fun sometimes, right? Maybe there's a legend to go alongside it: if you and your beloved start at opposite ends of the maze and meet again in the center, your love will be eternal.

E) SHADED GARDEN.
There's a walkway lined with flowering trees. A shaded area with a gazebo, a table, a set of chairs. Today could be a fine day for some tea or coffee. You could host a little garden party.

F) GREENHOUSE.
It's warm in the greenhouse and long rows of plants line every available surface inside. Are you tending to the plants or looking to make a purchase?

G) HOUSE GARDEN.
It's nothing spectacular, but you have your own little garden that you've been taking care of, growing flowers and vegetables and anything else that strikes your whimsy.

H) WINTER GARDEN.
With the cold weather, the flowers have withered and the trees lie dormant, their barren branches coated in frost. Snow covers the grass and lines the benches; a hush has fallen over this place. Are those footprints in the snow? Have you come here for a purpose?

I) OTHER.
Anything else you can think of!
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i make my own prompt HANAMI GO

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[ it's a little rare for them to have time off demon-slaying missions at the same time, but that's exactly why such occasions are special and should be celebrated, in mitsuri's opinion. and you know what else is special and should be celebrated? cherry blossom viewing. mitsuri's estate, like the butterfly home, is quite large and ornate and elegant and they have their own little elaborate copse of sakura trees in their garden. and so mitsuri invites and/or takes no excuses and/or might literally drag shinobu there because they're friends and/or girlfriends and/or just colleagues but... it might not matter in any case, because she would be 100% convinced in all cases that they deserve a break from fighting just to relax and enjoy flowers a little.

the sun is mild, there's a gentle breeze, the sky is clear... and if they're needed, oyakata-sama would surely send a crow to summon them. but at the moment there's barely a lovelier spring day than today, as mitsuri spreads a bamboo mat under one of their oldest venerable sakura trees, produces two cups from her kimono sleeves (have to dress to impress her lovely coworker) and a little jug of sake. ]
Ta-da~

It's amazake. I have snacks, too! [ because of course she would. she daintily settles herself down on the mat, folding her hands in her lap and beaming, like a young ojou on some date or something. well, she'd always tried to be as such before becoming a hashira. ] Make yourself comfortable, Shinobu-san.

[ a brisk gust of wind unsettles some sakura petals to fall on her hair, pink onto pink; she blinks and plucks one from her braids. ]

Do you think you could ever make poison from sakura? [ like she can from wisteria?? never mind that sakura has no inherent toxin. she's dumb. ]
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[Yenn is almost certainly out of place in a garden but let’s do this]
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Geralt is gathering herbs from the garden to make his potions. If there's anyone more not suited to a garden than Yennifer, it's the Witcher. He did a double take when he saw her there. "Hello, Yenn."

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[there have been unsettling rumors as of late.

sandalphon hears them first from whispers among the mortals. monsters and beasts have been on edge, watchful and wary, attuned to something human eyes cannot parse with the same ease. in valtz and albion, similar stories abound: a winged creature taking to the skies, visible only from the cast of its ominous silhouette. it all comes to a head when the stories finally take him to lumacie. the villagers there have a different account of their sightings: a man with dark, massive wings. hair like slivers of moonlight. armed with multiple blades. they say he loiters at the scene of the old ruins nestled deep in the forest, far from the rest of civilization. none have dared draw close enough to approach him, their instincts driving them far from his path.

sandalphon can't tell what it is that he feels first. horror, on some level. rage, on another. because everything here points to only a single logical conclusion: what he's seeking now can't be anything but one of the fallen. and after all that has happened—the desecration and sacrilege and violation of all he ever found dear—he has had enough of the fallen and their ilk. even worse that this particular fallen is aware of the precise location of the old laboratory ruins. it means there's history here. sandalphon recalls vividly the way the rebellion went when the fallen first went rogue. how they'd drawn even lucifer into their ranks. the supreme primarch's power had fallen to sandalphon, and he'd used it for the first time to seal them all away in the sordid confines of pandemonium.

you know it's necessary, right? belial had said to him. and there had been nothing to do but listen to his new adjutant, because surely he had known lucifer best, even better than sandalphon had—

so he seeks out the old laboratory, wings rustling when he first alights on the grass that has long overtaken the old ruins of the structure. little remains of the polished facility of his memories. how many years has it been? one hundred? one thousand? two thousand? he shouldn't be surprised at its state. but his feet move as though on autopilot as he traces the source of the dark aura hovering on the fringes of his awareness. he follows it all the way to the one place in his memories he had never been able to let go—the shaded garden where he'd had coffee so many times.

once, the garden had been warm with patches of light, the trees and their leaves rustling in the wind. where lucifer walked, the plants would shift as though to catch a glimpse of his radiance, honeysuckles blooming and forget-me-nots unfurling their soft petals. sandalphon remembers those scents. he remembers the way he could smell them even through the strong flavor of coffee on his tongue. he too had been like a flower turning to face the sun of lucifer's guiding light, helpless against that gravity.

and now those moments are nothing but memories. what's good cannot last. he knows this with surety. it means that anger draws his fingers to the hilt of his sword when he first spots the fallen standing amidst the wayward blooms that have now taken over the remains of the garden. hair like moonlight, just as he'd been told. six massive wings, each darker than the night itself. and how dare this creature taint what remains of the garden he once cherished.]


So the rumors are true. [he says it with a sneer on his mouth, disdain lining the sharpness of his voice. all of this paints an ugly picture with unpleasant implications. pandemonium's seal being compromised, for one. something for sandalphon to investigate once he's dealt with the filth that's escaped in the first place.] There is a fallen skulking about the ruins. What do you mean to accomplish? There is nothing for you here.
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[For Xiao Xingchen Xue Yang will do just about anything. His desire to please the other man has led him to a field of flowers. Who knew some grew so close to Coffin Town? He is kneeling in the middle of the blooms, choosing the brightest and sweetest for a bouquet. While Xingchen won't be able to see the petals, he will be able to smell them.

No, he isn't in love. You're in love. Shut up.

When he is satisfied with his findings, he ties the stems together with a piece of cloth and walks slowly back to town. The color will be nice and he can describe it to Xingchen. That isn't quite the same as seeing, but it means they can talk.

Xue Yang enjoys talking to him - the subject doesn't even matter! He grins and picks up the pace, jogging to the dismal buildings.]


I'm back!
civicbooty: How could he betray me? We were brothers. I fall to the ground. Execute a partial curl. One last rep. (The wine imparts a foreign bitterness.)

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[ super down for all kinds of maze scenarios! jamjar setting, assumed cr, whatever! for canonmates i'd prefer npcs, but all crosscanon is Good. ]
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[Nalhegrande. Eustace had known there was a branch of the Society organization centered here, but he never paid much attention due to having enough troubles in his own skydom, Phantagrande. However, with things growing murkier and suspicious in the organization, he did sometimes wonder if it spread this far. He just never expected he would actually be forced to travel to the skydom itself.

Normally he followed under Ronan, but even he couldn't prevent Eustace from being sent out. Whether it was because of his own status considered as useful or a threat, the erune was sent along with a few other Phantagrande Society agents to the neighboring skydom's branch to assist in a high profile assignment. The target, a young female erune determined to be a threat to the Nalhegrande skydom and potentially the skies themselves.

Eustace's opinion? Bullshit. It reeked of the same rotten scent when they ordered him to watch over a certain blue-haired girl. It doesn't help that he's only given vague descriptions and that she is a member of affluent descent—not even a name. He was also given little to no time to do any kind of research or even look at the Nalhegrande branch HQ, instead being sent directly to the target location. They wanted this done immediately. With the dark undercurrents rippling within the organization, he took this assignment with bitter suspicion.

That bitterness carried with him as he stood off to the side of this ridiculously grand masquerade party, his gaze cold as he stared at the crowd of nobles gathered, talking and dancing without a care in the world. Held in one of the minor kingdoms of the skydom, Schvartlios had suffered during the wars but was now rising back in power. How that is, he has no idea nor is that really important for his particular assignment, but it only adds to the mystery of this and he does have to question how smart it is for an assassination to be taking place at such a high profile event.

Well, those thoughts can be saved for later. With a cursory glance he could see the other agents who had infiltrated along with him, and he knew some were doing their own assignments elsewhere. His top priority for now is finding the woman in question, and all he had going for him was the mask she would be wearing. His own had a black wolf motif to it (something he's sure his group back home would poke fun at), and he was currently disguised as one of the band members. It was the only way to carry his seal weapon, Flamek Thunder, without arousing suspicion. At least it also meant he could just dress in a suit and be able to blend in without much trouble. Picking up the case concealing the gun, he began his slow walk around, his eyes filtering each guest until he finds the one he's looking for.

Whether the target is truly a threat or not, he'll find out soon enough.]

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[What is he doing here...?]
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