55th Resurrection

[sanctus_dei]

[Today at the park, you will find one (1) city boy mage attempting to do what he's never done before: go fishing. Accompanying him are his familiars - two crows and a cat - who find this marvelously entertaining. The crows hope for a show; the cat hopes for dinner.

He has all the basic equipment he needs, purchased from the local sport shop. There's even a few books nearby about fishing. But reading about it and actually doing it are two different things. You might come across him catching his shirt on a hook, or casting the rod into a bush. Or maybe he's even caught a fish by some miracle, and he could use some help reeling it in. You'll hear him from time to time complaining to his familiars, too.]

Look, if you're such experts at this, why don't you try this thing out?!

Comments

[riastrad_ridire]

. . .

[Here are two things Lancer hates and one he's mildly interested by. He dislike cats and despised crows, but fishing seemed interesting enough.]

[Against his better judgment, he approached looking curious.]

You havin' a problem there?

[sanctus_dei]

[Seems like he's gotten the hook caught in his tie. Because he's still dressed like he always is.]

Oh no, this is going just swimmingly.

[spellbent]

[ Good sir, it appears in your casting attempts, you have caught a wizard by the jacket ]

What the hell?

[answerer_sword]

[Instead of being her usual calm self, Bazett looks oddly morose as she sits by and just...watches.]

Maybe...you should just be a little quieter.

[needsteaplz]

[Saori happened to be in the park, just finishing her training when she hears someone from the lake area. Curious, she decided to take a look. A man armed with a fishing pole arguing with crows and a cat.]

You're not going to catch anything if you keep being loud and impatient like that.

[sanctus_dei]

[What no he didn't want a wizard]

Damnit, don't move. [Theo gently sets the rod down and walks over to get it out of Warren's jacket.]

Don't ever walk too close to someone fishing.

[sanctus_dei]

Maybe they should shut their damn beaks.

What happened to you?

[sanctus_dei]

Well maybe this thing needs to stop getting caught on every goddamn thing in creation.

[answerer_sword]

...I went...too far.

[First it was Ichinose...and now it was Hayate. Drunkenly violating one's friend was sure to provoke a guilty reaction in anyone less than a sociopath.]

I...we met before, right? I might have overreacted then. Sorry.

[spellbent]

[ Dryly, as he waits for Theo to get the hook out ] Usually that's not a problem when the person fishing knows how to cast.

[downtoearthpony]

[Applejack is passing by when she hears a familiar voice shouting and tracks it down. Yep, it's Theo all right. She heads right on over, a look of confusion on her face.]

Theo? What are you doing out here?

[She pauses a moment as she takes a look at what's around him.]

...Besides trying to fish, Ah mean.

[sanctus_dei]

Shit happens. [Hook is now undone! With only slight damage.] Casting isn't always that easy.

[sanctus_dei]

I'll say. You acted like my damn mother or something. No one died and mage you the mage guild. That can't possibly be what the fuck's bothering you though.

[sanctus_dei]

That IS what I'm doing, genius. [So says the man with a hook caught in the dirt right now.]

[answerer_sword]

True. You were not the only one who I went too far with. But now...let us just say I have seen the consequences of my actions. I will be more lenient with your forays into magic from now on.

[sanctus_dei]

Hnn. Good.

...

What did you do, anyway? What's the worst you can do to someone in Mayfield? Even if you murder someone, they come back the next day.

note--Bazett never actually raped anybody

[answerer_sword]

[She winces.]

I...do not wish to talk about it at the moment.

[That's right. In a setting like this...rape was much, much worse than murder, was it not? The effects would stay with the victim for the rest of their continuously regenerating lives.]

Let us just say I did something that I can never take back.

whoa. what happened to her?

[sanctus_dei]

[He mulls it over for a moment.] Then just move on. If it's something you can't apologize for or take back, that's all you can do. [He's such a hypocrite for saying this.]

got drunk, walked home with Hayate, threw up, got changed out of clothes, slept in Hayate's bed

[answerer_sword]

No!

[She looks apologetic about the sudden burst of emotion.]

I mean...this is something I have to take responsibility for. After all, I am not the only one who this matter concerns. And currently, there is someone out there hurt worse than I ever could be.

eep, what a mess

[sanctus_dei]

Either apologize to them or move on. Maybe they won't accept it, but you tried.

[He shifts a bit, looking uncomfortable, before speaking again.]

You're talking to the wrong guy about this kind of stuff anyway.

Re: eep, what a mess

[answerer_sword]

But they will be the one who will always be hurting.

[She shakes her head.]

I doubt anyone I ask will be the right sort of person. Anyone who is not an unrepentant sociopath, anyway.

[downtoearthpony]

[Applejack finds a safe spot to sit nearby. Though considering how Theo is going, such a spot might not exist.]

Right, right, and you're doing a great job at it, it seems.

But Ah meant why are you fishing?

...Have you ever fished before today?

sorry for the lag. been on hiatus ;_;

[sanctus_dei]

Because it's something to do. It's not like I'll catch anything decent in this pond, anyway.

...No.

Pff, no big deal, I've tagged things long thought dead before

[downtoearthpony]

Well not with that attitude you will.

But you need to flick your wrist at the end of the cast. That's why the hook keeps going everywhere. You're twitching too much before the end, try to calm yourself before you even pull back.