Someday my prince will come // Open

[ourparadise]

Who: Koharu & Other Mission Members PLUS anyone walking by
What: Kissing Frogs is...sure a mission.
When: All day!
Where: In a corner of a courtyard in Ironwall
Rating: PG? Kissing of Frogs WARNING

Settled in the corner of a courtyard, the sound of frogs is audible a few streets over. A dozen small boxes litter a circle around Koharu, settled as she is on bench, and a flask of water to one side. A little frog is balanced uncertainly on her palm, croaking. A thousand frogs split between a few girls was still far too many frogs, she thought, but it was a mission she was unfailingly qualified for. No one would let her do anything unless she took missions--or that's what she'd heard.

A little sigh and she leans down to kiss the frog's head--easily the least weird part to kiss--when the frog simply hops out of her hands and across the courtyard.

"No--no come back. Come back!" Raising her skirt to avoid tripping, she gives chase, trying to catch the stupid thing without actually hurting it. It pauses at the edge of traffic and she nearly has it--before it hops just a foot away from her hands.

"No--stop hopping!"

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[nowiwins]

[ Nowi feels as if she wondered around Goldvale all day looking for her fellow frog kissers. It should be easy to spot 1,000 frogs.

She suddenly hears croaking and a seemingly distressed young girl. She starts running towards the noises and sees a frog hopping right at her! ]

I GOT IT!!!

[ Nowi yells as she sprints towards the hopping frog. She throws herself at the frog and grabs it by the tips of her fingers. ]

Oh!! It's so slimy!

[ Nowi giggles at the feeling of a frog between her fingers. She really thinks that this is going to be a fun mission! ]

[ourparadise]

[She stops herself short of running right into the girl and laughs, shaking her head at the comment. Somehow it wasn't quite so...disgusting when someone else as holding the frog.]

Heh, I know it's slimy. All of them are slimy...

[nowiwins]

It's worth it to help a princess! [ Nowi looks at the crates of frogs in the distance. That is a lot. ] But it won't be too much work, we have a lot of girls helping, right? Teamwork can get anything done!

[ Nowi just keeps trying to see the bright side of kissing slimy frogs, slimy frogs that the girls will probably wind up chasing most of the time. ]

[ourparadise]

Hee don't you think it's sort of silly? Finding a prince in a frog?...Are princes rare, you think?

[nowiwins]

Of course not! It happens all the time in stories, it can happen here too, right? And princes are just as rare as princesses, which isn't rare at all!

[ Nowi stops, she has learned in her interactions that a lot of people have not had the same experiences as her...]

Well...that is if there are princes and princesses where you're from. Are there?

[afrozendance]

[Oh! Ninian was not too far from Koharu's "corner", also working in her part of the mission and with some boxes full of croaking, scared frogs around her. She was sitting on the nearby grass, however, attempting to not attract too much attention and scare her "companions" more than they already were, or have any of them run away into the sunny spots...

And then, she hears someone else's voice! Ninian blinks and looks up, seeing a girl (hey, isn't she familiar?) chasing after another frog and trying to catch it. Murmuring an apology, she quickly puts the animal she had just kissed back in the nearest box, closes the lid and stands up, raising her skirt as well to see if she can get close and help her fellow "companion"!]

Come here... [And she tries to get close without making too much noise. It shouldn't be that hard due to her dancer skills, but a little mistake would ruin everything.] Please...

[ourparadise]

Oh...[She pauses to watch the other girl for a moment. That's an approach she hadn't considered. At least it seems to be working better than blindly flailing for the frog and hoping that it doesn't pick another direction. She takes the other direction and quietly steps closer]

Thank you. He just slipped away...

[afrozendance]

[Ninian nods and offers a small smile to the other girl. She then moves forward and throws her stole, covering the frog in it before it can escape and letting her pick it up a bit easier.]

You're welcome, my lady... Here he is, safe and sound.

[ourparadise]

[Koharu takes the frog, bowing as she does. She's smiling at her gratefully as she rises, tucking the frog close and returning the stole] Thank you very much. I don't know how she's react if I managed to lose one of her possible princes.

[afrozendance]

[And Ninian also bows a little, guessing it's fair to do so, before taking her stole back.] It's nothing, really... I wouldn't know what to do either, and even worse if he or any other frogs suffered any harm.

[someonetocarry]

Zoe is here, as requested, but she looks more amused than earnest and maybe even a little bored. She has her arms folded over her chest, and is rather less well-armed than usual, having left behind her weapons from home and only brought the supposedly shape-shifting one from the Guild.

The escaping frogs made her chuckle and push up from the wall to come intercept. It lands with a plop on her boot, and she bends to pick it up, examining it with humorous curiosity. "So where'd this ma tze even find all these poor prices? Somethin' about a dark forest?"

[ourparadise]

Koharu stops short of her and laughs, brushing her skirt and shaking her head, "I heard she had people look for them in every dark forest and slimy swamp. So clearly we have the best of the best." She clasps her hands in front of her, "What does ma tze mean?"

[someonetocarry]

"Means 'girlfriend' in Chinese," Zoe answers. "As in, girl hopin' to find herself a man. Which sure does fit this girl, don't it?" She tilts her head in the direction of their benefactor with half a smile, then regards her captured frog with some skepticism.

"Really think one of these is gonna turn into a prince? No matter where they come from?"

[ourparadise]

"that phrase is certainly...accurate. Why else would you pay people to try to help you find one." Koharu shakes her head, "And...well no. I don't think so. It was always a bit of a fairy tale thing. Nothing real, just stories people tell...But so was magic so who really knows."

[someonetocarry]

"Yeah. Who really knows." Zoe sounds troubled, a little, as she says it-- magic. She's still only half-believing.

For now, though, she does get guild credit for pretending. "Guess I should see if there's any magic in this little fella, then, doncha think?" She holds up the frog, putting back on that expression of faint amusement. "Or would you rather do the honors, miss?"

[prideinbattle]

[Weird little creatures. Hiling had never actually seen a frog before. It squirms in her hand as she stares at it, but it won't escape her grip. She fails to see how kissing it will do anything and suspects this is probably for someone's amusement. Still, she's getting paid, so it doesn't matter either way. She glances at the runaway frog and the girl chasing it, but makes no move to help.]

Better catch it.

[ourparadise]

[Stopping to grab at the frog, she trips and frowns] I am trying. He's slippery...Or she. ...Couldn't these frogs be girls? How do you tell?

[prideinbattle]

I wouldn't know anything about that. I'm here for the money, not because I like these things. At least I can manage to hold onto them. That's the important part. [She looks back at the frog in her own hand. Now she's get her wondering though.]

[ourparadise]

Well I don't think anyone actually likes kissing frogs. It's silly but I just had to wonder. [And pinning the frog with one hand, scooping it up into her skirt

[prideinbattle]

If this is what it takes to earn the right to go into battle, then I'm not complaining.

[There's really no other reason good enough for her. She would have to fight her way from the bottom to make a name for herself. Back home she never encountered civilians, but here she has to work alongside people just trying to make a living. This young lady doesn't seem like much of a fighter.]

[balzams]

He was heading back to his dorm room when he noticed the voice of a young woman. Looking for the source of the voice he noticed someone very familiar and followed her path to a small frog not too far away.

It didn't take a giant leap of logic to figure out what was going on and Latvia approached slowly but when he tried to make a grab for the amphibian it slipped from his hands and back into the crowd. He tried to give chase but with so many people going in all different directs it was difficult and he was forced to turn back.
"Sorry, I couldn't catch it"

[ourparadise]

She skitters to a stop, laughing a little as she waves her hand, "Thank you anyways. I have to just hope that want the prince she settled, right?"

[balzams]

"Prince?"

Considering that was a frog he just tried to catch this was getting a little too fairy tale for him. He couldn't tell if that was meant to be a joke or if she was completely serious.

"Maybe... but there must be dozens of frog prices, it's a popular curse. I'm sure you're find another," Latvia jested. If it was a joke (and he really hoped it was) he might as well go along with it.

[ourparadise]

"Oh well--it's what I'm doing, a mission." She giggles and ducks her head, "I'd rather a knight than a prince personally." She teases a little, "Personally. The girl paying us has her heart set on a prince."

[balzams]

Oh, those things. There had been some strange ones he'd seen, he didn't think anyone would actually go for those though. Maybe it looked like easy money.

"Does she... Wouldn't it be easier to court a human prince though?" Latvia asked. Even if he had been cursed to be a frog who's to say that he'd like her anyway? Employing other people to break the curse for you didn't make good romance material in his eyes.