Open!

[playitagain]

Who: Nana... and everyone!
What: Banana Stand, training, and dorm hijinks!
Where: The ubiquitous banana stand, out on campus, and Lumiere.
When: First half of August!
Warnings: There's going to be some screaming and panic in prompt three.

I. BANANA STAND

[August begins, classes are ready to start anew, and Nana Daiba is on hand.

The Banana Stand is back. It didn't make an appearance during July, between the Herald and people being gone. Now, though, the snack station is out on the Quad: a large, wooden stand with "BANANICE" painted across the top. Nana is working it -- possibly with help, if you're so inclined -- and handing out free cookies, muffins, slices of banana bread, and more. All of it is flavored, too, with bananas.

She's beaming brightly, waving at everyone -- especially the newer students -- and trying to get them to come over.]

II. WHEN BAKED GOODS GO WRONG

[Nana does a lot of her baking in Lumiere.

But baking at a school with as much magic and strangeness as Daybreak carries... risks. Such as when Nana finds ingredients for sale, which she thought were mundane but high quality, and are actually magical. In this case, it means that there is a rumble from the first floor kitchen -- then the door bursts open, and Nana goes running ahead of... something.]

I DON'T UNDERSTAAAAAAND!

[The something is about a baker's dozen giant banana muffins. They have grown arms and legs; they are groaning audibly, and one hurls a baking tray that Nana just ducks under, before they start to rush forward down the hall and roar.]

Why have my muffins turned against me!?

III. WAKING UP IS THE WORST PART

[Even after the Herald, the dreams don't stop.

Nana hasn't been sleeping so well since June. There's people she can turn to -- the few who know -- but she hides the fact that she is a Seer. Her visions come from the Giraffe; her visions are dreams, and less accurate and have a different cost. Unfortunately, they come more and more often now. Nana is falling asleep, periodically. Maybe it's in class.

Maybe it's out on campus, on a bench or at the side of a building. Maybe it's in a dorm common room. Either way, sometimes, she dozes off...

And then wakes up with a jolt and a start. Sometimes a gasp; occasionally a shout. Nightmares. It might not be the firs time.

ooc: If you'd like this prompt, feel free to set exact circumstances! Ask me if you have any questions.]

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III.

[yokeye]

[Since Toki has come back to campus late in July, he's been wearing a yellow cat backpack leash, and is accompanied by a personal guard at all times. Therefore, he's been less involved in "incidents" and dedicates his time to other pursuits.

Studying, for example. After spending a most of the day in the library, Toki returns to Lumiere late in the afternoon. Passing the first floor common room on the way to the elevators, a shout makes him pause. The common room appears to be empty except for Nana, sitting on the couch and looking a bit unsettled.]

Nana? Are you okay?

[playitagain]

Ah--

[She looks at Toki with a wide-eyed look for a second. Just a moment before, in her vision, she saw a bunch of students fleeing some sort of alligator. Was he one? Why can't she remember?

How is she supposed to protect any of them?

She hesitates, and then she smiles. It flickers, into a more exhausted look.]

I... guess I didn't sleep very well. Hi, Toki.

[yokeye]

[Nana used to seem happy all the time, and it's strange to see a different expression, a crack in her smiling facade.]

Do you... want to talk about it? I mean, like is it nightmares?

[He has an interest in nightmares. Yuya has them often, and Toki's been researching dream interpretation and keeping notes on his roommate's repetitive dreams. He also spent weeks not sleeping himself, every night being filled with visions of the Herald until it was over.]

[playitagain]

[She glances at the guard, then Nana stands up. She dusts herself off, smoothing out her skirt, and glances at Toki. She trusts him -- well, more that she feels she knows the contours of when and how she should trust him -- so she considers his handler, for a moment.

That reminds her of Kano, and his being gone.

Time to think about something else. She looks back at Toki, then she nods.] Sure. Let's go to the third floor, okay?

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[hippocarnival]

[Yuya's been a bit troublesome since the memories appeared, of the 'run off without a word' variety. And the a 'run off with a word' but at least he was with everyone else vacationing at the islands and not completely out of contact.

He's back by the first of August, though, and catches Nana dozing off on one if the benches outside. He approaches from the front, hand outstretched for her shoulder--and then Nana jolts and gasps, and Yuya freezes.] Uh!

[playitagain]

Ah!

[She jolts. Nana's green eyes are wide as she looks at Yuya -- as she comes away from the nightmare to realize that it's Yuya. She hesitates; then, she forces a smile, and shakes her head.]

Sorry. I just... woke up...

[hippocarnival]

[Yuya knits his brow, even as he mirrors the smile.]

Yeah, this isn't a place you normally sleep. Is everything okay?

[playitagain]

[Nana, true to form, doesn't want to worry him.]

Just... some restlessness. I didn't sleep very well.

It's okay, really.

ii

[mfes]

[ nadia also happens to be on the first floor when someone suddenly comes barging out of the kitchen, screaming. nadia looks over to see what the ruckus is about, only to find...

live muffins. live, sentient muffins. ]

Okay, okay, hang on!!

[ it sounds like she's going to help, but she pulls out her phone and... ]

I gotta snap a pic of this! Don't move!

i laughed so hard

[playitagain]

[Nana is running, and her eyes dart -- meeting Nadia's -- and there's a moment of relief. She doesn't know Nadia, but for one shining moment, she is Nana's savior: her glorious, quick to action, brilliant savior, who is--

Who is taking a picture.

Nana sputters mid-run.]

Is now really the time!

[And a tray narrowly misses beaning her in the back of the head.]

i'm so glad

[mfes]

Yes! It's for a good cause, trust me!

[ is it really though, nadia? is it really. nadia snaps a few pics as nana runs. ]

Thanks for the action shots! Now let's get these things under control--

[ that tray? well. nadia steps in to try and push nana out of the way, but it decks her in the head instead. ]

Ow, shit!

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[stavros]

Oh, your stand? [Kokoro looks over the cookies.] Is there a special event going on?

[playitagain]

No, not at all! This is just what I do!

[And, sure enough, she's thrusting a banana muffin in Kokoro's direction.]

[stavros]

[blink, blink. takes it]

I appreciate your goodwill. Surely it will bring happiness to the school at large.

II

[no_dejare_de_quererte]

[She was just telling Héctor the other day how a magical school should have more protections if they're going to give teenagers a kitchen... But this? This is a little more than she was expecting.]

[She hears the commotion as she's entering the building, and rather than go to the third floor, she peeks into the hallway of the first. Seeing Nana fleeing from baked goods catches her by surprise--but not for long.]

Nana! This way! [She shouts to the girl, shooting a bolt of fire past her and knocking aside a spatula that goes flying from the back of the group.]

[playitagain]

[Nana looks at Imelda with wide eyes -- and then she hurriedly sprints in her direction. One particularly large muffin lumbers after. It... bellows, loudly. When it does, crumbs go flying.]

Th-thank you, Miss Rivera!

I-I didn't mean for this to happen! I was just baking the way I usually do!

[Good shot with the fire bolt, too, she thinks.]

i;

[transfusionem]

Good afternoon!

[She approaches the stand with a grin. Yes, she will take some banana bread. She doesn't need it or get anything from it, but it's still delicious banana bread.]

How's business?

[For as much as giving things out for free is a business.]

[playitagain]

[Adelaide! Nana smiles, happily. They have a fun little competition of sorts. She hands out some banana bread for her.]

It's going well! I think it's a big hit, once again.

How has your baking gone?

[transfusionem]

[Adelaide takes the bread with a grin.]

Seems to be!

And it's been going pretty good - and I've been doing a lot of practice making more savory stuff.

[A lot of things with cheese, for No Particular Reason.]

BANANA STAND

[betheman]

[Gongenzaka is trying Very Hard to get over...things from more than a week back. It's hard. He still feels very much like he messed up. A lot. And he frankly has no idea what to do.

For the most part he's been trying to just press on. Continue things. Maybe he'll go on that vacation there's supposed to be, or Is already, he doesn't know. Right now it's easier to stay at his dorm, somehow.

He's trying.

But it's fairly obvious that the good mood he shows is Fake when he goes toward the Bananice stand.] Ah...I, the man Gongenzaka, see you have been busy?

[And Nana probably sees that Someone hasn't been going at things with their full 100% lately.]

[playitagain]

[Nana's eyes light up when she sees Gongenzaka. There's some caution there; she thinks Yuya would have told her if he was daring someone. She figures things went... well, maybe not badly, but maybe it was complicated.

She smiles at him, and then she offers a muffin out wordlessly.]

Mm-hmm.

Want to have a seat? I keep a couple of stools for just that.

[betheman]

Auh...you do? [Well someone's out of it.

Complicated is going to be putting it Lightly. Gongenzaka does take a muffin however, as well as a seat.] Mnh...Thank you, Nana.

[Muffin...

...

Gongenzaka is maybe a bit too quiet.]

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[alreadyhuman]

[ Vivi is absolutely inclined to help. But since he feels like he doesn't have a lot of experience, he's sort of hanging back and helping to serve instead. During a lull when there's less people coming over, he sits for a bit. ]

I didn't realise there were so many things you could make with bananas... [ He sounds pretty awed. ]

[playitagain]

[Nana turns to look down at Vivi, and then she smiles brightly at him -- but with a little exhaustion, as she wipes her hands. Some flour brushes off.

She nods her head.]

Bananas are wonderful! They can be used with a lot of things... and they taste great on their own. But... I've been learning recipes since I was six.

[alreadyhuman]

That's....a really long time! [ He doesn't know how old she is, but he assumes older than him, because most people are. ] Do your parents like cooking too?

[ There's a pause before he says that bit, and the way he says 'parents' sounds odd, like he's not quite used to the idea. ]