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Gold Ship ([personal profile] goldship) wrote in [community profile] rosavelle2026-03-11 11:51 pm

Season of Budding Horsing Around

Who: Gold Ship and YOU (threatening)
When: All of Budding
Where: All throughout Rosavelle
What: Gold Ship gets up to mischief, quests, and possibly violence??? You can never tell with this girl.
Warnings: Drugs, smoking, trippingthe rift. It's Gold Ship so there's probably going to be things about emotionally abusive/manipulative parents EVENTUALLY More to be added as necessary
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[personal profile] likememore 2026-03-14 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Ena had been intending a small break in the Salon today; she's been pushing herself for more than a bit, and it's probably high time she rested for. At least a short bit? A cup of tea and a light book would probably be a good refresher right now.

Then she hears the scream coming from the Lounge, and all thoughts of a break are forgotten, breaking immediately into a run the remaining distance down the hallway. She slides to a stop as she gets close to the door, throwing it open before her momentum even stops, sliding into the doorway, not sure what she plans to do but ready for the martial arts equivalent of blasting-

as she slooooowly surveys the room, sweet scent of flowers and acrid smell of something burning assaulting her nose. And has a lot of questions. And only one place to get answers. And it isn't from the horse that doesn't exist-]


Hi, Gold Ship. Are you all right? I, uh, heard you shouting.

[Tone tightly controlled but small, equal parts concern and annoyance leaking out, partly to keep herself from coughing and partly because there. There could be a totally legit reason for this. There has to be, right? Surely she wasn't just in here smoking leaves for the hell of it- although. Now that she sees this... there is that little tree in their Sekai... no, wait. Bad. Solve this problem first. Also, can't get mad at Gold Ship doing it if you were thinking about it too-]
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[personal profile] likememore 2026-03-14 02:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[She's pretty sure the thing that made her take off was hearing her shout about a horse. There is not one of those in the lounge, discounting the uma in umamusume. And... and yet. Even as the immediate annoyance drains out of Ena's expression, because Golshi is clearly not entirely okay, she's still got problems with this setup. Not least that her friend is talking to something that isn't there and it's talking back to her enough that she's physically responding to it? Still, she steps clear of the door to let it shut behind her, not wanting to keep going on about this quite so publicly.]

No. No, I cannot see a horse in the lounge. It's just you, and me, and the waitstaff who look very concerned right now. Either you've got the really good shit in that pipe, or you're talking to a spirit or something. [A pause.] Or some secret third thing, I guess, but it ends up looking like one of the first two.
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[personal profile] believesit 2026-03-15 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ a certain somebody had been a bit busy, continuing to train and work out to get her mind off of a couple unsavory conversations she'd had as of late. sometimes just throwing yourself into work is a fantastic way to cope with how rough a 'potential' truth could be. best to stay naive about the whole thing.

she had planned to go back to the salon to rest a bit, hoping that nobody else she's run into is there... and then, she hears something loud and... interesting?

hence why kyoshika immediately barrels into the lounge, looking around frantically. ]


Where is it?! Did a horse truly walk towards this bar?!

[ the legends are true...! ]
hallucinogem: (and the joke's on you)

[personal profile] hallucinogem 2026-03-15 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[another victory for emerald wandering around and trying to learn the lay of the land. she catches someone who looks a little bit like gold ship from the front of the lounge, then hears her shouting about a horse and knows for a fact that this is gold ship. it couldn't be anybody but gold ship.]

[sigh.]

[since she also can't see a horse at that booth as she approaches, she assumes—and the absolute scent coming from over there too confirms—that gold ship has been getting into something. emerald places her hand down on the table and leans over it, trying to meet the uma's eyes.]


You told me not to call you a horse, dumbass.
Edited 2026-03-15 23:27 (UTC)
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[personal profile] believesit 2026-03-16 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ gasp. kyoshika's looking directly where gold ship's pointing. she waves away some of the odd smoke, like maybe it'll appear if she does that...

her eyes go wide. ]


It can't be... an invisible horse?
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[personal profile] believesit 2026-03-16 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
B-but it's true, I cannot see--

[ kyoshika cuts herself off. before glancing at her waist, then back up at the empty space that theoretically has a horse there. ]

No, do not tell me you see it too...! There's truly only another woman here!

[ the holy jumonji sword might be messing with kyoshika. maybe she also doesn't see the horse. either way, the horse and uma absolutely don't hear the sword saying anything either. ]
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[personal profile] believesit 2026-03-16 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ ...she's so confused. she'll sit down anyway? ]

The Holy Jumonji Sword... I'm sure she's playing along, there's no way that that can be true.

[ wait, what?? ]

Are you hearing something as well?! I understand that you may not be able to hear the Holy Jumonji Sword, but a talking horse...
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[personal profile] believesit 2026-03-16 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ sword girl... well, okay. one thing at a time. ]

I do not. There are other patrons, you, your pipe, me, and my sword. No horse.
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[personal profile] believesit 2026-03-16 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
[ ahhh. the equivalencies. a word kyoshika wouldn't know how to say or spell. ]

I do not think I can, I know I can. [ a brief pause. ] It is understandable though, for you to feel as if I'm not telling the truth. Most people don't believe it when I explain it to them.
hallucinogem: (it's a flaming wonder telepath)

[personal profile] hallucinogem 2026-03-16 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
[oh yeah, she's fucked up. okay. cool. well. emerald has never dealt with this before and she doesn't know gold ship enough to be a good trip buddy about it, so she's just gonna have to. figure it out. which is fine, she can do that.]

Gold Ship, you're talking to the girl who makes people see things. I'm pretty sure I'd be able to tell if there were a horse here, and I'm telling you that there's no horse here. [she waves her hand through the air in front of her, generally where she suspects the horse might be.]

How much of whatever that is have you smoked?
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[personal profile] believesit 2026-03-16 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
[ kyoshika gives a chuckle, arms folded. ]

Indeed. I can think of worse ways for two to learn they're somewhat kindred spirits.
hallucinogem: (failed too many times)

[personal profile] hallucinogem 2026-03-16 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
[okay well.]

[gold ship's answer doesn't really matter after emerald feels herself petting an animal that she can't see.]


Is there a fucking horse here?
hallucinogem: (poison's in my pride)

[personal profile] hallucinogem 2026-03-16 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
[okay. okay. well.]

[emerald sighs. because she can feel the horse. and gold ship isn't actually crazy. she's sane. she's just haunted by an invisible physical horse. which only sounds insane.]

[and she slides into the booth next to gold ship. the visible one.]


Give me the pipe. Smoking the magic tree that runs the island got you into it and it's probably the only way to get you out.

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