Valentine's Day Mission [OPEN TO ALL]

[light_of_willpower]

Who: (Future)Trunks Briefs (light_of_willpower) and you!
What: Of COURSE Trunks is going to go to Ancient Greece and try and help retrieve Cupid's bow and arrows. It's not going to be easy though.
Where: Non-fiction-History-section, Ancient Greece
When:Valentine's Day
Warnings: ...fanservice?


Scenario 0: Research

Trunks wasn't kidding when he'd said he had no knowledge of Greece or anywhere like it. Which meant, even if they were in a hurry, he was still going to take an hour at least and go get a primer. Running through the halls, getting some direction and then heading for History. Time to get some basic information on customs and culture, who these gods were, and so on if they were supposed to 'blend' in.

Scenario 1: Hate Arrows

This had not been what Trunks was expecting, not least of which because of how he was dressed. He'd been assured his clothing was appropriate given he was a warrior... But it was definitely not what was used to. At least he was able to take his sword, even if he'd be trying to blend in.

Heading through the portal, it wasn't far to find things had already gotten bad. People fighting with each other, and thank Kami it was farmers and villagers. Children fighting each other with rocks and sticks against their parents, small brawls of adults of both genders, and he sighed to himself. Okay, time to start cracking some heads. He could knock them out, and that'd stop the fighting right? Just had to defend himself too.

Which meant, unless it was needed to parry, he kept the sword at his back sheathed as he waded into the fray.

Scenario 4: SO CLOSE

Trunks had managed to meet up with some of the other Library-people, and they'd been so close! The tangle of chaos as some people loved and others hated, and everyone argued and fought had been a mess. So far he'd managed to avoid most trouble, but this group of citizens was too large to handle on his own. Not and be 'discreet' about it. Good thing they went in a group in the city—but they must've just missed the culprit!

Scenario 7: Wandering around

This is the open option if you want to encounter Trunks while running around trying to deal with retrieving arrows and bow. He's at least dressed time-period appropriately (minus the shield and helmet above) and did some research before coming here, but this is definitely not his favorite situation to be in. (Darn fussy Gods....)

Comments

7!

[unfavorableinstigation]

Nita's own clothes were beginning to itch, being around in this weather under the exertion they'd been in. It was frustrating that she hadn't been able to do much to reverse the magic of the arrows, though the arrows she found she was able to contain safely.

/Hey, Trunks,/ Nita greeted, in the Speech so that it would sound like Greek (heh) to the people around them.

/Any luck on your end?/

0! (7 to come)

[bigbadrose]

"I've been to ancient Rome!" Rose chimed in helpfully. In a library. Loudly. "I can help," she nodded cheerfully. "You should go as a gladiator soldier, champion of the gods, that way no one'll look too much at the hair. And if you pretend to be a slave, you'll have to defend yourself, but they'll notice you even less. Just don't run into anyone obnoxious. I'm always doin' that." And how.

0 into 4?

[piano_man]

The Library had gone topsy turvy, and he wondered if this was going to be what he had to get used to. If so- well, he could handle it. It felt sort of like the soundstages had until just recently. With various sounds and shouts over the sound effects of westerns, exotic and romance pictures being filmed. He was still out of his element but he could at least pretend.

After all, what was a vaudeville boy without pretend?

Over the course of, well everything, he'd managed to get himself situated. Sort of. Okay, he found someone familiar- that was close enough.

"Huh, and I thought I wasn't going to have to actually read anything in this place."

[goodguess]

Trance was still debating at this point as to whether or not she should go on this mission. After all, it had already been asked as to whether or not those who looked incredibly different to people had any chance of blending in. Never mind the whole political situation that could arise, as Trance had some experience when it came to people worshiping the unusual as gods. This was Earth at a point in time before they had contact with species unlike their own. Each 'book' had its own rules, and that just added another complication.

For whatever reason, when Trance saw the boy poring over the books, it seemed like a good time for stress relief. When she really wanted to, Trance can be exceptionally stealthy and quiet. So it's not until she's leaning both elbows on the table that the blonde actually says anything. "Find anything interesting or helpful?"