yumemigaoka | hey hey it's jeannuary

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jeannette d'arc

hey hey it's jeannuary

🕊️ Who: Jeannette d'Arc & YOU!
🕊️ When: Second week or so of January
🕊️ Where: DU HQ, Matsuba, Reverie Necropolis
🕊️ What: Jeannette returns from France and throws herself wholeheartedly into community service.
🕊️ Warnings: None that I know of? There'll be a Torment Hunt posted as a TL in here eventually, so possibly Mahou Shenanigans.

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[ Could she? Absolutely. Is she touched by the offer? Deeply.

Does she feel awkward about accepting help? ]

Oh, I should hate to trouble you...

[ Yep. ]

No, no, it's all right, it's no trouble!

[She looks around -- finds a bench that's mostly de-iced -- and plops her bag down onto it and nods. She dusts her gloved hands off.]

Happy to help.

[ Well, if she's certain....Jeannette can't deny the more people are involved in clearing the snow, the better it shall be. The sidewalk will clear faster, helping everyone get to the stores for the things they need! ]

Thank you so very much....

[ She has an extra shovel; they've got slightly different heads, for slightly different types of snow - or so her father said. As he's a landlord and responsible for upkeep of his property he's particular about this sort of thing. Jeannette has just been scooping and praying.

But at least she has a tool to offer this extremely thoughtful person for whom she is definitely buying at least a hot drink when they're done. ]

Please watch out for ice. There are patches beneath the snow, and they stick.

I'm happy to help.

[She takes the shovel and there's... a brief moment of holding it awkwardly. Growing up in Tokyo as she did, she didn't use snow shovels too often.

But everyone had to start somewhere! So Junna nods, then she plunges the shovel into the snow, and... sticking.]

Oh! I see what you mean. That's something, isn't it?

It must have melted and then snowed again.

[ Jeannette stabs at the ground with her own shovel. Break, by her banner! Break -

Ah, there we go. She had to all but act like she was impaling the ice on a sword, but she has purchase at last. ]

All the more reason to clear it.....

[ But yikes. Now she has to lift it. And it's dense.

Yet Jeanne d'Arc quails before no task, if it protects others! ]

It did get warmer for a day or two.

[She pushes her shovel down... and crack! Junna sighs with relief, before tossing that pile of snow aside. She looks up and nods.]

Yes, this would be even worse if someone slipped on it.

[And another spot cleared. Junna huffs with effort, then looks back at Jeanne.] Ah! I'm Junna Hoshimi. A student at Promised Morning.

Jeanne d'Arc, of the same.

[ A schoolmate! How lovely. Jeannette's smile could melt some of this snow on its own. ]

You are well met indeed, Junna!

You, too, Jeanne. [She smiles and extends a gloved hand. A handshake, before getting back to work!]

I like it here. I move from Tokyo about a year and a half ago.

[ Despite the cold, Jeanne's hands are warm. ~~This girl is on fire.~~

She also returns to work - twice as hard, so she may pull her weight! Or perhaps it's the fact that Junna likes her new home that's energizing her. Yumemigaoka is precious to Jeanne, thus the community service. ]

Was Tokyo very different?

[ She's only been there en route to the airport, didn't really look around... ]

Mm, yes. It's so much busier -- and that's not to say that we don't get busy here! But with that many people, it's always like that. And it's warmer, too.

[She's back at it, with her shovel. She looks up, then she nods.]

I miss it sometimes, because it's home. But... I like it here a lot. It's easier to take a deep breath.

Oui, oui!

[ Jeanne nods. She thinks she knows what Junna means. ]

Things are close, but not too close. The people are friendly, and there is green....

[ ....

She looks up at the nearest tree, whose branches are currently engaged in a lovely powdered-sugar-pretzel impersonation, and amends. ]

....In the right seasons.

[That might confirm Junna's suspicions that she's French. She smiles a little, but doesn't comment.

There's a nod -- and then a laugh, as she looks around.]

"At Christmas, I no more desire a rose than wish a snow in May’s new-fangled mirth; but like of each thing that in season grows." [If it sounds like a quote, it is. Junna smiles brighter, then she nods.] Every season has its place and its charm, I think.

And knowing the green will be back makes me appreciate it even more!

[ ....there's a Fate/ joke in here somewhere about quoting Shakespeare to Jeanne d'Arc, but this Jeanne is not very good at Literature and misses it entirely. ]

I am the same. So let us clear a path for our good friends the shopkeepers of Yumemigaoka, and those who will visit them! They can enjoy the winter without fear.

[ It seems chatting with Junna has indeed lit a fire inside her, for she is attacking the snow with newfound enthusiasm. Away with you....Over to the side, here, where you shall bother no one! (And perhaps the children may use you for snowmen!) ]

[Alas! Not that Junna minds. Jeanne's energy is infectious. She smiles brighter and nods, fiercely.]

Mm! Let's! They'll have nothing to fear from slippery sidewalks.

[And then she's back at it, too, shoveling large piles of snow next to Jeanne's. Perfect for snowmen or snow forts later!]

[ Working side by side with a friend is wonderful. Jeannette is silent for a moment, concentrating on the work, but then glances over through eyelashes with snowflakes stuck in them. ]

Um....do you mind if I ask about you as a Dreamer....?

[ She doesn't want to break Junna's focus if it's needed for their task! But she is so curious. As the future commander.....No, as people who want to protect the same wonderful home. ]

[Junna slows for a second -- but there's a quick nod.]

Oh, yes, please, ask away.

[She's still at it, though she's a little slower -- it's not a pace she could do forever, and she wants to hear Jeanne, too.]

Do you have a combat specialty?

[ No worries if not! Jeanne doesn't know how long Junna's been a Dreamer, and Novices tend to still be figuring out that sort of thing. And even within an Archetype, different people have different fighting styles. One can hardly expect every Striker to be fine with Jeanne launching them out of a cannon the way Chaosbringer would.... ]

I'm a Striker. I use a bow, so--well, I'm a little more of... a ranged Striker, I suppose. I'm still getting all of that figured out.

[She clarifies, because she's seen a fair number of Strikers that get up close. Which is not how Dreamer Sage rolls!]

[ Jeannette's eyes sparkle. It is not just because of the snow in her eyelashes. ]

You - you are artillery??!!

[ Ranged weapons are incredible! They keep their users safe by putting distance between them and the target.....Her dear angel is an expert with a sword, of course, but prefers ranged weapons!! ]

[Junna blinks once. She laughs a little, then shakes her head.]

W-Well... a bow, not a cannon, but... I do fight from afar, yes!

[But she did picture, for a moment, an oversized sandglass bombard and it's a delightful image.]

A bow fired from a true heart can matter as much as any cannon.

[ SHE'S NEVER SEEN YOU IN ACTION BUT C'MON, YOU'RE HELPING HER SHOVEL THE SIDEWALK

OBVIOUSLY THAT TRANSLATES TO BEING A WONDERFUL DREAMER ]

Should you need a Saver, or a commander, please let me repay you by my service!

[ what was that second thing....? dwbi. ]

A-A true heart...? Well... I try to, certainly.

[Take the compliment, Junna!

She brightens up and nods in a serious way. (Theater kids.)]

I will! And the same if you need a Striker.

[Commander, though...?]

Do you often work with other Dreamers?

[ Jeannette continues to shovel, but her interest has been fully piqued by getting to know Junna better. Maybe they have friends in common! She'd like to protect Yumemigaoka with Junna and their friends.... ]

I do. I'm with the Dreamer Union... and I often work with my mentor, Dreamer Hanako. And with several others, too -- Rhodonite, Tycoon, Prisma...

[She smiles a bit, looking sideways at Jeannette. It's true of her, too; she's still at the shoveling, but her attention is on this potential new friend.]

What about you?

It has been so long, I am finding my place. But you - you work with Lisa!

[ Of those names, one had stood out. ]

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sometimes, your crush wears heelies, that are also guns,,

ahahahahaha

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