Second Jiggy | [Action/Voice] | Action part slightly backdated to this morning

[talontrot]

[Okay, so Kazooie had finally experienced one of those experiment things. And it was actually kind of exciting! Weird, but exciting. She couldn't complain too much... except now things were back to normal. And boring again. What's a hero to do?

Why, go shopping, of course! This morning sees a breegull set out bright and comparitively early for the Item Shop, as she's done almost daily since she's come to Luceti. With the same kind of dogged persistence she uses to search for Jiggies, Jinjos, and the like, she's been trying to locate her backpack and kazoo. And now, finally, her patience is rewarded: the bright blue bugle-like kazoo, and the equally bright blue, Rare-symbol-embroidered backpack, are sitting right there on the shelf for her to claim. And claim them she does!]

Breeee!

[... Anybody in the vicinity might be drawn to the strains of a certain theme, played by the aforementioned instrument, or by the sight of a very excited-looking little red bird carrying a backpack as large as her entire torso.]


[Later on in the day, Kazooie sits down at her journal, intending to give voice to ideas that have been floating around in her head since the end of the draft.]

So, something I've been wondering for awhile - I know a bunch of the people here are good fighters, but how many of you are heroes? [She pauses for effect a moment, before elaborating on her explanation.] Y'know - goes out, rescues little girls from big ol' witches, finds peoples' lost stuff for them, collects a bunch of items, beats up bad guys who're threatening to take everybody's life force - stuff like that. I've met a couple other heroes, but I wanna know who else is kickin' around in this dump!

[This is partially scoping out her competition. But she has another motive, one she announces after a second of deep thought - well, for her, anyway.]

... Y'see, I've been thinking of throwing a party for us. A real party. Something with plenty of exciting stuff to do - 'cause it gets boring here sometimes when the Malnosso-guys aren't doing anything. That Rec Centre place was great, and I think it needs some livening up again! And it's up to someone as awesome as me to do it.

[With that, she smirks with satisfaction and leans back, waiting for the inevitable deluge of replies. As if she'll actually get any.]

Comments

[talontrot]

All the heroes, too! [Not that Kazooie is opposed to making rivalries friends with more heroes.]

You seem to be a hero if you ask me. Fighting for justice and all! And backing me up.

[Kazooie hasn't forgotten that, and it still reverbrates with her.]

[lostinmyway]

Oh, do you think so?

[talontrot]

Yep! Heroes do that kinda stuff all the time.

[Not that their experience in the draft was the most heroic of things. ... But Kazooie doesn't do moral grayness well.]

[lostinmyway]

Hmm.... [Does that mean Norma is a hero, too?] I wonder what else heroes do.

[talontrot]

[Of course it does.]

Well, besides kicking butt and helping others, they gotta be strong! And tough! And they're the people that solve peoples' problems, and fix stuff when it goes wrong, and do the right thing!

[... In Kazooie's case that means "whatever works", and oftentimes that's not so much right as it is easiest.]

... You get lots of stuff for doing it too!

[lostinmyway]

Oh, my, heroes sound like very good people.

[talontrot]

That's 'cause they're the best kinds of people! [And naturally, Kazooie counts herself amongst the best of the best.]

Every place has gotta have a hero, a real hero that can make everything better. That's just how it goes.

[lostinmyway]

I wonder who Luceti's hero is.

[talontrot]

Me, naturally! [... Yeah, sorry, Grune. Though Kazooie might have some stiff competition in Raine, Albert, Adell, Superman and the like, to name a few.]

[lostinmyway]

Oh, that's very kind of you. Thank you for protecting Luceti!

[talontrot]

Hey, it's no big deal! I'm a hero. It's what I do.

[She's protected worlds that had nothing to do with her. And Luceti, despite being foreign and full of weird people, is... well, in a way, it's hers, now.]

[lostinmyway]

Yes, but that's still very brave. Everyone must be so happy that you're helping them.

[Grune is very good for people's egos, whether they need it or not.]

[talontrot]

[... As we all know, Kazooie's ego is one that does not need bolstering.]

Hey, they'd better be. It's not just anybody that can be a hero.

Though... there's a lot of heroes here. [A lot more than at home. Hear that little edge of awkward wariness?]

[lostinmyway]

[Nope.]

Are there? That's very good. That means lots of people are helping to protect the village.

[talontrot]

... I guess. But usually that's just my job. It's weird having to share it.

[She means more like "it's weird having to share the fame and glory". Though she actually has relatively little fame in Luceti, come to think of it.]

[lostinmyway]

Oh, but sharing is a good thing to do. It's good to work together.

[talontrot]

Heroes aren't supposed to need help, though! We're supposed to help others instead.

[lostinmyway]

But sometimes even heroes need help. That's all right. It doesn't mean they're not heroes anymore, because everybody needs a little help sometimes.

[talontrot]

[Like hell if Kazooie will ever admit willingly that she needs help. But...]

... if I got people depending on me, then I can't be depending on them. It just wouldn't work.

[Yet... that's pretty much how it is with Banjo, isn't it...?]

[lostinmyway]

Why not?

[talontrot]

'Cause... then we'll all depend on each other and it'll be a mess and won't work.

[lostinmyway]

But it's good to depend on your friends. That way, you can all help each other.

[talontrot]

[Grune, Kazooie cannot understand your logic.]

I don't wanna have to depend on anybody besides myself! I'm strong enough to do stuff on my own.

[lostinmyway]

[She gives Kazooie a curious look.] That sounds a little lonely to me.

[talontrot]

[... In all honesty, it is.]

When you're a tough hero, stuff like that doesn't bother you. I never get lonely!

[... Good thing Grune isn't very perceptive.]