"Bound to leave a mark or two, that teething," Jigano said blandly, his expression studiously innocent in spite of the twinkle in his eyes. Vulgar innuendo, him? Surely not! ...Though it brought a tight pain of grief and loss to his chest that he kept closely hidden from the Attuned link. He had no intention of letting the blight push him into maudlin thoughts today, and he followed Remi with a determined cheer and the small bag of moss. They could use that first before relying on the alchemist's magic, in case he needed to use his powers to create something else later, the bard thought.
"Mildew in the wood from disuse?" Jigano wondered aloud, though not with any conviction. He didn't really know much about lumber, though several projects in the past year had provided ample opportunity to start learning. "Or... oh." As Remi pried up the floorboard the question answered itself, and Jigano only barely managed to stop his nose from wrinkling in distaste. "I have forms that would be perfectly happy crunching a few of those down as a snack," he admitted quietly, for his fellow-Attuned's-ears-only. "But this is not one of them."
As it was Remi's house, the bard stood back to let the younger man take the lead and decide how he wanted to proceed. Though his soft-hearted response might once have had Jigano sighing in exasperation there had been too much darkness in the past year. Too much death. Rather than expound upon the harshness of nature or having to make 'tough choices,' he found solace in the alchemist's instinctive gentleness. When Remi reached out to the cockroaches Jigano cocked his head, studying him intently before seeing a number of the insects start scurrying across the floor in a purposeful fashion. With the hint of a smile on his lips he tucked his hands into his sleeves as he centered himself and turned his own Beastmaster ability on trying to coax another batch of the multi-legged menaces to the place Remi indicated. They were in a group like bees, weren't they? Humming thoughtfully to himself he reached out to the minds - if one could call them that - of the hive, seeking one in particular...
There.
She didn't want to go, but they couldn't let her stay. With a gentle but firm mental nudge, Jigano tried to coax the queen into motion, intending to get her to haul herself - and hopefully her prodigious family - to the side of the room Remi had set aside for them.
Jigano uses his Beastmaster ability to try and get the termite queen to Remi's official termite hotel!
"Mildew in the wood from disuse?" Jigano wondered aloud, though not with any conviction. He didn't really know much about lumber, though several projects in the past year had provided ample opportunity to start learning. "Or... oh." As Remi pried up the floorboard the question answered itself, and Jigano only barely managed to stop his nose from wrinkling in distaste. "I have forms that would be perfectly happy crunching a few of those down as a snack," he admitted quietly, for his fellow-Attuned's-ears-only. "But this is not one of them."
As it was Remi's house, the bard stood back to let the younger man take the lead and decide how he wanted to proceed. Though his soft-hearted response might once have had Jigano sighing in exasperation there had been too much darkness in the past year. Too much death. Rather than expound upon the harshness of nature or having to make 'tough choices,' he found solace in the alchemist's instinctive gentleness. When Remi reached out to the cockroaches Jigano cocked his head, studying him intently before seeing a number of the insects start scurrying across the floor in a purposeful fashion. With the hint of a smile on his lips he tucked his hands into his sleeves as he centered himself and turned his own Beastmaster ability on trying to coax another batch of the multi-legged menaces to the place Remi indicated. They were in a group like bees, weren't they? Humming thoughtfully to himself he reached out to the minds - if one could call them that - of the hive, seeking one in particular...
There.
She didn't want to go, but they couldn't let her stay. With a gentle but firm mental nudge, Jigano tried to coax the queen into motion, intending to get her to haul herself - and hopefully her prodigious family - to the side of the room Remi had set aside for them.
Jigano uses his Beastmaster ability to try and get the termite queen to Remi's official termite hotel!
