hi nony,

this prompt made me think of genshin immediately lol. who in skz... I am loathe to make anyone in skz a tone deaf bard, so for the sake of this world, I'm going the little mermaid route. Let's say jngn is a mischievous bard who bites off a little more than he can chew from a barkeep who curses him by "stealing his voice." That is, he steals his singing voice he uses to tell his stories while playing his harp (venti style). He doesn't even realize he's cursed at first because he can't hear how broken his voice has become. It's only when he's booed by his usual loving crowds and turned away be previously adoring patrons does he realize what's happened. He goes to a local apothecary for a quick fix and realizes he'll have to hunt down the barkeep to undo the curse. Unfortunately, the barkeep has mysteriously left town...

So, Jngn, who scarcely uses his voice anymore out of embarrassment and shame, starts to gather up a team to join him on his quest. He is still able to earn a meager living by playing his harp but it's nothing like before so he's limited in his funds which is how he ends up with...

Flx. lol. Sorry to mention genshin again, but Flx would be like bennett... unlucky little blond with big aspirations and a heart of gold (and actually so good maybe goated even). Anyways, Flx would be delighted to join Jngn's mission and refuses to accept payment (which is good bc Jngn didn't have a lot ot mention). He's just thrilled that someone finally chose him to go adventuring with. Jngn doesn't tell him that he didn't have many options or that most of the locals warned him away from Flx because of his clumsiness. Early into their mission, they probably run into some bandits and get beaten up pretty badly and Flx is really apologetic about it even though he took the brunt of the beating and even had his sword stolen. Jngn is immediately endeared by him even though he knows they're probably doomed. But he's somewhat surprised when Flx reveals he also has healing abilities and fully heals all of their wounds in just one night.

Anyway, it becomes apparent that they're going to need some actual manpower on this adventure and furthermore, they're now completely broke. Once they make it to the next town they meet...

Jsvng! Ok, walk with me. They need man power and they need money. How about Jsvng, the ditzy necromancer from a long lineage of powerful mages that live in town... very wealthy family. Jsvng is often overshadowed by his older brother and wants to prove himself. Jeonglx's proposal is the perfect opportunity! He joins their team and offers to contribute funds to the cause if Jngn promises to sing at his family's famous end of year party once he gets his voice back (turns out his mother is a huge fan of bards...). The thing about Jsvng is that although Jsvng has the potential to be a powerful mage, he doesn't really have a stomach for dead bodies so it makes the whole necromancer thing kind of difficult. he's also another adventurer with a heart of gold and a mind of prey. snow white style, forest animals flock to him and love him to pieces so by fate most of his necromanced party he's able to summon at will are forest animals. Imagine Jsvng in battle and he's getting ready to fight and he summons like... ten baby deer and a hoard of little ducklings. Except they're resurrected little creatures so they have bodies of steel and idk,,, are vicious fighters. maybe they have some sort of magical protective armor too. the imagery is so charming.

So that's our party. They're a special group of adventurers but they'll make it!! i imagine their travels in pursuit of Jngn's voice would take them on all sorts of adventures... siren's lagoon (hynjn), underground mage fighting ring where they have to help a rogue fighter escape (mnh & chngbn), . Mnh and chngbn would join their party on sight of jsvng and hynjn. Flx would sulk about no longer being "the team's best dps" but he'd get over it after feeling up chngbn's lessons and mnh offering to teach him new hand-to-hand combat techniques. It's only when they meet sngmn (hellhound) and chn (werewolf) are they able to track down the scent of the barkeep and get closer to achieving their goal.

Yeah, I could go on. I said these were drabble prompts but no drabble in sight just lots of messy thoughts. they'd get back Jngn's voice eventually,,, whole crew together,, they decide to stay together and continue to take on adventure commissions. some of them fall in love... all of them love each other... one big adventure family... sigh