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Temujin "Gene" Khan ([personal profile] wrathfulkhan) wrote in [community profile] ioduanlogs2018-04-06 07:38 pm

Skating board is for cool kids only.

Characters: Gene Khan, Jackie Ma, Miles Upshur, Aly Haskell, and y'all
Date: throughout April
Location: Aifaran and environs
Situation: Standard mucking about. Jackie's depressed, Gene's paranoid, Aly's got half a death wish, and Miles is driving local priests away! So, a normal Tuesday for these nerds.
Warnings/Rating: Will be added as necessary

[A] | Gene | throughout Aifaran | throughout April | open
Gene's finally gotten over being shy - shy! Rare, for him - and is out and about in Aifaran. He's still worried that Nick Fury is going to pop in from nowhere and haul him off to a SHIELD cell, but it's just as likely that he'll pop back to Earth.

Earth. Not home. It'd be a disturbing distinction if he hadn't come to terms with Konryu being more of a home to him than Earth had ever been long ago.

First point of order, rank the teahouses. Things have changed in the past five hundred-some years, so of course he has to stake out the best places for brooding thinking. With the best tea.

Second point of order, get...eh...friendly with some of the other Dreamfolk. The locals, he's been able to connect with easily. His fellow Dreamfolk, though...not so much. It's a personal failing, and he knows that, but it's one he's working to correct. So...A for effort? He seems to look like he knows what he's doing, at least; he certainly looks at home in Aifaran, more so than one might expect.

[B] | Jackie | throughout Aifaran | throughout April | open
Despite the heartbreak of having Brigid back for such a short time and losing her again, Jackie has to keep going. He's lost her before, and this is just...it's his life now. He could wake up any day to find anyone else he knows gone, and he knows that at any moment he could 'no longer dream in Aifaran' - or, to put it more bluntly, disappear back to being a strung-up disemboweled corpse in North Point.

The Dreaming's anchored him in Konryu for a while, but he knows that may not last forever.

He takes a lot of time to speak to shopkeeps and make himself known throughout the city, because he's trying to get the Golden Koi started again. Another iteration of the bar he'd started in Keeliai, named after the restaurant that had always been a safe place to him back in North Point. A little piece of home, one that he'll hold onto as best he can.

He might be walking alone, but he's certainly not averse to company. He's friendly enough with the denizens of Aifaran, and he's stopping at many of the local cafes and teahouses throughout the month, making friends and potential future business partners.

[C] | Miles | throughout Aifaran | throughout April | open [Faith 2]
Oh, boy. Miles is getting pretty p.o.'ed about getting cornered by a Sabonile priest, but since these guys haven't tried to kill him (yet), he's not going to hit the guy. And just as the guy's really beginning to spin up, he stops and gives Miles a strange, apologetic look, declares that he can't preach what he doesn't believe in, and just. Leaves...?

Fine by Miles, but that's a new one on him. Maybe he has a new anti-religious aura. That'd be cool. "What the fuck just happened?" he mumbles to nobody in particular.

[D] | Aly | look up. no, further up. there. the rooftops. | throughout April | open
In an attempt to get her frustrated energy out, Aly has taken to the skies! Or as much as she can, anyway. She can't fly, as much as she's tried, but she's pretty agile. She's running around day and night like a little ruffian who thinks she's Batman. Watch the skies for a blur! Or watch your head, because sometimes she doesn't look too well where she's landing.

[E] | Aly | down by the piers | April 7 | closed to Devin
Aly's agile, but even the most agile runners miss a step.

And so it happens.

Unfortunately for her, she misjudges distance - again! - over a gap between buildings. And especially unfortunately for her, it's a gap over water.

Her stomach and heart seem to fall faster than the rest of her, and a choked squawk tears itself from her throat as she tumbles. Everything else she could deal with, broken bones she could take, death she could deal with again, but water? No!

There were two ways to kill a Flame: Suffocation, and drowning. And she doesn't want to drown.

This time, there's no Princeps to give her a gentle push to the other side with some mastery of air, and she hits the water like a stone.

[F] | Jackie | the Dreaming Bridge | April 6 | closed to Valdis
Jackie's been doing his best to keep it together, but after he makes the announcement over the Lae (he'd phrased it as a question, but he knew in his heart that it was really an announcement), he needs to go somewhere quiet. He finds a little-trafficked lounge in the Breakwater wing and sits down, his head in his hands. He can't go back to his room, because Chase may be there and ask what's wrong, and he doesn't want to explain.

There's pretty much one person here in Aifaran who's familiar enough to him, unless she leaves, too, and he'll be all on his own again. He'll need to go find her. He doesn't like the idea of being entirely alone again; it had been bad enough when they'd thought only a year would pass. Here, everything was so different, he feared that he'd give in to his old habits and patterns and turn back to crime, because it was easier.

I'm not that guy anymore. He hoped not.



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[personal profile] wolfishflame 2018-04-07 06:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Aly was running, because running was good. Running was practice. She wasn't running as a wolf today; she was running as a human, because that needed improvement. She was going to be a human when she got back, after all, and she needed to make sure that she could escape in an emergency.

Plus, it was fun.

But her situational awareness has taken a hit, and then--

"Ack!" She lands on a person. Why are there other people up here?! "What the hell, damn guy?!"

Yeah, this is totally the other person's fault.
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[personal profile] ilda 2018-04-08 12:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Ilda struggles to get out of the tangled mess of limbs she ended up being a part of, scrambling after her yimo. And her relief is audible when she finally secures the precious little gadget, quickly scanning it for damage.

Then she turns to Aly, pouting. “Can’t anyone here take selfies in peace anymore?”
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[personal profile] wolfishflame 2018-04-08 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
"What? Why are you taking selfies on the roof?" Aly asks, hypocritically, having been obsessively taking cool roof selfies all month that have been all over Xa Xa.

She scuffs her foot on the roof. "Uh. Yeah. Sorry. My bad."
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[personal profile] ilda 2018-04-09 08:36 am (UTC)(link)
Ilda’s about to share with the grumpy new girl the wonders of rooftop selfies when recognition dawns on her. She blinks, then inches closer to Aly, peering closely at the other’s face.

Then she makes a triumphant, gleeful noise.

“IT’S YOU!” She bounces on her heels excitedly. “THE ROOFTOP SELFIE GIRL ON XA XA!”

She activates her yimo, trying to open up the camera. “I’m up here because of you! I saw your rooftop pictures and they’re so cool and I wanted pictures like those but here you are and I get to meet you in person, which is even cooler!” she chatters excitedly, and apparently all in one breath.
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[personal profile] wolfishflame 2018-04-25 08:04 pm (UTC)(link)
"Um, yeah, what?" Aly says, completely confused. "I take selfies. Sometimes they even turn out okay and I don't look like a frog."

Then the compliment fully sinks in. "Whoa, make like Nina Rosario and breathe, kid." (You two are like the same age, Aly.) "Glad to know I inspired you, but, uh, don't freak out, I put my socks on one at a time like everyone else."
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[personal profile] ilda 2018-04-28 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
Ilda actually complies and takes a deep breath.

Then promptly resumes fangirling. “I’m not freaking out! You’re just really famous and I love your pictures, I looked at all of them and I try to follow how you do them because they’re really nice! You’re also very pretty and it’s so cool that you’re hanging around these parts and did you really jump from the other roof? Oh oh and can we have a selfie, please please please?”
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[personal profile] wolfishflame 2018-04-29 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm not...famous," Aly mumbles, even though at this point she probably is. Still, she can't help but swell with pride a little at the flattery. "And I'm not pretty, stop it." That isn't false modesty. She really doesn't think much of her looks, because she doesn't think much about them.

"And yeah, I jumped. That's kind of what I do. And, uh, sure?"

Wow, this girl could rival Annie for motormouth of the year. And that was saying something.
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[personal profile] ilda 2018-05-02 10:44 am (UTC)(link)
Ilda doesn't waste any time; she zooms really close to Aly for the permission-granted selfie, grinning like a child who'd just had all her dreams come true.

click click click click CLICKCLICKCLICK

She pauses for a moment to view the pictures, then she starts squealing and jumping. "HOLY QUEEN MOTHER OF APODEIA I REALLY HAVE SELFIES WITH YOU I CAN'T BELIEVE IT IT'S SUCH A GOOD DAY!"
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[personal profile] wolfishflame 2018-05-03 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
"I mean, we could probably do some cooler ones later," Aly says, and sits down on the roof. "Just not sure I wanna climb right now."

Then she eyes Ilda. "Hey, do you climb at all? I mean, you've gotta climb a little, to get up here. I kinda wish you weren't, though. I don't want anyone to get hurt trying to do what I do."
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[personal profile] ilda 2018-05-04 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
Ilda squeals again. Not only has Aly suggested cooler selfies, she also said later, and the blonde is positively delighted at the chance to spend more time with her idol. "Yes, please! Um, cooler selfies, I mean. Do you already have anything in mind? And, uh..."

She pauses for a moment at the question about climbing. Mustn't disappoint her idol! "I didn't get to do that a lot of because there aren't many places to climb, at least where I'm from. Just a lot of water, so I'm more of a swimmer. But I managed to climb up here!" She beams, although her smile turns a little sheepish afterwards. "Well, maybe I just wouldn't do it by myself? If someone's looking out for you, less chance of getting hurt, right?" Or more chances of getting both of you hurt, but hey. She's not letting herself getting talked out of following in her idol's footsteps, even by Aly herself.
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[personal profile] wolfishflame 2018-05-04 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
Swimming. Aly used to like swimming, but now? And especially after her little spill earlier in the month? No thanks.

"Yeah, having a spotter helps," she says. "Climbing's how I taught myself to get around overhead. Flying's...I never got the knack to it." She sounds a little surly about that.
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[personal profile] ilda 2018-05-06 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
“Do you think that’s actually possible? To fly even without wings?” People can swim even without fins or gills, so why should flying be any different, right?

Ilda asks because she’s always been fascinated by the sky and the great adventure it promises. Her twin brother might have loved the sea, but she’s always looked up.