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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] driverslicense 2018-04-08 08:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"Jackie."

He'd be incredibly unobservant if he didn't notice Jackie's been feeling down, and though Chase still has problems with human emotions, he isn't that bad.

"You are alright?" He's noticed Jackie keeping himself busy, but that doesn't necessarily mean anything, considering his friend Shinnosuke had that odd reaction where he threw water on his face when he was vehemently denying something. Not that the two things are equivalent, but...humans.
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[personal profile] jinzhong 2018-04-08 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Jackie could lie, but he doesn't want to. Lying was exhausting, and it was going to get more so if he kept it up. Probably because acting like things were okay had been sort-of lying to himself.

"Nah, I'm not," he says, and shrugs. "It's...I dunno. It's gonna take a while to be all right, I think."
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[personal profile] driverslicense 2018-04-11 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
From what he can tell of humans (and...the world in general), people aren't 'not alright' without a cause. "What happened?"

Not the kind of thing that comes readily to Chase's mind—sensory loss, having something unpleasant appear before your eyes—he assumes. But at the very least— "You are not injured?"
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[personal profile] jinzhong 2018-04-25 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"No." Jackie shakes his head. "Nah, I'm not injured. I'm just depressed."

He looks at Chase. "You, eh...you ever lose someone you love before?" And there it is - he really did/does love her, and it's the worst - it's Jiu Mei all over again, and it hurts his heart.
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[personal profile] driverslicense 2018-04-25 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"I have...seen it." He didn't like Brain much, but Heart and Medic had been...well, he supposes 'depressed' is the human word for it.

"Who did it?"
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[personal profile] jinzhong 2018-04-29 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"Brigid," he says. "The redheaded girl I was askin' about on the network. She...disappeared. I know she didn't mean to, but it still hurts."

He takes a deep breath, and it turns into a defeated sigh. "This place, man...it can take everything from you."
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[personal profile] driverslicense 2018-04-30 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
...And Jackie had already had plenty taken from him, from what he's said.

"I am...sorry."

Chase isn't quite sure why he says it, himself, but it seems the thing to do. He was programmed to protect, but human emotions are important to him, too.

"Right now...is there anything you need?"
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[personal profile] jinzhong 2018-05-03 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
"...thanks." Chase isn't trying to fix it or anything, and simple commiseration was nice to hear.

"Nah, I don't think I need anything. But, I mean...you're listenin' to my problems, so thanks for that," he says, and tries a shaky smile.
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[personal profile] driverslicense 2018-05-06 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Chase wouldn't know how to fix emotional problems anyway, and he idolizes human emotions a bit too much. On top of which, emotional pain is something he's...a little familiar with.

"Your smile is not sincere."