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In your hands, there's a touch that can heal | September Catch-all
Characters: Pepper Potts, Devin Parker, and you!
Date: Throughout September
Location: Around Aifaran
Situation: Pepper starts off having a very bad month that quickly improves, and Devin is trying to learn how to deal with emotions.
Warnings/Rating: None yet, will add as needed.
A. [Pepper] Commerce 3 | Before September 5 | Open
No matter how devastated Pepper may be that Bakura is gone, she also can't put her life on hold forever. At some point, she has to go back to work and spend time away from the townhouse again. As in many things, Pepper takes after her father when it comes to dealing with grief. She does more than go back to work - she throws herself into it with near abandon, even doing daily evening patrols in the Rescue armor once she's off duty. At night she can be found on rooftops or in the air, and when she's not at work or at home it might be possible to catch her at a cafe near the townhouse, looking tired and much more subdued than her normal self. The cafe owner has been treating her to free refills, and sometimes Pepper will sit there for hours watching people go by, or staring off into the distance.
B. [Pepper] September 5 | Bakura
[watch this space]
C. [Pepper] Around Aifaran | After September 5 | Open
Once Bakura returns and is his normal self, Pepper's entire demeanor becomes brighter. She smiles a lot, makes conversation, and is clearly energized. This means she's not just going to work and coming home; she'll stay nearer home for the first little while, but before long she's shopping and exploring again. Her nightly Rescue patrols don't stop entirely, but now it's for the joy of flying rather than for distraction.
It may also be possible to find her in a park with open space sparring against her ka or one of the other Shadow monsters she's capable of summoning.
C. [Pepper] Verdant Sentry | Mid September | Valdis
Despite working for the same organization, Pepper and Valdis don't get to see each other at work all that much. They were in separate units that catered to their particular skill sets as Dreamfolk - though Valdis could probably work just about anywhere they needed her. The recent incident with the Narrakra had definitely fed into Pepper's tendencies to investigate things outside her purview, and she was fairly certain that Valdis was intent on much the same given her network post. She'd asked her friend to meet her for lunch where they could Discuss, and a cafe near the central Verdant Sentry building seemed fitting. Pepper claimed a table and waited for Valdis to arrive.
D. [Devin] Apartment | September 2 | X
After an intense conversation with the Fool, Devin has been going in circles about what to do. He's simultaneously convinced that any attempt at a relationship is a terrible, impossible idea; and yet can't make the decision to forever cut that tie. Normally, he would never bring this to anyone because it would be too much vulnerability for him to be comfortable with. But X has already born witness to that, and since he's read Devin he can also understand what's happening without needing to be told all the details. Devin bites the bullet and texts X to ask him to come to the apartment to discuss something important.
E. [Devin] Die Rose Tulpa | September 8 | The Fool
So. X and Devin had a long conversation, and after a few more days of ruminating Devin makes a tentative - but deeply significant - decision. He shoves down the nerves and heads to Klaus' cafe to see if the Fool is there selling his carvings or in his apartment. And it seems he comes bearing gifts; Devin has a small paper bag with him that swings like it has something weighty in it. When he doesn't spot the Fool in the cafe proper, Devin takes a deep breath and cautiously heads upstairs. A full minute goes by in which he simply stares at the door before finally knocking.
F. [Devin] Meta 3/General | Throughout September | Open
Devin is out and about a little more than he has been over the past few months, the turmoil finally beginning to die down (at least on some fronts). Valdis' brief devolvement into her ten-year-old self forced him back into the city and demanded he set aside some of his misery to ensure her safety and well-being. When out on a purposeless walk in the early evening, Devin finds himself at an outdoor market that's closing up. He comes away from one merchant's table with a serrated knife and stops on the sidewalk to examine it closely.
It starts living on his belt after that, hidden mostly from view. Devin also returns to a more normal work schedule this month after doing his best to have the most erratic pattern of employment possible. He can be found most days in the Academy's largest library, helping to maintain the organization of shelves or doing the careful work of archive management.
(OOC note: Feel free to let me know if you'd like a starter or make up your own!)
Date: Throughout September
Location: Around Aifaran
Situation: Pepper starts off having a very bad month that quickly improves, and Devin is trying to learn how to deal with emotions.
Warnings/Rating: None yet, will add as needed.
A. [Pepper] Commerce 3 | Before September 5 | Open
No matter how devastated Pepper may be that Bakura is gone, she also can't put her life on hold forever. At some point, she has to go back to work and spend time away from the townhouse again. As in many things, Pepper takes after her father when it comes to dealing with grief. She does more than go back to work - she throws herself into it with near abandon, even doing daily evening patrols in the Rescue armor once she's off duty. At night she can be found on rooftops or in the air, and when she's not at work or at home it might be possible to catch her at a cafe near the townhouse, looking tired and much more subdued than her normal self. The cafe owner has been treating her to free refills, and sometimes Pepper will sit there for hours watching people go by, or staring off into the distance.
B. [Pepper] September 5 | Bakura
[watch this space]
C. [Pepper] Around Aifaran | After September 5 | Open
Once Bakura returns and is his normal self, Pepper's entire demeanor becomes brighter. She smiles a lot, makes conversation, and is clearly energized. This means she's not just going to work and coming home; she'll stay nearer home for the first little while, but before long she's shopping and exploring again. Her nightly Rescue patrols don't stop entirely, but now it's for the joy of flying rather than for distraction.
It may also be possible to find her in a park with open space sparring against her ka or one of the other Shadow monsters she's capable of summoning.
C. [Pepper] Verdant Sentry | Mid September | Valdis
Despite working for the same organization, Pepper and Valdis don't get to see each other at work all that much. They were in separate units that catered to their particular skill sets as Dreamfolk - though Valdis could probably work just about anywhere they needed her. The recent incident with the Narrakra had definitely fed into Pepper's tendencies to investigate things outside her purview, and she was fairly certain that Valdis was intent on much the same given her network post. She'd asked her friend to meet her for lunch where they could Discuss, and a cafe near the central Verdant Sentry building seemed fitting. Pepper claimed a table and waited for Valdis to arrive.
D. [Devin] Apartment | September 2 | X
After an intense conversation with the Fool, Devin has been going in circles about what to do. He's simultaneously convinced that any attempt at a relationship is a terrible, impossible idea; and yet can't make the decision to forever cut that tie. Normally, he would never bring this to anyone because it would be too much vulnerability for him to be comfortable with. But X has already born witness to that, and since he's read Devin he can also understand what's happening without needing to be told all the details. Devin bites the bullet and texts X to ask him to come to the apartment to discuss something important.
E. [Devin] Die Rose Tulpa | September 8 | The Fool
So. X and Devin had a long conversation, and after a few more days of ruminating Devin makes a tentative - but deeply significant - decision. He shoves down the nerves and heads to Klaus' cafe to see if the Fool is there selling his carvings or in his apartment. And it seems he comes bearing gifts; Devin has a small paper bag with him that swings like it has something weighty in it. When he doesn't spot the Fool in the cafe proper, Devin takes a deep breath and cautiously heads upstairs. A full minute goes by in which he simply stares at the door before finally knocking.
F. [Devin] Meta 3/General | Throughout September | Open
Devin is out and about a little more than he has been over the past few months, the turmoil finally beginning to die down (at least on some fronts). Valdis' brief devolvement into her ten-year-old self forced him back into the city and demanded he set aside some of his misery to ensure her safety and well-being. When out on a purposeless walk in the early evening, Devin finds himself at an outdoor market that's closing up. He comes away from one merchant's table with a serrated knife and stops on the sidewalk to examine it closely.
It starts living on his belt after that, hidden mostly from view. Devin also returns to a more normal work schedule this month after doing his best to have the most erratic pattern of employment possible. He can be found most days in the Academy's largest library, helping to maintain the organization of shelves or doing the careful work of archive management.
(OOC note: Feel free to let me know if you'd like a starter or make up your own!)
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"I can't decide if your powers of deduction are useful or incredibly irritating," he complains, stepping back to let X in. It's an exceptionally private matter they're going to talk about, and he sincerely hopes it isn't that obvious to everyone else.
Once the door is shut, Devin crosses to his tiny kitchen and starts filling up a kettle with water. There is no sense in being truly inhospitable when X is here to help. "Would you like some tea?"
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That is, feeling the feelings in question, and being very confused by it. Unless Devin directly asks, though, X won't get quite that specific -- the memory is awkward enough without making it Devin's burden as well. He has his feelings well-organised and under his own control by now.
"Tea," X repeats thoughtfully, and then he shrugs. "If there's no slime in it, why not?"
Let's just say his experiences with tea before reaching Aifaran left a lot to be desired.
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Which could easily provide a distraction from the thorny subject of this meeting. He knows deflection is his first instinct.
"I did wonder if you would be able to... sort that out," Devin continues after a moment, referring to the aforementioned feelings. His back is to X as he collects mugs and measures out tea leaves. "Given that I hadn't really done that for myself when you read me."
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He can't see Devin's face, but he wouldn't need to see any expression to know the turmoil underneath Devin's thoughts. He swallows, choosing his next words carefully. "Not at first," X admits. "I think you were so eager to believe no feelings existed that I had no idea they were yours. Time has helped. So has meditation."
So did the knowledge both X's husband and wife would only laugh if they ever heard what happened.
"Does that phrasing mean you've sorted it out for yourself now?" X asks the back of Devin's head.
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