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ioduanlogs2018-12-01 10:53 pm
rutility) wrote in ioduanlogs2018-12-01 10:53 pm
[december catch-all] once more, with feeling
Characters: Rutile, a bunch of others, and you!
Date: Throughout December
Location: Around Aifaran
Situation: Rutile antagonizing people
Warnings/Rating: None so far!
Rutile is woken by the peek of the sun through the window, its rays chasing away the last vestiges of a nightmare that leaves dread deep in their core. They glance around, noting the monitor, the shelves, the board games with missing pieces scattered about the room - this is not their clinic. This is Aifaran. The Dreaming Bridge. The common room.
They don't quite remember drifting off, but their limbs are heavy with fatigue and their heart with loss, and it takes some significant convincing to force their their body to sit. In the distance, there are stormclouds.
---
A ▸ HOUSE GODS | yato (commerce 3, late december/early january)
Rutile's only understanding of money is that more of it is better, spending less of it is preferred, and spending none of it is best. So they've frequented flea markets and pawn shops and other holes-in-the-wall the last several weeks, searching for the best deals on household necessities that are affordable with their limited funds. The nick-nack store they wander into is filled with junk - selys-shaped tea steepers, figures with bobbling heads, strange "cooking" implements that all seem to have the same function, mismatched dishwear and socks with novelty sayings embroidered on. Little of it seems useful. None of it looks worth much more than Rutile's pinky finger.
"How hard is it," they wonder, as they examine a box that tinkles out an off-key tune when poked, "To find useful things? A bowl? A set of tools?"
B ▸ EXPERTISE| open (crime 3, early december)
The tiny stall, tucked away in a dark corner of the marketplace, is selling jewelry. Rutile wouldn't normally concern themselves with this, but the pieces are something spectacular: glimmering stones set in lovingly twisted wire or knotted cord, in shades of yellow, turquoise, and bright green. They take a closer look, entranced by the merchant's promise of diamonds, of all things.
"May I have a look?" Rutile asks about a particular diamond piece, and when the merchant generously nods, they bend in. With an expert's eye, they note the dispersion, the cut - and their eye narrows. "I must caution you," they say, "that you have misidentified this stone. It is not diamond, it is titania. A common mistake for the untrained."
"Yoooou must be mistaken," the merchant replies in a shrill voice, speaking almost through their nose. "This is a great price for a rare stone. You can have it for ten percent off."
"I don't care about purchasing it," Rutile insists. "It is the label that concerns me. It is misleading."
"You don't buy, you don't stay."
"No, you're not listening to me. Let me explain..."
C ▸ HARD KNOCK LIFE | open (mid-december)
Rutile's talent isn't that much to speak of, and it's not what gets them approved for the volunteer force stacking sandbags around the city. It's their peculiar strength that does that, the strength that finds them lifting three or four bags of sand at a time and depositing them about the city. The strength that lets them build a wall of sandbags entirely on their own, and the one that keeps going when the other volunteers have gone on break.
The work is welcome, and not difficult. It's methodical, and rather mindless, and the action of contributing to something keeps them from spiralling off into remembering... well, into remembering. They are rather sullen during this time - the sun has been gone for days, and with it most of their energy reserves - but they are happy to strike up a conversation when prompted.
D ▸ MISTAKEN IDENTITY | jacen (mid-december)
Rutile is back in the Dreaming Bridge for the first time since their re-arrival in Aifaran. The place is still distasteful in their eyes, and they keep their head down as they enter, steadfastly taking the long route which will avoid what were Padparadscha's and Antarcticite's old rooms. In fact it is their old room that they approach and their old door they knock on; though they've never been one for nervous ticks, they tap their foot as they wait. The sooner they can get out of here, the better.
E ▸ IS THAT A THREAT | open (justice 1, mid-december)
Rutile has popped down to Die Rose Tulpe in a rather dour mood, the bitter aftertaste of nightmares experienced yet poorly remembered driving them in search of company. When the rain begins instinct hastens them out of it, and fortunately the cafe is only around the corner. Other people have had a similar idea; the cafe is actually quite busy, and a quick glance around shows no one Rutile immediately recognizes. They stand in the doorway, rainwater rolling from their hair and dripping off their nose, their lovely sage tunic soaked through.
They've barely slid into the single empty seat when their historically poor luck with the Sentry kicks in. "Let me see your identification and empty your pockets, please," says the officer.
"I will empty your skull," Rutile idly mutters, as a wooden coffee stirrer splinters in their grasp.
F ▸ MEANINGFUL WORK | valdis (arts 4, late december/early january)
All it takes to get asked on the committee for redesigning and updating the architecture of some minor buildings in Aifaran is a portfolio and a demonstration that yes, Rutile is capable of some rudimentary geometry. The portfolio is a little longer in coming, but frequent trips to the library to study up on the principles combined with centuries of drawing detailed crystallographic structures leaves Rutile quite qualified for the position.
They arrive to the meeting early and pick a seat at the corner of the table. Unobtrusive, but present. Near the door, but not quite so. They are a picture of prim prestige even despite the storm; not a hair out of place, they observe with a bit of humor, catching a glimpse of their reflection in the glistening wooden table. Tapping their nails very gently on the wood, they watch as other government employees pass in the hall outside, waiting for others to arrive.
G ▸ WILDCARD | you!! (throughout december)
[ supply your own or hit me up on plurk or discord! ]
Date: Throughout December
Location: Around Aifaran
Situation: Rutile antagonizing people
Warnings/Rating: None so far!
Rutile is woken by the peek of the sun through the window, its rays chasing away the last vestiges of a nightmare that leaves dread deep in their core. They glance around, noting the monitor, the shelves, the board games with missing pieces scattered about the room - this is not their clinic. This is Aifaran. The Dreaming Bridge. The common room.
They don't quite remember drifting off, but their limbs are heavy with fatigue and their heart with loss, and it takes some significant convincing to force their their body to sit. In the distance, there are stormclouds.
---
A ▸ HOUSE GODS | yato (commerce 3, late december/early january)
Rutile's only understanding of money is that more of it is better, spending less of it is preferred, and spending none of it is best. So they've frequented flea markets and pawn shops and other holes-in-the-wall the last several weeks, searching for the best deals on household necessities that are affordable with their limited funds. The nick-nack store they wander into is filled with junk - selys-shaped tea steepers, figures with bobbling heads, strange "cooking" implements that all seem to have the same function, mismatched dishwear and socks with novelty sayings embroidered on. Little of it seems useful. None of it looks worth much more than Rutile's pinky finger.
"How hard is it," they wonder, as they examine a box that tinkles out an off-key tune when poked, "To find useful things? A bowl? A set of tools?"
B ▸ EXPERTISE| open (crime 3, early december)
The tiny stall, tucked away in a dark corner of the marketplace, is selling jewelry. Rutile wouldn't normally concern themselves with this, but the pieces are something spectacular: glimmering stones set in lovingly twisted wire or knotted cord, in shades of yellow, turquoise, and bright green. They take a closer look, entranced by the merchant's promise of diamonds, of all things.
"May I have a look?" Rutile asks about a particular diamond piece, and when the merchant generously nods, they bend in. With an expert's eye, they note the dispersion, the cut - and their eye narrows. "I must caution you," they say, "that you have misidentified this stone. It is not diamond, it is titania. A common mistake for the untrained."
"Yoooou must be mistaken," the merchant replies in a shrill voice, speaking almost through their nose. "This is a great price for a rare stone. You can have it for ten percent off."
"I don't care about purchasing it," Rutile insists. "It is the label that concerns me. It is misleading."
"You don't buy, you don't stay."
"No, you're not listening to me. Let me explain..."
C ▸ HARD KNOCK LIFE | open (mid-december)
Rutile's talent isn't that much to speak of, and it's not what gets them approved for the volunteer force stacking sandbags around the city. It's their peculiar strength that does that, the strength that finds them lifting three or four bags of sand at a time and depositing them about the city. The strength that lets them build a wall of sandbags entirely on their own, and the one that keeps going when the other volunteers have gone on break.
The work is welcome, and not difficult. It's methodical, and rather mindless, and the action of contributing to something keeps them from spiralling off into remembering... well, into remembering. They are rather sullen during this time - the sun has been gone for days, and with it most of their energy reserves - but they are happy to strike up a conversation when prompted.
D ▸ MISTAKEN IDENTITY | jacen (mid-december)
Rutile is back in the Dreaming Bridge for the first time since their re-arrival in Aifaran. The place is still distasteful in their eyes, and they keep their head down as they enter, steadfastly taking the long route which will avoid what were Padparadscha's and Antarcticite's old rooms. In fact it is their old room that they approach and their old door they knock on; though they've never been one for nervous ticks, they tap their foot as they wait. The sooner they can get out of here, the better.
E ▸ IS THAT A THREAT | open (justice 1, mid-december)
Rutile has popped down to Die Rose Tulpe in a rather dour mood, the bitter aftertaste of nightmares experienced yet poorly remembered driving them in search of company. When the rain begins instinct hastens them out of it, and fortunately the cafe is only around the corner. Other people have had a similar idea; the cafe is actually quite busy, and a quick glance around shows no one Rutile immediately recognizes. They stand in the doorway, rainwater rolling from their hair and dripping off their nose, their lovely sage tunic soaked through.
They've barely slid into the single empty seat when their historically poor luck with the Sentry kicks in. "Let me see your identification and empty your pockets, please," says the officer.
"I will empty your skull," Rutile idly mutters, as a wooden coffee stirrer splinters in their grasp.
F ▸ MEANINGFUL WORK | valdis (arts 4, late december/early january)
All it takes to get asked on the committee for redesigning and updating the architecture of some minor buildings in Aifaran is a portfolio and a demonstration that yes, Rutile is capable of some rudimentary geometry. The portfolio is a little longer in coming, but frequent trips to the library to study up on the principles combined with centuries of drawing detailed crystallographic structures leaves Rutile quite qualified for the position.
They arrive to the meeting early and pick a seat at the corner of the table. Unobtrusive, but present. Near the door, but not quite so. They are a picture of prim prestige even despite the storm; not a hair out of place, they observe with a bit of humor, catching a glimpse of their reflection in the glistening wooden table. Tapping their nails very gently on the wood, they watch as other government employees pass in the hall outside, waiting for others to arrive.
G ▸ WILDCARD | you!! (throughout december)
[ supply your own or hit me up on plurk or discord! ]
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[ Yato makes an unhappy noise when the music box dies in Rutile's grasp, and he takes it from the shelf after they replace it there. ]
Ah, sorry... I've been busy, but that's no excuse for not realizing you were back. Where are you living now?
[ He keeps fiddling with the music box. Maybe he can get it to work again? ]
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I don't believe I've had the pleasure. I've only seen the fruits of your efforts.
[ Suddenly, the clock face explodes and a tiny wooden gyroshei on a spring catapults toward Rutile's face. Rutile ducks and the clock slips from their hands to the floor. ]
What is even the purpose of such a thing?! It does nothing except scare you! If I wanted to leap out of my coat in anger and confusion I would have just stayed home.
[ What a convenient opportunity to not answer Yato's question! ]
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You're kind of rough on the merchandise here, you know? Sorry if it scared you though. I think it's kind of cute, and certainly moreso than the full size gyroshei!
So what was it you were looking for when you came in? I'll help you find it.
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I suppose cute is in the eye of the beholder.
[ The business card disappears into their pocket. ]
I am looking for many small and disparate items, really, some of which I'm not certain can even be found here. Baskets for sorting tools and materials, hangers; bedding, eventually. I quickly became distracted by the merchandise here.
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I don't know what a pachinko parlour or a casino is, so I will just have to take your word for it. Do you think you can show me baskets, at least? That would be a good starting place.
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Pachinko is a gambling game, and casinos are... well, buildings full of other gambling games. Have you ever bet on anything? You'd probably break the bank with your logic or something.
[ But he is good at being clear direction, so when Rutile asks for baskets, he leads them toward a shelf with a small selection of them. Most are more decorative than functional, but there's a few that should suit their needs. ]
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[ Rutile surveys the baskets for a moment, their characteristic disapproval fading away. ]
Oh yes, these will do quite nicely. I appreciate the help, Yato.
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[ He feels inordinately proud when Rutile looks satisfied by the basket finds. ]
No problem.