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Temujin "Gene" Khan ([personal profile] wrathfulkhan) wrote in [community profile] ioduanlogs2019-02-09 02:39 pm

I blame the Nintendo 64 for brutalism.

Characters: Gene Khan, Miles Upshur, Aly Haskell, Kai, and y'all
Date: throughout February
Location: Aifaran and environs
Situation: Why does February feel like one big Tuesday?
Warnings/Rating: Will be added as they arise

[A] | Gene | Xin de Kaishi Dojo | early February, prior to To the Waters and the Wild | open
The dojo's been doing well - better than Gene expected, really. He's got some regular customers and new people poking their heads in regularly, at least to try it out. Unfortunately, he's a little short-staffed, and it's starting to show. He's running himself ragged to the point where his students are landing hits on him more than usual.

When a Castian apologizes profusely for knocking him to the ground, he gets to his feet and congratulates her. "That's fantastic, Chel. Now see if you can get that consistently. You're getting good at spotting openings."

[B] | Gene | the apartment | February 14 | closed to Tony
Valentine's Day had never been a thing in Konryu; the closest was Tine's Commemoration, which luckily fell over the Earth holiday. Gene had never been one for sappy declarations of love, since his emotions were usually locked down tighter than Fort Knox, but he was willing to show it a little more than usual around Tony, and more than that on Valentine's Day.

The dojo is closed today, so he's spent a few hours cooking and making sure everything is shipshape (tidying Tony's mess, mostly, because WHO LEAVES SHIRTS ON THE FLOOR?! Miles. When Tony gets back from the mechanic shop, everything is almost done.

"Hi," Gene says, and gives him a kiss on the cheek.

[C] | Gene | a park | early February | closed to Pepper
Gene had talked to Valdis about kaa, and the only other person left who could help him is Pepper. He's done a lot of thinking about what Valdis had told him, and he'd begun to accept that she was right. Hard pills to swallow, washed down with a bitter brew.

He's sitting on a bench, eyes closed, trying to calm himself to a sort of meditative state. He wouldn't be able to summon Tolui if his mind was full of chaos.

[D] | Miles | the docks | prior to To the Waters and the Wild | open
There's a lot going on lately, and Miles has made his way down to the docks to do a little bit of reconnaissance on the three odd ships that have docked. Naturally, he has his camera, and is filming everything he can, hoping to go over the footage later for anything interesting or anomalies. If he's not filming, he's sitting on the ground - far away from the water - taking notes and interviewing anyone who may have information on it. He'll confront the woman who emerged from the ship later, but he's doing his own investigation for now.

[E] | Aly | the streets | mid-February | open
There's a certain degree of calm to Aly lately. She's been helping with the cleanup and restoration, but she knows that it's time to go home and see her self-appointed mission through. She knows that she can't do that entirely, but she's heard that she can go meditate at one of the turtles' heads. Meditation comes easy for her when she can calm herself down enough to clear her mind, and she's been practicing. She doesn't want to get agitated and fall out of the Dreaming in the middle of what she has to do.

She's preoccupied, walking around with a thoughtful look on her face, and might not hear if you call her name, and might even walk into you. She thinks better on her feet, but maybe she should just pace in her room instead of doing it in public.

[F] | Kai | a park | after To the Waters and the Wild | open
Kai is thrilled to be done with that fishy form, and as a result she's been running everywhere, glad to have the use of her legs. And the ability to transform again, of course.

"Woohoo!" She's running through one of the parks, shooting the ground with ink, and diving into it as a squid, jumping in and out of it to shoot more ink on the ground so she can cruise around. She's having the time of her life.



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highprofilerichkid: (what a dork)

[personal profile] highprofilerichkid 2019-03-06 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
Tony's smile returns, a little more hesitant. But he does chuckle, and gives up on trying to dig out his yimo and make an emergency online order for 45-minute flower delivery.

"Yeah, okay." He puts his hands on Gene's hips and tugs him closer. "Whatever you want," he says, and follows it up with a kiss that carries noticeably more heat than the earlier peck on the cheek.

"I really am sorry," he continues once he pulls away. "The whole Dreaming time displacement thing... I just totally lost track of the date. And it's weird living in a place that doesn't have real seasons." Tony crosses his arms and huffs, jokingly indignant. "How am I supposed to remember that it's Valentine's Day if it's not thirty degrees and sleeting?"
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[personal profile] highprofilerichkid 2019-03-06 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
Well, that's a relief, because between the forgetfulness and the sloppiness and the occasional 36-hour lab binges, Tony sometimes worries that he's a pretty terrible boyfriend.

But Gene's stuck with him this far, so his annoying habits are apparently not dealbreakers. Upside of dating your former archnemesis: any annoying habit is still an improvement on 'frequent attempted murder.'

"It's supposed to have a point? It's weather. I don't think there's a bug reporting system," Tony teases. "Really, you don't miss the snow at all? I think it's got a few things going for it. Hot chocolate, fuzzy socks, snowball fights, sitting in front of the fireplace cuddling..."
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[personal profile] highprofilerichkid 2019-03-06 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
Tony grins back. "Yep." Even if he forgets their dates sometimes, at least he's not going to forget how to appreciate Gene's cooking. "I'm sure you didn't screw it up, though. You haven't screwed up a meal since the mystery vegetable incident, and that one wasn't really your fault. I didn't even know we had giant squash-mimic beetles."
highprofilerichkid: (what a dork)

[personal profile] highprofilerichkid 2019-03-06 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
"I think I'll love it, as long as you don't tell me what it is before I eat it," Tony says agreeably. "It's probably not as weird as sea prunes." He's not wrong.

Now that the topic of conversation has moved to the food, Tony drifts towards the kitchen. He's hungry. He's literally always hungry. Damn Extremis metabolism. "You want help serving?"
unfavorableinstigation: Nita working with a Kernel (Wizardry Is Kid Stuff)

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2019-03-06 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Nita had blinked, though Aly might not have had to explain much; Nita knew well the difference between idyllic fiction and the reality of the Fair Folk - or the Sidhe, as one region called them.

Still, she snorted.

"Not quite the pun I'd have gone for."
wolfishflame: (Bout to drag a bitch // hollow_art)

[personal profile] wolfishflame 2019-03-12 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
"Not my best," Aly admits. "I'm a little off my game lately. Mostly I've just been giving people annoying nicknames." Devin was going to start answering to Gerard, by hook or by crook. "I guess I'm just rusty."
upshore: (I need a fuckin' smoke // lulamae)

[personal profile] upshore 2019-03-12 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
Miles shrugs again. "I'm not a magicologist, and the most in-depth I can get about future tech is having watched Star Trek as a kid. Whatever it is, it seems really advanced by Aifaran standards. And mine too, come to think of it."
unfavorableinstigation: Nita looking right, holding a book. (I'm In The Book)

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2019-03-12 02:08 pm (UTC)(link)
"Now those don't get old."

As long as middle names were kept out of the equation...

"Careful, though. Last time I gave someone a nickname, it- ah, it ended well, but they still didn't survive what happened. Halloween can get weird at home, even when we're trying to be normal."
unfavorableinstigation: Nita working with a Kernel (Wizardry Is Kid Stuff)

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2019-03-12 02:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Nita smiles.

"Kind of relatable, there."

Though, was there a chance of someone from the Enterprise turning up here? Even her own conception of the multiverse thus far had some holes...

"And yeah, same for me. Wonder if these ships would take any questions?"

Yes, Miles, the ships themselves.
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[personal profile] lasergrenades 2019-04-08 05:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Valdis, Bakura, and Pepper all had different insights into Shadow magic, and to each other. Even if Pepper might technically know more rules and detail, Valdis had dealt with something like this, at first, though she's had longer to learn and accept herself. It doesn't entirely surprise her that Gene is having trouble.

She tips her head to the side, studying her friend. Sometimes it's easier, if she can figure out what he's trying to say so he doesn't have to. "You mean you don't feel like who you were and what you were able to do in your Shadow test still apply?" Accepting Tolui would be difficult if Gene didn't think he was worthy, or if there is something Tolui represented to him that he's struggling with. Hm.

"Scratch that," Pepper decides. "Tell me what you think of when you think of Tolui."
wolfishflame: (What // hollow_art)

i still haven't read not on my patch, how

[personal profile] wolfishflame 2019-04-23 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
"Halloween, huh? No kidding. Sounds like we might be from the same neighborhood." You know, just stopping a faerie invasion, totally normal Halloween behavior.

Then she glances at Nita. "That's some kind of nickname there." And she knows well the power of nicknames...
upshore: (hahaha what // lulamae)

[personal profile] upshore 2019-04-23 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
It was before Miles' time, but oh, Horatio, there are things in Heaven and Earth...and on the NCC-1701...

"I haven't tried sticking a microphone in their faces yet," Miles says. "Although, wait, do they have faces?"
unfavorableinstigation: Nita working with a Kernel (Wizardry Is Kid Stuff)

because life has been a dick

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2019-04-23 01:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"Multiversally speaking, that might even be true," Nita answers, only partly joking.

"Yeah, I'll say. Maybe it's something about English."

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2019-04-23 01:37 pm (UTC)(link)
And Nita just snorts at the image.

"Don't need to, I think; these aren't those kinds of living ships."

TUGS hadn't been part of her childhood, but she'd seen screencaps.

"And they'd probably prefer something more subtle, anyway. Doubt they're used to the spotlight."

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