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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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A.

[personal profile] zohvin 2019-02-10 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Zohvin has already been at the dojo for at least an hour by this point, finished with his warm-up stretches and well into his usual training routine. But even with one foot into a meditative state, he liked to keep an eye on his surroundings, and the commotion didn't escape his notice.

After snapping his staff back to its retracted state, Zohvin strolled over to the two of them, a sardonic edge creeping into his usual soft-spoken tone. "Better than your master is at spotting when he needs a break. Forgive my interruption, but I think you could both use some water and time to catch your breath." Gene needed it the most, of course, but Zohvin wasn't aiming to embarrass him in front of his students.
lasergrenades: (Heh)

C!

[personal profile] lasergrenades 2019-02-11 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Pepper wasn't sure exactly what this was about, but she's hardly about to say no if Gene needs something. Or even just wants to talk. Besides, it's a reason to get out of the townhouse for a little while. Walking around debris and past gutted buildings makes it clear how much of a mess there still is, but it's getting better. People are hopeful.

She spots Gene easily and foregoes her usual buoyant greetings when she sees his eyes are closed. Focusing; meditating maybe?

"Hey," Pepper announces herself quietly, approaching the bench. She drops down next to her friend and surveys the park. "If you're lost in thought I can send in a search party."
ninjainviolet: ([Concerned])

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[personal profile] ninjainviolet 2019-02-13 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
Sheena is off to the side looking over her own schedule of students when she hears a body hit the floor. Looking up, her brows lift in surprise. She had expected to see the student on the mat--not Gene.

But a closer look tells her why, but she waits until the lesson is over and the student gone before striding over to her boss.

"Gene, you're overworking yourself. You need to cut back a little."

What better way to spend the free time before her own class than to chew out her boss? (And yep, this is totally the pot calling the kettle black here considering her own workload, her drawings, and helping with the cleanup.)
unfavorableinstigation: Nita looking directly at the viewer, mouth slightly open, as if she's in the middle of an important or unamused expression. (Focused)

[D] AND [E] ... Separately, of course. |D

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2019-02-16 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[D]

Miles has the right idea of things - as Nita starts spending more time at the docks, she takes more and more notice of what is strange about the boats.

That said-

"Something wrong with the water?" she asks, not altogether far from where Miles is sitting... just also not directly behind him.

"Or are there still warnings of flooding to worry about?"

[E]

"-Are you alright?"

Aly's expression does not escape Nita's notice - and, having just saved herself from being seriously walked into, is cause for concern for the other teen as well.

"Kinda looking lost, there. And I don't mean geographically."
upshore: (Glance // lulamae)

D

[personal profile] upshore 2019-02-22 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
And they certainly are strange - not like anything else in Aifaran.

"Hm?" He looks up when addressed, and turns to face the other Dreamfolk. "Not really, even if it's not my favorite weather for a swim." He hefts the camcorder. "It's not exactly its favorite weather for a swim, either." Sure, it's water-resistant, but that doesn't mean he wants to see just how water-resistant.
wolfishflame: (Bout to drag a bitch // hollow_art)

E

[personal profile] wolfishflame 2019-02-22 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
Aly blinks when she's addressed, and has the good grace to look a little bit sheepish. "What? Yeah, uh, sorry. I was just thinking."

About murder. She was thinking about murder.

"About stuff back home, mostly." Murder. "Sorry. I don't think we've met, and since I was the one who almost smacked right into you, I'll introduce myself. I'm Aly."
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[personal profile] zohvin 2019-02-22 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"You missed a step this time," Zohvin corrected, casting his tone a little lower just in case anyone was curious enough to listen in to their conversation. Just because he often ignored other people's problems didn't mean that he always felt the need to, and letting this one pass by would have just nagged at his conscience later.

"The next time, you're likely to put yourself in the hospital. Every time I stop by the dojo lately, you've been pushing yourself harder, but the humanoid body can only go so far. If this continues, you might sprain your ankle or break a bone next."
unfavorableinstigation: Nita looking right, holding a book. (I'm In The Book)

Re: D

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2019-02-22 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ah."

Water; the bane of (most) technology.

"Yeah, wouldn't want to ruin any footage you get from this," Nita accepts, nodding from where she's now plopped down on the sand.

"Still, from everything I've seen around here already - is there something in the water?"

Maybe explaining why the boats don't have anchors...?
unfavorableinstigation: Nita looking right, holding a book. (I'm In The Book)

I'd say 'and Nita hasn't thought about murder at all!', but I'd be LYING. :v

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2019-02-22 07:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Now that there's space between them (and no harm done), Nita extends a hand to shake.

"Yeah, I'd say we haven't. I'm Nita. Were you heading anyplace, or just getting a walk in?"
upshore: (The People's Eyebrow // lulamae)

[personal profile] upshore 2019-02-24 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"I've already had enough problems with footage," Miles says, thinking about Mount Massive for a moment and how he'd almost lost the camcorder.

"I don't think there's anything strange in the water, unless these ships are leaking chemicals or radioactivity or something. I've got no idea what their whole deal is."

Oh, no. An idea is forming in Miles' head, and, as per usual, it's a dumb one.
wolfishflame: (Side-eye // hollow_art)

[personal profile] wolfishflame 2019-02-24 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Aly shakes Nita's hand. Finally, someone about her age here. She hadn't met anyone about her age since Ilda, who'd disappeared like so many others.

"Just walking around. I think better on my feet." Especially because she's been restless lately.
unfavorableinstigation: It is dark, but Nita is inside reading a book. (Reading Indoors)

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2019-02-24 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"If it was outright poisonous to humans, you'd think they'd mention it in a guide."

A guide; it wouldn't make sense for there just to be the one, not with so many different peoples living here, and visiting...

"Take it the people who brought the ships are the secretive type?"
unfavorableinstigation: Nita working with a Kernel (Wizardry Is Kid Stuff)

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2019-02-24 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
About her height, too; even Kit was taller than Nita these days.

"I've been there. Not usually my style of meditating, but I can appreciate it. All right if I join you for a while, or would that be intruding?"

Granted, maybe she could prevent Aly from running over anyone else.
upshore: ...no matter how many friends you lose or people you leave dead and bloodied along the way? (Investigatory journalist // lulamae)

[personal profile] upshore 2019-02-24 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hey, I've been drinking it for a little over a year, and I haven't died yet," he says cheerfully.

"It sure seems to be that way," Miles says, returning his attention to the ships. "I haven't been able to get any information out of anyone about it. Maybe I'll try and ask that lady who came off of that one ship."
wolfishflame: (Smile // hollow_art)

[personal profile] wolfishflame 2019-02-24 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
"Sure," Aly says, and nods. "I've got no objections." Maybe talking to someone else would be good for her, even if only for a little while. The idea of talking to someone her own age again hit her with a pang of homesickness; she missed everyone else. Not as the Guardians, but just as her friends. She'd fight a legion of faeries to be able to go hang out at Starbucks with them, even just for a couple hours.
lasergrenades: (Bu-wha-whuh)

[personal profile] lasergrenades 2019-02-24 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Ominous indeed. Pepper turns her head, open curiosity on her face. The fact that Gene is asking for something, possibly help, is already enough to have her leaning towards 'yes' on principle.

"Okay," she says with a nod, head tilted. "What's up?"
unfavorableinstigation: Nita looking right, holding a book. (I'm In The Book)

If Miles has an actual description for Nita I can edit the Melias tag. |D

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2019-02-24 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"Freshwater ocean, or do they just desalinate well around here?"

Nita asks as if she doesn't know - and there's no such thing as an unquestionable assumption for her anyway.

"Just the one lady?" Now she's curious for another reason.

"What does she look like?'
unfavorableinstigation: Nita working with a Kernel (Wizardry Is Kid Stuff)

What if the faeries are literally crowding a Starbucks, tho?

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2019-02-24 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Nita moved to fall in alongside Aly when she started moving again.

"... What's home like, for you? If you're okay sharing," Nita backtracked.
wolfishflame: (Watch your six // hollow_art)

If we get to that point, then we have bigger problems

[personal profile] wolfishflame 2019-02-25 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
"Uh, do you know Earth?" Aly says, a little awkwardly. "A lot of people here don't, so. Better to ask, right?

"It's definitely not like here," she says. "Just humans and animals." Of course, the Otherside is more like Konryu than it is like Earth, but she's not going to go spilling all her secrets to someone she just met.
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[personal profile] zohvin 2019-02-25 07:37 am (UTC)(link)
"Are you saying you aren't a fan of vacations?" Zohvin asked dryly. He could tell from the tone of Gene's voice that it wasn't an option - and honestly, it hadn't been his first suggestion. Zohvin wasn't the type to enjoy sitting on his hands, either, but the Jedi had taught patience even before his choice of profession drilled it into him. If waiting was essential, it didn't matter how much you didn't like it.

"My recommendation would be to dial it back a bit. Do you have anyone that could take over a couple of your classes?"
unfavorableinstigation: Nita looking right, holding a book. (I'm In The Book)

Point.

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2019-02-25 06:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"Eeyup. An Earth at least; oceans, forests, and wildlife and all."

Though that didn't mean some alternate Earths couldn't get really strange.

"I mean, I've met my fair share of strangeness before showing up here - okay, some would say more than my fair share..."

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