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ioduanlogs2019-03-03 08:11 pm
bestofthevein) wrote in ioduanlogs2019-03-03 08:11 pm
[OPEN] maybe this time I can be strong
Characters: Kit + you!
Date: the beginning of March
Location: one of the previously 'drowned' office buildings; the Dreaming Bridge
Situation: A dwarf’s ill-fated return to Konryu after a several month-long absence; he’s been changed by the experience.
Warnings/Rating: Just general bad headspace warnings here; Kit’s seen some shit and is a little messed up by it.
I. An abandoned office building in Malimo
Kit is a man intimately acquainted with death, having died twice previously, and knowing what he knows of death and dying is enough to make it clear to him that, wherever he was before, he was most definitely alive. Lying on the linoleum floor of an abandoned office building with the stomach-churning stink of sea water and dead fish still pungent in his nose, he’s left wondering whether dying a third time would have been a mercy.
There’s a deep, throbbing ache pulsing in his temples, and Kit bares his teeth in a grin and reaches up a hand to cover his eyes. It takes his limbs a moment to respond to his brain’s commands, but slowly, lumbering like a bronto, he pulls himself up to his feet with the aid of an office chair, then squints around himself, disoriented.
He’s lost and alone like this when you find him--whoever you are.
(OOC: Please only one thread response to this prompt! It doesn’t make sense for him to be discovered twice.)
II. The Dreaming Bridge
The Bridge is--different.
“You guys redecorated, huh?” This observation he makes to the attendant at the front desk, who gives him a tolerant sort of smile that suggests taking the time to explain literally everything that has happened since Kit was last in Aifaran is a step or ten above her paygrade. She gives him the key to his room and is kind enough to show him to it, and he thanks her, all lopsided smiles and good humour until her back his turned. Then the blank emptiness returns to his dark eyes, and the thoughts that follow in their wake are grim and upsetting, and feel as though they should belong to someone else.
His legs lead him out of Breakwater Wing back to the common room, which seems somehow smaller and emptier than it was when he last set foot in the city--seven months ago? Had he only been gone that long?
At least no one moved the coffee machine; he trudges over to it and sets about making himself a cup in dead-eyed silence.
III. Wildcard!
(OOC: Got an idea? Lay it on me!)
Date: the beginning of March
Location: one of the previously 'drowned' office buildings; the Dreaming Bridge
Situation: A dwarf’s ill-fated return to Konryu after a several month-long absence; he’s been changed by the experience.
Warnings/Rating: Just general bad headspace warnings here; Kit’s seen some shit and is a little messed up by it.
I. An abandoned office building in Malimo
Kit is a man intimately acquainted with death, having died twice previously, and knowing what he knows of death and dying is enough to make it clear to him that, wherever he was before, he was most definitely alive. Lying on the linoleum floor of an abandoned office building with the stomach-churning stink of sea water and dead fish still pungent in his nose, he’s left wondering whether dying a third time would have been a mercy.
There’s a deep, throbbing ache pulsing in his temples, and Kit bares his teeth in a grin and reaches up a hand to cover his eyes. It takes his limbs a moment to respond to his brain’s commands, but slowly, lumbering like a bronto, he pulls himself up to his feet with the aid of an office chair, then squints around himself, disoriented.
He’s lost and alone like this when you find him--whoever you are.
(OOC: Please only one thread response to this prompt! It doesn’t make sense for him to be discovered twice.)
II. The Dreaming Bridge
The Bridge is--different.
“You guys redecorated, huh?” This observation he makes to the attendant at the front desk, who gives him a tolerant sort of smile that suggests taking the time to explain literally everything that has happened since Kit was last in Aifaran is a step or ten above her paygrade. She gives him the key to his room and is kind enough to show him to it, and he thanks her, all lopsided smiles and good humour until her back his turned. Then the blank emptiness returns to his dark eyes, and the thoughts that follow in their wake are grim and upsetting, and feel as though they should belong to someone else.
His legs lead him out of Breakwater Wing back to the common room, which seems somehow smaller and emptier than it was when he last set foot in the city--seven months ago? Had he only been gone that long?
At least no one moved the coffee machine; he trudges over to it and sets about making himself a cup in dead-eyed silence.
III. Wildcard!
(OOC: Got an idea? Lay it on me!)