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ioduanlogs2018-03-03 05:52 pm
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I was born with lightning in my heels | March Catchall
Characters: Pepper Potts, Devin Parker, and you!
Date: Throughout March
Location: Around Aifaran
Situation: Pepper and Devin are getting used to their new jobs. Pepper has an encounter with building materials, goes on patrol, and walks into a bad neighborhood. Devin deals with some personal issues and gets followed around by a pack of inan.
Warnings/Rating: None yet, will add as needed
A. [Pepper] Verdant Sentry - Justice 5 | Open
Pepper has been dutifully studying and basically trying to be the absolute best recruit possible (she may be trying to skip a few steps in this process given her existing skills), and has apparently had a reasonably good impression. They're not letting her run the place yet, but some members of the Sentry have asked her to describe the legal system back home. Apparently, they're intrigued enough that they take her on a few patrols and ask her what police would do, on at least one occasion she's out and about with them wearing the Rescue armor.
B. [Pepper] Sci-Tech 1 | Open
As cool as flying is to get to know the city, it's important to explore on the ground level, too. Pepper is exploring an area where some construction is ongoing. This is normal, for her. New York City almost always had some sort of construction going on, and the scaffolding is a familiar sight. The sudden alarmed yelling as she walks underneath it, however, is new. Before she even has time to properly process what's happening, her ka appears in front of her. The Knight catches the large hammer that threatened to land on Pepper's head, and is shooting an annoyed look at the workmen above them.
C. [Pepper] Crime 1 | Open
Apparently, this is not a great place to wander into. She's on the outskirts of the city as dusk is falling, and Pepper has a very certain sense of being watched and possibly even followed. Perhaps counter to expectation, she is not all that worried. The dagger Solomon gave her is in her boot, Vee is but a thought away, and she's got enough training to be hard to handle. The utter lack of concern on her part appears to have hooked an actual tail, but she doesn't increase her pace.
D. [Devin] Dreaming Bridge | Leo
Most of the time when Devin is not working at the Academy library, he's either in his room or somewhere else quiet where he can read and remain mostly undisturbed. He's not avoiding people per se, but he's not being particularly social, either. The incident with Trahearne and Klaus is still weighing on him. As a result, the vampire is sometimes less antagonistic than he was last month - although sometimes more. Today is one of those days when his roommates are gone long enough that he can have a little peace and quiet, and therefore is probably in a reasonable mood.
E. [Devin] Somewhere Serving Classy Alcohol | Klaus
While Devin can't really afford the amount of alcohol required to get drunk, he does enjoy the flavor of good liquor and isn't opposed to savoring it from time to time. Recent events have certainly been enough to want to take the edge off things, but even if he can't Devin tends to like the atmosphere of older, well-established bars. The lighting is warm, and there's a small booth in a corner that Devin claims so he can see most of the establishment while he sips at a dark, amber-colored drink.
F. [Devin] Metaphysics 3 | Open
He's going to complain to Leo about this. After the young man foisted the cat-like creature on him and refused to take no for an answer, Devin has had to figure out how to be a pet owner. This meant, predictably, a lot of research, and since the inan displays a reasonable amount of intelligence, Devin decides to start training it. He's in one of the city parks working on getting it to come when called when suddenly there's a small pack of the things that seem to want to use Devin as their own personal jungle gym. The vampire is baffled, but he allows the attention and even carefully tries to return it when they let him. One does nip at him, but it's too gentle to break skin, and Devin actually laughs.
(OOC: Let me know if you want a starter or feel free to write your own!)
Date: Throughout March
Location: Around Aifaran
Situation: Pepper and Devin are getting used to their new jobs. Pepper has an encounter with building materials, goes on patrol, and walks into a bad neighborhood. Devin deals with some personal issues and gets followed around by a pack of inan.
Warnings/Rating: None yet, will add as needed
A. [Pepper] Verdant Sentry - Justice 5 | Open
Pepper has been dutifully studying and basically trying to be the absolute best recruit possible (she may be trying to skip a few steps in this process given her existing skills), and has apparently had a reasonably good impression. They're not letting her run the place yet, but some members of the Sentry have asked her to describe the legal system back home. Apparently, they're intrigued enough that they take her on a few patrols and ask her what police would do, on at least one occasion she's out and about with them wearing the Rescue armor.
B. [Pepper] Sci-Tech 1 | Open
As cool as flying is to get to know the city, it's important to explore on the ground level, too. Pepper is exploring an area where some construction is ongoing. This is normal, for her. New York City almost always had some sort of construction going on, and the scaffolding is a familiar sight. The sudden alarmed yelling as she walks underneath it, however, is new. Before she even has time to properly process what's happening, her ka appears in front of her. The Knight catches the large hammer that threatened to land on Pepper's head, and is shooting an annoyed look at the workmen above them.
C. [Pepper] Crime 1 | Open
Apparently, this is not a great place to wander into. She's on the outskirts of the city as dusk is falling, and Pepper has a very certain sense of being watched and possibly even followed. Perhaps counter to expectation, she is not all that worried. The dagger Solomon gave her is in her boot, Vee is but a thought away, and she's got enough training to be hard to handle. The utter lack of concern on her part appears to have hooked an actual tail, but she doesn't increase her pace.
D. [Devin] Dreaming Bridge | Leo
Most of the time when Devin is not working at the Academy library, he's either in his room or somewhere else quiet where he can read and remain mostly undisturbed. He's not avoiding people per se, but he's not being particularly social, either. The incident with Trahearne and Klaus is still weighing on him. As a result, the vampire is sometimes less antagonistic than he was last month - although sometimes more. Today is one of those days when his roommates are gone long enough that he can have a little peace and quiet, and therefore is probably in a reasonable mood.
E. [Devin] Somewhere Serving Classy Alcohol | Klaus
While Devin can't really afford the amount of alcohol required to get drunk, he does enjoy the flavor of good liquor and isn't opposed to savoring it from time to time. Recent events have certainly been enough to want to take the edge off things, but even if he can't Devin tends to like the atmosphere of older, well-established bars. The lighting is warm, and there's a small booth in a corner that Devin claims so he can see most of the establishment while he sips at a dark, amber-colored drink.
F. [Devin] Metaphysics 3 | Open
He's going to complain to Leo about this. After the young man foisted the cat-like creature on him and refused to take no for an answer, Devin has had to figure out how to be a pet owner. This meant, predictably, a lot of research, and since the inan displays a reasonable amount of intelligence, Devin decides to start training it. He's in one of the city parks working on getting it to come when called when suddenly there's a small pack of the things that seem to want to use Devin as their own personal jungle gym. The vampire is baffled, but he allows the attention and even carefully tries to return it when they let him. One does nip at him, but it's too gentle to break skin, and Devin actually laughs.
(OOC: Let me know if you want a starter or feel free to write your own!)
Re: cw: mention of murders
He doubted there were any words in the world that would ease that kind of horror, or to lift that burden of guilt, however much rational thought dictated that the responsibility was on the shoulders on the murderer, not who she was murdering in the name of.
"I'm sure that's what she wants them to think," Klaus said finally, lifting the silence, but his tone wasn't lighter. "Alienate you from any possible allies - you are much less of a threat alone."
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Devin would have traded himself for just one of them. 'Your kind of stupid,' the commander had said wisely.
"That fails to change that this entire disaster is because of what I am," he pointed out quietly. Devin exhaled a shaky breath. "Because of why I'm different. Because of a choice I made before I could remember it. I was not allowed to remember it. I don't even know if I understood what the consequences would be, and I can't change it now."
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He only knew a few people who could actually change the past and that was only on a very localized, deeply personal basis.
"I don't know the circumstances of your choice, or what it entails - but if it was something thrust upon you that you can barely remember..."
He wanted to say it wasn't Devin's fault. Because likely it wasn't. But even if that was (likely) the case, Devin would probably not see it that way. Guilt made people irrational - Klaus knew that from firsthand experience.
"This may seem heartless, but may I ask... was there anything you could have done to help those victims that wouldn't have resulted in something far worse happening? And can you learn anything from her attacks that will allow you to prevent future deaths?"
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In truth, it wouldn't have been his fault in either situation, and Devin bore the brunt of mistakes belonging to another.
"I don't know," he admitted at length, clearly frustrated. "They're random as far as I can tell." A heavy sigh. "She gave warning, but not one we could act on - only that she was back." Devin studied the cut of his glass more intently than was necessary. "There are things I know here that I don't know in my world. I know what she's going to do, but I don't know how she accomplishes it or what havoc she wreaks along the way. Only that it's war on a scale no one has ever seen."
Only that Bobby will kill him as a mortal man, not a vampire. It should be impossible.
"I'd give myself up, consequences be damned, but wiser people than I have decreed that's not an option."
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He didn't need to say 'or they'd have done it already'.
He felt another pang of sympathy for Devin. Did he have friends back home? Did he have comrades he could trust who, in turn, trusted him? What little he'd heard, it didn't sound like it. It seemed more like Devin got to live only because he was less danger out of the hands of a maniac.
"Do you know her underlying motivation? Clearly she wants to start some kind of war, but people do not go to war for no reason."
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"I do," he said slowly. "More or less. I have something she wants." Devin paused, inhaled slowly. "A key, effectively, to a number of doors that must stay closed to her, and to her ilk. Exactly which, I do not know. Her recent actions suggest that she has plans to seize control over humanity, though that may only be a distraction. I doubt it's her only goal."
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The latter was a rare thing. He was well aware there were several forces in Jerusalem's Lot who were powerful enough to conquer the world should the fancy take them, and the only thing stopping them was apathy towards dominion and subjugation of the world.
"What would it be a distraction from?"
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Things were static for demons as well as angels, most of the time.
"I don't know," he replied, sounding faintly annoyed with the line of questioning. "I have asked myself what it is that she's after a hundred times. I've asked those that really ought to know, and been told nothing." The Spirit always withheld information from Devin, presumably for his 'safety', whatever the hell that meant. "But I wouldn't put it past her to upend the very order of the universe in her favor, just so she has rights to 'redecorate'."