[EVENT] Moon and Mirrors (Welcome Mingle Log)

[khuimods]

Characters: ALL
Date: January 15
Location: At the Dreaming Bridge and all over Aifaran!
Situation: A large influx of Dreamfolk arrive in time for one of the Lunar Festivals, and they're all invited!
Warnings/Rating: N/A


A surprising amount of Dreamfolk have arrived within a short time frame - a peculiarity remarked upon by a number of Aifaran's residents. It is unusual in that it coincides with a lunar festival, one which only happens every fifty or so years.

Newcomers will find the streets packed with all sorts of people, stalls of fried and sugared foods, carnivalesque games and rides, and all other manner of things to do. Merchants are very keen to get their wares out there, and the stipend given may just burn a hole in your pocket when you see what's for sale.

Comments

HI THERE ROOMIE

[highprofilerichkid]

Tony eventually makes it to his new room. He'd had to catch up with Gene and Pepper, and he doesn't really know either of his assigned roommates, and he isn't planning on staying there long anyway, so it hadn't been high on his priority list.

He doesn't like being downgraded from his nice Sky Sector house and his very nice Stark Tower penthouse to... a glorified dorm room, but, whatever. It's a place to crash and stash his armor for the time being.

He opens the door on one of his new roommates: the one he's at least met before, though it would be a stretch to say that he 'knows' him.

"Oh. Uh." Tony's a little wary of the dude after he heard about what happened between him and Miles, but, hey, it's been five hundred years, right? Ha ha. Tony puts on a reasonably sincere smile and offers a friendly wave of greeting. "Tony Stark. Your new roommate. I just got back. Hi."

[no_light]

Yeah, it would do well to be wary after that story, though Miles is among the people who push Kylo's buttons in a way few others do.

Still, the look Kylo shoots him is somewhere between disgruntled and forbidding. He gives an annoyed snort before going back to inspecting the rooms, little as there is to see in their dorm.

"Stark. I saw you around Keeliai. You've been here... there before." And, well, he's not sure if that's going to make things easier or harder. Either way, he adds, "I'm not planning to stay here for long."

[highprofilerichkid]

Sorry, Kylo, Miles' story trumps yours. Tony is very loyal and very credulous, and he and Miles are friends. They're nanite buddies!

Tony is also completely unfazed by Kylo's surly expression. That's, like, Gene's normal resting bitchface. He's immune.

"I was there a few years. And... now I'm here. Which really stinks, but I haven't figured out how to leave a bad review on Yelp for giant magic turtle dimension spells yet. You're Kylo, right?" He raises his eyebrows at Kylo's assertion that he won't be around for long. "Do you already have a job lined up? It sounds like we're actually going to have to pay rent this time around." No more freeloading in the Sky Sector. Bummer.

[no_light]

Welcome to one more person in your life who has the resting bitch face, Tony. You're just lucky like that.

That whole Yelp talk leaves him utterly confused, which does nothing for the scowly face, but at least it has him stumped enough that he doesn't immediately go back to grumbling. Then there's that talk of a job and...

Well, he deflates visibly, broad shoulders slumping and all.

"I will have to look into a job," he says, which means, no, he hasn't yet. His first job in Keeliai had been tea house waiter but he's not very keen to return to the service industry. "I don't suppose credentials from Keeliai will mean much more."

But he might be desperate enough to try and go back into healing anyway. It's slightly less humiliating than serving tea.

he has no idea there have been different kylos

[highprofilerichkid]

"Yeah, having to work for a living is the worst," Tony says cheerfully, and it's not clear if he's being sarcastic or not. He dumps his backpack onto the floor – it hits with a thud that suggests it's heavier than it looks – and flops onto the one remaining unclaimed bed.

"What are you credentials? Besides bird-whispering and fashion-forward layering. What'd you do in Keeliai?"

hahaha cue confusion

[no_light]

Kylo takes it as sarcasm, as the bristling gives away, but before he has a chance to take proper offense Tony's next words leave him utterly confused.

"Bird-whispering?" he repeats, brows knitted in annoyance. "What are you talking about? I've never dealt with birds!"

Little does he know he has been brought to this place as a pet necromancer

[highprofilerichkid]

"You know what I mean," Tony says dismissively, and wiggles his fingers in a 'woo-woo magic' gesture. "The Force. Sense the universe, choke out your enemies, move small objects and annoy the local wildlife with your mind, all that." See, Kylo? He's an expert. "Anyway, they don't have a Jedi Council here, so you might have a hard time making a career out of space magic."