I'm nearly human look at me

[unobtainableredemption]

Characters: Kaine and OPEN
Date: Sometime after the bottle event
Location: Various
Situation: Various
Warnings/Rating: PG-13 to be safe (for Kaine's mouth)


Option 1 - Fire Sector
[Kaine’s standing in front of a storefront, looking through the window at the mantle displayed on the other side and debating whether or not he wants to buy one. Not for the fashion, mind you, but for something he could temporarily wear to cover his face and conceal the giant shiner surrounding his left eye. It’s a cliché, but you should really see the other guy.]


Option 2 - Water Sector
[He had intended to go right home, but now that his face was concealed by the hood of his newly bought mantle, Kaine finds himself walking right past the door to his suite, eventually winding up in a park in the water sector. It's clear by the path of destruction as he enters that one of the baby turtles had been through recently--the rubble had not yet been pushed to the side. He found himself smiling despite himself. When were they going to learn that they couldn't destroy everything?

Kaine sits on one of the benches and pulls the hood low as to cover his black eye, and just stares out at the mess. He could head home some other time.]


Option 3 - Metal Sector (Wearing this costume, though he still has short hair)
[He had forgotten how heavy the outfit was. It was the complete opposite of his Scarlet Spider costume—bulky with ridges and angles that have angles. Then there was the cape. What was he thinking when he added a cape to this thing? There was no reason for it whatsoever. Not like the raised “veins” of the costume, which had once pressed upon the scars of his degeneration to slow its progress, but now just serve to remind him of where the scars used to be. It was perfect.

He couldn't be the Scarlet Spider anymore. Not after what had happened in the bottle. It only served to remind him just how different he was from the others, and just how far he had fallen from what he could have been. And then he found this, his old outfit that once kept him alive, the outfit he wore during the year he spent terrorizing both Reilly and Parker, as well as anyone they might have cared about… and if that wasn't divine intervention, he didn't know what was.

Kaine leaps to the next building, never losing a stride in his step. He’s trying to get used to the suit’s bulk by doing something he’d done hundreds of times in it before... but if he bothered to stop and think about it, he’d realize just how suspicious he looks dressed like that leaping across rooftops at a sprint.]

OOC: If you want to roll with something other than those, feel free to either PM me, reach out to me at redconfession, or just start a thread, your choice.

Comments

[burnseternal]

Apparently so! [Saint Walker smiles at Kaine, as odd as it feels to smile at someone without any visible features. Perhaps it's simply a quirk of some human beings - after all, Hal Jordan also seemed to favour wearing a mask wherever he traveled.]

And why is that, I wonder? I'm here for the view, you see, but somehow I doubt that that's your reason for jumping across the rooftops.

[unobtainableredemption]

[Okay that... that's kind of freaky. Kaine's actually kind of glad he's wearing the mask now, since it hides pretty much all of his facial expressions.]

There's a saying I heard once about idiots loving high places. This place is crawling with superheroes, and they're the biggest idiots around. [Not that he considers himself one.]

And why I'm out here is none of your damn business.

[burnseternal]

[If Saint Walker takes offense to Kaine's words, he certainly doesn't show it in the least, expression as mild as if the man had simply remarked on the weather.]

No, perhaps not, but it seems that you have given me at least half an answer.

[unobtainableredemption]

Were you looking for something more specific? [Because he thought that "none of your damn business" was pretty specific."]

[burnseternal]

Why, even if I were, I suspect you would still tell me that it's none of my business! I'm perfectly capable of drawing my own conclusions.

[He walks across the building to sit on the edge of it, long legs dangling beneath him, and stares out across the city. It's a foreign sight, but still quite lovely in its own way.]

[unobtainableredemption]

So long as you've figured this out.

[Approaches the edge of the building, standing near but not too close to the overly happy little alien guy, and looks out at the skyline. He couldn't say he's ever actually looked at the skyline before... merely swung past it.]

And what conclusions are you drawing?

[burnseternal]

That if you believe that saying of yours, you may consider yourself to be either an idiot, a superhero, or both. And that you may consider me to be an idiot as well, as I'm certainly no superhero - whatever that may be.

[He hums appreciatively.] Either way, the view is very pleasant from up here. Wouldn't you agree?

[unobtainableredemption]

Well I can't think of any other reason why you can't look at the skyline from inside a building like everyone else.

[He... won't confirm nor deny his own thoughts on being an idiot or a superhero.]

It's nothing compared to New York City.

[burnseternal]

Personally, I prefer a sight unobstructed by a ceiling or walls.

[He had come to enjoy living out of doors, but that doesn't seem to be a viable option here. This simply happens to be a good compromise.]

Is New York City where you're from, then?

[unobtainableredemption]

[Kaine arches a brow. Do aliens not believe in buildings?]

I'm sure you can find a place with floor to ceiling windows.

[He shakes his head.] I'm from all over.

[burnseternal]

[It is not physically possible for Saint Walker to raise his eyebrows - he would require eyebrows for that - but the expression he shoots Kaine's way is a good approximation of it.]

Perhaps I could. Does my presence here bother you?

[unobtainableredemption]

Not particularly. [And he meant that. Sure, freaky alien is kind of freaky, but that didn't bother him.]

I don't own the rooftops, I was just trying to offer a suggestion.

[burnseternal]

I see. You needn't bother yourself; I'm quite content here.

[As congenial a soul as Saint Walker is, it isn't as if he would move just because another wanted him to. He's got an obstinate streak a mile wide, though it usually remains well hidden.]

Now, may I have your name, or is that yet another secret?

[unobtainableredemption]

So... What? You just going to move up here?

Sc-- [No, he wasn't the Scarlet Spider anymore. And the last time he wore this costume, he never went with some sort of stupid codename, so...] They call me Kaine.

[burnseternal]

It is good to meet you, Kaine. I am Saint Walker.

[Kaine's inquiry is met with a brief, low chuckle.] No, tempting as that may be. I am new here, and thought it wise to get a different perspective of the city I will be living in, if not the particular Sector I will be living in.

[unobtainableredemption]

I'm going to take a guess and say that "Saint" where you're from and "saint" where I'm from have two different meanings. [Only because of the etymology of the word on Earth. He doesn't particularly know nor care if he fits the actual definition.]

If you're looking for a view, you're in the right place. [Looks out at the skyline again.] There's worse cities to be stuck in.

[burnseternal]

That depends on what it means where you're from. [His name has been thrown into question on only one isolated incident since his arrival, which doesn't particularly surprise him. With so many languages being translated between individuals, it confusion should be expected as a matter of course.]

I am inclined to agree with you. Do you like it here?

[unobtainableredemption]

It means... basically it means "better than you" in not so many words. [Because someone considered a saint would be humble enough to not say that out loud.]

[He shrugs.] I'm not used to being in one place.

[burnseternal]

[That description is enough to elicit a laugh out of Saint Walker, a curiously bright, airy sound when compared to the deep resonance of his voice.] In that case, no, it most certainly does not mean the same thing. It is a title, nothing more.

[An important title, certainly, but simply a title nevertheless. It is as much a part of him as his name is, but he has no particular attachment to making anyone else refer to him as such.]

[unobtainableredemption]

[Man, just when he thinks this guy--guy?--can't get any weirder.]

A title for what? [Kaine isn't sure why he's curious, only that he is. He guesses it's because it's not every day you run into an alien on the top of a building.]

[burnseternal]

Simply speaking, it is a title given to me by my people for my role as a religious guide and mentor.

[Of course it's not as simple as that, but as an explanation, it works well enough.]

[unobtainableredemption]

So you're like some kind of alien monk?

[burnseternal]

Rest assured, I am no alien to my own people. But from what I understand, yes, our roles may be somewhat similar.

[unobtainableredemption]

[Uh... crap, right.]

You seem to know a bit about humanity.

[burnseternal]

Not as much as I should like, though I am learning more every day. There are quite a lot of you here.

[The abundance of humans here is something that clearly puzzles him; if they are capable of pulling people from all over the universe, then why rely so heavily on Earth?]