pushtheboundaries: (i'm already spent)
Robert Callaghan // ʏ๏кคเ ([personal profile] pushtheboundaries) wrote in [community profile] tushanshu_logs2015-04-01 11:08 am

OPEN LOG; The Masked Man

CHARACTERS; Yokai and YOU!
DATE; Throughout the month of April. [Mostly at night.]
LOCATION; All about Keeliai!
SITUATION; A certain old man has terrible coping methods when it comes to dealing with racing thoughts and stress. A certain masked man finds himself exploring Keelai through yellowed eyes, and may or may not be running in to trouble in the meantime.
WARNINGS/RATINGS; Possible violence. Otherwise, nothing past PG-13.




See me, the red lines cry. See my role in this story, see that I have a wrong to right; see that I am power and that I will not be denied.

Callaghan hadn't chosen the mask without being ignorant of its meaning; he had, however, chosen it for a multitude of reasons. All symbolism aside, it offered full-face coverage, and hardly blocked his peripheral vision. Secured with the ski mask underneath, it would take (and had taken) a heavy strike to knock off, but since arriving here in Keeliai, he'd made a few further tweaks to ensure that if, for whatever reason, he had to don it again...

To be fair, he hadn't considered donning it for the freedom it offered. Dressing in the outfit again felt inherently good, as did running along the building edges with the microbots enhancing his movements. He did not know parkour, per se, but he didn't need to - not when the microbots were there by his feet to give him the push or pull he needed to cross an alley, not when they could toss him in to the air and his own strength could grab on to a protrusion to haul himself in to another position.

God, but this felt good. It felt right. And as long as he could keep himself out of view, the microbots next to him, and the terrain itself from betraying him...

He just had to be careful, was all. Without nearly as many microbots as he had before, he tried to keep to the shadows. And if that ended up with him overseeing a few gang members or so...?

On one hand, it wasn't any of his business.

On the other, there's something to be said about getting carried away.

((Over the course of the month, rumors will begin to spread regarding a mysterious figure, some mugging incidents [unclear as to what side they were partaking in], and some thefts as well. feel free to put a general time period/area in your first comment, or PM/plurk me and we can do something specific!))
needmetoo: (well that ain't good)

[personal profile] needmetoo 2015-04-18 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
She doesn't want to leave until she's sure. But then again, she isn't sure what else can be gained by staying here anyway. Whoever this is won't take any action - answering her questions or otherwise - that'll give her any clues at all.

Not to mention she could dodge, but that would put Yokai between her and her route of escape. And after half a second's thought she realizes that's just not an advantage she's willing to give him. She can always observe later. Maybe even ask Aqua or others for help. But she needs to get out of here first.

She takes a few steps back before turning to run, towards the corridor she made.
needmetoo: (going down)

[personal profile] needmetoo 2015-04-20 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
She does glance backwards briefly. And when she notices he's not there, she does pause, fluttering backwards and forwards briefly at the entrance of the corridor she made. A close eye is particularly kept on the shadows, in case he had somehow melted into them.

But no, there was nothing more she could do here. She steps backwards into the corridor, shutting it behind her, leaving no trace that she'd been there at all save some fading wisps of darkness.

And when she exits again, a few seconds later, she's back in the Central Sector, a stone's throw from the Midnight Hotel. She had a lot to think about now...