Event | Turtle Dive | January 16 - 19 | Everything's better down where it's wetter~

[hazelwood]

Characters: Any and all PCs, plus an offering of Lieuen
Date: January 16th - 19th
Location: All Sectors
Situation: Tu Vishan begins to dive to the ocean floor and the city of Keeliai seems unbothered by the process. Bonfire funtimes are made available to all!
Warnings/Rating: Underwater situations; to be updated as noted

>See the comments of this post for various situations and areas available for tagging.
>Each header will be set for a date and/or area.
>A unique thread under the bonfires is available for discussions with Lieuen, should there be interested parties.
>Feel free to start your own header for specific situations.
>Refer to the two OOC posts for further details. 01 | 02

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closed to Bucky

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[Steve nurses a mug of something hot and people-watches near one of the bonfires, taking in the happy crowd. It's strange, cozy in its own way. A world he doesn't understand, really, but the closeness of the community - the smallness of it, the way the whole world shifts and they all adjust accordingly - makes it feel more familiar than the world he was in before he came here.

He shakes his head and focuses on the drink instead - probably best to keep that feeling to himself.]

[trainwrecked]

[Bucky has been... uneasy, with the lack of sunlight. Complicated as natural light could be in New York City, he hadn't actually been cut away from it completely until Hydra.]

[And those are not fond memories.]

[Seeing Steve, however... the easy, calm expression on his face lit by the bonfire? For a few moments, as he is walking over to him are enough to make him feel almost normal, darkness notwithstanding.]

Hey. Experimenting with more local brews?

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[He coughs slightly into the drink, recovering before he replies.] No. Not alcoholic ones at least. It's kind of like cider - a little more bitter, but it's good.

[Steve's smile returns, gentler, as a family of kedan walks past. Funny how it's gotten easier to tell relatives and immediate family, in the time they've been here.] How's it going?

[The dive, yes, but also things in general. He snags another cup of the cider-ish-thing from a passing vendor and offers it to Bucky. Steve didn't miss that uneasiness, Buck.]

[trainwrecked]

[And Bucky totally smirks at the choking, eyes crinkling in the firelight.] I hear alcohol's better at warming you up. No, wait, I know for a fact that it is.

[He watches the cup for a moment, then snags it and takes a small gulp out of it, prepared for the difference in taste, as Steve described them. Then he scrunches his face, contemplatively, and nods. It's acceptable.]

[But that's postponing answering the question, of course.]

The place's still confusing, especcially the running of it. I'm betting it could've been worse. You?

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[As to the running of the place, under his breath:] And how.

[He considers the question though, really thinks about it, and can't help smiling again.] I'm... good. I'm really good, all things considered.

[He's still worried about the way people come and go in this place, who will be next, whether they really go home - but so far, things could be a lot worse.]

[trainwrecked]

[Bucky manages a low snort, then...]

[Okay, hearing that from Steve?]

'Really good'? [Despite the darkness closing in on him, that makes him smile.] That's been a while, hasn't it.

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Really good. [Steve grins, deciding he likes those two words in tandem.] It has been. But how can we get you feeling the same?

[He nudges Bucky with an elbow and starts to walk, to wander really, between the bonfires.]

[trainwrecked]

[Bucky grins, he can't really resist Steve in good cheer. And the light of the bonfires... There've been a few nights back with the commandos when they weren't hiding. He can almost think himself back there.]

I'm not very fond of the constant dark. Last place I was that had no windows... well. You got there and it got blown up. Other than that - I'm here, breathing and talking and such, and you're here, and whatever the threat is, it ain't here, yet, so... it's good. I'm good.