tushanshu_logs | Won't you follow me into the jungle

Characters: Pepper Potts, Yami no Bakura, Gene Khan and you!
Date: Throughout August
Location: Keeliai
Situation: Pepper is working on the Police Force, running into a Thief King, and getting ready for cast-off!
Warnings/Rating: None yet, will add as needed

A. Sky Sector | Backdated to late July | Thief King Bakura

Pepper is nothing if not curious about Bakura's split to his older self, but she's also a little worried about how volatile he might be. As anticipated, the Thief King isn't particularly difficult to find. She'd know that red coat anywhere. Her ka is hovering invisibly at the edge of her senses, wary. While Pepper has her deck and Duelist gauntlet in her bag, she's really hoping that they won't come anywhere near to being used.

"I hear you beat yourself up," she says by way of introduction, trying for a smile.

B. Jade Dojo | Early August | Bakura

Meeting the Thief King had been interesting, to put it mildly. It really was remarkable, getting some idea of what Bakura had been like three millennia ago. Perhaps a little unnerving, too. And although Bakura had refused to answer whether he was okay or not after their altercation (and subsequent loss of the Ring and the way his ghosts behaved), Pepper can't help but continue to wonder about his state of mind. That, and she's just curious about the Thief King in general; questions were her specialty, after all.

C. Hatal | August 1-16 | Open

Being anchored for as long as they have has been pretty awesome, in some ways. Pepper was starting to get used to what Hatal was like, learning it's streets and spending her fair share of time oohing and aahing and not doing as much shopping as the business owners probably would have hoped. Once they learn that Tu Vishan is both awake and leaving soon, Pepper makes the most of their remaining time and when she isn't busy (which isn't all that often, actually) she's taking in the last of the sights.

D. Around Keeliai | Open

Although Pepper was expecting to have some difficulties with the new government and the police force, she's really not enjoying having to deal with it. Still, she was and is central to both efforts going forward. She just has to buckle down and deal with the protests devolving into violence and the various other troubles the same way she always does: with a fierce smile and a ton of determination.

She can be found all over the city, sometimes alone and sometimes on patrol with other police force members, usually without the armor. At least a few nights a week Pepper gets in the armor and keeps an eye on Keeliai from above. Once they figure out that the turtle is about to leave Tavimbi, Pepper can also be found helping with preparations for casting off - removing anchors, shoring up structures, and so on. General, she's all positivity, but sometimes when Pepper is alone she looks a little tired or distracted.

Threaded | Flat

This wasn't exactly the usual superhero work that Chat dealt with on a daily basis. Supervillains were easy to fight, you knew you could punch them and they wouldn't end up with shattered jaws. Dealing with the ever-increasing hostilities amongst regular people was a lot more tricky to deal with. It requires a lot of diplomacy, which quite frankly he's better at without the mask on.

Still, at least he can try and fake it as best he can. And they always go out in pairs, so should the worst happen, they can back one another up. It's while he's on patrol with Pepper that the sounds of another fight start to bubble up from some point in the city, and he lets out a groan in response.

"Are they ever gonna quit with this? Just one day. One day without a riot. Is that too much to ask for?"

In the wake of the Thief King's disappearance, the ghosts had returned (sullenly, he thought) to Bakura and with the Ring once more in his possession, all seemed to have returned to normal. In fact, other than the slight favouring of one side where cracked ribs and bruising still ached, and the faintest of damages where one knew where to look, it almost seemed as if the former Bakura's presence had been erased from having been in Keeliai at all.

Bakura is just as satisfied to leave it at that... it's a shame that other people aren't.

"Did you now?" the Thief King replies, surveying her. He knows her, because Bakura knows her, and he's not from the past per se. It's complicated. He's always been complicated.

"You might have heard incorrectly, since all I did was put a willful piece of myself back in its place. Have you come to scold me for it?"