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tushanshu_logs2017-02-06 06:37 pm
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If you close your eyes in a moment you will be there
Characters: Pepper Potts, Yami no Bakura, Tony Stark, Adrien Agreste, and you!
Date: Throughout February
Location: House Spicy Iron Dragon, KPD Headquarters, and around Keeliai
Situation: It's snowing! That means Pepper is dragging friends outside to play. The Dreaming is making itself known in more ways than one, and she's predictably busy as usual.
Warnings/Rating: None yet
A. House Spicy Iron Dragon | Backdated to January | Bakura and Tony
With the dojo as damaged as it was, Pepper offered to have Bakura stay over at the house. Otherwise he was just going to be grumpy as all get out for however long it took to repair it. Her roommates might not be thrilled, but it was her life, and her boyfriend, for lack of a better term, and she wasn't going to leave Bakura hanging. She'd left the Rescue armor at the dojo to stand guard for the night, so by the time they got back to the house Pepper was a little chilled and definitely damp.
"I'm going to make tea," she declared as soon as they walked in the door. "There will also be scones."
B. KPD Headquarters | Feb 8 | Adrien
The police force is still busy with the last of the hurricane repairs, but it seems like the snow has deterred a lot of people from getting up to mischief. Her armor stands near her desk at the headquarters; it's pretty frigid outside and she's been wearing it every time she's on patrol. Now, though, she's got one of her favorite scarves wrapped around her shoulders and she's working on a backlog of paperwork from the storm.
C. Sky Sector | First half of February | Open
It's snowing! It's also really, really cold, but snow! That means snowball fights are 100% required, and making snowmen, and snow angels, and introducing all of these traditions to anyone willing to hang out. Pepper bundles up as well as she can and ventures outside when she has free time, and it's quite common to see her, red-cheeked and with snowflakes fringing her hair, grinning like a loon and hurling snow at friends.
D. Around Keeliai | Throughout February | Open
The Dreaming makes itself known every so often, and in new and weird ways pretty much every time. Pepper sticks mostly to her schedule, even when she starts hearing rumors about something strange happening among the Foreigners during the second week of February. As long as no one is dying, she mostly doesn't care. There's a lot going on in the city, and there's not much to be done about the Dreaming when it wants to make some noise.
Throughout the month, she can be found at the KPD Headquarters or out on patrol, though she's wearing the Rescue armor when on patrol as a way to keep warm in the snow. Jade Dojo is closed to the public, but Pepper still visits and it's not uncommon to find her in the Wood Sector a few days a week. And since home is in the Sky Sector, that's a good place to look if someone is trying to find her.
E. Central Sector | After Feb 12 | Zelos
After a somewhat tense if enlightening conversation with Kratos, Pepper has been considering Zelos and the potential problems that have been raised. This is a delicate situation for a number of reasons, and she knows she needs to be careful about how she handles things. She can't help Zelos if he pushes her away (although realistically, even if he did she'd keep after him because that's just what she does). It takes a little searching - he doesn't seem to be at the Hotel or the shelter, although she gets told he's been hanging around the Welcome Center a lot. So, that's where Pepper goes looking, and indeed she finds him nearby.
Rather than wave or call hello or do anything remotely resembling an appropriate or traditional greeting, Pepper picks up a large handful of snow, packs it into a ball and throws it at him. It may or may not be aimed at his head. "Hey, Zelos!" Predictably, she is sporting a wide grin, and only after hurling the snowball does she say: "Duck."
F. Midnight Hotel | Mid February | Miles
Having another New Yorker around is always a good thing. Miles is good company, too, although Pepper hasn't had a chance to see him much with the hurricane and the aftermath. Busy is good, but sometimes busy makes it hard to hang out with people. So when things calm down a little and there's enough snow on the ground to even make New York schools call a delay (though probably not a day off), Pepper heads to the Hotel in search of him, sporting a smile and ready to argue the relative merits of different boroughs.
G. Jade Dojo | Late February | Bakura
It's late, but the house was a bit crowded and Pepper knew that the dojo was always more private. Plus, she had offered to come by more often at night since she hadn't been visiting as frequently as she used to now that she was sleeping better. A little before twelve, she slipped out of the house and made her way to the Wood Sector, dodging a few stubborn piles of snow, and left her shoes out on the veranda to avoid tracking in mud or water. Since she was here to spend time with Bakura and not necessarily spar, she wandered into the office and went in search of him, calling his name softly to announce her presence.
(OOC Note: Let me know if you'd like a specific starter, or feel free to make your own!)
Date: Throughout February
Location: House Spicy Iron Dragon, KPD Headquarters, and around Keeliai
Situation: It's snowing! That means Pepper is dragging friends outside to play. The Dreaming is making itself known in more ways than one, and she's predictably busy as usual.
Warnings/Rating: None yet
A. House Spicy Iron Dragon | Backdated to January | Bakura and Tony
With the dojo as damaged as it was, Pepper offered to have Bakura stay over at the house. Otherwise he was just going to be grumpy as all get out for however long it took to repair it. Her roommates might not be thrilled, but it was her life, and her boyfriend, for lack of a better term, and she wasn't going to leave Bakura hanging. She'd left the Rescue armor at the dojo to stand guard for the night, so by the time they got back to the house Pepper was a little chilled and definitely damp.
"I'm going to make tea," she declared as soon as they walked in the door. "There will also be scones."
B. KPD Headquarters | Feb 8 | Adrien
The police force is still busy with the last of the hurricane repairs, but it seems like the snow has deterred a lot of people from getting up to mischief. Her armor stands near her desk at the headquarters; it's pretty frigid outside and she's been wearing it every time she's on patrol. Now, though, she's got one of her favorite scarves wrapped around her shoulders and she's working on a backlog of paperwork from the storm.
C. Sky Sector | First half of February | Open
It's snowing! It's also really, really cold, but snow! That means snowball fights are 100% required, and making snowmen, and snow angels, and introducing all of these traditions to anyone willing to hang out. Pepper bundles up as well as she can and ventures outside when she has free time, and it's quite common to see her, red-cheeked and with snowflakes fringing her hair, grinning like a loon and hurling snow at friends.
D. Around Keeliai | Throughout February | Open
The Dreaming makes itself known every so often, and in new and weird ways pretty much every time. Pepper sticks mostly to her schedule, even when she starts hearing rumors about something strange happening among the Foreigners during the second week of February. As long as no one is dying, she mostly doesn't care. There's a lot going on in the city, and there's not much to be done about the Dreaming when it wants to make some noise.
Throughout the month, she can be found at the KPD Headquarters or out on patrol, though she's wearing the Rescue armor when on patrol as a way to keep warm in the snow. Jade Dojo is closed to the public, but Pepper still visits and it's not uncommon to find her in the Wood Sector a few days a week. And since home is in the Sky Sector, that's a good place to look if someone is trying to find her.
E. Central Sector | After Feb 12 | Zelos
After a somewhat tense if enlightening conversation with Kratos, Pepper has been considering Zelos and the potential problems that have been raised. This is a delicate situation for a number of reasons, and she knows she needs to be careful about how she handles things. She can't help Zelos if he pushes her away (although realistically, even if he did she'd keep after him because that's just what she does). It takes a little searching - he doesn't seem to be at the Hotel or the shelter, although she gets told he's been hanging around the Welcome Center a lot. So, that's where Pepper goes looking, and indeed she finds him nearby.
Rather than wave or call hello or do anything remotely resembling an appropriate or traditional greeting, Pepper picks up a large handful of snow, packs it into a ball and throws it at him. It may or may not be aimed at his head. "Hey, Zelos!" Predictably, she is sporting a wide grin, and only after hurling the snowball does she say: "Duck."
F. Midnight Hotel | Mid February | Miles
Having another New Yorker around is always a good thing. Miles is good company, too, although Pepper hasn't had a chance to see him much with the hurricane and the aftermath. Busy is good, but sometimes busy makes it hard to hang out with people. So when things calm down a little and there's enough snow on the ground to even make New York schools call a delay (though probably not a day off), Pepper heads to the Hotel in search of him, sporting a smile and ready to argue the relative merits of different boroughs.
G. Jade Dojo | Late February | Bakura
It's late, but the house was a bit crowded and Pepper knew that the dojo was always more private. Plus, she had offered to come by more often at night since she hadn't been visiting as frequently as she used to now that she was sleeping better. A little before twelve, she slipped out of the house and made her way to the Wood Sector, dodging a few stubborn piles of snow, and left her shoes out on the veranda to avoid tracking in mud or water. Since she was here to spend time with Bakura and not necessarily spar, she wandered into the office and went in search of him, calling his name softly to announce her presence.
(OOC Note: Let me know if you'd like a specific starter, or feel free to make your own!)
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"You talked to Kratos." Zelos's voice has a hint of anger in it, but even he's not sure where that anger's directed. "Did he wait a whole day, or did you find him and ask?"
Congratulations, Pepper. He's not avoiding anymore. Kind of hard to do when there's no more room to maneuver. That doesn't mean he's going to make it easy, though; the wound's still fresh, barely given a chance to heal before the Dreaming snatched him, and ignoring its existence since then hasn't done a single thing to help how raw it still is.
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She's also dismayed that Kratos was right; Pepper really wanted him to be misinterpreting things.
"Kratos has his own giant set of problems, and believe me, he and I are gonna be talking about them eventually, but he's not why I'm here." And that is, in fact, the truth. She'd told Kratos much the same. "I'm here for you. I get not wanting to say what happened on a public network, or really at all, but..." Pepper hesitates. Well, since she's poking at personal pain, she may as well share some of her own.
She speaks softly, but doesn't look away. "I know what kind of lengths I could go to, if I'm pushed far enough. I know I'm capable of becoming someone totally unrecognizable - an actual monster. And I'd be really good at it, too. My job right now is to protect people, to fight bad guys and evil and keep the world from ending, and I know that I could be worse than anyone my friends and I have ever fought against. I had to face that - literally face it, I saw my dad die right in front of me and almost went over the edge - and I had to accept it, or the thing that was testing me would've killed me and I wouldn't be here right now to talk about it," she tells him, and for the first time there's a tremor in her voice. "So I know a little about having shadows on my soul. I'm not trying to fix you, Zelos, because you aren't broken, and I can't make you do a single thing you don't want to. I just want you to know you're not alone."
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And if there's one thing that would stop his budding anger in its tracks, it's hearing that Pepper has a similar story. That is, in fact, exactly what happens. There's a confused sort of blankness on Zelos's face when she finishes, like all the reactions he had planned suddenly don't apply anymore.
You're supposed to answer that kind of confession with one of your own, right? That's how this is supposed to work. Pepper already knows the gist of it, so Zelos doesn't have any of his usual excuses to avoid the topic. But avoidance habits are hard to break, so it takes him a while to say anything.
"Yeah," he admits. "I betrayed Lloyd. I had a knife on his hunny's throat and turned her over to someone who wanted to use her to bring a goddess back. And even after all of that, Lloyd wouldn't --" Zelos stops, and sighs, and adopts a faint smile more self-deprecating than his usual. "You'd probably like him. The kid can forgive anything."
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Turns out you don't get to choose how other people feel about you. She's worried about Zelos, but doesn't think he's in any immediate danger. If he was trying to get someone else to kill him, he's hopefully not likely to do it with his own hand.
"If you'd done something like that to me, I would want to know why," she continues with a light shrug. "Especially if we'd gotten to be good friends. I would want to know what got you to that point. Maybe Lloyd did, too. Maybe he thought you deserved the chance to explain, or to change, or maybe some part of him knew you needed help, not a sword to the chest. I don't know. Whatever it was, you're here now; Keeliai is definitely the place to go for second chances, but that doesn't mean you can ignore your past. None of us can. I'm all for looking forward, but sometimes you have to turn around and face what got you where you are before you can take another step," Pepper tells him. "When you're ready. I can't make you do anything, like I said, but... I'm here, okay? I want to get to know you better and I want to understand and I want to help if you want that. It's up to you."