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tushanshu_logs2017-03-07 07:49 am
wrathfulkhan) wrote in tushanshu_logs2017-03-07 07:49 am
It has a million and one uses, fine purple mist.
Characters: Gene, Jackie, Peridot, Alex, Miles, and YOOOOUU!!
Date: All of March
Location: All up ins
Situation: ALL THE THINGS!
Warnings/Rating: Will be added as they come up
A. [Gene] | throughout Keeliai | March 1-11| open
So, Gene's having a weird month.
He's not sure if he's happy or sad that his mother's here - she has no soul gem, so he knows she'll disappear. And he wants to apologize to her, but he doesn't know what to say, or how to tell her that in becoming the Mandarin he'd nearly destroyed the world that she'd claimed was his birthright.
He can be found at tea houses, writing in his notebook and thinking, and trying to avoid being home while he thinks. He'd wanted this since he was a child, but he can't wrap his head around it.
As much as he'd wanted it, he has no idea what to do.
B. [Jackie] | Sky Sector | throughout March | open
So, Jackie's having a weird month.
Well, last month was weird too. His girlfriend's a werewolf, he killed his murderer, and Wei has shown up. He's trying to think about what to do. Brigid being a werewolf doesn't matter to him; hell, he's experienced weirder. And he likes her a lot.
He's having nightmares about killing Mr. Tong. He'd been justified, but the way he'd done it had been so brutal...and he'd liked it. He's looking a little haunted these days.
C. [Peridot] | Metal Sector | throughout March | open
Finally! Despite the garbage that passes for technology around here, Peridot's sort-of managed to get her replacement limb enhancers working! Sure, they aren't especially fancy or anything, but they're better than nothing.
Now: time to test.
Everyone is welcome to pass by her garage and enjoy the show.
D. [Alex] | throughout Keeliai | March 1-11 | open
So, Alex is having a weird month.
Aside from reliving all of that shit (and David has a Bostonian twin? What???), Mo's here, and that's all that matters. He hadn't realized just how much he'd missed the psychiatrist until the man had shown up.
He's looking a bit distracted, which is weird for him.
E. [Miles] | throughout Keeliai | throughout March | open
So, Miles is having a weird month.
He sure did have a lot of fun reliving his torture, and of course there was that incident with the Walrider. He's scared of himself, and trying to lie low.
At least he's got his laptop and his camcorder's been fixed.
H. [Jackie] | Midnight Hotel | March 13 | closed to Kylo
The thing with Mr. Tong and how ineffectually Jackie had used the Force had made him decide to get trained, even though he thinks Kylo is creepy. He needs to learn to defend himself.
"Okay," he says when he finds Kylo. "I want to be trained."
I. [Miles] | the Turtle's Head | throughout March | open
There's one thing Miles has heard calms people down - visiting the Turtle's Head. When he gets there, he sees some of those Ban Om guys meditating there, so he opts to go sit somewhere very far away from them.
He sits there, staring at the ocean, trying to wrestle with what the Walrider had done - what he had done.
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Date: All of March
Location: All up ins
Situation: ALL THE THINGS!
Warnings/Rating: Will be added as they come up
A. [Gene] | throughout Keeliai | March 1-11| open
So, Gene's having a weird month.
He's not sure if he's happy or sad that his mother's here - she has no soul gem, so he knows she'll disappear. And he wants to apologize to her, but he doesn't know what to say, or how to tell her that in becoming the Mandarin he'd nearly destroyed the world that she'd claimed was his birthright.
He can be found at tea houses, writing in his notebook and thinking, and trying to avoid being home while he thinks. He'd wanted this since he was a child, but he can't wrap his head around it.
As much as he'd wanted it, he has no idea what to do.
B. [Jackie] | Sky Sector | throughout March | open
So, Jackie's having a weird month.
Well, last month was weird too. His girlfriend's a werewolf, he killed his murderer, and Wei has shown up. He's trying to think about what to do. Brigid being a werewolf doesn't matter to him; hell, he's experienced weirder. And he likes her a lot.
He's having nightmares about killing Mr. Tong. He'd been justified, but the way he'd done it had been so brutal...and he'd liked it. He's looking a little haunted these days.
C. [Peridot] | Metal Sector | throughout March | open
Finally! Despite the garbage that passes for technology around here, Peridot's sort-of managed to get her replacement limb enhancers working! Sure, they aren't especially fancy or anything, but they're better than nothing.
Now: time to test.
Everyone is welcome to pass by her garage and enjoy the show.
D. [Alex] | throughout Keeliai | March 1-11 | open
So, Alex is having a weird month.
Aside from reliving all of that shit (and David has a Bostonian twin? What???), Mo's here, and that's all that matters. He hadn't realized just how much he'd missed the psychiatrist until the man had shown up.
He's looking a bit distracted, which is weird for him.
E. [Miles] | throughout Keeliai | throughout March | open
So, Miles is having a weird month.
He sure did have a lot of fun reliving his torture, and of course there was that incident with the Walrider. He's scared of himself, and trying to lie low.
At least he's got his laptop and his camcorder's been fixed.
H. [Jackie] | Midnight Hotel | March 13 | closed to Kylo
The thing with Mr. Tong and how ineffectually Jackie had used the Force had made him decide to get trained, even though he thinks Kylo is creepy. He needs to learn to defend himself.
"Okay," he says when he finds Kylo. "I want to be trained."
I. [Miles] | the Turtle's Head | throughout March | open
There's one thing Miles has heard calms people down - visiting the Turtle's Head. When he gets there, he sees some of those Ban Om guys meditating there, so he opts to go sit somewhere very far away from them.
He sits there, staring at the ocean, trying to wrestle with what the Walrider had done - what he had done.
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u kno me 2 well
"There are a surprising number of tea houses here, and a lot of them have pretty good food and are quiet." Since he, you know, doesn't want to deal with loud and busy right now.
i know u just well enough
A thought crosses his mind again, drifting up from other parts of this conversation and from home. It isn't fair for Mo to show the affection he wants to, when he's going to be torn away soon. What he'd done already was pushing the boundaries of fair.
"We should have this conversation again when we get home," he tells Alex, reaching over to cover Alex's hand with his. "When we know we'll both be around for a while."
that is also true
He's a little surprised when Mo touches his hand, and he looks down at it, and then back up at Mo. He doesn't say anything, because he's still trying to quash what caused the little 'uh-oh' from earlier, since acknowledging the source of his mild expression of dismay would hurt too much.
but what is truth and what is god /shot for babylon 5 reference
He squeezes Alex's hand gently, and his expression has more than just platonic care or professional concern in it, if Alex can recognize the depth.
"It's this, isn't it, that upset you so much? Losing this," he observes, tone soft.
Alex: what? no. shut up. I think YOU'RE the gay hedgehog around here x(
Alex knows better than to play dumb, especially with Mo, who may know him better than he knows himself. He notices the concern and care and oh, damn it all, love in Mo's expression (you didn't survive to his age in his field by being bad at reading human facial cues), and he's so nonplussed, he's minused.
"Yes," he says, just as quietly. This had been the chief cruelty - that Keeliai would bring someone he loves here, only to snatch him away.
They can both be the gay hedgehog
"Well, now that we've established that," Mo starts, a little wry, "we definitely need to have this conversation again when we're both home." He shifts so he can press a kiss to Alex's forehead. Any more than that and he's genuinely worried he might break the man. "We'll figure this out again," Mo promises, settling back.
acceptable
The kiss on his forehead is interesting, not least because it's the first time he's been kissed in...he doesn't even care to consider how long. The fact of the matter is, the gesture's intimate, and personal, and just so very Mo that he almost laughs.
"I think we'd have to be a pair of idiots not to," he says, chuckling. "And I know we haven't even started to figure anything out yet."
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"True," Mo concedes, smiling. "I suppose we'll have time in between visiting all those tea houses to do as much or as little 'figuring out' as you'd like."
He'd rather let Alex decide how far to take this while Mo is here, since Alex will be the one left alone and remembering. Mo will take what Alex can give, and ask no more of him.
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"You know, there are other things here. I haven't gotten out there yet, for obvious reasons, but going out to the head of the turtle is supposed to be nice." Also, proof positive that they are in point of fact on an enormous turtle.
And the funny thing is - Alex would give Mo anything he asked for, not just because he feels that he owes the shrink, but because he does genuinely love the man.
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"We could see if someone could give us a ride," Mo suggests. "I'd like to see that, if only to gape at it. With all the powered people around here, it can't be that hard to hitchhike. We can make a day of it, bring a picnic or something similarly domestic," he adds lightly.
That would be quiet and relatively private, and even relaxing if the turtle's head is as meditative is it's purported to be.
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) o rly
"'Something similarly domestic'," he wheezes, utterly unable to believe what's happening. He wipes a tear away from his eye, and he refuses to think about whether he's crying from laughter or sadness. "Sure. Why not. We already cook for each other."
What the hell. They're already basically years into a relationship by any reasonable metric.
o yus rly
"After all we've spent our lives doing, especially these past few years, I think it's about time to do things that are just nice and not be concerned about anything else," Mo reasons with laughter still in his tone. "We could use some more domesticity, in all honesty."
They will never be normal (and the standards for 'normal' were absurd anyway), but they could live life as they chose to now, free of the gaze of Medusa or any of it's other shadows.
alex you need to tell your therapist about your repression OH WAIT
"I haven't had a whole lot of room for 'nice' in my life for the better part of two decades," he points out. Or, well, the better part of three. His life's divided into two distinct periods: before-landmine and after-landmine. Things hadn't been nice since before-landmine.
"But if you expect me to bake cookies and wear an apron, you're shit outta luck."
No worries, he already knows
Mo laughs again, quieter this time. "Baking could prove entertaining, but neither cookies nor aprons are a requirement. You already have my attention, you silly old fool."
He could get used to banter like this. He could get used to living like this.
alex it is extremely unbecoming to flick your notboyfriend/psychiatrist on the head so don't do it
It's nice, he decides, to have someone care so much about him in particular. Either that, or the warm fuzzy feeling in his chest meant that this whole thing since arriving in Keeliai had been a fever dream and he was now dying.
Eh. Worse ways you can go out, than thinking someone loves you.
"If I'm a silly old fool, then you're a sillier one," he says, feeling incredibly childish. "Picking an absolute trainwreck like me."
Also you're not allowed to cook, Mo, your cooking is Not Great.do it
"I think I can handle being the sillier fool of the two of us. I'll need a better hat, though," Mo teases, and then his smile softens to something more serious.
"You are what you are, Alex. I'm aware of what you bring with you, and it doesn't deter me. Would I prefer you have escaped the trainwreck? Of course, but only because I wish you had less hardship in your life, not because I need you to be better," he says firmly.
don't encourage his bad life choices
Alex smiles crookedly. "Yeah, well. Not a great time being here in the trainwreck, I can tell you." Then he shrugs, trying to pretend like what Mo is saying isn't a big deal, when in actuality it is almost causing him physical pain to be told once again that he's enough and doesn't deserve the hardship he's gone through (and brought on himself), this time with the added weight of that coming from someone who loves him, and who they both know is going to leave.
There's more hardship about to come from that end, and he tries to turn the part of his brain that's always concerned with the next four or five or ten moves ahead off. He doesn't need that. Not right now. All he needs is to just be here.
"You know, if you were anyone else, I'd ask if you were sure you know what you're getting into. But you practically spend more time in here than I do," he said, and tapped his head. "So I figure you've got a better handle on the situation than me. I trust you."
He doesn't trust a lot of people.
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"That's a good foundation to start on," Mo says. For both now, and for when they get back home. "I trust you, too, for the record."
He doesn't say he loves Alex; they're just words, but they'd hurt him, and Mo is sure the man knows it anyway.
"To think it took being shunted into another reality to get us this far," he adds, making small circles against Alex's hand with his thumb.
[hamilton trash intensifies]
And Mo's made the right call there. Alex knows it, and while it would be nice to hear under other circumstances, right now, it would only crush him.
He squeezes Mo's hand. "Hell, look at where we are. Look at where we started. This alone is evidence that weirder things have happened." Then he snickers. "So don't be surprised. A lot of unexpected stuff happens here, I've found."
do continue
"I am glad to be able to... demonstrate how I feel, now that things are over, and safe." Since neither of them has explicitly said it, but it seems they understand each other like they usually do. Acting on the love he feels before now would only have made Mo more of a target, someone that Alex might see as a weapon to be used against him. With Carlos truly gone, there's at least less need for such worry. "I know that might not make things any easier for you later, but I'm still glad. You should know that you're cared for, and you'll have that to look forward to. You'll have me to look forward to, not to sound too arrogant."
you asked for it
"I'm almost afraid to ask how long you've felt this way." Because Mo is right - even without being told how he feels, Alex had been climbing the walls trying to get him back when he'd been kidnapped by the mafia. It hadn't been allowed to happen, and he'd taken it personally, because it had been his fault. And he'd loved Mo then, even if he hadn't been conscious of it or acknowledged it.
He smiles, a little crookedly. "If it takes fighting a war for us to meet," he says, tapping his bad leg, "it will have been worth it."
I did indeed
"It's been a while," Mo admits. He could put a pin on it for himself, but now was not necessarily the best time to share it. It was around the time Conklin had crawled out of a bottle to protect David and Marie. "But it seemed as though we had much bigger things on our plate, and I was willing to wait."
He did still get to spend time with Alex, and help keep everyone alive. That was worth a little silence.
i can keep this up all day.
Alex bumps him with his shoulder. "Idiot," he says fondly. "You know that's not good for you. Physician, heal thyself. You can't even take your own advice, you quack."
Love doesn't discriminate between the sinners and the saints, and sometimes it even pairs them up. And if there's a reason they're still alive when so many have died...Alex is willing to wait for whatever reward lay at the end of it all. And it looks like their waiting has awkwardly paid off.
Your endurance is impressive
"Wrong kind of doctor, but I take your point," Mo returns warmly. "It wasn't doing me any great harm, I promise." Maybe a little harm; certainly watching Alex blame himself for everything that happened to David and Marie and Mo had not been easy, but the psychiatrist was not without recourse to help. "Should I be similarly concerned about how long it's been this way for you?"
.......title of your sex tape
"Though I can't put my finger on exactly how long right now."
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