It has a million and one uses, fine purple mist.

[wrathfulkhan]

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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Comments

Your endurance is impressive

[pandapanov]

Pot, meet kettle.

"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

[saintoflangley]

"Probably," Alex admits. He doesn't really care to examine his own thoughts and feelings for the past several years, and of course he'd lost several years to alcohol. So maybe it was before that, and maybe after. But either way, Mo ought to be worried. He usually should be worried about Alex, honestly.

"Though I can't put my finger on exactly how long right now."

Correct

[pandapanov]

"Fair enough." Something to be examined later, although it's not necessarily the most important thing to consider anyway. Summary: it's been too long, but better late than never.

And Mo does worry. With Carlos gone, though, there might be more room for healing. "Don't give up, alright? Doctor's orders."

[saintoflangley]

It has been far too long, hasn't it?

Then Alex smiles. "Mo, since when have you ever known me to give up?"

Discounting the whole passive-suicide-by-alcoholism thing. We don't talk about that.

[pandapanov]

"Very rarely. The occasional reminder to keep up the good work can't go amiss, though, can it? Positive reinforcement."

Mo does have faith that Alex will manage without him here, and perhaps prying open his shell a bit might be a way for him to develop a stronger support system.

"Would you prefer to stay here for a while, or shall we go find someone to give us a ride up to the turtle's head?" he wants to know.

[saintoflangley]

Don't pry open his shell! Then seagulls can get at his vulnerable meat!

"Let's stay here," he says quietly. "Just for a little while longer. Let's just...stay."

Because who knows how much time they have left?

[pandapanov]

Mo nods and offers Alex a not-quite-misty-eyed smile. He hates that he has to leave, that they have no choice in the matter. Yes, they'll figure this out at home, and yes, it'll be good then, but for now it's just cruel and there's hardly a better word for it.

So: staying. Whatever Mo can do in the time he has left here to help make is easier on Alex, he'll do.

"Of course," he says, and tries to pretend that they're not on a clock.

This thread is brutal and I love it

[saintoflangley]