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lifeaftr2018-06-09 12:31 pm
youfoundher) wrote in lifeaftr2018-06-09 12:31 pm
[closed] And Rehearse The Way You Heal
Who: Barry, Kravitz, Lup, Magnus, Ren, Seto, and Taako
What: Some backdated but important reunions, daddy-daughter day, and Seto learns to fish.
When: Backdated to early May!
Where: Enso, the elf camp and surrounds.
Warnings: Tag as we go I guess.
i. May 4th || I'll Run Away With Your Footsteps - Taako, Magnus, Kravitz, and the kids!
Once Taako frees him from the tree- once he tells him who-- who else is here, Barold is, perhaps, a man possessed. A decade would do that to you- thirteen long, lonely years of hiding, of watching, of triangulating potential sightings over and over and Over again, never really knowing if there was anyone left to find.
When he'd seen her umbrella in Taako's hand he'd-- he almost lost it, then and there. Had spent months attempting to come to terms with the fact that she- that Lup was probably gone, before doing what he knew she would've wanted him to do. He diverted all his attention to taking care of their family; everything else could wait.
A decade and the pessimistic expectation that he'd already lost her- yeah. Barry supposes he's a little like a man possessed, striding into the middle of the lovingly crafted camp with his head on a swivel. Don't mind him, guys- he's happy to see you. Meet you.
He's just- a tad distracted, at the same time. Yeah.
ii. May 4th || I'll Build A City That Dreams For Two - Lup.
He'd only just missed her. An hour sooner, and whoever had called her away to help might've had to wait, for a while.
It's- it's fine, though. She's off doing what she does best- helping people. Taking that... that undying compassion and sharing it with the world. He can hardly begrudge anyone that; wouldn't dream of interrupting something that important.
But he can go for a walk, too restless to simply sit down and wait for her return. It's a chance to gain his bearings; wandering up to the Storyteller's temple, navigating his way back to camp with almost perfect success, then do it all over again. By this points he's- not exactly at his best. Coated in dirt and tree sap, he's also soaked with sweat and- and honestly, he heads back to into camp with every intention of asking Taako to direct him to the nearest beach.
And that's
That's precisely when he sees her.
iii. May 7th || And If You Lose Yourself - Ren.
[More disconcerting than a whole new world, by far, is coming to a new world with people from a variety of dimensions. Not just people with experience in such things, either; soldiers, civilians- children. That last one in particular... gets him, a little. Not just teenagers, not like Lance, but actual, literal kids; even if their ages were up for debate, Ren and Seto absolutely classify as such.
The end result of which is now he's an uncle- or-- dad, or...something? He's not really sure and at this point, he's too afraid to ask. What he does know, without a single doubt, is Lup and Taako love them, which means it's time to put his best foot forward.
So when the hour is early enough for little trash goblins to be huddled round the campfire, enjoying their breakfast egg and fish spice, Barry makes his approach. Crouching down beside Ren with a bowl of fruit and a smile. What's up, little trash goblin.]
So, uh. Lup says I just missed your birthday.
iv. May 8th || I Will Find You - Seto.
Okay, so kids may not be his strong suit, but know what he's- better at? Fishing. And sure, he doesn't need to fish; Lup and Taako's monopoly on the trading economy means he doesn't have to do much of anything, really- but he wants to. It's a relaxing sort of passtime, peaceful.
The perfect type of activity to get to know the second trash goblin two of his favorite people have adopted, starting with threading some rope into sturdy nets.
"Alright, I think we've got everything we need. Ever made a net, before?"
What: Some backdated but important reunions, daddy-daughter day, and Seto learns to fish.
When: Backdated to early May!
Where: Enso, the elf camp and surrounds.
Warnings: Tag as we go I guess.
i. May 4th || I'll Run Away With Your Footsteps - Taako, Magnus, Kravitz, and the kids!
Once Taako frees him from the tree- once he tells him who-- who else is here, Barold is, perhaps, a man possessed. A decade would do that to you- thirteen long, lonely years of hiding, of watching, of triangulating potential sightings over and over and Over again, never really knowing if there was anyone left to find.
When he'd seen her umbrella in Taako's hand he'd-- he almost lost it, then and there. Had spent months attempting to come to terms with the fact that she- that Lup was probably gone, before doing what he knew she would've wanted him to do. He diverted all his attention to taking care of their family; everything else could wait.
A decade and the pessimistic expectation that he'd already lost her- yeah. Barry supposes he's a little like a man possessed, striding into the middle of the lovingly crafted camp with his head on a swivel. Don't mind him, guys- he's happy to see you. Meet you.
He's just- a tad distracted, at the same time. Yeah.
ii. May 4th || I'll Build A City That Dreams For Two - Lup.
He'd only just missed her. An hour sooner, and whoever had called her away to help might've had to wait, for a while.
It's- it's fine, though. She's off doing what she does best- helping people. Taking that... that undying compassion and sharing it with the world. He can hardly begrudge anyone that; wouldn't dream of interrupting something that important.
But he can go for a walk, too restless to simply sit down and wait for her return. It's a chance to gain his bearings; wandering up to the Storyteller's temple, navigating his way back to camp with almost perfect success, then do it all over again. By this points he's- not exactly at his best. Coated in dirt and tree sap, he's also soaked with sweat and- and honestly, he heads back to into camp with every intention of asking Taako to direct him to the nearest beach.
And that's
That's precisely when he sees her.
iii. May 7th || And If You Lose Yourself - Ren.
[More disconcerting than a whole new world, by far, is coming to a new world with people from a variety of dimensions. Not just people with experience in such things, either; soldiers, civilians- children. That last one in particular... gets him, a little. Not just teenagers, not like Lance, but actual, literal kids; even if their ages were up for debate, Ren and Seto absolutely classify as such.
The end result of which is now he's an uncle- or-- dad, or...something? He's not really sure and at this point, he's too afraid to ask. What he does know, without a single doubt, is Lup and Taako love them, which means it's time to put his best foot forward.
So when the hour is early enough for little trash goblins to be huddled round the campfire, enjoying their breakfast egg and fish spice, Barry makes his approach. Crouching down beside Ren with a bowl of fruit and a smile. What's up, little trash goblin.]
So, uh. Lup says I just missed your birthday.
iv. May 8th || I Will Find You - Seto.
Okay, so kids may not be his strong suit, but know what he's- better at? Fishing. And sure, he doesn't need to fish; Lup and Taako's monopoly on the trading economy means he doesn't have to do much of anything, really- but he wants to. It's a relaxing sort of passtime, peaceful.
The perfect type of activity to get to know the second trash goblin two of his favorite people have adopted, starting with threading some rope into sturdy nets.
"Alright, I think we've got everything we need. Ever made a net, before?"
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It's uh. It's not familiar to him- but it sure is friendly, sidling right up with a happy wag of its tail.
He'll take two guesses as to whose dog this is.]
Magnus? [Ha, wow That's enough to garner a genuine grin of his own, giving the pup a friendly pat on the head.] Aw, hell- are we all here, then? Davenport?
Lucretia?
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Huh--well. [ He stops, tone shifting into this very Magnus way of delivering less than pleasant news.] Not them, yet, maybe? But almost everyone else!
[ In Magnus's perspective, there's a lot more people missing - besides IPRE, Carey, Killian, Avi, Angus, many others - but Barry managed to land right on the two people that haven't fallen into a forced interdimentional island vacation.]
Not here right now, though, but lets call 'em up!
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Yeah, about that. [He can feel a bead of sweat running down the back of his neck; a mixture of nerves and a tropical-temperate he's long since become unused to, no doubt.] She... Lup's here?
[If Taako says she's here, he has no reason to doubt him. She must be, just...
It's. It's difficult to believe.]
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Yeah, she's- yeah, she's helping this guy out, some weird fucking shit is happening around this place right now, and we got called up to-- We can give her a call, if you want.
[ He starts feeling and fumbling around in his pockets, hunting for his stone of far speech.]
Fuck, hold on.
[ He goes back into the tent, sounds of shuffling and clanking going around until he starts throwing clothes and his pillow and his bed sheets around.
Johann sits happily by Barry's side, tongue hanging out as he pants.]
Where the fuck--Just a sec!
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What, someone else get stuck in a tree? If- it's okay, big guy. She's got stuff to do, I can wait. [An hour's got nothing on a decade, this is fine. He's fine.
Mostly.]
Want some help?
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Sorry, huh, she'll, she'll be right back. She's just checking on him. It was some real gruesome gross shit. --But,he'll be alright.
....sooooo!
[ A short pause.]
Welcome to the island.
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Heh, thanks. Gotta be honest, though; this place ain't exactly welcoming. [Here, let him grab some of that stuff for you. Pillows don't look so great when they're thrown into the dirt.] About all I know is that magic bullshit is common, round these parts. That and our magic is bunk.
Any, uh, other fun surprises I should know about?
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Oh, huh, you know, there's some stuff. But they kinda come and go, you know? Nothing we haven't really done before. [ You know, popping into different worlds and not knowing what the fuck to expect can kind of compare to dealing with different islands and plants and animals and people and things that'll probably want to kill you.]
I guess one thing is that there's people from all over. Like, different planes and whatever? Different realities? [ Barry must really be special, because he's actually getting some information out of Magnus. Kravitz wasn't so lucky.]
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More cycles. [Cool, cool. Kind of figured they were done with that whole deal kind of, you know, permanently? But no biggie. He can roll with that part.
Way more interesting is Magnus' next statement, drawing Barry's gaze back towards him with a familiar, knowledge-thirsty glint to his eyes. Suck it Kravitz, he's a good boy who gets to lean cool shit.]
What, all of them? Any leads on why? How, for that matter?
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God, he's the absolute worst at explaining things. When the hell is Lup coming back?]
It's not really--a...cyyyycle? Okay, it's-- It's nothing we've done and nowhere we've been, and we don't really have, you know, the- I think we're in a different dimension altogether, I don't think we crossed into a different...reality...
[ You'd think it'd be easier to explain, considering they've traveled through.]
But--yeah, the people. There's loads of them from all over. No idea why. I think we're here to help this god-thing? Who's in charge but not really?
[ Rate your guide: how fulfilling was this tour to you, Barry?]