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Welcome to the first last_arrival! If you're curious about what's going on here or are thinking about applying, feel free to take us for a test drive. Scenario: Your character has just arrived via the Return Point and taken the uneventful cart ride to a vast city known only to the locals as “the City”. You have no memories that go back 20 years (or less, up to you). You may have some strange new powers but those come with a rather nasty side effect, don't they? If you had a lot of powers, you'll either notice that they're gone altogether or that those nasty side effects are equivalent or worse than the power you're trying to use. Lucky for you it seems like the City is already populated. Unlucky for you, they don't exactly have the best handle on this situation either. Locations: City Streets You're fresh off the cart and just checked into the keep. Now you're free to wander the City and see what there is to see. Open Air Market You've checked in, sure but now you're still milling about the market. Feel free to see if anything you have will be an even trade. Tipping the Velvet Welcome to the brothel. We don't need to tell you what goes on here. Maybe you're looking for a job, maybe you're looking for a good time. Maybe you just want a good vodka drink. Keep threads R rated for the test drive, please. Once the game opens, smut threads can be posted, but need to be locked to community members only Fortunas Care to test your luck in the City's casino? Trade's pretty-much open to whatever the dealer wants. There's a full bar, a restaurant, and plenty of shiny things to distract you. Apartments Everyone lives in the Apartments. Feel free to settle in, find a nice-ish place and hopefully the doors lock. Rules: ♥ Please make your subject line follow this format: Name | Canon | Location [Action/Network] ♥ Please use this header for your first post so people know how to tag you <b>4th Walling Allowed:</b> Yes / No <b>Rating Limits:</b> <b>Extra Notes:</b> Game Opens March 20th 2018
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Re: Get Rekt.

[trip_the_velvet_fantastic]

"Tragedy," moaned Jherick, still attempting to smile, though he was more wincing at that point. "I was hoping to look more like fuck. Then I at least could have gone to work tonight."

"I said," sighed Noa, "don't worry about it. Unless Hero comes by. He might be into that."

They each cast around on their stools, choosing to conclude on things long ago said.

"Anyway," Jherick swept his hand across the bar. "I might not be avalable for not being seen with you on account of the part where I don't have depth perception at the moment and for that I appologize. Pretend I'm winking."

"I think Luna's awake," Noa mused. "Minene's at least around. Some of the new hires." He gave Keegan a long, rather syrupy look. "I may not know anything about this, but after last time, I believe a second party may help preserve my ignorance."

Re: Get Rekt.

[soundsmasher]

"Alright, boss, I hear mention of New Hires. Give me one of them to take along with me." Keegan shrugged, almost as if she wasn't worried about it. At least not as much as she should be given the toll that what she had intended would take on her body.

"Show me whatcha got."She liked having her pick of the liter when she got to work with others. It was refreshing. And sometimes newbies could be fun to fuck around with too.

Re: Get Rekt.

[trip_the_velvet_fantastic]

"I maintain I know nothing about this," Noa insisted, rather weakly this time.

Jherick however removed himself from his seat without a word. Coffeeless silence lingered in the bar for a minute and then two. The stairs thudded and a small, impeccably made up man wearing a second hand junker jacket and boots over his otherwise decent clothes made his way around the corner. He yawned before he could say anything and ended up waving instead. He ended up sputtering, "What the hell. It's not even noon."

Re: Get Rekt.

[soundsmasher]

"Sorry buttercup. Didn't mean to wreck your beauty sleep." Keegan grinned, "I'm Keegan, and you're going to be my help for a few hours."

It would've been better to handle it a tad bit differently, but she didn't feel like being nice. She was in a fowl ass mood. And given the state that Jherick was in, obviously, she was in a less than cordial mood. She'd feel better after she got out the pent up anger that was growing towards the guy who hurt her, for lack of better term, brother.

Re: Get Rekt.

[trip_the_velvet_fantastic]

"Yeah, but here I am," groaned Zephyr, seguing into a lip smack and a, "So, coffee?"

"No coffee today," Noa informed him. "Go outside and play nice and don't tell me about it."

This met firstly with a nod, then another yawn. Zephyr perked up though looking first to Noa, then to Jherick and finally Keegan, who he blinked at, rather stupidly. "Ohhh. So that's how it is. Jher!"

"Hey, yeah?"

"Wanna go on the record statin' this is not pancakes."

"I know."

"And I need pancakes before I do this kinda shit!"

"I said, go play," Noa reitterated.

Re: Get Rekt.

[soundsmasher]

"I'll treat you to pancakes and coffee when we're done, Pretty boy." Keegan muttered, half tempted to grab the male by the ear and drag him if she had to. "I've got business to attend to and I don't have all day. So. Let's go, before I drag you along with me."

She was sure Noa would absolutely love the idea of seeing her drag him out of the Velvet and into the street.

Re: Get Rekt.

[trip_the_velvet_fantastic]

"'Kay," Zephyr muttered. He swung himself over to Kergan's right side, posing every bit the second to her duelist aside from his conspicuous droop. "S'long as you lead..."

He then held out his hand and he smirked. "Guess it's a date."

In the background, Noa snapped his fingers. "Luna, be a love and bring me some vodka."

(OOC: touch telepath and yes, he's being an ass.)

Re: Get Rekt.

[soundsmasher]

Without fear she stuck her hand in his. Her mind was still in it's enraged state. Someone had hurt her family. She was going to fucking wreck whoever the fuckwad was. Damnit, she had people who cared about her now, wasn't that what people did for those who cared for them? They protected them no matter the cost.

"If that's what helps you sleep at night, hotshot."

(OOC: Her mind is a terrifying place, not sure you want to be in there, Zeph))

Re: Get Rekt.

[trip_the_velvet_fantastic]

"Hotshot? Don't get that one so much. Mostly, I..."

Zephyr made it about five steps out the door riding on Keegan's tide before his mouth just sort of stopped.

One, there was the surprise that this had been so damn easy. Most people in the City were at least kind of careful about who they touched, but Keegan just slapped her hand into his. And that was nice! Damn nice so far as hands and touch went. Maybe a little tight in the grip department.

But then again, there was that other Keegan sliding into focus on his nerves. Other Keegan's ink-blot past washed out black and impossibly dark blue and then just lit like a fucking puddle of whiskey in a bar at shootout night. Keegan as herself wanted blood, but she wanted so much more, all of it seering and dark and weirdly sweet.

Kind of stopped his heart for a beat.

"So hey. You taste like s'mores. Did you know that?"

Re: Get Rekt.

[soundsmasher]

"So I take it you either like what you found, or you're about to deflate from the weight of it all?"Keegan joked, an edge of sarcasm to her tone. She didn't fear telepaths. Most of them got one touch and then never wanted to touch her again.

Most anyone who touched her found they didn't want to do it again, if she was being honest. Because they either did it because she let them and they found her insane later, or they did it because they wanted to without her permission and found her insane because she nearly killed them.

"... S'mores? Really? That's nice."

Re: Get Rekt.

[trip_the_velvet_fantastic]

"'s real nice, actually," Zephyr mused, rubbing his free hand over his lips. Maybe he was a bit peculiar even for a telepath in so much as rage wasn't one of his breakpoints, but in a weird way he found pissed off people comfortable. They knew what they were about. Their direction was clear. Maybe not rational, but clear. Reading them, even if he barely knew them, was like walking down a familiar sidewalk-- one foot in front of the other, destinatiob obvious, weird ragey sweetness. Well, sidewalks didn't usually have that...

He shot Keegan his best shit-eating grin. "So like, you're hella fuckin' pissed about what happened to Jher and that's cool. I mean, it's cool you care. Why? Can't get why so much. Why's like... complicated, but I like it. Not that that matters."

Re: Get Rekt.

[soundsmasher]

"The why isn't important. What's important is the fucker hurt my brother, and I'm gonna fuck him up for it." Keegan reiterated, giving the slightest shrug. "Gibson doesn't really like the idea that I'm so violent. So your hear so that I get back to the Velvet alright when I'm done."

She laughed, "You basically get to play bodyguard for a few hours. How's that make you feel?"

Re: Get Rekt.

[trip_the_velvet_fantastic]

"Like I've kinda been here before, but my last boss didn't hold my hand about it," Zephyr answered and he gave Keegan a cheeky little squeeze when he did it. "And well, not gonna argue with any fuckin' up in this case. Like I was upstairs. Still heard that punch."

He took a few more strides, idly scratching at his cheek as he did. "Almost bit my customer. Anyway, didn't see the guy, but I got impressions of him off of enough people, includin' Jher."

Re: Get Rekt.

[soundsmasher]

She kept her eyes on the man pathway. Keeping them from diverting the man beside her. It was better that she didn't look at him. Didn't attempt to get inside his head. Walls were built for a reason. To keep people out and to keep her in.

People came and went. Very few actually stayed. She'd learned that the hard way. "Just do a favor, and don't let me fall on my face." The words were cryptic with no explanation. If the others had talked, then he'd heard the stories, but if they'd been quiet, he'd be in for a treat getting to see her in action.

Re: Get Rekt.

[trip_the_velvet_fantastic]

Zephyr got an ash rain of sensory with that-- other people she'd loved and other people she'd wrecked; violence and longing and... then it all just settled back into the street and the fresh scent of vengence between them.

"Can probably do that," he said with rather more diplomacy than he was planning. "Was serious about the bodyguard thing, Did that for a while in between bein' a blowjob dispenser."

Re: Get Rekt.

[soundsmasher]

"Alright. Thanks. Do me a favor."Another favor. That was a lot of favors she was asking. Generally she was more careful with that. Oh no. She'd tried to keep New Hires at a distance until she was sure of whether or not they'd last. Looks like this one was a bit more charismatic than the others.

"Keep an eye out, and lemme know if you see this guy. Odds are he's probably been bailed out already. And unfortunately since I wasn't in last night. I don't know anything about the fucker, other than the fact that I need to bash his face in."

Re: Get Rekt.

[trip_the_velvet_fantastic]

"Yeah like, no sweat so far," Zephyr mentioned, although he did very well know there was going to be sweat later.

Mabe sooner if anyone took exception to the two of them still occupying the pavement side by side. He was going to have to let her go at some point. He did have her punching hand. But for right then it was more of a yanking him along hand and her grip kept sparking with their weird little hope thing that he wouldn't... well, there wasn't quite a word for it but it covered stop and leave and slip out of existence.

"Dude's a lil taller than me, no eyebrows kinda light blond, bruised knuckles, snorts for emphasis. Goes by Darien, but I dunno there was like this other name in the back of his brainmeats... couldn't really make it out with him holdin' me off the side of the bed. Speakin'awhich, bad tipper too."

Re: Get Rekt.

[soundsmasher]

"Hmmm, sounds like you've got personal beef with the guy?" That only seemed to add fuel to her already blazing temper. To be fair though she'd take about anything she could get to add to her desire to make this guy suffer. "So what'd he do to you? I'll add it to the list of shit I'm kicking his ass for."

Her attention trailed downward, a side ways glance drifting towards their hands, before she looked back up. Why the hell hadn't she let go? She wasn't afraid that he'd run off. That wasn't it. No. There was something about the way his hand felt against hers. Something about the contact... Damnit. No. Not that. Not this shit again.

She let go of his hand, and kept walking. Eyes glancing back up to search for their target.

Re: Get Rekt.

[trip_the_velvet_fantastic]

Ah shit.

Just.

Ah shit.

The incident in question had been two weeks ago-- meaning he wasn't quite the new hire everyone kept marking him as and screw that; meaning he had been, albeit not in the night in question --and it wasn't Jher's, wasn't THAT BAD. It just kind of sucked a little on the backend.

Then again, there was Keegan and she sincerely wanted to know.

"Look," said Zephyr, "You've been to this rodeo. The gross people are part of the show. It wasn't that bad. I seriously got more of a beef with my mom than I do that piece of shit, but..."

He sighed.

"Negative two outta ten."

Re: Get Rekt.

[soundsmasher]

Sweet. That was all she needed to hear. More fuel to the fire. It didn't matter that gross was a part of the job. In the end it didn't give people the right to be assholes.

Her eyes narrowed as she caught sight of a shape in the crowd, "That him?" She gave a slight nod of her head in the direction of the man standing a few feet away from them.

Re: Get Rekt.

[trip_the_velvet_fantastic]

Zephyr made a rather cartoonish show of peering through the crowd, humming, finally sniffing. He turned to Keegan with her very brightest simper after.

Yes, he drew it out. He'd been enjoying the burnt sweetness of her anger, but so it went. He let go.

"That's be the guy. Race you."

Re: Get Rekt.

[soundsmasher]

"We need to get him away from prying eyes. Would've been nice if we'd been here before his happy ass got bailed out. But, I'll work with what we've got." Keegan wasn't about hurting the innocent people gathering in the City Center. No. She had to be careful and the destructive tendencies of her power, well... Not good for using in a crowd of people.

She smirked.

"Pick an alley any alley. I'll meet you there. And you can make sure no one enters while I... Have my fun."

She was going into this with a plan, which made the coming disaster all the more sweet. She was going to love making this guy scream.

Re: Get Rekt.

[trip_the_velvet_fantastic]

Oddly enough, it was not the first time anyone had ever told him to pick an alley. Zephyr veered around the corner and chose a darkish brick one off the main thoroughfare. He then kicked over some packaging to cover the pavement, just in case anybody needed to kneel there.

And spent several long seconds mulling over his own thought process in a deeply uncomfortable moment of self-reflection. No one was kneeling in any alleyways that afternoon. Hadn't he hooked up with Noa for just this reason? Wasn't today mostly about a well-deserved beating?

He still hitched his pants an inch down and told himself it was to make his knife easier to get at, rather than force of habit.