[open] after a while they always get it

[rorosa]

Date & Time: 12/02 - ANY TIME AT ALL. YOU DECIDE.
Location: rural parts of the outlands; very occasionally the city streets
Characters: Corosa Nyem (rorosa), Rosalyn Cross (redemptio), Aileen Kimbler (seamend), Tier Halibel (sacrificar), Simmaeri (allsongs), ... and anyone else who wants to say hi I guess (though fyi, these are all mostly wrap-up threads; this character will be dropped soon)
Summary: COROSA CONTINUES TO BE A CRANKY SMELLY HOBO. possibly passes some interesting info on before he leaves. possibly gets some new clothes god.
Warnings: N/A

[ ooc: for characters explicitly named above, threads are started below: rosalyn, aileen, halibel, simmaeri ]

[ Corosa's a common sight out in the nicer parts of the outlands; he avoids the hollowed-out cities and anything that looks even slightly urban, but he's right at home in what little countryside there is. It's now been long enough that he's quite familiar with the lands out here, and getting better at hunting game.

You might find him shooting at trees for target practice, or stalking after a ... seven-antlered buck. Or maybe asleep out in the open. Maybe perched on top of a hill to squint suspiciously at the sprawling ruins that he's been so diligently steering clear of for the past month or so. Or maybe just wandering around squinting suspiciously at the world in general, that's a thing he does. ]

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[closed to halibel | 12/12 evening]

[rorosa]

[ His coat's held up well under the weather, and he thinks his boots have another few months left in them, at least. But Corosa's in desperate need of other, warmer clothes; so he'd finally given in and started towards the city.

That decision has brought him here, trudging uncomfortably through the streets, head down and fingers twitching. From nervousness or from cold, he's not certain, and very resolutely ignoring it.

He's on desperate lookout for a familiar face. So he spots Halibel right away, even half a block away.

Corosa quickens his pace to catch up with her. ]

Ah... hello.

[sacrificar]

[Halibel had wondered when or if she'd ever see his face again. Part of her believed that he may have even left the island. A shame that it wasn't so, though perhaps there would've been something to gain about this encounter, unexpected as it had been.]

It's been some time.

[A pause, as she stared at him.]

You seem well.

[rorosa]

I am well. Thank you. [ A little self-consciously, he sticks his hand out. Her stare is a little bit intimidating, but that's all right. Corosa can handle intimidating.

They didn't exactly ever get around to proper introductions last time, so.... ]

Corosa Nyem, gunslinger of Einbroch-- er, Rune-Midgard.

I don't believe I ever got your name.

[sacrificar]

[Halibel stares at the hand for a moment, before reaching with her own. Such a simple gesture...]

My name is Tier Halibel.

[Though she had some that could've been used, there was no title to follow that up.]

Why have you come here?

[rorosa]

[ He shakes her hand, firmly, then lets go and pulls his coat a little tighter around his shoulders. ]

Winter's settling in, it seems. [ Or is it? The weather here is strange, wet, always cold. He's not even certain that there are seasons. ] I needed to come back here. To get warmer clothes.

[sacrificar]

[The temperature was indeed steadily decreasing. It didn't bother her so much now, even considering her current... attire, but it would be something to consider for the near future. She had the money, considering how little she spent of it.]

You know where to go?

[... Yes, this is an actual question. Someone doesn't really do a lot of shopping.

Ever.]

[rorosa]

Eh....

[ Corosa looks blank, and then looks around. He knows enough to get food, but clothes are an entirely different matter...

Well, they're all shops, right? Maybe they'll be close to one another. ]

I think there might be places near the... the building they brought us in. [ It has a name, he's sure, but he didn't stick around long enough to hear it. ] Do you remember where that is?

[sacrificar]

I do.

[Pretty hard to forget a place like that. Besides, Halibel's taken the time to familiarize herself as much as she can with the city.]

We can go there now.

[rorosa]

Let's go, then. [ Corosa looks up at the sky with a frown. ] Not sure how much more of this cold I can handle.

[ He cocks his head towards Halibel. ]

Can you lead the way?

[sacrificar]

Follow me.

[is all she says before she goes on her way.

And in the meantime...]

What have you been doing?

[rorosa]

Not much. Exploring. Hunting. Trying to build up caches, storage, backup if the weather gets worse.... thinking.

[ And he thinks a little, now, chewing on his thoughts.

After a while, he says: ]

When we first met... I left very quickly after that. I don't remember how, I don't think I was able to control it. Did the same thing happen to you?

[sacrificar]

When we first met?

[Of course she remembered, very clearly in fact.

She nodded.]

It was the same. There was no way of controlling it.

I was witnessing more memories, and fighting. Over and over again, until it finally ended.