lights out!

[velveteened]

Date & Time: 4/20, all day
Location: the apartments!
Characters: everyone, tag yourselves in!
Summary: as detailed here, the power will be out from early morning to midnight this night.
Warnings: PROBABLY NOT? will update if need be.

[ catch-all log for blackout shenanigans! ]

Comments

[judgmental]

A [Open]:
[This would all be much easier if he could use his power in public, but he can't. He doesn't dare to show his fire when he has various reasons to keep it a secret.

He sees no reason to stay seated in the dark, waiting for the power to come back. Maybe he can get some work done elsewhere. So he moves through the hallway in the dark, headed for the exit. He's walking carefully, but that's no guarantee he won't run into someone...

Afterward, he stands outside, looking up at the building. He would try to help, but he isn't sure where he'd begin. He's a judge, not an electrician.]

B [Closed]:
[It's a slip, a mistake. He's walking through the hallway when he knocks into something, and he lets his frustration get the better of him. His fire comes forth from his eye, blue and bright. It's burns for just a moment, but it's not something he can hide in the darkness. For that moment, he might as well be a blue torch.

He freezes, pulling the fire back, stilling. In that flash of light, he'd clearly seen someone else.]

Hello?

B. \o/ Sorry for the delay haha school is a bitch

[itsmagicallydelicious]

[Yuri's greeting is nearly lost in the momentary flurry of Kariya trying to regain his balance, but there's no way to miss something as bright as flame in this darkness, incomplete as it is.

It makes him stagger back reflexively, one hand rising halfway; his footing is already precarious, so it's a good thing there's a wall there to catch him.

It's over too quickly for him to catch a good glimpse of the face, distracted as he'd been, and he doesn't recognize the voice, either. He would remember a fire magus, he's sure of it.]

... Sorry. It was -- that was an accident.

[Best to establish himself as a non-threat, regardless of how startled he is.]

It's cool, no worries!

[judgmental]

[He's made too many mistakes here, something he can't afford to do. Granted, what happened with Clive wasn't his fault, but it's still something he has to deal with. This, however, is entirely his doing, and it's a problem he has to face.

Not that he'll take it out on this person. They're likely an innocent, not a sinner in need of punishment. Most people are innocent. Yuri exists to protect them from evil. That is his only purpose.]

There's no need to apologize.

[The face in the shadows, lit by his light, had been hooded. He thinks he recognizes that voice. It's a distinctive voice, but it takes him a moment to place it. Does this man recognize his face? Does he know who he is? It would be easy for him to illuminate this entire hallway, but he doesn't do that, choosing instead to remain in the dark. Even if the secret of his fire was revealed, there's no reason to risk someone else seeing it.]

It was my fault. Are you all right?

[itsmagicallydelicious]

[He relaxes a little when it doesn't seem like a confrontation is going to ensue somehow -- the last thing Kariya really needs is a fight with someone over the electricity being out. Of all things.]

Ah, no, it wasn't anyone's fault.

[And if anything, it was his; he tends to be better at navigating in the dark than most people. It's maneuverability that's the problem. He could make more noise, but he can't really bring himself to. Besides, someone might mistake that for a threat, too.

A blackout with Transports involved, like anything else, ends up being considerably more complicated than it should be.]

No harm done here. And you?

[judgmental]

[What was his fault was lighting the fire when it's dangerous, when he couldn't see. What if he'd hurt someone blameless?]

I suppose not.

[He doesn't like being alone in the dark. It reminds him too much of the past. But it's not as if he has anyone to reach out to, so alone he remains. In the end, it's better that way.]

I'm unharmed, thank you. Do you need any help? It's not safe, walking in the dark like this.

[Though clearly fire could solve that problem, he doesn't explain the fact that he isn't using his light again.]