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ℓє ∂ιαвℓє вℓαи¢。 ([personal profile] solitaire) wrote in [community profile] exsiliumlogs2013-05-03 11:49 am

diamonds will always look like stones; ( open )

Date & Time: vaguely this week
Location: around the city and hold
Characters: remy lebeau & open;
Summary: a week in the life. many options, pick one and let's roll.
Warnings: tba

( a ) When you live dangerously, there is often a price to pay. He's been spending off nights exploring every inch of the city, from the tunnels to the ruins to the inhabited places. Sometimes, those escapades end in fights, sometimes he acquires injuries incidentally. He's been shot, by a fellow Transport, more than once. Such is his life, and he's used to it.

But he's far from stupid. He knows he has to take care of himself, if only to the slimmest extent. That means that tonight, just before night gives way to morning, he's shuffling around in the Transport Clinic. He doesn't want actual care, doesn't want anyone to see him. He's just taking what he needs, and then he'll be on his way. He rummages around for bandages, blood seeping through a not-yet-healed wound on his leg. He bites down on his lower lip, drops a bottle of something and winces as it clatters to the ground and it rolls away. Damn.

( b ) Some nights are better. Those are the nights he spends at his favorite tavern in the crumbling city, sitting at a back table and playing cards. He's taught the locals some of his games, learned many of their own in return. He laughs, they all drink, and the natives are blissfully unaware that he's slowly sucking them dry. He doesn't keep the money for himself, however, and really has no use for it anyway. Those coins find themselves in the pockets of those who need it most, going back into the establishments he frequents and the hands of children on the street.

Tonight the laughter is loud and the drinks are ordered readily. Remy's always up for a game, or a talk, with a fellow Transport, and if he sees one enter the tavern he'll wave them over with a hand still holding half the deck.

( c ) He doesn't like spending time around the Hold, truth be told. It's too militaristic, for his tastes, and when he can get away from that imagery it still tastes like a prison. But he can only get away with existing in the city alone for so long, and eventually during the day he circles back to the Transports' assigned quarters. He doesn't care much for the training rooms, either, but he can appreciate their functionality. So this afternoon, he slips into one of the less occupied rooms and gets to work. He keeps his skills sharp in various ways--boxing, sparring, target practice. He's not wearing his coat, keeps reaching up to brush his auburn hair off his forehead. After awhile, a comfortable layer of sweat on his brow and melting ache between his shoulders, he pulls out his deck of cards.

He shuffles once, twice, and then a third time. Each time, one card appears on top--the Queen of Hearts, the weapon he'd chosen for himself here. He hasn't done much with her, yet, not wanting to risk the consequences of her disappearing entirely if she blew up.

Today, he's bored, and idle. He flicks the card up between his index and middle fingers, examines it slowly. It flares, briefly, with the signature pink light of his powers. Experimentally, he tosses the card towards the nearest wall. He expects it to burst, bounce back. What he doesn't expect is for a deafening boom to sound, taking out the majority of the wall.

And, amongst the rubble? The Queen of Hearts, still in-tact.

( d ) And, if none of the above suit your fancy? This fellow can be found in all manner of places at all manner of times: out on the rooftops, in the outlands, in various places in the city. He's never still, and trouble seems to follow him as a rule.
thephix: sphinx (but she walks the streets so mean)

[personal profile] thephix 2013-06-21 01:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Her eyebrows go up at the laugh, smile twisting into something a little more wry, since it doesn't seem that funny, and she's sure she's missing some context, "Mine always said I was too clever for my own good."

A grin, almost conspiratorial, but the words feel like broken glass on her tongue.

"This war of ours doesn't feel particularly romantic," She's careful not to say too much, with Exiles around, since they prefer not to acknowledge the Transports amongst their midst.
kneecaptain: (brooding & the power of eyebrows)

[personal profile] kneecaptain 2013-06-23 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
One time, Bucky's inner monologue quoted Sartre. That was a strange day.

He has probably never heard Hotel California. He is not from anything approaching anybody's time period.

"What is that, like, a poem or something?"
thephix: max - gratuitous black and white icon (to hear the boom of your heart)

[personal profile] thephix 2013-06-23 01:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"Until it gets you killed, of course," She says it with a smile, her expression very much c'est la vie, "Though I suppose not being clever enough can have the same result."

There's something seemingly genuine despite the light tone, as though it might actually be a concern, whether being smart or not smart enough might get her killed.

"Do you make up a lot of sentimental stories?" She sounds faintly scandalized, but it's obviously feigned, edged with amusement. What does she care, if he makes up stories?
motherofnemesis: (pos: oh gosh look at that)

[personal profile] motherofnemesis 2013-06-23 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"A diligent thief." Nodding seriously, except it's ruined by the way she's almost smiling. "What a rare find."
thephix: max (that beating: that winged)

[personal profile] thephix 2013-06-25 10:24 am (UTC)(link)
"I am quite fond of stories," Not sentimental ones, particularly, she tends to prefer ones that are a little bit less kind, but there's no need to share that.

Instead, she swirls the the last of her scotch around in her glass before knocking it back, then offers Remy a smile, "Can I buy you a drink?"

Most of the time she'd ask him if he wants to buy her a drink, but sometimes it's fun to shake things up.
kneecaptain: (brooding & hobonamor impersonation)

[personal profile] kneecaptain 2013-06-25 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's not French." He says that very definitely.
motherofnemesis: (neutral: totally got you)

[personal profile] motherofnemesis 2013-06-27 04:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"Maybe it's just that the committed ones don't tend to get caught."

The best thief is a thief you never even realize was there. She's heard that before.
thephix: max - gratuitous black and white icon (I'm gonna lure you into the dark)

[personal profile] thephix 2013-06-30 06:05 am (UTC)(link)
She imagines that smile must work wonders on most girls (and men, if they're so inclined) and Max lets it look as though she's pleased by it, neatly rising from her seat with the obvious intent to head to the bar. Whether he joins her or simply waits for her return with their drinks is up to him.

"What's your poison?"

Heh.
motherofnemesis: (neutral: from the back)

[personal profile] motherofnemesis 2013-07-04 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Blink.

Blink again. "Getting caught doesn't sound like fun at all."
kneecaptain: (brooding & possibly confused??)

[personal profile] kneecaptain 2013-07-04 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"I was never much good at poetry." It was the kind of thing Natasha would've teased him for.
motherofnemesis: (pos: watching carefully)

[personal profile] motherofnemesis 2013-07-06 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'd think the challenge would be not getting caught in the first place. Unless you think being locked up is fun. I guess."

She sounds more than dubious, there's something bordering on sharp in her voice. The concept of imprisonment ever being willingly undertaken is something she finds highly antithetical to her own experiences.
thephix: max - gratuitous black and white icon (and in the crash of the dark)

[personal profile] thephix 2013-07-09 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
The sigh that escapes with that comment can really only be described as wistful; she misses good alcohol. The cheap stuff serves the purpose, but it's just not the same.

"I have a bottle of Hirsh Reserve in my liquor cabinet at home," She orders a straight bourbon for Remy and whiskey sour for herself, leaning idly against the bar, "I miss it almost as much as I miss my louboutins."

She is a girl of simple (expensive) pleasures. It's mostly just an image she's selling, although she does genuinely miss quality high heels, since the less-than-great ones available in Exsilium aren't very comfortable.
motherofnemesis: (what seriously?)

[personal profile] motherofnemesis 2013-07-26 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
She would have hated that. Well, not when she was younger. She hadn't been particularly claustrophobic when she was younger. Later she would have hated it.

"Hazard being the key word there."

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