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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.
copia: (and we ain't doing nothing wrong)

[personal profile] copia 2013-05-08 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
"Six months, geez..." That was about the length of time her dad had mentioned being here, right? And Barnaby longer than that...

"And has anyone you've known appeared here during that time?"
gevurah: (motherfuck—)

[personal profile] gevurah 2013-05-08 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
Her expression darkens and she crosses her arms over her chest defensively. When her ego is in danger of taking a hit, she'll strike back just as fast without as much as a second thought.

She's never had Jake Kane's self-restraint and Beth was always the one to reel her back in as children. Now she has no one to try and soothe her over when she's feeling impulsive.

"I don't lose."
Edited 2013-05-08 05:14 (UTC)
copia: ('cause we whip 'em off)

[personal profile] copia 2013-05-08 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
"Your answer is fine, and pretty much the same thing with me."

Boys Men and their fighting, sigh.

She looks over at the rubble for a moment, tapping her cheek with her finger. "Maybe training in another room might be good, unless you might try that card again..."
copia: (just whip it)

[personal profile] copia 2013-05-08 06:25 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, if that card is going to explode like it did before, you might as well keep using this room." A shrug. "That way they only have to deal with fixing one room as opposed to several, although they deserve to be kept busy repairing things."

Whoops, she let a bit of her bluntness seep through. At least it isn't aimed at Remy.
copia: (don't matter if it's long)

[personal profile] copia 2013-05-08 06:42 am (UTC)(link)
She shakes her head furiously. "Not at all. They can go kick rocks. They can handle a blown-up training room every now and then if they can afford to hand out sentient weapons to us."
copia: (i whip it real hard)

[personal profile] copia 2013-05-08 07:13 am (UTC)(link)
"Definitely sense, no doubt about it."

She looks up at him, finger still tapping her cheek. "Are using playing cards for weaponry a normal thing for you, or something you picked up here?"
medicating: (contemplating)

[personal profile] medicating 2013-05-08 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"And what would that be? Pants model?"

Even though it's a joke, he's still focused on his task, face devoid of any humor. After a minute, he has it cleaned out and a protective antibiotic cream on it before he's wrapping a bandage around it again.
thephix: max - gratuitous black and white icon (have you ever felt like you're being fol)

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[personal profile] thephix 2013-05-09 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
It should probably worry her how easy it's been to just let go of her obligations and start... not enjoying herself, that would be a stretch, but at least not hating it in Exsilium, treating it more like a vacation than a kidnapping. It's probably just a side effect of actually being able to sleep. Regardless of the reason, it means she's actually relaxing a little, searching for a bar just to have somewhere to drink and surround herself with people rather than specifically needing the comfort of alcohol. It means she wears the Sphinx's face, Max's face, instead bothering with a fake one.

The tavern she finds herself in seems to be in good spirits, and it doesn't take her more than a few seconds to locate the source of it, namely the back table where a game of cards seems to be happening. For a moment, she wavers, wondering whether it's a good idea to be somewhere so lively, but-- It can hardly hurt, so she weaves her way through the small crowd, ordering herself a scotch from the bar and once it's in her hand, she heads to the back of the tavern, to the table. She doesn't say anything at first, simply watching the card game that's in progress, taking stock of - well, everything, deciding how to proceed.
controlledvariable: (civvies -- totally didn't think this one)

→ and d

[personal profile] controlledvariable 2013-05-09 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
Batgirl has been temporarily retired - the suit carefully hidden away - but that doesn't mean Steph can't go out at night, and there's something freeing about running along the rooftops without worrying about costumes and symbols and secret identities. She can't follow quite the same routes she'd take as Batgirl, not without a grapple gun, but it's an excuse to learn new parts of the city, ones that are more easily reached by running from rooftop to rooftop.

When she hears the sounds of a scuffle, it's almost automatic, the way she turns towards it, the way she jumps down to street level once she can make out a few figures in an alley.
copia: (and we ain't doing nothing wrong)

[personal profile] copia 2013-05-09 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
[ The sudden deck appearance totally catches her off-guard, and then the perfect arc over his head from one hand to the next — the best way to describe her reaction would be this. (She would be more shocked and astonished than indignant and annoyed.) ]

Were you a magician in a past life or something? That's amazing!!
copia: (if you feel me)

[personal profile] copia 2013-05-09 06:51 am (UTC)(link)
Did it take long to master?

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