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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.
medicating: (annoyed)

A

[personal profile] medicating 2013-05-03 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)
McCoy stifles a yawn and finishes the last of his coffee before throwing the paper cup in the trash. Honestly, he doesn't mind the odd late night-into-morning shifts (reminds him of his intern days), but he can still pretend and complain about it to anyone who'll listen. That's just how the man likes to operate. So after commiserating with someone at the front desk about the time of night, he heads off to check the exam rooms and make sure they're well stocked. What he doesn't expect is a patient to be in there at this hour without having signed in at the front desk first.

He raises a quizzical brow and crosses his arms, looking over the bleeding man with a stern expression.

"You think you're getting out of here without getting that leg checked out, you've got another thing coming."
fantasticforcefields: (008)

c. rude, remy :|

[personal profile] fantasticforcefields 2013-05-03 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Sue doesn't love running on a treadmill--truth be told, Sue doesn't love running at all--but even though her powers spring from her mind, being a superhero involves athleticism, so she stays in shape. The city itself is a rainy, depressing place, one that all her instincts tell her isn't safe. At least inside the Hold, that itchy feeling that her back is going un-watched abates somewhat, and she doesn't come back from a run more tense than when she started. So treadmills it is. After a warm-up, she's fallen into the rhythm of her strides, the whir of the belt and the repetitive sound of her feet having lulled her into a dreamlike focus on nothing at all.

Then Remy blows up the wall.

A simple shield is reflex, enclosing her in a sphere it would take more than some flying rebar to penetrate. As the dust settles, some of it falling on her force field and outlining the otherwise invisible curve, she peers into the next room, some small part of her expecting to see Ben and her brother looking sheepish. What she's not expecting is Remy, whom she'd thought had better control over his powers than that, not to mention better sense.

"That was careless." Sue folds her arms over her very un-heroic t-shirt, athletic shoes planted firmly on thin air above the still-running treadmill.
kneecaptain: (brooding & always in prison)

b

[personal profile] kneecaptain 2013-05-03 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Bucky loves playing cards, but he can never get anyone to play with him very long. He wins enough that everyone figures he must be cheating. He says he doesn't, but Steve was always the one who was good at making other people believe in him.

So he's heard that this tavern has game going, some nights, and it's not like these places aren't familiar to him. He'd sharped poker in rainy ditches and under old roofs dusted with soot. The laughter stays the same, even if the rules (and the cards) move around.

He's wearing his dumb beanie when he walks into the bar, ordering a drink before trying to work his way into the game.
medicating: (smugly)

[personal profile] medicating 2013-05-03 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
If McCoy had one credit for every time a patient gave him that oh-so-innocent look, he could retire on a pleasure planet, drinking mint juleps on the beach.

"Funny, because I'm senior staff here, and I figure I outrank your 'doctor,' whoever he or she is. Sit on the table."

Obviously, McCoy wasn't one to mince words, especially when someone was standing there in front of him, bleeding.
gevurah: ([muffled rap music in the bg])

( d ) or rather a special snowflake DO I EVER USE THE RIGHT WORDS penguin.gif

[personal profile] gevurah 2013-05-03 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
She's not afraid of heights. As a kid, might have been too stubborn to fear anything besides the pain and loneliness of loss, but she always liked heights and so maneuvering her way up onto a lone rooftop in the city is no trouble. She leaps from a crate and bounces off another wall to give herself a boost and then she's got hold of the half broken ladder. A simple pull and several seconds later she's making her way onto the roof --

And Remy Lebeau is already here.

She stands at the edge, feeling a mixture of surprise and annoyance all at once.
Edited 2013-05-03 23:16 (UTC)
kneecaptain: (brooding & unimpressed)

[personal profile] kneecaptain 2013-05-03 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Obviously, Bucky can't recognize Remy from the time that he was Kate. Some things are still above his paygrade.

But he's got the glass in his hands now, and takes a sip before he answers. It's cheap stuff, but sometimes that's better. Then he looks this guy in the eye (he's got real peculiar eye, doesn't he?) and says, "I'll play. If you deal me in."
gevurah: (judging eyes)

cries i don't want to be associated with her!!

[personal profile] gevurah 2013-05-03 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
She can turn around right now and get off the roof, but she hangs around long enough to rest a hand on her hip, eyeing him closely from underneath her hood.

Of all the people she could have run into -- and she didn't peg him for the type to enjoy a rooftop view of the dreary city. Then again, who does? She comes up here to think herself.

"I do it all the time," she says, coolly.
medicating: (aviophobicly)

[personal profile] medicating 2013-05-04 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
McCoy drops his arms, annoying.

"Damn it, man, wait a minute, would you? What are you so afraid of?"

It's clear Remy isn't afraid of pain, since he's walking on the damn leg, but really, McCoy finds that with the flippant tough guy patients, it's best to question their masculinity to keep them in place.
gevurah: (marathoning svu)

but you took away my snowflake :(

[personal profile] gevurah 2013-05-04 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
"Not much to see up here." She'll ignore the earlier comment. Remy knows better; she could handle herself out here, especially with having turned herself into a weapon (which she remains undecided on whether that was a smart move or not). She doesn't know Remy knows that bit about her.
medicating: (planning)

[personal profile] medicating 2013-05-04 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
"First time for everything," McCoy retorts, moving towards the man casually. "If you want to use the clinic's supplies so badly, I'd appreciate it if you let me be the one to use them on you."
fantasticforcefields: (080)

[personal profile] fantasticforcefields 2013-05-04 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
Sue can't stay angry at what was obviously an accident, and given what she knows of the man, seeing him acting chastened, however briefly, makes her suspect he's more shaken than he's letting on. She creates an invisible path for herself over the rubble and to where Remy's dusting himself off, walking on air until she's clear of the mess.

"Are you all right?" she asks, much more gently.
fantasticforcefields: (012)

[personal profile] fantasticforcefields 2013-05-04 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
"That's not what I meant." Remy's not one of the students. Full-fledged X-Men don't lose control of their powers when they're all right. "And shouldn't that have exploded with the wall?" She points at the card in his hand.
gevurah: (dumb highlights)

rude!

[personal profile] gevurah 2013-05-04 07:19 am (UTC)(link)
It's her concern, too. She wants to help, even if they never asked and forced her here. She's adhering to what they want, but what did she expect? There were expectations when you put on a uniform and while she struggles with conflicting feelings, she's rational enough to understand the Initiative could be just as conflicted and desperate.

"I like heights."

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