maddeninghatter: (tongue)
Xerxes Break ([personal profile] maddeninghatter) wrote in [community profile] exsiliumlogs2013-11-20 05:47 pm

It seemed like a good idea at the time...

Date & Time: 2698, fin-de-millenium, just prior to the formation of the United Earth
Location: Las Vegas
Characters: Break, Kevin, Gilbert, Oz, Elliot, Alice, Allen, Lenalee, Rosette, Chrono, Chrysos
Summary: Fear and loathing
Warnings: Showgirls and Gilbert weeping.

The statement “Let’s go to Vegas” exists as the multiverse’s quintessential definition of, “well it seemed like a good idea at the time.” Even in this case, it really had, between zombies, insurrection, and the day to day tedium of life on the moon. Besides which, Xerxes Break has a new sentient (sentient-er) weapon, which in a stunning show of good judgement is too dangerous to test on the moonbase, nor in any concentration of people. Las Vegas, set against the backdrop of the vast, desolate Mojave desert, seemed to be a perfect choice.

When our heroes wink into existence, squinting against the early-morning desert sunshine, they’ll find themselves duly welcomed. Come play in the casino. When you feel a bit peckish, indulge in all you can eat. Take your winnings and go shopping; at night, take in a show. And if you’ve done really well gambling, unwind in a ridiculously luxurious suite.

…or is this how you’re spending the night?

Thirty-six hours in Vegas, what could possibly go wrong?

(ooc: feel free to start threads willy-nilly, name your time and place, threadjack and mingle)
retraced: (waiting on the rain)

[personal profile] retraced 2013-12-23 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
But he doesn't have any bruises. His clothes aren't even messed up. Not to mention that he doesn't smell like alcohol at all...

[What he fails to mention is that this isn't an invitation for her to create any of these scenarios. Just stating the facts.]
soul_sister: (Geh!)

[personal profile] soul_sister 2013-12-23 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
[At the stop light, she looks back, scandalized.]

I'm not going to bruise him!

...

Take off your jacket.
retraced: (to bring you down to me)

[personal profile] retraced 2013-12-25 04:12 pm (UTC)(link)
--Huh

[Rosette what is this plan that you're concocting.]

What are you going to do with it?
soul_sister: (That's stupid.)

[personal profile] soul_sister 2013-12-29 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Nothing! Why would I want it?

Put it on him! On him! It'll look way more hobo-y on him.

[In the mean time, she spots her next target... She signals to pull into a bar parking lot.]
retraced: (the boys change my name)

[personal profile] retraced 2013-12-29 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
What do you mean - hobo-y?!

[But he's still taking it off draping it over Break's shoulders, carefully threading each of his arms through the sleeves. As expected, it looks ready to swallow him in comparison to his tiny size.]
soul_sister: (SO'S YOUR FACE)

[personal profile] soul_sister 2013-12-31 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Exactly that! I mean look at him now! It's prime hobo material!

[She pulls into a sharp stop at the bar. It boasts GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS!!! and BUDWEISER.]

Now get something alcoholic! That'll be good enough for a disguise.
retraced: (shocku anime style)

[personal profile] retraced 2013-12-31 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[He grumbles something about this being a terrible idea as he slides across his seat to open the door, making sure that Break is propped up well enough in his own seat first. So it takes him a second or two to register the sign on the outside of the bar.]

- W-what is this place?!
soul_sister: (ALL I HEAR IS THAT YOU'RE A JERK)

[personal profile] soul_sister 2014-01-01 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a place for alcohol! I'm not going in!

So that means its you.

[She crosses her arms and sets her jaw.]
retraced: (GTFO)

[personal profile] retraced 2014-01-01 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
They why does it say girls?!

[Not just once, but several times!]
soul_sister: (Yeah... so about that.)

[personal profile] soul_sister 2014-01-02 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
...

Maybe it's the name?

[It sounds like even she doesn't believe it.]
retraced: (something else will make it right)

[personal profile] retraced 2014-01-02 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
I have a feeling it's definitely not the name...!

[You're not fooling anyone, Rosette. Not even Gilbert.]
soul_sister: (I was expecting something taller)

[personal profile] soul_sister 2014-01-02 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
Well I'm not going into a den of ill repute! Alcohol isn't even legal where I'm from!
retraced: (shocku anime style)

[personal profile] retraced 2014-01-02 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
What makes you think I'm okay with going in there?!

[Gilbert Nightray: the very antithesis of "manning up".]
soul_sister: (Take the left!)

[personal profile] soul_sister 2014-01-02 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
Don't make me come back there!

[She slams her hand down on the dash... just so happening to mash a few of the fancy future car buttons.]
retraced: (uggggh)

[personal profile] retraced 2014-01-02 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Why why why does that button exist.

Click goes the button, whoosh goes the car door and out Gilbert goes, ejected right out of the damned car where he's deposited into the sand right in front of the door.

And as another satisfied customer opens the door and steps right on his head as he strolls past on his way to his car, it becomes the new worst day of Gilbert's life.]
soul_sister: (WHERE DID ... WHAT... WHO)

1/3

[personal profile] soul_sister 2014-01-02 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
WHAT DI-
soul_sister: (WHAT YOU SAY)

[personal profile] soul_sister 2014-01-02 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[.......................................

HOW DID THAT EVEN....]
soul_sister: (Who? Little old me?)

[personal profile] soul_sister 2014-01-02 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Good work!

[Just........... climbs over the passenger side seat to close the door.]
retraced: (/CAT ON FACE)

[personal profile] retraced 2014-01-04 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Okay, he has no idea what happened but now he's got a face full of sand and a footprint on the back of his head. And the door is right there. Whatever Rosette is planning, maybe it really does require alcohol. Maybe she's right and it's just the name of the place...

Hesitantly, he rises to his feet, stumbles as he dusts himself off and then walks inside the building. Slowly. Hesitantly.

And then a few seconds later, even from inside the car Rosette will hear a high pitched yet manly scream that resounds deep into the desert.]
soul_sister: (Forward. Always forward.)

1/2

[personal profile] soul_sister 2014-01-04 04:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[The blood chilling shriek of Victorian sensibilities being violated ... is soundly misinterpreted as an attack. She curses herself even as she gets herself out of the safety belt and runs across the small parking lot.

SHE SLAMS OPEN THE DOOR, prepared to kick any UE soldiers in the face and ..........]
soul_sister: (Fluster)

[personal profile] soul_sister 2014-01-04 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[t-those are HUGE.]

W-WHAT ARE YOU DOING OVER THERE?!

[She doesn't even HEAR the comments around her. "Miss! Aren't you a lil young to be in here?" and "Must be gettin' her father."]
retraced: (startled--!!)

[personal profile] retraced 2014-01-04 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[His sensibilities are very, very violated. He's shaking as he attempts to stumble to the bar and not flee for the door, keeping his eyes averted from every last bit of bare skin, including arms and ankles and bald spots on the backs of the shorter men's heads.

He's got one hand braced over his face as he turns to look at her. Well, now he's even more embarrassed.]


W-w-w-w-what are you doing in here?!

[They're getting kicked out before they get that drink, huh?]