debtor: (STAND ★ goddammit johnny)
actual shoujo hobo allen walker. ([personal profile] debtor) wrote in [community profile] exsiliumlogs2013-12-07 05:36 pm

(all open)

Date & Time: Around December 9th (forward-dated)
Location: around town, Earthside
Characters: Allen Walker ([personal profile] debtor) and YOU
Summary: Allen returns from his canon update and avoids all his friends like a dumbass.
Warnings: terrible hair and eau de hobo


[It's not the Moon, at least.

He remembers it vividly enough now. Had forgotten it for a year, he'd forgotten all of it — a massive, terrible gap in his memory he hadn't realized was missing until it'd all come rushing back the moment he'd returned. It'd left his head spinning for a day, but by now he thinks he's got a firm enough grasp of it. No, this isn't the Moon, but it isn't the Exsilium he knows, either.

It'd all turned to snow, Kaneis had told him...

He hasn't sought out Kaneis. He hasn't sought out any of them. Not his friends, not his comrades. He can't.

He's been gone a long time, he's sure, and if any of them are still here, they've gotten on fine without him

(better off without him.)

He can't let himself want to. They're probably not even still here.

This is how it should be.]


[But if you know him, the boy is more or less in the same state he was in a few days ago. A fraction of an inch taller, just barely thinner about the face, changes so insignificant they'd be too difficult to really pin-point; save for his hair, which is unmistakably longer and tied back in a ponytail, presently. He dons a battered old coat clearly not intended for subzero temperatures, and carries with him everywhere a worn brown suitcase (stuffed to the brim mainly with clown props. Don't ask.) He's spent his energy seeking supplies, since arriving. If there's one thing he refuses to do, it's succumb to starvation or frostbite here and now, of all times. Once he's set, he can figure out what to do next.

And he really doesn't know.

Can he still fight this war? How can he help in this world, when he's like this? He thought he was following his own path, really his own, finally, only to be thrown off it entirely. Again.

He does what he can do, what he thinks best. He stays the course. He moves through this place as he did his own world - alone. He's not an Exorcist, he's not a soldier or Transport to anyone he meets, he's wearing the mask of a nameless drifter; he tells the locals he's nothing but a traveling entertainer, just passing through town, when they inquire. It's only half a lie. He brushes off the mistrustful glances he receives, smiles genially at every unfamiliar and unfriendly face, never stays in one place long, covers his tracks and fades into the background just as he'd learned from Cross. (Easier to do when everything's so dang white.) It's second nature now. And he does well at it

except he's neglected to actually disguise himself, and you may just be able to spot him around the town.

Throughout the day he can be found within and without various shops and businesses, bartering for food or winter clothing or a room in an inn. Inflatable balls and moth-bitten shirts can only fetch you so much in this market, though, he's finding, but he haggles as hard as he can.

At one point, he wanders out into the snow, shaking in the chill despite himself, squinting into the stark landscape, but finds himself unwilling to step out too far into it like this, lest he lose himself in some featureless snowdrift and die a terribly undignified death. Possibly at the hands of a polar bear. Like that one maybe, right over there, which is getting alarmingly close...

...And in the evening, he finds shelter back in the tunnels, curled up in some dark, uninhabited corner where he can catch a few hours of undisturbed sleep, perhaps. Somehow, he manages.

He's totally got the hang of this, he's doing great on his own, don't worry.]
wilder: (oh yeah...excuses)

[personal profile] wilder 2013-12-08 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
I dunno, it's pretty long.

[Okay sure, not long enough to braid much - but still!]
boundbydevotion: (guardian feathers)

[personal profile] boundbydevotion 2013-12-08 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
Honestly--!

[He's hot on his heels and likely in better condition than Allen considering his state while on the run. As soon as he has Allen in his sights again, Link sends a flurry of seals after him, taking advantage of the narrow space of the tunnels to throw a barrier up in front of Allen and create a dead end.]
wilder: (ponytail)

[personal profile] wilder 2013-12-08 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
Ha. Looks like you still have poor taste.

[But on his end, he can't help but feel relief. Sure, they had their issues. But not having Allen around? Felt...wrong.]

C'mon, let's get some food and head back. Sophie will be happy to see you.
Edited 2013-12-08 05:46 (UTC)
wilder: (oh huh)

[personal profile] wilder 2013-12-08 06:18 am (UTC)(link)
[- Well, that wasn't a response he was expecting, and that shows on his face]

What? Why?
boundbydevotion: (action scene)

[personal profile] boundbydevotion 2013-12-08 03:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[Link jolts at that, the impression of feathers twisting and stretching from a hand at once familiar and strange--no.. he doesn't remember anything like that, but he can feel a stab in his temples from looking at it, the beginnings of a headache.

A swath of talismans scatter into pieces from Allen's attack before they manage to seal into place, but Link reinforces with his Initiative weapon, the one he'd switched to after the mission to the UE compound, pouring more magic into the barrier as he brings up another behind himself, so that the two of them are trapped together.]
wilder: (you'll forgive me?)

[personal profile] wilder 2013-12-08 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[He feels something queasy in his stomach when he sees Allen avoid his eyes. That feeling he got whenever he knew something bad was coming.]

...Best for who exactly?
wilder: (deep introspect moment)

[personal profile] wilder 2013-12-08 08:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[He was being left behind again. He turns to look at Allen as he was being stepped around. Part of him, the more cowardly side, wants to let him go. Why risk the pain of rejection?]

[But he tries again. There's got to be some reason for the change right?]


Allen- c'mon.

You can't be serious. With this environment, it's better we stick together, you know?
wilder: (serious watching)

[personal profile] wilder 2013-12-08 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, but the base wasn't covered in deep, deep snow.

[Worry about Sophie. Wait, was it because-] Is that what this is...?

[he looks back at Allen] Allen, you don't have to hide because of that. Sophie and I can watch ourselves, really. Just tell us what we need to know, and we'll figure something out.

[Sophie wouldn't be better off without him. Sophie would only go after Allen. ]
Edited 2013-12-08 21:08 (UTC)
boundbydevotion: let's not think on it (resigned)

[personal profile] boundbydevotion 2013-12-08 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[Link stands almost at ease, both hands visible for Allen to see. It may not mean much given how he could simply attack with a gesture, but it's meant to be diplomatic. His tone though is a bit scolding, same as always.]

Not until you have the decency to tell me why it is that the very first thing you do upon seeing me here is to run.
wilder: (unless someone like you cares)

[personal profile] wilder 2013-12-08 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Allen- [Annnd the courage runs out with that blow off with a smile. He looks over his shoulder to watch him go, but doesn't move to stop him. What's the point? He'd just keep saying no. He can pick up the hint that he doesn't want to be around.]

[So he lets him go, his shoulders slumping when he's gone and looking down at the floor- not at all sure for which reason he should be kicking himself now.]
wolfchild: (lie ❱❰)

[personal profile] wolfchild 2013-12-08 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[ the wolf lowers her head. her tail hangs straight down. not quite aggressive, though quick to become so if she must.

the girl behind her is no more friendly. she lifts a mocking eyebrow.
]

Since what?
wolfchild: (scoff ❱❰)

[personal profile] wolfchild 2013-12-08 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[ she fixes him with a hard expression. ]

Days.
boundbydevotion: (contempt)

[personal profile] boundbydevotion 2013-12-09 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
[BARRIER REMAINS UNMOVING] Don't think I don't know that you'll make another attempt to run off the moment I remove it.

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