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.]
boundbydevotion: (this is business)

[personal profile] boundbydevotion 2013-12-14 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Link regards Allen with a solemn if troubled look, but not at all doubting, which probably feels rare even with his experiences from Exsilium on top of his memories from home.]

Apocryphos... I'm afraid I don't recall it. But if you mean to tell me it was something else besides the Noah that prompted your escape then I believe you.
blossomgale: ([in-game] what will i do?)

[personal profile] blossomgale 2013-12-14 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
[ Strangely, she halts in her tracks, keeping about a four feet distance between herself and Allen. For some reason, she has this foreboding feeling... WEIRD. She never felt that way around Allen before. Maybe he can make his escape! But then she'd still try to chase him down anyway.

Anyway, she has some things to say and questions to ask... ]


Did you... go back home? Your hair's longer.
wolfchild: (faith ❱❰)

[personal profile] wolfchild 2013-12-14 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
What, Allen?

[ she lifts her chin at him, eyes flashing. ]

You're a liar. You don't care at all. If you don't, then I don't need to either.

[ giving him her back, she walks away. ]
aequivoci: (to the rhythm on the palace floor)

[personal profile] aequivoci 2013-12-14 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
[ He gets a second before Timcanpy zips off of Cross's head and smacks Allen in the face, tail flicking wildly as he nonverbally greets Allen.

Cross has noted the tiny changes here and there already — the ones he can see, at least. The hair alone tells him that his Idiot Apprentice has finally not only met up timeline-wise with where Cross & the others are, but surpassed it, too. He is glad, because now the air between them isn't going to be thick with apprehension and hesitation and the unknown, but he also wonders what has transpired that Allen is wearing that coat.

That entire outfit.
]

I'm sure you didn't forget how to speak from going home, idiot.
boundbydevotion: (find it curious)

[personal profile] boundbydevotion 2013-12-14 07:41 am (UTC)(link)
If you still remember it accurately then I'm relieved for that much... [He hesitates slightly] I would like to hear the truthful account...

Though that can wait until you're properly settled.
aequivoci: (in a rocky world)

1/2

[personal profile] aequivoci 2013-12-14 08:32 am (UTC)(link)
[ Tim is going to hover in the air between the two males, sensing the tension and ready to stop someone (most likely Allen) if he has to.

"It's been a long time, Master."

What the hell does that mean? Sure, now Allen is the one ahead in the timeline, but that doesn't mean Cross was filled in as to what happens after his talk with his apprentice.
]
aequivoci: how could you run off on us? (how could you run off on me?)

[personal profile] aequivoci 2013-12-14 08:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ He opens his mouth to interrupt the younger Exorcist, but shuts it at the mention of Apocryphos, and that he was killed.

He's dead??

The shock is noticeable on his face for a good few seconds, but he covers it up as he ducks, letting the suitcase fly over him and crash to the snowy ground.
]

Yes, because I purposely died to piss you off to high heaven. Care to clarify what happened?
wolfchild: (promise ❱❰)

[personal profile] wolfchild 2013-12-14 03:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[ words are wind. how many times has she heard their like? ow many times have the vanished like smoke into the air?

cat was a stupid braavosi girl with no real knowledge of the world outside her canals, and its people. arya is cold as winter, and she puts no stock in the sweet words of summer friends.
]

Words are wind. I don't care for yours.

[ she doesn't turn around again. ]
blossomgale: ([in-game] scared maybe)

[personal profile] blossomgale 2013-12-14 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm... glad you're back. We were really worried.

[ Sophie is honestly really is happy to see him, but she's having difficulty actually showing it. Her worried expression is far from looking happy. She brings her hands to her chest. She'd never been the kind of person to hide her feelings. If she tried, it just shows. ]

...

I feel really scared too. But why?
senseandcecilbility: (doubt)

bringing ugly sweaters to the lonely and desperate

[personal profile] senseandcecilbility 2013-12-14 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[Allen is not the only one wangling. Kevin has spent all morning walking from shop to shop, obtaining fresh produce for his companions and the unfortunate women they have been boarding with. Luckily, the weather is not a problem for the ruler of the sun, and the Christmas sweater under his frock coat is quite enough. In fact, he has taken the liberty to bring a few more with him, since Christmas is the perfect time for philanthropy and he has never met a beggar who could not use an ugly sweater or two.

He is leaving the shop with a victorious smile on his face and a paper bag full of carrots when he spots the forlorn young man.
]

Master Walker, is that you?

[His uncertainty stems from the fact that he has noticed that additional fraction of a an inch, a preternatural talent he acquired while raising a child just Allen’s age.]

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