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Bak (punching_bag) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-04-01 11:48:00

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:mingle, aidan reilly, aradia megido, artemis crock, asami sato, bak chang, calliope-caliborn, dawn summers, derek morgan, dick grayson (all-star), elena gilbert, euphemia li britannia, hei, helix wamtani, jean-luc picard, kitty pryde (aoa), kitty pryde (evolution), klara guildsen, lacus clyne, penelope garcia, piter de vries, rebecca crane, richie foley, roxy lalonde, sam winchester, sougo okita, spencer reid, spike, tear grants, terry mcginnis, xander harris, yuuki kuran, yuuri shibuya, yvaine, zero kiryuu

Mingle: Event Kick-Off
[ It was mid-morning. The sky was clear and it was a (not so) very blustery day. It was cool but it was always cool. It was neither too warm nor too hot.

Lukewarm.

And that was just how Bak preferred it. Especially since he had in hand his very important, extra special concoction of wonderful forgetfulness on hand! Bak could stand teasing, but even this was getting ridiculous.

Hefting the bag a little higher so it fit snug into the crook between elbow and shoulder, he stepped off into wild world of Marinanova and promptly had to grab onto his hat.

Opps. He always forgot about that step down.

Taking another step, he nearly tripped again, this time on a rock. Frowning, Bak starred at the offending piece of debris and then he kicked it.

And yelped.

And then held his foot, dropping his bag in a near blinding rush of ”Eeeek!” as he dived for the paper bag, watching as with a POOF half of the contents disappeared into the wind, leaving him sneezing and dazed on the ground wondering what the heck had just happened. Clearly, his own formula had been getting the best of him. It happens when one sneaky scientist messes with the formula and Bak spent the better part of the morning putting the final touches of the mixture together.

Heightened emotions indeed.

Bak will rue this day assuming he survived it. ]

((ooc: Consider this post an open mingle and the start of the Marina Feelings Roulette Event! Creating your own posts is, as always, highly encouraged. And, unless you got an extra hefty dose of it right off the bat (re: by being in proximity to Bak when it happened) feelings should gradually start to go haywire later in the day with strongest feelings in the afternoon and tapering off again as evening descends. For more info on the details, please go here. Have fun!))

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tallerthanthou
2013-04-06 03:10 am UTC (link)

[He might normally try to hide this a little better, but today he's feeling friendlier. Maybe more open, but just sort of looking to connect. He doesn't give it much thought yet. After all it hasn't come up much alone with his books.]

I guess they're fascinating looking back at them. Sometimes when you're in the middle of facing off against something it's hard to take time just to be impressed. [Actually, it wasn't something he usually afforded himself. After all, he's there to kill these things.]

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	tea_earlgreyhot 2013-04-06 03:55 pm UTC (link)
	[Jean-Luc's natural curiosity is heightened as well today. He takes the seat across from Sam and folds his hands together over the top of the table.] Facing off against what, exactly? Specters? Ghosts? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2013-04-07 04:22 pm UTC (link)
	Sometimes. [Sam is kind of amused by "specters" but he's not letting it show.] Do you believe they exist? [Sam knows they do at least in his own world, but he always likes to know if he sounds crazy at least.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

tea_earlgreyhot
2013-04-08 08:59 pm UTC (link)

Oh... [As he briefly considers this, he leans back in the chair and gives the hem of his uniform top a curt tug. He crosses one leg over the other and smooths his fingertips thoughtfully over his lips.]

Even as prone to logic as I like to consider myself, I would say I've witnessed too much of the spectacular and unexplained in the Universe to ever decisively discount the idea that spectacular and unexplained things could occur planet side as well. I would also add that those same unexplained phenomena are what keep humanity in an ever evolving state of growth. Curiosity. The pursuit of answers. The will to survive. [He pauses.] To answer your question, in spite of my never having played witness to such things, I cannot allow myself to ignore the possibility that they might exist.

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tallerthanthou
2013-04-10 04:43 am UTC (link)

...Right. [That was quite the speech. Sam feels like there should have been more of an audience for it. Then again, it was also interesting. It might remind him of a more human version of an angel he knows. At least in a small part.]

They do, but most people think they're stories. [At this point what's the harm in just telling people the truth? Shielding them from it kind of became pointless once an underwater, interdimensional prison got involved.] The thing is most legends begin with some truth. It just gets distorted over time.

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	tea_earlgreyhot 2013-04-11 03:13 pm UTC (link)
	An insight we can both agree on. [And honestly, Jean-Luc liked the idea that most legends began with some sort of truth and then, over time, morphed into the more common form of how people perceived them.] And you have first-hand experience with such things. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2013-04-14 04:42 am UTC (link)
	Yeah. [He lets that "Yeah" stretch out a little longer than it probably should. As many times as he's come clean about his life at home here it still feels like the wrong choice.] A few times. [Understatement is understated.] They were something of a career. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tea_earlgreyhot 2013-04-14 03:19 pm UTC (link)
	A paranormal expert of sorts. That is interesting. There must be ample opportunity for involvement in the paranormal in your world to make a career out of it. I'm curious as to how you operate. Do people call you when they experience something... something that cannot be easily explained? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2013-04-16 04:01 am UTC (link)
	[The thing about careers is that they normally pay. This one just takes.] Sometimes, but most people don't know these things are real, so they don't know who to call unless they've already been through something before. Usually, it's a matter of tracking the signs to take care of it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tea_earlgreyhot 2013-04-16 03:00 pm UTC (link)
	What sort of signs? [He's truly curious, as his world would be on in which most people don't know that some things are real, if they even are.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2013-04-21 01:49 am UTC (link)
	Weather patterns like electrical storms. Unusual spikes or circumstances around human and animal deaths. Bizarre coincidences that form patterns. Things that are easy to write off as strange, but not impossible. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tea_earlgreyhot 2013-04-22 08:35 pm UTC (link)
	Interesting. It sounds as if your world might be overly active as far as the paranormal is concerned. What do you use to combat such things? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2013-04-30 04:23 pm UTC (link)
	It depends on what we're dealing with. Firepower isn't enough. You need the right tool. For ghosts that's salt, iron, and ultimately fire. Sometimes it's silver or something more specialized. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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