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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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thisiscalm
2013-04-09 12:16 am UTC (link)

[ He tenses at that, knowing all too well what that could mean. After two months he's more likely to draw the conclusion that something is wrong within the facility rather than assume that it's a natural reaction and having known Piter for half that time only makes it all the clearer. Aside from a few rare occasions, the man is in far too good control of his emotions. It makes profiling hard but now that he's not the one in charge, there's nothing but sympathy.

You can't force emotion out of a Vulcan.

He shifts his weight, bottom lip pinched between his teeth as he hesitates and you can practically see the moment he makes the decision, the slight flinch as he keeps himself from grabbing Piter by the arm. They're not friends but they're two of a kind and that counts for something. ]

Come on. Let's get you somewhere less public.

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blue_eyed
2013-04-14 07:22 pm UTC (link)

[ reid's hesitation is all too clear to piter, and something about it is jarring. that flinch— piter sees it with mentat clarity for what it is, and the motive behind it is loathsome to him. he hates that he's shown such vulnerability, enough that someone would seek to reassure him, to save him.

and yet, he does not pull away. he does not turn with a scoff and a flourish and leave reid behind. he does what he's always done with reid— he stays, even if it would be so easy to walk away, to say, "that won't be necessary," and continue on in the opposite direction. if he were thinking more clearly, that would be what he would do. but he isn't. all he can do is stare back at reid with quiet dignity. ] I am not an animal to be led.

[ he is sick to death of following, of trailing behind out of obligation, of being a thing to command and direct. he has some tiny, new amount of freedom here, and he plans to use it well. he will not follow reid— he will walk alongside him. ]

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thisiscalm
2013-04-18 08:20 pm UTC (link)

Of course not. I apologize if I gave you that impression.

[ Quiet and polite and perhaps he's starting to figure out which level he should be on with Piter. He walks in silence at a steady pace, not too rushed and not too leisurely, eyes kept firmly on the road ahead. He's not going to push, only escort. Only be there as support in whichever way he can be, like Piter was for him not long ago and perhaps the mentat won't appreciate it but it's there nonetheless. ]

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	blue_eyed 2013-04-19 11:43 pm UTC (link)
	Apology is hardly useful. [ if only he could truly appreciate it— he can value reid's compliance, but companionship and amicability continue to startle him in subtle ways. instead, he merely brushes it off and continues walking, focusing on maintaining some sort of steadiness within himself, some control. ] I would prefer to know our destination. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2013-04-20 02:52 pm UTC (link)
	Actually... I haven't decided on one yet. Do you have anywhere you'd like to go? [ It's not exactly about him, this walk. It's about finding a place Piter would feel safe in. Establish security. Just as much a tactic as a show of friendship, believe it or not. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blue_eyed 2013-04-21 07:19 pm UTC (link)
	Perhaps somewhere quiet. [ it's rare for him to sound this reserved. he would almost seem meek if not for the faint tone of anger beneath everything he says, anger not at reid but at his own powerlessness. he honestly doesn't feel safe anywhere, except for perhaps his own apartment at times— but he certainly isn't letting reid set foot inside of it. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2013-04-22 08:10 pm UTC (link)
	[ He's used to anger, whether it's directed at him or not. It's no big deal. Finding a place to take Piter is though — taking a stray mentat home to Kitty would probably not go over so well. Somewhere public, then. ] Library? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

blue_eyed
2013-04-27 12:31 am UTC (link)

[ at the moment, he'd much rather nod silently than say anything, but he forces more than a monosyllabic reply out, even forces a casual tone out of himself. ] That will do, yes. [ there is a hard edge to his voice, the faint ring of artifice. a mask of porcelain is forming to his face, cool and undisturbed but fragile all the same.

the irony of winding up in the library once again with reid does not escape him; he recalls well the deliberation as he walked there, assessing reid's potential as a threat, making notes to himself to observe the boy in that first meeting, to profile the profiler, to try and gain his own upper hand. ]

You remain unaffected by this... torment, I presume. [ piter is envious. ]

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	thisiscalm 2013-04-28 10:13 pm UTC (link)
	So far so good... [ And he could've ended it there, kept his worries and insecurities to himself but Piter has proven to be deceptively easy to unload on. There's no coddling and with Hotch gone... well. He needs the stability more than he needs his common sense. ] ...as far as I can tell, at least. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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