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MarinaNova NPCs (marinanova_npc) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-06-05 20:18:00

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Day 222 — Mandatory activity mingle
[ It's a wonderful, stormy day here in Squall Asylum and vacation time is officially over! Your gracious overlords have worked out a light itinerary for you today and they expect you to keep it.

Get in line to pick up your food rations for the day. Eat breakfast if you have time for it, or perhaps you'd rather skip this one time and save yourself the discomfort during the two hours of exercise that follow. Jogging, jumping jacks or perhaps impromptu team sports, whatever you end up doing you bet you'll come out exercised in the end!

Should you not want to participate... well. We have ways to make you join in. Anyone reluctant to get their heart rate up will get a helpful electric prod by one of the bots until they comply. Tough cookies.

Luckily you'll get a chance to wash off that sweat (hope you're not shy, the wash room can get crowded) before it's time for the silent game for an hour, followed by lunch. The day is not over yet though! There's still time for a couple of hours of hard labor tending to the crops, doing laundry or perhaps breaking bricks in the yard. To make sure none of the inmates are broken this is also the time for mandatory physical checkups — bots will guide you to the hospital. No ifs or buts. The violation of personal privacy is for your own good, we promise.

Isn't it nice, being in prison? ]

((ooc: This mingle takes place during all of day 222. A bullet-point for of the itinerary can be found here, where we also encourage you to direct any questions. Event info is here if you need it. ))

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blue_eyed
2013-06-06 02:49 am UTC (link)

[ bit by bit, things are worsening. from time to time throughout the day he sways just a bit, but each time he catches himself and goes rigid, hoping not to have drawn attention to himself or his condition. it's a quiet sort of thing in the beginning. the discipline is slowly beginning to seep out of his body, to leave his muscles softer and his mind weaker than usual. once he starts swinging a hammer, though, he feels better; the violence helps him to ignore the slow degradation of his body. it's an ill-advised activity for a weakening man, but it does give him the opportunity to take out his frustrations on something. laundry and crop-tending are far too constructive and beneficial to others.

by the end of the day, the wooziness has settled into him quite insistently, but he tries to keep it to himself. that's difficult to do in such a confined space, though, so anyone running into his weary self at any point in time is highly encouraged. ]

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	liquid_pride 2013-06-06 08:52 pm UTC (link)
	[How about a big strong pony?] Hey, you okay? [~~he seems to do a lot of this~~ He sidles up alongside him.] Lean on me if you want. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

blue_eyed
2013-06-07 04:54 am UTC (link)

[ the sidling is entirely unwelcome. piter glares warily at him for a moment, looking quite like a man is normally wont to look when face to face with a talking horse. unicorn? by jove, it's a unicorn. ]

I will do no such thing. [ eyebrow raise. ] Spare me your concern; it's of no use to me. [ he shifts a pace to the side, silently questioning why these kinds of things happen to him. he's way too sober for this. ]

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	liquid_pride 2013-06-07 11:12 pm UTC (link)
	Are you sure? It's not a problem. We're all in this together. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blue_eyed 2013-06-13 09:19 pm UTC (link)
	[ he dearly wishes that people didn't say things like "we're all in this together." it's so distressingly hopeful and saccharine. positively disgusting. ] I am entirely certain. I am not some staggering maid. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	the_dawnster 2013-06-07 08:47 pm UTC (link)
	[How about someone literally running into him? Dawn's lost track of her sister. And in her haste to find Buffy, she rounds a corner and runs smack into this guy, which makes her awkwardly step back a few steps.] Whoops. Sorry. You okay? There was... a lack of attention to in front of me since I was looking around me and... sorry. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

blue_eyed
2013-06-13 09:26 pm UTC (link)

[ that works wonderfully! though he doesn't think of it quite that way as he goes pitching forward and nearly falls. it takes an obnoxious amount of willpower to not collapse to his knees, but willpower is a thing that piter has quite a lot of; he refuses to fall, to tarnish his dignity in such a way.

turning slowly, he rounds on her with bared teeth, his voice very low and very severe as he stifles the desire to strangle her. stepping back was an ingenious move on her part. ] As you should be.

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the_dawnster
2013-06-15 02:20 pm UTC (link)

[Teeth baring. That's never a good way to start a conversation. Wide-eyed, Dawn puts her hands up in an 'I'm harmless, see?' kind of gesture. That is until he tells her she actually should be sorry. It takes her a moment to muster all the bravado she can, eyes narrowed, chin lifted, hands on her hips.]

Hey, rude much? Like you haven't ever accidentally stepped on someone's toes before. Besides, I can't help it if you were so still you blended into the wall.

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blue_eyed
2013-06-15 07:17 pm UTC (link)

[ as a matter of fact, he only steps on toes on purpose. but he lets out a wheeze of a laugh at what he considers to be a most pitiful show of bravado, like that of a kitten playing at being fierce. ]

Perhaps I was still for a reason. [ he wants to hiss you foolish, insolent girl, but stops himself, straightening as regally as he can and putting some effort into unrustling his jimmies. ] And perhaps you should not be so unobservant. [ though that comment about stillness was almost a compliment. good to know that his assassin skills are still quite polished, even now. ]

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the_dawnster
2013-06-15 07:47 pm UTC (link)

[It is so much false bravado, it's not hard to imagine that Piter sees right through it. She's learned that false bravado can get you far in many scenarios though, apparently not in this one. Still, she maintains it for now. The smart thing would probably be to walk away from a dangerous situation, but Dawn was never very good at being smart when danger was right in front of her. She was kind of a danger magnet, actually. And years of watching her sister battle the forces of evil gave her a hero complex that sometimes went beyond doing the smart thing.]

I can be as observant as I want. Besides, I was looking for someone. You know, cause freaky minimalist prison means it's good to keep the people you know close? My sister, Buffy, maybe you know her? She who kicks both evil and rude in the backside? [It's not really a threat. Or maybe it is, vicariously. She's used to evil running away when she plays the 'the Slayer is my sister' card as well. Whether that will work here, well...]

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	chipswiththat 2013-06-10 09:02 pm UTC (link)
	[ Seeing someone else in worse shape than you yourself is oddly soothing and in comparison to Piter's weariness he considers his own angry red sunburns a minor inconvenience. ] You look like shit. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blue_eyed 2013-06-13 09:32 pm UTC (link)
	Is that so. [ total deadpan. not even enough energy to form an upward inflection right now. seeing spike burned as he is nearly puts a twitch of a smile on his face, though— it's always such a pleasure to see other people suffering— but he still can't help but be displeased that his own fatigue is so obvious. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2013-06-14 06:49 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah. [ Let's not confuse his curiosity for concern here. They may be murderbro's but that doesn't mean he cares. ] Don't tell me you bit th' cyanide prematurely? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blue_eyed 2013-06-15 07:25 pm UTC (link)
	Don't be a fool. [ a grimace, because spike is, in fact, being a total fool. piter is so not in the mood for this. ] I'll take it unkindly if you ever again suggest that I would be so stupid. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2013-06-16 03:28 pm UTC (link)
	[ E y e r o l l. Seriously bro, get that stick out of your ass. ] So? What is it, then? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

blue_eyed
2013-06-16 08:20 pm UTC (link)

[ sorry. the stick is way, way too firmly entrenched in his ass. ] I've fallen ill.

[ he doesn't like people to know. he doesn't want them to know. it worries him. too many people know this weakness already, and he doesn't want to make it common knowledge. piter would rather that spike think of him as a frail human, as a man prone to illness— it's preferable to the truth. ]

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	chipswiththat 2013-06-17 11:00 am UTC (link)
	[ And here he thought there were no secrets between them. Harsh. ] Ill. [ Really, you can do better than that. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blue_eyed 2013-06-17 05:47 pm UTC (link)
	Ill. [ a wry, bitter smile turns his lips. of course the lie is a weak one; the lips it spills from are weak right now, as well. he is silent for a moment, but he doesn't glance away from spike. he won't show that weakness. he's already shown too much. he simply stares coldly, trying to analyze him. ] Have you some other theory? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2013-06-18 07:07 pm UTC (link)
	[ If Spike was the caring sort, he might actually pry. Luckily for everyone involved he isn't and instead of awkward follow up questions, he only shrugs. ] Don't really care either way. Just don't drop down dead or anything, it'd seriously make this place that much bloody duller. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

blue_eyed
2013-07-06 07:39 pm UTC (link)

Such flattery. [ it doesn't show, but he appreciates very much that spike won't pry. he feels as if a weight is lifted— a tiny one, but it's enough that he need not waste energy on fretting over it. he's going to need all the strength he can muster. ] I can promise nothing, but I do concur that it would be rather dull to be dead. A bit too peaceful an activity for my tastes.

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	chipswiththat 2013-07-08 01:31 pm UTC (link)
	Depends on the kind of dead you know... not that you seemed too interested in that prospect. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blue_eyed 2013-07-11 01:01 am UTC (link)
	[ eyebrow raise. if spike is referring to what piter thinks he is... ] I'd rather avoid your mouth upon my neck, if it can be helped. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2013-07-11 05:42 pm UTC (link)
	[ Scoff. ] What, you think I want to stick my fangs in you? I'm just making conversation, mate. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blue_eyed 2013-07-11 06:32 pm UTC (link)
	Your conversational skills are less than impressive, then. [ a rather playful smirk, a roll of the eyes. ] But for the sake of conversation, I shall say that I find myself impressed with your eagerness to spurn such valuable blood as mine. [ it's a casual hint, but one that he's sure spike won't truly catch. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2013-07-12 11:04 pm UTC (link)
	[ He doesn't catch it entirely. There is some fumbling, fingers brushing in the attempt to catch, but his mental fist fails to grip the hint. Of course, that won't keep him from prying further now that his curiosity it piqued. ] What, you another of those special snowflakes we got running around? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)