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Tweak says, "I am the Bad Element!"

MarinaNova NPCs (marinanova_npc) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2014-10-20 15:23:00

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294 // beach mingle
[ Camping out on the beach is fun, right? Sleeping under the stars, lulled to sleep by the lapping of the waves and the rustling in the palm fronds. This isn't a refugee camp, this is a resort!

Several larger tents have been prepared on the beach. If this isn't enough there's a bunch of smaller ones ready to be set up, along with the permanent beach huts if tents aren't your thing. The makings of hot dogs and s'mores are available by the fire pits and if you have additional dietary desires, the convenience store isn't far away!

Enjoy! ]

(( ooc: Event information HERE! Please remember that if your character does not spend the night on the beach, they'll be forced to camp out on a park bench or in a coffee shop. The apartment buildings are off limits until next dayweek. ))

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	nico_di_angelo 2014-10-31 11:59 pm UTC (link)
	[He'll worry if he wants to, Aidan. He'll do it in his head if you like, but he will worry.] That was kinda the plan. I don't know the first thing about pitching a tent. I was going to save myself the humiliation. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2014-11-01 09:42 am UTC (link)
	I could help you, if you want. I've pitched plenty of tents in my life. [ Not like that, you perv. ] 's warm enough to sleep without one, but if you want some privacy... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2014-11-01 09:24 pm UTC (link)
	[He's not thinking about himself right now.] I don't need one. But you don't have one? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2014-11-02 09:07 am UTC (link)
	[ He shakes his head. ] But I'll be fine. I'll just stay close to th' fire. [ He doubts he can sleep with this many people around anyway. Walls can give the illusion of solitude, flimsy tents less so. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2014-11-03 12:47 am UTC (link)
	[Nico gives Aidan a look that says he does not approve.] But you're sick! [The kettle over the fire whistles before he can go on and he pulls it off and sets it aside. No cups have magically materialized.] I'll go grab some cups. [And also more blankets, if Aidan's going to buckle down outside.] Need anything else? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2014-11-03 10:23 am UTC (link)
	Nico, c'mon... [ The concern is sweet but god damn it, he's a grown man! He's slept in ditches and trenches and gutters and none of that killed him! ] 'm good. You've already done more than enough. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

nico_di_angelo
2014-11-03 09:01 pm UTC (link)

Okay. Shutting up. But if you do die, I'm sticking your soul in a jar and telling it "I told you so" every day for the rest of eternity.

[He stomps into a shadow and returns a minute later, with cups. And an armload of blankets. At least one is for him. He has zero body fat. He does get cold. He knew exactly where to go, and fortunately it was nowhere restricted.]

And there is no such thing as more than enough.

[As if he'd never left. He starts working on the tea now that he has something to put it in.]

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	redclayheroics 2014-11-05 10:33 am UTC (link)
	Fair enough. [ Nico what even are you don't stick him in a jar. What is this, All Night ? Also this back and forth thing is giving him a headache which, as it happens, also makes him reluctantly settle down with his blanket and a sulky expression. ] You sound like my mom. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2014-11-05 05:14 pm UTC (link)
	[There will be no more back and forthing. Nico's feeling a bit worn out from all of that. He sets Aidan's tea near him to steep while he sulks.] I was born in the thirties. I think I have every right to sound like your mother. Or your grandmother, even. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2014-11-06 10:18 am UTC (link)
	I dunno... we're not even from th' same world. Maybe you haven't even been born back where I'm from. [ A weird thing to think about. What are thirties anyway. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2014-11-06 09:21 pm UTC (link)
	[They are a time period seventy years in his world's past, which would make him older than you. (Except he's not.)] Maybe I don't exist at all. [How freeing would that be?] What's your world like? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2014-11-06 09:46 pm UTC (link)
	What it's like? [ Isn't that a question. ] It's... big. Real big. I've travelled halfway cross th' galaxy and back by now. [ And once upon a time that would've been the greatest adventure. So few things turn out the way you want them to. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2014-11-06 10:04 pm UTC (link)
	Galaxy? [Nico straightens up a bit. Pirates and dorky card games might be the keys to his heart, but there was a little room left over for space junk.] What for? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2014-11-06 10:10 pm UTC (link)
	I don't know anymore. [ He sighs. ] First I was running for my life an' then I was just trying to survive. Lately, I've been trying to get home. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2014-11-06 10:40 pm UTC (link)
	[Nico nods slowly. He can relate to that. Maybe not in the same way. He doesn't know Aidan's story. And he doesn't have a home to get back to.] I hope you make it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2014-11-06 10:42 pm UTC (link)
	[ Maybe some day he'll explain the whole thing. Not today. Not now. He's not sure he has the strength to look back just yet. ] Yeah... I hope so too. Don't look like it, but... you never know, right? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2014-11-07 05:31 am UTC (link)
	Right. [He can't muster up a whole lot of encouragement, just a half-hearted smile. He's half Greek tragedy. They bury kids like him on a regular basis. It's only a matter of time before he's one of them. He's on a suicide mission himself.] Don't let your tea get cold. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

redclayheroics
2014-11-07 01:15 pm UTC (link)

[ Encouragement isn't as welcome as it used to be. It's nice and all until you realize that it's not really connected with reality in any way that matters and then it just feels sad. All the cheering in the world won't keep you from bleeding out. Happy thoughts aren't as effective as kevlar. ]

Right... thanks. [ He falls silent for a moment, sipping on the tea. ] Hey, Nico... how come you don't like it when people hug you? I mean, I get it but... what's up with that?

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nico_di_angelo
2014-11-07 11:11 pm UTC (link)

[Two rays of sunshine, sitting right here.]

It's not just hugs. I don't like to be touched at all. [But why? Does he even know why? He used to love getting hugs and cuddling up to his sister and holding hands. Everything changed so fast.]

I've been on my own for a while. And alone. [He starts fumbling with the skull ring on his finger, twisting it around and around.] No one wants to be around someone like me. If someone's going to touch me, it's to send me the other direction, not ... not because they want a ... a hug ... or ... And ... I don't blame them. [He trails off there, voice wavering.]

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redclayheroics
2014-11-07 11:14 pm UTC (link)

[ Well, that's just about the saddest thing he's heard in forever. Familiar, too. Both with how Helix used to react and with himself, lately. Unexpected physical contact makes him anxious, but if he sees it coming it's like a lifeline right before you're about to drown. ]

Do you not want me to? 'Cause... I like you. I like hugging you, but if you're uncomfortable with it I won't do it no more.

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	nico_di_angelo 2014-11-08 12:09 am UTC (link)
	[That's ... a hard question. Just hearing those words makes him feel warm and sad and tears blur his vision. He doesn't not want hugs. He wants them very much. There just, wasn't anyone to give them.] It does make me uncomfortable. But, I ... like you, too. I'd like to try. Can we stop, if it's too much? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2014-11-08 12:45 pm UTC (link)
	Of course. I don't wanna do anything you don't want. [ But it feels good that Nico wants to try. That it's not going to be like pulling teeth for once because Aidan's not sure he has it in him to handle a struggle like that again. ] Whatever you're okay with, that's what we'll do. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2014-11-08 10:47 pm UTC (link)
	[Deep breaths. And also scrubbing his eyes.] Thank you. That ... It means a lot. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2014-11-09 08:50 am UTC (link)
	Anytime. I mean it. I, uh... I kinda get what it's like. [ And before anyone gets any ideas. ] Helix was th' same way. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2014-11-10 06:46 pm UTC (link)
	Your, um ... boyfriend? [Oh, hey. Teabox. What does that smell like?] Same way like what? Fucked up? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)