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MarinaNova NPCs (marinanova_npc) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2015-01-05 07:20:00

Entry tags:

:mingle, aidan reilly, april ludgate, artemis crock, carl grimes, carol peletier, charlotte charles, damon salvatore, dexter morgan, doctor facilier, duo maxwell, euphemia li britannia, gwen cooper, haruka tenoh, ianto jones, inara serra, jack harkness, kanji tatsumi, katherine pierce, kitty pryde (aoa), kitty pryde (evolution), lyle dylandy, malcolm reynolds, martha jones, mgann morzz, michiru kaiou, nathan harris, nico di angelo, pavel chekov (au), percy jackson, piper halliwell, rebecca crane, sam winchester, sarah williams, spencer reid, spike, tieria erde, ton phanan, trowa barton, tyki mikk, yuuri shibuya

Day 305 : MISTLETOE BOT MINGLE
[You won't hear them coming. You won't see their snare. The mistletoe bots are out and they're hunting you, two by two. You can run and you can hide, but eventually you will be caught, and then there's nothing left to do but kiss your way out!

Chapstick stations will be available.]

(OOC: Mistletoe Bots Info)

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	kitty_has_claws 2015-02-04 01:24 am UTC (link)
	Mmmm...sixteen versions. Sixteen and a half. You get one just for yourself. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

foreverjack
2015-02-05 10:03 pm UTC (link)

Sixteen and a half? [Even more amused.

But he relents.] But yeah, the monogamy is what I meant. Or at least... [He hesitates a second, but somehow talking about how he feels about Ianto doesn't seem so daunting any more, especially with Kitty.] The way I feel about him. The fact I've let myself feel that way about him.

[Blue eyes searching her face. He's fairly sure she'll understand. She's a warrior too.]

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kitty_has_claws
2015-02-06 02:44 am UTC (link)

[She gets it. She may not share it exactly, but she gets it.]

That part I knew before. [At home with her husband, but it was so different. He was so different than Reid. And he was a warrior like her. And that trust in him and their relationship is what killed her or would have killed her if she wasn't here. Sometimes it feels like it's her trust in Reid that's killing her now.]

But there were a lot of other things I didn't let happen before I got here. [Things she wouldn't let herself feel.] Like being friends with humans.

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	foreverjack 2015-02-07 08:40 pm UTC (link)
	[He nods, grateful that she gets it. Then he quirks an eyebrow.] Do I even count as a human? I'm not exactly 'normal'! [Neither is Reid, though in different ways, but he's not going to bring that up here.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

kitty_has_claws
2015-02-07 08:47 pm UTC (link)

I guess that's up to you, but that's kind of how I eased my way into it. Getting closer to people like Allen who had abilities, but never called himself anything but human. And there was Oliver who was just really good with a bow and arrow. No powers. [And, yeah, there's Reid. Gifted, but not like her. But not that unlike her either.]

Not that they're around anymore.

[Not wanting to end on that note...] So, do you? Consider yourself human?

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foreverjack
2015-02-07 09:39 pm UTC (link)

[He listens, interested by this insight into her mind - and her world. Not that her world is so different. People are always wary of people who are different, however that difference manifests.

He shrugs, smiling.] Mostly. But not totally. I never was really a normal human anyway, by the standards of your time. Humans have quite a few genetic improvements by the fifty-first century!

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kitty_has_claws
2015-02-07 10:20 pm UTC (link)

What kind of genetic improvements? [That term is something of a mixed bag for her. It's been used to describe mutation. It's also something Apocalypse strives for. He has his scientists doing inhumane research and experimentation with living subjects as he looks of ways of increasing powers or better utilizing genetic fodder. So many people tortured in the pens. The dead ones are the lucky ones there.]

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	foreverjack 2015-02-10 08:11 am UTC (link)
	[He sees the expression on her face and catches himself to make sure he says this right.] Natural ones, mostly. Evolution, with a little help from technology. Resistance to disease, longevity, that sort of thing. [He grins.] And of course the super-effective pheromones! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2015-02-14 04:15 am UTC (link)
	[She relaxes a little at that answer.] Super effective pheromones? [She raises an eyebrow.] Seriously? [Is that what it is?] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	foreverjack 2015-02-14 12:36 pm UTC (link)
	[That's what it is.] Absolutely. You mean you hadn't noticed how utterly irresistible I am? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2015-02-14 07:31 pm UTC (link)
	What? You are so totally resistible. [As long as you are sure to keep Ianto and Reid in mind and work at it.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	foreverjack 2015-02-15 04:44 pm UTC (link)
	Really? [He looks disappointed - and then grins, shifting subtly closer.] Guess I'll have try harder, then! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2015-02-15 06:28 pm UTC (link)
	[Careful there. She's technically single and that might just work. She definitely didn't just look at his lips a moment too long.] Is the future just a non-stop orgy where you're from? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	foreverjack 2015-02-17 08:42 pm UTC (link)
	[Yeah, he's not actually going to push it any further than this. He's fairly sure that if circumstances were different she'd be there like a shot, and that's all he needs.] Hardly. [Chuckling.] Let's just say, we discovered that getting on with the new and varied species we encountered across the galaxy went easier with a bit of flirting! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2015-02-18 02:21 am UTC (link)
	[Probably wise. Especially given the way things will go later today with Reid when they kiss.] Getting on or getting it on? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	foreverjack 2015-02-21 12:26 pm UTC (link)
	You're very quick to make assumptions! [He grins, teeth showing.] Bit of both, actually. Nothing cements good relations between species like a good marriage or two! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2015-02-21 05:10 pm UTC (link)
	But they weren't wrong. [Smiling back at him.] And marriage? You haven't been married before have you? [That would surprise her.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

foreverjack
2015-02-21 08:43 pm UTC (link)

[Her use of 'before' catches him for a moment, before he realises that okay, they've made the analogy of blue-banding being like marriage before - really, really strict marriage, on the bedroom side of things at least.

Then he smiles, wryly.] Not to an alien, no. But yeah, I've been married once or twice. Hang around someone long enough, the question tends to come up.

[There's a lot there that he's not telling, though. There are very painful memories mixed in with the happy ones.]

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kitty_has_claws
2015-02-21 11:08 pm UTC (link)

[She's never been a fan of the "blue bands = marriage" mentality since she started it off with Tyki and all. In this case she just meant before because she doesn't think he's married now.]

Once or twice? It comes up? [She raises a brow at him, but then the expression softens, wondering if it's less dismissive on his part and more protective ambiguity.] Did something happen? [Did you outlive them? But she doesn't actually say that part out loud.]

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*tentatively tries out this tagging thing again...*

foreverjack
2015-03-11 08:13 am UTC (link)

[He gives her what tries to be a limpid look, but there's far too much pain hiding behind it to really pull it off. When he speaks, his voice is very, very dry.]

They died.

[Of course they did. Everyone always dies, sooner or later.

Except him.]

You were married too, weren't you? Back home?

[It's a rather lame attempt at deflection considering it doesn't really change the subject. Perhaps there's a reason for that. Perhaps it is actually something he wants to talk about, deep down.]

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kitty_has_claws
2015-03-16 12:09 am UTC (link)

Jack... [She says it softly and with understanding. Maybe Pitor didn't die—not until after her anyway—but she almost lost him more than once. She did lose her parents, friends, and then all her students.]

I was, yeah. Maybe still am technically. [Not that it was ever an official, legal sort of ceremony. Not enough civilization left for that.]

But it's over. Even if he was here, it'd be over.

...Haven't exactly stopped missing him though. [Looking at him thoughtfully. She figures she's not the only one missing people.]

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foreverjack
2015-03-17 08:26 am UTC (link)

[He has to swallow hard at the gentle understanding in her voice when she says his name. She may have lived only a fraction of his own lifetime, but of all the people here, she's probably one of those who can come closest to understanding this. He knows she's lost people too, a lot of people.

At least what she says next is fairly distracting, without leaving the subject entirely. He gives her an interested look, though his voice is gentle too when he speaks.]

What happened?

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kitty_has_claws
2015-03-17 02:23 pm UTC (link)

Things were bad at the end. He was getting obsessed with saving his little sister he'd thought was dead for years. I get it, you know? But he sacrificed all our students to get her out of that prison. He said he was going back for them. I wasn't there. I don't know for sure.

...But he didn't go back.

Then he was about to accidentally trample me to death before I got pulled out for life in prison. That one would be easier to forgive.

[She's quiet a moment before looking at Jack.] I've changed here. I'm just not the person who married him anymore. [And whether they could work it out or not, she's moved on now. Maybe she pushed herself to do that before she was ready, and maybe it hasn't been that long, but it feels like a lifetime ago already.]

What happened with you?

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foreverjack
2015-03-18 08:14 am UTC (link)

That sounds harsh. Especially the getting trampled bit!

[Though there's a lot of sympathy there beneath the humour.

At her question, his mouth twists wryly.] Which time? They died, all of them. Some of them got old first, while I stayed young, which sucked. Some of them didn't have a chance to get old, which sucked more.

Ianto was one of those who died far, far too young.

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	kitty_has_claws 2015-03-18 12:24 pm UTC (link)
	The first one. [She figures that one always has some deep meaning because it's the first. But the loss always hurts. And the steadily increasing age difference? She's starting to know a little something about that. Reid keeps gaining years and memories from home where she gains days.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)