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MarinaNova NPCs ([info]marinanova_npc) wrote in [info]marinanova,
@ 2016-10-03 11:32:00

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Entry tags::mingle, aidan reilly, aigis, angelina burnett, charlotte charles, felix gaeta, hazel levesque, jack harkness, jezebel mephistopheles, kija, kitty pryde (aoa), malcolm reynolds, miranda lotto (au), nico di angelo, pavel chekov (au), peter parker (stnas), sarah williams, spencer reid, spike, wade wilson

DAY 396 — Rhyme Mingle



((ooc: EVENT INFO ))


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[info]thisiscalm
2016-10-05 10:27 am UTC (link)
[ Reid is, thankfully, unaffected by the ongoings of the day. Wouldn't it have been hilarious if he had to get through the day reciting Chaucer whenever he wanted to order a cup of coffee? Absolutely. Would any of you ever have gotten a Reid tag ever again? Absolutely not.

Anyway. He's going about his day as usual, though perhaps a little more scatterbrained than usual. He's still somewhat holding out hope that Nathan is just around somewhere, not truly gone. He'd just gotten used to having him in the apartment again and getting a second chance to do the right thing has proven to be worth all the hassle of underwater prison. If Nathan isn't here, then... well. Then he doesn't really have any reason left to stay.

He'll pass through the library, make a few stops at the coffee shop throughout the day and then as the evening winds down, find his way back to the education centre to practice the piano for an hour. With Euphie gone, he doesn't really have a reason to pick up classes again either. Never would've if she hadn't convinced him in the first place.

Shit, they really are dropping like flies. ]

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[info]backoftheline
2016-10-05 10:53 am UTC (link)
[While Kija has visited a number of different classes and areas of the education center to try an en chance his knowledge of such a modern world, he hasn't had the opportunity yet to look at any of the instruments.

When he hears one such instrument, he peers within curiously. And stares.

. . . What sort of instrument is it? It's so large.

Not wishing to be impolite, he doesn't interrupt until there is a pause in one of the songs.]


To play such a large and difficult looking instrument... it must truly be a challenge. [He isn't affected, fortunately, by the antics of the day.]

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cannot remember if they've met
[info]thisiscalm
2016-10-07 03:24 am UTC (link)
[ That's a relief. He's had just about enough of singing and rhyming for a normal day and today is no normal day. He gives a small smile over his shoulder, inviting this person to come closer if he wants. ]

It's a lot easier than it looks. Size doesn't really make a difference. [ Says the genius. ]

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I don't...think they have?? /Goes with that
[info]backoftheline
2016-10-13 02:50 pm UTC (link)
[With the unspoken invitation, Kija moves inside curiously, approaching the musical instrument.]

It does not? While I have always thought it would be an enjoyable skill to master an instrument of some kind, I have not learnt how.

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[info]thisiscalm
2016-10-17 10:35 am UTC (link)
It just takes a lot of practice and dexterity. Having a good memory helps too, I guess, but it's not necessary. [ He plays a quiet little melody, absentmindedly. ] What instrument are you interested in?

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[info]trappedinresin
2016-10-17 06:29 pm UTC (link)
[He thinks about it for a moment.] I enjoy the erhu. But... [He hesitates as he reaches out, a scaled, white claw tapping one of the piano keys to produce its sound.] I tried in the past, and the strings tend to break.

[Pausing, he lifts a hand up to his chin thoughtfully] Perhaps the flute? I am not familiar with most of the instruments in this place. There are flutes here, aren't there?

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[info]labyrinthrunner
2016-10-05 11:23 am UTC (link)
[Sarah was at the education center in the art studio. She had heard that Nathan and Euphie were gone, and she didn't like thinking about it. Not that she could stop thinking about it. When painting didn't make her feel any better, she started wandering, eventually following the sound of the piano.

It led her to Mr. Reid. Nathan's friend. And a teacher of that class she had attended a few times.]


Hello Mr. Reid
I heard Nathan disappeared
He was my first friend

[Wait... what? Was she speaking in... poetry?]

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[info]thisiscalm
2016-10-07 03:30 am UTC (link)
[ He's seen the girl around a few times and she looks to be Nathan's age, so it's really no surprise to hear that they were friends. He gives her a sympathetic, if somewhat puzzled smile — he hears that rhythm in the way she speaks. ]

He was a good kid... I'm glad to hear he had friends here.

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[info]labyrinthrunner
2016-10-11 06:26 pm UTC (link)
We once looked around
To see if there were fairies
About in the park

[ooc: Let's have Sarah speak in haiku! It'll be easy! Blech.]

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[info]thisiscalm
2016-10-13 10:25 am UTC (link)
Did you find any?

[ He indulges. It's that kind of day. ]

(( ooc: exactly what I thought with Aidan. ))

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[info]labyrinthrunner
2016-10-20 07:07 pm UTC (link)
We did not find them.
Might be some in sector six.
We did not look there.

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[info]kitty_has_claws
2016-10-05 12:59 pm UTC (link)
[Between Kanji's announcement, looking for Nathan and calling him herself, and failed confirmation from the wardens there's no real doubt left for her that Nathan's gone.

And it hurts.

It hurts because that's it. No more chances for any of them to work on making things better for him. He deserved better than what his mind did to him. It hurts because even if she knows where his body is, she doesn't know about his mind. Is it trapped in some facility back home alone? Is that what he's living an feeling every day now? Is it just dark and blank like death? Like she imagines death. It hurts because she loves him and it hurts to lose the ones you love no matter how much practice you have.

Somewhere along the way looking for Nathan turned into looking for Reid even if she was only half aware of it. She follows the sad sound of piano notes to him. She's not going to try to speak and for once today it's a relief, not an obstacle. Instead, she quietly takes a seat next to him on the bench.]

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[info]thisiscalm
2016-10-05 01:14 pm UTC (link)
[ Reid gives her a glance as she sits down, but doesn't speak up. Doesn't really mind that she's there, especially since she's not trying to strike up conversation where there is none to have. Instead he resumes playing, striking up the one song that he can think to play right now. He's taught himself others over the last few years, mostly classical music, mostly Beethoven, but right now this is what he's playing.

Some days you really need to remember the kids you did manage to save.

He lets it roll on, repeating, eyes half-closed as he ignores her in favour of the music and maybe that's speaking more than words could. There's determination, unwavering, relentless and if he hurts then he doesn't show it. He's lost too much to hurt and come out on the other side and in a way he gets it now, understands the steely sort of disposition that Hotch always carried after Haley.

Silently, he continues to play, migth move on to something else if she still doesn't speak up. ]

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[info]kitty_has_claws
2016-10-05 02:31 pm UTC (link)
[She watches his hands mostly as they dance across the keys. She recognizes the song and the story that goes with it. She knows it means a lot to him. They got that boy's mother back which is a lot and practically routine in his work. She thinks what meant more was the connection he felt to the boy. There's something sad, but soothing about the melody and she sits, content to listen.

Back home as the losses piled up she grew more and more stoic and unreadable about them, stopping just short of dismissive. She was never unaffected. They all marked her deeply, but she had walls to keep her going. Keep her armored and strong against whatever came. She had to keep going for those who couldn't. For those who still might. And now behind prison walls—a dome—her own protections have crumbled as she let in new people, experiences, and feelings. It was a life she wasn't prepared for, requiring all new coping mechanism and bringing on so many growing pains.

In her entire life she's never "fit" perfectly anywhere. Too smart for her classmates. Too Jewish for her very neighborhood. Too driven for her age. Too mutant for the humans and too human for the mutants. Too damaged for a paradise inside a prison. But she adapts. She always adapts eventually. It's been over a year now and it's undeniable she's changed, maybe not all for the better, but not all for the worse either. She can cry again and while it's not always welcome and still makes her feel weak at times there is something cathartic about it. And she knows now that just because tears come doesn't mean they'll never stop. At the end of the day she'll still move forward for the ones who can't and for herself.

She reaches up to brush away the tear rolling down her cheek as the song comes to another end and her eyes move from his hands to his face.]

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[info]thisiscalm
2016-10-07 03:40 am UTC (link)
[ In some ways he really didn't want the song to end, because then what? Everything that comes after the song ends, metaphorically, and he's no longer sure what that is when it comes to her. Months ago it would've been comfort and encouragement but he's not even sure they're friends right now and he doesn't feel the urge to hug her. He's always been uneasy around physical contact and it's heartbreaking to feel that same unease around her.

He keeps his eyes on the keys and his hands on his lap, acutely aware that she's watching him but there's nothing to say and he can't bring himself to do anything either so after a few moments that feel like a goddamn hour he lifts his hands again, puts them back on the piano keys.

Something different, this time. He's been practicing. It's not the same without a string section to mitigate the angst of the piano but just like there's a story with Sammy's song there's history behind this. Maybe something to grab on to when this too inevitably ends. ]

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[info]kitty_has_claws
2016-10-10 11:30 pm UTC (link)
[She wants to say something in the moment, but she knows she'll sing it, possibly in a rhyme scheme or with existing lyrics and she just doesn't want that to be what this moment is about. She doesn't know exactly what she wants it to be about. She came because he meant a lot to both of them. She needed to check on Reid. She needed to be with someone who understood. But they aren't what they were and they aren't what she hopes they'll eventually be—real friends.

She still loves the man sitting next to her on the bench, but things are different now. The ease of being with each other is gone. She hopes they'll work their way back to that at least. But that isn't her mission for today.

She pulls paper and pen from her bag as he reaches the end of the song, quietly sketching out, "I couldn't find him."]

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[info]orgia_mode
2016-10-06 06:19 pm UTC (link)
[There's a robot girl wandering around today. A robot girl who is also unaffected. A robot girl who isn't very good at reading emotions or realizing what it means when someone looks so very upset. A robot girl who is fully equipped to scan for the specific vital signs of any one particular person in prison, should he feel like making use of that today.]

Good morning, Spencer-san!

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[info]thisiscalm
2016-10-07 03:11 am UTC (link)
[ Oh, we're not getting Hatsune Miku up in this dome? Disappointing. ]

Hey, Aigis. How are you doing?

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[info]orgia_mode
2016-10-07 07:52 am UTC (link)
[Aw dang it! That would have been such a good idea!]

All of my systems are functioning at optimal capacity levels. How are you?

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[info]thisiscalm
2016-10-08 03:02 pm UTC (link)
I've... been better. [ They've been through enough for him to admit that much. ] I'm looking for someone I care about a lot but I think he might be gone.

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[info]orgia_mode
2016-10-08 04:56 pm UTC (link)
Would you like assistance trying to locate them?

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[info]didwhaticould
2016-10-09 12:51 am UTC (link)
[The library is a good place to be when you don't actually want to talk to anyone. It's also rude to completely ignore someone you know when they wander into your general vicinity, so Gaeta gives Reid a wave. He's been meaning to check in with Reid about escape attempts, but with the pleasure prison and Martha getting bitey, some things have fallen through the cracks.]

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[info]thisiscalm
2016-10-13 10:24 am UTC (link)
[ They haven't talked in awhile and that's the only excuse Reid needs to make a little detour and catch up. The library is a good place to be left alone but Gaeta did invite him and they both know the rules here. ]

Hey. It's been awhile.

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[info]didwhaticould
2016-10-14 11:58 pm UTC (link)
[Did you know that the best friends are the kinds that are just as reluctant to be social creatures as you?

He nods in response and mouths, How are you doing? Talking isn't going to happen because he's not singing, especially not in a library. It's not the done thing. Maybe pantomime would be more effective?]


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[info]thisiscalm
2016-10-17 10:57 am UTC (link)
[ He raises a brow in surprise at all this miming, but he's also bumped into enough affected people by now to know what's up. He's also pretty damn good at reading microexpressions and lips aren't that far from it, especially when it's deliberate like this. ]

Fine, I suppose. Better than you right now, I'd guess.

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