maskormenacelogs | [OPEN] accelerate; asphyxiate; appreciate;

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[OPEN] accelerate; asphyxiate; appreciate;

WHO: Yusuke Kitagawa + YOU
WHERE: out and about!
WHEN:Throughout September
WHAT: There's been a lot of drama and violence lately...Yusuke is working on normalcy for a while. Let's see if that works out for him. More specific, closed prompts in the comments.
WARNINGS: Some minor injuries in prompt 2 but nothing gross, probably some mentions of torture in the Magnus thread.

1. keep my hands to myself | downtown nonah visitor's center | OPEN

[ Yusuke is, as he often is, parked in front of his mural, still emblazened with a neon green "KILLERS AND PERVERTS!" The graffiti had distressed him at first, and then it inspired him. Or radicalized him? The wall around the harsh words is slowly changing, the scene under the orange and purple sunrise shifting from everyday people doing everyday things, to unique individuals, suffering. There is a man on his knees, clutching a memento of a loved one who was ported out. A lost child, with nowhere else to go and no resources, idly strolling the streets and staring at the sky. A huddle of people with glowing wrists trying to pull another, long hair and pained face, out of a flood.

The more idyllic scenes are still there, too. It's a work in progress, now more than ever, since he's changed his direction. But that is not what Yusuke is working on today, he has a separate easel set up in the space he's been given, tapping the end of a brush against his bottom lip until someone approaches him. ]

Are you here to model for me?

2. call the grave digger | heropa 15 | roommates/passerby/visitors

[ Of all the skill cards Yusuke has made since he's gotten here, the one he's repeated the most was the one for flight. At first, it was just to impress Yuri, but they both had a lot of fun with it, and he enjoys the challenge of finding new ways to interpret the idea through his art, so he's made more of them, over and over. This time, the picture is a quiet nighttime landscape, with a full moon the only source of light, shining brightly against the gently windswept grass. It is slightly eclipsed by a blue butterfly, the only colored portion of the picture.

When he can't sleep, which is often, and it's a nice night, sometimes Yusuke likes to float around, look up at the stars from just a little bit closer. Ironically, he finds it grounding, like he can understand the world a little bit better by getting a different angle on it. Tonight, Yusuke opens his window, because the crime child instincts will never really leave, and carefully climbs out onto the ledge before taking the card in his hand and running his finger down it.

And it makes a popping sound, which is normal and expected, but that's it. Yusuke quirks an eyebrow and tries again, but the card does not disappear as it's supposed to. It just keeps making that soft pop. Strange.

Yes, tonight is the night Yusuke finds out that powers gathered from departed imPorts won't work anymore. He discovers this important fine print to his powers by leaping from his second story window anyway, and landing painfully on his side in the lawn with an anguished shout. He sure is still recovering from a broken shoulder... ]

3. until the walls come down | Brewed Awakening coffee shop, any city | OPEN

[ It isn't a drawing that Yusuke is working on this time. It's homework. Yes, school has started, and he promised a friend he would go, even if at the time he was only agreeing for her sake. But since then, he's been thinking a lot about both this world and his own, and what he would do, or where he would go, if given the choice.

He might want to stay here? As crazy as that seems. Yusuke's mission back home was completed, after all, his powers gone. His potential to do good and make changes just seems stronger here. His attachment to his old home was the people that he met and connected with, and half of them were here now, anyway...and then some.

Now that Yusuke is considering this world as a true home, he better be familiar with it. He's curled up in a cozy corner chair with a large mocha and a history book, detailing the last fifty years of world history in a very different way than what he learned at his last school. He takes notes on the table by his side, using a pen that is definitely nicer than the task it's been rudely forced into. ]

4. a rebel just for kicks | wildcard

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Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[ Yusuke likes food, really, more than one would expect. He reads cookbooks, watches cooking shows, he loves the look and the smells and the colors...he just doesn't cook himself. Back home, his guardian provided just enough to survive on, and the only skills the man saw fit to nurture were the ones that could make him money. And after Madarame was gone, there were days where he had to choose between instant noodles and taking the subway.

So, even if his new life had given him the means to take better care of himself, Yusuke isn't very good at actually doing that. But he's making an effort now, there are people relying on him to do so. When he lets himself feel optimistic, he can see an end to the chaos somewhere in the distance, he can see normal and happy, at least as much as this unpredictable world can allow. He sees Yuri and Otabek as part of that.

...maybe not so normal. But happy, certainly, so he's diving head first into this and not looking back. That starts with getting the three of them together for something fun, relaxing, and overdue, the promised cooking night. Yusuke's sling just came off that morning, and Yuri is the only one of them who really knows what he's doing, so they're starting off easy, with pasta. ]

I hope we didn't forget anything.

[Otabek's skills in the kitchen are lackluster at best. He could manage, if it were absolutely necessary, to cook up something that would stave off hunger, but it wouldn't taste good and it wouldn't be anything to be proud of. So he doesn't cook. For himself or anyone else. He eats out a lot, orders in, and generally buys what's already made. The cafe he took Yuri to is his favorite place and the waitress there knows him by name now.

If he had a better paying job, didn't have two boyfriends he wanted to spoil, or a motorcycle to purchase, it wouldn't be a problem. Unfortunately, something has to change and he's more than pleased when the offer to spend time with Yuri and Yusuke comes in - especially when it comes with a cooking lesson.

He had dressed casually and had arrived at Yusuke's apartment early enough to help with any shopping or setup that had to be done. Now, he's sitting in a chair, one leg swinging and his elbow on the counter, chin in his hand.]

Hopefully not.

[He looks to Yuri, then. If anyone would know, it'd be him.]

[Yuri's turned away from the pair of them to survey the ingredients he's laid out on the counter. A few moments pass before he glances over his shoulder and gives them a bright smile and a thumbs up. He's been excited for this date since they first thought of it. Aside from skating, cooking is one of his very favorite hobbies, and he's eager for a chance to share it with both of them.]

I think we've got everything we need. Do you guys want to just watch me this time, or try preparing some stuff while I tell you what to do?

[ Yusuke smiles brightly right back, and stands from his seat, where he's been idly nudging Otabek with his foot. ]

I learn best by doing. I am at your command.

[ As dreamy-sigh inducing as watching Yuri cook for them would likely be, that's not the point! It would be more fun, more satisfying, to collaborate, so that's what he intends to do. This should be hard to mess up, even from scratch. Worst case scenario, the suace is kind of runny? ]

Should I start cutting up vegetables?

heropa 15; closed to Yuri + Otabek

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3; probably De Chima since that's where Shinjiro lives

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