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maskormenacelogs2018-12-03 04:01 pm
forgeabettertomorrow) wrote in maskormenacelogs2018-12-03 04:01 pm
The Hollidaze is Here Again - Open To All
WHO: Darin Altway and you!
WHERE: All around
WHEN: Throughout the month of December
WHAT: Various shenanigans
WARNINGS: Mentions of extreme insomnia and holiday stress
-A- Nonah: Darin's Forge
[It had been a few weeks since the events of the swear-in ceremony on the moon. As the days wore on, Darin went from being his usual, upbeat self, to someone far more withdrawn. After working things out with Allura, he made an appoint to work normal hours at the forge. But that still didn't change the fact that he'd been averaging only a few hours of sleep per night, thanks to the fact that he can feel Diomuhr's presence now.]
[Anyone who comes by to see him will find him distracted. He has bags under his eyes and he's slightly off-color; paler than normal, despite not being sick.]
[Distracted by his thoughts and the presence lingering around him, he's also doing something he's never done before: making simple yet egregious mistakes. It's one such mistake that ends with Darin taking the piece he was hammering away on, a shield, and picking it up in his bare hands and crumpling it like it was nothing more than an aluminum can. He then pivots and pitches the solid ball of crumpled steel through the roof like a missile, complete with high pitched whistling sound as it disappears from sight.]
...Great. Now I have something else to fix...
-B- Maurtia Falls: Aegis Force HQ
[Darin was no stranger to exercise. In fact, before he was driven away from his home, he made an appoint to train his body every day. It helped maintain the illusion that his strength was natural, but it also helped him learn control and restraint. He'd more or less restarted his regiment again when he was Ported in, but Aegis Force HQ really gave him a place to cut loose and blow off some steam. And this blue-haired idiot was a kettle ready to boil over. Thankfully, someone showed him how to calibrate and use the Danger Room, which meant less time trying to figure the damn thing out. With all of his mental frustrations, Darin wanted to really go all out. After setting his opponents to 'robots' and cranking the difficulty to maximum, Darin enters into the simulation.]
[What follows, for about half an hour, is the sound of what one might assume is just explosions going off. Apparently 'maximum difficulty' is no joke when it comes to Danger Room settings, and Darin isn't taking the challenge lightly. Peek in on him, and you'll find him tearing through robots of all shapes and sizes with a ferocity that he's never shown before. The booming echoing out from the chamber isn't from the robots, it's from the force of Darin's kicks and punches. He's not even using his dao today, and at the rate he's going, he's going to destroy his limbs.]
Leave me...alone...! WHY THE HELL WON'T YOU LEAVE ME ALONE!?
[From his tone, it's possible he's not talking to the endless stream of robots.]
-C- De Chima: Shopping Center
[With Christmas fast approaching, Darin's taking a trip to De Chima's largest shopping center to get some ideas for presents. He's likely going to make most of the presents he wants to give out himself, but he's in some desperate need of some inspiration. He wanders from store to store, glancing over a list of names. Try to sneak a peek to see if your name is on the list? He might be too distracted to notice.]
[Or maybe you're in the food court, watching as shoppers bustle around. There's a hell of a commotion heading your way though. If you happen to squint, you'll notice a blue haired doofus running full tilt as a mob of angry shoppers chases him through the mall.]
YOU'RE ALL FREAKIN' CRAZY!! IT'S A DAMN TOY!!! YOU TICKLE IT AND IT LAUGHS AND SHAKES!!! KIDS CAN ALREADY DO THAT THEMSELVES!! WHY DO YOU NEED A TOY FOR THAT?! WHAT IS WRONG WITH EVERYONE?!
[Yup]
-D- Dawn of the Delts: Closed to Keith
[Okay, so the Danger Room might have been a bit too much. At least he can still hit the gym like normal. The only problem here is that he still has to make an effort to hide his power.]
[He yawns as he goes through a 'routine' that would make most people want to collapse. Now that he has a place where he can really push himself, this place seemed like small potatoes. What he really needed was a challenge.]
...Huh. Wonder if Keith is around. Last time we sparred, he was in demi-god mode.
...I wonder if he remembers me going toe-to-toe with him.
WHERE: All around
WHEN: Throughout the month of December
WHAT: Various shenanigans
WARNINGS: Mentions of extreme insomnia and holiday stress
-A- Nonah: Darin's Forge
[It had been a few weeks since the events of the swear-in ceremony on the moon. As the days wore on, Darin went from being his usual, upbeat self, to someone far more withdrawn. After working things out with Allura, he made an appoint to work normal hours at the forge. But that still didn't change the fact that he'd been averaging only a few hours of sleep per night, thanks to the fact that he can feel Diomuhr's presence now.]
[Anyone who comes by to see him will find him distracted. He has bags under his eyes and he's slightly off-color; paler than normal, despite not being sick.]
[Distracted by his thoughts and the presence lingering around him, he's also doing something he's never done before: making simple yet egregious mistakes. It's one such mistake that ends with Darin taking the piece he was hammering away on, a shield, and picking it up in his bare hands and crumpling it like it was nothing more than an aluminum can. He then pivots and pitches the solid ball of crumpled steel through the roof like a missile, complete with high pitched whistling sound as it disappears from sight.]
...Great. Now I have something else to fix...
-B- Maurtia Falls: Aegis Force HQ
[Darin was no stranger to exercise. In fact, before he was driven away from his home, he made an appoint to train his body every day. It helped maintain the illusion that his strength was natural, but it also helped him learn control and restraint. He'd more or less restarted his regiment again when he was Ported in, but Aegis Force HQ really gave him a place to cut loose and blow off some steam. And this blue-haired idiot was a kettle ready to boil over. Thankfully, someone showed him how to calibrate and use the Danger Room, which meant less time trying to figure the damn thing out. With all of his mental frustrations, Darin wanted to really go all out. After setting his opponents to 'robots' and cranking the difficulty to maximum, Darin enters into the simulation.]
[What follows, for about half an hour, is the sound of what one might assume is just explosions going off. Apparently 'maximum difficulty' is no joke when it comes to Danger Room settings, and Darin isn't taking the challenge lightly. Peek in on him, and you'll find him tearing through robots of all shapes and sizes with a ferocity that he's never shown before. The booming echoing out from the chamber isn't from the robots, it's from the force of Darin's kicks and punches. He's not even using his dao today, and at the rate he's going, he's going to destroy his limbs.]
Leave me...alone...! WHY THE HELL WON'T YOU LEAVE ME ALONE!?
[From his tone, it's possible he's not talking to the endless stream of robots.]
-C- De Chima: Shopping Center
[With Christmas fast approaching, Darin's taking a trip to De Chima's largest shopping center to get some ideas for presents. He's likely going to make most of the presents he wants to give out himself, but he's in some desperate need of some inspiration. He wanders from store to store, glancing over a list of names. Try to sneak a peek to see if your name is on the list? He might be too distracted to notice.]
[Or maybe you're in the food court, watching as shoppers bustle around. There's a hell of a commotion heading your way though. If you happen to squint, you'll notice a blue haired doofus running full tilt as a mob of angry shoppers chases him through the mall.]
YOU'RE ALL FREAKIN' CRAZY!! IT'S A DAMN TOY!!! YOU TICKLE IT AND IT LAUGHS AND SHAKES!!! KIDS CAN ALREADY DO THAT THEMSELVES!! WHY DO YOU NEED A TOY FOR THAT?! WHAT IS WRONG WITH EVERYONE?!
[Yup]
-D- Dawn of the Delts: Closed to Keith
[Okay, so the Danger Room might have been a bit too much. At least he can still hit the gym like normal. The only problem here is that he still has to make an effort to hide his power.]
[He yawns as he goes through a 'routine' that would make most people want to collapse. Now that he has a place where he can really push himself, this place seemed like small potatoes. What he really needed was a challenge.]
...Huh. Wonder if Keith is around. Last time we sparred, he was in demi-god mode.
...I wonder if he remembers me going toe-to-toe with him.
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Back in Ylisse, anyway. [she bobs her head in thought.] I've collected some nice things here now that I can, but...I suppose I'm still in the old habit of foregoing it all, now that I think about it.
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oh!] Like a tiara you can throw? I think I saw that on a TV show once in passing.
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Wait what? Like...throw it as a distraction? Or as an actual weapon?
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[...]
...I...don't actually know. It seems kind of silly, come to think...
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Maybe the outer edge of it is filed down to a razor's edge? Or like, the edge is concealed behind something ornate that would be covering you're forehead?
Interesting...!
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...I can probably make it work. Cumbersome or not, it's worth a try.
[But that wasn't what he was talking about. Regardless, he's getting another idea that he plans on keeping to himself for now.]
Okay, so who do we have left? Anyone else come to mind?
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Well...mm. Oh--actually, I know you're really busy with your own gifts, so do you know any other sources I could get a foil crafted at? I've a mind to get Utena a nice one for herself; she always has to borrow one when she visits to spar.
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I already have a few made if you want. I can just give one to you.
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...at least...in the case of friends who share combat interests, anyway.]
What about you? Who else is on your list?
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[Fight him.]
Let's see...[He pulls out his list again.]
Oh! Here's one I'm definitely struggling with.
My apprentice, Momo. She's been having a really tough time lately and I really want to do something special for her.
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anyway,] That's...the girl you asked me about a gift for some weeks back, right? [the one she thought he was creeping on?]
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She's been having some trouble lately. She's so focused on being a professional hero that she doesn't seem to make anytime for herself. Everything she does is related in some way to her hero training. She's missing out on the best days of her life right now, but who am I to tell her she needs to ease off, you know?
She's pushing herself to be a savior but she's still a sixteen year old girl. I don't think just handing her some material item is going to cut it.
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yikes. this sounds like talk she had with Archie about herself. she grimaces.]
I'm...not the right person to ask. How to balance that need and...and all of this.
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You might push yourself, but you at least know who you are. You have a sense of...self. For her...it's like her future is the only thing that she feels defines her. She hardly even has any friends her own age.
She's going to be a great hero someday. I know she will. But I want to give her something that will help her find who she is now.
Does...that make sense?
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[she slows down as she thinks, biting at her fingernail.]
It's tricky...trying to tell a girl what to focus on may only result in the opposite. In the end, it's only her path, whether she sees the other roads ahead of her or not. Mm...
[she plants her hands on her hips and scowls, thinking harder, nose scrunching. sure, Lucina. just. stand in pedestrian traffic like a superman statue while staring down at the ground as if it has the answers.
then she looks up with an idea, looking wide-eyed at Darin.]
...Dog party.
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[Then he stares at her like she just spoke a different language.]
..Dog...what?
Come again?
[Did Lucina just throw two words together and pretend it was a thing? Because he's interested...]
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[holding up a clenched fist.] Did you know? Blue, Quatre...they work with dogs that help people all the time! I bet they'd be able to help out.
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I bet she'd love that! Lucina, you're a lifesaver! I'll call them up later and see what I can arrange!
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It'll be wonderful! I bet they'll even let her walk them if she wants to, and that's even more fun. It's perfect!
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I daresay you and I make a damn good team.
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That said, I think I have everything I need. But you have shopping to do, right? Want an extra pair of hands to help you carry your load?
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[ribs are inconvenient and cramping her style. sigh.]
Well, if you truly don't mind, I was heading toward that department store up there to pick up scarves I saw.
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