orangehoodie: ((ken) 08)
captain peewee ([personal profile] orangehoodie) wrote in [community profile] maskormenacelogs2015-05-26 11:52 pm

semi-closed;

WHO: Ken + castmates/housemates and CR; planned threads
WHERE: Nonah#005, De Chima#001, and various places as needed
WHEN: May 19th to perhaps the 24th
WHAT: the aftermath of this and reconnecting with friends
WARNINGS: like last time, talks of death and suicide and shit

i: Nonah #005; (the prompt is for the 19th, but other days work too)
On the 18th, he left with a note on the refrigerator that he was sleeping over at a friend's with Koromaru and wouldn't be home that day. That, he thought, might keep his housemates from worrying when he didn't show up that night. But Ken ends up home anyway, much later into the night, with a certain blue-haired man in tow, and he curls into bed and falls asleep almost immediately then. When he wakes up, it's past noon and he has a headache but he's feeling oddly refreshed.

There are things he lied to his housemates about. There are things he wants to ask them, and clear up. He doesn't feel like putting on clothes so he just throws his jacket on over his pajamas and steps out of his room. It's a weekday, so he doesn't know who's going to be home, but he has plenty of time. Whenever he comes across someone who's at the house, he shuffles over to them, hesitating just once before mumbling: "Can I sit with you?"

ii: De Chima #001
After the talks at Nonah have been had, De Chima is his next stop. He isn't sure how far the news had spread, if it had at all, but he's sure he'll find out once he's there. It's daunting, but it's hardy the scariest thing he's dealt with at this point... right?

Lies. Facing his friends is the scariest part. Scarier than running off alone with a knife in his pocket and no idea where to go. He's absolutely terrified of confronting them, even if there's a voice in his head whispering that it really wouldn't be a confrontation. It doesn't help the nervous twisting in his gut, though, so he clutches the straps on his backpack as he enters the house.

And the nervousness is overwhelming. He can hardly handle it. It's to the point that the moment he runs into anybody at De Chima #001 and they so much as greet him, he jumps and lowers his head and immediately blurts out a hurried, "I'm sorry!" ... Sorry about that.

iii: a text message
And maybe you're not at either of those houses when he is and Ken still wants to see you, or he feels like going somewhere that's not the houses to talk with you. In such a case, there will be a text from Ken to you, short and to the point. He'd make it more specific, maybe explain more, but he ended up getting nervous and sending it off quickly so the actual message ends up saying nothing more than:

Can we meet up somewhere?

((ooc; I'll likely also make this a catch-all for Ken stuff during June, so if you'd like to do something with him, whether it's about the above stuff of anything else, feel free to shoot me a message at [plurk.com profile] squigstuff!))
hypnotherapy: ([h] jack in)

[personal profile] hypnotherapy 2015-06-15 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
"Ah? If you feel comfortable, go ahead." He sounds and looks a little surprised, but it's more because Ken feels comfortable enough around him to impart more information than anything Ken is actually doing. "I'm listening."
hypnotherapy: ([h] does it feel like a trial?)

[personal profile] hypnotherapy 2015-06-20 08:19 am (UTC)(link)
He listens quietly, taking in the information and feeling another pang of sympathy; Ken has obviously had a hard life, moving from one place to another after the death of the person he valued the most, unwanted and alone.

He's barely a teenager, isn't he? He thinks he remembers that, at least.

"It's unexpected," he answers, slowly. Still thinking about his words, what to say. "You never think about the possibility that you'll be welcomed in, and yet people try to let you in anyway...and you're not sure what to think of that." He shrugs, after a moment. "But it's a nice feeling, even if it's strange."
hypnotherapy: ([h] optimum conditions)

[personal profile] hypnotherapy 2015-06-27 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
"We all get things we don't feel we deserve," he says, simply. "But if all we can do is accept it, then with something like this, it's not too bad."

He feels like he has a lot of things he doesn't really deserve, deep down. At home and here. This is a person who straight up tells people "I'm a bad person", after all.

But accepting them isn't exactly a terrible thing. There's no balance to satisfy except himself.

"You're strong, aren't you? And likely to get stronger. So I'm sure you can do that." He flashes another brief smile. "Having somewhere to come home to is valuable, and worth protecting." Even at the cost of himself, or everything else. But that's just how he thinks.