I can move mountains, I can work a miracle [OPEN]

[rassera]

WHO: The residents of Nonah 05 + YOU!
WHERE: Nonah, Residence #005
WHEN: All month long (January)
WHAT: Nonah 05 open log for January Shenanigans
WARNINGS: Obligatory Bull and Tetsuo warnings apply.


Starters will be appearing in the comments. If you want something specific from any one person (Kaneda rassera, Tetsuo iamtetsuo, Bull rideme and Ken amadaman), feel free to drop them a line and ask! Otherwise, feel free to add your own starters for the whole household or individual residents as you like.

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[rassera]

[It'd been a few days since he'd gotten back from the little adventure in Jungle Heropa, so thankfully, when he greets Max, he's cleaned himself up, gotten himself showered...the frostbite had been reduced to mere redness, and the lacerations now scabbed over.

It was a good day.


And an even better day when there's pizza.]

Max?

[He was glad she took him up on the 'don't be a stranger', thing. Because if it's anything this house could use more of, it's company.]

Guess I can't say no after that, huh?

[A joke, but he appears nonetheless, opening his door.]

[timecapture]

Nope!

[Seriously, though, if he tells her to go away, she'll respect that - but not before swiping a slice or two of that pizza. She's hungry. Luckily, he doesn't do that, so she steps inside, setting said pizza down and giving Kaneda a worried look.]

So... how did it go?

[rassera]

[Like he'd ever refuse a girl's company. She's happily invited in after that answer, offering to take that pizza off her hands and give the girl's arms a much needed break. She had to have walked all the way here with it, after all.]

It...went.

[The curse was broken, everyone saw the golden light turn the jungle canopies back into skyscrapers, the muggy floor into sidewalks and highways...]

Pan's still on the loose, though.

[timecapture]

[Max gladly lets Kaneda take the pizza from her, rubbing her arms a bit. Yes, she's a wimp.]

I'm glad you got out of there alive.

[Her expression darkens at the mention of what happened to Pan.]

That bastard.

[rassera]

[It's okay, Max. Props to walking through Nonah with a giant pizza for as long as you did, THREE TIMES.]

You and me both.

[He sets that box down, opening it up to grab a slice of that pizza. It's funny, for as common as it is around here, he still doesn't eat it all that regularly. Back home, it was such a novelty. Having it just around the corner is still mind-blowing.]

We broke the curse, but he escaped injured.

Bastard ran when he knew he couldn't win.

[timecapture]

[Hey, she tries. Besides, bringing pizza over is starting to feel like a kind of ritual now.]

Any idea where he might be?

[She takes a slice of pizza, too, but she has a worried expression as she nibbles. If he escaped, then he surely has to be planning on showing up again.]

[rassera]

[Taking a slice for himself, he flops down on his bed, making room for her to sit down too should she want it.]

Anywhere. He can just...you know, appear. Like teleporting.

[timecapture]

Jesus.

[How are they ever going to catch a guy who teleports?]

Are you... okay?

[rassera]

[You just have to make him WANT to stay.]

Ah...yeah, I'm fine.

[He holds up his arm, which is just now starting to recover from the frostbite he got from Hawke, fully avoiding showing the bruises underneath his shirt. He's not as bad off as Bull, but still.


Not a fun time.]

Would you believe me if I said this happens a lot?

[timecapture]

And here's where I wish I had healing powers.

[Yeah, her rewind is good for preventing injuries... but once they're already there, there's not a whole lot she can do.]

Actually? Yeah, I would.

[rassera]

[Sometimes you can't fix stupid, Max. And he's about 60% of stupid ideas.]

Haha! Well good! Saves me from trying to convince you, right?

...


Pan just better be ready. SOMEONE'S gonna find him.

[timecapture]

How do you even get into fights this often?

[Kaneda, no.]

Well, yeah. But what's gonna happen when he is found?

[rassera]

[Kaneda yes.]

I don't start all of them!


[But that last part is a good question, and one he really doesn't have an answer to. Not a good one, anyway.]


Guess it depends on who.

[timecapture]

[KANEDA NO.]

You probably shouldn't get into so many.

That makes sense. I just hope nobody kills him.

[rassera]

[KANEDA YES.]

That's what everyone tells me.


...

Not like he doesn't deserve it, though.

[timecapture]

[Does she have to make the "sad puppy" face? Because she will.]

I don't know. I don't think I could ever kill someone. [Could she?]

[rassera]

[Excuse you he is the master of the sad puppy face!]

No one ever wants to.


[Well, except Pan, obviously.]

No one worth knowing, anyway.

[timecapture]

... Yeah.

Anyway, I'm glad you're back. [And not dead.]

[rassera]

[Now that gets a smile out of him.]

Glad to be back.


It got me pizza, right?

[There's a soft little nudge with his shoulder, obviously teasing.]

[timecapture]

And company!

[She smiles a little at that, playfully nudging him back.]

[rassera]

...Speaking of.

While you're here.


[He stands up, pizza still in hand as he walks around his room--the walls are mostly bare, painted over in white and almost...suffocating in how empty they look.

One free hand rests against the wall, raking the primed wall with his fingers.]

I'm gonna paint something there. Any ideas what it should be?

[timecapture]

[Max thinks for a few moments, considering.]

I think you should paint something important to you here. Something that makes you happy, or something that reminds you why you keep going. Nothing that can disappear.

[Because people do that here.]

[rassera]

...

[This makes him think, pacing back and forth while he runs his hand along the wall. Something that won't disappear...


His first thought was a city. Ironic, how after everything back home, he still considered Neo Tokyo in existence. He knew of its destruction. But everytime he thinks about it...it's not the ruins that come to mind. It's the lights...colours...everything you'd find beautiful, with a rotten core.

...And yet...]

A city. A GIANT city. The whole wall!

[timecapture]

That sounds like it would be a great idea. Plus, the wall definitely won't be bare after that.

[rassera]

[Kaneda's smile practically splits his face, drawing little invisible pictures with his finger in brainstorming.]

Right.

Makes the room look a little more full.


[Kaneda's not exactly one for furniture. Aside from his bed, all he's got in his room is a jukebox and a dog bed. Kinda makes for... interesting interior design.]