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maskormenacelogs2016-08-13 03:13 am
tacticianing) wrote in maskormenacelogs2016-08-13 03:13 am
Being new is no excuse [Open]
WHO: Kidou and you!
WHERE: Around Maurtia Falls, but any city is okay.
WHEN: all August!
WHAT: General catchall, being proactive
WARNINGS: Not that I know of
1: It's not stalking, it's proactive people watching
[The back alleys of Maurtia Falls aren't great for stalking around; he may have gotten his start keeping to the shadows, but Kidou doesn't particularly like what's in these ones. Kidou's quickly taken to keeping to the main streets instead, ducking into cafes or the like to watch people.
But he's always watching. Observant ImPorts might notice that there's a weird bush of dreadlocks from behind a thick pole, or a strange kid with goggles staring directly at their table from across the room. He'll keep showing up in the background, largely staying hidden.
Kidou's eyes are sharp, his attention to detail honed to as close to perfection as he can manage. He's keeping an eye out for power demonstrations, specifically, but it's proving harder than ever to really see what people are capable of. This isn't soccer; he can't predict where he'll see something by heading near a field or posting spies around. This is something far more random. It's frustrating, but in the meantime all he can do with some of his spare time is casually trail anyone who doesn't appear to blend in with the general crowd around here.
Different clothes, or hairstyles that don't seem as generic as the ones he sees on the streets of Maurtia Falls? Odd accents? That could be an ImPort.
Of course, he had to pick the worst possible city to try to start doing this in.]
2: Stylin' Steampunk Fashion & Accessories
[Kidou strains to catch words as his new boss - a large man decked out in Victorian era clothing with a surplus of unnecessary gears attached - drawls in a painfully thick accent. Vowels slur, words change from what he's studied, but at least the man talks slowly. "Ah 'preciate what you got on already. Goggles, nice touch. But y'all oughta dress it up a little to the right style. This ain't any ol' where; we have a look you gotta match if you're to be sellin' it. Now Ah realize you're new here, and I figger nobody told you-"
Kidou says nothing. His hand barely twitches towards his comm.
"-what with you skippin' th' innerview an' all, so I'll let you look around a whal, find sumthin' you like. But Ah tell you hwat, Ah expect you'll be in gear by next week. You unnerstand, ain't gonna go easy on you on account'a bein' famous. We clear?"
"Yes sir."
"Good. Look forward to seein' what you come up with." To add to things, he claps a friendly hand to Kidou's shoulder, who stiffens even further, staring at the man as he walks away.
Then at the wall. Then at the floor.
What was half of what he just said?]
2b: What are these?
[If left alone for a bit, he'll spin on his heel and start obediently looking through the stock, keeping a very blank face as he goes through a wide selection of Neo-Victorian costume pieces. Some look decent. Some silly. But he wants to look through the whole place before he makes any selection about what his costume here would be.
He can't hide a startled and dismayed look as he encounters classic jodhpur pants, pulling them off the rack to stare in disbelief at them.]
What...?
3: Maurtia Falls 003
[Kidou doesn't seem to understand what 'summer vacation' means. He doesn't use it the same way other 14 year olds might.
Time runs strangely. In his world, there's still the rest of the school year to complete. In this one, the school year hasn't yet started.
To his alarm, he's unsure if that means he has to repeat half a grade, or will have to figure out how entrance exams work in the US. He's been taking the time off desperately trying to prepare for the start of the school year. It starts simple with preparations for history, given a lack of knowledge of the US. It ends with frantic studies to try to catch up with the history of an alternate world, envisioning failing grades if he doesn't master this before school begins.
To that end, he often can be found with library books or on his comm on the desk in the den, using the desk to take notes from a few US history books. Or trying to research how American high schools work, just in case.
His routine otherwise is fairly simple. He wakes up somewhere between 5:30 and 6 AM, gets dressed, makes his bed and goes down to the kitchen to try to struggle through making breakfast on his own. It's an ongoing adventure.
If he's not doing that, he's pitching in to help keep the house clean, spending a lot of his time outside, and getting to bed at a reasonable hour. There's no time for anything like finding fun things to do, given his busy schedule so far; if he's not exploring the city or following people, he's trying to put in as many hours as possible frantically catching up on studying or getting used to his new job.]
4: Wildcard
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WHERE: Around Maurtia Falls, but any city is okay.
WHEN: all August!
WHAT: General catchall, being proactive
WARNINGS: Not that I know of
1: It's not stalking, it's proactive people watching
[The back alleys of Maurtia Falls aren't great for stalking around; he may have gotten his start keeping to the shadows, but Kidou doesn't particularly like what's in these ones. Kidou's quickly taken to keeping to the main streets instead, ducking into cafes or the like to watch people.
But he's always watching. Observant ImPorts might notice that there's a weird bush of dreadlocks from behind a thick pole, or a strange kid with goggles staring directly at their table from across the room. He'll keep showing up in the background, largely staying hidden.
Kidou's eyes are sharp, his attention to detail honed to as close to perfection as he can manage. He's keeping an eye out for power demonstrations, specifically, but it's proving harder than ever to really see what people are capable of. This isn't soccer; he can't predict where he'll see something by heading near a field or posting spies around. This is something far more random. It's frustrating, but in the meantime all he can do with some of his spare time is casually trail anyone who doesn't appear to blend in with the general crowd around here.
Different clothes, or hairstyles that don't seem as generic as the ones he sees on the streets of Maurtia Falls? Odd accents? That could be an ImPort.
Of course, he had to pick the worst possible city to try to start doing this in.]
2: Stylin' Steampunk Fashion & Accessories
[Kidou strains to catch words as his new boss - a large man decked out in Victorian era clothing with a surplus of unnecessary gears attached - drawls in a painfully thick accent. Vowels slur, words change from what he's studied, but at least the man talks slowly. "Ah 'preciate what you got on already. Goggles, nice touch. But y'all oughta dress it up a little to the right style. This ain't any ol' where; we have a look you gotta match if you're to be sellin' it. Now Ah realize you're new here, and I figger nobody told you-"
Kidou says nothing. His hand barely twitches towards his comm.
"-what with you skippin' th' innerview an' all, so I'll let you look around a whal, find sumthin' you like. But Ah tell you hwat, Ah expect you'll be in gear by next week. You unnerstand, ain't gonna go easy on you on account'a bein' famous. We clear?"
"Yes sir."
"Good. Look forward to seein' what you come up with." To add to things, he claps a friendly hand to Kidou's shoulder, who stiffens even further, staring at the man as he walks away.
Then at the wall. Then at the floor.
What was half of what he just said?]
2b: What are these?
[If left alone for a bit, he'll spin on his heel and start obediently looking through the stock, keeping a very blank face as he goes through a wide selection of Neo-Victorian costume pieces. Some look decent. Some silly. But he wants to look through the whole place before he makes any selection about what his costume here would be.
He can't hide a startled and dismayed look as he encounters classic jodhpur pants, pulling them off the rack to stare in disbelief at them.]
What...?
3: Maurtia Falls 003
[Kidou doesn't seem to understand what 'summer vacation' means. He doesn't use it the same way other 14 year olds might.
Time runs strangely. In his world, there's still the rest of the school year to complete. In this one, the school year hasn't yet started.
To his alarm, he's unsure if that means he has to repeat half a grade, or will have to figure out how entrance exams work in the US. He's been taking the time off desperately trying to prepare for the start of the school year. It starts simple with preparations for history, given a lack of knowledge of the US. It ends with frantic studies to try to catch up with the history of an alternate world, envisioning failing grades if he doesn't master this before school begins.
To that end, he often can be found with library books or on his comm on the desk in the den, using the desk to take notes from a few US history books. Or trying to research how American high schools work, just in case.
His routine otherwise is fairly simple. He wakes up somewhere between 5:30 and 6 AM, gets dressed, makes his bed and goes down to the kitchen to try to struggle through making breakfast on his own. It's an ongoing adventure.
If he's not doing that, he's pitching in to help keep the house clean, spending a lot of his time outside, and getting to bed at a reasonable hour. There's no time for anything like finding fun things to do, given his busy schedule so far; if he's not exploring the city or following people, he's trying to put in as many hours as possible frantically catching up on studying or getting used to his new job.]
4: Wildcard
[Throw a starter down or request one.]
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