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[jacksonian]

WHO: Mark and whoever
WHERE: Everywhere!! But mostly De Chima and Maurtia Falls
WHEN: Throughout November
WHAT: Catch-all for November with stuff. Hit me up!! Please!!! Open prompts below; PM me if you want something that isn't these things.
WARNINGS: Mark's life sucks; I'll edit this header if any particular suckiness comes up.


1. dog dog dog dog dog dog dog; De Chima/Maurtia Falls
[ In De Chima or in Maurtia Falls, you might find a rather strange sight: a small stocky man walking an enormous stocky dog. This is Mark walking his dog Captain, a scarred and warlike pit bull that pulls at the leash and constantly wags his tail. Mark's expression is still a forbidding glower, but Captain's doggy face is open and bright-eyed and happy; there's no one he doesn't want to make friends with.

And Mark, unfortunately, doesn't know good leash technique, and also (in spite of his own roundness) doesn't outweigh his dog by that much. And so when Captain wants to make friends, Mark is dragged along behind him. And that is why, if you're walking around, you might be approached by a dog trailing a very sour-looking little man who's hissing - ]

No, don't - stop - heel -

2. come make $$$$; Maurtia Falls
[ PKE, LLC, up in Maurtia Falls, is beyond luxurious. The office is appointed with a sort of brushed-steel-and-pine classiness, like it's furnished from the expensive part of Ikea; the receptionist out front is attractive and aloof, and people who are waiting get offered mineral water from glass bottles.

There are any number of reasons that you might have ended up here: you might have received an advertisement in the mail, or a random notification on your phone, or you might have seen the advertising that targets imPorts. All of this advertising will have offered help in investing, getting rich, or opening a new business - generous funding to get everyone a little bit wealthier.

Mark, sitting at his desk, smiles a smile that can generously be described as oily when you're shown in. And he purrs - ]

Please, sit down. Tell me about how you'd like to make money.

3. kicking some grass; De Chima
[ Mark doesn't like to practice where he can be seen. Definitely not. So when he's worked up and anxious, he goes out far away from his family, far away from the people who know him, out into the forests of De Chima. On the unlikely off-chance that your character happens to wander by, they'll be treated to a very strange sight: a small fat man vigorously practicing a judo kata, face miserable, before punching a tree. He turns as soon as he hears them, though, eyes flashing with anger as he snarls - ]

What the hell are you doing here? Go away.

4. fuck it; anywhere
[ Mark's eating ice cream. Come have ice cream. ]

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[helpline]

[ There's a pause while the Doctor mulls things over. ]

We should go traveling sometime, just to see something different. I've been stuck in Heropa too long, let's go do something fun. [ And without waiting for Mark to say yes or no, the Doctor continues. ]

There's the Skunk Ape Research Center, I've been meaning to visit that. There's also something called Dinosaur Land which looks like it'll be fun and anachronistic.

[ Apparently 'fun', in the Doctor's mind, equates to 'hella weird roadside attractions.' ]

[jacksonian]

[ He gives a little uncertain shake of his head - it's not a denial. Rather: ]

On Earth, they have a real dinosaur park. With genengineered animals that look like what dinosaurs would have. [ Uh - ] Earth in my universe, obviously. When I lived there. [ A shrug that tries too hard to be casual, because obviously he's way too cool to still be bitter about having lived a one-hour lightflyer flight away from a park with real-fake dinosaurs and never visiting. ] I never went, though. But I bet this isn't like that, right?

[helpline]

Nah. I think these are all concrete and plaster. [ The Doctor's keeping his tone light but there's a little pout on his face because what the hell, real dinosaur park, why doesn't his Earth have something like that, that sounds amazing!

It is also entirely possible the Doctor's never seen Jurassic Park. ]

There is an alligator park with real alligators, though. You can feed them and probably pet the babies.

[jacksonian]

Who would want that? Alligators are terrifying.

[helpline]

Alligators are amazing.

[ NEW ROAD TRIP IDEA: drag Mark to an alligator farm. ]

Don't worry, you're a safe distance away from the bigger ones, you just watch them swim around and eat chicken breasts and learn about them and things like that.

[jacksonian]

I've seen them up close. In the wild.

[helpline]

But have you watched them eat? They make this adorable little chomping noise.

[jacksonian]

Uh, yeah. They've made that adorable little chomping noise at me.

[helpline]

Fine, fine, no alligators. So Dinosaur World it is then? [ said as he looks over at Mark with a slightly hopeful expression. ]

[jacksonian]

Uh -

[ Shyness mingles with a sense that he has to be cool. So he looks away and shrugs one-shouldered, saying: ]

I mean, yeah. Maybe. If I have time. I do have a lot of clients and a lot of business obligations, you know. I'm very successful.

[helpline]

Right, business and numbers and all of that.

[ The Doctor's impression of a person running a company needs a little bit more clarification. ]

What about at the end of the month, then? It's the holiday season, nobody'll blame you if you take off a day to visit somewhere fun.

[jacksonian]

[ accurate impression. ]

Maybe. I'll see if I can put time aside.

[ This is not a no. Mark, after all, has zero compunctions about just giving a straight no when the situation calls for it. This actually is a very probable yes, just with a lot of squirming around as he attempts to save face and act cool. ]

[helpline]

I'll shoot you a list of dates: you pick the one that's best for you.

[ That's letting him save face and seem like a Very Important Businessman, right? Right! ]