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Bucky Barnes ([personal profile] sidecars) wrote in [community profile] maskormenacelogs2016-11-13 11:01 pm

I Wish I Had a Castle in the Sky ( OPEN )

WHO: Everyone!
WHERE: All over America
WHEN: Nov. 14th-24th
WHAT: The Cosmic Cube is creating multiple realities for all the imPorts. Where are these "universes" coming from and who is wielding it? Are you strong enough to withstand the temptation of a new reality and thwart this misguided attempt at happiness?
WARNINGS: N/A

Hey, Davis! Did you move anything? I've got that Barnes kid's stuff logged. [ He has a digital tablet propped up on a clean, steel table full of plastic bags and baskets filled the different paraphernalia. It's rather reminiscent to an experience in the American security line at the airport. One such basket belongs to James Buchanan Barnes. ] Think something's missing. Says six item's logged, but only—Davis?

[ The man was right there a second ago, wasn't he? Looking around there's no signs John Davis had been there at all, except for in his memory. Shit, has he been talking to himself this whole time? Well, it isn't anything important. The string bean isn't going to miss one dumb little paperweight or whatever it was.

Little does he know just how powerful it is... ]



[ John spares no time or energy leaving Cap Canaveral. He doesn't even put up his cleaning cart before he's zipping through security at the blink of an eye. People've been calling him crazy for so long it's isolated him from the regular rhythm of society, but it's all been worth it for this chance. He will be a hero finally, just like the rest of the imPorts he idolizes. People will start to think twice about him and everyone else with powers. They will have the rights they need to protect this country and keep the Commies out.

This is the energy driving him to hold a dangerous item in his possession. He doesn't know a whole lot about it, only what he's gleaned from gossip rags and conspiracy theory websites. But it's worth the chance to find himself in prison, or worse. In the security of his lonely little apartment he holds the Cube in his hands as it pours out tremendous power. Without words it becomes in tune with his inner self and his wishes. It feeds off of it to create something more than itself. In his world imPorts will have just what they want, whatever it is, however contradictory.

But in truth, what good can come out of a thief too wrapped up in his own fantasies? That is no hero, and John cannot truly control the power he is playing with. As it feeds, the air around him turns hot—too hot to even breath. It's like the oxygen is burning up before it reaches his lungs. The world around him begins to fade as he holds on for dear life, but in the end his consciousness is snuffed out; a small sacrifice for a new world. ]

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[personal profile] alcheregis 2016-11-25 07:07 am (UTC)(link)
Untroubled by the perception of scandal, Haen -- Madame Hithiel, as she normally went by -- was a elegant, sharply dressed lady cutting a distinctive figure in the crowd. She was a businesswoman, another thing that raised eyebrows in polite company, but one who dealt in people. Not in the slavery sense, nor even in the courtesan flavour (although that was a frequent misconception that she occasionally let run rampant, when the illusion suited her needs). But no, Haen specialized in grooming people to be other people. In some cases, that was as simple as job training, all the way to the extreme of allowing people to slide into a completely alternate life. There were more than a few people who'd gone to her to get out of questionable situations in their lives, and simply stopped existing.

In the club, she's been moving smoothly between various groups of people and generally hobnobbing with people who might one day take up her services, one hand curled loosely around modestly-filled tumbler. It was a heavyset man determined to push his way through a group of people in front of her, that caused Haen to have to step back and bump into Mako.

"Oh, it wasn't a fault of yours, dear," Haen sighed, fixing a pointed glare at the man's back, and making a mental note to settle the tip of her cane down on top of his foot when the opportunity arose.
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[personal profile] redshoerevenge 2016-11-30 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
"That is good to hear," Mako murmured. "There's so much to look at that sometimes it can be difficult to keep track. Some people, I think, are less than light on their feet." She paused, studying the woman for awhile. "What is it you've chosen to drink? I haven't decided myself."

Should Haen find that moment, Mako will relish it, for some people cannot seem to move with the crowd and only seem to want more of the next available thing. That man's more will get him into terrible places, she thinks.