MASK OR MENACE

WHO: Erik Lehnsherr and ota
WHERE: De Chima
WHEN: November 20 & 21
WHAT: around the city and a potential training session
WARNINGS: tba

[CAFFEINE FIX (November 20 & 21)]

He stops at the same cafe every morning before work, for coffee and a simple breakfast of eggs and toast. Even on weekends, there he is, at a table by himself with his breakfast and a book or some other form of reading material. When he's ready to go, he leaves a tip on the table and stops at the counter for a coffee to go, before he heads off to work.

The unusual part of this (although it's usual for him) is that he uses both hands to hold his book and no hands to manage his silverware. The knife butters the toast seemingly by itself, and the fork floats through the air between his plate and his mouth by itself. Use of powers isn't uncommon, but it gives him away as an imPort to anyone who's watching.

[INSERT TRAINING MONTAGE HERE (November 21)

The idea for this had first come up a couple of months ago, and it had taken him that long to decide to go through with it. He can tell that there's a need for something like this, and it won't hurt to try. If it doesn't turn out, then he never has to do this again.

Maybe, to borrow a concept from John Donne, he really can't be an island. What he's tried so far hasn't satisfied him or gotten him the life he wants, so maybe it's time to try something new.

He'd picked De Chima because he lives there and knows it better than the other cities. He was able to get the use of an assembly room at the De Chima STEM Academy (one of the perks of working there) and had put up signs in all of the imPort cities:

DO YOU NEED HELP PRACTICING YOUR POWERS?
DO YOU WANT TO HELP OTHERS PRACTICE THEIR POWERS?

NOVEMBER 21
DE CHIMA STEM ACADEMY MEETING ROOM IA
7:00PM

with his contact information on them if anyone has questions.

He has chairs set up in small groups. His intention is for those who need help and those who can offer help to sort into groups to work with each other rather than for it to be a large-group thing. In his experience, informal one-on-one practice works better than something formal.

He hopes he'd read the situation right and isn't just wasting his time here.

WHO: Erik Lehnsherr, Wanda Maximoff, Harry Dresden
WHERE: Wanda's house
WHEN: October 20
WHAT: dinner
WARNINGS: none

The details have at last all been worked out, for another dinner (planned, this time), and this time Wanda's boyfriend will be there too. Erik knows nothing about him, so this has the potential to be an interesting dinner. Not least because he and Wanda are still getting to know each other, too.

Right at the appointed time, he's outside the door, with a plate of cookies floating behind him. In one hand he has a bottle of wine. He knocks on the door with the other.

WHO: Erik Lehnsherr and open
WHERE: De Chima
WHEN: end of June
WHAT: Errands and such
WARNINGS: none

Erik still isn't fully settled in here, though he probably never will be. Even when he chooses to be somewhere, he doesn't usually settle. He expects that this place will be no different.

Still, he's here now, and he does have to live here until he gets sent home again. Which means some things do have to be taken care of. That's what he's out doing today, tending to various errands, in this shop or that one.

As he strolls down the street, his abilities are on full display. There's a coin floating around and between his fingers, hanging in the air. It's maybe not so unusual in a world where many people have abilities of some sort, but it definitely sets him out as an imPort.