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middaeg2019-08-14 04:22 pm
starseedling) wrote in middaeg2019-08-14 04:22 pm
STEVEN'S MANDATORY BIRTHDAY PARTY (OPEN)
Who: Open to abductees and also hopefully an intervention.
When: Aguril 15th, night of the full moon.
Where: Around the Haven, and in Steven's house.
What: The combination of intense homesickness, his 15th birthday, and also Full Moon faerie mania, has resulted in Steven trying to use illusions to kidnap and trap people in his house that remind him of his family and friends from back home. Theoretically this is for a "birthday party" but it's entirely possible Steven will lose the plot as the night goes on. Threads can either be your character ending up stuck in his house somehow or Steven making an attempt to whisk them away and failing.
Warnings: Probably some fucked up illusion shit. Someone stop him.
With the distraction of the Speed Dating event over, and his initial attempts at experiencing the wild mostly successful, Steven finds himself experiencing a gnawing emptiness towards the middle of the month. He doesn't know how exactly the times line up, but it's close enough to feel true - the 15th is his birthday, or close enough to count. He's fifteen years old, and he's still not home.
He's never had a birthday without his Dad, or without the other Gems. The idea that he's having one here, so far away, without any of them is painful. Part of him wants to try to put together a gathering, to do something to celebrate, but the rest of him feels like doing so will just make the absence of the others more obvious. In the days leading up to it, he resigns himself to maybe doing something small, and to otherwise let it pass by uneventfully.
Unfortunately, on the morning of the Full Moon, those reservations gradually start to peel away in favour of the wild energy of the Sisters. He molts in the afternoon, as has become typical, and upon opening fresh eyes to the evening moons, his fae side starts to take over. He will have a birthday party, and it'll be like his family was never gone! How did he not think of it before?
Steven is going to try to - and possibly succeed in - abducting various people with illusion magic. He could probably end up with anyone, but he'll be specifically focusing on those that fit these archetypes:
1) Anyone with strong dad energy.
2) Mysterious, reserved, self-confident, and will kick your ass.
3) Mother-hen, fastidious, protective, graceful.
4) Scrappy, playful, punk-ass, chaotic, sibling type.
5) People around his age that are big nerds.
We can approach this one of two major ways: either we can thread Steven attempting to kidnap your character, or we can start with them realizing they've already been bamboozled by any kind of appropriate illusions into entering his house, and now can't seem to figure out how to exit. If he's going to try to kidnap them you can have your character be anywhere in the Haven, and if you want to start out in the house, just summarize the initial trickery and have them realize they seem to be in one of the fairly nice houses in the Haven but can't find the door or any exits.
Unless they can see through illusions, in which case Steven's antics probably won't work on them from square one. Feel free to get on his case about it!
He's going to be at this all night, but his roommates and other people may be sabotaging him, so your character may arrive and escape at random times throughout the evening. Other people may or may not be around at the same time. We can play it loose!
When: Aguril 15th, night of the full moon.
Where: Around the Haven, and in Steven's house.
What: The combination of intense homesickness, his 15th birthday, and also Full Moon faerie mania, has resulted in Steven trying to use illusions to kidnap and trap people in his house that remind him of his family and friends from back home. Theoretically this is for a "birthday party" but it's entirely possible Steven will lose the plot as the night goes on. Threads can either be your character ending up stuck in his house somehow or Steven making an attempt to whisk them away and failing.
Warnings: Probably some fucked up illusion shit. Someone stop him.
With the distraction of the Speed Dating event over, and his initial attempts at experiencing the wild mostly successful, Steven finds himself experiencing a gnawing emptiness towards the middle of the month. He doesn't know how exactly the times line up, but it's close enough to feel true - the 15th is his birthday, or close enough to count. He's fifteen years old, and he's still not home.
He's never had a birthday without his Dad, or without the other Gems. The idea that he's having one here, so far away, without any of them is painful. Part of him wants to try to put together a gathering, to do something to celebrate, but the rest of him feels like doing so will just make the absence of the others more obvious. In the days leading up to it, he resigns himself to maybe doing something small, and to otherwise let it pass by uneventfully.
Unfortunately, on the morning of the Full Moon, those reservations gradually start to peel away in favour of the wild energy of the Sisters. He molts in the afternoon, as has become typical, and upon opening fresh eyes to the evening moons, his fae side starts to take over. He will have a birthday party, and it'll be like his family was never gone! How did he not think of it before?
Steven is going to try to - and possibly succeed in - abducting various people with illusion magic. He could probably end up with anyone, but he'll be specifically focusing on those that fit these archetypes:
1) Anyone with strong dad energy.
2) Mysterious, reserved, self-confident, and will kick your ass.
3) Mother-hen, fastidious, protective, graceful.
4) Scrappy, playful, punk-ass, chaotic, sibling type.
5) People around his age that are big nerds.
We can approach this one of two major ways: either we can thread Steven attempting to kidnap your character, or we can start with them realizing they've already been bamboozled by any kind of appropriate illusions into entering his house, and now can't seem to figure out how to exit. If he's going to try to kidnap them you can have your character be anywhere in the Haven, and if you want to start out in the house, just summarize the initial trickery and have them realize they seem to be in one of the fairly nice houses in the Haven but can't find the door or any exits.
Unless they can see through illusions, in which case Steven's antics probably won't work on them from square one. Feel free to get on his case about it!
He's going to be at this all night, but his roommates and other people may be sabotaging him, so your character may arrive and escape at random times throughout the evening. Other people may or may not be around at the same time. We can play it loose!
the lone wanderer "lex" | fallout 3 | chimera | ota
Something is... off. Something, but she isn't sure what. It's enough to have her tell Dogmeat to stay and for Lex to slip out of her room, walking a few steps down the hall before she spots you.
"What's going on?"
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"It's my birthday!" he explains. "So, I'm having a party."
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As confused as she is, there's genuine delight there - birthdays are, for most people, a good time. And Steven is young; he should have a good birthday.
"Here, hold on- I've got something from home that you should try. A birthday treat."
If Steven lets her, she'll duck back into her room and return holding a glass bottle of glowing blue soda.
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"Wow... what is it?" he asks, in complete awe. He tilts his head, looking at it up close. "Nuka-Cola...?"
Is it alcohol? He hopes not. He's not allowed to drink that.
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And shiny, which seems like something Steven would like - especially right now. Glowing is still exciting even for Lex, even when she was just human.
"I also have regular Nuka-Cola. Not a lot of either, but they were on me when I came through."
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"Oh man," he says, looking at it. "That's really special!" He's obviously flattered that she would offer him some, if it's rare back home and even rarer here.
He would say thank you, but it's not really something that feels safe to say, at the moment.
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She kind of wants to see the expression on his face when he tries it - and at the same time, kind of doesn't. What if he thinks it's terrible? Not everyone, after all, is used to the way food tastes in her world; it's taken her a while to get used to the way food tastes here.
CRAP I thought I'd got this, my apologies
His wings flutter excitedly.
no worries!!
The bottle cap twists off, luckily, and Lex is well-practiced at it. It pops, fizzes, and Lex offers Steven the bottle cap.
"We use these as money, back home," she tells him. "There's still some dollar bills around, but not many. Caps are a more reliable method."
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"Can I try it?" he asks, reaching out for the bottle.
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She grins at him, wider, and offers him the bottle this time.
"Take it slow to start. It kicks a little."
But it's delicious, if you ask her.
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His antennae uncurl, seemingly in surprise, and his wings flutter and lift him off of the ground, creating dancing splashes of illusory colors and light. His pupils get small, and then very big.
"W-Woowww," he whispers, staring at the bottle. He seems completely stunned.
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An awesome reaction, really - though Lex absently wonders if Steven would glow the same shade of blue, if exposed to it for a prolonged period of time, like the Nukalurks.
"I'm gonna guess that you like it."
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It's a lot of fruit, apparently. To the point where it's impossible to name each individual one.