revivalproject | Of ceaslessly watching and looking for the sights!

WHO: Jon & you~
WHERE: Not!Temba
WHAT: Archivist go exploring. What will he find? What will he wake? What will he run away from?
WHEN: What's left of July.
WARNINGS: None so far.

a Let there be books... [ Not!Library? #5 ]

The moment they have reached the new city and have set foot out of the station one thing has been clear: This city is surprisingly different from Temba. Of course they weren't given a name for it, but the architecture alone already differs greatly. There are also a lot more trees in this city and a lot less flooding. Which seems promising in some ways, but comes with its own difficulties. Difficulties such as plain reaching some of the structures.

But before focusing on the difficulties and differences, Jon keeps his eyes open for similarities. He is explicitly looking for data points and signs of a written language. And he actually finds a trace of the first upon reaching the city center.

The data point is burnt out and just sitting in the center of the fountain that looks so very much like the one in Temba. The arrangement of the buildings around also seems familiar as long as one ignores the way these structures were build and of course the amount of trees surrounding them and making the entire city appear darker.

Jon takes a moment to orient himself and cautiously studies the buildings around the fountain before ultimately stepping into the one that appears to serve the same function as the library he has moved into over in Temba. It's cold and dark within these stone walls and he doesn't hesitate long before turning on his torch to move further inside, listening out for noises that might belong to some of the animals he has been hearing outside and up in the trees.

At least some beings still seem to inhabit this city.

b This looks familiar. [ Quarry #6 ]

Temba doesn't have a quarry, but this city does. And the one present here clearly has seen some ample use while beings resided here. Which isn't surprising given how many things are made of large chunks of solid rock. Jon can swear he has seen entire buildings made out of single boulders!

Having crossed through the quarry and standing in front of the massive stone wall at its very end, Jon runs his fingers over the rock, feeling the texture of the surface. It's not an unfamiliar feeling, but not one he would have expected to encounter on Agra 10.

c Alone in the Woods! [ Overgrown Forest #15 ]

A screech from the canopy above tells Jon that he has ventured too far into the forest taking up a good part of the city. It's not a sound of the sort he has been able to hear around the area with more buildings to it, but a harsher, sharper one. One that makes him spin around where he stands and peer up the stray arrangement of boulders that have drawn his attention this deeply into the forest.

"...shit." He mutters to himself as he slowly creeps closer to one of the large rocks and fishes out his phone only to be reminded that he can't access the network anymore.

Somewhere out of his line of sight something heavy hits the ground and Jon can hear it run either away or towards him. Is it circling him? Why hasn't he brought a weapon? He should have brought a weapon.

Grasping a nearby stone, big enough to feel somewhat reassuring in his hand, Jon backs against the boulder and tries to catch sight of whichever creature he can hear somewhere nearby. He also does the sensible thing: Call for help.

"Hello! Can anyone hear me!?"

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"I know how that feels. The helplessness. The guilt... It's- It's not a good feeling." Jon is still working through everything that happened back on his Earth.

"It's good that he isn't alone but has you. I know without Tony, I..." He trails off and keeps his eyes ahead, observing the road ahead pensively.

"Bingo," Tommy answered. ANd he didn't know how to help his brother get past that.

"Speaking of Tony," Tommy said, his voice conversational, "how's things going with you and him?"

Not leaving Billy alone is an important part of being there for him in Jon's experience.

That question about Tony and his relationship is a little unexpected, however, and Jon can't quite hide being a bit flustered in response. "He- I'm lucky I have him."

Yeah, except the thing was Tony had pointed out that Tommy NEEDED to leave his brother alone some.

Tommy smiles at that flustered nature though. And right now, he gets it.

"Yeah, I feel that way about Kyle too."

"You and Kyle, then." Jon observes and returns Tommy's smile. "I tried not to draw any conclusions from our little get together a the beach."

Jon tries, after all, not to pry into people's private business.

"Uh, yeah," Tommy laughed. "Our first date. We, uh... Definitely tried to make our own private time."

"I'm glad to hear you two found each other." Jon concludes with a small nod of approval.

Geez man, don't say it like that?

"You really up on the Kyle-ness to make that sorta statement? Like... I didn't know people were watching us."

"What. It's true. I could as well called you a sweet couple." There is a pause here. One that comes with a mild little smirk. "And I wasn't watching. Even without doing so I still notice things."

A sweet couple? Oh geez, he's embarrassed by that statement. Tommy took a deep breath and tired to keep himself calm. It's okay. No one here is going to judge him for being with a guy. And only Billy knew about David so no one will judge him for that either.

Relax.

Please just relax.

"He's nice, for a punk."

"For a punk." Jon repeats with a nod. So even Tommy gets a little flustered when faced with his emotions. But that's fine. Jon can understand it.

But that doesn't mean he can't tease a little. "Can I tell him that you called him that?"

Of course he gets flustered. Emotions with people aren't normal for him, and that he and Kyle had a weird pseudo-history now was its own complication.

"Fuck yeah you can. Or better. Say I called him Sparky."

Kyle would get pissed. They'd have their own fun sort of shouting at each other.

Jon raises a brow at that. Clearly he is too curious for his own good not to try that at least once.

His expression turns thoughtful, then. "I admit I- Never quite got the hang on... Pet names. Or just having nicknames for other people. Then again, my own experiences with them were never really on the positive side. Bullies had their dismissive nicknames for me for the most part, and when Tony started calling me Boss out of the blue when we met in person for the first time... Well. Let's just say I have had some unpleasant memories of someone else using that name on me in a friendly manner. It... Rubbed me the wrong way."

Oh Tommy is so going ot be in trouble for getting Sparky out there into the world. He’d deal with that when the payback came for it.

“Boss, huh? I guess that works for you,” Tommy agreed, smiling to himself. “But yeah, if it upset you, then no one should use it. But with me and him I think it’s different.”

"Well, Tony has given the name a new association. I'm glad he did, actually." So he will accept the nickname from Tony despite having none for Tony in return.

A new association. Tommy has to bite his lip to not snicker over the implication of that. The idea that Tony wanted a 'boss' just seemed right.

"Didn't know he was the pet name type."

"To be fair, it rather feels like he has turned an originally demeaning nickname into a pet name." But what does Jon really know about that sort of thing. He has only ever gotten nicknames by bullies and at the very beginning, that's been very much what he had thought of Tony.

"Yeah, that sounds about right for Stark," Tommy sighed. He was lucky to avoid some of it himself.

But he wouldn't be wrong to see Tony as a bit of a bully.

"I suppose I'm lucky he didn't learn about my powers right away. Who knows what he would have called me then. He still doesn't take well to them..." Maybe Tony would have ended up hating him like Richie does.

"He's all tech," Tommy answered, shoving his hands into his pockets. "Sometimes guys like that doesn't handle the supernatural and magical well, right? It's not on you. Man needs to get with the magic times."

And he doesn't think anyone should argue with him on that."

Jon answers with a soft chuckle and an appreciative smile. "Right. I will have to get used to all of that tech and- He will just have to accept some magic. It's only fair.

"Seems fair to me," Tommy answered. Like, his boyfriend definitely respected all the weird mutant shit and Tommy accepted that Kyle has seen shit. IT's just how it works.

"I think you two can work it out."

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