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revivalproject2024-06-01 11:27 pm
faceguy) wrote in revivalproject2024-06-01 11:27 pm
[open] I'm too sleepy to have something witty to put here
WHO: Leo and anyone!
WHERE: Temba
WHAT: just post Mermay things + EVENT THINGS
WHEN: the days following the mermaid event
WARNINGS: none
A: Reunion (closed to Donnie)
It's very odd to be so sure you've always been a sea turtle one minute, then wake up and realize you were always a semi-aquatic red-eared slider. That's the feeling Leo is having now, as he wakes up in the workshop where he's been living alone and the world is no longer under water.
As he blinks and adjusts to his memories correcting themselves, he realizes what woke him up: a series of pings from his communication advice. Many pings from his communication device, actually. Rolling over and grabbing it from the side of his bed, he blinks blearily at the flood, then sits up straight and throws himself to the floor.
The messages are all from Donnie.
He scrolls back and sees that they cover weeks, the first a big batch as Donnie asks what happened in Temba and desperately tries to get Leo to answer, the rest becoming more periodic over time. Donnie's been trying to get through to him the whole time he was a semi-fish.
Donnie is still here.
Leo's already out the door by the time he sends a return message.
hey
where are u?
He left the factory so fast he forgot to change masks, his sleep eye mask pushed up on his forehead.
B: Stuck in the Suburbs (open)
So everything's okay now; Donnie's back, and the two of them are reunited. A happy ending for everyone!
Except for the part where they're still stuck on an alien planet lightyears from home, with no clear idea of how to get back.
Those are just details, though. Surely they can figure something out - they just have to find clues.
Thinking Donnie had gone home hadn't exactly made Leo eager to go out the last few weeks, something he's kind of regretting now that he has to walk most places. But now that things are okay again, he's out exploring, looking around all the places he hasn't seen in Temba yet. And this exploration leads him to the subdivision, and all it's semi-intact but still functionless and empty houses.
It's kind of creepy. It reminds Leo of those old movies where they'd build a town in the desert for nuclear testing.
He doesn't really have any clear aim, he's just wandering around. Though he does pause at one point and pick up a rock, then lob it through a window for a satisfying crash.
Perhaps you witness this act of petty vandalism. Do you say something to the Youth?
C: Sk8er Boi (open)
One of the good things that happened at the space port: Leo got a new skateboard! And he hasn't gotten much chance to ride it yet, thanks to spending the last several weeks as a sea turtle, but now he has his land legs back and it's time to test this baby out.
He sticks to the main parts of town where the roads are better, meaning, of course, that he is skateboarding around more populated areas. Well, populated being relative, but maybe you'll see the turtle zipping and zooming around, grinding off of the fountain or doing kickflips by the diner.
Or maybe he'll be looking the wrong way and accidentally run into you. Whoops!
D: Cheese Grater (Event/Open) (CW: violence, death (mostly off screen))
Leo didn’t mean to get caught in the storm, but when Donnie didn’t come back before it started he went back into it. Admittedly not his finest idea, but it’s the only one he had.
The memory that he, and you by extension, has stumbled into is a chaotic one.
He’s in the underground lair, but it’s crumbling, and there’s something attacking, huge and made of metal. It roars and swipes with massive, savage claws, and it’s all Leo can do to grab on to his little brother, popped in his shell. Across the room, his older brother protects Donnie from certain doom.
Whether you take a spot in this memory or just watch it play out, things are clear: this is a losing battle.
E: Something Lighter…? (Event/Open)
The New York skyline moves by fast, seen from the rooftops and not the street. Leo and his family are jumping the gaps together, and they’re moving fast.
Leo is truly in his element here. He’s been doing this for years, and he’s good at it. He knows exactly how much force to put into the jump, exactly how to angle his feet for a smooth landing. If you take his place, you can feel how it is for him: freeing and exhilarating, every jump as exciting as the last. He enjoys this feeling, the swoop of his stomach in midair before he comes down. With his brothers laughing and jumping beside him, and his dad out in front, he’s about as happy as he’s ever been.
If you aren’t taking his place, well, try not to get motion sick as the memory rushes to keep up.
WHERE: Temba
WHAT: just post Mermay things + EVENT THINGS
WHEN: the days following the mermaid event
WARNINGS: none
A: Reunion (closed to Donnie)
It's very odd to be so sure you've always been a sea turtle one minute, then wake up and realize you were always a semi-aquatic red-eared slider. That's the feeling Leo is having now, as he wakes up in the workshop where he's been living alone and the world is no longer under water.
As he blinks and adjusts to his memories correcting themselves, he realizes what woke him up: a series of pings from his communication advice. Many pings from his communication device, actually. Rolling over and grabbing it from the side of his bed, he blinks blearily at the flood, then sits up straight and throws himself to the floor.
The messages are all from Donnie.
He scrolls back and sees that they cover weeks, the first a big batch as Donnie asks what happened in Temba and desperately tries to get Leo to answer, the rest becoming more periodic over time. Donnie's been trying to get through to him the whole time he was a semi-fish.
Donnie is still here.
Leo's already out the door by the time he sends a return message.
hey
where are u?
He left the factory so fast he forgot to change masks, his sleep eye mask pushed up on his forehead.
B: Stuck in the Suburbs (open)
So everything's okay now; Donnie's back, and the two of them are reunited. A happy ending for everyone!
Except for the part where they're still stuck on an alien planet lightyears from home, with no clear idea of how to get back.
Those are just details, though. Surely they can figure something out - they just have to find clues.
Thinking Donnie had gone home hadn't exactly made Leo eager to go out the last few weeks, something he's kind of regretting now that he has to walk most places. But now that things are okay again, he's out exploring, looking around all the places he hasn't seen in Temba yet. And this exploration leads him to the subdivision, and all it's semi-intact but still functionless and empty houses.
It's kind of creepy. It reminds Leo of those old movies where they'd build a town in the desert for nuclear testing.
He doesn't really have any clear aim, he's just wandering around. Though he does pause at one point and pick up a rock, then lob it through a window for a satisfying crash.
Perhaps you witness this act of petty vandalism. Do you say something to the Youth?
C: Sk8er Boi (open)
One of the good things that happened at the space port: Leo got a new skateboard! And he hasn't gotten much chance to ride it yet, thanks to spending the last several weeks as a sea turtle, but now he has his land legs back and it's time to test this baby out.
He sticks to the main parts of town where the roads are better, meaning, of course, that he is skateboarding around more populated areas. Well, populated being relative, but maybe you'll see the turtle zipping and zooming around, grinding off of the fountain or doing kickflips by the diner.
Or maybe he'll be looking the wrong way and accidentally run into you. Whoops!
D: Cheese Grater (Event/Open) (CW: violence, death (mostly off screen))
Leo didn’t mean to get caught in the storm, but when Donnie didn’t come back before it started he went back into it. Admittedly not his finest idea, but it’s the only one he had.
The memory that he, and you by extension, has stumbled into is a chaotic one.
He’s in the underground lair, but it’s crumbling, and there’s something attacking, huge and made of metal. It roars and swipes with massive, savage claws, and it’s all Leo can do to grab on to his little brother, popped in his shell. Across the room, his older brother protects Donnie from certain doom.
Whether you take a spot in this memory or just watch it play out, things are clear: this is a losing battle.
E: Something Lighter…? (Event/Open)
The New York skyline moves by fast, seen from the rooftops and not the street. Leo and his family are jumping the gaps together, and they’re moving fast.
Leo is truly in his element here. He’s been doing this for years, and he’s good at it. He knows exactly how much force to put into the jump, exactly how to angle his feet for a smooth landing. If you take his place, you can feel how it is for him: freeing and exhilarating, every jump as exciting as the last. He enjoys this feeling, the swoop of his stomach in midair before he comes down. With his brothers laughing and jumping beside him, and his dad out in front, he’s about as happy as he’s ever been.
If you aren’t taking his place, well, try not to get motion sick as the memory rushes to keep up.
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Leo is using “mermaids” gender neutrally. Merpeople? Merfolk? Eh.
“This whole place turned into a big upside down fishbowl.”
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"... I'm glad I missed that."
He can't imagine being without his strong tail (even if a fish tail would be strong too).
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“Just kinda weird they can even do that. Whoever they is…”
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"Are you sure it wasn't just a really long, trippy dream or virtual reality experience?"
He's been in virtual reality. It can do some crazy stuff to you without really doing it.
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If he were dreaming there would have been more chanting of his name. And probably unicorns.
“And if it was virtual reality, why would they block the rest of you from coming back?”
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That feels pretty obvious.
“And what were they going to do, turn two towns into giant water domes?”
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"If they wanted to do it to one town, why not two?" he says. "Unless they just didn't have the power for that. Seems like when weird stuff happens, it always zeroes in on Temba."
He wonders if there's any rhyme or reason to that.
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So obviously they would zero in on Temba, which…
Is also a ghost town, but less of one!
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But he kind of doubted he would, if no one was living there full-time right now. He wasn't sure he wanted to be there all alone.
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Maybe if he says it enough he will convince himself.
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He's not convinced the kid really means it.
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Jokes are his coping mechanism.
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"Eh, nevermind. So, are you planning on busting more windows?"
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“Well if you pick one out, I promise not to break the windows of that one.” He draws a finger over his plastron. “Cross my heart.”
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"I was thinking of this one here." He points to the one he was on.
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He’ll try to remember.
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He has a short attention span, especially for fully solo activity.
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