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Jonathan 'Eyebags' Sims ([personal profile] beholding_archivist) wrote in [community profile] revivalproject2021-03-07 04:19 pm

Archivist Catch-All

WHO: Jon & YOU
WHERE: Coruscant - Various places
WHAT: Coruscant Event catch-all. Some open, some closed prompts. See what your little Eldritch avatar has been doing...
WHEN: Coruscant Event
WARNINGS: One of them includes Tony. Approach at own risk.

The Perfect Gift [ OPEN ]

Coruscant is- A lot. A lot of city, a lot of people a lot of- Everything. Even for Jon, who has been living in London for a good decade now. But even London seems unnaturally small compared to Coruscant. And yet living there has ensured that Jon isn't intimidated by crowds. In fact, he has come to find himself quite capable of adjusting himself to their situation and as he learns more about the planet and its inhabitants, Jon also learns more about how to navigate it and find that which he is looking for.

Which proves invaluable While out to acquire goods and supplies he deems useful for their inevitable return to Temba.

It's a long list Jon has for himself. A variety of clothes and footwear are on it, including some actual swimwear, equipment and supplies for his little chemistry lab, writing utensils, notepads, new variants of tea and other luxuries, a couple of handy little tools and - Gifts. And especially those gifts prove to be the difficult part. Since the person Jon is trying to find a gift for is none other than Tony. The man that tries to fix everything and constantly makes gifts for others himself. Finding a gift for such a man is harder than one might wish to think.

Apparently a selection of treats are about to become part of the assortment of gifts Jon has already picked up and he is currently studying the packaging of what may be actual chocolate. One can never go wrong with some sweets and a good wine. Jon smiles softly to himself and his attention drifts over to something that is either a futuristic bottle opener or a very peculiar toy, making him frown before reaching out to pick it up, vaguely addressing either the person next to him or no one in particular. "No idea what this is, but- I'm curious."


Being A Monster [ OPEN ]

Some may say it is ill-advised for Jon to be heading down into the lower levels of this multi-layered city. And yet here he is, his worn clothes and too large poncho making him easily melt into the crowd of beings who ignore his seeking stare. A stare that isn't seeking for difficulties with finding its target, but rather because every being down here proves to be a remarkably suited target for his needs.

He takes the easy route and turns into the next bar he passes. There are plenty of dreadful stories here for him to request, confine to memory and later record. Which will have to wait until they are back in Temba, since his tape recorder has not been brought along on this trip.

It's later that night - Or maybe early the next morning that the Archivist returns to the hotel they are all staying in. His steps swaying a little from the alcohol, but a contentment rarely seen by many on his expression. He even gives a cheerful wave to anyone else he encounters at this odd hour. "Someone is up early!"


Among Force Sensitives [ CLOSED to Obi-Wan ]

It's not without a healthy degree of trepidation that Jon walks up to the intimidating structure that he has been told to be the Jedi Temple. He is dressed in a set of new clothes, which he assumes to be local enough in style and clear of the wear and grime of the clothes he has been wearing down over the past months on Agra 10. Well fitting grey pants covering the better part of dark boots and a light, long-sleeved tunic paired with a very functional messenger bag is just one outfit the Archivist has come to pick up so far and he finds himself particularly happy to now own some footwear that isn't meant to be purely decorative while one spends the better part of the day behind a desk.

Though even his new attire doesn't fully keep Jon from pausing briefly in his steps to look up the massive building. Home and training ground of the Jedi. Jedi like Cal and Obi-Wan and Ezra. Beings sensitive to an energy field called The Force.

Beings that can sense something is not right with him.

Jon swallows once, hand tightening around the strap of his bag before he pushes forward, expression set into a stubborn set of determination. It will be fine. The Jedi Master has agreed to accompany him into the Temple, meaning Jon won't be heading in there by himself. It will be fine.

At the top of the stairs, he comes to another stop, finding himself looking up at massive columns of a height that raises questions for the Archivist. Questions he will be keeping to himself at least for the time being before taking his attention back down and looking around for the man he is supposed to meet up here at the very entrance of the Temple, muttering to himself. "...Christ. I hope he hasn't forgotten."


It's a date! [ CLOSED to Tony ]

New clothes that actually fit him and that Jon feels good in are but one of the things this planet has provided. Another thing is the chance to get his hair cut back to a more reasonable length, get the items required for a decent shave and of course have a proper bath. Small luxuries that add noticeably to Jon feeling human again. And to provide him with the confidence to ask Tony out for a proper date. How many chances like this will they get anyway?

The beings tending to their needs at their hotel have been quite helpful to him with setting everything up and recommending the right places not too far away. From a good, rather exclusive restaurant high up in a tall spire looming over Coruscant's upper level along with similar, yet distant skyscrapers and providing an excellent view to an artificially created and very unique park at the very base of said spire to the suggestion of a sensual and very private message provided by specially programmed droids up in their hotel's poshest suite offered by the beings in charge of the hotel tending to their guest's needs. Being that are remarkably eager to please this easy source of good credits. And after all these months on Agra 10, Jon has very little qualms about spending what the Agrii provide them with.

Having arrived a little early, Jon has already been seated at one of the rather few tables the restaurant actually possesses. All set apart and separated with strategically placed pots filled with colorful alien flora and a stunning view out of the large windows making up the entire outer walls of the place. A soft tune hangs in the air that Jon listens idly to while looking out of the window, over the city and every once in a while daring a glance down, feeling a bit thankful that Mike Crew hasn't instilled an even greater fear of heights into him. His hands are loosely clasped in front of him on the table, having very little to do at the moment.

When he hears a set of footsteps approaching, Jon turns his attention away from the window to greet who he assumes to be Tony with a gently, yet genuine smile.
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[personal profile] in_extremis 2021-04-09 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
Tony snorted and bumped Jon's shoulder for the confirmation as much as for the delay, gliding more easily down the hall for it with some of the tension breathed out of him in the laugh, his cautious quiet more respectful of the sleeping doors around them than anxiously aware of them. It kept his voice low as they drew up to Jon's door and he took Jon's hand again to pull him short for Tony to lean against the doorframe with a warm smile and barely concealed playful glimmer behind his glasses. They weren't going to have many more chances to play at this being a first date, but Tony couldn't quite get the laugh out of his voice as he said, "I've had a lovely time, Mr. Sims," with an expectant tilt of his head.
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[personal profile] in_extremis 2021-04-09 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
It became increasingly difficult not to laugh as Tony realized how much of a puzzle he had just handed to Jon, expectant expression turning quickly into an inquisitive narrow of his eyes and absolutely no merciful rescue in sight until Jon had landed on how to interpret what one was supposed to do in this kind of exchange. That it looked as though he decided not playing at all was the safer bet when he opened the door was already kind of funny after the long deliberation, if a little disappointing, but that he ultimately landed in the right ballpark but playing a very different, much more aggressive game was a revelation. Tony was still grinning in delight when he took Jon's sweet, stubborn face in both hands to kiss him as many times as he deserved for that response, walking him blindly back into the room as Tony pressed his adoration into the determined set of Jon's mouth and the wrinkle between his brow that he had fallen in love with until the door hissed closed behind him.
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[personal profile] in_extremis 2021-04-09 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Tony wasn't sure where the flutter of his heart felt more vulnerable under Jon's hands, or when his grin had slipped enough to be so aware of them; probably about the same time his gleeful peppering of kisses slowed enough to meet Jon's, and they were left standing focus still in the profound silence of the sealed room, making Tony's slow inhale still pressed against Jon's mouth the only distraction from the pounding in his ears. It wasn't quite as chaste as the mirror of this kiss that they shared in the park, and Tony certainly wouldn't call it calming, making him drop one hand around Jon's wrist at his neck to try to ground himself again, only to end up pulse to pulse where they held each other.

Reluctantly, Tony drew back, stealing a final kiss before his grin was returning and he could finally pluck off his sunglasses. It didn't make much of a difference in the low light, but Tony only considered it briefly, gaze not easily pulled off of Jon. "Is that the one you meant?" he asked, voice still low but with the posture of presenting an array of concepts, if not for the nagging smirk, eager to please.
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[personal profile] in_extremis 2021-04-10 03:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Though it was clear what Jon was trying to indicate, Tony tried, "Little lower?," which hopefully threw him off balance as Tony bobbed down enough to lift him up from behind the thighs in a scoop with his glasses still dangling from his fingers, only briefly helping steady Jon with the other hand to keep it free. They could have the sweets and the bedroom and Tony had an easy solution, flashing a smile up at Jon before he was piling the packages haphazardly between them, most of them tumbling to the ground in the transition or leaving a brightly wrapped trail behind them as Tony carried the whole collection through to the bedroom.

The result was only the most resilient of the packages piled on Jon or rolling across the blankets as Tony tipped him back onto the bed, kneeling over him on one knee to not drop him too quickly, where Tony lingered with a chuckle as he nosed something squashy in its crinkling paper out of the crook of Jon's neck to leave a kiss there instead.
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[personal profile] in_extremis 2021-04-10 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)
With Jon's protest running out of steam, Tony carefully shifted over onto his hip with one foot still on the floor and leaned his head in his hand where he could admire Jon's very rapid dishevelment between his blushing and clothes and hair already harassed from the short trip. Out of the corner of his eye, his fond focus and sly grin still not drawn easily away, he spotted a shiny wrapper on Jon's chest that he plucked up to tear into with his teeth and pop the candy blindly into his mouth.

This was a mistake. At first, Tony swallowed thickly around this weapon of destruction on his tongue, eyes screwing up and trying very hard not to spoil Jon's culinary adventure, but there was no way he could eat this thing. Very quickly, he was holding it cautiously between his teeth and trying to talk around it without letting it touch any more of his mouth, and reported, "Thich ich hoari-ll...," with a desperate raise of his eyebrows for help.
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[personal profile] in_extremis 2021-04-10 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
This was not an evil that Tony would have wished on anyone else, but he was both surprised enough by Jon's enthusiasm and eager enough to get it out of his mouth before he started drooling that he froze as Jon sat up, then rapidly recoiled from the presence of the candy by slouching down onto his knees at the foot of the bed, tongue sticking out all of the way. His arms were still splayed out in front of him, up the mattress and one spread over Jon, where he lingered curiously despite his suffering to witness Jon's reaction, really not sure if he expected the candy to appeal to Jon's questionable tastes or shock him as much as it did Tony. The resulting laughter was contagious, though Tony felt like he was panting around it, and tried to scramble to rescue both of them. He crinkled the wrapper still in his hand at Jon's side helpfully for Jon's attention as he looked around for something to help get the taste out of his mouth. Could any of these other packages be trusted?

Once his hands were freed, he grabbed another from the bed at random, a distinctly different shape and squishing easily under his fingers where the previous nightmare had been a kind of hard candy--though, that didn't guarantee anything. This one, Tony cautiously licked after tearing it open, and the revealed animal-shaped gummy was either that fantastic or just such pure relief to taste of anything that wasn't a blackhole, devoid of sweetness that it was quickly in Tony's mouth as well. He grabbed Jon by the clothes to drag him closer and hold him fast by the collar to more happily share this candy with him, starting to laugh again at the taste of the horrendous one still on Jon's lips until Tony had licked it away.
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Forgetting that he had pulled Jon down by then and eyes still blissfully closed, Tony's hold on his shirt weighed greedily heavier at that kiss of finality to try to pull Jon back in to really make sure no traces of the offending candy were left in his mouth, very heroically. The tug made him realize he was basically holding himself up by it, though, and Tony smoothed Jon's shirt out apologetically before sinking back onto his heels, letting his hand drop to trace down Jon's calf and begin to help him out of his shoes instead.

"I bet you," he replied, tossing the candy wrapper he held much more carelessly over his shoulder to land among the alluring trail they had dropped into the bedroom, "you put one of those in your mouth the next time that place has got us seeing shit, it'll knock you back to reality so hard you come out the other side." He was chuckling again with a renewed shocked frown at how very bad that taste had been as he tossed Jon's shoes with as much care as he had the candy wrapper, then twisted to deal with his own boots. "Where did you find that? Were they selling those to children? That can't be legal, that's assault."
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Wrinkling his nose in horror and disgust, Tony refused to accept that this taste was popular because it was enjoyable but for some more inscrutable, alien purpose. Like Dutch licorice. "Okay, well, get rid of anything else from that brand then, it's out," he decided as he clambered his way properly up onto the bed finally, grabbing another package at random to toss it as well.

He settled up at the head of the bed, propped up on the pillows and legs splayed to pat between them and invite Jon to bring his chocolate where Tony could snake an arm around his waist and draw him close. Despite the thus far dangerous results, he was willing to support Jon's hopeful idealism until at least this treat had proven inedible as well. At that point, the rest of the mess left on the bed would have to become suspect. "There's supermarkets here?" was probably a stupid question, but Tony had hardly been inside a supermarket on Earth and hadn't even considered that kind of thing to explore on this planet when there was robot components and easily bribed government officials to think about.
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It turned out Tony still don't not care much about supermarkets, alien or otherwise, and only gave an absent hum that did a poor job of convincing anyone he was really listening or engaged as he focused instead on unwrapping his own treat. He worked Jon's shirt up enough to slide his hands against warm skin, spreading them across Jon's stomach to wrap him in a hug where Tony could sigh his relief against Jon's shoulder and nuzzle his way up his neck until Jon was handing him the next experiment.

Tony sat up again dubiously, but kept his hands tucked under Jon's clothes where one tickled up his back as Tony considered the offering, then cut Jon a narrow-eyed look for encouraging Tony to be the guinea pig once more before rolling his eyes dramatically for the sacrifices he made. He took the candy gingerly in his teeth and let it sit thoughtfully on his tongue this time, doing his best to keep an open mind where the candy did melt much like chocolate would as he considered it. "Doesn't taste like...anything," he reported with some surprise, the melting feeling coming to be uncomfortably reminiscent of someone else drooling in his mouth as he realized the whole experience was apparently textural. Surrendering the press of one hand from under Jon's shirt, he gently caught his narrow wrist to experimentally lick what was left of the melting candy from his fingers, maybe tasting a hint of sweetness in the salt.
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Jon's palpable disappointment in the alien candy remaining resolutely alien was almost as funny as how gross the first one had been, making Tony shake with a laugh against Jon as he cradled the hand he held to massage a reassuring thumb into Jon's palm. "We'll find you some chocolate, boss," he promised, not quite able to lend the statement the weight it apparently deserved, and not exactly looking to the treats scattered around them in the blankets for solutions. Instead, kissing Jon's fingertips had him fidgeting with new impatience, spreading the hand under Jon's shirt back around to his chest to try to coax his shoulders back again as Tony nosed into his hair to tip his head back, where Tony could seek out more skin to press himself into.
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Tony's muscles twitched attentively under Jon's hand, and he apparently took the squeeze as an invitation to work his foot under Jon's knee and hook around his ankle until Tony had them tangled securely, his heart against Jon's back and temple resting against his head. There wasn't anything in this mess on the bed that Tony thought he would find nearly so disappointing, even without having his sweet craving yet satisfied, feeling quite undeservedly well treated as it was until Jon figured out that he could escape. "Is that what this place made you miss the most? Chocolate?" he ventured, which sounded more serious than Tony was hoping in order to trick a serious answer out of Jon, so with his fingers linked through Jon's to draw their hands along together, he tickled a feather-light pattern up the exposed honey of Jon's belly and suggested, "We can't just leave you unsatisfied."
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It was the kind of answer Tony was hoping to get, despite raising his eyebrows at how food-focused these indulgences were from the guy who didn't really eat, and wondered again at Jon sounding so put out by the idea that he might take care of people. Tony was already smiling warmly for it when Jon looked up and ready to press a kiss to his cheek, releasing his hand to cradle his jaw instead and encourage him to meet Tony's lips. That giggle could not be abandoned, not something Tony had heard nearly enough in Jon's array of yelps and complaints, so Tony picked up where he had left off with his hold still warming under Jon's shirt, tickling up his core and tracing the flat valley of his sternum until his shirt was gathered against Tony's wrist at his collar. If Tony was going to throw it across the room with everything else in his way, he was going to have to surrender this kiss, so his fingers tightened slowly around the fabric instead.
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The laughter kept every broken kiss light and brief as Tony grinned against Jon's mouth every time in return, and dropped the touch to Jon's face back down his body to hug him tightly and keep him from squirming too much. Eventually, Tony's toothy smile was a punitive nip to Jon's lip like he had any control over Tony's teasing, teeth dragging slowly as Tony tipped them incrementally over in their tangled hold so he could deposit Jon back onto the bed where he would be that much easier to torment. Tony withdrew his hug to finally push the shirt up over Jon's head and shove it blindly away, leaving him propped on an elbow to offer Jon his fangy smirk properly. "Hmm, there must be something here..." he sang, as though he had no idea how he might successfully satisfy Jon, picking up another alluring package from by his head to tear open again with his teeth. This candy was soft, like a marshmallow or a spongy cake, and Tony held it delicately where Jon could reach it this time.

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