mingle-y post!!!

[ruminant]

[ It is getting to be evening times now, so it's not super super hot out, just pleasantly warm and still kind of bright. Indoors or outdoors, there are probably enough things to do and enough people out and about to have fun or...harassment is fine too. ]

{ ooc; mingle post! make a comment, tag other people's comments, s'all good! }

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[heresyandlace]

[hey, in a place like this, it as a completely reasonable question.

But the fact that she doesn't give him any answer bugs him a little.

He tilts his head at her. She drops mysteriously into the pool room of all places, and is already leaving? Interesting.]

Where are you going?

[wordmiser]

[To find a way out, duh.

Hey, where is this, anyway? Bad question to ask, it makes a girl look like she doesn't know anything, but... Well. Better to keep quiet, send a quick, curious glance his way and peak through a crack in the pool door.

Ugh, she looks ridiculous. What's she going to do now. Dammit. She's gonna have to say something now.]

...Where. [Where are they, where were they, and where the hell did she get out.]

[heresyandlace]

[he's noticing now that she really is on the oddly-quiet side, which only makes her more interesting. She's got a solid hold on his curiosity now, so... he's going to play a little dumb.

Just going to wander over, a nice casual pace, keeping a good comfortable distance away]

Where what?

[wordmiser]

[He really must be simple.

Okay. Well. Maybe not. That was a little vague. And she'd forgotten that silly little 'questioning lilt' thing she was supposed to use. Whatever.

She rolls her eyes at him, then lifts a hand to swirl her finger in a circle, indicating the place around them.

Here, genius. Here.]

[heresyandlace]

[his eyes are quick, more so than his generally lazy demeanor would seemingly suggest. He's watching her expression, every detail of it, tucking away notes. Noticing her apparent lack of fear, lack of expressiveness--lack of several 'normal' things he'd expect to find, actually]

You're new. [obvious, but he's musing to himself] This is the Tower. You're in Accord.

[wordmiser]

["The Tower"? That didn't make any sense. Accord? Even less so.

Her lips press together in a line, and crease appears between her eyebrows. What is he talking about? It didn't make any sense at all.]

[heresyandlace]

[well, she's listening. And not going anywhere. And giving him room to speak.

So, he gladly does.

And there's a smirk too--creeping far too comfortably across his face]

Oh, don't worry, you're not the only one trapped here. ...We all are.

That should be some small comfort, right?

[wordmiser]

[That causes her whole body to tense, weight moving forward onto her toes as if to run. Eyes narrow into a glare as she forces herself to at least the semblance of relaxation.

That's a lie. No one trapped her, not anywhere.]

[heresyandlace]

[oh, yep. Just as entertaining and interesting of a reaction as he'd hoped. And she's still quiet. Huh.]

If you don't believe me, you obviously haven't had time to look around yet. Tell me, have you just arrived?

[wordmiser]

[A grit of her teeth, a flit of a glance at the wall and she lifts her chin.

Maybe. What of it. That shouldn't matter. If she'd come in, she could go back out again.]

[heresyandlace]

[oh, he loves how easy she is to read. Wonderful expressions.

His smile widens and he inclines his head a little. Almost smug about something. ...It's definitely the stance of someone who has forgotten that they're still standing around in their swim trunks]

Well. Wherever you were before, it isn't connected to this place at all. Now matter how far you get away, you can't actually leave.

...It's something like being stuck in a dream.

[wordmiser]

[Her eyebrows lift.

Really, man? That's what you want? You're not even wearing pants :|

And why was she going to believe some cock-and-bull story like that. It's ridiculous. Don't be ridiculous.]

[heresyandlace]

[unfortunately for everyone, he has made an art out of being ridiculous]

Hey, I'm just trying to help. You don't have to believe me.

[wordmiser]

[It was that smile. She really didn't like that smile.

A sharp exhale, and she runs her tongue over her teeth before deciding another word really was going to be required. Such a waist of breath, words.]

What?

[heresyandlace]

[oh, you give him one word, and he instantly wants more]

What what? You're really going to have to be more specific if you want an answer.

[wordmiser]

[Selfish, wordy man. He'd steal all her words if he had his way.

None of that.

She shakes her head instead of answer, pokes her eyes out the door again, and decides trying to go out the way she came in might work better. That takes walking past him, though.]

[heresyandlace]

[he watches her like he's trying to see into her head] ...How about a name? Can I have that, at least?

[wordmiser]

[She starts past him, readying herself to phase if it's required, chewing the inside of her lip.

Should he get a name? He was being half helpful... Hmm...]

...Jinx.

[heresyandlace]

[oh, what a name. ha.]

Are you the unlucky one, or those who happen to be around you?

[wordmiser]

[An arrogant toss of her hair. It was anyone around her that she wanted to have bad luck that got the short end of her name.

Like him.

She hoped he tripped and fell in the water.

Okay. Deep breath. Going through the wall should help, right? Put her back where she was before.

Through the wall she goes. And then back into the pool room. That hadn't worked in the slightest.]

...Fuck.

[heresyandlace]

[as surprised as he is when she disappears through the wall, he's even more so when she suddenly reappears.

Blinking and sliding an automatic step backwards--] Oh. So, that's how you did that.