oneofthelost: (Waiting in the dark)
Alex Tate ([personal profile] oneofthelost) wrote2013-01-11 09:17 am

First - [ written ]

Okay. If this book isn't lying to me? There are a few things I'm going to need. Things I needed yesterday.

Necessary supplies:
housing
clothes
food
bow and arrows
therapist

Anyone got any leads on these things?

Thanks.

[A few moments' pause, then:]

My name's Alex, by the way.


[Okay, so Alex isn't quite as calm, cool, and collected as the writing would make it seem. That's why she wrote in the first place, rather than trying to talk.

She's somewhere very cold and dark and doesn't know where she is, but she found this Journal and read it because... Well. Books with her name written on them don't happen every day. She knows it's daylight out wherever the sky can be seen, but that doesn't really give her much of a time frame to go on.

So, basic idea of Luceti, down. The rest? Is taking its time to settle. She'll have a proper freak out later, when she knows it's not a matter of life and death. For now, she's focusing on just breathing. And really hoping for that therapist.]


(Alex appeared in the tunnel, just before it goes under the mountains. She'll have some work figuring out where she is, but someone who wants to help her out would be great!)
herotypical: [ snarky ; happy ] (✝ prepare for ascension)

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[personal profile] herotypical 2013-01-11 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Look no further. After all, you and me at least have that in common.

[ but buffy suspects that's where the similarities end.

hah. ]
herotypical: [ wtf ; uncertain ] (✝ i was hoping i could just blame you)

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[personal profile] herotypical 2013-01-11 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Very. Crazy to the amount of very? The scale gets a little skewed, here.

Has anyone offered to come keep you company, yet?
herotypical: [ neutral ; angry ] (✝ so what's that funny smell)

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[personal profile] herotypical 2013-01-11 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[ a long hallway...?

dark...? ]


Sounds like one of the tunnel systems.
herotypical: [ snarky ; angry ; pout ] (✝ our childhood then our youth)

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[personal profile] herotypical 2013-01-12 01:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Is it a straight forward-and-back kinda tunnel? Any lead-offs? Actually, don't answer that...

[ the little control room they'd found was meant to be somewhat secret, after all. ]

The trick is knowing how far you are to the shore side. You don't smell salt water, do you?
herotypical: [ angry ; snarky ] (✝ to function -- it's hereditary)

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[personal profile] herotypical 2013-01-16 12:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Right. In which case? I'm coming in after you. Don't move. Just wait. Are you okay with that?
herotypical: [ neutral; action; busy ] (✝ shouting love at the world)

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[personal profile] herotypical 2013-01-16 01:58 pm (UTC)(link)
In the meantime? I suggest you read this.

[ she links to the guide. ] I'm Buffy, by the way. Buffy Summers.

I'll see you soon. [ and with that brief reassurance, she shuts her journal. ]
herotypical: [ slayer ; action ; run ] (✝ go tell eve)

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[personal profile] herotypical 2013-01-16 03:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[ she doesn't immediately leave the house. after all, she's herded her share of new feathers. they rarely came with all the clothing they needed, so buffy shoves some warm, soft-fabric'd sweats into a backpack and rolls up a spare jacket on top of that. she tosses in a few granola bars. a bottle of water. some mittens.

and...and the girl would need something for her feet. yeesh. sizing made all the difference when it came to footwear. buffy settles for a pair of forgiving fluffy slippers. the snow would ruin them but there would at least be one barrier between this new feather's feet and the rest of the world.

with that, she's out the door. the walk to the tunnel's mouth isn't a short one, but it doesn't take her all that long to reach it. from that point onward, it's a simple case of carefully picking her way through the murky tunnel. ]


Alex? [ she calls, now and then. ]
herotypical: [ neutral ; angry ; snark ] (✝ i'm the hero of the story)

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[personal profile] herotypical 2013-01-16 03:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[ a shadow resolves itself and one slight woman stands before another. ] That's me. Nice to put a voice and a vague outline to the name and penmanship.

[ as a quasi-peace-offering, she drops the backpack on the middle ground between them. ] You must be cold.
herotypical: [ snarky ; angry ; pout ] (✝ earn me a degree)

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[personal profile] herotypical 2013-01-17 01:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[ she responds first to the laughter: ] How was I to know you didn't have the feet of an NBA Allstar, right?
herotypical: [ happy ] (✝ happy and glorious)

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[personal profile] herotypical 2013-01-18 12:50 pm (UTC)(link)
...Once every couple of months. We get used to it. There's water, as well. And some snacks. Some people are really hungry when they show up.

How are the wings? Sore?
herotypical: [ neutral ; conversation ; angry ] (✝ jealous of your cigarette)

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[personal profile] herotypical 2013-01-20 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
Believe it or not? You get used to them.
herotypical: [ angry ; snarky ; hands on hips ] (✝ grip like a new york window cleaner)

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[personal profile] herotypical 2013-01-20 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[ time for the firm warnings: ] If you lose them, you die. If you lose too many feathers? You get very, very sick. If they get pinched? It hurts. Now, if someone wants to gently caress them?

Make sure they buy you dinner, first.

[ okay. only a few firm warnings. ]
herotypical: [ happy ] (✝ la belle evangeline)

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[personal profile] herotypical 2013-01-20 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah-huh. Hun? I showed up here darned certain I'd be taking a vow of celibacy to rival that of any convent. And now -- here I am -- three skips and a jump away from marrying a pirate.

[ in the murky tunnel, she gestures in a foward-y direction. ] Come on, I'll show you the town.

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