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Ken Amada ([personal profile] miseris_socios) wrote in [community profile] voidtreckerexpress2021-02-07 09:28 pm

these days have opened up my eyes; [Open Post]

Who: Ken and whomever wants to encounter him.
Where: Kitchen, training gym, games car. (And wildcard option.)
When: Between February platform and the healing/time reversal plot.
What: Ken's getting used to train life... and also makes A Mistake.
Warnings: Training prompt has suicidal imagery (thanks Persona 3) and the closed prompt has severe depression warnings.


[Kitchen Duty]

Ken is on red team, despite the orange hoodie he's wearing, and that means apparently one of his chores is to make food for other people. It might not be the prettiest, but he'll do what he can. He doesn't bother much with the avocado though, instead serving up a couple of plates of omurice to set out for whoever drifts past. It takes him a little bit to start working on some of the other things - the pasta is boiling away and he's wandering around trying to familiarize himself with where everything is.

Sometimes he's poking around looking for storage containers or having to climb up onto the counter to reach things, but he's always careful to clean off the counter afterwards.


[Training] (cw: suicidal imagery)

Ken is no slouch when it comes to training, and he's found the climbing ropes. He scales the large structure easily, rolling off of it onto a mat and springing up, miming stabbing a spear into something. He can easily be found doing handstands or practicing rolling or doing all manner of gymnastic-like exercises.

When no one's looking, he takes out his Evoker and presses it to his head, pulling the trigger and letting Nemesis take some shots at a training dummy with lightning. He presses a hand to his chest when she manifests a spear and stabs the dummy herself. It hurts, but it's the only spear he has right now.


[Games]

He can't practice forever. Once he settles down a little bit he heads into the game car on occasion. He's not all that hard to find - occasionally he's on one of the VR games, but more often he's playing solitaire or looking at the Duel Monster cards. He's studied the notes left nearby carefully, so all that remains is to try to build a deck.

... Somehow.


[Wildcard]

While he's found a few cars to frequent, he's still exploring. It's easy to find him in practically any car.


[Field Trip to the Darkness] (closed to Vexen) (cw: severe depression)

Vexen is not a hard person to find. He's very tall and the black cloak makes it easy to pick him out, even from behind. He's about to call out to the man to say hello, but suddenly a dark-colored portal opens up and the man disappears into it. Frowning, Ken runs in after him.

That was a mistake.

It's dark, so dark, everything is dark. He can feel something cold gripping onto him, Nemesis' whirring getting louder and louder, somehow sinister. What is he doing here? What is he trying to prove? There's nothing he can do to make anything right. There's no point in him continuing to pretend like he's innocent at all - he hasn't been for a long time. He can't rely on anyone here.

Better to just be alone, or just be nothing at all.

He suddenly stumbles out into brightness, a black-coated individual in front of him, but he's not really seeing Vexen. He's trembling, suddenly freezing and pale. His knees hit the floor, followed by his arms and head right after.
sizedoesntmatter: (47)

[personal profile] sizedoesntmatter 2021-02-14 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, here you'll find a good number of people who would be more than happy to play. Kaiba for example always enjoys games, though... he can be a bit serious and competitive at times."

But considering they were a kid he was sure it would be different of course. "But hey we have those types of games here to."
firewalled: (You can fool someone completely)

cw continues

[personal profile] firewalled 2021-02-14 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"H-Hey..." Rich can't help it. He bends down just slightly to make sure they're at the same height, hesitantly reaching out to take Ken's shoulder.

"I... get it, okay? There've been a lot of nights I wasn't supposed to survive either. I mean, look at me." He gestures to the scar on his face with a sad little smile. "It sucks, when you expect you're going to die young. But... maybe this can be a second chance? Somewhere you can think about the possibility of living on. That's what it's been for me."
nobodys_puppet: (New kid in the Hood)

[personal profile] nobodys_puppet 2021-02-14 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, Axel told me about those." She still didn't understand the point.
nobodys_puppet: (Hooded Huh?)

[personal profile] nobodys_puppet 2021-02-15 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
"Why?" she asked.
nobodys_puppet: (Hooded Sunset Drama Shot)

[personal profile] nobodys_puppet 2021-02-15 06:29 am (UTC)(link)
Axel said things like that too, but she didn't find it fun. Usually she just found it terrifying. But... she was allowed to say no now, right? She... wasn't sure. And froze in indecision.
controlsthedie: game art of Thanatos default conversation picture (But the other saying I like so much more)

[personal profile] controlsthedie 2021-02-15 08:36 am (UTC)(link)
"That will probably change as you participate on missions. If that is something you want to change." Thanatos knows not to underestimate Ken at least. Not if he can summon something named after his sister.

And maybe he knows the feeling of being seen as too young for a task and determined to do the best job he can despite expectations.
firewalled: (A prayer or two can take care of that)

[personal profile] firewalled 2021-02-15 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Rich listens quietly, making sure no judgement shows on his face. He wouldn't want to judge him anyways, considering how much Rich himself could be judged for. It sounds like hell, and honestly, Rich knows what that's like.

"That's a little different from my situation... but I did try something similar. Killing yourself and trying to drag someone down with you. Sounds like that guy was... better than the thing I was against." He squeezes Ken's shoulder again. "Two years when you're this young is a long time, too. That's how long it's been since I was in control of myself too. But... if I can make it out and still have a life to live, then you're the same as me, right? You just have more time to fix things."
nobodys_puppet: (New kid in the Hood)

[personal profile] nobodys_puppet 2021-02-15 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
"You.. won't be angry?" she asked quietly. Unsure. A hint of fear was in her voice.
firewalled: (That sense of guilt)

[personal profile] firewalled 2021-02-16 03:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"Woah! Hey, hey, shh, don't panic." Rich reaches out to take his shoulders. "Just focus on right now for a second, okay? Focus on your breathing. You can follow me, okay? In for three, out for three."

He starts demonstrating for the other boy, the motions a bit exaggerated so Ken can hear and see through his tears.
sizedoesntmatter: (145)

[personal profile] sizedoesntmatter 2021-02-16 04:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"I doubt he would let you win. He really isn't the type to even know to do that." He knows this all too well. But Yugi soon crossed his arms before picking a board game out.

"Try this one first maybe. I think out of all we have this might be the easiest one to try first considering they are for the most part new games for most people."
sizedoesntmatter: (284)

[personal profile] sizedoesntmatter 2021-02-16 05:13 pm (UTC)(link)
"Not unless you buy them in or bring them in as your one item, which is unlikely for most people, but I arrived here with my deck from a game at home." So it was possible if very unlikely.
nobodys_puppet: (Hooded Glance)

[personal profile] nobodys_puppet 2021-02-17 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
"Sad?" If she understood sad properly, this was... something to be sad over?

Emotions made no sense to her.

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