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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.
najaran: (Colour 4 - Dance with the Decoy)

[personal profile] najaran 2021-02-11 12:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"They're two of my cards," she clarified in a way that cleared up nothing really. "I can summon cards to fight," she added, which probably did help. "But they're themselves. Part of me the way any friend is!"
najaran: (Hm?)

[personal profile] najaran 2021-02-11 12:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh," she said, considering that as they got the last of the clothes together. She started walking for the Garden car - back the way she came - presuming he'd walk with her. "Isn't that lonely?"
najaran: (Vagabond)

[personal profile] najaran 2021-02-11 12:52 pm (UTC)(link)
"That's what I mean though. I can summon Knight or the others whenever I want, and have a friend there. But if they were just me..." she shook her head, peering off at the distance through the clothes she carried. She shook her head and veered off away from him without realizing it. And unless he stops her, she will walk into a wall.
najaran: (Laundry Day)

[personal profile] najaran 2021-02-11 01:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Startled, she dropped the wash again when he let go. "Gyah!" she cried as it all went flying around them.

"Well, that's good at least," she said, smiling at him with a dirty shirt on her head. She knelt to gather the clothes. Again.
najaran: (I can explain....)

[personal profile] najaran 2021-02-11 01:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"I did have help," she said, with a small smile and a shake of her head. "But they can't carry as much as I can. And besides, if I take more trips, that's just more chances for me to get lost," she added. She stood once they had everything, more or less and started to head off. Back the way they came.
najaran: (Taken aback)

[personal profile] najaran 2021-02-11 01:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh. Whoops. Thanks." She turned the way he indicated and started walking again.

"Perhaps if you tell him where you are trying to go, Najaran," her staff chided.

"He said this was the right way," she protested.

"Based on where you were going before, or perhaps the way to the laundry room."

"........ oh," she said in a small voice.
najaran: (Earring fidget)

[personal profile] najaran 2021-02-11 02:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"Actually I'm going to the garden car," she said, but she followed him. "Is that the same direction from here?"
najaran: (Colour 4 - Dance with the Decoy)

[personal profile] najaran 2021-02-11 02:26 pm (UTC)(link)
"That's where I do the wash," she said with a simple smile. "And the cooking. It's great space. And after scrubbing things that need to be scrubbed, it also works well as a place to take a nap!"
najaran: (Line Face?)

[personal profile] najaran 2021-02-11 02:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Why did everyone always ask that?

"The machines are too loud" and scary "and there is nothing wrong with washing things the way I do at home. Besides, the Garden car is big enough for Knight and the others to help out."
najaran: (I can explain....)

[personal profile] najaran 2021-02-11 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'd get lost if I left and tried to come back," she said, bluntly. She was self aware enough to realize that, at least. "Besides, working in the garden car, I can cook while the clothes are drying and fold them while the food is cooling."
najaran: (Startled)

[personal profile] najaran 2021-02-11 03:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well we don't have any of these big loud machines where I'm from," she said, thoughtfully. "I always do the laundry in a big wooden tub back home and hang it to dry. It's weird, not having the sun, and takes forever, but I've gotten used to it." She still missed an open sky above her.
najaran: (Earring fidget)

[personal profile] najaran 2021-02-11 03:56 pm (UTC)(link)
She smiled at that and nodded. "Especially cold crisp night when it has just begun to snow..." Those reminded her of her father. Staying out all night with him or sheltering in an abandoned building and just talking till the sun rose. She knew now it was because if they fell asleep when it was tat cold they might have been in big trouble, but back then she had thought it was a great adventure.

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