blue_ice: (rainy day)
Seto Kaiba ([personal profile] blue_ice) wrote in [community profile] voidtreckerexpress2020-12-14 09:19 am

what's left to guide me [open]

Who: Seto Kaiba and anyone/everyone he can't successfully avoid (that's you!)
Where: Various (library/kitchen/sauna) + some closed prompts in comments, more on request!
When: Imagination 22
What: Having finally resigned from the council, Kaiba's left to figure out just who he's supposed to be now. One problem: it's a little hard to have a private crisis when train is Small.
Warnings: Possible mentions of violent history/suicide. Those will be warned for/asked about before it comes up, after clearing it with the player.



a. library car

Hearing answers from the train had been a temporary respite from Dealing With This, but when there's no trainwide distraction going on, you have to make your own respite. That's why he'll be avoiding his usual trademark car of Games, sticking to an alcove in the upstairs library.

He perched awkwardly at a desk with his laptop at his fingerprints, dressed simply in his black turtleneck and black leather pants. He'd left all the flashy accessories behind today. He's absorbed in lines of code on one half of the screen, some kind of bizarre game taking form on the other. It's just a swirling ooze of picture for now, almost like a black hole. An apt metaphor for his life at the moment.

Eventually, he drops his head in his hands over the keyboard. The black hole eats all the other characters on the screen. It's a good effect, but...definitely needs improving.

b. kitchen scrubbing
One thing he can do, at a minimum, is his chores. He throws himself into them with gusto, vigorously scrubbing soap stains at sinks and sweeping crumbs. He's careful to wait until just after the cooking team has cleared out from each meal, hopefully before anyone comes wandering in for a snack.

He's aggressive on the counters and dishes, mopping and scrubbing the floors with all the strength he has. He's on a single mission: to make it all shine. At least until the next mealtime.

c. late night sauna

Sauna enthusiasts have long preached that a sweat session in these rooms can cure most ills. Sleeplessness is one of them, though whether feeling lost counts is up for debate. Seto decides it's worth a shot when the hour becomes quite late---his tossing and turning will wake his boyfriend if he's not more careful.

Yes, leaving it all behind sounds like an excellent idea. He enters with a towel slung over his hips and drops bonelessly onto a bench, determined to sweat whatever this is out of his system for good.
luckydragonsfoot: (heck yeah im cool-)

[personal profile] luckydragonsfoot 2020-12-21 09:54 am (UTC)(link)
Hey, won' know if we got it workin' until we do. Let's flick tha' 'on switch'!

[Or, you know, handle it the way is actually physically possible. It's supposed to sound cool, ok!]
luckydragonsfoot: (stare sadly into the middle distance-)

[personal profile] luckydragonsfoot 2020-12-22 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
Awrigh'! [Whoo!

Though the cheer fades a bit as Kaiba asks the question.
] ...I think...'s because it's tryin' t' make folks happy.

When I got 'm to say what was wrong, it went an' added tha' some of th' damages seemed t' be f'r convenience. Shit like th' library in th' standard car, an' tha' lab.

Someone would've had t' break this themselves righ'? I think... ....it didn' wanna make 'm upset, fixin it up like tha'.
luckydragonsfoot: (he ran into my fist 12 times honest offi)

[personal profile] luckydragonsfoot 2020-12-22 02:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I mean, doesn' matter if they meant it 'r not righ'? They still did it b'cause they were mad at th' train. So... [So, the train respected that. ...Kind of.

.....................
] ...wait did you jus' make a-

[A DIRTY JOKE??? FROM KAIBA???

SINCE WHEN-

Ah, well, his thoughts catch up before he can finish the statement.
] AH- Yeah! 'specially since we're all like...tied t' th' thing. Not a whole lot happy abou' tha'....
luckydragonsfoot: (heck yeah im cool-)

[personal profile] luckydragonsfoot 2020-12-26 03:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Eh?

[He laughs- and even if he has a slight idea of what he's helped with, it doesn't stop him from just shrugging.] Heh! All I did was find th' best guy f'r th' job, righ'? Don' sweat it!