Jacob Kane [ Cain ] Roman Fletcher (
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Entry tags:
- marvel (mcu): loki,
- the adventure zone: taako taaco,
- ✖ dceu: clark kent,
- ✖ ffxv: gladiolus amicitia,
- ✖ fullmetal alchemist (03): edward elric,
- ✖ lucifer: chloe decker,
- ✖ marvel (616): angela,
- ✖ marvel (616): tony stark,
- ✖ marvel (616): victor von doom,
- ✖ original: cain,
- ✖ original: letha regis,
- ✖ original: shai ebbisaryn,
- ✖ the adventure zone: lucretia
[ open ] #throwbackthursday
who: Cain (now Romulus), Anyone
what: During the effects of the Temporal Chalice, Cain gets to explore some of his much, much earlier years. He's in his early twenties, not immortal, shy and gentle, and goes by his birth name: Romulus. Oops.
when: 15th until the event ends.
where: Housing during the day (floor six + around), and out in the Quarantine at night mostly. Specific starters upon request.
warnings: Romulus at this point in his life is a slave. Mentioned of free vs not, expectations of having lesser value, and possible other related subjects are very likely. More will be edited in if necessary.
i. Housing. Floor six.
[ He's not sure what to do with himself here. One of the first things Romulus did when he came to was familiarize himself with the device he carries around with him, because he remembers that being important, and notices that the job he only vaguely recalls sent a message to not show up if you couldn't do the work citing distraction to the other workers who were still in their right minds. He supposes that means he should stay away from the place and he intends to. It just doesn't leave him a whole lot to do aside from putter around the floor he knows he belongs in, even if most of his belongings feel foreign and familiar at the same time. Sparse, too. Some technology to work, small knickknacks here and there, and nothing that really speaks to who he is. All except for a plain lantern hanging from the bedpost with scenery drawn on it that makes him feel more at home. It's familiar to him, only a breath away, if he were back home at all. That lantern is lit every night to help him sleep.
Either way, Romulus putters. Messes around in the kitchen to try and make food but plenty of the products are foreign and confusing and he sticks with what he knows, basic fruits and vegetables and puts together simpler things with simpler tools and methods. He's not going for anything fancy, just subsiding on what he can until he figures out what he's doing here anymore. What he doesn't do is actively bother anyone. Finds his own supplies and makes sure whatever he uses is communal and doesn't belong to anyone in particular, shops with the money he's found for himself to buy things he can't find.
It's probably easier to ignore the guy who's suddenly turned wallflower around floor six, or even in the rest of the building where he comes and goes quite often out to explore the city. Except... he didn't used to be like this, not at all, entire demeanor changed. Not that he's the only one but it's pretty radical and noticeable. Kinda sad, really. ]
ii. Quarantine.
[ Mostly, he goes out at night. Lots of people don't notice the nervous ones at night because crime still exists but Quarantine is better protected and managed than most cities in other universes, apparently, and a lot of the older residents expect the nervous ones to calm down eventually. Romulus isn't nervous because of crime, but instead because it feels like a lie. He shouldn't be out here without a cause or an order or a reason given to him to explain if anyone catches him out — but he's not doing anything wrong. There's no master here, no one holding him in their hands and certainly no one to say he can't explore or shop or live.
It's freedom, and it has his heart constantly in his throat. What do you do with freedom?
Either way, he stumbles into people because he's not paying attention, lost in thought. Flinches back and swerves to press nearer to the walls or almost walks into the street sometimes and has to get fished out of the way. It's all very nerve-wracking, but again, people expect it more in the darkness for whatever reason. Sometimes he does go out in the day, too, but this is easier for him. ]
I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to run into you—forgive me.
[ He doesn't meet many peoples' eyes in the dark of the night, either. ]
iii. Wild Card.
[ Romulus gets places he shouldn't. Curiosity is certainly his vice and that's never gotten him anyplace good. It's usually up to Remus to keep him from wandering and Remus isn't here. He doesn't go into dangerous-looking places, but stores or odd streets or stopping to watch something odd? There's no reason not to. ]
[ Make something up, and I'll work a response in! Contact at plurk or at biomagnet#1925 @ disco to discuss more if necessary. ]
what: During the effects of the Temporal Chalice, Cain gets to explore some of his much, much earlier years. He's in his early twenties, not immortal, shy and gentle, and goes by his birth name: Romulus. Oops.
when: 15th until the event ends.
where: Housing during the day (floor six + around), and out in the Quarantine at night mostly. Specific starters upon request.
warnings: Romulus at this point in his life is a slave. Mentioned of free vs not, expectations of having lesser value, and possible other related subjects are very likely. More will be edited in if necessary.
i. Housing. Floor six.
[ He's not sure what to do with himself here. One of the first things Romulus did when he came to was familiarize himself with the device he carries around with him, because he remembers that being important, and notices that the job he only vaguely recalls sent a message to not show up if you couldn't do the work citing distraction to the other workers who were still in their right minds. He supposes that means he should stay away from the place and he intends to. It just doesn't leave him a whole lot to do aside from putter around the floor he knows he belongs in, even if most of his belongings feel foreign and familiar at the same time. Sparse, too. Some technology to work, small knickknacks here and there, and nothing that really speaks to who he is. All except for a plain lantern hanging from the bedpost with scenery drawn on it that makes him feel more at home. It's familiar to him, only a breath away, if he were back home at all. That lantern is lit every night to help him sleep.
Either way, Romulus putters. Messes around in the kitchen to try and make food but plenty of the products are foreign and confusing and he sticks with what he knows, basic fruits and vegetables and puts together simpler things with simpler tools and methods. He's not going for anything fancy, just subsiding on what he can until he figures out what he's doing here anymore. What he doesn't do is actively bother anyone. Finds his own supplies and makes sure whatever he uses is communal and doesn't belong to anyone in particular, shops with the money he's found for himself to buy things he can't find.
It's probably easier to ignore the guy who's suddenly turned wallflower around floor six, or even in the rest of the building where he comes and goes quite often out to explore the city. Except... he didn't used to be like this, not at all, entire demeanor changed. Not that he's the only one but it's pretty radical and noticeable. Kinda sad, really. ]
ii. Quarantine.
[ Mostly, he goes out at night. Lots of people don't notice the nervous ones at night because crime still exists but Quarantine is better protected and managed than most cities in other universes, apparently, and a lot of the older residents expect the nervous ones to calm down eventually. Romulus isn't nervous because of crime, but instead because it feels like a lie. He shouldn't be out here without a cause or an order or a reason given to him to explain if anyone catches him out — but he's not doing anything wrong. There's no master here, no one holding him in their hands and certainly no one to say he can't explore or shop or live.
It's freedom, and it has his heart constantly in his throat. What do you do with freedom?
Either way, he stumbles into people because he's not paying attention, lost in thought. Flinches back and swerves to press nearer to the walls or almost walks into the street sometimes and has to get fished out of the way. It's all very nerve-wracking, but again, people expect it more in the darkness for whatever reason. Sometimes he does go out in the day, too, but this is easier for him. ]
I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to run into you—forgive me.
[ He doesn't meet many peoples' eyes in the dark of the night, either. ]
iii. Wild Card.
[ Romulus gets places he shouldn't. Curiosity is certainly his vice and that's never gotten him anyplace good. It's usually up to Remus to keep him from wandering and Remus isn't here. He doesn't go into dangerous-looking places, but stores or odd streets or stopping to watch something odd? There's no reason not to. ]
[ Make something up, and I'll work a response in! Contact at plurk or at biomagnet#1925 @ disco to discuss more if necessary. ]
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She sips her tea as she watches him, that smile stays on entirely unbeknownst to her.]
Sort of. If you tell me where you're from - if you know the name of the planet - I could probably show you what yours looks like, too.
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I'm from... we live on the Etruscan coast, but I believe... [ He pauses, brow furrowing. ] Earth. Maybe?
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[Figures. Nearly everyone she's met is from some Earth or other. So, she pulls out her little comms device, fiddles a moment. Gets all the basic information she needs, and then she changes the hovering planets with a wave of her hand. Congrats, Romulus, you're now looking at Earth's solar system. She points to that Little Blue Dot that is conveniently just the right shade of it.]
This is you. Metaphorically.
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That's home.
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[It's half the size of Janirak. Less water. She wonders if it's warm.]
No idea where that coast of yours is, or I could probably give you something more specific.
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[ Even if she's taking him for a fool, Romulus finds he doesn't actually care at this point. What he sees now is more than he's even had about the stars, the world, his everything, and it makes about as much sense as anything else around here does. He loves it, he really does, this small piece he can slot into a bigger picture. Maybe someday he'll see the entire thing, know enough to say he's satisfied. Maybe not, and that might even be better. ]
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I'm a helper.
[Ha, ha. Look at how demurely (no) she sips her tea in the aftermath of that statement.]
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What?? was that?????? ]
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Too much?
[At least she sounds a bit sympathetically concerned, oop.]
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Um. Uh—maybe.
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Ah, poor boy. You don't have to drink the rest.
[Instead, she gets up to fetch a second glass and something a bit-- cooler (both heat-wise and spice-wise) and comes back with a glass of cucumber water.]
Try this instead.
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Different than he's used to, unsurprisingly. Much better and helps his mouth return to normal, which is way more important right now. ]
Thank you, Ma'am.
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While we're on the topic of trying things, how about my name? All this ma'am-ing about has me feeling like you're one of my soldiers.
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Shai, then. Since I'm... pretty far from a soldier.
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Oh, you'd fit right in with mine, honestly. [Azalmaud would love him, in that quiet way of hers. Winterlace too.] But thank you.
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[ There's a surprise. Remus is the strong one, the protective one who helps keep them together. It's a team effort but, really, if one of them was to go off and fight it would be Remus over Romulus. ]
No need to thank me... Shai. I'm glad to.
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Of course, the corps I'm in isn't exactly your standard army.
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His gaze lowers down to the cup and it takes him perhaps too long to realize there's something else going on. He swallows. ]
... I'm sorry. I... forgot what I was saying.
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Don't you fret. Happens to the best of us.
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What were we talking about? Using your name...?
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-- And she might as well turn the lights back on while she's at it, so they don't have to sit here in semi-darkness with nothing but the earthshine glow. She has no notion as to whether or not she'll have to talk him down from a ledge, so she keeps her tone easy and soft.]
Yep.
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Eventually, he exhales. The images are fading and relief floods through his veins. Without Remus here, he's just not brave enough to try. Finds something stealing those memories away to hide them, protect himself. ]
I'm sorry. That... that won't happen again.
[ It's automatic reassurance because that definitely wasn't something he can afford to repeat. No matter that there's been no consequence for freaking out over—nothing. All it was in the end, just a bunch of memories that has nothing to do with the now. ]
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All right if it does, sweetheart. Sometimes you have hard moments. Breathe, and they'll pass if you give them time.
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Is it all right if I... do that here?
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[She stands after a moment and takes both her (now empty) mug and his (still mostly full one) one to the sink so she can wash them later.]
I was planning on making lunch when I got back. You like nuts in your salad?
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