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TDM 007

content warnings for this TDM include: violence, potential death, body horror, physical transformation, loss of senses, loss of autonomy

⏵ arrival⏴



Arrival does not happen as Aurora usually plans for it. New characters are introduced to the AI, then informed of a mission that they are required to participate in before they can return to their home base of Etraya. A world called Aphaia is falling apart, and while there is nothing they can do to resolve this broken world, they can participate in the Gamerunner's Stratagem.

Their mission is simple: step through the glowing purple portal that Aurora creates once they've had time to listen to her, and survive until a similar portal reopens in front of them, allowing them to return to Etraya. The Gamerunner's Stratagem is something they have been working on building for quite some time. She informs all newcomers that they will not be present on this world that long: their exit will appear to them exactly when it's meant to, allowing them to meet the others who have been recruited to save their worlds. She provides each and every arrival with an earpiece, allowing them to communicate with the other Etrayans. Aurora suggests taking a bag full of supplies along with them, which she will fill with a few generic items as well as any specific items they may need: synthetic blood for vampires, protein bars for those who may burn through calories faster, medication for anyone who requires it.


⏵ aphaia ⏴


Aphaia is a neon-lit, chaotic planet. Cameras are everywhere, every action and inaction is judged by the 'audience'. Towering holograms advertise upcoming events while flashing leader boards track the most "popular" players. Contestants are thrown into challenges, many of which are games of skill, survival, and deception all to keep the viewers entertained. Not participating is an option! However, avoiding playing along and not putting on a show will quickly cause participants' score to go down, and scores that reach zero? Well.

Unfortunately, there are only so many resources left on Aphaia. Their wildlife has died off, their planet is falling apart, and most others in this galaxy were either destroyed from the inside out, or warring planets trying to gain control of remaining resources destroyed them to avoid others getting involved. Their natural resources are depleted, and only those who manage to keep their scores up are given the luxury of having any supplies. As soon as one steps foot on Aphaia, as soon as they breathe, they intake nanotechnology which tracks their oxygen consumption, their food, everything they do or need. As soon as their scores reach zero?

They disappear. There one moment, and completely gone the next. Their communicators go offline, and while everything they were carrying will be left behind, no one will be able to find them. They are simply--gone, erased from existence.

This is a death and counts as a death as outlined in the game FAQ! Please keep this in mind.

"Points" that go towards their total score will be assigned to contestants from the moment they drop down on planet. This will be visible using the HUD on their earpiece, and will be randomized at the beginning. For the sake of the TDM, we ask that no one be assigned Paragon initially, but you're free to use other ranks!

The possible rankings are:

100: PARAGON
99-80: LUMINARY
79-70: CHAMPION
69-50: CONTENDER
49-30: UNDERLING
30-0: SHADE

Ranks may change daily, or even hourly depending on the kind of situation one has found themselves in. Are they having a very public break up in which it comes out that they wronged their ex? They may go from a Champion to a Shade before they can even blink. Did they save a defenseless reporter from the big bad villain of the week? They may find themselves quickly elevated up to Luminary and given all the benefits that comes with being upper class. The world is their oyster, they only need to figure out how they'd like to utilize it!

Aphaia is broken up into four districts.

The Colosseum is a dynamic battle arena where combatants fight for entertainment, with shifting environments controlled by the audience. Victories earn points, while losses depend on performance.

The Symposium is a lavish social hub for top contestants, where alliances and betrayals are made under the audience’s watchful eye.

The Agora is the public center of Aphaia, where contestants engage with the audience through polls, interviews, and challenges to maintain popularity. It also houses the contestants in high-rise apartments.

And Backalleys provide hidden spaces with intentional blind spots for secret dealings, though the Gamerunner is always aware of what happens there.


⏵ st★rlight soirée ⏴


Something special is happening in the Colosseum. Lights flicker as the arena shifts, rearranging itself into a grand, glittering ballroom - if a ballroom had stadium seating, paparazzi drones, and an ever-changing floor plan designed to disorient those within it. Silver chandeliers pulse with artificial starlight, their glow refracted through the crystalline floors. Music swells, but it sounds - unnatural. It thrums through your veins, setting your blood alight with the urge to dance.

Why is the ballroom designed as if intentionally put together to throw off one's balance? Well, it's time for the Panopticon Prom, of course!

The Panopticon Prom isn't just an adventure in dancing and impressing your most recent crush. It's a test of endurance, cunning, grace, and charm. The floor beneath your feet moves as if it has a mind of it's own, shifting to the beat like a living creature all of it's own. It tilts, undulates, even vanishing in sections to keep dancers on edge. After all, it's difficult to keep up one's pace if they're falling through a hole in the floor to the foam pit below.

Drones zip through the air, catching every stumble, every misstep, and every attempt to throw off others on the dance floor. This is a competition, after all; and what fun is a dance battle without having the freedom to thwart someone else on their road to victory?

The rules are simple:
  • You must dance with a partner. This can be an ally, an enemy, or someone you intend on using as a stepping stone to victory. It matters not, as long as you have one hand (or limb) on them at all times.
  • The longer you last, the better your chances. Endurance is the name of the game, meaning one must pace themselves on the dance floor. While epic twirls and impressive moves will garner more attention, it may also hurt your chances in the long run.
  • You may sabotage others by throwing them off balance, but keep in mind: everything is televised, and it won't stay secret for long.
  • The arena adapts to the chaos. Expect sudden obstacles, environmental shifts, and sudden changes in the music's tempo. Gravity may shift, walls may close in, but participants can't let that stop them - they must continue to dance, if they wish to win.
The audience is watching. Who will make the final cut and become Prom King and Queen? Everyone is vying for the titles: it doesn't matter what rank you started at when you joined the Panopticon Prom. Whoever wins becomes a Paragon until their points drop. There aren't many opportunities to sail through the rankings, but this is a sure way to do it. As long as they can keep up.


⏵ casino royale ⏴


Out in the Agora, another popular quarterly event is being set up! The Casino Royale has been destroyed countless times, but it seems as if the Gamerunner just can't let it go - every time it gets knocked down, it gets rebuilt.

There is one rule. One must take a turn at the revolving wheel just inside the door as their entry fee, and whatever the wheel lands on, they must maintain until they exit the building for the night. Sometimes, this is easier: an effect they have no control over and cannot undo even if they wanted to. Sometimes, this is more difficult: an assigned task they must complete. Failure to abide by the wheel once means receiving a penalty. Twice? Certain death if caught by any employee.

The wheel's effects are as follows:

1 You must speak entirely in rhyme. 2 Your body has become unnaturally delicate. The smallest injury hurts like a fatal wound.
3 You must avoid stepping into any sources of light. Doing so causes massive burns to appear on any area of your skin where light has touched. 4 You have been transformed into an animal! You can still think as you had before, but you cannot speak or communicate easily.
5 You have been cursed with supernatural strength, but cannot control it. 6 Time doesn't flow normally for you anymore. Each mistake you make makes you visibly younger, slowly erasing your experiences, skills, or even memories.
7 You can no longer form your own words, but only repeat what others have said to you. 8 You cannot meet another person's gaze.
9 You can no longer turn around, physically or metaphorically. If you try to return where you came from, you'll find that the pathway no longer exists. 10 You are given a specific letter that you must avoid using out loud entirely. "A"? Better hope you know enough words without one.
11 Every time you speak, your words come true - but never in the way you intended. Trying to control this is futile; the monkey's paw curls with every new sentence. 12 Within the casino, you lose the ability to feel anything. No pain, no pleasure, no warmth, and no cold. At first it may feel like a blessing - until you realize you cannot feel hunger, or tell if you're injured.
13 Regardless of if you've drunken anything, you still act inebriated. The effect only gets worse the longer you stay. 14 No one can see you. You are invisible, even if you are still able to reach out and touch or converse with those around you.
15 Any special ability you have is gone. You are reduced down to what an average human being is capable of - regardless of if you are human. 16 Violent impulses become impossible to ignore. You are rage incarnate, and you will be heard.
17 Every time you make a decision - to walk into an area, to start a conversation, anything, a small thread pulls loose from your clothing or your skin. Keep making choices, and you may become entirely undone. 18 You may speak freely, but for every syllable you say, your ability to hear slowly fades. You may want to watch your word count - too many, and you may not be able to hear at all.
19 Perhaps you arrived with a friend, or beside a stranger. It matters not: whoever came in either just before or just after you, you feel a powerful urge to protect them to the point of aggression. 20 Love is in the air - at least it is for you. Every time you meet someone's gaze, you feel the need to try and make them fall in love with you, through whatever means necessary.


The casino is alive with the hum of conversation, the clink of glasses, and the steady whirl of the roulette wheels. Golden chandeliers cast a warm glow over velvet-lined tables, where fortunes are made and lost with the flick of a wrist. But something feels. . . off.

The dealers never blink. The cards never seem random. And the house always wins - always. Maybe it's just paranoia, or maybe this casino is something more than just a den of chance. Tonight, you're not here just to play; you're here on a mission.

You've arrived dressed to kill, blending into the sea of bodies filling the casino's floors. But you're not here to win points or boost your social standing - you're here to win intel. Somewhere in this casino is a single flash drive containing information on just how Aphaia maintains their system. The only problem? The House knows someone is coming for it. After all, they're well-aware of the game: whoever retrieves the flash drive will obtain information on how to flip the script, to change the rules of the game to fit their wants and needs, rather than following the current Gamerunner. After all, this is the Gamerunner's Stratagem that Aurora has sent them out on! Many apply for 'employment' within the Casino Royale in hopes of getting insider information on where the flash drive is hidden and what it looks like. However, it seems that even the employees have no clue where it has been hidden.

⏵ NOTES ⏴


This is an extension of our Aphaia Mission! We have included enough information in this post that catching up to current in game logs isn't necessary to play with it, but you are welcome to use any part of the Aphaia setting in your prompts as you'd like. Current players are also welcome to bring the events from this TDM into their in-game threads.

This mission can happen outside of time as needed! Incoming characters will find themselves introduced to Aphaia as they arrive. Current characters may find Aurora calling on them to visit Aphaia after the current mission for the Gamerunner's Stratagem.

Characters already in game are welcome to post to the TDM, too! Please mark them as current characters in your header. Threads can be kept as game canon as long as both characters get into the game!

Please direct all questions relating to this log to our mod queries comment! All other questions can be directed to our FAQ.

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limiterrings: (pic#17756609)

learn sumn new every day

[personal profile] limiterrings 2025-04-01 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
Took them long enough.

[ he wasn't going to wait here forever, but it seemed like the best spot to rack up points. the more he gains, the better, he can use them for maria's sake to make her time her even better. she doesn't have to do a thing if he's able to take care of her.

that means throwing himself into these games will have to be the cross that he has to bear. ]


Choose a door.

[ before them are two doors. one tells truths and the other tells lies, apparently. it's not that he hasn't decided which door to go through, but there must be a secret to how this game works. between shadow and blaze, she probably has a pureness to her for being a hero that compares to sonic in many ways.

it's about learning what advantages they have or if there's a gimmick depending on who opens the door, if nothing happens when she does then he'll open the next. ]
skulked: (154)

laura kinney | marvel comics | new character

[personal profile] skulked 2025-04-01 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
ARRIVAL / APHAIA.
[ shockingly, laura doesn't react poorly when she wakes up in the strange scenario. she doesn't react at all, actually, just silently takes the earpiece and shoulders the bag, steps through the portal and for all intents and purposes appears as someone who is exactly where she is supposed to be.

her expression doesn't change as she steps out into the presented world either, or at least not in a way that anyone would immediately recognise. laura's brows draw together just a fraction, she lifts her chin slightly to take a deep inhale, and she doesn't brace exactly, but there's a tensioning of her posture that might resemble a fighter readying for a confrontation, to anyone trained enough to look for the signs.

even if she doesn't understand the finer points of the 'how' and the 'why', laura more or less understands what she's here to do — and she's immediately determined not to engage. rather than seeking out any of the populated areas, any of these competitions, she just shrugs the backpack of supplies higher up onto her shoulder and starts to search the streets.

she's looking for familiar faces, of course, any mutant that might have more information on their situation, but unfortunately she's never been able to resist conflict for long. the moment she comes across trouble, laura wordlessly drops her bag, stoic expression still firmly in place as she releases the sharp twin claws from each set of knuckles. ]


Is there a problem here?

ST★RLIGHT SOIRÉE.
[ she's still determined not to participate in this charade, which is why it's particularly annoying when laura gets caught up in the dancing. stoic neutrality quickly turns into an all-out scowl, and although she doesn't immediately wriggle herself out of her partner's grip, it looks an awful lot like she's thinking about it. ]

I'm going to need a good reason not to shove you to the ground and walk away.

[ and she looks like she'll do it too, though the visibly low score reading on her display might be a solid enough hook for a case on why she should stay and compete. ]

WILDCARD.
[[ idk surprise me! give her a ring ring, spin a wheel at the casino, anything really! very loosely current canon point at this stage, feel free to pm any questions/queries/requests! ]]
shoplifter: (pic#12169143)

[personal profile] shoplifter 2025-04-01 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, I am one of those.

I am an — X-Whatever.

[She'll need to use that one more often; that just feels like it makes the most sense to her, anyway. For reasons that will be much more clear soon.]

My dad was an X-Man. His name is Logan. Does he exist in your world?

[She has yet to meet a mutant who doesn't know him, so he surely must.]
floresco: (pic#15305454)

gasp the lil guy

[personal profile] floresco 2025-04-01 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ Nope. There is absolutely no way in this universe, or any universe that Aerith could, or ever would, expect to turn around and expect that voice to belong to– Sephiroth...sort of. Yes, but no. The same dangerously electric eyes without the harshness of the avarice that ripples off of him at the age Aerith knows him, the same face but with just a little boyish fullness left in the cheeks. Her gut tightens, her body reminding her that she should tense and be very afraid, but seeing him like this is the last thing Aerith expected, and that shock goes a long way.

Somehow she gets out a 'sure', and falls into step just behind him, wholly unaware of how her jaw's been hanging open this whole time, too preoccupied trying to piece together what she cannot to be that self-aware.
]

Are you delivering things too?

[ There's a little tremble to her voice, as though she were finding it again after maintaining a day of silence, rather than an awkwardly long stretch of moments between now and when she'd first crossed his path. ]
Edited 2025-04-01 03:42 (UTC)
fireboost: (pic#17753543)

[personal profile] fireboost 2025-04-01 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ truthfully, she shouldn't have expected a greeting, but she still shakes her head in resignation when that's the only welcome he offers her. would it be remiss of her to expect more for being a princess gracing his presence?

she supposes that to the purported ultimate lifeform that doesn't mean much, and instead, she steps forward to inspect the doors. ]


I'll take this one.

[ there's no particular reasoning to it, but between the two, it's the left that she finds herself more interested in. if there's little else in this room, then there's no use in wasting time hemming and hawing, and it's more productive to simply get it over with. ]
thelightshines: (hmph)

[personal profile] thelightshines 2025-04-01 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
Androids? [She's doing it again, but he's not as mad about it. It at least explains the immediate "fight on sight" introduction that he got. Also why does information pertaining to the other just seem endless? There's always more things he's learning about them.]

I supposed that was the case. [Meanwhile, he thought for a moment he met another like him. Not literally another him.]
laserguy: (yeah cool)

[personal profile] laserguy 2025-04-01 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
Your actual name is Sophie Cuckoo.

[He's so skeptical. But if so, that's so unfortunate. At least this is better than talking about the fact that she dates his son or whatever. He's still recovering from that.]

Wow. And you actually want to be called that?
resurrxion: (000000000102)

[personal profile] resurrxion 2025-04-01 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ it's sort of shameful to know how much of his mutant tenure has been spent avoiding people.

and what is more shameful is how often the universe punishes him for it. he's hardly even surprised when he switches partners and finds his fingers entwined with hers.

it's like he's sixteen again. out of his depth and floundering in a mission he should have never been on, leading a life he should never have veered into, and holding fast to her because they need each other. ]


... because we both know that won't end well. [ his gaze flicks to her score. his own is considerably more robust, but they'll all one badly edited clip away from blipping out of existence. ] For either of us.
shoplifter: (pic#17202915)

ST★RLIGHT SOIRÉE. wildcardish but this feels right

[personal profile] shoplifter 2025-04-01 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Laura feels there's something strangely familiar about the currently less than enthused woman near the dance floor, for reasons her nose tells her more than anything else. A scent that is something just foreign enough to confound her, but just enough to draw her in, remind her of something comfortable. She's more stoic than scowling on her part — and perhaps busy wiping away crumbs from the green dress they'd supplied her with — as she walks toward the woman standing alone.

Before someone else can take this much taller Laura on a less than pleasant dance, a shorter Laura opts to do it instead.]


Can you dance with me?

I would like to figure out how.
floresco: (pic#15296421)

[personal profile] floresco 2025-04-01 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ The other woman seems, at least, sincere when she offers to help her navigate from a map, and Aerith decides to drop the delivery ruse, tossing the bag of fake blood back in her diminished sack of supplies as she shakes her head at the other woman's question. ]

I wish I did, I just got here too. I was hoping getting there might help me figure out what's going on here.
twin_blade: (33)

[personal profile] twin_blade 2025-04-01 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ Vax looks down to her fingers as she indicates the size of the object they're hunting, then smiles a little as she completes the rhyme. ]

That was a tough one. Well done.

[ He can't even see her face, but her voice isn't familiar, either. ]

Are you new? I don't know a lot of people, but I don't think I've talked to you before.
waxen_wings: (031)

[personal profile] waxen_wings 2025-04-01 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
Then it's not exactly reality tv.

[ Sorry, Josh, but it's not really his deal, and he's from before everyone knew how much of reality tv was fake.

He wishes it was more his deal so he could babble on about that and ignore that Josh has finally come around to the original offer. It took so long Jay knows this is going to a rough conversation if he's lucky.
]

Yeah... okay. Do you know your way around yet? I'm at -

[ Jay pauses to check street signs and gives a random Backalleys intersection. ]

I'll stay put until you get here.
fireboost: (pic#17753544)

[personal profile] fireboost 2025-04-01 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
[ blaze nods as he seems to understand the reason for the introduction he had to the shadow she knows. she doesn't doubt that he did not take kindly to another who resembled him, and the most she can offer is: ]

I cannot apologize on his behalf, but I am sorry for his behaviour. I'm sure that it reflects poorly on both of us.

[ almost as poorly as her own first meeting with him... ]
resurrxion: (000000000389)

[personal profile] resurrxion 2025-04-01 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ the way he's going to try not to think about that. the near-decade of everything jay, laurie, and dj all missed. the fact that he's in his twenties and they're not fucks him up some nights, leaving him sitting in the kitchen of his quarters until the rest of the five get up and they go to work once more. ]

I'll figure it out. Hang tight.

[ give him fifteen minutes. it could've been ten if he wasn't dragging his feet, trying to figure out how to... talk to him. he's so far removed from the guy jay knew that it freaks him out to think about it, the difference between the expectation and the reality of what the intervening years made of him.

but still, he turns the corner. lifts a hand in a wave to catch jay's attention like that golden skin isn't already giving him away. ]
limiterrings: (pic#17703083)

[personal profile] limiterrings 2025-04-01 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ he'll follow right behind her, closing the door behind him so whoever is watching through the cameras can see that it's completely shut. first of all, he doesn't know what to expect off this game of theirs, or what will happen because she opened it. so far, it seems like a mildly boring room with only three chairs, and a small toy in the middle.

shadow only acknowledges what they're working with by going to another door, showing that this room has nothing of interest for him.

he'll only stop trying to reach for the door if blaze makes a comment about the three chairs and toy, but why would she? ]


Let's keep moving.
resurrxion: (000000000438)

[personal profile] resurrxion 2025-04-01 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ oh sweet jesus this is a baby laura isn't it. ]

Uhhh... [ use your words, joshua. ] Yeah. Yeah, he does.
floresco: (pic#17084031)

[personal profile] floresco 2025-04-01 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ As he turns, Aerith looks past him to the broken chair that Loki leaves in his wake before her gaze flits back to his face, eyes rounding thoughtfully. She isn't sure if he's always like this, or he had also gotten on the bad side of that dumb wheel, but either way, she gets the sense he's having a weird night too, if the ruined furniture was anything to go off of. ]

I was told I had to find a zip drive, and now, if I don't keep rhyming, I won't stay alive!

[ The rhyming thing has been more struggle than not, but she's got to admit, that particular couplet fit together impressively well! ]
levelshift: (deadpan)

[personal profile] levelshift 2025-04-01 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
[Shadow is getting pointedly flipped off before Accelerator hits the switch on his choker, wanting to see if his ability can identify the cause of the squeaking. He's the one dressed like an employee, so if someone walks in he isn't going to be the one getting kicked out. And he's fine with that, fixing his shoes is more important than that stupid drive.]
thelightshines: (your freedom)

[personal profile] thelightshines 2025-04-01 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
[He has a feeling the other would chew out Blaze for even considering to apologize for them. He's not even sure what to make of her apology. Why bother? Does she want something from him if she's making amends?]

Is that all you wanted to say? [Despite the apology, the disinterest is still there. It's been a long day, and he's tired of dealing with these people connected to the other.]
skulked: (139)

[personal profile] skulked 2025-04-01 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
[ an annoyingly salient point, but laura doesn't look any happier for having heard it. to the outside observer, it doesn't really seem like laura is pleased to see a familiar face at all, but maybe josh still knows enough of laura to read between the lines. to know that not pulling away is a friendly greeting in and of itself, regardless of how poor her scores might be.

still, they're too close for there to be any room to hide, and after a long moment of scowling tight and holding herself stiff, laura relaxes a fraction. it would still be a stretch to say that she's comfortable, but tolerant might be enough for now. ]


...It's been a while.

[ is a woefully inadequate way to sum up the history between them, the long stretch of absence, the complications of their new roles in their worlds now, but where else exactly are they supposed to start? besides, if there's one hoop that laura will never jump through for the sake of this stupid competition, it's having a highly personal conversation become highly televised.
levelshift: (why are you like this)

[personal profile] levelshift 2025-04-01 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
There is no way in hell I'm writing out an entire guide on how to use the goddamn earpieces.

[He's so lazy....]

If you have a specific question, then ask it.
fireboost: (pic#17753540)

[personal profile] fireboost 2025-04-01 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
Wait.

[ of course she has to draw attention to the three chairs and the toy. before shadow even touches the handle, she's making her way over to them, tail curling at the tip into a curious question mark. ]

I'm sure you didn't come here because you enjoy puzzles, did you?

[ the implication is clear: if he wants to earn his points, he should play by the intended rules, and that means playing with the toy. sure, he can speedrun their challenge, but that doesn't mean that he'll be able to achieve his goal by doing that.

blaze doesn't touch them yet, making her way over so that she can crouch down next to them, trying to inspect whether there is any apparent pattern. ]
floresco: (pic#16073353)

[personal profile] floresco 2025-04-01 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
[ She lifts her head in slight surprise, looking back at him, even though he isn't doing the same. ]

Hey! Did you do that on purpose? That dumb wheel is a disservice! [ Honestly, regardless of if he did or not, she's perked up considerably all the same, like she's almost relieved to have someone else be in on this with her. Not that she expects him to rhyme every time, of course, but, the momentary sense of camaraderie is appreciated after too long spent alone and confused ]

You can be sure I've never seen you before, but, don't ask me my name, trying to find a rhyme for it would be insane.

[ Nothing rhymes with Aerith. ]
skulked: (149)

😭

[personal profile] skulked 2025-04-01 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
[ a familiar scent as often means trouble as it does allyship, and laura is guarded as she scans the room for the source of that harsh, metallic sting that has been present for most of her life. she's still weighing up whether or not to go on the offensive, hands relaxed by her sides and starting to flex, but when she turns and scans the crowd, laura's eyes find gabby.

no, wait, not gabby, but it's easy to see where the confusion has come from. now that laura looks more closely she can see the differences, little clues that this not only isn't her sister, but maybe isn't another X-23 clone at all. she's certainly close enough to give a casual observer a run for their money though, and laura finds herself nodding before she's fully thought the decision through. ]


Sure, kid.

[ and that reminds her of logan, not just the phrasing but the gruffness too, and she tries to smooth over the abrasiveness with a softer hand, holding it out for laura to take. her expression doesn't betray much, but her mind is whirring with questions. ]

I wouldn't exactly call myself an expert, though.
thelightshines: (that I cannot follow)

[personal profile] thelightshines 2025-04-01 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
[Well here's the first problem that needs resolving.] How do I set this to only voice or text?