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lostcarnival2018-03-04 09:01 pm
starseedling) wrote in lostcarnival2018-03-04 09:01 pm
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GETTING OLD NEVER BOTHERED ME ANYWAY (OPEN)
Who: Steven and OPEN.
When: Day 23
Where: Steven's new Fortress of Solitude.
What: Steven has decided to run away from his problems Princess Elsa style, and
Warnings: A teenager's existential crisis, as also possibly violence directed at you.
In the end, there was no one he could trust with this.
People from the carnival wouldn't understand. Other Harbingers... well, they were chosen for a reason, it seems like. He was just as bad, probably. He remembers vaguely how, at the start of this, he'd had the idea that maybe it would be fun. Like he could be free and in control in a way he'd never been before.
He's not, though. Lashing out isn't fun, and he isn't in control. At least, he wasn't out there, or in the penthouse. Despite all these new powers, he was still terrified of encountering the fae, and he couldn't seem to stop letting people hurt him. Maybe he wasn't strong enough for this.
So, for now, he's done. He wants to give up at giving up, and he doesn't know where that leaves him. So, he decides to hide.
From the outside, this is all very conspicuous, because it has resulted in a literal jungle of plants filling the block surrounding the supermarket he'd almost destroyed a week earlier, twisting itself into the perfect example of a nature element dungeon in an adventure video game. Vines have created a structure of caverns and crystal windows, coloured in shades of dark purple all the way to lilac. Various flows glow with an inner pink light, illuminating things from the inside.
There are no more fruit animals or vegetable pals. Instead, there is a bizarre uptick in lost and confused children in the neighbourhood - children that seem like they've appeared overnight. When spoken to, they seem to be just like any other child. The only difference is they have no idea how they got there, either.
[OOC: Steven is using his Growth Spark to reverse aging in a number of civilian interlopers that have appeared to hassle him, who now are very confused and also very physically young wandering the streets. It also means that their adult counterparts have gone missing. You can NPC anything you want regarding this, since they are just normal people who've been reserve aged into kids, and don't remember how besides that Steven was involved.]
When: Day 23
Where: Steven's new Fortress of Solitude.
What: Steven has decided to run away from his problems Princess Elsa style, and
Warnings: A teenager's existential crisis, as also possibly violence directed at you.
In the end, there was no one he could trust with this.
People from the carnival wouldn't understand. Other Harbingers... well, they were chosen for a reason, it seems like. He was just as bad, probably. He remembers vaguely how, at the start of this, he'd had the idea that maybe it would be fun. Like he could be free and in control in a way he'd never been before.
He's not, though. Lashing out isn't fun, and he isn't in control. At least, he wasn't out there, or in the penthouse. Despite all these new powers, he was still terrified of encountering the fae, and he couldn't seem to stop letting people hurt him. Maybe he wasn't strong enough for this.
So, for now, he's done. He wants to give up at giving up, and he doesn't know where that leaves him. So, he decides to hide.
From the outside, this is all very conspicuous, because it has resulted in a literal jungle of plants filling the block surrounding the supermarket he'd almost destroyed a week earlier, twisting itself into the perfect example of a nature element dungeon in an adventure video game. Vines have created a structure of caverns and crystal windows, coloured in shades of dark purple all the way to lilac. Various flows glow with an inner pink light, illuminating things from the inside.
There are no more fruit animals or vegetable pals. Instead, there is a bizarre uptick in lost and confused children in the neighbourhood - children that seem like they've appeared overnight. When spoken to, they seem to be just like any other child. The only difference is they have no idea how they got there, either.
[OOC: Steven is using his Growth Spark to reverse aging in a number of civilian interlopers that have appeared to hassle him, who now are very confused and also very physically young wandering the streets. It also means that their adult counterparts have gone missing. You can NPC anything you want regarding this, since they are just normal people who've been reserve aged into kids, and don't remember how besides that Steven was involved.]
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Unfortunately, near-death experiences have never been enough to keep him from sticking his nose into things, particularly when there are... huge numbers of children wandering around aimlessly with no idea as to how they got where they are.
He wanders down the block, speaking to a few children, and... well, without much other idea of what to do about their situation for the moment, he just kind of ends up directing them to each other, advising them to stay together and doing his best to direct them to stick together, and... preferably move away from the mass of vines.
He, meanwhile, keeps moving deeper into the suddenly-grown jungle, because that's just the kind of person Ginko is. Even when he should really really stop while he can.
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Either way, Ginko will find himself along as he gets deeper and deeper into the foliage. Until, finally, the trees around him begin to move, like the warding limbs of a defensive animal.
"Go away!" shouts a voice he will recognize as Steven's - but older, somehow, like he's aged a few years.
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Ginko slows down, pulling his coat a little tighter around himself, and tries to pinpoint the direction the voice is coming from. "...Steven? Is that you?"
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"You can't tell me what to do!" His volume raises, the stress in this voice obvious. He's anticipating confrontation.
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Look, he can't just assume Steven is totally wrong. But he's guessing he's expecting him to try to get him to come back, which... he'd like to, if he sees an opportunity, but honestly? After what happened with Tanyuu, he has no intention of just jumping right into that.
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His voice is a bit softer this time, mostly because Steven has peaked out from behind a bend of massive thrown - apparently having been lurking around in his own private jungle. He's watching Ginko warily, like he's expecting the man might pull something.
"I... I already know you guys think that. So... there's no point in telling me again."
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Maybe it's best that he be ready to leave if necessary.
So he just slides his hands into his pockets, and stays standing. "Alright. Then I won't." Instead...
"What are you doing in... here?"
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Just gunna hide out in the jungle and wait to die.
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Ginko tilts his head slightly and looks around at their surroundings. "...Seems pretty lonely."
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True story.
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"What... was he doing that he shouldn't have been?"