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[ OPEN ] July Catch-all!
WHO: Midnight (![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
unreserving) & You (you)
WHAT: Midnight, please calm down, it's only been a week, you can't be this much of a disaster already.
WHERE: Lots of places! Mostly in outdoor or public spaces he hasn't been to yet. If you would like a closed or specific prompt, please PM me or take a peek at my OOC intro so I can get you set up!
WHEN: Pre and post Sylvain's shitpost. Probably mostly pre-event!
WARNINGS: Most definitely alcohol use! Some references to death and terminal illness. Will update as necessary, please see Midnight's content warnings for possible canon-typical content.
a. day (a local gym)
b. day (shopping center)
c. evening (town hall)
d. night (the park)
e. morning (everywhere!)
f. day (city hall, again, late July)
g. evening (shopping district)
h. wildcard
unreserving) & You (you)WHAT: Midnight, please calm down, it's only been a week, you can't be this much of a disaster already.
WHERE: Lots of places! Mostly in outdoor or public spaces he hasn't been to yet. If you would like a closed or specific prompt, please PM me or take a peek at my OOC intro so I can get you set up!
WHEN: Pre and post Sylvain's shitpost. Probably mostly pre-event!
WARNINGS: Most definitely alcohol use! Some references to death and terminal illness. Will update as necessary, please see Midnight's content warnings for possible canon-typical content.
a. day (a local gym)
[ Generic workout routine. He does arms and legs on alternating days for about two to three hours there starting at about 7 am, then an hour (or however long he has at the end of the day until, uh, midnight) before showering and going home. He may also steal a practice room and swing around a stick he's found in lieu of his sword... He should probably think about getting a practice sword made, huh.
He's friendly, cleans up after himself, and will spot for anyone, but also feel free to accost him walking in or out of the facilities! But also, if your character needs... well, less of a personal coach and more of a cheerleader, he's there for you. Why'd you ask him for this? I don't know, but he's so there for you at this lateral press, bench, tiny silicone dumbbells, whatever. He is rooting for you! ]
Two more in the set and you're done. Don't think about it, just do it!
b. day (shopping center)
[ Midnight just needs to go clothes shopping. That's it. He'll carry bags for people, he'll help out with menial tasks. Look at this guy, do gooding.
Okay, specifically: ]
Do you think anyone would mind if I procured that?
[ He points at a neon sign, a bright Edison light, a small discoball, a chandelier. Something very bright, flashy, and... probably not intended for sale. ]
I mean, I don't suppose there's a manager, and I wouldn't like to interfere with their marketing, but I quite like it.
[ ... He rolls up his sleeves, drags over a chair, and begins climbing. He's decided he doesn't need an opinion anymore, or just straight up didn't wait for an answer. Look, sometimes a guy just desires a lava lamp. ]
c. evening (town hall)
[ Once the dust settles and everyone is perfectly happy with the distinct lack of helpful information in the help center, Midnight will still arrive there in the evenings, haul out a bunch of books into an empty side room, and flip through them, a plastic bag of assorted drinks at his side. (Mostly alcohol and water.)
Weird nightclub looking vampire here, books open on his lap, spinning a pen between his fingers. Occasionally, if someone walks by his room and doesn't look too busy, he'll get up, go to the door, and gesture to them, an open book in his hand. ]
Hello, love. Do me a favor and write anything you like here.
[ He clicks the pen in his hand and offers it. Man's doing some experimenting! ]
d. night (the park)
[ Remember the stick he has at the gym? He needed to find it at some point. During the evenings, but honestly any time he isn't doing something else throughout the first three or four days, he'll be poking around the park, searching for fallen branches long and straight enough to do the trick. It'll take a while, and he definitely looks like he's lost something! (Or feel free to assume that you've already joined the hunt. Find a bird's nest with no birds! An odd little gravestone! Get stuck up a tree! Help!!!)
If that is overly gung-ho Boy Scout behavior, feel free to catch him a little later in the night, either from 9-10 pm or 1-2 am, sitting at a bench, workout bag sitting at his side, his running shoes neatly tied by their laces and looped around the strap.
He stares out into the darkness. That's... sort of it. It still seems like he's looking for something, but not to the point where he's about to get up and look for it. If one would like to sneak up on him using the cover of darkness, his eyes will slide over and lock on a little more quickly than what should be natural. He sees you.
He grins. (Even if he isn't surprised, he grins.) ]
Hello, darling. Having a pleasant walk?
e. morning (everywhere!)
[ Remember when we said Midnight starts his workout routine at 7 am? He actually starts at 6 am with a jog. He'll be everywhere, just exploring, and he'll use most of the subway systems to make his way back to his gym of choice. He is... not shy at all about his body, so he'll probably pull off his shirt once the sun comes up so he can cool down a bit.
He is truly minding his own business here, but he'll pause his run for anything, even if it's just a short conversation. Or just feel free to wonder why there's a shirtless, sweaty vampire on public transportation at like 7 am. Where does he need to be? Where does anyone need to be??? ]
f. day (city hall, again, late July)
[ Midnight has a seat he's pulled up to the information kiosk, but he doesn't use it all that often. He only sits to add to a growing list in a book he keeps on his person. If one would peek over his shoulder, the list is composed of questions, some pertinent, some less so. Please feel free to make one up, but the first on the list is definitely "Are you single?", which should tell you how seriously he's taking this endeavor. ]
g. evening (shopping district)
[ Not much to this prompt either, he's just poking around. Poking around at the restaurants and bars in the area, his planner occasionally out as he takes notes on... something or other. He tries to choose establishments that see less traffic, so it's very likely that wherever he finds someone, they're the only two in the building. ]
Sorry to interrupt your meal. Mind if I ask you a few questions?
h. wildcard
Feel free to make your own starter, or PM for one! Will match prose and bracket text, please start however you like.
no subject
I've never been incarcerated before, but I think it's the lack of freedom that defines the finer distinctions. After all, one can end a vacation early if one so chooses, even if it's at one's own expense.
[ Imprisonment takes that privilege, even if room and board happen to be free. Midnight places a hand to the ball's base and begins the slow task of unscrewing it from the ceiling. ]
What work did you do, if I may ask? Just looking after your little flock?
no subject
Thankfully it's an easy enough (and common) enough question that he doesn't hesitate in answering, idly twining some of the wire around one finger. ]
I was an animator for some time. Before that, I taught. [ The logical connection here would be to infer that he taught some sort of course related to the arts, and yet he was really out there teaching astrophysics to a bunch of kids in California. ] A rather abrupt job change, some would argue, but one does what one must to pay the bills.
[ He says this, but he never had to worry about the plumbing being shut off a day in his life. ]
no subject
[ A pause, interspersed by small clicks on metal. ]
If you switched to teaching to pay the bills, did you at least enjoy it?
[ The shift in the conversation may not be obvious, but it's somewhat deliberate on Midnight's part. He was making conversation before this. Teaching, though... He's spoken to plenty of teachers before, of course, but that was before his last job change. He's done some thinking since then. ]
no subject
I did. I was actually stepping in to fill in for a friend initially, but teaching itself was more enjoyable than I thought it'd be.
[ Maybe it'd because it's a route close to what his father had done - something deeply rooted in learning and sharing - or maybe it'd been because seeing a herd of bright youthful faces every day had been a good reminder of all the things he'd liked about the world, a reminder of all the things he'd spent his life fighting for. ]
Not that it wasn't challenging in its own way, of course. Children are a rowdy bunch and young adults even more so. I may as well have been herding dogs trying to keep their attention on the lesson rather than elsewhere.
no subject
And then you arrived, somehow into... Space? Is "Astral" a literal decriptor? Only to do the exact same thing as before... Well, at least you were prepared.
no subject
Well, it was a train that traveled through the stars of the galaxy, so 'Astral' was quite literal in that sense.
[ Don't ask him what the traintracks are made of out there, that's truly a mystery. ]
But something like that, now that you've put it that way. So much for going on a grand adventure.... Though I guess stealing [ hang on— ] sorry, "borrowing" this lamp could be its own adventure. If only there were a police force here to prompt a chase scene.
no subject
Well, as a seasoned criminal yourself, what's stopping you from inciting a bit of anarchy? Or were the crimes you've committed the sort that don't invite a second round.
no subject
I'm more keen on not inviting any potential punishment from this city for recreational purposes.
[ Even if better him than other people. ]
But I suppose I could also take a look for something to decorate my place with.
[ His place that he is borrowing from some mysterious stranger who may or may not have lived in the apartment before him. ]
no subject
You could. You could even get it from the hardware store, via the regular, safe sort of theft. Don't suppose you'd have anything in mind? You did say you did animation... Surely you have some conception of what you'd like your space to look like.
no subject
I never really had a place of my own. It was more of a...base I shared with other people. [ His gaze drops to the floor, a little wistful. ] Even the animation job was more of a necessity than a choice—though I did enjoy it, to be sure.
[ Imagine being able to choose your own job and your own house and your own fate and not be forced into a very specific path by a man you'd only known for two weeks. It's fine though. He's Fine. ]
no subject
Good. Just the wiring now.
[ He sticks the screwdriver in his pocket and starts picking at the wires. Hopefully he won't need wire cutters... ]
No chance to put together something for yourself, then... Were you thinking about it? You should, if I may say so.
no subject
No chance back then, so I suppose I should take the opportunity now.
[ Even if it feels weird, to pick something for himself. Maybe he doesn't have to pick for himself though...? ]
What else would you suggest from this store, if you had to choose?
[ He will take the suggestions under consideration. ]