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manic pixie dream architect (it's kaveh, sorry) ([personal profile] fussiest) wrote in [community profile] citylogs2023-07-15 05:50 pm

[ closed ] out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field

WHO: ([personal profile] fussiest) & ([personal profile] justscribing)
WHAT: roommates gonna roommate
WHERE: in the lobby of some apartment building of alhaitham's choice! kaveh doesn't have a choice in this.
WHEN: sometime during the arrivals...? july!
WARNINGS: n/A



justscribing: (❖ 53)

[personal profile] justscribing 2023-07-16 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
[It could be said Kaveh condemned himself to be seen too much by Alhaitham the day he dared approach him in the House of Daena. What else was he, a man who seeks to know simply for the sake of holding knowledge, meant to do when someone as paradoxically false and sincere as Kaveh decided to walk into his life? And in his years of solving the puzzle known as Kaveh though shared meals, shared arguments, shared growth, Alhaitham ceded too much of himself in turn.

He hums, a sound that hovers in the middle between affirmation and inevitability. There's nothing wrong with being an architect. Kaveh could make himself into anything he wanted. His nature will make him walk the same path over again as if the choice wasn't there at all.

Alhaitham scoops the book in his hand just before stands.]
You might as well see it.

[The apartment he's staying in.] Since I'm sure you'll need to know. I wasn't picking through them before I decided, but it has two bedrooms.

[It's not an offer in the same way that Kaveh would never ask. Alhaitham has no rationale to argue except that they were roommates in Sumeru, and so could be roommates again. The details of which are too vulnerable to admit. So he'll leave Kaveh to make the choice based on conjecture alone.]
justscribing: (❖ 63)

[personal profile] justscribing 2023-07-16 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
My priority was a place for privacy and sleep. [And so he has not so much as touched the slightly mismatched decor of a tenant who said good enough, given my budget.

He shrugs his shoulder, looking over it to Kaveh as they reach the elevator door and he presses the button.]
And I'm sure you'll have something to say about the view regardless.

[If Kaveh wants a higher view he'd better craft his argument quickly. Three floors isn't much, and then it's only two corners and a hallway to 312. If there was ever a welcome mat, that's long gone.]
justscribing: (❖ 06)

[personal profile] justscribing 2023-07-16 05:24 am (UTC)(link)
[Please do not break the elevator Kaveh.]

A tent would offer neither privacy nor adequate rest. [And it's only because his apartment isn't far that they don't end up in an entire argument about that. Not now, anyway. Maybe later.

The doorknob... doesn't turn. Alhaitham doesn't even bother hiding the amusement before he pulls out the key--only after, of course, Kaveh just attempts to open the door himself.]
I told you I wasn't picking through them. Why don't you wait to actually see the interior before asking that question?

[He sticks the key in the lock, turns, and then pushes open the door. The decor isn't familiar, a bit sparse but quaint enough. The eerie lived in feeling has passed since Alhaitham first walked into the doorway. The strange way the scent of home, their home, lingers has not.

Alhaitham walks in, taking the left turn towards the kitchen to open a drawer.]
justscribing: (❖ 18)

[personal profile] justscribing 2023-07-16 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
[It's a discordance Alhaitham had been hit with, considered, and then filed away as he does every new piece of information he obtains. It couldn't be coincidence, and yet it was only a phantom of familiarity clinging to unfamiliar walls until Kaveh, himself, walks in.

...

He'll have to check the commerce of this city for a furniture store. For an awful wood carving, or maybe a tacky ceramic.]


Or you could stop and think about your actions before you do them. Did you really think I was going to leave my space unlocked for anyone to get into?

[He plucks the second key out of the drawer, and places it with a very audible clatter on the counter. Kaveh can find it there once he's done with the tour.]
justscribing: (❖ 35)

[personal profile] justscribing 2023-07-16 06:14 am (UTC)(link)
[There's really not, but that's more because of this place than anything Alhaitham will decide to keep around. Theft would only be petty revenge, if that.]

As you can see, we are currently standing in the kitchen. What you just left was the living room. [He gestures down to the hallway and makes exactly zero effort to move that way. Riveting tour, this.] Bathroom and the bedrooms are down that way. I've already decided on the left one.
justscribing: (❖ 41)

[personal profile] justscribing 2023-07-16 06:38 am (UTC)(link)
You don't find my description engrossing? [In fact, Alhaitham is very entertained in this faux tour. He tilts his head back to watch Kaveh walk away.] I've given you all the relevant information you could have taken in with your own two eyes.

[Once his voice starts to echo down the hallway is when he finally turns around and follows at a leisurely pace.] That's right.
justscribing: (❖ 06)

[personal profile] justscribing 2023-07-16 06:55 am (UTC)(link)
They provide exactly the necessary information to navigate the floor plan. If you were looking for lengthy descriptions of the angle on the archways or how to maximize the light from the windows over the course of the day, I believe that's your expertise.

[Not that he tried. Also, he just got here?]

I was originally thinking of making the right room a study. [Was. Before he knew Kaveh was in this predicament as well.

No comment on his preference for a darker bedroom. He has no need to justify that.]
justscribing: (❖ 39)

[personal profile] justscribing 2023-07-16 07:53 am (UTC)(link)
The photographs. [He gestures to the chest of drawers by the bed.] I didn't want them up, but don't throw them away.

[They don't know yet if there are clues within them that will only make sense with more information, so he intends to keep them--just, tucked away where he doesn't have to look at them.] They're in the same state as the ones you described. That's the only thing I've moved since walking in.
justscribing: (❖ 57)

[personal profile] justscribing 2023-07-16 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[At that, he only shrugs a shoulder. The bland furniture is perfectly servicable, and if Kaveh wants him to live in a place with color he'll have to take it into his own hands.]

I was wondering when you'd ask. You probably haven't eaten since you got here, huh?
justscribing: (❖ 06)

[personal profile] justscribing 2023-07-16 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course I've eaten--I don't neglect my body's needs. Also, you're the one with the bland taste buds. [Mr. I Can't Handle Too Spicy Or Hot.

He turns to walk back out to the living room.]
I did grab some supplies earlier and the spice cabinet is full, but it wasn't an exhaustive trip. If what I have isn't satisfactory we can go back to the store.
justscribing: (❖ 57)

[personal profile] justscribing 2023-07-16 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[He'll find some pretty expected stables. Rice, lentils, onions, and meat, greens, and a couple overripe peaches in the fridge. The freezer remains bare. There's also a box of dense granola bars, induvidually wrapped in a box that extols the health virtues of each ingredient. Two are already missing.

His lips quirk at Kaveh's correction, but then he brings up the bigger question.]
I've heard. If there is an end then I suppose we'll be in some trouble, unless you have ideas on how to turn ivy into a balanced meal for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
justscribing: (❖ 06)

[personal profile] justscribing 2023-07-16 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[They're convenient, they're tasty, he can read a book while eating them if he had any books.]

And what would we do about it if that was the case? The societal collapse would still be short lived once little resources become no resources. At the moment there's no natural sources to replenish a fundemental necessity: food. No amount of hoarding or violence will change that reality.
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[personal profile] justscribing 2023-07-16 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[Alhaitham leans back against another section of the counter, crossing his arms as he watches Kaveh pick through the kitchen. Eating in it is.]

Rather than hope for a simple solution, look at what's in front of you. Some plants can propegate from only a cutting with adequate care, such as most root vegetables. [Like that onion.

That is, of course, if nothing interferes with growth in this place.]
How well can you maintain a garden?

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