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apocalypsehowcomm2022-07-06 08:49 pm
landing_lights) wrote in apocalypsehowcomm2022-07-06 08:49 pm
my eyes like butterflies [OPEN + closed prompts]
Who: Ade Bennett + various + maybe you?
When: Throughout July
Where: Near ADI headquarters, at Dogtown, and possibly other locations
Summary: Ade deals with an unexpected change to his eyes + various catch-all prompts
Warnings: Freaky alien eyes
[ When Ade first feels it, he thinks it’s allergies.
He is at a pet supply shop after all—there must be all kinds of dander and dust in there—so when he notices the faintly stinging heat in his eyes, he ignores it for the first few minutes... At least, until he remembers that it shouldn’t even be possible for him to have allergies. At that point, he hastily finds a restroom with a mirror to take a look at what exactly is going on—
—and promptly has to suppress a shout of surprise. His eyes are no longer those of a human—they’re those of a wess’har, dominated by a golden iris and alien, four-lobed pupil. When he stares, those pupils abruptly snap shut, forming the cross shape he saw so often in the eyes of particularly inquisitive wess’har back on Bezer’ej. ]
Shit, [ he whispers. Of course this happens when he’s outside of ADI headquarters, with no psychic disguise because he hadn’t thought he’d need one.
He needs to get back. Fast—and without any civilians seeing his eyes.
What follows is a painfully extended trip back to ADI headquarters. Ade keeps his head tucked down, moving as quickly and purposefully as he can while barely being able to see in front of him. Still, he fares surprisingly well for most of the trip, letting his feet retrace his steps. At some point, he even realizes he can make his bowed head look more natural by holding his phone as he walks, pretending to be engrossed in something on the screen. He begins to feel almost hopeful that he might be able to make it back to ADI without incident—
—until he walks headlong into someone in the home stretch.
He jerks back, heart pounding, remembering to close his eyes at the last second. Unfortunately, that leaves him not knowing who is standing in front of him—or how to step around them. ]
Sorry, [ he says. ] I’ll just—
[ Cue him very awkwardly trying to side-step someone he can’t see. ]
When: Throughout July
Where: Near ADI headquarters, at Dogtown, and possibly other locations
Summary: Ade deals with an unexpected change to his eyes + various catch-all prompts
Warnings: Freaky alien eyes
[ When Ade first feels it, he thinks it’s allergies.
He is at a pet supply shop after all—there must be all kinds of dander and dust in there—so when he notices the faintly stinging heat in his eyes, he ignores it for the first few minutes... At least, until he remembers that it shouldn’t even be possible for him to have allergies. At that point, he hastily finds a restroom with a mirror to take a look at what exactly is going on—
—and promptly has to suppress a shout of surprise. His eyes are no longer those of a human—they’re those of a wess’har, dominated by a golden iris and alien, four-lobed pupil. When he stares, those pupils abruptly snap shut, forming the cross shape he saw so often in the eyes of particularly inquisitive wess’har back on Bezer’ej. ]
Shit, [ he whispers. Of course this happens when he’s outside of ADI headquarters, with no psychic disguise because he hadn’t thought he’d need one.
He needs to get back. Fast—and without any civilians seeing his eyes.
What follows is a painfully extended trip back to ADI headquarters. Ade keeps his head tucked down, moving as quickly and purposefully as he can while barely being able to see in front of him. Still, he fares surprisingly well for most of the trip, letting his feet retrace his steps. At some point, he even realizes he can make his bowed head look more natural by holding his phone as he walks, pretending to be engrossed in something on the screen. He begins to feel almost hopeful that he might be able to make it back to ADI without incident—
—until he walks headlong into someone in the home stretch.
He jerks back, heart pounding, remembering to close his eyes at the last second. Unfortunately, that leaves him not knowing who is standing in front of him—or how to step around them. ]
Sorry, [ he says. ] I’ll just—
[ Cue him very awkwardly trying to side-step someone he can’t see. ]
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[ He jerks back in surprise at the feeling of hands on his shoulders, eyes fluttering open for a moment. If she's paying attention, she might catch the glimpse of gold irises and clover-shaped pupils before his eyelids shut tight again. ]
I just, uh—migraines. Light sensitivity. You know.
[ He can cover his eyes all he wants, but there's no hiding the telltale flush of red spreading across his face. He really could not feel like more of a pillock if he tried. ]
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O...kay? You can't just walk down a street with your eyes closed though or this is gonna keep happening. Did you like, hurt yourself, your eye looked bloody or something, lemme see--
[She's attempting to grab his head now to hold it steady and get a better look. You know, the thing he doesn't want.]
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I'm fine! [ he snaps, heart pounding. Of course the stranger he's run into happens to be someone without any concept of personal space. He takes a step back from her, arms half-raised to fend off any other attempts to grab him. ]
Look, my work is just down the street. So get out of my way and I'll be off the street soon enough.
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You're gonna wander into fuckin' traffic if you keep your eyes closed, and not that I give a shit about you, but I don't want to get hit by somebody else, so either open them or-- follow me to your job or whatever, okay?
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Fine. You know ADI? Apex Detectives Incorporated? Big shiny office building about— [ Vague, hopefully correct gesturing ] —that way? That's where I'm headed. You get me to the front door, I'll sort myself out from there.
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Dude. I work there, of course I know where it is. That's all you had to say. Do you need to see a doctor or something?