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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. ]
no subject
He pauses before answering, listening to Flapjack's cheeping.]
He says they aren't saying anything coherent. He can understand them, but it's like they're just stringing words together instead of making complete sentences. But it all sounds... dangerous, to him.
no subject
What does that mean? Does he think they're plotting something?
[ It feels ridiculous to even suggest—what could a few birds even do that's so dangerous?—but Ade's not sure how else to take the information. Who knows? Ade had seen firsthand how much damage Hunter can deal with his little cardinal. Maybe these birds have similar destructive potential. ]
no subject
He can't tell. He doesn't like any of this, though.
[He doesn't know how benign birds in the human realm are supposed to be, but this doesn't sound good to him.]
What should we do? Go report this to the ADI?