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apocalypsehowcomm2023-02-18 01:33 pm
ferriswheelsandfootball) wrote in apocalypsehowcomm2023-02-18 01:33 pm
Don't know that I will but until I can find me (Open Catch-All for Feb)
Who: John Sheppard and You!
When: February
Where: Here and there
Summary: Some TDM prompts and monthly catch-all
Warnings: blood, knives, cutting, spiders again probably, auditory hallucinations, decay, rot, filth, mold, blood sacrifice, violence, possible self-harm and harm to animals, obsession, possession, codependency, altered mental states; stalking; unwanted romantic advances; toxic romantic relationships, possible discussion of cosmic horror; induced madness; fugue state; body horror; PTSD; disassociation; paranoia, supernatural compulsion
A. TDM Prompt: Arrhythmia - OTA
cw: blood; knives; cutting; spiders again probably; auditory hallucinations; decay; rot; filth; mold; blood sacrifice; violence; possible self-harm and harm to animals
It is the beating of his hideous heart!
[John's always enjoyed the Tell-Tale Heart. He much less enjoys it happening to himself in real-life, and turning his room into an unlivable, rotten mess. Admittedly, the aesthetic works with the creepy heartbeat, but he also likes his bed not being sunken and moldy, nor his things covered in dust, nor his foot slipping through crumbling floorboards, webs everywhere...
He's also had enough of spiders in his pants for a lifetime.
Waking up in actual rags was his breaking point. After managing to find intact clothing, he stumbles outside with a knife and casually asks the next person he runs across in the hallway of the apartments.]
I need your blood.
[He holds up a knife.
It's probably fine, coming from him especially.]
B. TDM Prompt: Love Potion Number 9 - Closed to Rodney McKay
cw: obsession; possession; codependency; altered mental states; stalking; unwanted romantic advances; toxic romantic relationships
[It's probably unfortunate that he brought the box of chocolates of with him while going to see Rodney, with a bright red RC car and its controller under his other arm. He doesn't think anything of it, really, though later on he will make a note to be more careful about free food around here. Again.
It's also probably unfortunate that he was already in love with the man before this happened, and his cat-like Hunt instincts already prompting him to be quite attached to him.
He knocks on Rodney's door, bored and having a bit of a sweet tooth, so he opens the chocolates (not that he was gonna give them away to him or anything) and pops one in his mouth. Then another. Then another.
Eh. He's had better chocolates.]
Rodney? You better be in there...
C. Open Prompts for around ADI - OTA
[John is still working on recovering from everything that happened in Dogtown and can be seen around ADI either working with Security, or Investigations.
Sometimes he can be found at the Gym, sparring with two Bantos Rods or at least the nearest equivalent he can find. He's never really been good with them but it reminds him of Teyla, who he dearly misses, and on the off-chance they make it back, he'd also like to win at least one match against her or Ronon.
He knows that's pretty much impossible, but at least he'd like to give it a good shot.
He can also be found at the Canteen sometimes, having a bite to eat (probably a turkey sandwich) or setting up a game of chess, or working on a Sudoku puzzle. If you're nearby and he has no takers on his chess game, he might try to coerce you into playing. Or just grab some checkers instead. Sometimes he'll have his back against the wall and his feet up on another chair playing with a Nintendo DS he found at a secondhand game shop.]
D. Wildcard - Anything goes!
When: February
Where: Here and there
Summary: Some TDM prompts and monthly catch-all
Warnings: blood, knives, cutting, spiders again probably, auditory hallucinations, decay, rot, filth, mold, blood sacrifice, violence, possible self-harm and harm to animals, obsession, possession, codependency, altered mental states; stalking; unwanted romantic advances; toxic romantic relationships, possible discussion of cosmic horror; induced madness; fugue state; body horror; PTSD; disassociation; paranoia, supernatural compulsion
A. TDM Prompt: Arrhythmia - OTA
cw: blood; knives; cutting; spiders again probably; auditory hallucinations; decay; rot; filth; mold; blood sacrifice; violence; possible self-harm and harm to animals
It is the beating of his hideous heart!
[John's always enjoyed the Tell-Tale Heart. He much less enjoys it happening to himself in real-life, and turning his room into an unlivable, rotten mess. Admittedly, the aesthetic works with the creepy heartbeat, but he also likes his bed not being sunken and moldy, nor his things covered in dust, nor his foot slipping through crumbling floorboards, webs everywhere...
He's also had enough of spiders in his pants for a lifetime.
Waking up in actual rags was his breaking point. After managing to find intact clothing, he stumbles outside with a knife and casually asks the next person he runs across in the hallway of the apartments.]
I need your blood.
[He holds up a knife.
It's probably fine, coming from him especially.]
B. TDM Prompt: Love Potion Number 9 - Closed to Rodney McKay
cw: obsession; possession; codependency; altered mental states; stalking; unwanted romantic advances; toxic romantic relationships
[It's probably unfortunate that he brought the box of chocolates of with him while going to see Rodney, with a bright red RC car and its controller under his other arm. He doesn't think anything of it, really, though later on he will make a note to be more careful about free food around here. Again.
It's also probably unfortunate that he was already in love with the man before this happened, and his cat-like Hunt instincts already prompting him to be quite attached to him.
He knocks on Rodney's door, bored and having a bit of a sweet tooth, so he opens the chocolates (not that he was gonna give them away to him or anything) and pops one in his mouth. Then another. Then another.
Eh. He's had better chocolates.]
Rodney? You better be in there...
C. Open Prompts for around ADI - OTA
[John is still working on recovering from everything that happened in Dogtown and can be seen around ADI either working with Security, or Investigations.
Sometimes he can be found at the Gym, sparring with two Bantos Rods or at least the nearest equivalent he can find. He's never really been good with them but it reminds him of Teyla, who he dearly misses, and on the off-chance they make it back, he'd also like to win at least one match against her or Ronon.
He knows that's pretty much impossible, but at least he'd like to give it a good shot.
He can also be found at the Canteen sometimes, having a bite to eat (probably a turkey sandwich) or setting up a game of chess, or working on a Sudoku puzzle. If you're nearby and he has no takers on his chess game, he might try to coerce you into playing. Or just grab some checkers instead. Sometimes he'll have his back against the wall and his feet up on another chair playing with a Nintendo DS he found at a secondhand game shop.]
D. Wildcard - Anything goes!
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[He frowns, his hands coming up again to gesture at his... everything.]
I don't get this. I mean, you're... you.
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[Well, if he can't snuggle him at the moment, he'll just be brutally honest.]
I'm...me? I'm not as Kirk as you think I am, Rodney. I'm actually lucky if I can figure out that someone's flirting with me.
I have a hard time getting close to people. But you managed to get close to me.
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[And he's... not.]
Why would you like me?
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[It's an insecurity he knows very well, but it's strange to hear it asked from the person that he's been pining over.]
I don't know, I just never was good at it. [This is very awkward and the chocolate is making it even more awkward, but he can't help but keep talking, can't help but be honest.] Maybe I was afraid that you wouldn't like what you see, when you got to really know me. Anyway, I'm not as cool as everyone thinks I am. So...
[He looks up at that, utterly confused.]
Why wouldn't I like you? You're the one person who gets me, like no one else does. You get me more than my ex-wife ever did, you understand how my brain works, you get all of my references [Honestly that's like half of the attraction right there] and you're the smartest person I've ever known. I mean, I find that pretty attractive. And so are you.
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[That's... a lot and for a moment it's a little overwhelming and he doesn't know what to do with all the compliments. It'd be easy to dismiss them or to do his usual song and dance, of course he is that smart, naturally, and if that is what he finds attractive, well, no wonder, because he got a lot of it...
But he just ducks his head, feeling shy all of a sudden, his face warm from the idea that he gets John. More like anyone else. What can he say, he's always liked being the best at something.]
Well, that's, uh, that's good to know. Even though I sometimes wonder a lot about how your brain works.
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[There’s a weak chuckle, but an impossibly fond look on his face.]
I wish I could tell you. Normal-me, I mean. I wish I could say all the things I felt about you, all the time.
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[It's a tentative suggestion and he looks away, fiddling with his sleeve.]
I wouldn't mind? If... if you did that.
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[He wishes he could go and hug him right now, but he also feels like it might make things worse? His regular self wouldn’t do that, but maybe he should…]
I can’t promise I’ll be any good at it, though.
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[For a moment he wonders if he should bring up their amnesia time but it seems a bit overkill.]
Maybe we can be not good at it together...
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[There's a small smile, a smile that seems to be wholly uninfluenced by the chocolate.]
You're my favorite person. I just...want you to know that. No matter what I say when the chocolate wears off...
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[He brightens at that, a simple, honest joy.]
Your favorite? Like, out of everyone?
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You know what, maybe I shouldn’t have said anything, your ego is going to get too involved here…
[But it’s a little teasing, a little playful, and the smile on his face shows how happy he is at Rodney’s joy.]
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[Don't you take it back now! He's very attentive right now and maybe he was the cat all along. This attention. He likes it.]
Because I distinctly heard you say favorite. Which means first place. The most important. The best.
[That's what you meant, right?]
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Did I? Did I say that? You know what, I'm not really sure if I did or not...
...my memory's not what it used to be.
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[Who will insist on this.]
... You still need to come down from that chocolate, though. And then we can make out.
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[Except. This is.
This is skipping like a couple of steps here, Rodney. Regular John on the inside is sputtering.]
I think I'm over the chocolate now. Yep. I feel great, actually. Never better!
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You are such a liar. No, see, I am a responsible adult that will not take advantage of you while you're under the influence. But you can buy me dinner tomorrow night.
[And then they can make out.
Was that explicit enough? Just in case...]
And then we can make out.
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[He huffs and sulks, but at least it seems that he accepts that, for now.]
Tomorrow night.