The comb showed up one day and he thought nothing of it. He doesn't even recognize it as new, it feels like it's always just sort of been there with his things, something he had purchased when he got other necessities, nothing to really think about.
Then his joints start aching. He may not have the medical knowledge he used to, but it's clear that he's developing some sort of arthritis, perhaps? He hasn't worked out any differently than he usually does, and he makes a note to see Carter about it and do some tests. There's a pang in his heart when he thinks about what he could have done himself, he doesn't even remember which tests should be done, and what they even do.
And then, a few days after he starts using the comb, he notices it. On his joints, his skin is...strange. The texture is wrong and it's...hard. He presses down and his fingernail just clicks against it. There's lines, he notices, against his joints, filling out into strange hollows, along his elbow, wrist, fingers, until he realizes they look a little like...ball joints a doll would have.
He should probably be terrified but he's...not. A part of him is, a part of him wonders if this is the Stranger, some part of his old Avatar nature trying to come back, but it's...detached. Like it's far away, like he can't quite reach the worry. That's probably not a good sign.
He looks in the mirror and his face is a little strange, too. Like his features are...softened out, like he's looking at a sort of waxy version of his face that isn't quite finished.
He should probably try to figure out what's going on, though. Had he done anything different? Strange, lately? He doesn't remembering touching any strange artifacts.
It takes him awhile to figure it out. And it's getting worse. His hair looks fantastic, though.
You might see Luka walking through the halls at ADI, making his way to medical, with his strange features. He wouldn't mind stopping for a chat, but he'll seem strangely distant, as if nothing much matters to him anymore.
It's probably fine.
B. And we can build this dream together:
It has gotten much worse.
He knows it's the comb now, but he can't stop using it. His body feels so odd, so stiff, and his movements are jerky and strange, like a marionette, as his plastic joints squeak and move. His face is almost or completely blank, depending on when you meet him.
A faceless, plastic mannequin. The only thing that looks alive on him is his hair, which does look really great.
He should be screaming. Maybe part of him is. It's one of his worst fears, being unknown, being faceless, looked over, losing himself, but everything hardly seems to matter anymore.
Maybe this is what he deserves after what he's done as a former Avatar of the Stranger.
Sometimes the mannequin that is Luka will walk along the hallway, or in the canteen, simply to pose in one spot, wearing nice clothes, a button up shirt and a tie, and sometimes a white coat. Maybe he wants to look like a doctor.
He shows up in medical more and more to just...stand, pose, literally be a mannequin, maybe this way he can be close to it, be some use as a doctor. It's the closest he may ever get.
It's the closest he gets to feeling anything.
C. Wildcard - Anything goes!
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Luka Kovač | ER | OTA
A. Let the world around us just fall apart: Artifact effects here
The comb showed up one day and he thought nothing of it. He doesn't even recognize it as new, it feels like it's always just sort of been there with his things, something he had purchased when he got other necessities, nothing to really think about.
Then his joints start aching. He may not have the medical knowledge he used to, but it's clear that he's developing some sort of arthritis, perhaps? He hasn't worked out any differently than he usually does, and he makes a note to see Carter about it and do some tests. There's a pang in his heart when he thinks about what he could have done himself, he doesn't even remember which tests should be done, and what they even do.
And then, a few days after he starts using the comb, he notices it. On his joints, his skin is...strange. The texture is wrong and it's...hard. He presses down and his fingernail just clicks against it. There's lines, he notices, against his joints, filling out into strange hollows, along his elbow, wrist, fingers, until he realizes they look a little like...ball joints a doll would have.
He should probably be terrified but he's...not. A part of him is, a part of him wonders if this is the Stranger, some part of his old Avatar nature trying to come back, but it's...detached. Like it's far away, like he can't quite reach the worry. That's probably not a good sign.
He looks in the mirror and his face is a little strange, too. Like his features are...softened out, like he's looking at a sort of waxy version of his face that isn't quite finished.
He should probably try to figure out what's going on, though. Had he done anything different? Strange, lately? He doesn't remembering touching any strange artifacts.
It takes him awhile to figure it out. And it's getting worse. His hair looks fantastic, though.
You might see Luka walking through the halls at ADI, making his way to medical, with his strange features. He wouldn't mind stopping for a chat, but he'll seem strangely distant, as if nothing much matters to him anymore.
It's probably fine.
B. And we can build this dream together:
It has gotten much worse.
He knows it's the comb now, but he can't stop using it. His body feels so odd, so stiff, and his movements are jerky and strange, like a marionette, as his plastic joints squeak and move. His face is almost or completely blank, depending on when you meet him.
A faceless, plastic mannequin. The only thing that looks alive on him is his hair, which does look really great.
He should be screaming. Maybe part of him is. It's one of his worst fears, being unknown, being faceless, looked over, losing himself, but everything hardly seems to matter anymore.
Maybe this is what he deserves after what he's done as a former Avatar of the Stranger.
Sometimes the mannequin that is Luka will walk along the hallway, or in the canteen, simply to pose in one spot, wearing nice clothes, a button up shirt and a tie, and sometimes a white coat. Maybe he wants to look like a doctor.
He shows up in medical more and more to just...stand, pose, literally be a mannequin, maybe this way he can be close to it, be some use as a doctor. It's the closest he may ever get.
It's the closest he gets to feeling anything.
C. Wildcard - Anything goes!
Feel free to hit me up if you'd like to plot something out!