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apocalypsehowcomm2023-07-20 02:49 pm
worthallthis) wrote in apocalypsehowcomm2023-07-20 02:49 pm
[Log] Follow Through
Who: Winter and YOU
When: The month of July
Where: Locations in the prompts
Summary: Winter and co are moving! Plus the party thing
Warnings: Sadness probably
I. Christmas in July
This seems like a nice... last hurrah kind of thing. Winter isn't going to be working for ADI after July, so... might as well. Also, these things have a history of being bad, so it seems prudent to show up just in case anyone needs protection.
Instead, it's just. Cute. Winter decorates cookies carefully, mostly with his right hand as his left is still a little glitchy after the electricity snakes. He tries all the food, including the "frozen" hot chocolate, which gets a hand-waffly so-so rating from him, the hot cocoa aficionado. He looks for his gift-partner, someone else with the match to what he thinks might be a bookend, shaped like a bear's butt sticking out of a hole in a riverbank.
It's a nice time, really. A little sad, when he thinks about how these won't be his co-workers anymore in a couple weeks, but nice.
II. Last Days
Winter has officially put in his notice at ADI. He still does his patrols, but a little more slowly then usual. He spends his breaks tracking down people he likes or who he thinks aren't happy here to offer: "We've got a house. We're fixing it up. If you'd like to come stay there."
Or to say, "It's been good working with you." Even if sometimes maybe it wasn't that great. ADI is not an easy place to work, after all.
Or to promise, "We're gonna work on how to get you out," for those people who can't leave yet. Who have needs only ADI can meet.
On his very last day, he finds all his actual friends still at ADI and offers them a farewell brownie. "I'll still be around," he assures everyone, "just not on campus."
III. Construction Work
No longer does Winter spend his evenings after work haunting the gym or the shooting range. Instead, he's off campus, working on repairing a real fixer-upper of a house in a seedy part of down, which has been empty for years, and needs... a lot of work. He might be inside digging in a wall trying to put wiring back together mostly by guesswork and occasional diagrams on his phone. He might be on the roof replacing shingles or digging dead plants out of the foundation, in which case he might wave at a friend approaching or passing by.
IV. Personal Work
He hasn't moved out of ADI's apartment yet-- that's happening on his last day at ADI, July 31st-- so he goes back home to the apartment complex just before curfew for a long bath and to patch himself up from whatever cuts and scrapes he got during the day.
And he's still tinkering with his metal arm, trying to get it back up to full operation after Steele's snakes zapped it to hell and back. So he can be found, sometimes in the lobby taking advantage of the good light on a Saturday morning, and sometimes just at their kitchen table, with plates open and wires exposed and tools scattered around.
When: The month of July
Where: Locations in the prompts
Summary: Winter and co are moving! Plus the party thing
Warnings: Sadness probably
I. Christmas in July
This seems like a nice... last hurrah kind of thing. Winter isn't going to be working for ADI after July, so... might as well. Also, these things have a history of being bad, so it seems prudent to show up just in case anyone needs protection.
Instead, it's just. Cute. Winter decorates cookies carefully, mostly with his right hand as his left is still a little glitchy after the electricity snakes. He tries all the food, including the "frozen" hot chocolate, which gets a hand-waffly so-so rating from him, the hot cocoa aficionado. He looks for his gift-partner, someone else with the match to what he thinks might be a bookend, shaped like a bear's butt sticking out of a hole in a riverbank.
It's a nice time, really. A little sad, when he thinks about how these won't be his co-workers anymore in a couple weeks, but nice.
II. Last Days
Winter has officially put in his notice at ADI. He still does his patrols, but a little more slowly then usual. He spends his breaks tracking down people he likes or who he thinks aren't happy here to offer: "We've got a house. We're fixing it up. If you'd like to come stay there."
Or to say, "It's been good working with you." Even if sometimes maybe it wasn't that great. ADI is not an easy place to work, after all.
Or to promise, "We're gonna work on how to get you out," for those people who can't leave yet. Who have needs only ADI can meet.
On his very last day, he finds all his actual friends still at ADI and offers them a farewell brownie. "I'll still be around," he assures everyone, "just not on campus."
III. Construction Work
No longer does Winter spend his evenings after work haunting the gym or the shooting range. Instead, he's off campus, working on repairing a real fixer-upper of a house in a seedy part of down, which has been empty for years, and needs... a lot of work. He might be inside digging in a wall trying to put wiring back together mostly by guesswork and occasional diagrams on his phone. He might be on the roof replacing shingles or digging dead plants out of the foundation, in which case he might wave at a friend approaching or passing by.
IV. Personal Work
He hasn't moved out of ADI's apartment yet-- that's happening on his last day at ADI, July 31st-- so he goes back home to the apartment complex just before curfew for a long bath and to patch himself up from whatever cuts and scrapes he got during the day.
And he's still tinkering with his metal arm, trying to get it back up to full operation after Steele's snakes zapped it to hell and back. So he can be found, sometimes in the lobby taking advantage of the good light on a Saturday morning, and sometimes just at their kitchen table, with plates open and wires exposed and tools scattered around.
<3
And it is silly maybe, but the gift that they present - perfectly wrapped in a beautiful matte polka dot pattern with matching bow - is a knitted sweater in soft blue.
"I thought that the blue would beautifully match your eyes. And that when the weather turns, you may get cold."
Re: <3
"I do get cold," he agrees in a faint voice. It's very soft. He likes soft things (as evidenced by, y'know, liking Rue's feathers so much). And he's pretty much always in long sleeves except when on campus, thanks to the metal arm. So he has a lot of things like this.
He kind of hugs it up against his chest. "Thank you."
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"Think of it as a warm hug from me, anytime that you are chilly."
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Rue says as if they will not be the one fretting themself.
"Now, I will take one more hug and say I shall see you soon, not goodbye."
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