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WHO: Skyler (

strikeraid) and YOU. And some of you in particular.
WHEN: Saturday, February 1st (with one backdate to January 31st because I forgot I had plans whoops). Various times throughout the day!
WHERE: Various locations around the business district unless otherwise indicated.
WHAT: The Blood Key has a day off. He will never want a day off again after this.
WARNINGS: Innocent hairfluffings that lead to extremely gory consequences, running into old high school bullies (but not in the way you'd expect). General warning for Skyler being himself.

[A] [ Friday, 4 pm, Text message to Killian's phone: Closed! ]

hey are you still down for the shooting range thing
i think i'm free today

[ /Friday, 4 pm, Text message to Killian's phone: Closed! ]

[ What with the recent gang-wide announcement to lay low and reduce their presence for a while, Skyler has found himself with his first Saturday off from general delinquency in quite a while! Let's see how he spends his magical day off. ]

[B] [ 12 noon to 2 pm: Open! ]

[ Skyler is going around with his regular clothes on and shades abandoned in favor of his brown contacts. He hasn't had a Saturday off in a long time, and he intends to make the most of it. With Arielle over at a friend's house this weekend and his chores done, he's taking the chance for a walk around the city. Feel free to catch him while he's looking around the Bohemian District, cutting through the Forest Park, and walking through the mall looking for new stores and landmarks. He'll be on foot the entire time, so if a stray echo happens to catch your character by surprise, it'll be the work of a moment to catch up to the source again! Just don't press too hard on the topic. Right, Neku? ]

[ /12 noon to 2 pm: Open! ]

[C] [ 2 pm to 5 pm-ish: Closed to Karl (flamberge)! ]

[ Doot doot doot, just cutting through the Business District on the way to Japantown. He really doesn't have any other business here; he does cut through here sometimes to get to school, but that's only when he misses his usual bus. God bless the public transportation system.

... Hold on, that is a very familiar head of red hair at that Starbucks. Mr. Locke? He opens his mouth to greet him, but... he's coming up from behind, right? Maybe he can give him a little surprise while he's at it. He slows his approach to Karl's table, making very little noise, careful to stay dead behind him... ]

[ /2 pm to 5 pm-ish: Closed to Karl! ]

[D] [ 5 pm-ish to 6 pm-ish: Open! ]

[ He's just making a quick trip into and back out of Japantown, but again, free echoes to anyone who happens to pass by him! If you catch him closer to 6 pm, he'll have a bag of groceries on him. ~~EVIL GROCERIES.~~ ]

[ /5 pm-ish to 6 pm-ish: Open! ]

[E] [ 7 pm: Closed to Arlene (twelfthspark)! ]

[ Today has been the longest ass day, and Skyler is in line to get himself a beef Crunchwrap Supreme because he god damn deserves it. If he runs into one more person, he's liable to rip their head off. For right now, he's standing in line and checking his phone, studiously ignoring everyone. Good luck grabbing his attention... ]

[ /7 pm: Closed to Arlene! ]

[[ ooc: as always, meeting skyler will count as a passive meeting with a blood key if you haven't gotten a blood key echo yet! i will be a bit busy all day today, but my activity should pick up tomorrow. thank you for your patience! ]]

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[A long day for him, a good one for her--things are finally coming together in rehearsals. The weather's even starting to suck less, though she still has her new Echoed coat zipped most of the way against the cold. Arlene walks into the Taco Bell with her head held high, looking like she owns the place. At the sight of the line, her grin fades a little; shouldn't the dinner rush be over by now?

She's sorely tempted to just cut in front of the douchebag standing there playing with his phone, but being as they're in public and she's still in a pretty good mood, she'll play the bigger woman. She gets in line behind him and loudly demands:]

Hey! Pay attention, the line's moving.

Yo, fu- [ -- Is his immediate reply, of course, but holy shit does he start when he looks back and sees that coat and focuses to see this person wearing it. Wow. Fuck this!! Fuck this. This is literally the worst twist to his entire day.

He already feels the empty sensation coming on upon seeing her, and quickly exits the line and heads towards the door. Not worth it. Not even a little. Ooh, boy... ]

[Well, that was unexpected. Usually she needs to do more than that to scare someone that much.

What is also unexpected is the disorienting sensation of an echo, coming on strong as she turns to pursue. She tries to run through it, her pulse pounding in her ears as she follows him out.]

What was that about?

[Both the running and the echo. She doesn't notice, but the ends of her hair are standing up with static, making her look like someone just rubbed a bunch of balloons over her head.]

Edited (approved!) 2014-02-05 03:51 (UTC)

[ Skyler keeps walking, or at least tries to, his grocery bag hitting his leg as he strides faster. As much as he'd love to try walking through a pulse like nothing's happened, the fact that it blanks his thoughts out is disorienting enough to slow his walk as he heads out the door and into the cold, coming to a stop at the little sidewalk thing just outside the door.

Here comes the echo! Aaand there it goes. Skyler will stop, then hold his head in his hand, palm over his eyes and fingers pressing hard on his temples. Shit. He doesn't like these ones.

He barely notices the girl following him out, but her question does catch his attention. He turns back towards her, his tone kind of brusque as he tries to focus on her. ]

What did you - ? No, never mind. I don't fucking care. Leave me alone. [ The last few words run into a mutter as he tries to make his way towards the road. He's... not having an easy time of it. He probably looks pretty damn drunk, actually. ]

Seriously, what's your problem? All I said was-

[It took a moment, but she recognizes his face now. It's totally that one freshman kid she used to hassle because he acted like he was hot shit.(What on earth did he do to his hair since last time she saw him?) Funny bumping into him like this, and wow, is he drunk? She's pretty sure he's drunk. Kid's not looking so hot.]

Pipsqueak? Jeez. Isn't it a little early to be getting hammered?

[She sounds faintly concerned (not that she'd ever admit to it), regarding him with a quizzical tilt of the head.]

[ His stomach rolls over as he hears the old nickname, and that along with the pain in his head is enough to make him stop at the edge of the parking lot, sitting his ass down on the cold, probably still a bit slushy ground as he tries to reconcile the pain in his head with the memory that he can't quite get a hold of and frankly doesn't care about. He really doesn't like these memories.

Eventually, he'll get enough of his composure back to answer, as confrontational as ever, but strained. ]

Just get the fuck away from me. Not a good time.

[She looks down at him, her tone thoroughly condescending.]

Well, duh. Anyone can see that.

[This puts her in an awkward spot, and she hates those. She has an image to maintain and it doesn't include hauling dumb drunk kids off the sidewalk, but what kind of heartless jerk would just let him sit in the slush?

After a brief pause, she reaches for him. A spark leaps from her outstretched fingertips with an audible zap, and she recoils in surprise with a muttered oath.]

[ Skyler jerks away from the spark - oh shit, that triggers another Echo - and this time he has to grab at his head because it's another one of those memories. The ones with the white walls, the ones that always give him headaches that push up right behind his eyes. He groans a little. One he could brush off, albeit uneasily. Two in a row? His head is exploding. ]

What the fuck did you want from me? [ His voice is really strained now. He'd sound drunk if it wasn't for a little hint of terrified clarity behind his words. [

[Arlene takes a step back, her hands raised in a "see? I'm unarmed" gesture.]

Nothing, sheesh. I don't know what you're so freaked out about, I didn't even do anything.

[Well, anything intentional. She looks at her hand in confusion.]

[ Ok, breathing now. Besides one last echo (that is blessedly non white wall related and completely terrifying in another way), it seems to be over. He didn't hurl, and he's not randomly crying. Overall, that could've gone much worse.

He breathes in deeply, holds his breath, and lets it go. Right. Back to reality. His butt is sopping with ice cold water as he gets back up, swaying a little as reverbs from the migraines fade away. ]

No, you didn't. [ His voice is a lot clearer as he steels himself and turns around, giving her a cautious onceover. Her hair is sticking up a little, but not in the way he expected. No Echoes this time. It seems like it's over. ]

Do me a favor and stay away from me anyway. Kay? [ He scoops his grocery back up from where he dropped it and walks off towards the sidewalk and away. ]

'Kay.

[She stares after him for a moment before deciding it's not really worth pursuing further and going back into Taco Bell.

At least the line's cleared out.]

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haha whoops I didn't even mean to trigger him that time

skyler's life is just difficult and he's a whiny baby

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