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outofsynth) wrote in victory_road2023-02-03 11:40 am
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Who: Min-Gi Park [outofsynth], Riz Gukgak [nightyorb] & Ryan Akagi [chickenchoicejudy]
Where: Saffron City
When: 3rd February
Summary: Min gets stuck with a feral possum for the day. Riz and Ryan finally meet. It's all way too stressful.
Rating: Idk, PG-13 probably
Log:
[Today has not been a good day. From the moment he'd woken up to being forcibly repelled away from his tentmate it had been obvious it wasn't going to be. Sorting that mess out in the still too-cold weather had not been fun, and neither had travelling the remaining distance to Saffron without any of their usual closeness. By the time they reach the city Min-Gi honestly just wants to be away from Ryan completely. Contact comes so easily to them. It's not as though he's unaware of how physical they are, but he doesn't normally have any reason to think too hard about it. Having it taken away just feels cruel. It doesn't help that Ryan keeps trying to test the boundaries of it. Sometimes it almost seems like he's having fun with it, something Min decidedly isn't.
He waits until they've sorted a room, but once things are squared away and their belongings are safely stowed in the room he doesn't waste much time hanging about. He makes some excuse about how he "feels like a walk", something that likely Ryan does not buy given how bitter the weather still is even in Saffron and the fact they've already spent most of the last two days on foot.
Even so, it feels better than sitting around in a room with Ryan pretending he isn't bothered. At least until Riz brushes past and he finds himself dealing with the exact opposite problem. Nothing they do seems to be able to separate them, and given it's a city... it doesn't take long before the pair of them start drawing eyes. Suddenly being back in the room doesn't seem like such a bad idea after all.
Having Riz in tow makes fishing the keycard out of his wallet a little trickier than it would be normally once they do get back, but he manages without too much difficulty and unlocks the door. He only opens it partway to start, wanting to give Ryan a heads up they have a guest before just barging in.]
Ryan? Are you still here?
[He turns to glance at Riz with a frown, dropping his voice.]
Don't be weird, okay?
outofsynth], Riz Gukgak [nightyorb] & Ryan Akagi [chickenchoicejudy]Where: Saffron City
When: 3rd February
Summary: Min gets stuck with a feral possum for the day. Riz and Ryan finally meet. It's all way too stressful.
Rating: Idk, PG-13 probably
Log:
[Today has not been a good day. From the moment he'd woken up to being forcibly repelled away from his tentmate it had been obvious it wasn't going to be. Sorting that mess out in the still too-cold weather had not been fun, and neither had travelling the remaining distance to Saffron without any of their usual closeness. By the time they reach the city Min-Gi honestly just wants to be away from Ryan completely. Contact comes so easily to them. It's not as though he's unaware of how physical they are, but he doesn't normally have any reason to think too hard about it. Having it taken away just feels cruel. It doesn't help that Ryan keeps trying to test the boundaries of it. Sometimes it almost seems like he's having fun with it, something Min decidedly isn't.
He waits until they've sorted a room, but once things are squared away and their belongings are safely stowed in the room he doesn't waste much time hanging about. He makes some excuse about how he "feels like a walk", something that likely Ryan does not buy given how bitter the weather still is even in Saffron and the fact they've already spent most of the last two days on foot.
Even so, it feels better than sitting around in a room with Ryan pretending he isn't bothered. At least until Riz brushes past and he finds himself dealing with the exact opposite problem. Nothing they do seems to be able to separate them, and given it's a city... it doesn't take long before the pair of them start drawing eyes. Suddenly being back in the room doesn't seem like such a bad idea after all.
Having Riz in tow makes fishing the keycard out of his wallet a little trickier than it would be normally once they do get back, but he manages without too much difficulty and unlocks the door. He only opens it partway to start, wanting to give Ryan a heads up they have a guest before just barging in.]
Ryan? Are you still here?
[He turns to glance at Riz with a frown, dropping his voice.]
Don't be weird, okay?
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Gnarly.
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[The answer is immediately, always quick to defend a friend. Though, huh. Had they broken any laws? Riz doesn't think so. His mind doesn't even go to the people they've killed (not that there are laws against killing demons, and frankly, those pirates had deserved it!) but rather to some other activities.]
I mean, unless you count drinking and doing a little bit of drugs on Leviathan. But it's not like there were laws there. So it's okay.
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[This is a man who grew up before the golden age of anti-drug PSAs.]
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We're not his parents, man. He can do all the lawless drugs he wants!
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[Riz has never met Lydia Barkrock, but any person who is willing to take a crazy, demon-infested gem into her own body just so nobody else will be in danger has got to be cool.]
My mom though...
[Sklonda is absolutely going to kill him. She'll hug him tight, give him one of those customary head kisses, and then absolutely murder him unless Riz somehow manages to keep her from finding out about his tattoos forever.]
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[He's kind of surprised that Riz's mom would be strict about that kind of thing though. Thankfully he manages to bite down on any comment he might have had about that. Now is really not the time to be getting into arguments with Riz.]
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Soooo how did all of this happen?
[Ryan vaguely gestures at, you know. Rizmin in general.]
Is there anything we can do to pull you guys apart? That you haven't already tried, I mean.
[Because there's no way they haven't tried at all yet.]
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It actually takes Riz a moment to follow Ryan on his sudden switch of topic. Usually everybody is left scrambling in the wake of Riz's brain free-associating topics and making a jump across several topics, so to be the one in pursuit for once is an interesting reversal.
But right. The being stuck situation.]
Oh, well, we obviously tried pulling. Both ourselves and with help of our pokemon. I said we could try and use a knife to cut us free, but I got overruled.
[A momentary grouchy look up at Min. It's not like Riz was gonna saw through their arms at the elbow or anything! Just carefully run a knife between their skin just in case it was an invisible sort of glue holding them together.]
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He shoots Riz an unimpressed look, instinctively starting to jerk his arm away from him before it registers how pointless the attempt would be.]
We aren't using a knife! That's crazy. We're better off waiting it out. It's not like it can last forever, right?
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[It's a good thought, but no one is getting cut with a knife, even if it's just an accident while trying to slice the invisible glue apart. But Ryan doesn't fully agree with Min either, and just flat out ignores the suggestion to wait it out. Sometimes you can make a mistake even if you're standing still, Min!
But. That also means coming up with other solutions. Hm...]
...Maybe a crowbar?
[They do not own a crowbar.]
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[Riz is not opposed to trying a crowbar! Though in his mind, that is no more dangerous than a knife. These guys simply don't understand how dexterous he is when it comes to these things.]
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[His irritation has switched over to Ryan now, mouth twisted into a frown at the ridiculousness of his suggestion. He knows he's trying to help, but it feels pointless and it's easier to lash out than come up with even more failed ideas.]
We've tried everything, Ryan. Unless you want to take a trip to the hardware store for something that's not even going to work, just drop it. Okay?
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At least I'm trying to think of stuff! We don't know how long this is even going to last! What if you guys are stuck together forever? Then you'll be like "man I really wish I tried that crowbar thing like Ryan said."
[Which is a long way to say that no, he's not dropping it. No way. Not until he's actually tried things.
A new thought strikes him and he gasps and blurts it out.]
--Dude. Min. What if I'm the crowbar?
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Because all they get is Ryan just looking at the two of them hopefully, exactly like this, fully expecting them to follow this thought with him.]
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You are not being the crowbar. Actually, you should avoid anything that means touching Riz at all. What happens if you get stuck too?
[It's possible Ryan did already in the chaos of Min's return to the room, but he's not sure and he doesn't want to take anymore chances. This is bad enough.]
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[Or all three of them could wind up stuck together, stuck in a horrible infinitely spinning circle, probably set to geddan.]
I mean, we knocked each other back so hard this morning that it literally broke our tent! If anything's going to yank you two apart it's the dumb force that's keeping us from touching each other.
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Woah, I don't want to end up stuck to both of you! This [Here Riz raises his and Min's share arm, giving it a shake and very nearly swatting Min in the face on accident.] is super annoying, but at least I still have one arm to do things with. We should exhaust all our options first before we try something so risky.
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Didn't we already exhaust most of our options? It's not like we haven't been trying. Besides, I really don't want to break anything else.
[The tent is going to be expensive enough...]
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Fine. Whatever.
[He doesn't have anymore ideas though, and Min doesn't seem like he wants to try anything else. Riz might still be up for it, but what can they do that won't involve touching each other in some way?]
So...what now? Are you seriously just going to sit around and hope you unstick eventually?
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[After that though, Riz is getting that knife.]
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[Okay, now that sounds like too long to wait. He gives Ryan a panicked look, not sure how he could cope with three days of being latched onto someone as headache inducing as Riz. Especially if he's physically unable to touch Ryan that entire time. One or the other would be bad enough.]
Checking the network's not a bad idea. Do you think this could've happened before?
[He's been told those kinds of weeekends happen regularly. Maybe this does too?]
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He...can't touch Min to reassure him. So he just awkwardly rubs at his wrist, because it's not like he can do anything else.]
Three days is way too long. But, uh. Yeah, maybe someone knows something? There's a ton of people who've been here for like, ever, right? Maybe there's some bizarre pokémon solution or-- or something.
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[Riz looks up at Min, earnest and serious.]
But, you know, after that? That's definitely a possibility.
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Wow, Riz. That's so funny.
[And he is definitely not subtly trying to yank his arm free again. Ryan, help...]
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