these thoughts run through my head

[grappler]

Who: Vi and open
Where: Lupin, around aldrip
What: she is Not Happy
Warnings: alcohol mentions, otherwise nothing yet



i. text un: punchesu

alright, roll call. who all disappeared after all that bullshit last month? Cait and Ekko are gone. they haven't showed back up.

i know they're probably not the only ones, so there's gotta be some info on where they are.

ii. lupin

[she could be found around Lupin first of all, and when she's there she's aggressively cleaning the glasses that're being used, except for a glass that she takes a drink out of every now and then.

if she hears someone approach, she looks over to the side so that she can see them in her periphery.]

What do you want? Or if you're trying to pay, don't bother.

[she doesn't really care about money of all things right now.]

iii. gym

[when she's not at Lupin, she's at the gym. she could be seen punching the shit out of a punching bag, and at some point... the chain breaks, and it goes falling to the floor. she groans when it happens, kicking the shit out of it now and then throwing it into the wall. she stands there, breathing heavily after that, putting her hands on her knees a bit and starts to catch her breath.]

Leave me alone.

[if she sees anyone coming by, anyway.]

I'll fix it later.

[this is a sort of catchall/post deal! if you'd like to do anything with Vi for the month of October, just hmu in the discord or angelonia @ plurk!]

Comments

[grappler]

[she shakes her head.]

Not specifically. I just... this is what I do to relieve stress.

[because this place has stressed her the fuck out for a hot minute.]

I usually don't break the punching bag, though. That's new.

[giraffic]

It's pretty badass. Though. Uh, sorry for the - you know, whatevers happening to warrant killing the punching bag. Could probably go punch the person, if you really wanna feel better.

[grappler]

[at being called a badass, Vi smirks a bit. well, at least stroking her ego will help her mood...]

No one to punch right now. Just that this place fucking sucks sometimes...

[she waves her hand around.]

Not sure how long you've been here, but if you haven't figured it out by now, you will eventually.

[giraffic]

It hasn't been long, but it's been eventful so far.

[ thanks everyone who handled it while she snacked on jerky and slept in a real bed ]

I'm Ellie, by the way.

[grappler]

You can say that again. This place has been actually batshit for a few months.

[and that's saying something. ever since that AI-thing made itself known on the network, it had all just gone downhill from there.

she nods at the name, though.]

Vi.

[giraffic]

Still think if enough of us get together to punch this Jerry guy, it's gotta work. Bring a few guns to scare him or somethin'.

[grappler]

The guy's made of metal or something. Trust me, they've already tried a lot of shit.

[she knows Jinx has definitely tried him a couple of times..]

Else someone else I know would've definitely done it by now.

[giraffic]

Eh, either way. My gun's ready. Yours are too, it looks like.

[ badum tsh ]

[grappler]

[there's a bit of a smirk as she nods and takes another sip out of her water bottle.]

Gotta stay on my toes around here. Sounds like you are too, which is good. You need to be.

[giraffic]

Eh, it's pretty easy here so far compared to what I'm used to.

[ she's finally crossing the wide berth she's given Vi, to wander over and check just how much Vi's fucked the punching bag up. ]

[grappler]

[it's pretty well-used. she'd been beating on it for a while and often, so it's probably no wonder there's destruction here.]

Yeah? A lot of us have shitty worlds, seems like. What's your story?

[giraffic]

[ she tries to think like Joel these days, when trying to figure people out.

vi's strong. she's not treating her like a dumb little kid, or telling her to shove off. probably a good head on her shoulders in chaos-- the kind he'd say to take seriously. ]

Know what a zombie is?

[grappler]

[LMFAO... a good head on her shoulders. kind of debatable, but the rest is right. she's used to kids being more grownup than they need to be anyway, because she was one herself.

it's unfortunate, but she's used to it.

she shrugs at the question.]

In stories, maybe. Let me guess, you got them crawling around where you're from?

[giraffic]

Somethin' close to 'em. Mushroom fungus taking over your brain. Not as kushy as this place seems to be.

[ and yet even here, she still has her gun tucked into her waistband at all times. can never be too careful. ]

But there's food everywhere, so Aldrip already gets a few points.

[grappler]

Well... that gives my world a run for its money. We just have rich people trying to kill us at home.

[Vi doesn't blame her, though. her weapons are her fists, and she's not fond of other ones.

she nods and shrugs.]

Yeah. Everyone thought I was weird too because I flipped my shit over seeing actual plants. You don't really see that where I grew up, either.

[giraffic]

You're the second person that's said that. Is someone stealing trees or something?

[grappler]

No, but everything was too... polluted, where I grew up. It's just nothing I saw all that often.

[giraffic]

Hey, mine's got plenty to go around!

When we get outta this place, we go there, chop a few down -- [ she mimes it as she says it, enthusiastically chopping an imaginary tree ] and you just carry it home.

Easy.

[grappler]

[Vi smiles a little bit, amused.]

And how would we get from your world to mine?

[giraffic]

We bribe one of the magic types.

[grappler]

If the magic types could do that, wouldn't we be outta here by now?

[just saying.]

[giraffic]

We'll work on that part. It's magic, that shit should be able to do anything.

[grappler]

You'd think.

[she shakes her head.]

Any reason why you were hanging around here, or just wandering around?

[giraffic]

Just checking the place out. I don't have much to do.

[grappler]

Yeah, it gets kinda boring in between bullshit happening.

[she regards Ellie for a moment, and then rolls her shoulder as she grabs it with her other arm.]

Know any hand-to-hand combat? If you don't have anything better to do...

[she could help her, maybe. it'd be something, and a distraction all at once.]