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Post by WR Harthe on Jan 8, 2021 23:50:31 GMT -8
It wasn't often WR ventured to the shopping districts, in fact, it was quite rare for them to leave the apartments nowadays. But, a shortage on groceries meant they were either going to starve or go broke from months worth of takeout -- neither of which were good outcomes, and so, there they were, standing in the middle of the busiest section of the district, contemplating their options.
If exploring the shopping districts wasn't strange enough, they for once weren't clad in their usual red and black, but rather all black. Head to toe, showing no skin below the neck, everything black. Even the red streaks in their hair were covered by a beanie that loosely danced around as they shuffled between groups of people.
They wanted to stay part of the background and just... go unnoticed, but ironically their attire was likely to do the exact opposite...
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Post by Atlas on Jan 9, 2021 13:44:10 GMT -8
Atlas stepped through the marketplace attempting to find someone...anyone who could direct him. He was just curious to explore the area outside the apartments, and this was said to be a hotspot of business and hangouts. The goal was to maybe see if he could make some friends!
However, he had no success so far; despite P-City being a hub of metas, it seemed a lot of people weren't to keen on him being one. People usually just walked away as soon as he tried to introduce himself. Thus, he was ready to go home, and try again another time, but he had gotten terribly lost. It didn't help to bump into someone dressed in all black, shaking up his orientation!
Atlas's glasses shook out of place, and his phone fell to the ground. His first concern, however, was the poor stranger.
"O-oh my gosh! Are you okay?? I'm so so sorry are you hurt at all?? I-I did not see you at all which is weird cus you're in all black and black should stand out butImeanit'snotweirdthatyou're, wearingallblackit'stotally, like, normalIjustshould'veseenyouandI didn'tandI'm sorry" he would ramble, his words getting faster as it neared the end. The boy seemed to be examining the stranger in great detail. His hands moved about in the air, trying to decide if they should help in the examination process or not.
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Post by WR Harthe on Jan 10, 2021 18:29:11 GMT -8
WR grunted at the impact, taking a half step back and shaking their head to recover from the brief disorientation. They flicked their gaze upwards to address the tall ass string bean, cutting their eyes at him sharply as they furrowed their brows. They were tiny in comparison to him.
Before they could even think about saying something, he had already spit out a thousand incoherent words that they could only assume were fragments of a half ass apology. They raised a brow and took another step back, pulling their hands from their jacket pockets and holding them up to their shoulders.
"Do you always have a stroke when you bump into people?" They sneered with somewhat of a grin.
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Post by Atlas on Jan 11, 2021 11:09:17 GMT -8
"U-um," Atlas stuttered. "I-I dont think so I think I-I just have a lot of caffeine or something." He chuckled as he finished his sentence and picked up his phone. Pushing his glasses up he added with an awkward voice crack, "Yknow how caffeine like...does stuff."
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Post by WR Harthe on Jan 13, 2021 8:20:24 GMT -8
WR shook their head, smiling faintly, before returning to their somewhat tense composure.
"Well, look, I'm not mad, but pay attention in the future, yeah?"
They crossed their arms over their chest.
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Post by Atlas on Jan 13, 2021 21:30:41 GMT -8
"I definitely will but hey um I w-was wondering if you could help me uh," Atlas waved his hands around awkwardly as an attempt? at a joke? "find my way around," he finished with a chuckle. "I-I'm a little lost and I don't really know where to go...from... here."
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Post by WR Harthe on Jan 16, 2021 13:25:07 GMT -8
WR tilted their head and grinned.
He was so... awkward. It made them feel a hell of a lot better about themself.
They contemplated for a moment. Were they going to go out of their way to help this...whatever subspecies of human he was. They didn't have anything to lose from it, nor did they have anything else to do, so...
"Yeah, I guess. Where ya trying to go?"
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Post by Atlas on Jan 17, 2021 8:00:30 GMT -8
"U-um have you heard of like the... the big tall uh... what's the word.."
Atlas snapped his fingers trying to get something to click. His hands then resorted to attempting to make the shape for the little one. "Like.. yknow it's like a hotel but like every night not just- Oh I'm Atlas by the way-"
He interrupted himself to introduce, his hand outstretched in a handshake offering.
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Post by WR Harthe on Jan 17, 2021 8:58:21 GMT -8
"Uh, you mean the apartments?" They rose a brow, legitimately unsure of what he was referring to. If he was talking about the apartments, they would be surprised, considering they were kind of hard to miss...
When he gave his name and extended his hand, they stared at it for a moment, before firmly grasping it with a grin.
"WR."
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Post by Atlas on Jan 17, 2021 21:20:55 GMT -8
"Yea those!"
Wait, people usually stick to a cool handshake right? A regular one is too formal... How does the other one go? There are so many different ones. I can't do a shake hug now it's too late. I should add a fist bump. So I should do something like..
Atlas thought before sliding his hand against WR's, then fist bumping it. He began to return his hand to its formal position, when he realized a flourish was needed; thus, the hand swung back up, snapped, and sheathed itself in his pocket. The sequence ended with an uncomfortable chuckle from the white haired mess.
"WR, that's a super cool name...dude...." the last word carried a shaking tone with it.
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Post by WR Harthe on Jan 17, 2021 22:36:48 GMT -8
WR just. Stared. Blankly. And quite frankly, terrified. They had never in their twenty three years of existing encountered another human being quite like this one...if you could even call him that. They simply watched his hand fly about until he finally seemed content with it in his pocket.
They didn't know how to respond to his awkward actions, so they simply didn't.
They signaled for him to follow as they started walking away from the shopping districts, and at the comment of their name they shook their head, smiling a bit.
"Man, I fucking hate my name. I mean, it's fine I guess, least I stand out." They shrugged.
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Post by Atlas on Jan 18, 2021 8:01:04 GMT -8
Atlas grinned at the prompt to follow and did so with glee. Maybe this character did like him.
"Oh, well, why don't you just change it?" Atlas asked genuinely.
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Post by WR Harthe on Jan 18, 2021 8:31:35 GMT -8
They shook their head.
“‘Cause it’s part of me. Been through too much to just let it go, ya know?”
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Post by Atlas on Jan 19, 2021 9:09:45 GMT -8
"Oh sure, sure," Atlas nodded in understanding and pushed his glasses up. "Say, uh, are you a meta? I am. I can harden my skin and stuff. I can..." he paused to throw a lazy punch in the air, "..kick some butt when I need to! Heh..."
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Post by WR Harthe on Jan 19, 2021 9:47:36 GMT -8
WR continued to walk, not even acknowledging him when he asked his question. Instead, they opted to show him. The air around them suddenly felt very warm, and fire instantaneously erupted around WR! Second Skin: WR's body is set ablaze into pure visible energy, appearing as red fire, which creates an afterimage that repeats all of their physical actions at a one second delay. The afterimage burns whatever it touches, dealing 100% of their ENG as damage. The fire changes colors based on their emotions. Additionally, they gain 50% immunity to all fire based effects. |
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