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Caelan ([personal profile] stickyflippers) wrote in [community profile] aterat2020-08-02 03:48 pm

Loud seal is loud

Who; Caelan and you!
What; Open log
Where; Assorted Locations! (Red Building Common Space, Red Building his Apartment, Market, Gullwings Office, and the Harbour/Shore)
When; Throughout August, vaguely specified on each prompt.
Warnings; No, but I will edit if anything comes up!




Common Space - Early August

The common space was generally one that Caelan frequented since his arrival, a social creature by nature and necessity to keep himself occupied 90% of the time. He saw it as a good opportunity to get to know his neighbours without actively having to seek them out, to watch them moving in and out of the building and go about their days.

Today found the selkie draped comfortably over one of the chairs, a new violin settled comfortably in his hands as he worked at tuning the new instrument to his liking. Occasionally he’d draw the bow across the stings, testing them out before he resumed what he was doing with the odd thoughtful hum, pleased or disappointed depending on the results.

Still, his mood is clearly good today. Caelan is often smiling, often pleasant company and quick to laugh; but today there’s something about it that it feels far more genuine than it has been. He’d been a few weeks without both an instrument or his usual sense of purpose, but things were decidedly starting to look up what with the morning’s surprise left outside his door.

Market - All through the month!

There was one more musician that could be heard in the market these days. Dressed up, all shiny in his usual accessories and finery, hair pulled back into glittering pins.

Caelan had take to joining in the street performers when they didn’t mind his presence, or setting himself up on an empty corner or near the fountain square when the mood struck. The life and the surrounding energy tended to inspire, and people seemed to like the songs he brought with him from home. Some were familiar enough to those who knew the classical world well, while others had a certain life and rough edge that was more the music of the common folk.

If you were lucky, polite, or simply caught his interest, he would even be inspired take requests. “What’ll it be? Ye look to be in the mood for a particular sound, or are ye just going to stand there gawking?” He spoke up with a grin, cheeks lifted in utter delight and relaxed amusement.

Gullwings Office - Early to Mid!

Caelan still wasn’t entirely sure how this had happened (beyond the obvious, of course). This wasn’t his usual gig, nor was it his usual crowd.

Here he was though, meandering around the Gullwings office like he belonged there. Checking out the furnishings (he had to hand it to Yuna, the place was nice), stopping to chat with whoever happened to be there that day, looking at his desk and wondering what on earth he was going to do with it.

That last thing wasn’t entirely difficult, he’d already shoved some blank sheet music in a drawer to amuse himself on slow days when he didn’t have anything to do. There was also the matter of copying and detailing the maps and blueprints that the directory had given him so Yuna could store the originals away for safe keeping.

He was hoping to at least be able to add to them, to include some rough outlines of the sewers paths between their access points as he and Yuna made a trip down to explore them.

Until then, he was quite available to get to know the group a little better. Getting a feel for personalities, trying to glimpse how they operated, and looking for anything to suggest he might not be able to trust someone.

Harbour/Shoreline - For Holly. Let the Spider-Man meme commence! - Anytime in August, probably late evening after all the respectable people have gone home for the day.

There was a lot about the harbour district that disturbed Caelan for obvious reasons, but he had also found there were quite a few things about it to appreciate.

Once the sun had been down for a few hours the amount of people travelling the docks lessened considerably, which meant a little more privacy for him to do one of the things (aside from his music or thieving) that he did best. Fishing. It was going to save him quite a bit of money, unless he felt like eating something at a restaurant in the company of others.

These waters appeared to be very well stocked with fish, so as long as he didn’t go so far as to be near the reefs where some particularly large and nasty creatures dwelt, he could fish to his content. Feed up, and perhaps even bring some fish home for those who had endeared themselves enough to him to bring back a decent sized catch of fish or crustaceans depending on their tastes.

Tonight was no exception, his clothes folded neatly behind some rocks as he donned his more natural attire to enjoy that other half of his soul. So, as the moon rose higher in the sky, there was a form swimming around in the waters. Diving here, coming up there, a soft song carried over the breeze occasionally, and sometimes a splash could be heard as the being caught something in its grasp.


It’s 3AM, oops. - ... Probably all through the month unless someone does something about it. Sorry Red Building.

Caelan had a very irregular sleep schedule, he stayed up late and slept in just as late. Should he get that shifted now that he was in another world and joining a group for exploring and helping out around the city?

Yes, yes he should.

Would he actually do that?

Probably not.

So the selkie tended to keep very odd hours. Thus far that hadn’t really been obvious aside from the later hour that he left his dorm room during the day (Around 11:30 every day like clockwork). Once Caelan had an instrument, that might have been a different story depending on the person and their ability to ignore noise at strange hours.

Sometime around three in the morning, the red building would be treated to the sounds of a violin being played. The piece was strange in tone, energy fluctuating at random, it was honestly the kind of song one might have been warned off of following if it was heard near the caves of their local beach or along the river beds of the forests they lived near. Fae music, intended to be played by theirs ands alone and rarely heard by humans.

Caelan was feeling homesick, whether he’d admit it to anyone or not. On nights where he felt just a touch too disconnected from his life, he could be found playing the music his best friend had taught him or working on his own compositions. Sheet music spread across the table, and a bottle of whiskey sitting open next to that.

If you’re curious enough, or annoyed enough, knock at his door. He’d be happy to have the company, and he’d be happy to share the alcohol.

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[personal profile] mobprincess 2020-08-03 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
It had taken Holly very little time at all to realise that she....did not like her room much.

Okay well, maybe not the place specifically. She just hated being in there by herself. Which was stupid, she wasn't six anymore, she could be alone! Only, here it felt different, and the novelty of being in a strange new place was rapidly starting to wear off. When she was home, she could eat whenever and wherever she wanted, and there were always people around for her to go bother if she didn't feel like being by herself. She missed having Tony and Leo around. She missed her tree house.

She'd gone to Caelan's room to bother him, since he was the only person she knew vaguely well here, but he hadn't been there. So she was sad, kinda stressed, and worst of all?

And she was starving. She'd gotten here with just a couple of blood bags and, to her credit, hadn't resorted to feeding on people yet. But that'd change soon, it'd have to if she didn't wanna literally keel over and die in a week.

So, with her last bag tucked into the inner pocket of her jacket, she left the dorms, and headed out into the evening, eventually finding her way down to the harbour district. Part of her hoped she'd find Caelan there, but when she only found a (seemingly) deserted shoreline, she sighed with a disappointed little scowl, and plopped herself down on the stones.

Honestly, the temptation to give in to the thick, heavy feeling bubbling up from her chest was a great one, but she was hoping having something to eat would make her feel at least a bit better.

So with a curly straw (sharpened a little at the long end, for bag puncturing purposes) in hand, she stabbed her meal perhaps a little too violently, and watched the water as she hugged her knees to her chest. Luckily though, the quiet and the sorry-for-herself feelings were interrupted by a disturbance in the water not too far off. Wiping her eyes with the back of one hand, she sucked up another thoughtful mouthful, and watched the water.

Maybe something would jump out- like a shark? A dolphin?? A weird mutant creature-from-the-black-lagoon type situation??
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Gullwings Office

[personal profile] asthecroweflies 2020-08-03 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Jagger wasn't exactly sure how he'd been pegged as the office manager, but the pay Yuna was offering was good, and it gave him something to focus on besides being trapped here and starting to miss the few people back home who mattered to him at all. Syeira offered her own level of confusion and having something concrete was a welcome distraction.

The current distraction being manually labeling file folders for their records retention, because evidently no one else in this organization felt it was necessary to keep their paperwork in order. One notable difference Caelan might notice was he wasn't currently wearing his leather gloves. They were, by contrast, folded neatly at the corner of his desk, out of the way, while he wrote labels on the tops of files.

Caelan's willingness to interact with his coworkers didn't go unnoticed, though he didn't look up as he commented.

"You want to talk, mate, you have a seat and give me a hand. We ought to catalog whatever we've got so far."
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[personal profile] asthecroweflies 2020-08-04 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Caelan was similarly on Jagger's get-to-know list, and a slight smirk curls his lips as the other man sat down to give him a hand. "Preparing," he responded, as he wrote 'D-002' on the tab of a folder. "Our fearless leader doesn't restrict our services to any one thing, and that could be both busy and problematic fairly quickly."

In kind, Jagger also noted Caelan was still wearing his gloves, and he came to the decision quickly now was as good a time as any to ask his questions.

"You know, I've been thinking, if we're going to run an agency dedicated to assistance, it would be good to know what all its members can do."
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[personal profile] mobprincess 2020-08-05 02:48 pm (UTC)(link)
The next time she saw the surface break, she sat up a little straighter in the hopes of catching a look at the creature in question - and she did!

It....wasn't a shark. Or anything mutanty-looking. It was hard to really see it properly, but after a few seconds she realised she was looking at a seal. That was cool! She'd only seen seals a few times before and that'd been at the zoo, or when they'd gone on vacation - she wasn't expecting them here though. It was cute though, and for the next little while she was content to just watch it resurface and disappear, trying to guess where he'd pop up next.

She still didn't feel great, but at least she wasn't totally alone anymore.
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[personal profile] mobprincess 2020-08-05 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
And for a while, it was cute to watch!

And then Caelan-

Caelan??

Caelan of all fucking people popped outta the water like he'd been there the whole time and Holly had to squint hard and make sure she wasn't seeing things. But no, no that was definitely the cool shady dude she'd been getting to know. Even with his hair all wet and his eyes all weird and his skin speckly-

did he always have speckles?? She could have swore he was just freckly like her...

For a minute, Holly just blinked, and watched in growing fascination as he tried to get a good grip on the struggling fish in his hands.

And then the minute was up, and she was on her feet, and - using a voice that was definitely not her inside voice;

"CAELAN, WHAT THE SHIT'REYOUDOIN'??"
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[personal profile] mobprincess 2020-08-05 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'M SITTIN' HERE," she yelled, from where she was not sitting. "TRYIN' T'EAT MY DINNER!! WHY'RE YOU IN THE WATER??"

Waving said dinner vaguely in the direction she hoped the dorms were in, the calm, considerately-volumed exchange continued; "YOU KNOW THEY GOT FOOD BACK IN TOWN, RIGHT?? REMEMBER THE PIES?? YOU HAD A PIE BEFORE! WHY THE FUCK'RE YOU EATIN' FISH Y'FUCKIN'-"

Oh, wait, no. There's something decidedly more important to point out here.

"...ARE YOU NAKED??" Did she give him time to answer? No. "DUDE, GET OUTTA THERE, Y'GONNA GET A BRAIN-EATIN' PARASITE AND I'M GONNA HAFTA TURN T'LIFE SUPPORT OFF!!"
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[personal profile] mobprincess 2020-08-06 07:50 am (UTC)(link)
"IT'S JUST WEIRD IS WHAT I'M SAYIN'! AND ANYWAY, I COULD BE!"

No, she could not, she'd be a terrible cop.

At least he was swimming closer though. Exhaling both impatiently and quite happily (because not only had she found Caelan, this was also kinda funny), Holly finally had another sip of blood, and started to walk towards where he'd pop out from. Yes, she was planning on turning around when he actually got out of the water, no one needed to see-









What. The fuck.


Did her mouth drop open? Yes. Did she know what to make of this at all? No. No she did not.

"CAELAN WHAT-" Oh right, no need to yell now. With eyes wide like chocolate buttons, she gestured - again, with her food - at his.....lower-half situation. "You're!! Aahhh??" A blink. "What the fuuuckk......Are y'like a merman? But fatter?"

Wait, no-

"You're a seal!! A seal man!!" The fact that she didn't know the word 'selkie' didn't seem to bother her, given that she wasn't aware there was anything to be bothered by. The jaw-dropped look became a big, toothy grin, though now there were two decidedly much sharper teeth visible. "That explains everythin'!!"
Edited (Tenses and words and MORE WORDS DAGNABBIT) 2020-08-06 07:53 (UTC)
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3AM, because he IS your neighbor and all

[personal profile] skyward_eyes 2020-08-06 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Knock at his door? Who needs a damn door. After about the third night of violin music there comes a knock not at his door, but at the damn window. From Nida, sitting on the window ledge and looking into the room. Or as much as he can see if there are curtains and they are drawn.

Someone owes him an explanation as to why Nida has to be awake right now. Not that, you know, he didn't like being nocturnal. But this was getting ridiculous.
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[personal profile] skyward_eyes 2020-08-06 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, so funny Caelan. Nida, hearing the words through the now open window, couldn't help but chuckle. If he knew Caelan better he'd have just thrown out there that it would be more accurate to refer to him as a courteous spy and assassin, but really this was too soon in the relationship for that. So the man just chuckled and, with the window open, tilts his head curiously.

"I'm just special like that. Had no clue you were my neighbor, Caelan By-The-Way. Mind if I come in? As nice as the view is, it's a little breezy. And I'm definitely here to judge you for my poor sleep habits."
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[personal profile] asthecroweflies 2020-08-07 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, they do want us to rebuild the place, or so they say. Still not completely clear just how we're to accomplish that, but one thing at a time, yeah?"

Next to the folders he was labeling, a small, unlined notebook lay, opened, with what looked to be a list jotted down in his tight handwriting. So far, nothing on the list was checked or lined through. He might catch a brief glimpse of a line or two, Set up File Cabinets, Business Cards?, before he flips the page to a blank one.

"I hope you don't mind if I take notes." He was going to either way. "So, I know you know your way around a set of lockpicks, but what about anything...extra? Yuna has her magic and her...dresspheres."
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[personal profile] skyward_eyes 2020-08-07 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"You've definitely disturbed my sleep schedule, and you do tingle with magical energy again."

Which probably meant Nida could draw from him once more. But he wasn't going to push. Instead, when Caelan steps aside, Nida slips in through the window with all the ease of a gymnast, and starts to look around.

"I... uh... I don't drink. Abuse problems. Turns out I use it to escape from mental and emotional anguish."
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Gullwings Office - 8/7-ish

[personal profile] whereishe 2020-08-07 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"Caelan! I'm so glad you're here!" Yuna was standing on the second floor landing that circled the upper walls of Gullwing's office, a wide smile plastered across her face. She'd been setting up various parts of the building and had been running around to get everything in order. That didn't mean there was anything on her desk. In fact, it was as empty as Caelan's but they now had comfortable nooks on the second floor and enough bookshelves for whatever they find.

She jumped and gracefully landed on the area rug in front of Caelan with a soft thud. "I found out more about the sewers to get into the Cemetery. We should go take a look."

Yuna had been discovering bits and pieces of the trail in an attempt to remain safe but now it was time for the two of them to do a final dive. They were going to go until they reached a dead end or until they made it into the cemetery.

"I've been thinking..." Her fingers laced together. "I wanted to leave the city to you but the spirits are restless and-" Her lips twisted in annoyance. "Something is wrong but I need someone to watch my back if I am going to check it out and the maps are almost copied, right? We can take a spare one with us."
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[personal profile] mobprincess 2020-08-07 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"I didn't say it was bad thing, geez - kids these days are so sensitive." She said with a casual roll of the eyes, "And anyway, how was I 'sposed to know? You're human shaped on top and fish...adjacent everywhere else! Not everyone knows about Sealies right off the bat."

Selkies, Holly- you know what, that could wait. He was asking her to keep a secret - a decidedly very weird and therefore VERY COOL secret, she might add - so of course, she nodded a couple of times.

"'Course. I won't tell nobody; don't really know anyone round here t'tell anyways."

He had questions for her? Huh-

Oh. Shitballs.

With her back to him as asked, Holly winced down at the half-full bag of O-Neg. Had she forgotten what she'd been waving around in her curse-soaked confusion, and therefore not prepared an answer for him? Yes. Yes she had. Oops.

"Uh...it's...well- okay, WELL! Okay, so- I'm a vampire, and it's blood. BUT You've gotta promise you won't tell anyone either, 'cause I don't know what kinda place this is yet and if I'm the only one then they might go nuts and gather the pitchforks and it's my last one, so that's why I came down here- well no first I went to try and find you, but I guess you were here, but anyway I wanted to eat where I wouldn't be interrupted but also somewhere that wasn't my apartment 'cause I kinda hate it..."

Well hello weird-feeling-in-her-chest, you weren't invited, fuck off kindly please.

"...I just figure if I'm the only one that's gonna hafta turn people in t'juice boxes, I'm not gonna be popular if people know...so..."

A rare pause for breath, before; "...Are you still naked or can I stop talkin' to the harbour?"
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[personal profile] skyward_eyes 2020-08-07 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"You wouldn't. You're not junctioned for para-magic. And you can't sense the magic within yourself," Nida points out. It had been interesting at school, learning that he was a natural wellspring of aero spells.

His eyes cast over toward the alcohol again.

"Yeah, water. And would you maybe mind putting the bottle over by you or out of sight? I'm sorta... struggling."

But he's also too awake to just go back to his room right now. So he just stays there, leaning against the window frame.

"Why music at this hour?"

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