Event Log: Dazed and Confused

[hadrielmods]

Who: Everyone participating in the event!
What: The event log for the Dazed and Confused event!
Where: All around the city
When: September 24th-October 2nd
Warnings: None!

On the 24th of September, you wake up and everything seems pretty normal. You've got to head in for your shift at the guard, or at the clinic, or wherever else people go- maybe you're visiting a friend, maybe you're checking out the library, but either way as soon as you step out onto your street, you're in a foreign location.

No, you haven't been transported anywhere weird. Well, not by anything other than your own two feet. And hey, you could recognize a landmark and know your way back from there! But somehow you turn left instead of right and now everything is confusing again. It's not that the city itself is changing, but rather, it's your ability to take direction and move in the way that you think you should.

On top of all that, of course, is the strange inversion of most abilities. Everything is topsy turvy with your various powers or individual skills, so be on the lookout for some odd changes. Maybe you're usually pretty good at reasoning and now you can't think your way out of a paper bag, or maybe you have fire powers that start shooting icicles instead- either way, it's weird. Hopefully you can deal with it without injuring yourself too much, but... well, it's kind of difficult to make any guarantees when you can't even find your way to the clinic when you accidentally break something.

► This log covers September 24th-October 2nd.
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Comments

[avephoenix]

[Faith is running -- trying to see if maybe going fast will make it so she can get to where she wants to go -- only she's so much faster than normal that she ends up skidding to a stop too late to avoid impact with the front door of this house. There's no subsequent thud that indicates she's fallen down, but there is a whimper of pain, followed by a (perhaps too) bright apology.]

Sorry! Was just-- trying to get to where I'm living. [She rubs her shoulder. And then her hip. And then the side of her knee. Ouch. When's her regeneration going to kick in?] Erm, since I'm here, if there's anyone in there, d'you mind if I come inside and sit for a while?

[sedula]

[Well ... this could be a bad idea, inviting a complete stranger in. But Sam heard the impact against the door and has walked into enough walls at this point in the week to have all the sympathy for someone else in a similar position. Sam opens the front door a small crack and peers outside.

The shovel ain't leaving her hand, though.]

Who are you?

[avephoenix]

[Even after so little time here, Faith gets the cautious approach this girl has taken.

Rubbing her shoulder, Faith meets her gaze.] Name's Faith. Just got here a few weeks back. If anything comes to attack while I'm here, I promise to fight 'em off for you.

[sedula]

[The shovel stays, though Sam does lower it. Faith seems more or less harmless, and the offer to help isn't unwelcome. Sam forces a small smile for her and opens the door wider, stepping back to allow entrance.]

Come on in, Faith. I'm Sam. I've only been here a few weeks, too, but most of my friends have been here longer.

[A subtle way of letting Faith know that she isn't alone, if she is by some chance planning anything nefarious. Sam's generous to a fault, but she isn't stupid.]

[avephoenix]

[Sam honey if only you knew that Faith has zero intention of hurting you. Quite the opposite, she's liable to walk into the arms of death for you. And she doesn't even know you! But good on you for being all about safety first, poor child.

Faith walks inside with a sigh and heads straight for the couch. It is so nice to be sitting. Stable. The place she actually wants to be right now. (The couch, not the house. Sorry, Sam.) It's the little things.]

Me friend Kate's been here longer than I have too. Six months, I think she said? [She shrugs.] Been real helpful gettin' me to understand what's goin' on and what to expect. Your friends've done the same for you?

[sedula]

[A lot of Sam's trust in the fact that people don't wish her active harm was broken by what she experienced on the mountain - namely, Josh's actions in terrorizing her while wearing a psychotic clown mask. If one of her own friends - someone with whom she believed she had a connection - is capable of doing such things, how can Sam be sure an absolute stranger wouldn't?]

Yeah ... they've been really great. I'm not sure what I'd do without them.

[Maybe if she's ever returned back home, Sam would have to consider that. But here, her friends are alive and as well as can be expected.]

[avephoenix]

[Let Faith be kind to you, Sam. Let her help you out. Someday, when you're ready.]

Me either. [Her voice is bright on that, as cheerful as her smile.] Good job you're not alone, then. Can't imagine what it's like otherwise.

[sedula]

I'd probably be a lot more freaked out about this place.

[Sam forces a small, slightly uncomfortable smile for Faith. She doesn't know. It's not her fault she's unknowingly wandered into painful territory.]

I guess it's a good thing I don't have to find out.

[avephoenix]

[She might not know why exactly Sam is said, but Faith can tell Sam is sad -- or at least, not happy. Not that anyone would be, here, but this feels different from the norm.]

Yeh, me too. Erm-- sorry, am I takin' up your seat? [She rubs her shoulder a bit, absently. The pain is almost gone.] I can head out if havin' me here's a bother.

[Emotionally, is what she's concerned with here. She'd rather not be wandering around with no idea where she'll end up, but if it's what Sam needs, then she'll go. Even if it's in her nature to try and cheer people up when they seem down.]

[sedula]

No - no, you're fine. It's no bother.

[To demonstrate, Sam takes a seat in a chair opposite the couch. See? Sitting means more relaxed ... even if she does still have the shovel in her hand. Sam rotates it absently in her hands.]

I haven't really been out much since I got here. It's nice to meet new people. Where are you from?

[avephoenix]

[Well, the girl can't be faulted for her need to feel safe, so Faith doesn't take offense at the fact that she's still holding the shovel.]

Mm, I'm from Manchester, most recently. Grew up in Dundee, Scotland. [As if Sam couldn't hear Faith's accent, right.] How 'bout you?

[sedula]

Los Angeles. Born and raised.

[She gives Faith a smile and a small shrug.]

It's not as exciting as it looks on TV. Mostly it just takes forever to get anywhere.

[avephoenix]

Yeh? Never been, meself. Want to, sure, but work.

[Saving the world, rebuilding Manchester. No big.]