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ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴅᴛᴇᴀᴍ ᴏғ ʜᴀᴅʀɪᴇʟ ([personal profile] hadrielmods) wrote in [community profile] hadriel_logs2018-01-23 10:37 am

Event Log: The Hope of a Child

Who: All characters participating in the event
What: The event log for the The Hope of a Child event
Where: All over the city!
When: January 23rd-Feb 1st
Warnings: Youths


By now, the gods have probably done enough weird crap to you while you're asleep for you to be a little suspicious- but it's not like you can just not sleep, especially when there are a few supernatural forces making your eyes droopy and your body feel heavy.

And now, when you fall asleep, you'll wake up somewhere else and you'll likely have quite a different temperament- you'll be younger, maybe a little more naive and innocent, and you won't exactly remember all the wild stuff that's happened to your adult self. Maybe now you'll be a little more trusting and emotional, hm? The gods could definitely use a little boost in power, and what better way to do it than to harness the power of overemotional kiddos!

Or maybe you aren't affected at all and find yourself surrounded by youths. What are you going to do when your best friend doesn't know how to cook for themselves? Or your bitter rival is throwing a temper tantrum because they broke their favorite toy? Nobody asked for this kind of responsibility, but think about what would happen if nobody was around to take care of these babies...

► This log covers January 23rd-Feb 1st.
► Feel free to make your own logs as well!
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► If you trip over a kid and die, please let us know here.
puzzlingly: (☥ 24.)

[personal profile] puzzlingly 2018-02-24 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
"Casino?" He repeats, though the meaning doesn't come to him, and thus, he shakes his head at the question. It sounds super interesting. There aren't many arches in their architecture either.

"What is it?!" She wanted to get him all excited about it? There, he is all excited at it.
circumitus: When the hell did we go to southie, and why was there a chicken in the limo? (saw the pics from that party)

[personal profile] circumitus 2018-02-28 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
This was a mistake, wasn't it?

Too late to back down now, since this kid went from gloomy and fatigued to suddenly wanting to get his hands on everything.

"Yes, casino. It's where people go to play games to win money. Though there's not exactly a currency here, so it's more for kicks." Rey then gestures towards the arcade in the corner of the casino area. "It's that machine over there. You can play it for free as much as you'd like."

Maybe that'll keep him distracted.
puzzlingly: (☥ 22.)

[personal profile] puzzlingly 2018-02-28 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Distracted is an understatement, he'll probably fall asleep on the machine when he can no longer go on.

Playing to win money... That's such a foreign concept to him he needs to munch over it for a moment. Like a job? Playing and get paid for it?! Best job in the universe! Maybe he'll suggest that to his dad when he's back!

He sees the machine and takes a little sprint towards it, good thing that it's not cold in this floor as it was in the cellar, he seems to have forgotten about that. He seems marveled at the lights on the screen, having never seen something like that, but damn, he's too small (for his age) to reach the controls properly, so, he climbs the seat and kneels on it rather than sit properly to poke everything he can.

"Rey, play with me." That... shouldn't sound like an order, but it so does.
circumitus: Keep up the good work. (it's a 12/12/12 miracle)

[personal profile] circumitus 2018-03-01 06:55 am (UTC)(link)
Whatever works for him. Rey will take it.

And when Atem rushes for the arcade, there's a fleeting second of foolishness where she thinks she might be off the hook. That is, until he speaks.

No thanks or Pass or even just Fuck off, kid are the thoughts that immediately come to mind next. She recognizes what an order sounds like when she hears one, but then she glances over and sees just how damned thrilled this guy is...

She sighs, scratching the side of her neck as she approaches the 'player 2' side.

"Fine. Just a few rounds, though. Don't want to be doing this all day."

Shit. She really has gotten soft, hasn't she?
puzzlingly: (☥ 16.)

[personal profile] puzzlingly 2018-03-03 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Her answer is met with shiny eyes, like a doe, a very excited doe.

"Thank you!" All right, see? Not everything is as it seems. He might be used to get what he wants, but he's thankful for it anyway.

Atem might have never seen one of these before, it seems he gets the hint of how to play pretty fast; just move the... stick thing, and that other thing on the shiny window moves, press red round thing and, it shoots something like a ... who knows, he'll say it's an arrow. So the whole thing is to stop the bugs to approach by shooting at them? Right, he can do this! Just watch him smash that button!

"Rey! Don't let them come through!"
circumitus: than watching a child being chased by an ostrich. (there is NOTHING better...)

[personal profile] circumitus 2018-03-04 07:27 am (UTC)(link)
How did Rey get here? She's a born soldier, fashioned to be a perfect killer, and yet she is playing Space Invaders with the younger version of a kid with weird as fuck hair. This is what her life has come to.

Oh well. She's played these games before, either out of boredom or trying to keep Sato distracted after he first hauled this thing into the Speakeasy the first time with Firo. Another part of her life that she questions herself frequently, but at least it comes in handy when it ends up leaving young Atem entertained.

She huffs as she effectively shoots a mystery ship for additional points.

"I know, this isn't the first--"

And there goes another defense bunker.

Her eyes narrow at the arcade screen. "You bastards."

Rey is a hardened killing machine, and she will make these pixel aliens pay or die trying.
Edited 2018-03-04 07:29 (UTC)
puzzlingly: (☥ 126.)

i felt like replying this i'm sorry

[personal profile] puzzlingly 2018-04-08 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
"Yes, bastards!"

Thank you, Rey.

"Die, die, die!" He yells as he presses that button as fast as his little hand allows him to. "Rey, Rey! Bring it down! Bring it down!" He obviously (or not) means to get that mystery ship again, but it's a little too fast for him! Actually, the whole thing might be a little to fast for him, but he's doing so great!
circumitus: She was still in her dress and I was still in my bridesmaid dress. (just made out with the bride)

never be sorry.

[personal profile] circumitus 2018-04-12 12:12 pm (UTC)(link)
A better person -- probably someone more suited to babysitting, even -- would know better than to teach young children words like bastard. But Rey hasn't made any effort to change her behavior around kids before, why should she start now?

"No worries. That asshole's going down."

Case in point.

But at least she's decent enough at this game to be true to her word. So there.
puzzlingly: (☥ 131.)

[personal profile] puzzlingly 2018-04-14 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
No one in their right mind would use that word near Atem! But there she is! And the kid seems apparently marveled at it!

She bursts the mystery ship and Atem tosses his arms in the air, "You're so good at this!" He's extremely happy and excited, his cheeks red already from the emotion — and when the game is over (they won, of course!) he stands on his seat and throws his arms around Rey's neck, hugging her tight.

"We did it!"
circumitus: (awk)

[personal profile] circumitus 2018-04-18 12:09 pm (UTC)(link)
That was almost too ea-- OH GOD THE KID IS HUGGING HER NOW WHY IS HE HUGGING HER? Rey is more caught off guard by it than anything else, not sure what to do so she just... stands there. It's not that she's adversed or discomforted by the gesture, but it's just been a long while since someone has so unexpectedly thrown themselves around her like that. Weird.

"Ah--" Okay. What do? "Yes, we won." Awkward pause. "You, um. Want to go again? Or try something else? This machine has a lot more games like this one."

If it keeps the kid distracted so he doesn't go curling up into any more empty kegs, all the better.
puzzlingly: (☥ 28.)

[personal profile] puzzlingly 2018-04-18 02:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Atem just holds her for another second before letting go of her.

"Show me more!" Does she really have to ask? He's way too excited to let go of this so easily. Probably for a kid of his age these games are ridiculous and old, but for him, they are the most awesome thing there is in the entire world.