Event Log: Soulmates

[hadrielmods]

Who: All characters participating in the event
What: The event log for Soulmates event
Where: All over the city
When: February 14th-February 22nd
Warnings: None

Oh shit, what even happened last night? You're pretty sure you had a normal night, no crazy drunk antics (unless that is your normal night). But this morning you woke up with a brand new tattoo, and it's... a name?

Maybe it's a name you recognize, one of your good friends. Maybe it's a stranger. Maybe it's someone you can barely stand. No matter who it is, you kind of feel like you should look for them and figure out what's going on with this weird tattoo. And when you find them - well, they've got one too, except this one is your name. It would seem weird, except as soon as you see each other you kind of understand. Of course you'd have a tattoo with the name of the person you've found such an amazing connection with. You were meant to be together.

So enjoy your time with your newfound soulmate. Who knows, you might wake up tomorrow with a whole new name on your arm, a new connection, a new love. Make the most of it!

► This log covers February 14th-February 22nd
► Please tag headers of threads with content warnings where they apply
► Please put your character's name and open/closed in the subject line of your starters!
► If you try to pull off a stupid stunt to impress your soulmate and fail so miserably you die, please let us know here.

Comments

[evocation]

I dunno. I always like food. We could go to the bakery or something.

[coyoteking]

Food sounds good. Bakery food sounds even better. I'm glad they let us have shit like that, this place'd be miserable without it.

[He starts moving in the direction of the bakery, assuming by their linked arms that she'll follow. But of course she'll follow. They're like, bros now.]

[evocation]

God, don't say that or they'll take it away for a month.

[She nudges him gently.]

I just realized I don't know, like, anything about you. That's weird, right?

[coyoteking]

Fine, fine, I'll shut up.

[Except he doesn't.]

I guess it's weird. I don't know. What do you want to know? Consider me an open book.

[At least, he's pretty sure he can trust her with anything. Anything he could trust family with, anyway.]

You know, I don't know much about you, either.

[evocation]

[Kyna grins at that, clearly pleased.]

We can go back and forth. Where are you from? I'm from New York.

[coyoteking]

[Alright, he'll take that.]

Chicago. My world's version of it, anyway. Your world didn't happen to have a World War Three, did it?

[Just getting that out of the way now.]

[evocation]

Uh... No? Are we talking like, nuclear holocaust style?

[coyoteking]

Well I mean, there was some nukes.

[Only a little. It's fine, surely.]

But it's not like everyone's dead. We're not like, living in huts or whatever.

[evocation]

Some nukes. I think any more than zero nukes is like... not ideal.

[A stunning observation.]

[coyoteking]

Well, yeah. But we just don't go to those places anymore.

[Not that there's anything to see, anyway.]

What about your world? You're from one of the magic ones, right?

[evocation]

Yep. I'm from the coolest magical one.

[She says, with absolutely no evidence whatsoever.]

You don't have any magic in your world?

[coyoteking]

[And he'll just accept it without evidence, because he doesn't know anything about this anyway.]

None, unless it's like, hidden somewhere. But I didn't even believe in it until I came here. How do you even deal with that? People can just do any crazy thing they want whenever?

[evocation]

Uh, sort of? I mean, there are laws. Like, you couldn't just shoot someone at home and walk away, right?

[coyoteking]

I mean, most people couldn't, but I'm kind of an exception.

[He can do whatever the hell he wants, for better or worse.]

I get what you mean, though. You can do whatever crazy shit you want, but within reason.

[evocation]

Dude, what?

[She tugs at his arm.]

You can't just say that and not explain.

[coyoteking]

[He blows out a breath.]

I'm one of the people who makes the rules, so if I say I can do something, then I can. But it's not like I do, I mean not all the time. I don't just go around shooting people for no reason.

[There's a lot to unpack there.]

[evocation]

[She squints at him.]

What, like... A politician or royalty or what?

[coyoteking]

Uh, kinda both? Not sure what to call it. My family's one of seven that run the city. Used to be crime syndicates, now we're... I don't know. In charge.

[He shrugs.]

[evocation]

Oh. Like the mob?

[Well that's... Sketchy as hell. But it's Charles, and they're obviously best friends, so it's fine.]</small?

[coyoteking]

Well, yeah. Exactly like that.

[Whoops.]

[evocation]

And you're in charge of the whole thing? How does that work?

[coyoteking]

No, I'm not in charge of like, everything. Just our part of it. Which is because my old man died, and I was the best candidate to take over. I don't do it alone, though, I've got a sister and a brother who help out.

[evocation]

Huh.

[Her mouth twists as she takes that in.]

So what parts are you in charge of, then?

[coyoteking]

The murder part.

[He says it with a straight face, but he can't keep it for long.]

I'm fucking with you, our family's in charge of shipping, in and out of the city. We control the river and the roads. Medical supplies, machinery, stuff we can't make ourselves.

[evocation]

Ugh.

[For a second, Kyna absolutely believed him.]

That doesn't sound too bad. Kind of tame, actually.