Event Log: Soulmates

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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.

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[coyoteking]

[He cracks a smile.]

Careful, I'm only a few years out of the 20th century.

[His tone matches hers.]

So I guess one of our lessons will be what to put where, huh?

[unphase]

[she grins back]

Oh, but how far?

[she loves teasing those who take it good-naturedly and give as good as they get]

Pretty much. When it's an "a" or an "i" or a "y." We don't do much with "e" or "u."

[coyoteking]

I'm from 2010. So technically I spent most of my life in the 20th century.

[He's a relic, practically.]

And see, there's only three vowels to worry about. That's even better.

[unphase]

[at his words, he gets a smile] Oh, wow. So, what was it like, living in a time without Earthnet or--what did they call them back then? Tablets?

[he is! it's adorable!]

Ah, but the fun comes in knowing where to assume and where to let the consonants run on in a stream.

[coyoteking]

Earthnet? I'm guessing that's like, a whole-Earth internet. We don't even have that now where I'm from.

[There's no way that would even work, not with how things are.]

Tablets, though, we've had those since I was a kid, probably.

[They've had them as long as he was aware of the outside world, at least.]

Maybe we're not as backwards as you thought. We've got cellphones and computers and touchscreens and all kinds of shit.

[unphase]

Yeah, pretty much that's what it is.

[Earthgov is united and peaceful in her time. in fact, Earth is a hub for jobs, for growth, for innovation]

Really? How old are you now? And maybe not. You said you're from 2010? The Earth where I'm from, touchscreen technology didn't start gaining popularity until later.

[coyoteking]

I'm 25, give or take.

[He has no idea when his birthday is, so it's anyone's guess.]

And yeah, like I said, my timeline's different. I guess we're more advanced than some others were at this stage. They used to say that back during the War, they could clone soldiers and shit. I don't know if it's true, but I'd buy it.

[unphase]

Really? So you're still a young guy.

[and yes, her voice was a touch flirtatious]

Huh. That's weird. Cloning was possible back during the 20th century, even by my world's measurements, but it was human cloning was outlawed over five hundred years ago.

[coyoteking]

I guess so, yeah.

[His voice falters into awkward for the first time, not entirely sure what to do with the flirty tone. But he regains himself when he changes the subject.]

Yeah, it was outlawed before the War, too. But I guess the laws don't really matter when everything's exploding, so there you go. There was a scramble to find the one thing that would help a country win, and I guess someone thought cloning was it, laws or no laws.

[unphase]

[sorry about her, she's an adult where she's from, so she sees nothing wrong with flirting with a handsome man]

Yeah, I guess they don't. War's weird like that. [a pause] That's how the age of adulthood became fourteen where I'm from. Braal and Titan were in a decades long war and they were. . . running out of people to send to fight.

[coyoteking]

Fourteen? Damn. We still tend toward the idea of eighteen where I'm from, but uring the War, they were drafting teenagers.

[Until everything fell apart and the draft kind of didn't work anymore.]

What were they fighting over, those two places? Decades seems like a long-ass time.

[unphase]

Eighteen sounds like a million years from now. But I'm not surprised they did draft younger people.

[she would be surprised by how everything fell apart]

What most places fight over. Resources. Titan had them. Braal needed them.

[coyoteking]

What do you mean it sounds like a million years from now? How old are you?

[He hopes she's not calling 18 old after hearing that he's 25.]

And I'd ask why they didn't just share, but I'm not that idealistic. That's mostly what we end up fighting for where I'm from, too. Not that we do the all-out war thing.

[unphase]

I'm fifteen, though that's an adult where I'm from.

[what? what's the problem? she can do as she pleases at fifteen]

Probably for the best. Braal and Titan both lost an entire generation. It's going to be a while before both places catch up.

[coyoteking]

Fifteen? God. And you're already like, an ambassador?

[At fifteen he wasn't much of anything yet.]

[unphase]

[she shrugs] Close enough. Mother had me sit in with her during all of her meetings and play cute and dumb at receptions and parties so I could get information out of people. I quit that when I joined the Legion and became a super-hero.

[coyoteking]

[That gets a small laugh.]

Sounds familiar. You're just the kid, so nobody pays any attention to you. Talk like you're not even in the room.

[He had some similar experiences, although the purposes were very different.]

What all does a super-hero entail, anyway?

(cw: underage implied)

[unphase]

[a conspiratorial grin]

Absolutely. It's amazing, the secrets people will spill after they've had a drink or five. [she winks at him] Which I didn't get for them at all. I was just a particularly attractive piece of the scenery.

[she shrugs] Basically, keeping the United Planets safe from everything that would threaten it. Ranging from giant, brain-eating spiders to racists with the powers of Superman. We were . . . kind of in the middle of that when I showed up here.

[coyoteking]

Brain-eating spiders? Christ.

[He doesn't even want to know how the spiders get to the brains to eat them.]

And here I thought my job was hard. All I have to dodge are other people thinkin' they're sneaky. Not supermen and alien spiders.

[unphase]

Yeah. Our first mission as a combined team. There were five of us founders and UPgov found a bunch of other super-powered teens to join in.

[cracking open their skulls. at least as far as she'ls been able to tell]

It wasn't exactly hard. It was just---how things were, We were adhlts, we could'vve said no.

[coyoteking]

Yeah, but the shitty part is that you live in a world where they need people to do that job. Not to be an ass about what you do, but wouldn't it be better if there wasn't a niche for it?

[unphase]

[she nods] It would be better. The United Planets was formed to bring peace to the known galaxy, but even so there are those who would try to take advantage of or hurt others.

[coyoteking]

That's just the nature of people, as much as it sucks. If you ask me, I don't think true peace is possible, but I admire the attempt.

[unphase]

You're probably right. I've sat in on too many of mother's negotiations where people were arguing about what the meaning of "is" was to really think that the United Planets can be some miracle cure. But it might help. A little.

[coyoteking]

For you guys' sake, I hope it does. It's not pretty when you get the opposite.