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Jonathan Sims ([personal profile] itknowsyou) wrote in [community profile] deercountry2022-06-11 11:03 am
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o1 . june catchall (closed)

Who: Jon Sims + CR new and old; tap me at [plurk.com profile] ochrona for a starter.
What: The Archivist arrives in Trench.
When: June, the month of archives and reflection.
Where: Throughout Trench.

shiro2hero: (but then who was the phone)

[personal profile] shiro2hero 2022-06-14 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
[He should have headed in a long time ago. But he's closed off. Withdrawn. Stepped away from everyone. It's... probably for the best. They all have their own issues. He should be supporting them - but what else is new?]

[Patrolling for new arrivals is something he can still do without getting lost in his own head.]

[He sincerely does not expect to see anyone he knows out here. Any familiar faces washed up on the shore. He's gotten used to that. Grudgingly, hopelessly accepted it. Frankly, he doesn't recognize the other man at first. He just approaches like always, spare towels at the ready. Prepared to hoist another new arrival onto their feet and help them away from the water.]

[Except the person sits up, and Shiro's smacked in the face with recognition.]


... Jon?
shiro2hero: get it (lemme give you a hand)

[personal profile] shiro2hero 2022-06-17 05:05 am (UTC)(link)
It's okay. Take your time.

[He's already taken a knee. Already offering up the spare robe, sheet, whichever he'd grabbed before coming out here. This is... vaguely familiar. One of them not fully remembering the other. Actually, it usually was Jon, wasn't it? It'd be frightening if it weren't familiar in that way.]

[It means there's a good chance his buddy will come out of it.]


Yeah - yeah, you do. It's Shiro. We've met before... Here. Wrap up in this.

[The robe. They can look for his bag or anything else he might have dropped later.]
shiro2hero: get it (lemme give you a hand)

[personal profile] shiro2hero 2022-07-07 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
A lot?

[It's like time didn't even pass. Like they just saw each other the other day. It's not Jon's fault, as far as Shiro's concerned. He just helps with the robe if it gets stuck, and stays hunkered down next to him.]

It takes some adjustment. But it's okay - take your time. [He pauses, glancing around himself.] Maybe we... should get off the beach, though.
shiro2hero: (are we human or are we dancer)

[personal profile] shiro2hero 2022-07-08 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
[That actually gets Shiro to crack a smile. Or part of one, anyway. It's as close as it's going to get.]

Yeah, you know? You're right about that.

[His arm snaps out, looping around Jon's shoulders only as long as it takes the other man to get his feet back under him. He remembers - there was hesitancy, something, around prolonged contact.] Don't worry. Everyone needs a hand up when they get here. We can walk whenever you're ready.

[Shiro's grin flickers. But not into something unpleasant. More like... he's trying not to laugh.]

I uh. I hate to break it to you, but calamari may be off the menu for the rest of your life here.

[So yes. There were tentacles.]
shiro2hero: (maybe he's born with it)

[personal profile] shiro2hero 2022-07-13 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
Oh... I know. I know.

[Maybe not everything that's happened to his friend, but what happened in Deerington for sure. Some of what happened elsewhere. He hadn't wanted to pry into too much of it.]

Like I said - it's okay. Not everyone gets everything back right away. Don't rush yourself. I know - I know it's hard, when you can't remember what you want to. [Or don't want to.] But try and take it easy.

Up to the boardwalk, for now. See if sitting down for a bit, getting some water, might help. Then we can go from there.
shiro2hero: (no really i don't get it)

[personal profile] shiro2hero 2022-07-15 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Up to the boardwalk it is. Slow and steady. Ready to either stop or brace his friend if need be. Honestly, he could probably still just scoop Jon up under one arm and carry him up, but that would defeat the purpose here.]

Trench. It's a city called Trench. People wash up as ... well. Squid.

[That part, he's pretty sure is clear.]

We've all got different weird blood types, some of us with abilities from our blood... and we're just trying to get by.
shiro2hero: (all right i'll stop and ask directions)

[personal profile] shiro2hero 2022-07-18 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
[Shiro laughs, but it's... brief. Thin. It cuts out after a few moments.]

I wish. [But they've made it to the top of the boardwalk. To an empty set of chairs.] Here... I can explain in a minute. I want to get you hydrated first.
shiro2hero: (maybe he's born with it)

[personal profile] shiro2hero 2022-07-20 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
[And Jon won't have to wait long. Shiro will be back. Ice tea in hand and ready to give as much of the story as he possibly can.]

[He's honestly just glad to see someone familiar come back. As much as being here is a trial.]
glitchinthesystem: (Cocky)

[personal profile] glitchinthesystem 2022-06-13 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Well...Glitch COULD rescue the obvious newbie from an awkward social interaction.

Or run by and steal his bag full of oranges.

Because who doesn't want that to happen to them today?

Because Glitch runs on over, snatches those oranges, and starts sprinting away. ]


Thanks for the free food, jackass!
glitchinthesystem: (To Die)

[personal profile] glitchinthesystem 2022-06-15 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ Glitch doesn't even halt when he hears the man yelling after him. He just thinks they're mad because he stole their stuff. Well.

Maybe he should've held onto it tighter, not his fault is it?

Either way, as Glitch is running he starts pushing people and things in the way of his escape. Try and keep up Jonny boy. ]
glitchinthesystem: (terror)

[personal profile] glitchinthesystem 2022-07-01 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
[ He thought he might've gotten away. It wouldn't be hard. Such a gangly looking man probably couldn't even keep pace with how unwell they looked. Glitch thought he'd be in the home clear.

At least until he felt that presence. That sensation of having a heavy blanket of dread setting in over him. He's not sure what it is but he stops in his tracks looking around frantically. What the fuck was that? What is it? ]


What the hell?! Who the fuck-?!

Come out, whatever the fuck you are! [ Little did he know who the source of it was. ]
saltyadam: (nani the fuck)

[personal profile] saltyadam 2022-06-20 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
[It had been over half a year since Adam's arrival here. He still wasn't sure if this place was better than the last, though there were certain ... improvements. The monthly chaos had, so far at least, been a bit less bloody than the last round. Takashi hadn't died once.

His friends still left, every time he made a friend they left, people he cared about--

One improvement, of course, had been in regards to those who seemed to most often tempt him into such scenarios. Or so he'd thought.

He nearly drops his own shopping back when he sees Jon standing there on the street, bewildered and laden with fruit.]

... Jon?
frogfear: (011)

[personal profile] frogfear 2022-06-14 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
[It's not the first time she's run into a new arrival in the Archives, but normally, they don't turn up dressed in the black robes the Wakers hand out at the beach, looking so bedraggled, one could draw the conclusion they just came ashore.

Most people, at least as far as Willow can tell, tend to their immediate survival needs first. Food, water, shelter. Their welcome bag. Maybe a little rest, and some fresh clothes. She understands the need for answers, of course, but still. Priorities.

She watches as he moves through the stacks, and steps up beside him as he pauses to look up at one of the skeletons with a small smile.]


They're, uh, really something, huh?
frogfear: (063)

[personal profile] frogfear 2022-06-18 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Willow is polite enough to pretend not to notice him smooth at his robes at an attempt to look as though he, perhaps, has not just crawled out of the ocean, and instead puts her focus on the skeleton in front of them.

It's not difficult to place the accent, of course, nor is it difficult to imagine he's from a version of England that does not have antlered dogs outside of a Ripley's museum. Her tone is gentle, as though she's expecting she is about to give him a bit of a shock.]


Yeah. There was a lot of them around a few months ago. You might even still see some around; some people keep them as pets.
frogfear: (012)

[personal profile] frogfear 2022-07-07 10:21 am (UTC)(link)
Weird?

[She falls quiet for a moment, trying to come up with something that he might find completely mundane.]

The livestock. A lot of the livestock is pretty much standard to what you're probably used to. You're from England, right? We've got a couple horses, a cow, and some chickens at home. All pretty normal. Totally harmless.
frogfear: (011)

[personal profile] frogfear 2022-07-08 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Whoa, hey. Before you get any ideas, Rosie is not for eating. Really, aside from giving some milk, she's just a pet.

[It's said lightly - she does realize that most reasonable people wouldn't actually eat an animal someone else is keeping as a pet, even if it is a cow.]

There's, um, a lot of mushrooms and fish in the local food. As far as protein goes, anyway.
frogfear: (004)

[personal profile] frogfear 2022-07-20 06:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Willow's eyebrows raise when he mentions Deerington. At least that means he's probably fairly well prepared for the sort of problems Trench will likely bring. Plus, it's always good to meet someone she can compare notes with from what came before this place.]

Yeah? Me too. This is at least a little more consistent - no waking up to sudden winter with frozen zombies or, you know, cows falling from the sky. You're right, though - I miss the supermarket. And the coffee shop.

[She glances at Jon, and gestures vaguely at the shelves with a small smile.]

There's an upside, though - it's, uh, not really all that well organized, but you can read the books here. No glitchy writing, and some of them are actually helpful.
frogfear: (017)

[personal profile] frogfear 2022-07-26 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
Yup. Really. That's where Rosie came from too. Someone rescued her when she fell from the sky, and he didn't have a place to keep her, so he gave her to me.

[Her tone turns more casual, knowing he came from the dream means he's used to a certain level of... unpredictability. Animals, people, and other objects falling from the sky probably won't even strike him as terribly unusual given some of the chaos that struck Deerington.

Her eyebrows lift as he talks about trying to organize the books, like he's already found some new pet project.]


Good luck with that. I think most of us have just kind of figured out how to work around the fact that this place follows absolutely no logical organizational system whatsoever. You can always find what you need - you just kind of have to feel it out.
frogfear: (142)

[personal profile] frogfear 2022-08-01 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[She shrugs a little at the eyeroll. At least she had spared him the details about the guy in the plane who had been trying to save both people and animals from falling to their deaths.]

What's the old saying? The more things change, the more they stay the same?

[It still strikes her as odd that this is the very first place he's come, and she can't help but be curious about how long it took him to find the Archives when surely there were more immediate needs that most would have considered attending to. She nods to the robes that were clearly given to him on the shore by the Wakers.]

So how long ago did you make it to shore?