nobody said it'd be an easy ride

[faceblocks]

Who: vi and various people
What: catchall both open and closed eisdamme or eisdamme#7495 if you want some other thing/any thing.
When: august
Where: various places

Content Warnings: needles, being sick because alcohol, parental death, prison, drugs, disease, murder, mental/emotional/physical abuse, tba

the rest of the starters will follow tonight. pls be patient i am melting.

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[imaglyphwitch]

I'll be sure to keep an eye out for them then!

[Luz's eyes widened].

Wow. That sounds like a guy that knows his stuff. I'll take his word for it then!

Korra? I think she was a warmblood, but that was just as well, she absolutely didn't need the blood magic compared to what SHE could do. In her world she'd the Avatar, basically the earthly manifestation of the four elements. What she could do when she wanted to, it was nothing short of amazing!

[Luz was Korra's biggest fan, but more than that, like her little sister, so the wound of losing her was going to linger for a long time].

Is it? I mean I did want it to be, uh, romantic.

[Luz did give the high five, as hot as her face was right now. Sure, she had meant to talk honestly to Lexi when she showed her the place, but she'd also done it to show it was a place for the two of them].

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[vi has not yet met snow, so she is going off of reputation alone, but d's word carries a lot of weight for a few reasons - some more sensible than others, and hearing about korra's powers is a good momentary distraction - stops her grin from getting ridiculous instead of thoughtful - interested.

the idea of being in control of the elements? that's cool. but being them - or at least the idea of them made manifest? cooler, still. one could move mountains with that power - likely literally. it's right up there with speaking to every animal, honestly.]

It's pretty cool how we all seem to have something. Some people keep stuff from home, some people get more than that, but we all stand out.

[she thinks briefly of the few people she has run into that have not yet been able to explore what powers they might have, maybe because they just can't get there yet, or maybe because they don't want to. but those thoughts fade in the wake of palm hitting palm, and there goes her grin getting sappy again. it's a first relationship, luz, how can it not be sweet?]

Did you light a bunch of candles when you did it? Toss flowers and stuff on the floor and furniture? Maybe something with magic light----

[not that any of this is necessary. vi has just been reading some ridiculous books and getting equally fanciful ideas. sometimes they make her sad. in fact - a lot of things seem to be 'dialed up to 11' lately when it comes to feelings, but talking through them makes her feel better, and none of it seems strange in the moment.]

---showing someone a place you call home can be plenty romantic without all that stuff, though. You two ever think about matching ink?

[imaglyphwitch]

[It was funny that Vi would think that specifically about Korra, as that was precisely what Korra had done in building her home with Asami: they had actually carved out a spot where cliffs were already treacherous in such a way that it blended with the other ones, and you only knew where it was if you knew where to look].

I think even the ones that don't, they can learn how to manifest their powers in a way. I know a few people who were brought here with no powers, and they have some pretty great goals for themselves about what they want to do.

[Some were content with being powerless, and Luz respected that too. Personally, anyone who could make a home in Trench were already pretty strong].

I feel like the things you just mentioned might be for a time when we're moving our relationship UP a level.

[Luz was not at that level yet, but hey. She was a girl of the internet age; she knew the kind of thing that would likely come from that set up. But magic light, now THAT was an idea]!

Oh, that wasn't all, but that's another story! And honestly, no. I'm actually not sure what she'll feel about the idea. She can be pretty surprising sometimes!

[faceblocks]

I know a guy like that, too. [she knows a couple, actually - just doesn't realize it.] He seems to be cool with it so far, and he's been here longer than I have. Managed to dodge some of what hit me, too. So maybe that's his power, or maybe it's just down to luck.

[she looks down at her own newest tattoo - the one saeri had done - that had been many long thoughts in the making, even if it had seemed impulsive. maybe ...matching ink wouldn't be as good of an idea as she'd thought. probably a little impulsive, yeah? was it? it's hard for her to tell when her baseline isn't exactly careful.]

Yeah, maybe. What do I know, I'm either moving too fast, too slow or not at all.

...surprising's good, too. [most of the time, anyway. there's always the "oh no" kind of surprising, but she's not focused on that right now.] You're pretty surprising, you know.

[a thought she might have kept to herself otherwise, but there it is, courtesy of an undersea artifact.]

[imaglyphwitch]

What's his name? Maybe I've heard of him!

[Or maybe not: Luz HAD gotten a little behind when it came to the new people who'd started arriving, and she was pretty sure she'd gotten a bit out of the loop by now.

Luz couldn't help marveling at the work of the tattoos though. She and Lexi may not have had any themselves, but one day, who knew]?

Hey, don't say that. You're learning things at your own pace too. It might show some things I wouldn't have figured out!

[Everyone was so older than Luz, so she was sure they'd have some of their own experiences].

Am I? I hope so. I keep doing my best not to mess things up. I've never been in a relationship before. Have you?

[faceblocks]

His name's Sato, and he lives on the water. Which ...right now? Maybe his power really is luck.

[vi is happy to share her work with luz - she will not object to a look through her portfolio, or any of her sketches in progress.]

I'm learning a lot, that's for sure. [flirting too hard, feeling guilty, and doing it all over again - that's what she's been doing - on top of the mess of complicated feelings that resurfaced a few days after she'd arrived - how does one even untangle this?]

Ye---

---no. I don't---

I'm not---

---I don't know.

[imaglyphwitch]

Sato? Hmm. That name sounds familiar.

[It was Asami's last name, but Luz probably hasn't met anyone with that being their first name.

Luz is meanwhile looking over each drawing eagerly, then think of something with Korra].

Actually, I might have an idea for a tattoo. Two actually, now that I think about it.

You and me both!

[Luz notices her hesitations and lets out a small laugh].

Not as easy as you'd think. Trust me, I know.