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baedalites ([personal profile] baedalites) wrote in [community profile] multiversallogs2012-03-31 08:21 pm

birds singing in the sycamore tree

As night falls on Baedal, the city is almost quiet. The streets have a few last minute workers returning home, but by now, most citizens have already gone by the temples and picked up their vurt, ready to lay down and dream.

After placing a not-feather in one's mouth, there's a moment where it fizzes against the tongue before sliding coolly down the back of the throat and pulling the user down into sleep. A series of impressions, more sensation than anything concrete, appears before the user and this is how one chooses which Dreamer to enter.
requiresssacrifice: Flashback Rex has mixed feelings. (!flashback: ambivalent)

[personal profile] requiresssacrifice 2012-04-05 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
He considers the pros and cons of lying. Pro: it keeps people from knowing too much about him. Con: several already know about his history, and secrets always have a way of getting out. That's a lesson he's learned the hard way on the Barge, and it's stuck with him. Such a detail isn't worth making himself look untrustworthy in the future.

"Memories long past," he says, looking down at the silver caduceus pinned to his lapel. He rubs his thumb over it. "But I wasn't cut out for military life, so it didn't exactly stick." Wryly, he adds, "There's a lot more creativity in private contracting."
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[personal profile] bodilesswarrior 2012-04-07 10:02 am (UTC)(link)
Barbara nods, determinedly ignoring the fleeting guilt of her own deceit.

"Better to get out while you can, if it's not what you want." She considers, for a moment; she can at least offer something sincere.

"I know it's not the same, but - that's one reason I forwent police training. Bit too rigid."
requiresssacrifice: REX DRINKS ALCOHOL SOMETIMES. HE'S A COOL GUY. (drinking)

[personal profile] requiresssacrifice 2012-04-14 04:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Rex nods, then chuckles softly. "Although I can't imagine politics is free from rigidity, either." He cants his head slightly. "Super hero, police officer, politician... You seem to have a passion for public service. It's admirable."

Or a sucker's game. But he can't exactly make friends if he says what he really thinks.
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[personal profile] bodilesswarrior 2012-04-16 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
She grins ruefully. "One reason I only had the one term." She drifts downwards, the tips of her toes just brushing the surface.

"Thanks; first time I've heard vigilantism called public service, though."