http://bonhomme7h.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] bonhomme7h.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] multiversallogs2011-08-08 08:05 pm

It's like paradise, spread out with a butter knife :: [OPEN]

Who: EVERYONE
What: Réjean has decided that more people ought to celebrate and help raise a bit of dosh for one of his favourite bars. See: flyer.
Where: The Apache.
When: Misdi night and into the wee hours of the morning.
Warnings: Discussion of Pickman's manky feet.

The Apache is much the same as it always is: dimly lit, with the jukebox playing in the background, and the bartender serving whatever's on tap. Tonight, the bar is packed with people from all across the city, different cantons and cohorts, all out to celebrate surviving the fungal plague. Patrons are encouraged to buy tickets for a door prize with the proceeds going to repair the damage tunnelling ants made to the cellar.

[identity profile] aldabeyoun.livejournal.com 2011-08-10 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Njoki cocks her head to one side and there's a moment where she looks about to speak, but merely breathes in, doesn't seem satisfied with whatever knowledge she's gained from that exercise, and then comes over to the bar.

"Allô." She's dressed in an old pair of jeans and a t-shirt that shows off both her body type and her scarification. "I'm Ki."

[identity profile] sailorofthefloe.livejournal.com 2011-08-10 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
As she walks, he looks her over, smelling (although not obviously snuffling) and wondering. Canine? No. Huh.

"Asbjørn, hei." Although he's paying more attention to her body language than her words; his own is rather laid back, or as laid back as he gets, anyway.

[identity profile] aldabeyoun.livejournal.com 2011-08-11 11:59 am (UTC)(link)
"S'gorgeous work you've got," she says, referring to his tattoos. "You get it here or at home?"

Njoki is confident, but a bit wary, and reasons that body modification is a good, safe topic. Her own t-shirt has sleeves short enough to show off scarification that starts just below her elbows and travels up under her sleeves.

[identity profile] sailorofthefloe.livejournal.com 2011-08-11 12:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Body modification is a good topic. And despite his reserves meeting someone very like him in this brave new world, it's also one he rarely shuts up about when started. "Thanks. At home -I'm a tattoo artist myself, so I get to meet some good people. And if you think someone is good normally, they don't tend to piss around with someone in the know."

If she looks them over a few times, Ki may notice one recurring animal in particular. There's the outline of a bear on one arm, filled with spiral knotwork. On the other a bear and cub with stars above and surrounding them; a more pictorial rendering of Ursa Major and Minor.

[identity profile] aldabeyoun.livejournal.com 2011-08-11 01:49 pm (UTC)(link)
"Makes sense." Njoki's eyes tend to do well in dim light and she's able to make out a reoccurring theme. Much of her own scarification tells out a similar story, but it's really only recognizable to others who know how to read her markings. "You planning to set up shop here?"

Some of her conjure can be made permanent if the symbols are tattooed on a person and Ki has been looking for a good place to send referrals to.

[identity profile] sailorofthefloe.livejournal.com 2011-08-11 01:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'll be looking for a place to work out of, yeah. My kit was the thing that came with me." Which was handy! But he's not a very material person, or one to hold on to sentiment, so he's glad it was something useful.

Oh, he would be all over that.

[identity profile] aldabeyoun.livejournal.com 2011-08-11 02:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"Me too. I don't tattoo, but my work kit came as well. When you're settled and have a portfolio, I'd like to chat sometime, eh?" Now that she's spoken with him a little, Njoki is more comfortable offering a hand to shake. "I do conjure, sort of folk magic, and a strong trick sometimes needs inkwork to set it."

[identity profile] sailorofthefloe.livejournal.com 2011-08-11 02:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, sure," he says, shaking hands, and glad this is going well. It's also better to swing by and get to know the neighbours somewhere a bit more quiet.

"I know a little bit myself but I never had the knack for things like my Tante Ingrid." Or the concentration, as she would say (lovingly, in her tough love way).

[identity profile] aldabeyoun.livejournal.com 2011-08-11 02:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm over in Mafaton. If you don't mind the neighbours being other than human, business poor during the day, there's really great places to stay." It's not always the greatest neighbourhood, but the bigger the windows in the apartment, the lower the rent and that's how Njoki and Pickman have been able to find and rent a large, airy flat.

"Most of the canton is underground, anyway."

[identity profile] sailorofthefloe.livejournal.com 2011-08-11 02:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'd feel pretty hypocritical if I did," he says, with a little shrug. In other words, he's fine with other supernatural types and he may as well acknowledge what they're both thinking. "Been a while since I lived in a big city, though. It'll take a bit of getting used to." Smells. Noises. General vibe. Possible lack of seal meat, which is a sad thing.

[identity profile] aldabeyoun.livejournal.com 2011-08-11 03:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"There's some forest in Sobek Croix and if you don't mind a journey, there's breathing room outside the city proper." The farmland is too regular and too populated for Njoki's preference, Spatters is worth nosing through, but it's not safe, even for her, and then there's the fog. She hasn't been close to it, but if it's anything like what she felt coming up off those mirrors in the Candlelighter house it's not a thing she ever wants to experience.

"For me, I need space to run."

[identity profile] sailorofthefloe.livejournal.com 2011-08-11 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"I doubt I'll be able to find what I really like, but forest is good. Maybe a quiet part of the river." Not a frozen tundra in sight, but then again he never really gets that unless he visits Svalbard. Snow-laden forests, or forests at night, are an acceptable substitute. Speaking of which. "I'm going to take a guess it's late summer here?"

[identity profile] aldabeyoun.livejournal.com 2011-08-11 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"As far as I can tell. It's pretty mild here, but I'm used to Canadian winters." Njoki may have grown up in Nigeria, but she's been in Quebec for years and slowly adjusted. It's a little known fact, but giant hyena monsters love snow and are particularly fond of chasing squirrels through deep snowbanks.

[identity profile] sailorofthefloe.livejournal.com 2011-08-11 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, I'm from the north of Norway. I'll just have to cross my fingers and hope for snow." A glacier is possibly asking for too much, but he can live and dream.

[identity profile] aldabeyoun.livejournal.com 2011-08-12 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"We'll have to see, eh?" Njoki's not too sure how the city would deal with a heavy snowfall. So many of streets are odd, narrow, unploughable things that hairpin around, but if they could clean them, at least the snow can get dumped into the river.