heyfreemagic | All in all you're just another brick in the wall [ Open ]

[ So this is new. He may or may not have had a mini hysterical breakdown in the room where he woke up but- he suits up and tries to get it together. The first time he stretches his mind out for D and finds him gone, even though he knew it wasn't gonna work, he twitches hard against a spike of panic and-

is-

Somewhere else?

This is also new. this is terrifying in it's newness. He goes from a stark, clinical room to the top of a building-
There's a fountain. It's very pretty. He's VERY FREAKED OUT. Another stumbling step and he's

Not there-

anymore he's somewhere else. A library? WHAT THE FUCK? WHERE THE HELL IS HE? Someone's there.
He sees someone there and he reaches out for an answer, for a solution for any fucking thing at all and-

isn't there anymore. He's in a bedroom.

Then a school.

Then an abandoned lot.

Then he's there, RIGHT THERE, all tan armor and crackling voice over the radio, scared and startled and unable to fucking understand what the HELL IS GOING ON and he catches a hold of someone. Anyone. Whoever's closest. Clings and shakes them and says- ]

You're gonna give me some sane answers right the fuck now-

[ But he's gone.

He's gone and he's taken whoever he's grabbed with him and this time? This time he's wiped. This time he STOPS.
Mostly because he's stuck with his arm half in and half out of a wall, forced to stand while his HUD and the healing
unit blare angry noises at him about pressure and potential crush injury if he moves the wrong way. Caught like a
fish he lets go of whoever and scrabbles, trying to dig his arm out. ]

Oh god oh god oh shit oh god someone get me OUT OF HERE!

[ ooc: York is porting himself all around Freesia due to not knowing how his magic works! YAY! If you want him to port into your character's room, bedroom, bathroom, place of employ, whichever just toss them up and assume he's popped up there. If you want your character to have been grabbed by him and stuck in the middle of nowhere with his arm stuck in a wall, go for it! ]

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[She lets him lean on her for a while, assuming he's probably tired out, both from the constant magic-use, and also, well. That did look like it'd be quite the stressful experience.

After a while of them just standing there, she looks down, smiling a bit.] There, see? You seem to have it under control now. No warping at all!

Warping, huh? Felt more like getting yanked around by my spine. And I'm...supposed to be able to control it?

[ Probably been leaning a little too long but- something about her makes him feel safe. it's. Strange but he's gonna go with it. Though he does reach up to crack his helmet and comb his hair back, blinking up at her with a smile. ]

You're really soothing, you know that?

You get used to warping after a while! At least, you do if it's anything like the warping I did. ...Which it's probably not, really!

[She chuckles a little, though stops when he takes off his helmet. Definitely human, so that's good to know, but. The obvious scarring is a bit distressing. Now's probably not the time to wonder about it, though.]

Still, I wouldn't worry too much. Magic's something you have to practice at to get the hang of it. Just like being soothing for when people need it!

Usually when teleportation happens back home there's a device involved- kind of like a green gate you walk through and there's a preprogrammed destination. It's like a door where you come out the other side lightyears away.

[ Oh that's a nice laugh. And smile. Wow. He's probably been standing too close for too long but it feels- nice. Kind of grounding. God, how long since he's just been around a person and not worried about getting arrested, turned in, or shot? Forever. ]

Think I've had enough practice for one day. It was a pain trying to get back to you after the first...five, six times?

Ah, you must be from another universe, then. Or at least another time. We have warp pads, where I'm from. You stand on them, and can go to any other warp pad that's linked into the system!

[He seems calm enough now, so she pulls her hand off his shoulder, and steps out of the small crater.]

Sounds like you could use some rest, then! Do you have anywhere to stay? Or at least a name for me to call you?

See- I thought that earlier when I ran into a green woman that called herself Peridot and she mentioned the subjugation of humanity that multiple universes must be a thing but she didn't make me feel near as calm about the possibility.

[ If anything she'd wound him up more. Okay. out of the crater without going crazy, he can do this. He steps up and doesn't step- well, through time and space, and is pleased to remain at her side. ]

Uh- no. I kind of just arrived here about an hour ago? And my name's York. It's nice to meet you.

Peridot isn't a good person. I don't know her that well, but I can promise you, she doesn't have humanity's best interest in mind.

[Her tone gets just a bit colder at the mention of her. A pretty stark change from the quiet, calming voice she's been mostly sticking with up til now. Still, she brightens back up again quickly enough.]

Nice to meet you too, York! You should probably come by the apartment complex, then. There's plenty of spare rooms there, and I'm sure no one would mind another neighbor!

Yeah I kinda figured that with how she went on about describing herself in terms I heard about the Covenant back home.

[ And that ended in war. It should probably be a little chilling, that sudden drop, that flash of stern irrtation but- honestly? It's familiar for York and all the more comforting. Man. Why didn't he run into Rose first? It'd make this whole thing a lot easier to deal with. ]

I don't have to sign a lease or anything? I mean- usually there's a process to getting an apartment.

This 'Covenant' probably isn't good news either then, I take it.

[Rose is more pleasant to be around than Peridot. Truly, no one could have predicted this startling turn of events.]

...I have absolutely no idea! I just moved in with Greg, and it doesn't seem like there was much of a hassle. Really, the whole place seems deserted!

Kind of almost wiped us out in the war. It got rough.

[ And he'd done fuck and all at the tail end to help anyone. Yeah- not thinking about that. Gonna walk with a pretty lady instead. ]

...See that's probably a bad sign and- Greg? Ooooh. You got a guy? [ He'll take a half step to the left, give them a little more polite distance. ] That's pretty great if it's that simple.

I've seen plenty of wars, and they're very rarely not rough.

[She shoots him a curious look as he moves away, not quite sure why he suddenly felt the need to. Hardly anything worth worrying about, though.]

Mhm! Me and Mr. Universe have been together for quite a few years now. This place is hardly ideal circumstances, but. It's nice to be able to live with him!

Is that a nickname like 'darling' or 'honeybear' or is that actually his name? Because I gotta meet this Greg Universe guy. [ Sounds like a cool dude and- aw. Together for years. That just tugs on something small and warm and envious in the pit of his gut that he also represses immediately. ] That's really sweet, Rose.

Oh, it's both! He's a wonderful, kind, sweet, and caring man... I'm really lucky to have met him. [Just look at her face lighting up while she talks about him! It's clear how much she cares for the guy.] I'll have to introduce you sometime!

I'd like to meet him. He must be something special if he's making you smile like that.

[ It's everything he'd wanted for himself and Carolina. Everything he never really got. ]

He is. I've never met a human that makes me feel like he does before! And considering how many humans I've known, that really is saying something.

I'm glad that meeting Peridot first hasn't seemed to have influenced your opinion of me, though. She's a very different kind of Gem, than I am.

You're not...human? [ Maybe she was just a tall human. that smelled like flowers. And had massive hair. That's all and-

Oh.

Oh shit she's an alien. A nice alien!

A hard light GEM thing and she was warm and solid and not a hallucination and- ]

That's ni-

[ He's startled into a full body flinch before he can calm his ass down and then? he's gone. ]

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