[log] Art star [closed]

[0thingsonmymind]

Characters: Aigis, Brian, Jade, Luna...any one else who ends up in the post office
Location Post Office
Date: Day/Night 114
Summary: Reuions and meet ups and Stuff
Warnings: Brian's general mental illness. Will add if anything else comes up.

Brian has spent a good amount of time drawing on the walls, counters and floor of the post office before anyone arrives. The art contains a lot of his normal trees, tall faceless men and crossed out Os, but there are also a few balls of death tentacles and beaks and one big green circle thats been scribbled over in charcoal.

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[0thingsonmymind]

*He spent a good part of yesterday drawing on the walls of the post office but he's not done. There's still more space to cover, and defacing property making murals made it so much easier to phase out and lose himself into the static in his mind. So much better than the thoughts and feelings that came up when he was idle. Than the hurt he wasn't equipped to deal with or even understand.

He'll pause his arting when he gets company and go to sit in a corner, next to his stuff (and to stare at his company), but eventually he'll return to it. Its better this way.*

[brokethefirst]

[She's the second one back to the post office sometime in the early evening, coughing miserably into her elbow as she pushes the doors open from the ice tunnels. The starts of the mural had caught her eye when she'd passed through earlier in the day, though she hadn't stopped to see where Brian had been hiding at the time. Now, she merely raises a hand as he backs off into the corner, offering a sympathetic smile.]

It's only me, Brian. You don't have to stop, okay?

[See, she's even pulling her tablet out, just for you.]

I saw this earlier... What are you drawing?

[0thingsonmymind]

*At least he recognizes her. That's better than a total stranger intruding on him, he guesses. He still retreats to his stuff, but at least its partly to get his tablet.*

pic tur es

*Yep, that sure answers that question.*

[eclecticbassist]

Brian!

[ HELLO FRIEND HOPE YOU LIKE TACKLEHUGS

It's pretty late in the day when Jade arrives, so he might have resumed his drawing by now. In which case he is definitely falling because she's still carrying her Stuff. Oops. ]

[0thingsonmymind]

*He's gone back to doodling, lost in his own world, but he pauses as she shouts. He doesn't have enough time to fully realize what's happening before she's on him. He hits the ground and for a second struggles to get away before stopping.

This was okay. It was just Jade. It was fine.

He makes a little...uncertain but possibly happy noise. For the moment he can handle this.*

[eclecticbassist]

Oh my god - Sorry! I should have given you more warning, hehe.

[ She scrambles off of him only to go for another hug, squeezing a little before finally freeing him. For real this time. ]

I just really missed you. [ Jade is super jazzed to see her bestest snowbuddy, so she's already on her feet and offering Brian a hand. ]

[0thingsonmymind]

*He starts to sit up but freezes again at the hug. He is not sure what this is or why he's not completely against it.

It takes him a moment to realize what the offered hand is for, but once he does he takes it to help himself up. And then just sorta stands there, unsure what to do.
But, notably, not letting go of her hand. Its not clear if he forgot about the contact already or if he's okay with it.*

[eclecticbassist]

[ The hand-holding will continue until further notice!! ]

What are you drawing - Oh. [ Brian pls now she feels extra bad about leaving you all alone :'( ]

Is that... a horrorterror? And the Green Sun?

[0thingsonmymind]

*Sadly further notice is now, as he has to let go so he can go retreive his tablet.*

itis
may be

i cannot getit out ofmy
head

*Both the beastie that ate Jade and the word that it repeated.*

[eclecticbassist]

Hm.

[ This is really weird. The Green Sun was destroyed, so why would (something pretending to be) a horrorterror bring it up? ]

Well, the Green Sun is gone now, if that makes it easier to... I don't know, stop fixating on it? It's probably not important. Oh! Speaking of drawing - [ Jade fishes for her own tablet and then sits on the floor. You're gonna want to take a seat, my dude. ]

I talked to Tim a few days ago; he does not sound... entirely opposed to the idea of letting me help your friend. I even have an idea!

[0thingsonmymind]

the monster anomaly that





ate
you
kept say ing

*He sits down near her...nearer than usually. Clearly its just so he can see her tablet, though. No other reason. Or that's what he tells himself*

help h o w
?

[eclecticbassist]

I think - well, first of all, I think it can be safely removed. I have a friend back home who can do all kinds of stuff with souls and whatnot. And I know that I can make a robotic body for it to inhabit once we get out of here!

[ Because They Will, duh. Even if Dirk's powers are a bust, ghosts can live in robots, right? Maybe the same principle applies to vaguely supernatural alternate personalities. ]

I already have some ideas, but you know it better than I do. Do you have any suggestions?

[ fucking bEHOLD ]

[0thingsonmymind]

*A seperate body for Masky, huh? That sounds good, except--*

whydoes
he
have tobe re moved
?

oth er tim w r o n g tim shouldbe
re moved

[eclecticbassist]

Well, Tim was here first.

[ That's not an effective argument though, so Jade engages the puppy notdog face. ]

And I like him! I'd be really upset if he was gone.

[ Brian. Buddy. Think about it.

Look at that face.

Don't crush her dreams. ]

[0thingsonmymind]

but wrong tim
tim with face
should haveto move

*Or would Masky prefer a robot? Without the wrong face...*

may be
asked
which wouldwant

[eclecticbassist]

Oh, I definitely plan on bouncing some ideas off of it the next time it's around!

[ Which hopefully isn't anytime soon, for Tim's sake. :( ]

A robot body would be more comfortable anyway, right? You can customize it however you want - uh, not that you need one.

[0thingsonmymind]

*Good. He had a feeling she wouldn't completely ignore Masky's side of things here, its nice to know it wasn't wrong.*

ihave nev er thoughtof
ro bot bo dy
be fore

i donot think we
had
those wherei came from

[eclecticbassist]

Robots like that aren't very common where I come from, either; I'd even guess that I was the only one with that kind of technology.

See, I used to sleepwalk when I was really young, so my Grandpa built a robot to do it for me. That's how I got the idea to help your friend! It activated whenever I fell asleep, which is kind of like blacking out. And then I thought about how my friends could help once we get out of here.

Is there a reason you think Tim should be the one to move, though? He seems more attached to his body than the other guy.

[0thingsonmymind]

*A robot for sleep walking? That sounds...he doesn't know. He's not sure how it'd even work, but he believes it worked for her. It might just be a 'her world' thing, though.

She seems really excited about this idea, though. It probably wouldn't hurt to let her think about it. If there's even the tiniest possibility...but then would Masky even go for it? He has no idea.*

be cause heis a lie
heis wrong one
friend
tim with mask no face is
cor rect

*In some twisted way, the affection that orginal-flavor Brian felt for non-masked Tim has transferred to Masky. They were both born of the same sort of thing, after all. So in his mind Masky is 100% the correct Tim and has first dibs on the body. Even though Masky himself seems to regard Tim as the original/host.*

[athenashand]

[Aigis doesn't reach the post office until closer to nighttime. She'd intended on going by the computer store first, but after searching the café and taking some time to gather her bearings, she decided it would be safer to travel in a straight line along the wall for now.

She didn't expect to run into people, from the apparent difficulty of navigating the town. Her uniform offers little protection from the cold (which she's somehow much more aware of now), so she's relieved to be inside, but she doesn't want to intrude.

So her first words are:] I'm sorry. I didn't realize there were people here already.

[brokethefirst]

[She's off to stay out of Brian's way for the most part, a coughing bundle of fabric huddled in the doorway to the back office of the building. Logically, her symptoms were simple and easy enough to treat in a human. But she wasn't SUPPOSED to be human. She couldn't GET sick. And yet here she was, flushed and exhausted and unable to relieve the scratching ache in her throat. Perhaps she'd caught something from Clayton? None of it makes sense, so staying her distance to quietly turn her thoughts over seemed like the best option.

When she sees the doors open again and hear a voice that's surprisingly familiar, though, she can't help but force herself back up to her feet, trying to wave her down before Brian became too anxious.]

N-no, don't worry about that... Shelter is shelter, regardless of company.

You're... Aigis, aren't you?

[athenashand]

[Aigis knows that voice! She doesn't quite understand what Luna means by her motioning, but she decides it would be wisest to approach someone familiar rather than the other two in the building. She gives Brian and Jade a passing glance on her way over to Luna.] Yes, I'm Aigis. We spoke earlier today.

[She seems a little excited about that fact, even if the expression of it in her words is lacking some fluency.]

[brokethefirst]

That's right. I'm Luna.

[She extends a hand out to shake, if the blonde is comfortable doing so... though her eyes flicker to the metal band crisscrossing her head. It looks... hollow? Was it a trick of the light, maybe?]

It's so good to see you, Aigis. Were you able to find anything with the screen in the cafe earlier?

[brokethefirst]

[She's joined the post office crew early in the evening after a failed attempt at maneuvering the ice spires, seemingly uncaring about Brian's artistic flares and mainly huddling in the doorway of the office, her face pale and her limbs shaking. Really, she feels awful, but the best thing to do is keep her distance from anyone else until she can figure out just what's wrong with her.

She'll still offer a gentle smile if approached, though she looks very, very tired.]