ripstides: (doubt ❖ where'd you get that?)
perseus "i'm a prostitute of feelings" jackson ([personal profile] ripstides) wrote in [community profile] ataraxion2012-08-18 10:54 pm

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[ alright so, for the record, this pool looks a little bit different (only slightly) than the one that's been in the light of a lot of morbid and mourning focus and he doesn't mean to throw that in anyone's face. it's a different pool but that might not matter to some passengers. still, there's a flash of 007 on the wall somewhere. he's just. he's homesick and water helps.

he'd been telling himself that it didn't matter; missing home, missing his mom, his friends- Annabeth. it does and it doesn't at the same time. today's more of a drag than the rest because it's his birthday and coincidentally, also his anniversary.

this is an attempt at cheering himself up.

anyway, the feed's on because he's a moron and he went to say something to the network, thought he closed it (but he must have missed) when he threw it down on top of his bag. it's sort of a mistake because he has no way of knowing if that piece of technology is waterproof and it's more convenient than he gives it credit for, so it'd suck if something happened. but yes, there's the traditional and predictable sound of a canonball.

whether he surfaces or not remains to be seen, at least until what looks like a contained hurricane kicks up. waves and harsh wind and water everywhere, whipping around. a controlled hazard. even if it's only for five minutes and it drains him, he wants to feel like the ocean's attainable. some part of home is happening even if it reeks like chlorine. it's still a huge pool and it's still water, he's not going to pretend he can choose when he's a beggar. somewhere in this, water manages to knock the device from his bag, sliding until it's tilted and it'd have to be obvious he's the source since he's at the center of the mess.

it starts to recede, slow to a steady spiral, to waves as he swims to the side of the floor he jumped in from. Percy's crossing his arms on the edge, ready to breathe and think for a second when he catches onto the blinking red light and his lips thin out. w e l p. he hasn't told many people of his powers, although, the people he went into the maze with probably saw for themselves already.
] On the plus side, I'm taking the red light to mean it's not water damaged. But I swore I shut that off.

[ an apology, if you squint. a w k w a r d. ] I was going to ask t his later when I was done here but since I'm broadcasting already, guess I'm going to throw it out there. What's a guy gotta trade in order to get a blue cake in a relatively soon, like today manner? Do we even have food coloring here?

I'd pretty much settle for any kind of blue food, since I'm already familiar with how much our variety sucks in space. I'd raid the kitchen on my floor but I don't think anyone wants me to burn it down.
amethysts: (you're the only shape i pray to)

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[personal profile] amethysts 2012-08-19 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
I could try and make food coloring. The downside is it might kill you.

[Libby is vaguely entertained by the fact he's swimming because...she's a terrible person, yes, but also because she's noticed how everyone seems to be swarming over that fucking pool like a bunch of vultures and even she thinks it's disrespectful. She thinks of Chase, the poor kid guarding his damn door, and--she hopes that someone tries to get bitchy about him swimming like a normal person and gets their asses kicked.

It's almost a generous thought. She smiles at the camera, face bare of make-up and hair free of blue.]


Nice water show. Do you do requests?
wolfinthesnow: (Jon - irritated profile)

[personal profile] wolfinthesnow 2012-08-19 06:45 am (UTC)(link)
Food does not come in blue.
wolfinthesnow: (Jon - what what?)

[personal profile] wolfinthesnow 2012-08-19 06:57 am (UTC)(link)
Magic?

[Wait a pause here]

No. Sometimes in high summer there are berries, but they are mostly red.
cons: (☢ υм. yeaн. ѕυre.)

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[personal profile] cons 2012-08-19 06:58 am (UTC)(link)
[ well s h i t son. maybe team jailbait wasn't such a bad idea after all. her retrospect is slightly altered. if that's possible. it is, shut up. ]

There a reason you need a blue cake by today, King Triton?

[ HEEEYYY LITTLE MERMAID JOKE. she almost said Ariel, be grateful. ]
Edited (WHAT ARE WORDS) 2012-08-19 06:59 (UTC)
amethysts: (make me a beast half as brave)

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[personal profile] amethysts 2012-08-19 06:59 am (UTC)(link)
[Libby has learned being set apart, being noticed, is bad. She knew that already, in a way, but belfore when her differences were impossible to deny she had to flaunt them. Now she's going to be good. Be clean-faced and blonde and uncomplicated and hate it every second, but it's safer to be pretty and unassuming than different and defiant.

But she's not bleeding or drunk (just a little buzzed), she's not spitting invective, she's not under all the pressure she guesses Percy knows all about as a sea creature. So sacrifice a little liberty for security. So what.]


Uh, you do look like a dolphin? Or a naiad or something. Whatev--can you like, make me? Water me. That'd be rad. And I promise to test that food on somebody stupid first.
amethysts: (whoever got that brave?)

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[personal profile] amethysts 2012-08-19 07:28 am (UTC)(link)
[One of the nice things about Percy, the reason he came to mind with bitter, wrenching regret when she felt she had to leave him on Strela like everyone else, was that he never looked at her like trash. Not for her hair or turning into water or bright, angry loudness. So she still likes him, real and not faked or played for advantage or just tolerated.

Percy is good people, so she laughs, a thrum in it like wires and her own self:]
Wow, do I actually seem that much of a bitch? Oh, no, you're just showing me a freaking superpower, yeah, I'm gonna whine about it. Buddha, buddy.

...and do you know like, for actual naiads? Or is that a myth thing.
cons: (☢ ѕмυgѕмυgѕмυg.)

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[personal profile] cons 2012-08-19 07:34 am (UTC)(link)
You could. Craving is a reason. [ she doesn't know your dad bro or that you have super powers. you could have just been a LARP kid with a sword, who knows. but. now she does. still, weirdly, the fact that it's his birthday kinda makes her feel... better than she's felt in general over the past few days. it kinda is something worth getting excited about, making it to your birthday on this freaking ship. ]

Well hey, happy birthday, kid. Seventeen, wow. That... definitely explains the grey hair. [ SHE'S BEEN WONDERING OKAY unless it's some fashion statement in his world. huh. hopefully it's not something he's sensitive about. wahwah. ] We should celebrate. I mean, I can't bake a cake, but we could throw a pretty decent- [ pool party. that- shouldn't hurt to think about as much as it does. hhhk, backtrack. ] - decent, ah. Party. Somewhere. If you're up for that.
amethysts: (a dollar at the penny arcade)

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[personal profile] amethysts 2012-08-19 07:54 am (UTC)(link)
That was still rad. Mostly just wanted to know if you could help me prank people. [Her smile is encouraging now, but not patronizing. She doesn't do that except with people she absolutely and utterly despises.] Bet you can figure it eventually. Then our reign of terror will be complete.

And that's rad. [She laughs a little, feathering out her hair with one hand.] Summer camp out of mythology. So it's actually Perseus, for real?

Also I do not know what is up with all your not-swearing superhero dudes around here. Do not.
stimulations: (virtual | what immortal)

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[personal profile] stimulations 2012-08-19 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well, that was a very interesting display, even if it was accidental (perhaps especially so).]

I have something that bears a... really quite startling resemblance to Curaçao, but I'm not sure how appropriate that would be.
northerner: (out of darkness.)

[personal profile] northerner 2012-08-19 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[ da fuq ]

Cakes are not made to be blue.
wolfinthesnow: (Jon - watcher on the wall)

[personal profile] wolfinthesnow 2012-08-19 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
So the cake is not blue without it.
allucinator: (talking: kind of interested actually!)

[personal profile] allucinator 2012-08-20 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
Nah. But I'll sing you happy birthday an' everythin' if you'll tell me what that was about.
amethysts: (a dollar at the penny arcade)

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[personal profile] amethysts 2012-08-20 08:33 am (UTC)(link)
You. Kicked out of school. [Enjoy her disbelief. Then she dips off camera for a few seconds and returns, then stands. She grins crookedly as she starts walking.] What, were you making everyone look bad? P S, you are a superhero, deal with it.

I have a couple. I just thought if I could be in two places at once, you know...

[Endless prank potential. She gets in a lift and leans against the wall as it goes down.] So it's your birthday, huh?

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