your eyes are broken bottles [ 2024 catchall ]

[lunardreaming]

who: lucy kushinada (lunardreaming) + others
when: all throughout 2024
where:
what: 2024 catchall, open quest starters
warnings: will add as necessary




[ note: open starters will be posted in the comments! if you'd like to do something with Lucy, hit me up at cosmonautdelta ]

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for koujaku⸻

[lunardreaming]

( continued from here )

Used to a big city, yeah. Looks just like home, except for all the magic shit.

[ The tiniest hint of amusement enters Lucy's voice. Koujaku looks like he's picking a place a lot less neon than everywhere else, which says a lot about him. Lucy will indulge him rather than dragging him to a club with a name like AMORE or TRIP or FLASHBANG with rainbow flashing lights and naked people of questionable genders in cages. However tempting it is.

The bar is less well-traveled, only a few people inside, and quieter than most other places. Lucy picks a table near the window so she can watch outside. The bartender looks to be AI, their face a cacophony of glowing eyes. ]

If you're into stimulants, a lot of the places here offer drinks with them. It's called Verve.

[hairkink]

( it's obvious he's out of place. This is more Noiz's style for sure — neon lights and AI servers. It makes him feel like he's in a game of Rhyme and he fucking hates it.

But there's a cute girl here, showing him the ropes, helping him ease into this new reality. Koujaku might not be a tech savvy guy, but he'd still take this over trying to figure out the weird magic shit.

He sits down. Pulls Beni, the little red robot bird, and perches him on his shoulder. He doesn't wake up yet, but that's probably for the best, he just doesn't want him falling out and getting lost in this madness, and orders a whiskey neat. )

I'm good, I think. I don't need to get amped up. ( It would be... bad for everyone. ) Some dumbass I know would love this place. Should have dragged him here instead of me.

[lunardreaming]

[ Lucy thinks she's had a similar thought, actually. About other members of Maine's crew seeming more suited to being here than her. Maybe Kiwi would have figured everything out by now. Maybe Dorio would have no-bullshitted her way to solving shit. Maybe David--

Maybe David would be watching all the magic here with stars in his eyes. He'd be friends with everybody already. He'd love it here; this softer landing, this more supportive society.

Ruthlessly, Lucy shoves those thoughts away, and says: ]

Whiskey, right? BRB.

[ It takes the work of thirty seconds to order at the bar and get their drinks, because AI bartenders are ruthlessly efficient. Lucy returns with Koujaku's whiskey, and a cocktail in a tall glass for her. ]

Cute bird. [ Lucy's cool tone doesn't reveal whether she's being genuine or poking fun. ] Don't know anybody else that's brought a pet with them all the way through the portal.