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[grcycosmcs]

CHARACTERS // alex claremont-diaz , calico , edward cullen , katniss everdeen , kip grady , morgan gillory , tilly , wylan van eck

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as of 5/31

[lcngliive]

ophelia stone & calico ( @grcycosmcs )

it was the first time in years that ophelia had been able to breathe freely, but she was still on edge. "I don't know if life will ever feel the same, not after what people like us have gone through," ophelia was glad to see a familiar face in the city, at least one who understood what she was feeling.

[grcycosmcs]

" probably not , " calico replies with a shrug. despite the somewhat grim subject , she allows herself relax into her seat. this is the most neutral conversation that she's had with a former panem citizen since being here , & at this point , she's glad to even have that. " but what can we do – talk to a therapist ? yeah , no thank you. "

[wvsteria]

kaz wondered if that was something he had told them before but kaz hadn't been listening or paying enough attention. too busy trying to work on their heist and to get his revenge. "money.. it's always money isn't it?" he primed as he glanced sideways towards him. "what would you say if i offered you a way to make money. more than whatever you make now."

[grcycosmcs]

" well that would depend on what it would require me to do , " wylan replies , a bit cautious. he's not closed to other opportunities in the slightest , but he doesn't even know the other's name , so he's not sure why he's being granted such an offer from a stranger. they feel that it's best to be wary for the time being , at least in regards to what this money-making method might entail. floating one of the tamer possibilities , they ask , " it's not a pyramid scheme , is it ? "

[tragcdysewn]

"maybe i'll come back and ask you about what types you'd recommend." the girl is very helpful, and seems to know a lot about what she's talking about. if she can't have her mother's advice, at least it would be nice to hear from someone with some knowledge. melinoë looks at the plant with a faint smile. "it's beautiful, i think zagreus would love it."

[grcycosmcs]

" that would be good , " tilly replies at the voiced possibility. she's not sure if the other means it , or if she's just trying to appease her for the time being , but she's happy with this outcome nonetheless. " i'm glad that he'd like it , " she continues. " is zagreus your brother's name then ? "

[mischiefxmuses]

"Not from here either?" He asked with interest. Someone must be truly from this city or this world. "This culture is new to me. All of it. Music. Literature, holidays. All of it. Any tricks or tips are welcome. Before I go somewhere i do as much research as I can, unfortunately this time didnt have the opportunity..." last thing he remembered was Oshas lightsaber, black then being here.

[grcycosmcs]

" no , i'm from los angeles , on the complete opposite coast , " morgan responds. " you're going to want to be more specific than that with me though. i have eidetic memory , & i will absolutely stand here & recite pretty much everything that i've ever learned about this city unless you stop me , " she warns. " which , i mean , is mostly fine by me , but people don't tend to enjoy that very much in my experience. "

[wvsteria]

"yeah, i don't know why. i guess... when i got here i just felt like i shouldn't waste whatever opportunity i got again." if she couldn't live out her life before she owed it to herself to do everything she could now. it kept her busy, but they didn't mind the work. "yeah a year but i think it'll be worth it."

[grcycosmcs]

" i think so too , " katniss agrees. their words about not wasting this opportunity since getting here has held onto her attention though , leaving her curious. " i don't think that i ever asked , but was it the school that brought you here or did that come later ? because i know that you didn't always live here either. "

[misteriios]

alec's arms folded over his chest. an eyebrow raised ❝ who knows at this point. might be too late after over thousand years ❞ it wasn't that he tried to. if it happens, it happens. he won't focus too much on it ❝ even if you do, nobody will trust you have ❞

[grcycosmcs]

" i can't argue with that , " edward admits. " still , it might be worth the try. " he doesn't want to discourage alec from changing if it would be for the greater good. " you should want to do it for yourself anyway , right ? so who cares if some people don't trust it. there are plenty of others that exist who don't know you as you are now anyway. "

[wvsteria]

lace never remembered how strange it must be for people to see her until it happened. until she was met again with the fact she'd died and the horrible memories that came along with it. "i don't know how i made it here but... I've been in this city for some time after i died... people come back to life here."

[grcycosmcs]

" & we're supposed to pretend that's normal ? " calico replies , taken aback by the given information. she adds , " i'm glad to see you , don't get me wrong. but none of this seems real. " she laughs then – a dry , humorless sound. " damn , maybe i've gone insane. after all these years , maybe it's all finally gotten to me. "

[tearstodust]

@grcycosmcs sent : 🎹 + 121 ( for eddie & alex ) ; princesses don't cry - carys

" always the first to tell me i'm wrong. " eddie shakes his head amusingly. while he was probably annoyed for all of two seconds, he doesn't mind it anymore. if anything, it's always a good way to break the ice, and it's not like it was anything all that serious. " if i buy you a drink, will that be enough to let it go ? pretend it never happened, the whole nine yards. "

[grcycosmcs]

" hm , you drive a hard bargain , " alex responds lightheartedly before he feigns a moment of deliberation. " well , i can't say no to a free drink , so you got yourself a deal , " he continues , though he doesn't actually intend to let it get that far. he has no problem paying for his own order , but he holds out a hand to signal for a shake to the agreement anyway , for show. " consider it forgotten. "

[grcycosmcs]

🌈 kidcore: how was their childhood? if they never had a childhood/never were a child, would they want to have a kid of their own? // old muse kip

per canon , kip had a fairly good childhood. he lived in a stable brooklyn household with both parents involved in his life , & he was especially close to his father. he also got along well with his older sister growing up despite their four year age difference. he found his place amongst his peers , even when he internally began to doubt that he didn't always fit in with them. he spent plenty of time around the city , & he was generally a pretty happy kid. i don't think that he'd be entirely opposed to a child of his own one day either , but it would certainly have to be down the line when he's feeling more settled down.

meme cleanout || from tragcdysewn

[misteriios]

@grcycosmcs sent: 🎹 + 5 ( for alec & edward )

❝ i've been trying to change, but i end up in the same damn place again ❞ alec sighed. maybe some people were doomed to never being able to change. he doesn't think it was about free will sometimes ❝ guessing not all of us can, no matter if we want to, but can be people who doesn't allow us to ❞

song: born with a broken heart by damiano david

[grcycosmcs]

" it takes time , " edward replies. he's not sure whether he'd ever be able to trust the other – it would be difficult considering how easily the twins could incapacitate people – but he doesn't think that it's impossible for him to change in some aspects at least. " if you really want to change , you'll figure it out eventually. "

[tragcdysewn]

she appreciates the topic change, talking about panem for too long is never a pleasant thing to do, and they're sure the other feels the same way. "it's a statement. a reminder that people aren't angry enough." if more people had been angry back then, maybe panem would never have risen.

[grcycosmcs]

tilly nods as though the other's answer makes sense to her. she knows that a lot of art is meant to have meaning or purpose , often carrying a strong message , but yet she's never been great at reading between the lines. " it looks good , " she states in compliment. " do you do this sort of thing a lot ? "

[playernctpuck]

@grcycosmcs 🎹 + 94 ( for scott & kip )

"'Cause I can see you waitin' down the hall from me," Scott had not been expecting any of it. Not a lot of people did that, waited for him in the slightest, but he recognised the other right off the bat. He did meet a lot of people, but he was good with faces. So, he liked to pride himself on. Scott clicked his fingers, right away, pointing towards him. "You're the smoothie guy, yeah? Man. I couldn't wait to see you again. That smoothie, it changed my life. Cleared my head. Helped me think better. Are you still on that business here?" He didn't know if he had the wrong person. Did he? Scott knew it was about to turn into a very awkward talk if so.

#94 - i can see you by taylor swift

[grcycosmcs]

smoothie guy ... that's what he's being reduced to , really ? kip had heard rumors that people can be made to forget here , their memories stripped from their minds & replaced with new ones. he hadn't expected to experience the situation himself , but that must be what's happening here. because if not – if scott is simply pretending to know him only as the guy from a smoothie shop – then that might completely break him. surely though , the other's not so cruel as to act as if they're near strangers. so , he forces a smile , one that obviously fails to reach his eyes. " that's me , " he says , a little weak. he clears his throat before continues , " i can't say that i'm still in the business though , sorry. you'll have to get your smoothies elsewhere. "

[tragcdysewn]

"there most certainly is, but i don't think you want to hear it." that much has been made abundantly clear in the course of this conversation with katniss, and she isn't going to push any more than she already has. "we're both stubborn in our own ways, my dear. it's why we get along so well."

[grcycosmcs]

" well , you're right on both accounts there. so maybe you do know me after all , " katniss replies dryly. however , it's clear that she isn't truthfully convinced , despite the words. " though i really wouldn't say that we're getting along right now. or , we just have very different definitions for that. "

[grcycosmcs]

debated reposting the meme except that i don't use spotify & i have old music asks sitting in my inbox anyway kajsndkas but !! i figure that it wouldn't hurt to send some out so !! like for a number or two !!

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[grcycosmcs]

@shad0wl0rdmaul cont'd from HERE

morgan doesn't go out to drink very often , especially not by herself. while she has her vices , alcohol isn't exactly one of them. that instead comes in the form of sugar & documentaries. however , she's not really here to drink anyway , instead at the bar to gather information about the bartender working that evening. she had meant to appear slightly inebriated as she made her way to the counter , but the clatter of the other's glass hitting the floor had been entirely unintentional. " whoops. that was an accident , " she starts earnestly. she collects the bigger shards from between the stools & tosses them in the trash can on the other side of the man with an apology to the employee. she takes her seat before turning back to the other patron. " what were you drinking ? i probably owe you a new one. "

[playernctpuck]

"Something like that. Only, if I ever had a kid, I'd let them do whatever they wanted to do. Choose their own path, you know? I'd never want them to feel the pressure that I did to follow in Phil's footsteps." It was more than just pressure, really, but there was a part of the story that Garrett did not know if he'd ever be ready to tell someone. Maybe there were parts of him that were not meant to be seen by anyone except for himself, and that was fine. "Probably not. He played in the seventies. They wouldn't know him," And lucky for them that they didn't, Garrett thought, but did not put said thought out there. "He was. In and out of the ice, too." He'd leave it at that. Just the thought of his father ever showing his face in DC? No. "Nah, I'm a forward. Centre. I couldn't do what he did." Not just for one reason. He had plenty, because the less he was like his father, the better. " Thanks. I try to keep the guys all focused and motivated. Halfway point to winning, isn't it?" Garrett continued to nod, happily grinning. "It'd be no problem at all. How long ago?" Garrett admitted that he was curious.

[grcycosmcs]

kip isn't initially sure how to respond. the other's words imply that his father must have been just as intense off the ice as he probably was on it. he hadn't considered how passion might translate to pressure within certain contexts. since he's lucky to have grown up with very supportive parents himself , he sometimes forgets that not everyone had that. " that sounds like a good plan , " he replies. " i'm sure that they'd appreciate any encouragement , even if they don't have the same love for the sport. " the other goes on to confirm what he'd suspected , both about the lack of overlap in boston & about the earlier assumption of his father's insistence. he doesn't want to pry too much into the other's personal life , so he simply gives a knowing nod of his head. " i should've guessed that you were a centre , " he says with a chuckle. " every player that i've ever talked to is a centre. " not that the list is very long , but it's enough for him to recognize a pattern. " & actually , they've all been captains at one point or another , too. " it's a little funny if he thinks about it. " i don't think i've gone to a game since i lived in new york though , so it's been three years , give or take ? it's definitely been a while. "