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@hnakvsrp continued from here.

Elva sighs softly and rubs at her eyes, leaning against him. “I dunno… I feel like there’s supposed to be something important today… but I can’t remember what no matter how hard I try…”

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Bucky strokes her cheek, trying to think. “You’re asking the wrong guy to remember dates. Do you write stuff down on a calendar?”

“Most of the new things yes, but I’m not good at remembering to put the yearly things on the calendar,” she says as she closes her eyes at the touch. “They taunt me.”

[hnakvsrp]

"Well..." Bucky trails off, trying to think of what to say. "If it's important, someone will tell us, right? So nothing we need to worry too much about..."

[hnakvsrp]

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“I’m afraid if I don’t I’ll drop the mixing bowl,” Xia says as she whisks away at the bowl with such intense concentration that her tongue was beginning to stick out.

Hank chuckles. “Try setting it on the counter, then. You’d just have to hold it still.”

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“Let me see.” Hank leans over to test the consistency of the batter. “Yeah, that’s done. Do you want to pour it into the mold?”

“Sure!” Xia says and brings the mold over. “Next time we should see if we can find a fun mold.” She comments before carefully pouring it into the tin.

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"This one is fun!" Hank teasingly protests. "It's a circle, which will distribute the heat most evenly. That's fun, right?"

[amepcrdue]

hnakvsrp​:

“Huh.” Raphael is wrong but says it with such confidence that Bucky has to believe him. “Wonder why they named it after a candy.” He shrugs.

“You got money for this escapade?”

“Because they are small digestible videos, I suppose.” He is nothing if not committed to his wrongness at this point. “But that is neither here nor there.”

A slight scoff escapes him, “Centuries of investing and saving and you ask if I have money. Of course, I wouldn’t ask anyone to do this for free, and I will be accompanying.”

[hnakvsrp]

"That makes sense, actually." And that's the story of how Bucky forever would be confused about the name of TikTok.

"Well, I'm almost a hundred and I don't have money, so." He shrugs. "I don't need a babysitter; I'm not a kid anymore."

[amepcrdue]

BETWEEN YOU AND THESE BONES | Sentence starters [ ⚔ ] | accepting

@hnakvsrp​ : by the morning, i am a triumph - ystin

        ❝ foolish. ❞ what an absurd assertion to make before a man such as himself. no, not a man. he was beyond that and yet something so much worse. no matter his current path, his need to redeem for the new horrors he learned of his past every day, he was still the beast he was. malfested, l’ankou, strigoii. the words didn’t matter in the end, they meant the same to him. monster. and this young man was so certain he could slay such a beast, that it was a noble and righteous cause, to strike down a being who had nothing left and therefore had nothing to lose.

                                                   ❝ foolish are the men who are so certain that they cannot see their own folly. ❞

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Ystin gives a one-sided shrug, sitting astride Vanguard. "True enough," he concedes, "but 'tis bold to assume I can't back up my confidence."

He rests his hand on the hilt of Excalibur, ready to fight but giving a fair chance to resolve this without death. "It's my understanding you're not particularly welcome in these parts."

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hnakvsrp​:

“I think that’s called Vine. Tic Tac is a breath mint.” Bucky shakes his head at Raphael, not realizing that he himself is also wrong.

“Oh, no judgment. Fuck museums, they’re boring and full of stolen shit. Which one?”

“No, no, that one died a few years ago. It’s definitely Tic Tac.” So close and yet so far away. Just two old men trying to understand modern trends.

“ Musée Carnavalet. While it is all about the history of Paris, I had once played a prominent part and I worry that my existence will be brought to light, which is the last thing I want.”

[hnakvsrp]

"Huh." Raphael is wrong but says it with such confidence that Bucky has to believe him. "Wonder why they named it after a candy." He shrugs.

"You got money for this escapade?"

[amepcrdue]

hnakvsrp​:

“A what video?” Bucky wrinkles his nose, not sure if Raphael is saying it wrong or if it’s something Bucky hasn’t heard of yet. “You want me to rob a museum?”

“A Tic Tac video. The ones all the kids are supposedly dancing in. I try to keep up with the times, but some of these apps are just not for me.” He shrugs. “You offered. I never said that I wanted you to, simply that I knew of the location of one of the items. Besides, it is an item that was stolen from me, so really it’s not a robbery, it’s a collections issue.”

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"I think that's called Vine. Tic Tac is a breath mint." Bucky shakes his head at Raphael, not realizing that he himself is also wrong.

"Oh, no judgment. Fuck museums, they're boring and full of stolen shit. Which one?"

[phantomemes]

starters  /  prompts taken from f. d. soul’s work ,  between you and these bones .  feel free to change pronouns  /  tenses as necessary .

‘  the problem is you keep trying to use your eyes  ’

‘  how i soften when you pull me against you  ’

‘  you are teaching me to love  ’

‘  i will pretend that i have not already heard the question in your eyes  ’

‘  you perhaps will become my swan song  ’

‘  it is a very human thing to love  ’

‘  you are my good days  ’

‘  i have been loved dearly  ’

‘  i promise you will not always be this war  ’

‘  thank god for the stubbornness of organs  ’

‘  it takes me seven days to stop being in love with you  ’

‘  there will always be another day  ’

‘  there will always be another mercy  ’

‘  perhaps i will take up dancing again  ’

‘  what a pretty little disaster you will be  ’

‘  i am terrified for you  ’

‘  i will fold inside of myself  ’

‘  today i am thankful  ’

‘  i didn’t want to sleep because i didn’t want to wake  ’

‘  come and get me  ’

‘  i tell myself i do not need you  ’

‘  i think i broke again last night  ’

‘  i’m just trying to connect with you  ’

‘  you are an ocean that will perhaps never stop crashing  ’

‘  burn the house down in search of yourself  ’

‘  don’t you dare ever stop looking  ’

‘  i struggle not to feel guilty  ’

‘  you are a wild  ,  unkempt thing  ’

‘  sometimes it is a very sad thing to be human and longing  ’

‘  find that you are made of russian nesting dolls  ’

‘  the trees are always kindest with spring comes  ’

‘  teach yourself the hymns again  ’

‘  he is every amen i have ever laid down on lips  ’

‘  this life is an altar  ’

‘  i am sorry i do not have more time  ’

‘  there is a mountain in me  ’

‘  by the morning i am a triumph  ’

‘  there are words playing hooky in the back of your throat  ’

‘  today is by far the most beautiful creature i have ever come across  ’

‘  there are many things that will fit beneath your skin  ’

‘  forgiveness does not take up much room  ’

‘  some days you will breathe and it will be enough  ’

‘  you do not have to hold it quite so tightly  ’

‘  there is a prayer in me  ,  still  ’

‘  you scare me a little  ’

‘  you can be a good thing and not a whole thing  ’

‘  there are flowers in my chest again  ’

‘  the rain comes and sounds like you  ’

‘  i cannot tell you why i still trust god  ’

‘  find peace and build a home out of it  ’

‘  there is never an end  ’

[hnakvsrp]

sir ystin quick facts

- born a peasant in Camelot, trained to become a knight after Merlin took notice of his heart

- served with King Arthur until the fall of Camelot

- was fatally wounded, but Merlin saved him by letting him drink from the Holy Grail

- after the fall of Camelot, Ystin is gifted Excalibur, enchanted armor that is mostly impervious, and his horse, Vanguard, is made into a hippogriff

- Vanguard can also talk to Ystin but only to Ystin

- The Holy Grail is lost again and Ystin is charged with finding it (rinse and repeat throughout history)

- Having drunk from the Holy Grail multiple times, Ystin ages very slowly, but can be killed by violent means

- He has an indomitably pure heart, meaning unnatural corruption (magic, mind control, etc) cannot make him sway from his morals. he's not completely immune to all mind control but it is very difficult to make him do something that he believes to be wrong with it

- can be in various time periods both bc of his very long life and bc of magical time travel occasionally happening to him

[amepcrdue]

hnakvsrp​:

“Hmph.” Bucky squints a little, trying to figure out how to keep the conversation flowing. “Well, if you ever need someone to do some Indiana Jones shit for your museum, I might be able to squeeze time into my schedule to track down stolen art.”

“Still have that adventuring spirit, good.” He says with a smirk. “As a matter of fact, there is one item I have been able to narrow down the location of, it never came to my museum, but instead went to another, and I would rather my gorgeous mug not end up on some one’s tic tac video comparing how they look so much like it.” 

[hnakvsrp]

"A what video?" Bucky wrinkles his nose, not sure if Raphael is saying it wrong or if it's something Bucky hasn't heard of yet. "You want me to rob a museum?"

[lightning-arias]

@hnakvsrp continued from here.

Elva sighs softly and rubs at her eyes, leaning against him. “I dunno… I feel like there’s supposed to be something important today… but I can’t remember what no matter how hard I try…”

[hnakvsrp]

Bucky strokes her cheek, trying to think. "You're asking the wrong guy to remember dates. Do you write stuff down on a calendar?"

[hnakvsrp]

@of-earth-and-space from here

“I’m afraid if I don’t I’ll drop the mixing bowl,” Xia says as she whisks away at the bowl with such intense concentration that her tongue was beginning to stick out.

Hank chuckles. “Try setting it on the counter, then. You’d just have to hold it still.”

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“I still feel like I’m going to knock it over,” she says as she carefully sets it down. Why was mixing so hard? She looks over at Hank. “Am I almost done? I feel like I am.”

[hnakvsrp]

"Let me see." Hank leans over to test the consistency of the batter. "Yeah, that's done. Do you want to pour it into the mold?"

[amepcrdue]

hnakvsrp​:

      “It’s not a story, it’s just some shit that happened.” Bucky folds his arms, guarded again. And because he doesn’t want to talk about his ‘interesting’ decades, he doesn’t ask Raphael about his. “Museum sounds boring; wouldn’t most of it just be stuff you knew already?”

     “A tale for another time then.” He says, getting the hint. It was certainly a story, just one the man didn’t feel like giving up so easily. “I lost some paintings during the war, working at the museum is helping me keep an eye on some shipments that may contain certain… things that I wouldn’t want being in public view. Certainly not as boring as you would think.”

[hnakvsrp]

"Hmph." Bucky squints a little, trying to figure out how to keep the conversation flowing. "Well, if you ever need someone to do some Indiana Jones shit for your museum, I might be able to squeeze time into my schedule to track down stolen art."

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// not having the time or energy to put more effort into tumblr rp vs need for constant external validation easily measured by blog engagement FIGHT

[hnakvsrp]

@of-earth-and-space from here

“I’m afraid if I don’t I’ll drop the mixing bowl,” Xia says as she whisks away at the bowl with such intense concentration that her tongue was beginning to stick out.

Hank chuckles. “Try setting it on the counter, then. You’d just have to hold it still.”

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“Do you ever get that feeling like you’ve lost something you can never get back, but you don’t know what is was?” Elva to Bucky

“All the damn time.” A bitter snort of a chuckle. “Why? You feeling that way?”

@of-earth-and-space

[hnakvsrp]

amepcrdue​:

      “Considering how few of us are left and one of the only other prolific ones I find to be pleasant, yes, much more savory.” They certainly are not the plague they once were.

     “Well that certainly sounds like quite the story. I unfortunately had a few interesting decades since then…” shoulders lift as he takes a sip of the wine in his hand. “Depends on who you ask. I am up to date on my training, though these days I tend to be a museum curator.”

      “It’s not a story, it’s just some shit that happened.” Bucky folds his arms, guarded again. And because he doesn’t want to talk about his ‘interesting’ decades, he doesn’t ask Raphael about his. “Museum sounds boring; wouldn’t most of it just be stuff you knew already?”

[hnakvsrp]

hank q: clint comes over to hang out with hank and silliness ensues... what happened?

In no particular order:

Hank talks a lot about particular physics and entomology while Clint pretends to be bored, but is actually kinda interested

Hank says “don’t touch that” a lot and the things Clint is touching range from dangerous to stuff that Hank just stacked precariously and wants to see how long the tower of stuff will remain standing

(answer: not long)

Hank shrinks targets to see how small they can be before Clint can’t shoot at them. Clint hits a shrunken target with an enlarging arrow

Clint tries to get Hank to ride on arrows like Scott does but Hank is like “no thank u i have ants to ride”

Lots of coffee is consumed by the humans and Clint wants to know if ants are affected by caffeine

They try to teach a praying mantis ASL, with limited success