My first thought was, he lied in every word

Vinishyé Sky. Háíshąʼ ánitʼį? S: 6 P: 8 E: 3 C: 2 I: 9 A: 6 L: 6

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better-run-rabbit-run:

“…oh. A friend?”

Something in the way Sky says that word, friend, it makes Tess’ smile falter, just a little. But that’s silly, right? Friends are just friends. And why should it matter if Sky has a friend in Freeside that she wants to see?

…her cheeks do seem a little redder now, though. Maybe it’s just the smoke. Yeah. And her tone is light and playful, her expression mischievous… it’s easy to push that thought aside, to just look at Sky and smile back at her and agree. 

“I, uh, I guess whenever you wanted to go…” Tess frowns down at the ground, thinking. “I just gotta go ask Diane, get some product together… then just pack up my shit n’ get Beans ready… an hour or two, maybe? If you uh, wanted t’ leave t’day…”

Sky's already animated face grows brighter, her grin wide and dimple popping. She reaches to touch Tess' shoulder in a show of gratefulness, squeezing it tight and leaning in to peck the girl on the nose. "That'd be perfect! I can certainly be ready by then. Where should we meet?"

Her heart would race for excitement if the weed wasn't doing such an excellent job at calming her. Instead, she's in a zen state, already standing to move around her side of the tent and begin gathering things for the trip.

She's really going to do this... She's going to see Reese again.

Sky is going to get out, for once.

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Tess’ face gets even more red, and she does her best to grin at Sky, shaking her head.

“I’m, haha, I’m fine, s’ nothin’…” She waves Sky’s concern away with a chuckle. That hand in her hair’s a little embarrassing, but she’s still grinning when Sky pulls away. She’d let her do that any time she wanted to. Among other things.

While Sky takes her hit, Tess fidgets, glancing at her and then away again, to look around the tent. But always back at Sky. She’s slightly startled when the pipe is handed back to her, as well as when she realizes Sky has asked her a question. She fumbles a bit awkwardly with both.

“Oh, oh uh, Freeside? I… I bet I could.” She places the pipe to her lips, furrowing her brow thoughtfully, and takes a hit while she thinks. June has been busy, and Diana hadn’t wanted to send her on a run on her own; because she’s “irresponsible” and “likely to beat up another dealer” or something else equally as dumb, she hadn’t been listening all that hard. But if she had Sky to go with her… She exhales a cloud of smoke, grinning. “Yeah! Yeah I totally could!”

Passing the pipe back, she cocks her head at Sky.

“…why d’ya wanna go to Freeside?”

The pipe is ashed, so Sky lightly taps it clean while she watches Tess consider her offer. Her smile pops back up, bringing her dimple out, and she tilts her own head in thought.

“Why” indeed.

"... I'm looking to meet up with a, friend. She told me she was going to be there for the next week." Sky even surprises herself by flushing, and though the weed has calmed her significantly her hands still fidget at each other. "I've never been to Freeside, either, so I figured it'd be a nice break from the monotony..."

They might not even have to tell the Elders. Simply let Diane know Sky's leaving with Tess as an escort and hurry off before objections to the contrary arise. Sneaky, yes, but Sky is getting desperate.

"When could you take me? Or, I guess, I'll be taking you," she says, teasingly. Her light gray eyes squint at Tess in a playful way.

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how much sexual experience has Sky had? does she have anything she's particularly into?

she has had next to none save for a brief and unpleasant stint of allowing a boy who liked her to feel her up a few times. she was mostly just curious about how it would feel and decided it was pretty boring. i think she might be more open to it with someone she was romantic with like, still wouldnt be super interested in anything sexual but being able to make her partner happy with it would be nice. still she’d have to draw the line at any touching of her genitals, partly from dysphoria (she’s intersex) but mostly just because she aint into it

she's into holding hands and kissing, but again only with people she has romo feelings for. otherwise it just kinda... squicks her out. she's really kind of super ace as hell.

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blue skies and red earth, thinking without speaking, campfire smoke, stories that take you to different places

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Describe my muse’s aesthetic.

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someone understand me (closed rp, better-run-rabbit-run)

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Tess plops down quickly and sits cross legged, scooting a little closer to Sky once she’s down as well. She watches eagerly as Sky packs the bowl and takes her hit. Tess likes just looking at her, really. Wow, that would be really awkward to admit out loud.

When Sky hands over the pipe, she grins and takes it, lighting up for a hit of her own. She holds it in for a moment, before exhaling with a slight cough.

“Me? Oh, I been okay…” She gives a small shrug. “Been in ‘n out of Red Rock. Mostly in, lately.”

She wrinkles her nose. 

“It’s borin’ when Diane don’t give ya nothin’ t do.”

Sky laughs, patting Tess on the back when she coughs. "Take it easy," she coos, going to muss at her hair.

Boring, hmm? Perhaps she can help fix that. Sky takes the pipe from Tess so she can hit off it again, long, slow, and thoughtful. She hums the smoke out and peers at Tess with a soft smile.

"What if I wanted to get out Freeside-way, Little Rabbit? Could you conjure up a reason to have me tag along?" The thought of running out with her, going to that city with the bright lights for the first time, she feels a rush of excitement swell in her chest. Sky hands the pipe back over to Tess automatically, simply habit, ingrained from years of smoke ettiquite. "Dunno the ways you runners play by, no, not exactly, but... Perhaps as an escort? For a particularly important run?"

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someone understand me (closed rp, better-run-rabbit-run)

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better-run-rabbit-run:

Beans is, indeed, a very good dog, and he proves it by not encroaching too much on Sky’s space. He simply sits on his haunches and wags his tail, cocking his head at her. The look on his doggy face suggests that she could pet him, if she wanted. It’d probably be very nice. He’s very soft. But he won’t push the issue.

Tess, on the other hand, perks up visibly when Sky invites her into her tent. Sky is really cool! She’s so tough, and she speaks strange languages, and she knows stories Tess has never heard before. She’s so pretty, too. Tess grins and fidgets, and nods eagerly.

“Yeah, sure! Hah, nah man, I was winnin’ anyway.” Tess punctuates her dumb joke with another light punch to the dummy, before moving to follow Sky.

Sky strolls into her tent nonchalantly and takes a seat on her bedroll, beside the currently unlit fire pit. There's a small footlocker beside it, and she reaches into it to draw out her pipe and weed, packing it while Tess gets settled. As soon as she takes the first hit, she relaxes substantially, and her second really gets her where she needs to be. Smoke floating lazily around her, she offers the pipe over to Tess, smiling dazedly.

"How have you been? We've not talked in far too long, Little Rabbit, I've missed sharing stories..." But Sky's been very distracted indeed, never staying in one spot for very long, out wandering in the canyon when she's not on a hunt. Even her tentmate hardly sees her.

Her mind's been other places. Places it's dangerous to be, thinking about a pretty outsider, a courier with long white hair and a dazzling smile and a very soft mouth. Pleasant hands. Lovely eyes...

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someone understand me (closed rp, better-run-rabbit-run)

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Tess is feeling restless. She’s been cooling her heels at Red Rock for a few weeks now, and Diane doesn’t seem to be in any hurry to send her on any runs any time soon. It’s making her antsy. Drinking and getting into scuffles with the other young Khans can only satisfy her for so long. She itches to be out in the desert again.

Unfortunately, pestering Diane about it only lead to the threat of a fist in the ear if she didn’t fuck off and leave her be, so Tess has had to find some other way to occupy herself and vent her restlessness. And since her usual sparring partners are either out on raids or not in the mood, she’s left with only a dumb practice dummy to beat up on. How disappointing. She still gives it her all, though, delivering a series of swift punches that send the dummy rocking back and forth on it’s post.

Beans notices the other Khan’s approach before his owner does. He’d been occupying himself by rolling joyously in the dirt nearby, but when he spots Sky he rights himself and pads over to her, tongue out and tail wagging. Tess doesn’t notice her approach till she speaks, and she gives a little jump when she does.

“O-oh. Hey, Sky…” Tess turns, grinning a little sheepishly. The redness in her cheeks can, maybe, be attributed to the hot day and the recent physical exertion. “I’m not uh, doin’ nothin’ really…”

Sky gives Beans a polite smile, but doesn't reach to touch him. She'd like to, really, but dogs make her nervous. Even very good dogs like Beans.

"Come, sit with me?" she says to Tess, gesturing behind her at the nearby tent; hers. She laughs again, seeing she caught the girl off guard. "I hope I'm not interrupting your sparring."

The nerves are really getting to her. Maybe she'll bring out her pipe once they've sat down, smoke a bit to help calm the anxiety and help her words flow easier. Until then, her hands restlessly twist at her hair and fiddle at her clothes, barely managing to keep her eyes steady on Tess. She'll help her, right? She seems the type.

Tess would never rat her out, Sky's sure of it.

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someone understand me (closed rp, better-run-rabbit-run)

Sky's nervous. She's been gathering small things, making a travel pack, planning... but there's a certain leap she hasn't made towards her visiting Freeside. Finding an escort. Sure, she could make it on her own, but that would make the Elders suspicious. If the Elders are suspicious, her spot in the tribe is endangered.

Going out under the guise of helping a fellow clan member would make it easier to slip by their ever-steady gaze. Maybe once she's out there in the wastes she can find some answers as to why they don't want her leaving. Who knows?

But first, she's got to get someone on her side.

Sky approaches Tess as she beats on one of the practice dummies, smiling at the sight. "Little Rabbit?" she calls, softly. "A moment of your time, if it do ya?"

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Campfire, Bartlett Dam AZ

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living with identities that do not belong to me

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living with identities that do not belong to me

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9, 10, 11

9. Does your character have a dream job or life path for themselves?

Sky’s path in life is to live for her tribe. She wants to make her family happy and safe, and will do anything she can to ensure this, even if it’s just hunting for food or telling the children stories. In modern verse her dream job is professional taxidermy & bone jewelry. All of the animals she taxidermies would be ones she found already dead of natural causes, and the bone jewelry from whatever’s left over.

10. Does your character have a particular way of talking or acting?

It’s a flowy endless way of speaking, where one sentence picks up after another like the last one never truly finished. Dreamy, especially when she’s storytelling and/or speaking in Navajo. She’s usually quite fidgety and restless in her physical sense, however, because of her anxiety, and is in a constant state of motion.

11. Does your character have any tattoos, piercings, mechanical parts, or other body modifications? What’s the story behind them?

She’s got the chest piece of the rook skull, bands on both her biceps, and a few markings on her left cheek. A couple piercings in her left ear, and one in the lobe of her right. The rook skull is because one of her favorite stories her mother made up for her had a rook as the main character who ends up dying but is reincarnated as a skeleton. It’s symbolic to her. The rest are just small additions and tidbits from other stories she likes, and the piercings were so she could wear some of the bone jewelry her mother taught her how to make.

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2, 6, 13

2. What’s your character’s aesthetic (things associated with your character)?

Nature documentaries, taxidermy, nighttime hikes through the desert, camping under the stars. Woodsmoke.

6. What kind of media would (or does) your character consume? This includes books, tv shows, video games, and movies.

Sky loves the process of storytelling so much. She eats up a good tale like no other, and could sit listening or sharing stories for hours. She reads as well but very slowly, and it’ll take her a good month or two to get through an average-sized novel. In modern verses she’s a big fan of indie films and Stephen King (like her big bro)

13. What’s your character’s preferred method of self-care?

Going out for walks on her own and clearing her mind. She also likes to snoke wead, it helps with her anxiety which can get really bad inexplicably. Also telling stories relaxes her and grounds her. She also has a routine when cleaning herself that belays dysphoria and gives her confidence to exist as who she is.

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Yet Another OC Ask Meme

1: What’s something other characters will notice first about your character?

2: What’s your character’s aesthetic (things associated with your character)?

3: What outfit or style of clothing is your character most often seen wearing?

4: What would your character wear to a formal gathering such as a dance, a wedding, or a funeral?

5: What kind of transport does your character usually use?

6: What kind of media would (or does) your character consume? This includes books, tv shows, video games, and movies.

7: What would be an average shopping list for your character?

8: If your character attended school, did they have a favourite or best subject?

9: Does your character have a dream job or life path for themselves?

10: Does your character have a particular way of talking or acting?

11: Does your character have any tattoos, piercings, mechanical parts, or other body modifications? What’s the story behind them?

12: Does your character have any addictions, allergies, diseases, illnesses, disorders, or disabilities? How does this affect their life?

13: What’s your character’s preferred method of self-care?

14: When does your character feel truly at peace?

15: What’s one thought, idea, goal, dream, or desire that your character is most ashamed of having?

16: What’s one memory that your character will always be fond of?

17: How does alcohol affect your character?

18: Does your character have any (real or fictional) famous relatives, ancestors, or descendants?

19: What words would your character use to define themself?

20: Describe any AUs you have for your character/s.

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Red Rock Sunrise by Zachary Gertsch Via Flickr: A sleeping bag, tent & freeze-dried food are important contributors to almost all my images–but not this one. On this morning I rose from my own bed, enjoyed a home-cooked breakfast, and made the short drive to Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, just outside Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Home Is When I’m Alone With You (closed rp, stronkhan)

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“Huh… Wouldja hear that. Might be ya really did run into a spirit, girl. Might be she wants to eatcha!” Milka claws her hand into Sky’s side for SPOOOOKY EMPHASIS. Milka be serious, this girl is in love. Her smile to Sky is warm, though, gosh. Lookit her… So smitten.

“Course I won’t tell anyone! Well, might be I tell Issy, y’know I can’t hide nothin’ from her, heh, but you know she won’t tell, neither,” she says as she scratches at her chin with her free hand. She makes a thoughtful hum.  “Freeside? Hrm. I sometimes go on that way, but dunno if I gotta any time soon… Doesn’t that lil bean Tess make runs there all the time?”

Sky can't help but laugh at Milka's teasing; it's all in good fun, and she appreciates the efforts to lighten her mood. Grinning, she pushes back at Milka a bit.

"Yeah, she does. I'll find out a way to tag along with her, then. Need to catch up with her anyway. She's always been a fan of my stories," Sky muses, chuckling. "Thank you, Milka. I'm going to rest now so I can go back out for game in the early morning, since I didn't manage to catch much of anything except... feelings."

She gives Milka a kiss on her cheek in thanks, pats her on the shoulder, and pushes up to head into camp and to her tent. She's going to lay up half the night thinking of Reese, anyway.