it helped to be out of the clinic . being outside –– - - a reminder that the sun still shines . she’s sat in the small plot of land cordoned off for gardening , tending to her recently planted cucumbers . they weren’t looking too hot . she’s thumbing along the leaves of the plant as a shadow casts over the vegetables before her . sun hat tilts upwards . ❛ the last frost was too harsh for these little guys . whaddya need ? ? everyone still alive ? ? ❜
“i mean...no. everyone’s not still alive. that’s part of the problem isn’t it?” he looked down over her shoulder at the dying plants, and concluded that there would be at least one more casualty before the end of the week. those cucumbers were not going to make it. he’d bet his ass on it. “wow, you sure it’s the frost? or are you just a shit gardener?” look, he actually liked her. he’d known her for a while now. but that didn’t mean she was spared from his glib attitude.
❛ that’s not yours . ❜ matter of fact , it wasn’t anyone’s until it was fairly distributed . a rule diyoza wasn’t about to break over a measly trinket . ❛ put it back . ❜
“says fuckin’ who? says you? who died and made you king of the hill.” did he really need the walkie talkie? no. particularly because it was only one, and one walkie talkie wasn’t going to do him much good unless he could take it apart. but you see, he’d been challenged. now he had to have it on principle.
the man walks up to the other and manages to smile. it’d been a rough night of thinking about … a lot but still, he tries to stay positive : tries to not make it obvious that his heart is sunken into his chest during the interaction. “ hey. i , uh … just wanted to check up on you. ” - something he often did ; made sure everyone was okay. “ is everything good .. with you? ”
“no.” ah, nicolas. don’t you know better than to give riley an opening for an ill-timed rant? “everything is not good with me. you know what steven said? he said he thinks area 51 is bullshit. and i was like, you know, open your fuckin’ eyes steven, look at what’s fuckin’ happened to the world and you’re gonna tell me you don’t think that the government had a secret facility to—why do you look like someone shot your nana?” it always took him a minute to get out of his own head and take in what was happening with someone else. pumping the brakes wasn’t an easy task for him. but riley could see that maybe he should be the one asking nicolas if everything was good. “are you good?”
hello fellow demons, i’m dani and i’m bad at intros so i’m just gonna throw a bunch of tomfoolery under the cut here and hope that you all can make sense of it! at the bottom there will be a few possible connection choices. if i remember. i’m writing this before the intro. probably a bad idea.
( rome flynn / cis male / he or him ) . introducing riley chandler, the host for the runaway train . they’ll be twenty six years old , and arrived at hartly four months ago . you’ll always see a machete around wherever he is .
...anyway! without,,,FURTHER ADO:
here’s riley, he’s alright, he could use a good smack in the head and a nice cup of coffee
riley thinks you’re wrong and what he thinks is what is CORRECT as far as he’s concerned. this means you’re wrong. sorry not sorry.
really, he’s exceptionally stubborn and will argue about anything. he’ll argue with you about the color of an orange. you can have the most thought-out and absolutely correct argument but it doesn’t matter to him. this is mostly out of his defensive nature. if you come at him in a gentle way, he...can be reasonable. no promises.
does not think a single thing through, my guy. he’s extremely impulsive, and makes very split-second decisions that usually come back to bite him in the ass. and then he’s shocked.
LEEEEROOOOOOOY JEEEEENKINS
he’s usually some degree of [gasp] over an unintended consequence. he’s a walking pikachu meme. he’ll say something mean to you, and if you say something mean back? :O wow man that hurt wtf??
can dish it out but cannot take it what a big baby
will do literally anything on a dare.
is incredibly loyal, but ONLY to those he likes/trusts. if you’re in his inner circle, he’ll take a bullet for you. he’d walk off a cliff if you asked him too. but if he doesn’t know you, or god help us, doesn’t like you? he wouldn’t do much to help you unless it was life or death.
heavily into conspiracy theories, and now that the world has fallen apart it’s a great time to theorize, my friends
he’s got a temper problem, and will frequently lose his cool and unleash his fury. he cools off pretty fast, but if he feels like someone has really wronged him, he will hold a grudge. but the small stuff he doesn’t sweat. he gets mad a lot, so he can’t hold it against everyone all the time.
because he’s fairly hot-headed and loyal, he can be...lead astray easily. but! he can also be persuaded into being a better guy sometimes! he’s a good boy underneath all his defensive sparky attitude problems, and will generally do the right thing unless he’s got someone whispering in his ear. it happens.
his loyalty also has him a bit gullible at times. riley isn’t stupid by a long shot, but he will believe something that someone he loves told him, even if it seems ridiculous and far from the truth. he’ll just shut down that logical reasoning.
he’ll kick your ass! he’ll kick his ass! he’ll kick her ass! he’ll kick his own ass! people who like him might call him feisty or rough around the edges. people who don’t like him would probably call him a loose canon.
if he does like you, he’ll defend you from anything. he’ll be personally offended on your behalf. sometimes, this is really great! because it means you’ve always got someone in your corner...on the other hand, riley has a habit of getting offended over nothing, so this can sometimes mean that you’ve got a guy starting fights in your name. not too great for the ol’ rep.
despite his attitude problems he’s not usually grumpy or despondent. you can usually find him in a fairly good mood talking about something or other around a fire or helping around the safe zone. he likes to be useful, so he’ll ask you if he can help with anything.
he’s really crafty and is great at fixing things. he doesn’t have any formal education after high school, he never went to college, but he made more than enough money as a car mechanic in his father’s best friend’s garage. he racked up a lot of useful skills during that time and can repair a lot of things, from cars to circuitry to plumbing to a loose door handle.
if he had a job, it would probably be as a front gate guard. he’ll give you a REAL hard time if you’re a newcomer and you want to come in. but he’ll let you in...because it’s policy, not because he likes you, let’s be clear.
speaking of, he’s been there for four months, likely the first batch of people. he’s got an older brother and his mom somewhere around the camp, but his dad and his older sister unfortunately didn’t make it. he’s got a strained relationship with his remaining family, mostly because he feels guilty about their deaths and blames himself for it.
a few connection ideas!! (and i mean very few because i’m...i’m lazy)
a couple of people to be in his squad of lil punk young adults
a leash holder because he needs someone to reign him in when he loses his marbles over someone saying they didn’t like lord of the rings
someone he routinely butts heads with but begrudgingly has to respect/get along with
any kind of romantic connection. he thinks he’s the hook up type, but spoiler alert, he is not. he catches feelings really fast. so u know, any kind of messy fun stuff i’m here for. male/female/nb he doesn’t much care.
alright i did four that’s a good start, right? yay me!
