#mistfm.starters

[wandererslcst]

open starter location: uh a local grocery store

Grocery trips were one of the most frustrating parts of Nova's week. Being in public spaces with too many people, bright lights and a general stressful atmosphere (screaming children, people rushing to get home, couples arguing over what brand of cereal to get) was their personal idea of Hell. Especially ever since their 'abilities' had started to manifest, any place with a wide variety of emotions was mentally and physically draining.

With a sigh of exhaustion and an urgency to get out as fast as possible, Nova placed her groceries down at the self-checkout counter. It wasn't until she started digging through her bag that she realized she had stupidly forgotten her wallet at home. "Are you freaking serious?" She mumbled to herself, heartrate picking up at just the thought of asking for assistance in their embarrassing situation. Their cheeks were hot as they turned to the person waiting in queue behind them. "Sorry, I- Do you maybe- Would they hold on to this stuff while I quickly run home, you think?"

[wandererslcst]

open starter location: firefly arcade

The noise of the arcade games around him, paired with the steady sound of music playing through ceiling speakers, was disorienting in the most familiar way. It almost felt like the club, except the music wasn't loud enough to vibrate through his body the way it did when he was working. He'd been eyeing the different machines for a while, attempting to make up his mind on which one to try first. Unfortunately, Eun Jae was the type of person who couldn't stand being bad at something, so he felt the need to pick very, very carefully.

Biting his lip in slight frustration, he turned to the person closest to him, eyes wide and pleading. "Which one of these is the easiest to learn, you think? Or, like, is there a game you could teach me, maybe? They all look kinda hard..."

[rosesandthcrns]

time : around 11 pm location : out & about status : open

       it was far too late for them to be out, especially with needing to be at the shop early tomorrow. but they hadn’t been able to stay cooped up in their house any longer. cress needed to be outside, had always liked going for a run in the short period of dusk before night fell on the city. she'd stopped running as much in the past few months. but it had been a long day and she instead found herself with hands stuffed into the pockets of her hoodie and sitting on a bench in the dark. her gaze was riveted on the stars above, though unfortunately dimmed by the lights of the city they resided in.

“you know, my mom told me when i was a kid that by the time we’re seeing the stars, they’re all dead,” she stated rather simply as she heard footsteps nearing her. as a child, cress had always loved the night sky, had made up her own constellations and everything rather than learning any of the real ones. "that's not quite true though; it's more like we're seeing backwards in time instead." although she'd believed anything her mother had said when she was young, she'd learned in her teen years that her mother was infinitely flawed and nonsensical.

“i’m sure there's some kind of lesson there somewhere that i never bothered to learn," cress added with a small laugh.