hisapprentice: (in the snow)
Luke Triton ([personal profile] hisapprentice) wrote2014-01-13 10:48 am

[Puzzle 016]

[Fifteen.

Contrary to his nature, Luke rises early, gets himself ready, even tidies up his room - which is hardly messy to begin with. The last thing he does is place his stuffed penguin at the head of the bed, against his pillows, and hold down a sigh.

Hearing no other noise in the house, he puts on his hat and coat and heads for the stables. Best to use this early start to do something, and the horses are good company all around. He notices with some surprise that certain things, hanging on the stable walls, are easier for him to reach now than the last time he remembers struggling for them.

Once that's done, Luke considers and discards several now-too-lonely places: the bakery, the library, even the school. He spends a while in the tea shop, reading but not puzzling, and frowning at his tea. When that is too much of a strain he ambles to the bakery anyway, for a cupcake. Just one cupcake.

Which he promptly leaves in its bakery box on the edge of the fountain while he spends the afternoon trying to build a snow fort. There are already some odd half-finished sculptures around that he thinks he can use. Beside the box is his open journal; he stands over it for a while thinking about a message, before writing one (messy, because he wears mittens and the ink in the pen is cold too):]


Come play in the snow by the fountain. I'm making a fortress.

[[ooc: Pretend this is dated the 12th ok yes. Luke's arbitrary canonless birthday! /throws confetti. This is the part where I have no idea how to play a growing-up young man, but I promise to do my best.]]
niceguypose: (surprise)

[Voice]

[personal profile] niceguypose 2014-01-13 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[An answer is shouted back. Youth is so fleeting; why spend time writing letters when you can instead answer with a youthly cry?]

Very well, Luke-kun! I will come and join you in this activity!
complicatedliar: (Default)

[Action] -> our other thread is a bit long in the tooth, do you want to drop it?

[personal profile] complicatedliar 2014-01-13 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[Loki, dressed warmly against the cold in a natty wool coat and a scarf, wanders by the fountain. Did he see Luke's message? He'll never tell.]

What is this?
complicatedliar: (giggley)

[Action]

[personal profile] complicatedliar 2014-01-13 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Against what enemies shall these fortifications stand?

[...he's probably just messing with you.]
niceguypose: (pure joy)

[Voice]

[personal profile] niceguypose 2014-01-14 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
Please, feel free to time me!

[And he'll abandon his journal at that.]
reviling: (contemplative)

[Action]

[personal profile] reviling 2014-01-14 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[Levi doesn't like being cold, but like most things he can't directly control he deals with it and focuses on other things. The cloak is warm enough for now, but he might have to find an alternative soon if it doesn't get warmer.

He's canvassed this area several times already, so what he's more interested in is people now; there's more than he thought at first, and becoming familiar with the inhabitants here is important to suss out who might prove to be a useful ally in the future - or a troublesome antagonist.

So: he's stopped by the fountain, watching Luke build the fort. He doesn't have many memories related to a scene like this; his own childhood was not so carefree. But he's seen children in the outer districts making snowmen and having snowball fights in the winters, and he contemplates how similar people can be, no matter where they've been or what they've experienced.

Levi's just observing for now at a slight distance.]
reviling: (Levi's modeling school)

[Action]

[personal profile] reviling 2014-01-15 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[Levi watches, muses vaguely to himself about how mankind is so predisposed to building walls while at the same time wanting to break free of them. How contradictory and hypocritical they could be as a collective entity.

At Luke's wave, Levi lifts his chin a bit, and slowly wanders over, his breath fogging in the cool air. He stops just short of the base of one of the walls, eyes glancing over the sprawling construction.]


What are you defending against, kid?
reviling: (pretending not to be interested)

[Action]

[personal profile] reviling 2014-01-15 03:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[it's a pretty impressive network of fortifications, if he wants Levi's true opinion - not that he's volunteering it out loud]

You got a lot of experience with this kind of thing?

[he squats down, scooping up a handful of snow (he'd found gloves in one of the shops recently), and packs it idly on top of the wall in front of him.]
reviling: (contemplative)

[personal profile] reviling 2014-01-15 04:27 pm (UTC)(link)
London?

[he takes more snow, and starts building a turret where he'd packed it on before.]

So how old're you?
niceguypose: (flexing)

[Action]

[personal profile] niceguypose 2014-01-15 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well, it will be sometime under a minute that Lee reaches the area, through a series of speedy leaps through the air. Stopping at the sight of the snow creation, he quickly scans the area for Luke.]

Luke-kun, I have arrived! Please tell me my time.
niceguypose: (sparkles)

[Action]

[personal profile] niceguypose 2014-01-17 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
[That sure is a snowball alright! One which Lee... will deftly punch out of the air as it nears him.]

Is this an ambush? A delightful challenge of youth!
complicatedliar: (Default)

Re: [Action]

[personal profile] complicatedliar 2014-01-17 12:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Is it a common occurrence, where you're from, having wars with snow?
reviling: (repeating lineface)

[personal profile] reviling 2014-01-17 03:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[that makes him stop, shifts his gaze over to Luke again. Fifteen. The same age as Jean and Marco, the same age as Eren, as the rest of his new squad. All of them already veterans of several life and death battles.

Levi tries to imagine any of them playing in the snow like this, and the image is hard to conjure.

There's a long moment of silence before he responds.]


Happy Birthday.
withoutdoubt: (pic#6667816)

[personal profile] withoutdoubt 2014-01-18 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
[Jude saw the boy's journal entry, and out of curiosity and boredom decided to take a stroll to the plaza and check out this supposed fortress. When he sees him working in the snow, he approaches him.]

Need a hand?

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