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[opposite event] This is a story all about how Taxon got flipped, turned upside down.

Oct 15, 2011 13:58

The idea, as it had been initially presented, was for citizens to experience what it was like to walk in someone else's shoes. In practice it became discovering what it was like to walk in their own shoes, if their taste in shoes were suddenly quite different from normal. The footwear still fit and was comfy, but the style was quite different ( Read more... )

kobra kid, /system glitch, gwen raiden, @ osten, @ shelley, @ central, glitch, dg, # party post, @ wilde, fitz kreiner, wyatt cain, drusilla (au), martha jones, paul smecker (au), @ speares, (anytime), party poison, kaylee frye

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[ location: everywhere and anywhere ] gotcouplings October 18 2011, 04:42:35 UTC

Kaylee was more than sick of the stupidly quaint house that she'd woken up in. To make matters worse, there was that hideous lump of scrap in the back yard that the sun just had to reflect off of, straight into any window in the house.

She didn't really care where she ended up at this point, as long as it was nowhere with frilly curtains and fringed hand towels. With no real plan in mind, she spent her afternoon wandering street corners with cigarette in-hand, and wishing that some poor kid would come along, ripe for the picking...

[[ OoC: Kaylee here will be bugged from October 16th (yes, that's a back-date) to October 20th. Yessssssssssssss ]]

[ location: everywhere and anywhere ] poisonousparty October 19 2011, 16:49:31 UTC

Party Poison was more than happy to just munch on a New York style hot dog and head his merry way towards a coffee place. He adored that sort of thing, lately, craving the caffeine. It was--

"Wooaaah," And Party stopped in his tracks, squinting. She looked a little familiar, but he couldn't quite place it.. Instead, he finished his hotdog and looked over at the PVC-wearing girl.

"Y'know, smoking's really bad for you."

[ location: everywhere and anywhere ] gotcouplings October 19 2011, 19:35:00 UTC

Oh good, just what she needed, some stupid guy telling her all the reasons why her health was going to fail her at any minute. "No-fucking-kidding," she replied, narrowing her eyes as she took another drag. Gave her a chance to look him over, and what she saw...wasn't impressive at all. Hotdog, nice hair, suit.

Geesh.

Kaylee wrinkled her nose and flicked her cigarette. "It's going to be even worse for you if you don't just move along, kid."

[ location: everywhere and anywhere ] poisonousparty October 20 2011, 04:25:08 UTC

"There's no way I'm younger than you," Party points definitively, before realizing their's mustard on his finger. He licks it off as a habit, and his tongue darts out self-consciously around his lips.

"There's no need to be so mean."

[ location: everywhere and anywhere ] gotcouplings October 20 2011, 05:46:59 UTC

"Really? How old are you, then?" Because seriously, there is no way this kid is more than about sixteen, seventeen if he's really pushing it. He's more of a bratty ten-year-old in sound than anything.

She scoffs, flicking the cigarette again, and shrugs at him. "I don't know, I think some kid butting into my break time is a pretty good reason to be mean."

[ location: everywhere and anywhere ] poisonousparty October 20 2011, 06:38:52 UTC

"Twenty...." Party trails off, more than stumped. Twenty..what? He lost count when he was 17, but he was sure he was 20-something. If Kobra Kid was 21, then Party Poison would be...

"I think I'm 24." Or 23? Either way, he smiles pleasantly. "Not a kid. But I guess thanks for the compliment? You sound familiar, though..."

[ location: everywhere and anywhere ] gotcouplings October 20 2011, 06:53:56 UTC

...okay, so he's got her by a couple of years. She's not about to admit that. Then again, she's also more focused on the fact that he can't seem to remember exactly how old he is. Most people on the planet tended to count every miserable waking second.

"You think?" Kaylee laughs, tossing the cigarette to the ground where she kicks at it with the toe of her boot. "Don't think you would know me, sorry dude."

[ location: everywhere and anywhere ] poisonousparty October 20 2011, 07:43:11 UTC

"I--" And Party frowns, the smile wiped right off his face because he's not used to such vitriol. He blinks a few times, but manages to finish the hotdog and leans over to neatly place the napkin in the garbage next to him.

"There's no need to be so angry, you know." He's back to smiling in a millisecond. "Smiling won't hurt, will it?"

[ location: everywhere and anywhere ] gotcouplings October 21 2011, 05:52:01 UTC

Oh god, he's even a neat freak when it comes to his trash. Where the hell do they come up with these people? Kaylee rolls her eyes. The sooner she gets away from this weirdo, the better.

Especially with that creepy greasy smile of his, ugh.

"Name something worth smiling over and I'll think about it."

[ location: everywhere and anywhere ] poisonousparty October 21 2011, 06:44:15 UTC

"You're alive." Party's smile widens. Yes, it's time for a bit of glitched Party's philosophy. Some things don't change, it seems. "You're here, aren't you? That's something to smile about. You can breathe the air and do whatever you want to do, even if it's dress in PVC and smoke and scowl at perfectly happy strangers."

He sticks his hand out.

"I'm Gerard."

[ location: everywhere and anywhere ] gotcouplings October 21 2011, 18:49:04 UTC

Kaylee just stares at him. Some people just don't get it, that stupid fact that they're all stuck in this god-forsaken city with no hope of ever getting out. Alive or not, it still blows.

"And maybe we'd all be better of dead than here," she finally replies, ignoring the hand stretched toward her. Her focus turns to his name fairly quickly, and a split second later a grin crosses her face. Look, she does know how to smile.

"Gerard? Oh man, I thought I had it bad."

[ location: everywhere and anywhere ] poisonousparty October 21 2011, 19:07:30 UTC

At least she was smiling? The confusion is evident in Party's face, and he tilts his head to the side, peering at Kaylee like a rare bird.

"Gerard's not bad," He reasoned. After a few more seconds he realizes that she's probably not going to take his hand, and he puts it in the pockets of his slacks, brows still furrowed. "What's wrong with my name? What's yours, then?"

[ location: everywhere and anywhere ] gotcouplings October 31 2011, 07:48:51 UTC

And he defended the stupid name, even better. Oh, this city really did know how to pick them, didn't it?

"It's bad enough." She laughs, shaking her head. "You don't need to know mine, how's that. You've got enough entertainment with Gerard."

[ location: everywhere and anywhere ] poisonousparty November 1 2011, 17:15:28 UTC

"But now I'm curious." Party takes a step forward, frowning slightly. "Your name must be really cool for you to think Gerard's stupid. It's the name I was given, y'know? And aren't there weirder here? Is yours one of the weirder ones?"

[ location: everywhere and anywhere ] gotcouplings November 1 2011, 18:00:40 UTC

She watches that step of his closely, waiting for the inevitable moment when he makes just the wrong move. It's bound to happen sooner or later, and right now, with the way he keeps talking, she's hoping that it will be sooner.

Rolling her eyes, Kaylee kicks at a rock on the sidewalk. "Why the hell do you even care?"

[ location: everywhere and anywhere ] poisonousparty November 9 2011, 00:08:13 UTC

"I just told you," Party's pointing again, looking confused. "I was curious...I mean.. What is your name? You sound really familiar."

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