[Thread] It's the middle of the night

[poprocksuic1de]

Characters: AU!Ava Wilson, OPEN
Where: The park
When: Nighttime
Summary: Ava can't sleep and decides to go for a walk in the snow.
Warnings: Unknown as of this particular moment

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[mind_hunger]

There was a certain quality of stillness that rendered one, if not invisible, then still nearly unnoticeable. Sylar had perfected it long ago, this knack of blending into the background, and employed it now as he stood in the shadow of one of the park's larger trees, gaze trained on the air above the compound. He wasn't stargazing, per se, though the appearance of the thing would likely be similar to anyone who happened to notice. Instead, he was watching the eerie hovering orbs that drove home more strongly than anything the simple fact that this was the wrong worldThe crunch of boots on snow alerted him to the presence of another of the city's prisoners despite the lateness of the hour, and he dropped his gaze and turned, seeking the source of the sound. He blinked once in mild surprise when he noted Ava; he was still accustomed to New York City, in some ways

[poprocksuic1de]

At the masculine tone, Ava's heart leapt into her chest and her blue-green eyes searched for the sourced and they landed on the young man, maybe a few years older than her, leaning against a tree several yards away. The brunette did her best to slow her heartbeat.

She breathed a chuckled and shrugged her slender shoulders. "Got insomnia. Can't seem to sleep," Ava replied in a tone that seemed to say 'guilty as charged'. "Haven't been sleeping well the past few weeks, actually. For crazy reasons, you'd never believe," Ava added in a 'life is crazy' type voice.

[mind_hunger]

Sylar straightened, pulling his hands from the relative warmth of the pockets of his heavy wool coat and raising them to chest height, palms facing forward. It was the near-universal gesture for 'I'm unarmed and harmless'. It was also an utter lie on both counts, though both it and the slight, apologetic smile he offered appeared genuine enough. "Sorry. I didn't mean to startle you."

He looked up, the gesture quite obviously meant to draw attention to the hovering Keepers, if only for a few seconds. "No? Is it more or less believable than being kidnapped to an alternate universe, to a point possibly decades in the future, to fight in a civil war for a race of sentient alien lighting bugs?" He allowed himself a slightly wry chuckle. "Honestly, I don't know what I'd believe right now."

[poprocksuic1de]

Ava watched as the man lifted his hands and she forced a small smile, keeping her hands in her pockets, protect them from the cold. "It's alright. It's not like I was expecting to see anyone outside in the middle of the night."

Ava lifted her gaze to the floating orbs overhead then returned her gaze to the man beneath the tree, her cheeks darkening a fraction as she realized how ridiculous it all seemed. "Hehe. Lightning bugs...I can totally see that. And that's true. If someone here couldn't believe anything, they'd need some serious drugs."

[dontcallmeerky]

Erk had decided that he hadn't been doing the whole "communing with the spirits" thing that anima mages were supposed to do enough recently, so he'd wandered out to the park to do just that.

Yes, in the middle of the night. What can I say, the boy's dedicated to actually being good at this. Admittedly, he just happened to wake up in the middle of the night and think of it.

Unfortunately for him, the spirits that aided anima magic on Elibe were a lot thinner on the ground in Econtra, and most of them had gone into hibernation for the winter. He'd sat there for two hours, then gave up. He was headed back to his apartment, looking disgusted, when he came across a brown-haired woman. "Wasn't expecting to run into anyone else out this late," he commented.

[poprocksuic1de]

Ava was making her way towards the hammock when she came across a young man with what appeared to be dark purple hair. She stopped short, a good yard or so away from him. "Me neither. Thought I was the only insomniac here."

Her hands were balled into fists in her pockets and Ava hoped she wouldn't have to remove her hand and tug her hand down a little more over her ears. Once her hands got cold, they never got warm. Damn poor circulation.

[dontcallmeerky]

Erk chuckled. "I thought I might try communing with the spirits like a mage is supposed to, but apparently there aren't any about. A little late for them, as well - in the day or the year, I'm not sure."

He looked at her with a concerned expression. "Are you cold?" He started to shrug out of his cloak - his tunic would keep him warm enough for just a quick walk across the compound, surely...

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"Spirits? Mage?" Ava queried, arching a dark eyebrow slightly, not entirely sure what he was talking about.

Ava gave him a reassuring smile and shook her head. "No, I'm okay. Keep your coat...cape? on. Don't wanna steal anyone elses warmth."