Who: Jubilee + Open (multithreads are beyond awesome) Where: The Deck When: After dawn tai-chi What: Random encounters? Warnings: None, but will edit if necessary
Cissie hadn't been ready to join in the tai-chi. Call it perfectionism--she wasn't ready to see just how terrible her control of this body was yet. It was maybe also a little stubborn on her part. She wasn't willing to do things that were important to her, because she didn't want to think about having to learn how to do them as a man. She was clinging to the idea that this would wear off, and doing her level best to stay calm and cool about it. All she had to do was wait it out.
Waiting it out was killing her. The one thing she always did to calm herself and clear her mind was shooting, and she couldn't shoot like this. Men and women had different archery equipment for a reason, and her bow would feel wrong. And she just wasn't ready to face that particular identity crisis.
So she made her way onto the deck in hopes of maybe at least watching the others, and meeting Jubilee. She seemed to get how Cissie was feeling--and she knew Tim. Cissie couldn't help being curious.
Argh! Giving up! Meditations sucked when she didn't have her music - down in her cabin - and she could not make herself sit right! Alright,being able to run around without a shirt was nice, but that was about it. Sighing, she shifted to sit tailor fashion and leaned back on her hands.
"Oh, hey." She said. "You missed tai-chi." Jubilee said.
"Oh well." Cissie smiled and came closer. She shrugged. "I was hoping to watch, anyway. Maybe next time." She held out a hand in greeting. "I'm Cissie."
After a couple days on the barge, Jace was beginning to grow accustomed to its oddities. Magic worked differently for different people, not everyone was the correct gender right now, and the ship itself probably shouldn't have been able to exist. But it did.
The past two days had been spent thinking in circles with no real conclusions, and Jace had mostly put figuring out how the ship could exist off to be considered later once he had more information.
A nice walk on the deck seemed like a good way to pass the time, and work out the soreness from his fight a couple days ago. He slowed down to observe a young man kneeling oddly, and apparently deep in thought.
Second attempt just as bad as the first. Frustrating, but not unexpected. Sighing, she didn't open her eyes. "It's not polite to stare." She said, shifting so she was off her knees, at least.
"I didn't mean to disturb you." Jace said, although the young man didn't seem to be concentrating on whatever he was doing very hard if he was so easily distracted. It did indicate a good awareness of his surroundings, and Jace could appreciate that.
"I'm Jace," He paused, considering making a remark about gender, but decided it was probably a touchy topic for those that had been afflicted.
"Well, Jace, pop a squat if you wanna hang around." Jubilee said, waving at the deck. "You didn't disturb me. I'm totally failing at meditation today." She shrugged.
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Waiting it out was killing her. The one thing she always did to calm herself and clear her mind was shooting, and she couldn't shoot like this. Men and women had different archery equipment for a reason, and her bow would feel wrong. And she just wasn't ready to face that particular identity crisis.
So she made her way onto the deck in hopes of maybe at least watching the others, and meeting Jubilee. She seemed to get how Cissie was feeling--and she knew Tim. Cissie couldn't help being curious.
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"Oh, hey." She said. "You missed tai-chi." Jubilee said.
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The past two days had been spent thinking in circles with no real conclusions, and Jace had mostly put figuring out how the ship could exist off to be considered later once he had more information.
A nice walk on the deck seemed like a good way to pass the time, and work out the soreness from his fight a couple days ago. He slowed down to observe a young man kneeling oddly, and apparently deep in thought.
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She turned to look. "I'm Jubilee." She offered.
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"I'm Jace," He paused, considering making a remark about gender, but decided it was probably a touchy topic for those that had been afflicted.
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