vatheon | Why do you do what you do?

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Why do you do what you do?

Who: Dwight Hendrickson

dwightandclean
Where: The Beach
When: Thursday, Feb. 28
Style: Prose but I can follow you
Status: OPEN!

Coming back to Vatheon had been a shock. Especially with what he had left back in Haven...maybe this was where that Barn lead? He shook his head of that though- because it made no sense. He drew his coat closer, watching the wind blow the sea back and forth. He'd been out here an hour already and still he couldn't figure out where he stood. Despite the suddenness of his arrival...it wasn't a bad thing.

It gave him a chance to clear his head. To figure out where they could go next...and hope that this time he remembered the bubble city when he went home.

Well the time to clear his head, even if it wasn't happening. He took another small stone and tossed it into the waves. He couldn't even spot the ripple in this weather and if he had been a more poetic soul he would probably compare the sea to his mind. Instead he just glared at it and picked up a shell to look at before picking up another stone to toss into the waves.

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If there's one thing Equius can recognize, it's someone brooding. He's up on the island for a walk today because the brisk weather reminds him of his home in the mountains, and he approaches the human, picking up a stone of his own.

"If you pick a bigger rock, it makes a better splash."

Dwight startled. He'd been so focused on his thoughts that he hadn't heard the young troll approaching. Now he had seen the trolls on the network; but he'd never actually met one in person.

He just nodded a little at Equius, "I think I'm going more for distance..." And trying for a bigger splash means throwing the rock harder. Which can help him either get the anger out- or throw out his shoulder.

Equius recognizes that look; that's the look of someone who hasn't seen a troll in real life before. He resigns himself to some staring, and possibly weird questions, with stoicism.

"In that case, flat is probably best." Distance isn't a problem for him, and he throws his own stone. It sails out of sight before eventually disappearing, and Equius is pleased; he had enough control on that throw that he didn't hit the barrier this time.

Dwight isn't one to ask the prying questions. He's pretty private himself so, it only seems fair. He whistles lightly when the kid tosses the stone. That was pretty impressive.

"Not a bad arm." Not that he knows the whole issue with STRONG trolls. He picks up a flat stone, turning it over in his hand. A few stray thoughts float through his head and he grips the stone hard before flinging it over the waves.

"Thanks." Equius picks up another rock, watching as the human throws his stone. "Not bad yourself."

"Guess using a hammer every day keeps the shoulder loose." He watched his stone sink again and finally rested his arms at his side. That last stone had taken with it the almost helpless feeling of being stuck here gave him. Asteroids back home; and he was enjoying a beach side vacation.

"...thanks, kid."

"Uh... you're welcome?" All Equius did was throw some rocks! "What do you do that uses a hammer? Do you build things?"

Distractions are good; especially simple and rather innocent distractions.

"I'm a sort of handy man in my world. Fix windows, houses...electrical that sort of stuff." Nothing to impressive; just a lot of practice at it.

"Really? I do that too." Equius is pleased; it's not often that he meets someone else who enjoys mechanics. "What kind of things do you make?"

Dwight just quirks an eyebrow, he wouldn't knock on Equius apparent age...his daughter had been only 8 and could handle a hammer. "It's more repair then make." Not that he can't make things he just tends to fix things more often in Haven.

Hey now... Equius has been in Vatheon for almost a full sweep--that's two years to you humans--and he's grown quite a bit in that time! He still looks young, but he's leaning more towards the side of young adult than adolescent these days.

"It's important to be able to repair things, too. Have you set up a workshop in Vatheon yet?"

A kid is a kid to Dwight; they all make his heart kind of squishy. The thought of a workshop had crossed his mind the first time he had been brought to Vatheon. He never really persuaded it since the city wasn't under constant need of quick and quiet repairs. Maybe now though it could happen...

"Nope. Didn't really think I needed one."

"You should get one." Equius nods sagely. A man needs his workshop/mancave. "Then you could build things, or repair things once they got broken. You'd be ready."

"Maybe." It's really is something that could occupy his time. For however long he was going to be stuck here this time. "I'd need to get a lot of stuff. Only got dragged here with a swiss knife."

"You can get most of what you need at the shops near the Plaza. However, if it's something special from home, you need to use tokens to buy it."

"Most of the stuff I use is basic." He rubs at his whiskers, finally turning his attention away from the crashing waves. "Except my truck but don't think I could get that from home."

And guess who was going to be sliding up behind you as you bend over for that second stone? Just one sparklepire. With a playful expression, Fai waited until Dwight was just about ready to throw that second stone before saying anything.

"After all those rocks went through to make it onto the shore, you're just going to toss them back into the water. I almost feel bad for them."

Dwight startles at the voice. He'd been rather focused on tossing those thoughts and stones into the water that he didn't even bother to check his surroundings. Accident or on purpose he isn't sure quite yet.

"They did it once; can't be too hard to do again." Fai's playful expression is rather lost on Dwight though, but he won't push the younger looking blonde away.

Fai moves to stand beside of Dwight instead of looming behind him. He tucks his hands into the pockets of his jacket as he looks out at the water. "Ahh..how nostalgic~ We did this once before. Though I don't remember if you were throwing stones when we met."

"No. But I did kick something I think." He'd had on better shoes then. Not his 'nice' cloths. "Not sure that counts."

He's quiet for a moment before he sighs and glances at Fai, "Can...I ask you something? It might be a little personal. You don't have to answer if it is."

Fail tilts his head and looks over with a curious look. "Sure~ You're free to ask my anything you want." Fai could always chose to not answer or skirt around the answer like he does when he isn't comfortable with a subject.

How to phrase the question without sounding outright rude. He rubs the back of his head and gives a little sigh, "You, uhm...mentioned once. That your world was...gone." Dwight didn't want to know how it happened...or when or any sort of detail like that.

There was just one thing he was curious about.

"...how did you get over it...?"

Fai looks shocked for a moment and then his expression falls. He looks out across the water. "I was the one who destroyed my world. I didn't chose to but it was something I couldn't avoid. I don't think I've ever gotten over it. I've just come to accept that it was out of my hands and that there is nothing I can do to change the fact that it is gone. All I can do is keep on living because as long as I do, the memory of that world will keep it alive."

His world had been destroyed not long before he ended up in the bubble. There are still days when he thinks about what he has done and tries to figure out if he could have stopped the curse..but there was only one way and even now he didn't think he could do it.

Dwight made sure to keep his gaze out on the water. As far as he could tell, the asteroids hadn't stopped...despite what they had tried. Maybe it was their fault too.

"We chose to. At least...we decided to try something and. Yeah." He clears his throat and let's the wind fill in the silence. It sounded pretty simple. Just live on here in Vatheon, remembering his friends and comrades. Maybe they'd show up here.

"Sometimes even despite our best efforts..things happen regardless. Hitsuzen is fate..we can't control what is already set in motion or decided."

Fai looks over with a sympathetic look. "All we can do is go on because this place has given us a place to do that."

The strange word catches his attention, "Hitsueten?" Sorry for the pronunciation. At least the definition is easy to understand; at a basic level.

"Guess I'll enjoy the extra time..." Because when...if he gets back, his world may no longer be there. At least the part of it that mattered.

"That's all we can do." Fai smiled again as he looked over. "Might as well enjoy our time while we have it. We can have second chances in this place and we just have to embrace the good that happens and hope it prepares us for whatever might happen when we get sent back."

"I think this is my third chance." Haven had been his second chance and he'd pretty much relegated himself to making the strange town his home. It had worked rather well; got a job, raised his family, made friends. Everything that most folks would associate with living.

"Might have to find a diner here though. Martha's was pretty special.

"I could always cook for you~" Fai hooked his arm around Dwight's with a playful smile. "I'm a very good cook and you can pretend it's a diner if you want to. Maybe I could even decorate some place to give you the illusion that it's that place you know."

It was comforting. A little bittersweet too, but he figured there would be a few things that would turn bittersweet now. "I've got a pretty harsh diet." Well...minus coffee and a few pies here and there...those didn't count.

"I can cook just about anything even those with harsh diets. Since I don't really need to eat much myself, I find it's more fun to feed others." Fai had a pretty harsh diet himself. Part of being a vampire.

"...I should take you up on these offers." Because he needs to get out of the house every so often. More then just once a week.

"Maybe you should start right now~" Fai smiled cutely up at him. "But I'd probably have to stop by a store and get some supplies that would satisfy a harsh diet."

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Fai makes Dwight need an eyebrow raise icon XD

XD /draws the raised eyebrow in

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