[video / mingle]

[everwalking]

Video
[morning of day three. there are clouds out and Allen loves them. he's pretty much given up on shirts and is just grimly bearing with his bright pink sunburn. the video shows him, and what he's working in his hands -- one dark red and exoskeletal -- is some thick grass, weaving several strands together to make a rope. he has a pretty decent amount of it. he's been working on it since the first day]

I feel really strongly that we should make a net so that we can catch more fish. [so that he can starve less. paaaause] But it's taking longer than I'd like. I don't suppose anyone else has any rope to contribute... [he trails off, staring at the water. it looks so cool and blue and inviting. and full of fish]

...You know, never mind. [shoving himself up and steeling his pink-and-red shoulders] Does anyone know how to hand-fish?


Mingle
[It's time for playing in the water!! Whether you're fishing, swimming, sunbathing on the sand, or just goofing off, let's get our beach on!]

[Feel free to respond to Allen's video post here, to make your own comment threads for mingling, or both!]

Comments

[Video responses?]

[everwalking]

[emends]

[ Lucina had things to say -- such as an offer to show him how to hand-fish to the best of her abilities. But, his arm catches her all-seeing gaze and Lucina frowns, concerning evident on her features. ]

Allen, your arm. Are you injured? I've no healing abilities but I know a little first aid.

[everwalking]

Injured-- [he looks at his arms, startled, and then clues in sheepishly] Oh-- That, no. [he uses his right hand to rub sweat from his forehead. it's hot and he's hungry and not thinking clearly]

No, I was born with it like this.

[emends]

[ Born with such a concerning deformity... Lucina considers for a moment, and then drops the matter entirely. He's not a soldier under her command, she has no reason to pry into his life. ]

I have no rope to share, but I can assist in your efforts. [ She's never actually built a net, but there's only one way to learn, isn't there. ]

[everwalking]

[a small smile for her, reassuring, and he says] The more hands the better. We're going to need a big net to catch enough for everyone.

[emends]

Yes, you're right. Shall I see if I can get anyone else to assist us?

[ Back home, it would be quite easy. Even at the worst times, she had always had people who jumped when she snapped. Here, though -- well, time to put that princessly charm to work! ]

[everwalking]

By all means! [cheered by this prospect] A man can't live on plants alone. Or a woman. [you know. whoever]

[emends]

[ She will do this, then. ]

How are you this morning, Allen?

[everwalking]

Much better than yesterday. I've never been so grateful for clouds in all my life. I imagine the water will feel good, too... [he's relentlessly optimistic, is what he's saying]

[antiapocalypse]

That's -- a really bad sunburn. [ cautiously! ]

[everwalking]

Oh, I know. [glumly] I light up like a Christmas tree if you get me in the sun for long. I can bear it, though.

[Christmas trees are lit with candles, by the way]

[antiapocalypse]

Christmas trees are definitely colorful enough. [ still cautiously. it looks so -- painful. and awful. ]

[ and no they don't :| don't be silly

but hey, accent! ]

English?

[everwalking]

That's right. Though you must be from America. [judging by, you know, the accent]

...They don't do a lot of hand-fishing in America, I expect... [ah well]

[antiapocalypse]

Pretty much a two-old-guys-on-a-boat-with-lots-of-beer thing, yeah.

Great! My [ dad ] [ Watcher ] [ librarian? ] friend comes from England. Came. I mean, he's pretty much all expat now. You're a lot younger than him, though. [ except for, you know, the hair! but though her eyes dart to it, she doesn't say anything. ] Are you stuffy yet, or does that take a while to set in?

[everwalking]

...Well, I have been told I'm somewhat stuffy. Maybe it gets more pronounced with time. [sheepishly]

[antiapocalypse]

[ that gets a laugh, and she says gravely ] Just don't tell me you like scones, and there may be hope for you yet.

[everwalking]

What's wrong with a good scone? [and then he chuckles, rubbing the back of his neck] Though right now I could go with -- a big, heaping plateful of them. And some ham. Maybe a whole ham.

/piles gently

[cleanedslate]

[ even weirder-looking with the shirt off! staring at it in a pretty unflattering way for a beat, before he says ]

I'll have to check with Pepper about the health care thing. I think it covers preexisting conditions.

[everwalking]

[a briefly puzzled look, before he says frankly] Nearly the only word I understood you say is "Pepper", and you either used it as the name of a person, or you talk to table seasonings.

[cleanedslate]

Name of a person. Well. Nickname of a person. But she goes by it.

My CEO. She wants to meet you, by the way. [ ideally she would have liked to meet you before he hired you but oh well ]

[everwalking]

She does? Is she here? [oh man more work-related-- wait, social skills]

That's good. I mean, obviously ideally none of us would be here, but -- it can be hard to deal with a crisis alone. So it's good, to have someone here.

[cleanedslate]

[ his lips quirk up ] Yeah, it's a mixed bag. Life truly is a box of chocolates, and you never know which ones are full of razor blades.

[ is that not how the urban legend goes? breezing right along ]

Is the flayed mutant arm something you don't want to talk about? Sensitive subject? Do you prefer the term "differently-limbed"?

[everwalking]

[his eyebrows draw together in concern. why are there razor blades in the chocolate]

...Ah, it's not -- I mean, I don't mind. It's a weapon. [he lifts it and flexes his fingers, so, you know. it's clearly also a hand] I was born with it, I think.

[cleanedslate]

[ to scare suburban moms! ]

Yeah? That sucks. [ he folds his arms over his chest ] How's it work?

[everwalking]

It's... made of a rare substance we call Innocence. Innocence takes many forms, but they all synchronize with a compatible user, and then that conformer can invoke it at will. It -- enhances me physically, I suppose is the simplest way to put it.