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The Sixth Iteration ([personal profile] sixthiteration) wrote in [community profile] sixthiterationlogs2016-06-30 04:00 pm

July Arrivals

WHO: Arrivals
WHERE: The fountain park
WHEN: July 1, 12:00 PM
OPEN TO: ALL
WARNINGS: N/A
STATUS: CLOSED


In the snug circle of an old park, a fountain sits burbling beneath a broad, midday sky.

Once-neat paving stones have buckled and cracked from the slow nudge of wayward roots. Benches stand covered in lichen and rust. Three paths push into the underbrush like the spokes on a wheel, the encroaching forest creating lush tunnels through the dark.

But the fountain stands singular and pristine, brightly splashing in open rebellion of the deep, muffled sounds of a place long ago gone to seed. A vibration hums through the ground, there and quickly gone, and the water in the fountain trembles, lapping against the high walls of its cool, pale reservoir.

It is the first of July.

It is precisely twelve o'clock in the afternoon.
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[personal profile] teen_angst_bullshit 2016-07-25 02:59 am (UTC)(link)

"Seventeen," Veronica easily answers, and then arches an eyebrow as she looks back to him. "Yeah, I know. If it helps at all, I generally try to be a little less annoying than the average teenager."

It's weird to think that she'll be 18 soon, too. Officially an adult, at least in the eyes of the law. What a ridiculous fucking concept.

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[personal profile] thecatinahat 2016-07-25 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
He doesn't care that she's seventeen for any other reason than knowing it's not fair to throw a seventeen year old into a hard situation and expect her to somehow know how to cope. Survivalist training is something he's done and he's had to weather terrible situations because he's been in special ops. Your typical seventeen year old doesn't have to live through these kinds of things.

And he can't help but think that all those little kids, those angelitos will never even have a chance to make it to seventeen. Something curdles in his mouth and he breathes out heavily. "Sorry," is all he says, glancing around. "Maybe someone is your age," he offers, thinking it will be better than a sniper with personality troubles, seeing as he's not really best suited to coping with seventeen year olds.