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sixthiterationlogs2017-11-11 07:07 pm
majorlyugh) wrote in sixthiterationlogs2017-11-11 07:07 pm
[i'll use you as focal point so i don’t lose sight of what i want]
WHO: Major Lilywhite
WHERE: Around both villages
WHEN: Nov 1 - 4, Stage I; Nov 5 - 6, Stage II; Nov 7 - 9, Stage III
OPEN TO: OTA!
WARNINGS: Will update as needed.
i. i have a bad feeling about this
The beginning is mostly mild, with Major forgetting the names of a few folks around the village. In each of the conversations, he chalks it up to having a rough night's sleep (mostly true), the general exhaustion of life in the village, or just having "one of those days." The only person whose name he didn't forget was Ravi's, though he doesn't connect it to the fact that he'd known him before his arrival in the fountain.
If someone he knows in the village were to run into him while he's at this stage, he will do his best to hide the fact that he has absolutely no idea what that person's name is. He'll try to carry on and having conversations as normal, but the other person might suspect that something's up. He'll laugh it off, apologize, make some joke about it - but there'll be a slight glint of worry in his eyes that he is forgetting something so basic and simple.
ii. there is always something worse
Things don't seem to get much better as time wears on. If anything, Major's forgetting more and more. Now, instead of forgetting names only, he seems to be forgetting people entirely, greeting people he's spoken to or has developed relationships with as though he's never seen them before. He can be found wandering the village a lot, eyes saucer-wide and full of curiosity, as though he's seeing the place for the first time. He might also be overheard complaining about the lack of electricity, the lack of video games, and the lack of modern technology - and he might be asking why all of those things are abhorrently absent, as though he's realizing it for the first time.
Conversations with Major at this stage will be on the frustrating side, fleeting. He'll forget things that were just spoken about a few minutes earlier. He might ask the other person what their name is again, how he got here, where Seattle is, where any of his missing friends are. He only vaguely recognizes Ravi, and he might insist that the real Ravi is still somewhere back in Seattle. The one in the village is just an imposter.
iii. only catastrophe is clearly visible
By the end, Major seems to have reverted back to his college football days. Somehow, the strange location and setting don't seem to bother him as much as one would expect, but he can be seen in any open field, utilizing whatever he can find as a makeshift football, running drills for hours on-end. He has no memory of the village, of his more recent days prior to the village in the city of Seattle, Ravi, the whole zombie outbreak, being the Chaos Killer, nothing.
He talks a lot about his parents' divorce, how his mom had come out as a lesbian and found a girlfriend, how he'd chosen his dad's side because he didn't know what else to do. He talks about a new girl he's been dating, a woman named Olivia Moore, who goes to UW with him. He talks about being nervous about meeting her friends for the first time, especially a woman named Peyton, whom Liv has known since high school. He talks about being a starting Safety on the UW football team. He talks about grappling with what to do with his life, his thoughts of pursuing social work, and everything else that a college co-ed might grapple with half-way through school.
WHERE: Around both villages
WHEN: Nov 1 - 4, Stage I; Nov 5 - 6, Stage II; Nov 7 - 9, Stage III
OPEN TO: OTA!
WARNINGS: Will update as needed.
i. i have a bad feeling about this
The beginning is mostly mild, with Major forgetting the names of a few folks around the village. In each of the conversations, he chalks it up to having a rough night's sleep (mostly true), the general exhaustion of life in the village, or just having "one of those days." The only person whose name he didn't forget was Ravi's, though he doesn't connect it to the fact that he'd known him before his arrival in the fountain.
If someone he knows in the village were to run into him while he's at this stage, he will do his best to hide the fact that he has absolutely no idea what that person's name is. He'll try to carry on and having conversations as normal, but the other person might suspect that something's up. He'll laugh it off, apologize, make some joke about it - but there'll be a slight glint of worry in his eyes that he is forgetting something so basic and simple.
ii. there is always something worse
Things don't seem to get much better as time wears on. If anything, Major's forgetting more and more. Now, instead of forgetting names only, he seems to be forgetting people entirely, greeting people he's spoken to or has developed relationships with as though he's never seen them before. He can be found wandering the village a lot, eyes saucer-wide and full of curiosity, as though he's seeing the place for the first time. He might also be overheard complaining about the lack of electricity, the lack of video games, and the lack of modern technology - and he might be asking why all of those things are abhorrently absent, as though he's realizing it for the first time.
Conversations with Major at this stage will be on the frustrating side, fleeting. He'll forget things that were just spoken about a few minutes earlier. He might ask the other person what their name is again, how he got here, where Seattle is, where any of his missing friends are. He only vaguely recognizes Ravi, and he might insist that the real Ravi is still somewhere back in Seattle. The one in the village is just an imposter.
iii. only catastrophe is clearly visible
By the end, Major seems to have reverted back to his college football days. Somehow, the strange location and setting don't seem to bother him as much as one would expect, but he can be seen in any open field, utilizing whatever he can find as a makeshift football, running drills for hours on-end. He has no memory of the village, of his more recent days prior to the village in the city of Seattle, Ravi, the whole zombie outbreak, being the Chaos Killer, nothing.
He talks a lot about his parents' divorce, how his mom had come out as a lesbian and found a girlfriend, how he'd chosen his dad's side because he didn't know what else to do. He talks about a new girl he's been dating, a woman named Olivia Moore, who goes to UW with him. He talks about being nervous about meeting her friends for the first time, especially a woman named Peyton, whom Liv has known since high school. He talks about being a starting Safety on the UW football team. He talks about grappling with what to do with his life, his thoughts of pursuing social work, and everything else that a college co-ed might grapple with half-way through school.
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He exhales a little bit of a sigh at the question about his dad.
"I mean, he .. eventually figured it out. Got himself out of his funk and started being a human being again. I don't think he and my mom talk, though. I'm pretty sure he's gonna hold onto that grudge for the rest of his life, which is kinda crappy. But, uh. Yeah, last I talked to him, he was just .. doing his thing. Trying to get back out into the dating world." He flicks his head in Ravi's direction. "What about you? What are your parents like? I've always been curious about the elusive Mr. and Mrs. Chakrabarti."
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"That's my parents, in a nutshell. Constantly waiting in London for me to bring someone home, though I don't know that they would approve of Helen," he admits. "Given that she is a bit closer to their age in appearance than mine. I really don't mind, but Mum's desire for grandbabies might."
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"If it makes you feel better, from my research, zombies can't procreate," he says. "So no undead little grandbabies to worry about for your parents?" he suggests, like that's great news.
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"I ... do not .. know how to respond to that. I mean, hooray, no zombie offspring, but also .. no having sex? Which kind of sucks?" A pause, then widening eyes as he corrects himself, "NOT WITH THE ZOMBIE CHILDREN. I mean with consenting adult female zombies. Like Liv."
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"We don't really talk much about the whole, you know..." He trails off, not mentioning 'Liv situation', even though he knows that they probably could more. "I mean, obviously I miss her like crazy, though not the occasional personality swings. Actually," he says, a bit taken aback, "if she were here, I'd actually know Liv for Liv. What is her personality like, when you strip away all the brains?"
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They've never really talked all that much about Liv, or Peyton. There were little mentions here or there, but in truth, Major thought and thinks about Liv constantly. He just .. doesn't say anything about it. Mostly because a lot of the thoughts are sappy and silly and memories that no one else but he and she have together. Ravi doesn't wanna hear about what their sex life used to be like, or the stupid little things they'd have as insides jokes. But Liv is never, ever far from Major's thoughts at any given point, on any given day. He doesn't want her to show up here necessarily, but .. he also sort of does. Just .. to have her back. The old her. Major would love Liv no matter what form, no matter human or zombie, but .. he does miss the old Liv. The one he fell in love with.
He lets out a sigh, glancing up towards the ceiling. It's partially to avoid Ravi's gaze, but also to help stave off whatever tears might be brimming at the thought of her.
"She's .. the best person I know," he begins, his voice soft. "So incredibly intelligent. The smartest person. She would always get anxious and freak out about all of the stuff she had to do to get into med school and to get her MD and all, but - she'd always ace it. She'd always score higher than she expected, and she'd always do this .. cute little nose wrinkle when she'd see her score. Her face would light up. God, and she was so funny and sweet and playful. She'd surprise me sometimes with something silly and kind of out there, like randomly waking me up in the middle of the night to try and find an ice cream place that was still open that also had Rocky Road in our pajamas. Or suddenly deciding she wanted to wake up before the sunrise, wrap herself up in a blanket, and watch the event unfold, even though she'd only had four hours of sleep the night before. She always .. surprised me, wowed me. She was never dull or boring, but she also knew how to just .. relax. Enjoy each other's company. Never take the little moments for granted." Yep, Major feels like breaking down into sobs right about now, but he's doing a real good job of keeping it all at bay as best he can. "I fell in love with her the first time I met her. It was through Peyton. She used to say she felt the same way about me, but I think she used to say it to make me feel like less of a dummy about it."
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Talking about Liv though, is easier and harder. Easier because he wants to reminisce about their old lives. Harder, because the truth is exactly as he's said. He's not entirely sure what Liv Moore is actually like, always seeing her under the weight of another person's personality and the trauma that came of being turned.
"Now, she's working as my assistant in a morgue," he says, with a dark look on his face, mainly because he feels terrible for her, but there's the intelligence on display. Trust Liv to figure out a way to access brains without having to hurt anyone. "Though, now I have to ask. Did Peyton Charles ever have an awkward period in her life or did she spring fully formed into perfection?"
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The question about Peyton draws out a belly laugh.
"She had this crazy, curly blonde hair when I first met her. A bad perm or something, but even with it, she still made it look good somehow. I don't really know. I mean, obviously I feel differently about her than you do; she's more of a little sister to me than anything else, but .. no, she always looked like that. It was .. is .. kind of ridiculous." A brief pause. "I mean, she could've had an awkward phase as a kid .. I think everyone does, right around the age of like, 11? 12? But I met her at 18, so .. she was well beyond that phase by then."
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"A perm? She had a perm and you don't have photos?" Ravi accuses, like this is all Major's fault. "Are you serious?" Letting out a disbelieving and annoyed scoff, he decides that this is patently unfair. "I had the worst awkward phase. Beanpole is the kind way to put it."
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"I mean, I had photos, yeah," he says, holding both empty hands up. "But it's not like they followed me here. They're .. probably still back in Seattle. Or .. I hope they are. I don't know if Peyton remembers that I have them." God, he misses them both. He misses them all so much that it's hard to even think about.
"Beanpole?" Major asks with a snort. "What, just .. tall, lanky? Did you sprout up," haha, "before you really grew into your limbs?"
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Because it's cruel, clearly.
"Explain sporadic facial hair," Ravi insists, latching onto that. "How does that work?"
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"Uhhh, I don't know how it works, exactly, I mean, that's you're thing, Bill Nye. But not all of us are blessed with luscious facial hair follicles, okay? It came in all ... I dunno, patchy! Like, some parts had hair, some parts didn't, it looked like I was prematurely balding, but on my chin."
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"I am averse to most waxing, so this area..." He says, gesturing in a large circle to his chest, "Let's just say, the Amazon has nothing on Ravi Chakrabarti."
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And then his gaze drifts to Ravi's chest, where he's gesturing.
"I don't .. that's not .. why would you tell me that?"
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Still, there have been times when there's been the in flagrante moment, so it's hardly a secret either.
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Now, Major's purposefully giving Ravi a difficult time. If his tone doesn't make it obvious, the twitch of a smirk should give it away.
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"Don't worry, I won't be stripping off anytime soon," he guarantees. "Even if you'd be lucky to see it."