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Pᴏʀᴘᴇɴᴛɪɴᴀ Esᴛʜᴇʀ Gᴏʟᴅsᴛᴇɪɴ ([personal profile] goldsteins) wrote in [community profile] sixthiterationlogs2017-03-25 04:31 pm

001 | arrival

WHO: Tina Goldstein
WHERE: The Fountain & Around
WHEN: 3/25 Onwards
OPEN TO: Closed arrival to Queenie, OTA threads to anyone else
WARNINGS: Nothing applicable at the moment
STATUS: OTA sans Queenie thread


FOUNTAIN// ARRIVAL
(This is locked to Queenie, but should you want to do something with it let me know! It's merely because I prefer not to have a lot of initial reaction threads. )

Tina is usually not so quick to wake up in the mornings. The nature of her job forced her to be an earlier riser, but even then she had to wake up a little earlier than most. It took at least one cup of coffee to make her ready for the day (some days more if a case kept her later than usual). The sudden jerking motion, as if from a fitful of sleep, to wakefulness is more than enough to set her sense alive. Her brain whirled half groggily become aware very quickly that this was certainly not where she was supposed to be.

It's December in New York. Most of the water inland was frozen over, so she has to be somewhere else. It's distinctly somehow warmer than it had been and that's more than enough to set off further bells. Bells that she can't really take heed to at the moment as she forces herself upwards. Grateful, not for the first time, of the training that Aurors were pressured to go through of all kinds. Panicking right then would surely be her downfall. A few moments later her hand grasps the sides of a slick wall, uses it to guide, and lets out a strangled breath as her hand grips the edge and her head emerges from the water.

She gives herself a moment to catch her breath before giving a frustrated noise and hoisting herself out of the water. The immediate danger seemingly gone for now, the woman can't help but still remain on high alert. What kind of Auror doesn't have a wand? She mentally scolds herself, but it's easily returned with a simple: The kind who was sleeping peacefully in their home until five minutes ago. The realization sobers her from the adrenaline high of a few minutes prior and she takes in her immediate surroundings: Buildings she would certainly not find in their part of New York.

A tensity sets her shoulders and for the first time she glances down at herself: Definitely not the comfortable pajamas she had worn to bed. Her mouth formed a thin line and she rises to her feet, hefts the weight off her back-- a bag-- and glares at it as if it's the problem here (there was a lot of problems here).

"What in the name of Deliverence Dane is going on?" She growled to herself neverminding at the moment how absurd she most look as she unzips the thing hoping against hope somehow a wand would be in there. Hope, of course, doesn't work and she hardly looks as absurd as the last person to arrive. Or the person before them.

LATER// AROUND THE VILLAGE
Once she's settled and dry, Tina finds she can't sit any longer. As much as she wants to sit and talk to her sister-- to make up for an apparent lack of being there-- she's restless. The house Queenie had settled in was nice, far larger than their one bedroom they shared in New York, but it reeked of unfamiliarity. The idea of simply having her own room after all this time was simply disconcerting and saying as much wasn't going to help anyone (of course, however, her sister knew her better than anyone could read her in ways she didn't like to be). Tina just had to get out and do something: Anything.

Even taking in the village left her uneasy. The functionalities of things didn't seem so strange, but she's used to taller buildings, crowded streets, millions of people. There was overcrowding New York and here it seemed overly spacious. The fog certainly doesn't help. When the weather was right the fog rolled over Manhattan and on a good day it was difficult to see where you were going and as homey as that feeling was it's inherently wrong. Tina feels more disconcerted by the moment as she takes in the various houses and buildings, frowning at how it can seem so empty and stepping away quickly if she comes too close to someone.

She doesn't seem to offer any words of apologies in that moment: Or at least the excuse me doesn't sound entirely apologetic. It's not as if people running into each other in overpopulated New York wasn't normal nor was it really easy to see anything. The disgruntlement is obvious in her tone if and when she does even if she manages a somewhat apologetic look.

THE WOODS// A FEW DAYS LATER
Being busy is just part of who Tina is and investigating is another. Once she's set on where things are in the village she can't help but test the limits: Just because someone says they're trapped doesn't make it any easier for the woman to believe. Her time in any expanse of forest is few and far between. Most of her job involved city arrests and her Ilvermorny days were kept to the school (not into the surrounding woods on Mount Greylock). In spite of that she's determinedly made her way into the woods.

The woman certainly doesn't move with any sense of ease in the woods, but she's careful enough. Taking in the growth and wondering just how large the woods are. If there's really no way out. Right now, however, she's merely curious-- taking in the area as opposed to even trying to find a way to escape. It's hardly as if she's prepared for that at all.

Unfortunately for her, inexperience in a forest shows and now and then the noises of animals moving or the rustling of trees makes her stiffen up. At one point she catches sight of a deer out of the corner of her eye and stops-- Turning to it in surprise and gives out a puff of a breath.

"Now this is ridiculous," She mumbles to herself unhelpfully deciding then that she's certainly had enough for the day and turns to find her way back to the village. Which is another thing altogether: Mapping a city she can do. A forest? Not so much.
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[personal profile] chosenbytheocean 2017-04-13 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
Moana took the roots, wrapping them up with the fish and then placing them in the leaves that she'd gathered. With a piece of string she tied her mixer together and then carefully placed them in the fire that she'd reduced to burning coals.

She hadn't known that Thorfinn was Norse though she supposed that it might not be what he called himself. "Really?" Her dark eyes pointed curiously at Tina while the fish began to roast. It'd cook quickly and Moana didn't want to burn it.

"What is your middle name? Does it mean something?" Her own name meant sea like the ocean. Moana loved her name, even if she was chastised for going near the ocean.
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[personal profile] fantastic_kneads 2017-04-13 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
He holds his hands up when she talks about the job, maybe because he doesn't want her to think that he's presuming anything out of nowhere, since that'd just be rude. "What kind of job did you have?" he asks, trying to keep things on the upbeat and the positive, not wanting to get washed away in the hopelessness he always feels at the edge of things here, like it's just waiting and wanting to yank him down into the abyss.

He's got a lot of dark, weird imaginative thoughts for a guy who's spent his most recent years canning, but then, maybe after you fight in a war, you're going to end up with a couple of bad apples in your noggin. "Where'd you live?" he asks, all of a sudden, because he doesn't remember asking that, either.
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[personal profile] chosenbytheocean 2017-04-13 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Moana’s name sake was the sea and she was proud of it. The sea was someone she respected, just as she respected the earth and the sky. They were friends and if treated poorly would rage against you.

"Esther is a beautiful name." She remarked with a smile, her dark eyes watching the fish cook while occasionally flicking over to look at Tina. It was difficult to have her attention divided but she didn’t mind. She liked talking to people, learning about their culture and their history. It was fascinating. "She sounds like a good Queen." Moana remarked with a warm smile.

She began to fan the smoke from her fire, pushing it away from where the fish rested. It would taste like the fire and the leaves but there was a balance that Moana was trying to reach.

"We have a lot of legends on my island. My favorite is about the goddess of life; Ta Fiti."
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[personal profile] chosenbytheocean 2017-04-14 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Moana smiled, happy to retell one of her favorite legends. "Te Fiti was able to grant life to the islands of the world. However, her heart, the source of her power, was stolen by the demigod Maui. Who was known as a shape shift, master of earth and sky, and also very devious. As Maui made his escape, he was attacked by the lava demon Te Kā, causing the heart to become lost in the ocean."

She tried to make her voice dynamic, the way her grandmother once had. "When the heart was stolen, darkness covered the land and it was slowly stealing life from the surrounding islands. The darkness is still coming. One day, someone will find the heart of Te Fiti, find Maui and make him return what he'd stolen."

The smoke in the kitchen grew thicker and Moana gingerly took the fish off the glowing coals. "It's done!"
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[personal profile] fantastic_kneads 2017-04-14 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"That's swell, you must've been real good at your job to want to go back," Jacob replies without missing a beat, knowing now that not everyone is from the same kinda world as himself and he doesn't see why women can't be in law enforcement. Feels like a lot of them would be more sensible than some of the guys Jacob's seen in the job.

He furrows his brow when she seems to think he might need to head back, but truth be told, she's right. "Can I walk you anywhere?" he offers, seeing as he doesn't want to see anything bad happen to her, not that he could take much on himself -- still, not something he plans on advertising.
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[personal profile] fantastic_kneads 2017-04-15 02:40 pm (UTC)(link)
He tries not to feel like it's his fault that she doesn't want any company back to the village, but to each their own, and she's just told him that she's in law enforcement, so he shouldn't be acting like she can't take care of herself. Giving her a nod of his head, he tries not to get too upset at the idea that she doesn't want to spend time with him, because, well, it wouldn't be the first time.

Giving her a nod of his head to say he understands, he knows he'll keep an eye out. "No problem," he says, forcing the cheer. "Maybe I'll see you around sometime again."
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[personal profile] chosenbytheocean 2017-04-15 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Moana unwrapped the fish and roots, arranging them carefully on a plate. She didn't want Tina to think that she was suppose to eat the leaves too. She then passed them over to the woman with a fork.

"Just tell me what you think."

She gestured to the food before making her own plate and digging in.
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[personal profile] hawkeyesniper 2017-04-17 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
Riza waited for Arado to return, but the pup was thoroughly distracted. She sighed and crossed the distance between them. Normally she would call the dog to her, but seeing as there was another person she figured she would have a hard time actually regaining his attention.

Adaro, meanwhile, does not seem to be in a hurry to return to Riza. This new human smells interesting and if there is one trait that has made itself apparent in Adaro is curiosity. While that can be helpful, she doesn't think that's something that should be entirely encouraged.

"No, I'm sorry about him. He's still in training," Riza said, some amusement coloring her tone. She looked down at the pup, "Perhaps you wanted a break?"

Arado dropped the stick at the women's feet and barked.
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[personal profile] repressings 2017-04-17 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
He doesn't want to let go. He knows it's rude, he knows it's bad, but he's been longing for touch, longing for someone to hold him like this, to tell him it's okay. Queenie might, but Credence feels like he'd be bothering her. Graves might, but there's a part of Credence that wonders if his hand will find his neck and squeeze, or if he'll disapprove of weakness and give that icy glare that Mary Lou so often reserved just for him. And there's Newt, who's kind and wonderful but shy and reserved.

He goes in for a second hug, and is surprised at how he doesn't hesitate this time. Tina is here. It will be alright. With Tina, he feels like it's okay. He feels like it's okay to cry, too, so he does, even if he's mentally chiding himself for doing so.

"It's a second chance here," He explains, voice muffled. "Miss Tina, I don't want to go back from here."
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[personal profile] maternis 2017-04-18 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
Newt does quite prefer her company over many others, but it's still difficult for him to manage in social situations as a whole. He tries, though, and meets her gaze when it is necessary, as he does for many people. Like now, when she insists that he should find shelter with them in the village, and he raises his eyes to hers for longer than a mere second.

"I have shelter here," says Newt. "Well, not here, but I do have it. It's enough to offer what I need and little more." He's quite a simple creature, really. He needs very little to appease him. But then she mentions coming out there with him, and his gaze drops while he clears his throat softly.

"I--I would---If you did I'd have to---well, it isn't big enough for two."
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[personal profile] repressings 2017-04-18 07:16 am (UTC)(link)
We'll. Tina says we'll, like it means something, like the two of them, and it causes him to smile. Even if it's for just a moment, hidden between her scrubs.

Eventually, though he does let go--he doesn't want to, but he has to, because even for someone as kind as Tina there's such thing as being a little too awkward. It's nice, he thinks, to hug someone. He's hugged exactly one other person before, and while Kira is quite a nice gentleman, hugging him is nothing like hugging Tina.

He wipes his eyes hastily, shaking his head and murmuring an apology. It's his fifth or fourth one since they met, and that had only been a few short moments ago, but that, too, is something he's working on. Slowly. Habits are hard to break, especially those beaten into you.

"Do you think more will come? Do you think Miss--" He stumbles on the name, hesitating, whispering it, even though Graves has told him and he had memorized it. "--Miss Piquery?"
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[personal profile] repressings 2017-04-18 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"I think I'd like for it to happen," Credence says, but it's only after a while and it's only after both of them have calmed down. He feels foolish, hugging and crying. All of these things back home were more than allowed, they were forbidden. They'd make Mary Lou angry in that cold way of hers--and here, it just seems silly.

"I want to say I'm sorry to her, too. And maybe--maybe she'll see. I'm better at.." He trails off, trying to find the right words. His shoulders are stooped, and when he speaks again, he drops his voice even lower.

"It hasn't happened again. Four months, and--" A small, tiny shrug. "--nothing, ma'am. Not even when I was struck by lightning."

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