Catch-all log

[thinkingwithmahous]

Who: Marco and whoever
What: Marco abuses magic to make his life easier, and various other things
When: You know. July.
Where: Around the station. And the beach. At the same time.
Warnings: Nothing yet

-July 8th-

Physical distance has little meaning to Marco. Spatial relations are mere suggestions. This is why there's a pool of sunny air in the common room. Marco's sitting at one of the tables reading a book titled "The Medusa Protocol: Book 2 of the Lance Starhammer series (Now a major motion picture!)", while a circle of the wall next to him about six feet across has been replaced with Glitterstone Beach. You can hear the waves, smell the salty air, and feel the ocean breeze gently wafting through the room.

And here's Marco, with his nose stuck in a book while he twists the laws of physics to get a bit of sun and cross breeze in the common room because it was too much effort to hunt down a fan.

-July 14th, morning-

It's closer to lunch time than breakfast, but Marco is not a morning person. Which is the leading reason why he's sitting on the balcony, staring blankly into the distance and slowly chewing on an off-brand poptart. Sitting by him is an open can of "AXELLERATE". It has a viking-like warrior screaming while dual wielding axes, and promises a truly disgusting amount of vitamin B and caffeine.

This is a fairly normal breakfast for Marco Felluci, unfortunately.

-Never let your guard down-

At any time, as long as you're not in your room, there is always a small chance that, at any given moment, a wall or doorway next to you is going to transform into a portal for Marco to walk through. Sometimes, without really entirely paying attention to where he's going.

Comments

morning balcony

[founderinglight]

Sure you wouldn't like something a little more substantial?

[Morning, psh, morning is for people who have a sense of time.

Izunia? Izunia has pancakes with stewed strawberries piled on top as he takes a seat on the edge of the balcony a few feet away.]

[thinkingwithmahous]

[If god didn't intend us to be awake in the morning, they would have made morning happen in the afternoon.]

I'm fi- [-ne, he started to say, but stopped when he saw the pancakes.]

Shit, seriously? Yeah, suddenly pop tarts don't feel like enough.

[founderinglight]

[Honestly, Ardyn's probably not even up yet. Izunia is the morning person Lucis Caelum.

Who just pulls another plate of pancakes, these undressed, out of his Armiger, followed by butter, confectioner's sugar in a salt shaker, the container of strawberries, and finally a thing of canned whipped cream.]

I also have a couple other kinds of fruit, if you'd prefer.

[thinkingwithmahous]

[Marco watched Izunia casually pull half a pantry out of thin air and for once he wondered if someone had powers that made their life as convenient as his did.]

Nah, strawberry's fine.

[The way to any teenager's heart is through his bottomless stomach. Marco digs in with gusto.

It wasn't until three or fore bites in he actually stops to wash his mouth out with a swig of whatever foul concoction was in the can and thank him.]

Mmph. Thanks, by the way. This is delicious.

8th

[ax_iom]

[Lily just... Walks over to Marco, carrying a large fan from somewhere else in the complex, and just. sets it in front of him.]

Was that so hard?

[thinkingwithmahous]

Probably not.

[Page turn.]

[ax_iom]

[She sighs, and just. Gets down, plugs in the fan, etc.]

Can you use a breeze that is less humid next time, please.

[thinkingwithmahous]

I guess that's fair.

[bloodyashes]

[So. Uh. Hey, Marco?

Someone has just walked in and had a new obvious anxiety spike at the sound of the ocean coming through your portal.]

... Can you turn that off?

[thinkingwithmahous]

[He looked up to Asch talking and blinked.]

Huh? Yeah sure.

[Poof, portal gone.]

[bloodyashes]

...Thanks.

[He pulls a hand through his bangs.]

Just... the sound of the water isn't good for me.

[thinkingwithmahous]

Shit, sorry. I find it relaxing. Didn't mean to cause any problems.

[Part of his brain is wondering where else he could get his breeze from. Another part is wondering if this hurts his chances with Asch. A third part is thinking "Psh you're not into that kind of stuff. ....Right?"]

Something bad happen to you by the ocean? If you don't mind me asking.

8th

[blackestwitch]

[ Maddie walks into the common room, as she is wont to do, in one of her usual outfits... but when she feels the ocean breeze, she just. Turns around, and walks out. Sorry dude.

About two minutes later, she walks back in, but now she's wearing shades. She takes a seat in an armchair, folds up her cane and sets it in the crook of the chair, and does the gay chair sit.

The shades were important.


Outfit check: shirt, flannel around waist, shorts, flip flops, gay ]

[thinkingwithmahous]

[Since apparently not sitting with your feet on the ground is gay culture, Marco's feet are actually on the table. Or rather his calves are. His actual feet are hanging over the edge because he's not THAT gross. He nods at Maddie when she sits down, which is a pointless gesture but habit's a bitch.]

What's with the shades?

[blackestwitch]

If you're going to the beach, you have to wear shades. It's a Florida thing.

[thinkingwithmahous]

I don't think that's just a Florida thing.

You're right, though. All that shit I grabbed in the city and I didn't think to grab sunglasses.

8th

[hurt_comforting]

[Merry walks past the portal, in a teal and purple mermaid-themed one-piece swimsuit, holding a 24-ounce cold juice to her head.

...then she doubletakes at the portal, walks up to it, and sticks her head through it.]

...so much for hiding your light under a barrel, Marco. What are you even doing with this?

[thinkingwithmahous]

Natural sunlight and a nice breeze, while still being right next to the kitchen.

[hurt_comforting]

[She blinks. Twice.

Then rolls her eyes.]

Ask a stupid question...

Okay then. Two followups.

One, why not just go out the portal, have a swim, and come back - possibly with a stop into an unoccupied shower stall to dry off - and two, are you just grabbing snacks or have you had something substantial?

8TH

[zweihandler]

[ how normal people greet friends: saying "hello"

how Erina does the same thing: wedging her foot into the back of Marco's chair and giving him a lil' kicky. You know, affectionately or something. ]

Hey, is there room for two by the magic beach portal?

[thinkingwithmahous]

[He is a great and powerful sorcerer he doesn't have to put up with this shit.]

Only if you have brought me a suitably worthy gift as tribute to my magic beach powers.

[zweihandler]

I'll take my foot off the chair.

[ kicky kicky. ]

14th

[nor_iron_bars]

[Jail flops down into the seat across from Marco, pops open another energy drink for herself, and pours it directly into a half-full mug of black coffee. Then she slams it back and starts chugging. Somehow, she appears to have accomplished all this without ever actually having opened her eyes.]

[Long experience with her habits from their time together in Lighthouse may clue Marco in to what's happening here:]

[This morning shows all the telltale signs of Jailbreak having pulled a research-focused all-nighter. Again.]

[thinkingwithmahous]

I dunno how you can drink that stuff.

[YAAAAAAWN]

Long night?

[nor_iron_bars]

If it goes down fast enough, I mostly can't taste it.

[Jail is looking... marginally more awake now, if not necessarily any happier about it.]

Was kinda working on a few different projects, staying up late... then I looked over and realized it was morning.