http://laszlo-jamf.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] laszlo-jamf.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] tampered2009-10-06 12:30 pm

You Mean You Can't Take Less...

When; Oct 6th, Mad Hatter Day Curse
Rating; G - PG-13
Characters; OPEN!
Summary; On a day that you can be sipping tea with friends one moment, passing sugar to an enemy the next, only only to find yourself eating cake with a deity, this is merely one of the tables the City's inhabitants may find themselves dining at.

Log; The City is the City is a city, and it is down in the streets, in canyons of steel, "it's making me feel I'm home." It's autumn in New York the City. It's good to live it again.

So Laszlo has set a table too, in sharp and stark and bright and direct and pointed and intentional contrast to the greenery and garden party out in Xanadu. Garden parties. Like picnicking in a cemetery--oh, but they did that, didn't they? The Sunday afternoon walks out to go and spit on ol' Laszlo Jamf's grave.

This would do better if it were indoors, in a penthouse, in some corner apartment--name your other city, he's been to them all. But, close enough, to set it in the street, under the windows and brick and steel. It will do.

A red table. Red and sharp. Dark wood, yes, but red cloth over it, neat and straight--no flow or foam or excess. Tailored--that's the word.

Formality and modernism, that is the center of this table. Black and white dishes, Art Deco, lines and angles and planes. It's an era with which he is familiar. But the effect is striking and cold.

He would have set it in white with stainless steel--medical, clean, efficient--but that idea had been nixed. Damn it.

So red and black and white. And a smattering of steel. He couldn't resist. And better still to sit at the head of the table and observe, the sweep and stretch of the table, the moods and ways of those who sit there--and, always, room for one more.

At least until the bell rang, the gun fired, the call came, and the rush began again.

The Unmoved Mover.

Note; See here! Mark your subject lines with "open" or "to ____" if you like. Prose OR comment log style is alright. Laszlo will speak with any marked "open" or "to Laszlo". Enjoy, and feel free to pop your character in and out as it pleases you and the curse description goes!

OPEN :"3

[identity profile] knaveswitness.livejournal.com 2009-10-08 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, of course a curse." He waved his too-long sleeves once more dismissively, as if that answer wasn't the right one, even though he agreed that it was.

"But besides that!"

OPEN :"3

[identity profile] denyinurgod.livejournal.com 2009-10-08 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
He stared at Break in slight confusion. What other reason was there? If it had not been for the curse, he would have warned others of the threat that had attacked Lockon.

Before people can understand each other, they must get to know each other first, right?

His expression softened as he recalled the words of the princess. There's yet another pause before he responded: "I want to associate."

OPEN :"3

[identity profile] knaveswitness.livejournal.com 2009-10-08 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
"Good answer." Break popped a chocolate in his mouth, chewing thoughtfully for a moment, fingertips carefully wiped off on a napkin.

"Let's!" A shrug, and the puppet on his shoulder cackled in a high-pitched tone before a voice seemed to come from it.

"Let's, he says! Is that how you say it? Let's associate?"

OPEN :"3

[identity profile] denyinurgod.livejournal.com 2009-10-08 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
His eyes widened as he stared at the puppet on the other person's shoulder. If he did not know the protocol for responding to a "pleasure to meet you", then he most definitely was not aware of how to associate with a puppet.

"Yes. Let's associate," he finally chose to reply.

OPEN :"3

[identity profile] knaveswitness.livejournal.com 2009-10-08 07:18 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, shush, Emily~" Break chastised the puppet as if it were a real person, poking at it's simple little face with a finger before he plucked another cookie from the table, then another and another, building a tower on the plate balanced on his knee.

"Shall we! What shall we talk about, Setsuna F. Seiei?~"
Edited 2009-10-08 07:19 (UTC)

OPEN :"3

[identity profile] denyinurgod.livejournal.com 2009-10-08 10:28 am (UTC)(link)
"I do not know."

The response was straightforward and honest, as he continued to stare curiously at the strange puppet. It even had a name; such a concept was something he had not heard often—or maybe it was just because he had been more concerned with ending warfare to notice. It still was not too late to begin anew, however. It was part of changing for the future, too.

"What do you want to talk about?"

OPEN :"3

[identity profile] knaveswitness.livejournal.com 2009-10-09 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
Break laughed, kicking up his knee and catching the saucer on the tips of fingers, then managing to lean over and prop his elbows on the table, watching the boy with a smile.

"You~"

OPEN :"3

[identity profile] denyinurgod.livejournal.com 2009-10-09 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
Another blink, and before he could ponder on that thought he had already blurted out: "Me?"

And then he thought: Someone had to start the conversation, so that was understandable. Marina wanted to know about him back then, too. But he didn't know exactly where to start when it came to talking to an almost complete stranger.

OPEN :"3

[identity profile] knaveswitness.livejournal.com 2009-10-11 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
"Mmmhhhm~" Another cookie popped in his mouth, closing his revealed eye with a smile.