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metalogs2023-01-03 10:28 pm
fearfully_symmetrical) wrote in metalogs2023-01-03 10:28 pm
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Galatea Arrives [OPEN]
Who: Galatea fearfully_symmetrical
What: Arrival and figuring out what's going on
When: Prior to the de-aging
Where: Locations
Content Warnings: If needed
Little Love, Kansas
A fireball screams its way down out of the sky. She's not conscious for most of the descent, which might be a mercy, save she wakes up without any time whatsoever to stop. She slams into the ground, bounces, rolling like a ragdoll through three more bounces before finally digging in and grinding across a field, smashing through a tree stump which practically explodes into toothpicks from the impact - and then finally coming to rest on the far side of a small stream.
"Ugh," is all she says at first, pushing herself up from the small crater she'd made, dirt and rock falling from her form. "What the actual-"
She stands up, stilled by the nearby sign she sees, next to a road. She reads it, groaning.
"Kansas," she says, taking her first, wobbly steps up towards the road. "The most nothing place in the known universe." She keeps grumbling as she makes it up there, still brushing away dirt from her white costume. Which, thankfully doesn't stain or tear easily. And, to anybody seeing any of this, it might be interesting that neither does she.
Diadem Hotel
She is profoundly suspicious of these so-called 'guilds', but the hotel stay? That she can get used to. She'd been raised in a CADMUS bunker lab, after all - luxury? Pampering? Money? None of these things had ever featured in her life. She has precisely zero understanding of the value of a dollar, but that's a problem for tomorrow.
Another problem for tomorrow is the bill she's gonna rack up for these jerks before they catch on she's going absolutely ham on spending, but that's gonna be some accountant's headache.
She can be found a number of places - eating some very expensive meals in the hotel restaurant, or lounging by the pool with the full spa treatment - right down to the face mask and the cucumber slices on the eyes, which she insisted on. She can also be found being disappointed by the limitations of the hotel's gym.
It's not up to her (cloned) kryptonian standards. She may even angrily throw a barbell through a mirror, which she airily hands over the card for.
Then there's the shopping. She's never had...things. Possessions. Things that are hers. So she has no idea what a person actually needs to live, and so she just buys things at random. If her inexperience with the world shows from behind the veil of confidence and hostility, it's here.
She can be found with shopping bags from various places. She's trying to find a non-costume wardrobe, after all, but has no idea what is fashionable or appropriate. And she likes her form, is proud of the effort she's put into it. So she can be found roller skating down the street, perhaps in a crop top and shorts regardless of weather. Or maybe wearing a fancy suit, or even a ballgown. It depends, really. And she'll have things: books, personal electronics, some random VHS cassettes she found in someone's bin at a market - even one of those little dipping birds.
Around and About - CYA!
She'll be visiting each location that's been pointed out to her - because part of her really wants to know what's going on. It helps ensure nobody is coming after her - that nobody knows who she is.
That and she doesn't like the sudden change in scenery - appreciates it, but whatever power did it...well, she's gotta look into that, right?
fearfully_symmetrical What: Arrival and figuring out what's going on
When: Prior to the de-aging
Where: Locations
Content Warnings: If needed
Little Love, Kansas
A fireball screams its way down out of the sky. She's not conscious for most of the descent, which might be a mercy, save she wakes up without any time whatsoever to stop. She slams into the ground, bounces, rolling like a ragdoll through three more bounces before finally digging in and grinding across a field, smashing through a tree stump which practically explodes into toothpicks from the impact - and then finally coming to rest on the far side of a small stream.
"Ugh," is all she says at first, pushing herself up from the small crater she'd made, dirt and rock falling from her form. "What the actual-"
She stands up, stilled by the nearby sign she sees, next to a road. She reads it, groaning.
"Kansas," she says, taking her first, wobbly steps up towards the road. "The most nothing place in the known universe." She keeps grumbling as she makes it up there, still brushing away dirt from her white costume. Which, thankfully doesn't stain or tear easily. And, to anybody seeing any of this, it might be interesting that neither does she.
Diadem Hotel
She is profoundly suspicious of these so-called 'guilds', but the hotel stay? That she can get used to. She'd been raised in a CADMUS bunker lab, after all - luxury? Pampering? Money? None of these things had ever featured in her life. She has precisely zero understanding of the value of a dollar, but that's a problem for tomorrow.
Another problem for tomorrow is the bill she's gonna rack up for these jerks before they catch on she's going absolutely ham on spending, but that's gonna be some accountant's headache.
She can be found a number of places - eating some very expensive meals in the hotel restaurant, or lounging by the pool with the full spa treatment - right down to the face mask and the cucumber slices on the eyes, which she insisted on. She can also be found being disappointed by the limitations of the hotel's gym.
It's not up to her (cloned) kryptonian standards. She may even angrily throw a barbell through a mirror, which she airily hands over the card for.
Then there's the shopping. She's never had...things. Possessions. Things that are hers. So she has no idea what a person actually needs to live, and so she just buys things at random. If her inexperience with the world shows from behind the veil of confidence and hostility, it's here.
She can be found with shopping bags from various places. She's trying to find a non-costume wardrobe, after all, but has no idea what is fashionable or appropriate. And she likes her form, is proud of the effort she's put into it. So she can be found roller skating down the street, perhaps in a crop top and shorts regardless of weather. Or maybe wearing a fancy suit, or even a ballgown. It depends, really. And she'll have things: books, personal electronics, some random VHS cassettes she found in someone's bin at a market - even one of those little dipping birds.
Around and About - CYA!
She'll be visiting each location that's been pointed out to her - because part of her really wants to know what's going on. It helps ensure nobody is coming after her - that nobody knows who she is.
That and she doesn't like the sudden change in scenery - appreciates it, but whatever power did it...well, she's gotta look into that, right?