open ♔ socialization log (summer pt 2)

[wynn]

WHO || Everyone! [ota]
WHAT || Shenanigans.
WHERE || Anywhere in the castle, surrounding environs, London, Andres, etc!
WHEN || Any time in Summer / continuations of threads from the last post when it hits captcha
HOW || Actionspam

[ The castle can be a happening place, even on more mundane days. This log is for random interactions over the course of these few months. Because not everyone is into parties, ok. Characters participating in the following missions are asked to wait until their missions have concluded before tagging into things that take place chronologically after said missions: Ravenloft, Shadow Bermuda, and City of Blood If you aren't certain if that applies to you, please ask! Characters who are not currently squired in may also post, as their characters are living in the castle awaiting their ceremonies.

You are encouraged to start your own threads and tag around, and feel free to threadjack into any on-going threads that aren't specified as 'closed' in the subject lines since people can enter into rooms even in the middle of what's going on. WE ARE BIG ON THREAD-JACKING HERE. You can also specify 'single thread', meaning you want only one response for all participants, rather than multi-thread, where a number of different scenes/threads can be done as replies to the top prompt.]

On this log:

Lance/Malina/Cora/Kate/David | continued
Abigail/Alice/Amelia/Kali/Sean/Thea/Winter | continued
Gwen/Rose/Kenzi/Sawyer/Avaleen/Frankie | continued
Erica/Natasha/Sara/Wanda | continued
Mars/Sebastian/Doyle/Deryn | continued
Jaime/Killian/Carol/Tdiddle/Han | continued
Myri/Andrew/Faye/Thoster/Clark/Neal | continued
Baal @ training rooms/firing range/movie theater/billiards/bar
Alex/Will/Dante | continued
Lila @ library/firing range/dragon's fire wing/
Astrid @ med center/library/starbucks/front desk
Sarkney | continuedw
Buffael threads | continued
Emma/Skye | continued
Drax @ training room/bar/outdoors
Elena/Sam/Snow/Bo/Dennis/Groot/Miles | continued
Topher @ computer lab/dragon's light/round table room
Sark @ library
Ella @ dragon's fire wing
Christos & Steve | continued
Jeanne d'Arc @ stables/kitchen/training room
Regina/Snow/Emma | continued
Willow @ the library
Henry @ the library / grounds
Paige @ castle ground
Nyna's resurrection @ Dragon's Light wing

Comments

topher brink | ota

[andblockbuster]

[Topher's spent a lot of time in a facility that was, for at least five years before things went to crap, his playground, so naturally he hasn't yet accepted that his existence isn't tolerated as much here yet. He does not seem to notice or care.

For the most part, he can be found in the computer lab doing some work between his own personal laptop and two of the other computers. It's mostly a complicated series of code mixed with a lot of medical data. The joys of being a neurologist-computer programmer. And he's working with all of this with a manic sort of delight, humming to himself, and muttering under his breath. He isn't accustomed to sharing his space with anyone, so the fact that he's presently alone gives him a false sense of security.

He can also be found in the Dragon's Light wing, interrogating people about the equipment, whether or not the castle shows a heavy reliance on clerics, and if they've been branching out into more advanced and experimental procedures. If he gets punched, it's probably a good thing he's in the medical wing...

And lastly, Topher can be found in the round table room, which he just had to see properly after getting his keycard. If you happen to find him in here, you'll see him enacting some sort of one-man personal vision of a round table meeting. #Dork]

[killmypatience]

[And here comes Kate to ruin that false sense of security. She swings into the computer lab every so often to check up on some things and be out in the world, and when she spots Topher, her curiosity gets the better of her. She doesn't really understand it but she recognizes enough to know that he's building some kind of computer program (knowledge 23).]

What are you building?

[andblockbuster]

[he looks up abruptly, about to get offended that someone intruded upon his private space without a knock or a proper greeting, only to realize he's no longer in his office. He is in Public Space and he's pretty sure he has to actually make full Knight before he can start making ridiculous demands.]

Brain maps. [like that explains everything. he goes back to typing furiously, and then looks up, casually as something occurs to him.] Hey, how does Wynn feel about voluntary neural scanning?

[killmypatience]

[Her brow furrows for a moment at the question because that is definitely not what she was expecting - then again, she wasn't expecting "brain maps" to be that easy an answer either - but she answers honestly.]

I think it would depend on what it was being used for.

[But so long as voluntary is voluntary, it can't be too bad, right?]

[andblockbuster]

Science. [that's a great answer, right? no, but really, he's curious.] Also I just... like having them. They're handy reference tools to better understand your... fellow Knights, I guess.

[killmypatience]

[Her brow furrows for a moment because that's an ... oddly antisocial way of making friends.]

As opposed to talking to them?

[andblockbuster]

I talk to people. [slightly defensively.] But in a grand scheme of things, I'd honestly like to know if someone's a serial killer before it gets all Stranger Beside Me.

[his shoulders slump a little.] I did this for a living before coming here. Hard to just... shut it off.

[killmypatience]

[Her eyebrows go up even more because "serial killers" is a pretty specific concern.]

Wynn's a pretty good judge of character. I'm sure you don't have to worry about serial killers.

[But she's also never met Sylar, so. You know.]

Also, I'm not really sure looking at someone's brain is going to help you there. What their brain looks like usually explains their actions, it doesn't dictate them.

[Transferring those urges into their work for the purpose of good tends to make them heroes, not killers. But that can be subjective, and Kate knows that. Still, just because someone has a serial killer brain structure doesn't necessarily mean they'll become one.]

What kind of neurological work did you do?

[andblockbuster]

[he shrugs in a okay-lady-but-i'm-a-genius-and-you're-not sort of way that's got more borderline condescension packed into that single gesture than an entire room of kindergarten teachers can manage.]

Basically, I hack the brain. Get it down to its basic parts, figure out the problem, and then work out a solution. Voila! [he waves a hand.]

[rationalizes]

Someone certainly looks hard at work. [ gar pipes up from behind topher when he's in the middle of some calculation or other. she was on her way to print something in the lab when she slowed to glance over his figures. ]

[andblockbuster]

If I stop working, I'll probably end up doing something everyone in this building will hate me for, which... Isn't a reason to not do it, but I don't wanna push my luck.

[He turns away from his computer, holding up a finger.] Incidentally, do you know the policy on castle-wide laser tag battles?

[rationalizes]

I can't help but imagine they are strictly encouraged. [ she grins. ] May I ask what all this is?

[andblockbuster]

I love this place. [So wistful. He looks back at the computer behind him and then at the one across from him.] Uh... That one is uploading some of my research to a database and this one is just where I'm keeping track of some of my notes I've gathered since I got here. Do you know how many atypical psions you have in this place? [he pauses.] ...No, really. I... want a ballpark number. I've met two already. This is like a dream come true for me.

[rationalizes]

I think that might be most of them. You're interested in psionics?

[andblockbuster]

It's more grounded in basic science than arcane and divine magic. [he waves his hands.] Don't get me wrong- there's good science in everything if you look hard enough, but I'm a neurologist. I lean pretty hard on Ye Olde Brain Stuff.

[rationalizes]

How fascinating. You study the science behind the phenomena? [ she points at her chest ] I've poured a great deal of research myself into examining the science of arcane magic.

[andblockbuster]

For realsies? [He spreads his arms wide, looking as excitable as a puppy in a Milkbone factory.] I mean it's more of a side project to offset all my theoretical neuroscience research, but, honestly, it's the field I wanted to go into before it got derailed. I mean if people with no innate psionic ability can still occasionally manifest a few at random, then maybe there's a whole realm of possibility there that's just... untapped.

tags into this two months late

[hacker]

[ While in the Dragon's Light wing to get a pulled muscle from training looked at, Skye overhears Topher interrogating one of the clerics—let's say Alanna for simplicity's sake—about their methods. Looking up, she scoffs. ]

Dude. You sound like Dr. Frankenstein. Take it down a notch. [ Alanna steps back, patting Skye on the shoulder. With a smile, Skye stands and works her shoulder to stretch it out and test the joint. ]

[andblockbuster]

No, I'd sound like Frankenstein if I wanted to know what the organ and limb doner policy is on unrezzed corpses. [He hops up on one of the free examining tables and shrugs.] This is way more civilized and less ookie.

[hacker]

The first word out of people's mouths when they come into a hospital, if they're worried about "ookie," isn't usually "what's your policy on radical experimental procedures." [ She folds her arms under her chest and cocks one hip out to the side. ] You might want to adjust your approach.

[andblockbuster]

[he shrugs.] I have highly specific skillsets that are really hard to make not sound a little sketch to the average layman. It's a curse.

[hacker]

I mean, in this case, it's really laywoman... [ A beat. ] Technically. [ Another beat and she clears her throat. ] So you're new.

[andblockbuster]

Yup. [he leans back on the table, because, much like a cat, he feels he can do whatever he wants wherever he wants.] I'm a friend of Kali's.

[since he and Kali established mutually that they are friends, and him saying it isn't him just covering his ass about the fact that he had a hand in making her. his hand in all that was mostly the good parts.]

[hacker]

Yeah? [ Her eyebrows arch at that. If he's new to the knights, but one of Kali's friends, that doesn't add up much. Kali hasn't been out on another mission since Guadalajara, and the knights saved her from a pretty ugly life. The kind that doesn't make friends. That much, she knows. ] I'm her squire. Skye. [ She keeps her smile, but there's something about it that's designed to put him on the defensive. ] She never mentioned you.

[andblockbuster]

[She lifts his head a bit to gauge her expression and then sits up on his elbows.]

Yeah, I don't think she'd feel comfortable talking about any of the people she knew in the... bad old days.