corrinesbell | 139. Abjure [July 30 and 31]

[Happy end of July, Luceti.

There's a good chance you'll see Sheena walking around the village backwards today. She can't seem to propel herself forward or turn her head to see where she goes. Expect to be walked into or to watch her trip over commonplace noiseless things like rocks, benches, and the occasional stray barber pole.

After one such incident she takes out her journal and gives it the best ninja glower she can summon.]

Sheesh! What kinda present is this anyway? Can't even get in the door of my own house. When I get my hands on those guys they won't know what-

[The ground is now ice. Whoosh! Sheena skids directly into the fountain, stopping herself somehow before any serious harm is done.]

Oh great! This is just great, can I be dumber yet? I'm too old for this stuff... And tell those stupid trees to shut up about my life! Nobody needs to know that about Jack!

--Ugh! I mean I didn't- [A heavy sigh.] I give up.

[On the 31st she's doing the rooftop-to-rooftop hop because the whole world is suddenly lava land. When there's too wide of a gap between one house and the next, it's all she can do to land on a bench and cling to it, wincing from the heat. How are some of these other people just walking on the stuff?]

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Well if that's such a challenge, how about turning around?

Don't you think I would've done that if I could? All I can do is backwards and it's driving me crazy. I wasn't trying to knock you into the fountain and sheesh, are you made of iron or someth-

[And now, for all the recognition. She flirted with him in the bar and then he came into the tea shop to chat about life in Luceti and...oh great.]

[Groan.]

Fine. I'll do it.

[See that you don't mind him grabbing a shoulder to whirl her around with.]

[She can stay facing a direction if she holds still. The moment she tries to take a step forward, her leg swings backward instead, putting her at a slight distance from him with the potential to pick up speed on the ice.]

It's complicated.

[Wow. This is infuriating. He'll keep her from slipping. And then, while drenched and pissed, circle around her.]

You should try sitting. You ain't cut out for this walking thing.

It's not like I'm doing this on purpose! Experiments just do this stuff to me.

Can you stop yourself from moving?

Sure, I could just sit here all day, until something else happens to me. Gotta admit that the fountain isn't the place I wanna get stuck. Next thing you know there'll be fifty people here without their clothes on or something.

Got somewhere else you'd prefer sitting?

[Because Logan may or may not be offering to help here.]

Yeah. My house. At least in there I can't get too far away from where I'm trying to go, even if it's all backwards.

Right. Fine, give me your hand. I'll get you there.

[He doesn't even need to ask where. His sense of smell should sort that out.]

You think this is gonna work?

[All skepticism aside, she holds out her hand.]

[Logan takes it.]

If it don't, there's more than one way to get you somewhere.

[Let's see if he can't lead her by the hand like this. Because the alternative? It's carrying her.]

[With Logan tugging her along, it does appear to work! There's still ice under her feet and the continued feeling of needing to go backwards, but she can't exactly fight an adamantium grip.]

[That's right. Keep moving along with him.]

There. That doesn't seem too hard, does it?

Don't sound like I should've been able to just do this, okay? I know that. Wait'll you turn into jelly or something.

Wasn't saying you could, lady. No need to take it out on me.

Sheena. Not "lady". And I'm not taking anything out on anybody, okay! This is helpful.

Right. Sheena. My mistake.

[Still dragging her along though. Though not convinced she's grateful.]

[When she's inside her house again like a normal person she'll be so grateful he won't be able to stand it.

Until then.]

The really crazy stuff always happens to me. Sorry it got in your way.

Crazier than this?

[That's an invitation to talk about stuff. Fill the air, so to speak, since he doesn't have a ton to say himself.]

A lot crazier. This is just annoying. One year they forced us to wear costumes all the time, no matter whether we tried to change; another time we were turning into the thing we were dressed up like.

Let me guess- Halloween?

You got it. Oh, or when they let this assassin wing-hunter guy run around in here attacking people and trying to cut their wings of as trophies.

See, now that sounds more dangerous than annoying. [Unlike this. So. Big difference.]

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