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WHO: Tommy Magnus and YOU
WHERE: Trains and PRESERVE dorms
WHEN: OCTOBER 08 - OCTOBER 12th
WHAT: Tommy can't sit still or go outside and annoys everyone around him
NOTES OR WARNINGS:

all about trains
[ So, like, trains right? He's never been on a train before. Why would he when he used to be able to run almost faster than the speed of sound? It's cool, it's a great experience, he enjoys watching the scenery whoosh passed.

And now he's over it.

He can be found grabbing food from the food cart and taking pictures and video where and when appropriate. If he's sitting he's sitting and drumming both of his feet obnoxiously, if he's standing he's probably pacing. He hates this and he can't actually think straight. It was cool and then it wasn't, and when you perceive the world faster than most people around you it makes things all the slower.

He drapes himself across two seats, heels of his hands pressed into his eyes. ] This sucks.

preserve dorms

It's like they dragged me out of one cage and put me in another.

[ It's. Cold.

Volunteer work is important and all, but it's fucking frigid and Tommy's never actually had to deal with cold like this before. He blows on his hands and rubs them together lightning fast. ]

You ever see anything like this before? [ He cants his head towards the snow out the window. ]

wildcard

[ got an idea? throw it at him, get the boy. ]

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Yeah, nah. I know what the US is but that's about it.

[ thanks alternate universes. ]

Kind of weird we got all the way here without thinking to bring a coat.

You're not missing much. [ at least not in her time. her arms wrap a little tighter around herself as she turns her attention from the window to him. ]

Yeah, they're a little ill-prepared considering the sudden increase in numbers of the people who were supposed to be going on this trip.

No kidding.

[ Just. ]

We all just up and decided to come in a fugue without thinking to bring some extra layers, though? There's no way everyone is as broke as I am.

Hopefully they're a little better prepared for this wherever we're going. [ and if they aren't, well, then they're all screwed. ]

Are you new to this whole thing, too? [ that'd explain why he's also broke, but she doesn't recall talking to him back at the safe house. ]

I've been here about a month, I'm just really bad at holding down a job and eat a lot.

[ #mutantprincepriviledges ]

[ that makes her laugh, not in a mean way. ]

Hey, at least you had one for a little while. [ she'd probably have one at this point too, if she'd really been looking. ] I don't know what to look for. [ she'd been a bike messenger back home, and it had worked there since she's essentially squatting. but it doesn't seem sufficiently lucrative here, especially if she's ever gonna leave the safe house. ]

Me either.

[ Tommy stuffs his hands in his pockets and rocks back on his heels. ]

Courier's what I'm thinking of now. Like - running around bringing things to places. I suck at siting still.

[ max laughs again. congratulations tommy, this is the most positive emotion she feels like she's expressed in weeks. ]

I actually was one back at home. You definitely don't get to stay still very often.

[ He grins broadly. ]

Sounds like my kinda gig. I got fired for excessive fidgeting at my last job.

Seriously? What was your job, a surgeon?

[ she gets how fidgeting could be seen as annoying, but it's far from a fireable offense. ]