another night alone, a temporary dream

[lucubrare]

WHO: Cassandra Cain | Marta Cabrera | You?
WHERE: All around New Amsterdam! Maybe elsewhere, we'll see!
WHEN: April 2512
WHAT: A catch-all featuring midnight vigilantism, healing folks in underground fighting rings, Red Wings bartending, hospital work, shopping, and various other things! Closed & open headers in the comments!
NOTES OR WARNINGS: Some generalized violence but otherwise nada. Will edit once some come up.

Comments

- assumed to be after qi leaves the safehouse!

[kill7]

(qi doesn't quite know what to do with himself in this reality. he's been curiously walking around town these first days, and he has probably gotten in trouble once or twice. big mouth and inconsequential actions certainly are enough for that.

this time, his biggest issue is understanding how to read the map in front of his eyes and most likely, the address he is supposed to be going to is wrong, so lost he is.

he walks, looking to the sides in attempts to find anything that can be useful to get him home - nothing too specific to check aside from the a random, slightly moving blue light reflected on a building. it was probably one of his, but why... on earth would they be hiding like this? he grabs the pair of scissors - which funnily enough were a gift from the mystery figure - and approaches.)

You know... It's kind of counterproductive to be dressed like this when I can see your light... Wouldn't it be less noticeable if you just wore normal clothes...

[lucubrare]

[ Cass freezes, not because she's been spotted but because she recognizes who's seen her - it's Qi, the newbie who offered people haircuts and wig styling that she gave those scissors to.

Well. She recognizes his face and his voice. His body language seems to belong to a wholly different person though. ]

I'm just practicing, [ she explains via sign language, turning towards him and pulling off her mask to reveal her smiling face. ] Hi, again. Have you always known how to fight?

[kill7]

(he's still unsure of who exactly is he staring at until the mask comes off and he gives a relieved sigh. he definitely did not want to get into a fight without his powers. or actual scissors. or his chicken.)

Great question, but I don't know. (he shrugs.) I don't remember a lot. What are you practicing?

(usually at this point, qi would be playing with the scissors, making them fly around and keeping them ready, but at the moment, just spinning it around his fingers was a comfort.)

[lucubrare]

[ Huh. Like amnesia, she wonders? ]

I have a power. Well. We all have powers, those of us who arrive here from other places. Mine is my shadow. See?

[ She points it out as the glow in her chest increases and she focuses on the sliver of darkness attached to her shape. It stretches and grows for a moment, before wiggling back down to her size. ]

Do you know what your power is?

[kill7]

(certainly amnesia. it does clear off for a second every now and then, but it definitely doesn't answer anything.

cass proceeded to show her power, which makes qi impressed and excited in turn.)

That's so cool!! What do you do with it?

(at her question, qi settles the scissors in the palm of his hand, allowing it to levitate shakily before it dropped to the floor - not before he tries to grab it and fails miserably. of course, his chest glowed through the process.)

Ah, it was cooler before I came here!! I could make it spin super fast, like a saw blade...

[lucubrare]

Hide things. Small things. Myself, eventually? Maybe?

[ She's not sure how it works, you see. It's not like they were each given a handbook on how the powers function on an individual level. ]

You have to practice. [ An aha moment! ] I can practice with you! You probably won't be able to hurt me.

[kill7]

(oh yeah. that makes sense. he wonders for a second if theres anything else he could do with his, but right now, he really just wants to get his scissors to spin.)

Oh, for sure. No problem... Do I gotta cosplay a ninja too or is my hoodie ok?

(he plays, but at soon as he attempts again, he hears a scream.)

... Raincheck, let's go see that first.

[lucubrare]

[ Cass grins, tho he probably can't see it because of the whole 'cosplaying a ninja' thing, but she nods at the mention of a raincheck and is off, running full tilt past him and down the street, following the sound of the scream.

It takes a minute (and another scream) before they end up on the scene of a mugging or maybe a kidnapping. Someone is being held in a way they don't seem to have agreed to, and someone else has their hand over that first person's mouth. They've got a knife, not a gun at least, and Cass halts in the intersection, waiting for Qi to catch up. ]

[kill7]

(before qi can really process, cass is gone and trying to keep up with her was, to the very least, tiring. when he does, he's trying to catch his breath before his attention shifted to what was happening in front of them.

if cass ran towards trouble and if she dresses like this, his only logical conclusion is that she definitely could fight - never in his life will he tell her not to do something. he learned this from meihua, who definitely didn't need protection. he reckons cass doesn't, either.)

Ok, what's the plan?