when were you happy? (open)

[travailed]

CHARACTERS: Beth and YOU
WHERE: here there and everywhere
WHEN: any day and every day
SUMMARY: open prompts for downtime. if you'd like something specific hit me up at pineappamatic!
WARNINGS: N/A! will update as necessary


i. hello, it's me

[Beth doesn't like the sensation of the mental link, like a lot of people. She feels like it's been enough time that she should be used to it by now, but she isn't. She doesn't mind people seeing into her head, though, as much as she feels like she's infringing on others' boundaries, or inflicting the tangled mess of her mind on them.

So, she's making a point to meet and get to know everyone. Really get to know them, the old fashioned way. Where people reveal information about themselves as they feel comfortable.

It's kind of a tall order, but she's trying.

It could be anywhere: in the rec wing or the nesting deck or just in a hallway. The ice doesn't need to be broken first, either; if Beth makes eye contact with a stranger long enough, she'll muster up the courage to break it herself, stepping forward enough to catch their eye.]

Hi. [Her voice is soft but her eyes are steady. She holds her hand out to shake.] I'm Beth. I don't think we've met before.

ii. push it

[On occasion, Beth can be found in the training wing. There isn't a set pattern to when she shows up; it's more that there are good days and bad days, and on her bad days she feels a need to be productive. She needs to be better. Stronger. She can't get complacent or comfortable. This place isn't any safer than where she came from, it's just a different kind of danger.

The thing is, though, she's small. And she's never had any sort of proper training regimen; most of what she knows is a combination of physical feats made in fight-or-flight situations and what people could teach her in the scant moments of spare time they could find back at the prison.

But she can start by lifting some weights.]

'Scuse me. [She points at a set of hand weights that they may or may not be standing in front of.] Can I get at those?

iv. choose your own adventure

[Hit me with a prompt of your own, or let me know if you'd like to plot out something else!]

Comments

[erbier]

[ That's how most people feel about Ilde... ]

I think we are ineffective at it, and that the obsession with it has caused more wasted time than results.

[ She says so simply, straight forward. ]

[travailed]

["Obession" is a strong word. Beth rolls it around in her head. She doesn't have enough experience with what they actually do in order to pass any sort of judgment on anything, but there's a flicker of a negative reaction from her anyway. She can't help it, not yet.]

Depends on what your priorities are, I guess. Some people might say it's better to spend our time that way.

[erbier]

They have, they do. And then there is me.

[ A shrug, she has... rather gotten over listening much to the others. When she sees they are wrong, impeding progress, she just goes around them and does what she thinks needs doing without their knowledge. ]

[travailed]

Okay.

[She doesn't like it, but there's no real point in arguing about it. In her experience, people with perspectives like that don't change it after one or two or ten speeches. But she does withdraw a little, expression closing off out of habit even if her mind is still wide open.]

Do you know if there are other bows? I might want to try it too, eventually. It looks more fun than what I was doin'.

[erbier]

[ Ilde dislikes to argue, she finds it ultimately wasteful. She is open to having her mind changed by information, she is not open to having her beliefs dictated to her by anyone short of a god. A disciple's way. There is only one being in this world she takes scripture from, and he is not here among them. She is happy discuss, as long as there is no expectation that she convert. In that way, she personally is entirely satisfied with their exchange. She said her piece. Beth said hers. So she moves on with an easy nonchalance. ]

There are. We have many choices for practice. I enjoy the sport, so I play with many of them.

[ Beth doesn't know her well enough, but there is little Ilde considers 'play'. She is not given to such things, but she enjoys the challenge of precision weapons. ]