Tourist, May I?

[takingkarabusiness]

Who: Tourists and visitors!
Broadcast: Nooooooooope
Action: On the Tourist
When: May

[ Ship Catch all for May! Mingle! Talk to your neighbors! Walk in on your friends! Wait, don't do that. ]

Comments

[passingthrough]

You met Tyrion. [She smiles.] How did that go?

He used the word courting with us a lot. I felt like we should be in a parlor wearing white gloves.

[winn]

Ok, I think? Definitely held true to my promise.

[ he wasn't wittier or more charming. let's all pretend it was hard. ]

We eventually settled on 'beloved'. [ and by 'settled', he means he dropped the subject. ] I think I'll just look like a failed magician with white gloves.

[passingthrough]

You're going to start calling me your beloved? [That's...cute and sweet and odd? She'd probably feel embarrassed in public and like it in private. She'd probably also tease him despite liking it in private.] I'm gad you came to such an important decision.

[winn]

We talk about the real issues.

[ he nods ]

[passingthrough]

I'm proud of you. [Kisses both of his cheeks and then moves in on his lips. It's a good way to show pride.] And no death threats?

[winn]

[ it's the best way to show pride, but she's getting a quirked brow at the inquiry. ]

Should there have been?

[passingthrough]

I wouldn't say that. I just thought the possibility existed.

[winn]

Wit-jealousy's that bad? [ he knows that's not it, but man, wouldn't it be nice if it were? ]

[passingthrough]

Um...no. [She gives him a soft smile.] Standard "if you hurt her" stuff.

[winn]

[ he tucks a loose strand of hair behind her ear. ]

I should disclaimer to all your friends - if that somehow ever happened, they'd have to get in line behind me.

[ he wishes he could promise that he would never hurt her, but people hurt each other in small ways just by being close, and in big ways...he feels better, about his sanity, but the fear isn't going to disappear because of one good talk. ]

[passingthrough]

No one is hurting anyone anyway. It's a no hurt zone. [But yes, she knows that's not how it works. When you let someone in and you're vulnerable to them they can hurt you without ever meaning to. But for the moment she can pretend, right? Besides, she's not worried about the small things you can easily recover from. It's the big betrayals and losses she fears.]

[winn]

[ after everything she's been through, he's worried about the small things for the both of them. he knows they'll come, sooner or later no matter how hard he tries they'll come. but he still tries to ward them off for as long as he can. he wants to be a part of her life that's just good, just happy, as naive and impossible as that is. ]

No hurt zone.

[ he echos with a small smile, and leans in to kiss her again. ]

[passingthrough]

So much better than the phantom zone. [She kisses back warmly, happily and maybe even naively!] Mmmm~

[winn]

Though we might kinda be in both - [ if people can go home like no time has passed that means that no time passed for them here either, right? wait, no, kissing, now's not the time, why are we talking about the phantom zone anyway? ]

[passingthrough]

[She pulls back for that.] What now?

[winn]

[ why is the kissing always stopping ]

Well, I mean the Phantom Zone's a region of space where time doesn't pass, right? And people go back like time hasn't passed for them - at home or here - at least that's what it sounded like? I mean I could be wrong, it's hard to tell if you're a couple-months-to-a-year older - but if they pick things up where they left them it just sort of...adds up?

[passingthrough]

[Is this where she accidentally hurts him by talking instead of kissing? Is Kara going to hurt her?]

Hmm...though sometimes people do get more memories like Kara.

[winn]

[ nah, she'd have to full-on supervillain for that. ]

But is that time moving at home -- or here? Or is both? If time's moving in our heads, is it also affecting our bodies? And how can we even be sure those memories are real, if we have a brain implant and we dream them?

[ so many questions: zero answers. ]

[passingthrough]

I've seen physical changes happen when people get new memories, but it was at the prison. [Yes, aging is hard to see, but scars or other changes that might come along for the ride aren't.]

[winn]

So the question is -- does it or doesn't it work the same here.

[ they could be testing out different conditions between their arenas. nothing is certain! ]

[passingthrough]

I guess it is. Maybe we should ask around since Kara wasn't gone long her experience isn't that informative.

[winn]

And she doesn't really physically change easily -

[ no scars on the kryptonian. he nods. ]

[passingthrough]

Right. So, something to check out. [Brushing her fingers through his hair.] Sometimes I'm not sure if I can do this. [She should really explain what "this" is, shouldn't she?]

[winn]

[ he tilts his head - yeah, 'this' is going to require an explanation ]

If you can do what?

[passingthrough]

Rage against the machine? I don't know. I feel like I've spent most of my life fighting one unstoppable enemy or another without gaining any ground. The idea of going after the Atroma is so natural to me, but then... I don't know. I just get tired and weary thinking about doing it all again.