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[thatmurdockboy]

Who: Matt Murdock (thatmurdockboy) & open
What: Exploring his new home
When: Anytime in November
Where: Prompts for both Wyver and Olympia
Warning(s): None/will update as necessary



I. Wyver

For someone as well-versed in the ways of the subway as Matt is, it's easy enough to get around on the train system. So he takes advantage of it to visit Wyver, as well. He's been told there are dragons here. So far he hasn't run into any, but he keeps his head cocked, listening for -- he's not sure what, exactly. What noises do dragons make? A hiss, maybe? At least he'd be able to feel the change in temperature if they breathed fire near him. Maybe even before. Even after twenty-five years, almost, of adjusting to his senses, apparently there are things that can still throw him.

He and Danny live in Olympia right now, though Danny said he'd be happy to move, so he might as well explore a bit. He walks slowly, sweeping his cane out in front of him to make sure he doesn't hit anyone (or anything) while he adjusts to the new sounds and smells. New York he knew like the back of his hand. This is all new territory, and it's a little frightening.



II. Olympia

When he first arrived in Olympia, he'd stayed pretty close to the house he share with his new roommate. But what little research he'd done on it had sounded interesting, and he's eager to explore. To push his own boundaries a little. He's already so far outside of Hell's Kitchen, he might as well.

Matt finds himself in the marketplace, which is a little disorienting. So many people talking at once, from all different directions. Usually he'd try to count heartbeats to see how many people were around him, but he thought he'd heard two heartbeats from the same place, and that just didn't seem right. But it's a new planet, with new people. And new -- possibly-not-people.

Anything can happen.

Comments

olympia

[bellare]

Frank is out looking for - of all things - chocolate milk. Or as close as he can get to such a thing on this planet. While he's in line, he spots a familiar face and subtly slips out of his queue to join Matt's. He might smell the chocolate first, but there's leather and gunpowder there too, just like before when they met in the bar.

"Try not to show weakness. They eat that up." Ha-ha. His dad jokes are unparalleled.

[thatmurdockboy]

The scent is definitely familiar. Not just the combination of leather and gunpowder and chocolate, but everything under that. Everyone has a slightly different smell, a particular rhythm to their heart, but if nothing else, then Frank's voice gives him away.

"I wasn't aware I was on the menu. I thought it was the other city that had nasty, man eating creatures."

[bellare]

He thinks that over, then hums in the negative.

"Every place has its monsters, Murdock. You just have to know where to look."

[thatmurdockboy]

The comment pulls him up sharply and he blinks behind his glasses. "Sorry, um. That just reminded me of someone I knew back home. Another Frank, actually. Same sort of pessimistic outlook, very uh, glass half empty.

He ended up being a client of mine. I'm a uh, I'm a lawyer, back home. Or I was."

[bellare]

Another Frank he knows? He narrows his eyes, he's never really thought of himself as a pessimist before if he's honest.

"I'm pragmatic," he defends blithely, not sounding concerned if Matt disagrees. The rest is sinking in slowly - a criminal he defended, named Frank. He doesn't use those words, but Frank can read between the lines. "A defense attorney?"

Olympia

[emori]

[Emori was walking along with a canvas bag, collecting food for the place she shared with Clarke and John. She recognized the man from the network. He looked really, really confused. It took her a second to remember he said he was blind. Emori starts to follow him, because she's not really sure how to make friends.]

[thatmurdockboy]

[He'd noticed her footsteps a while back. Falling into a rhythm behind his. Pausing here he pauses. Eventually, they come to a quieter part of the market, and Matt stops entirely, resting his hands on his cane, head cocked to the side.]

If you're trying to rob me, I don't really have much of anything to take.

[emori]

[Emori frowns. How the hell is he doing that? Instead, she starts to explain herself.]

I was waiting for when you stopped walking. I don't need to rob anyone.

[Anymore.]

I'm Emori. You talked to me on the network, said you'd help me box.

[thatmurdockboy]

Oh, hello Emori. I did do that, yes. [He offers his hand her her direction with a warm smile.] It's nice to finally meet you, face to face.

[emori]

[Emori shakes his hand firmly. She smiles and then realizes he can't see that. Be cool, Emori, he's just like you.]

I was just making sure you didn't forget.

wyver

[firetouched]

Fighting is a little more of a thing here, and with the dragons, it seems like the sort of place Danny waould want to come settle. Truthfully, he still hasn't entirely decided where to settle, and Olympia seems a little more his speed, but it's not bad here.

He's gone off to get some money for some food - likely in a fight in the rings - and when he sees Matt he jogs over to him.

"Hey. How's it going?"

[thatmurdockboy]

"Oh -- " Matt touches Danny's elbow in greeting and gives him a smile. "Hello, roomie. I wasn't expecting to run into you here. But it's good to, uh, see you. As it were.

Maybe you can be my guide. Let me know if I'm about to step on any dragons? I've heard there are some, but I don't know how numerous they are."

[firetouched]

"They're not just walking around in the street, you'll be fine."

He smiles, too, which Matt can't see but Danny's smiles are always evident in his voice. He waits to see if Matt wants to take his arm before they keep walking.

"I think they have a sanctuary, if you want to go visit it?"

[thatmurdockboy]

It's easy to tell when Danny smiles. Partially because Danny is almost always smiling, but Matt can also hear it when he talks.

He does shift his hand from Danny's elbow to the grip his arm loosely as they walk. "I'm not sure I'm up to that, just yet. They're smaller, though, aren't they? Or at least the ones in the sanctuary are."

[firetouched]

"Yeah, nothing like. Big and scary."

Like the dragon frozen in stone.

"Hey, I'm an experienced dragon puncher, so you have nothing to worry about."

Olympia

[lednikovyy]

Bucky spends a lot of his time exploring or wandering place he knows. In the months he's been here, he's learned a lot, but he'd been struggling to know who he'd been at all back on Earth and if he's honest, some of the time that he wanders around Olympia, his mind is a million miles away.

He spots Matt in the market easily enough and weaves through a few people to fall into step next to the other man.

"Come here often?" There's humor in his voice as he delivers the cheesy pickup line.

[thatmurdockboy]

"Oh, it's my Staten Island friend," he ribs back and grins in Bucky's direction. He'd very much enjoyed their previous conversation, and it's nice to have someone else from New York here. Even if he's not sure if it's his New York. "Fancy meeting you here.

I'm based in Olympia for right now, but we're keeping an open mind. Yourself?"

[lednikovyy]

"Staten Island? I'm going to walk you off a cliff if you don't watch it, buddy." He laughs as he easily matches the pace of Matt's steps, weaving around people in a way that should accommodate Matt's space without making it seem like Bucky thinks he needs looking after when he's clearly doing just fine on his own.

"I live here. I haven't spent too much time in Wyver yet, but my friends were already living here when I woke up."

[thatmurdockboy]

"I heard about the dragons in Wyver, so I'm a little unsure about it. But Danny promised to take me on a tour, so I'll get the lay of the land, so to speak.

Have you been in Olympia very long?"

[lednikovyy]

"Since about a month after I woke up. Maybe about four months now." He's found that he likes it enough here, but that comes down to the company more than the place, he thinks. "My friends already lived here, so it just made sense. Who's Danny?"

Olympia

[sweetwater]

Cheryl breezes by Matt, passing by on her way to a market stall. She turns back a moment and spots him - an unfamiliar face and much more interesting than buying tea.

"Need help finding something?"

[thatmurdockboy]

He waits a moment before he answers, making sure that he's the one being spoken to and not someone else nearby. And then he smiles, politely, and turns towards the direction of the woman's voice. "I'm just sort of exploring, at the moment. I'm a new arrival, more or less, and I haven't taken the chance to really wander. But if I'm here, I might as well learn my way around."

[sweetwater]

"Well! I can help you, I know where everything is, I've been here nearly forever." More like a year and a couple months, but to be fair she is a teenager and that is a long period of time to someone her age.

[thatmurdockboy]

"Oh, forever? Well that certainly does make you an expert, I would say." He offers his hand in greeting, holding a little awkwardly between then. As though he can't tell exactly where she's standing.

"Matt Murdock. Formerly of New York."

[sweetwater]

She takes his hand, and flashes a smile even if he can't see it. "Cheryl Blossom. Also from New York. State."

Riverdale is no where as cool as the city, but she wouldn't be a big fish in a small pond there. Perhaps it's for the best.

"As you're probably wondering," she continues. "I'm petite, stunning, and a natural redhead." Now Matt can sleep soundly at night, knowing his newest teenage friend is a ginger.