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juvia lockser. ([personal profile] lacuscular) wrote in [community profile] nysalogs2017-10-02 05:58 pm

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Who: Juvia Lockser ([personal profile] lacuscular) & various
What: catch-all log for October!!
When: all month!
Where: around Olympia/her home, etc
Warning(s): none save for being sick!


volunteering
[ Despite being involved in the brunt of whatever detonated in the market district, Juvia still takes it upon herself to help those immediately around her. Even though her desire to find out who is directly responsible for this is strong, her need to be useful overpowers it.

While still semi functional, with no dire signs of sickness, she chooses to assist in disposal of anything contaminated. For the hour she is Alive catch her roaming around, offering to pick up slack for anyone slowing down or needing an extra hand. ]
sick leave
[ ―but it isn't long into helping with the recovery efforts that the symptoms hit her. It starts when her already clammy hands are suddenly, to be frank, clammier. Skin is paler than usual, and mouth suddenly dry. The crate of food she holds slips from her fingers and lands harshly on the floor. She thinks it's because she's not paying attention, which, is true. Juvia is still thinking about the confusion and fear that hit her during the attack.

But it's when she has to step aside because she simply can't pick up the crates anymore does she realize something is wrong. In a panic, she separates herself from the collection of people in the market district, taking off her hat only to place her hand up against her forehead. ]


Juvia.. Juvia can't tell the difference.

[ She mumbles, stopping once she's far enough by herself to check her own temperature. ]
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[ if you want to plan out something specific, or throw something at me, feel free to! my plotting comment is over here and my plurk is [plurk.com profile] enoshima if you want to contact me directly c: ]
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[personal profile] webdesigned 2017-10-20 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
( at this point, if she asked why he was being so weird, Peter would definitely fall on the cross of being too tired for his own good over admitting sudden discomfort at the idea of a girl changing clothes. at least somewhere in that fluffy hair and bespectacled head, he knows he's being ridiculous... though knowing it isn't exactly the same as being able to act like a normal person, apparently.

at least her being dressed, even with less on, is less ruffling than the idea of her taking them off. he's scouted through her cupboards and appliances trying to find something easy to put together and ... well, he hasn't found anything, mostly because he's looked without seeing in his determination not to think about things he shouldn't. so he hasn't actually found anything, but Juvia doesn't need to know that.

he's a little red, but recovering, when she announces her return.
) Cool. Cool cool cool. ( realizing that does not sound very natural, Peter presses his hand to his mouth, as if he could just stop embarrassing things leaking out of it by force. when he tries again he's a bit more composed. ) So we're thinking cold, right? Have you ever had iced tea?
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[personal profile] webdesigned 2017-10-27 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
( oh yeah, he's hiding something, all right. it may even be accurate to say he's acting weirder than usual thanks to being overworked, too. it's just that he isn't actively trying to hide that part, Peter wouldn't know how to do that even if he tried.

turns out he is no better at trying to hide his embarrassment nor his annoyance at his own wandering imagination. what a coincidence.

he's put slightly on the spot by the inquiry about something interesting him in the kitchen. it's a red flag that Juvia is absolutely catching on to him acting bizarre, and yeah, what a shock that one is, am I right?
) Ah... no. All's fine in here, very kitchen-like. As far as my knowledge of kitchens go. My aunt did her best to keep me out of hers. ( it occurs to him that in all his 'looking' he does not remember seeing the tea, even though he probably (definitely) saw it. )

Er, where is your tea again? ( he wonders, sheepish, as he tries a cabinet at random and at the very least, does successfully find some glasses. he places them a little close to the edge of the counter, but shh. it'll be fine. he's lucky the kettle is already on the stove, all he has to do is heat the water up. )
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[personal profile] webdesigned 2017-10-28 06:56 am (UTC)(link)
( the saddest part of all this is that he'd probably say that again in a perfectly ideal situation.... . . . ... ....

it's a little shameful that the tea he has no memory of is in a cabinet he'd definitely already looked in.
) Right. I knew that. ( he didn't, that's a terrible save. he plucks open the cabinet to look at his choices. there's no Lipton to throw in some hot water, which is his American knowledge of iced tea, but he figures any black tea will taste pretty similar. so he takes what looks like black tea and puts that next to the glasses, making a bizarre little assembly line precariously perched on the edge of the counter.

aunt talk is kind of an unexpected segue but Peter will take it and cling to it like a life line to save him from himself.
) Sure. She cooked for both of us. Er, well, she cooked more when I was still in high school, but then she started working more at the diner, so we ordered in. ( it's too much information, maybe, but it's delivered a little more easily than... you know, everything other dumb thing he's said in the last ten minutes.

he laughs at the slightly worried inquiry.
) She let me in the kitchen, I was joking. She did kick me out once at Thanksgiving, but it was only because I kept trying to steal bites of the pie. ( the kettle is the easiest part of this whole operation, it turns out, since it's already settled on a burner. even Peter Parker manages to turn it on without much issue. )
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[personal profile] webdesigned 2017-10-29 08:22 am (UTC)(link)
School? Uh, no, not really. Second in my class, as the first in my class was determined to remind everyone. ( Peter's expression changes just referencing Gwen, though luckily he can hide the shift in his expression as he tries to locate some ice in the freezer. he's lucky there is some, or this iced tea was going to end up being simply lukewarm.

the problem with him sticking his head in a freezer and Juvia appearing so suddenly that even she is shocked by her sudden appearance, there is no spider senses warning him about her tiny form in his way as he turns to set his next prize on the counter. the warning he gets is hilariously late, and doesn't stop him from running straight into her. considering his height advantage, it's more than enough to knock the poor thing over and send the bag of ice skittering toward the glasses like he's going eskimo bowling, because Peter Parker is deadly and this is why nobody should get close to him.

Juvia makes it out of the fall far better than the girl Peter was just musing about, though. he definitely doesn't move fast enough to keep her from the panic of sudden weightlessness, though there's never an impact with the hard floor. he manages to catch her before she can get that far, following instincts that often feel like a rollercoaster he can't control. maybe he could have played it off as impressive reflexes if it weren't for the glass slowly and precariously rolling off the counter thanks to the ice that had knocked it over. it never hits the ground, either, after a quiet thwipfrom his webshooter sends it flying to his hand instead.

Peter stares at the whole situation just as Juvia had been a second ago, alarmed by how catastrophically he's messed up — because seriously, why did he just do that?. if he could come up with an excuse of great reflexes for the catch (hard to believe at best), there's no believable excuse for webshooters attached to his wrists. the moment is hilariously precarious, even more than the cups on the countertop had been, and resembles the same amount of delicacy; how exactly to move forward without something ending up horribly broken?

without warning he straightens, pulling them both into standing straight again. Peter looks a bit like a caged animal that is looking for the nearest possible exit, probably because he is.
) Sorry. I'm sorry. I... I.... I should go. ( because if he just doesn't bring it up there's nothing to talk about, right? despite the disclaimer, he hasn't let her go. he hasn't let the glass go, either. there's still a little remnant of web left behind like a giant red flag that won't be forgotten. )
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[personal profile] webdesigned 2017-11-01 07:12 am (UTC)(link)
( it's a very good point. he said he was going, or at least that he should, yet Peter has made no progress on actually doing it. he's stuck to the floor, battling with the need to flee and the panic of it already being too late to run. it's hard to explain what is exactly so terrifying about showing his hand, in a world where there are so many people like him. Juvia included. it's not something he's ready to explain, either; it was supposed to be a secret, it had to be a secret, and now...

Juvia is looking up at him but he can't quite manage to look her in the eye, head hanging and shoulders a miserable line. he wishes she knew how dangerous it was to ask him to stay. she'd have been better off letting him go. the fact that neither of them really want him to leave makes it harder to actually go through with it, even if that's what he should do.

it's safer. safer for her, and maybe safer for him, too.

he did say he'd stay, though he's not expecting the words to be thrown back at him after all... that.
) Your kitchen might not make it if I do, ( he mutters, a half hearted joke that is at least moderately better than the panic he still can't quite shake, but Peter doesn't seemed to have shaken Juvia, either. not, exactly, that he's tried. )
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[personal profile] webdesigned 2017-11-02 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
( he feels enormously foolish at the reminder that he'd been supposedly cooking for her when all this went south. she's still sick, she's the one who needs looking after here, not him, and somehow Juvia is stuck trying to reach out to him instead of the other way around. it makes him feel about five years old, though as shameful as it is (and it is a little shameful), it isn't lost on him that she bothers to try and reach out, despite every reason not to.

he huffs a half laugh at the idea her kitchen might need to be sturdier before Hurricane Parker hits it. she might be right there.
) Now you see why my aunt didn't want me in the kitchen, ( he points out, though he doesn't remember ever running his poor auntie over. it's sad — Juvia now knows something about him that not even Aunt May had known.

the glass filling all on its own is a promising reminder. that he's not staring down someone who wouldn't understand abilities beyond the expected. it's still just as amazing watching her powers at work as it had been when she nearly drowned him their very first meeting. he'd wished he could tell her the truth even then, hadn't he — to relate to someone who was like him, when back home there was nobody that could really understand? it's a good reminder, though it does make him wonder. at least he manages to look her in the eye again.
) Aren't you mad? Shouldn't you... be mad?

( that he's been hiding things. hiding big things. he has his reasons but usually when the truth comes out, people are angry, not trying to reassure him. )
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[personal profile] webdesigned 2017-11-04 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
( what caused this is most certainly a mix of his instinct to stop things if he can, and most certainly the fact he wasn't going to let Juvia get hurt. especially because of him. and he's not exactly great at controlling his spider senses. they go off and he reacts, sometimes whether he likes it or not. it's just usually he is either wearing a mask or his reaction is a bit easier to explain away.

not this time, clearly.

she leads the glass to the counter and he doesn't stop her. it is definitely safer that way. his eyes stay on her as she explains why she doesn't see a reason to be angry. it wouldn't make sense for him, now would it? in his world he's pretty much the only person with powers to explain. in hers there were a multitude of people with abilities, and they all had their own reasons for hiding or not hiding them. Peter wonders, just a moment, what that would be like.

the wondering is cut short by the soft pat on his chest, which is both endearing and... wow, a good reminder they are still very close right now, aren't they? he turns a little pink at the realization, though i mean, at least he's not embarrassed by the idea of her being naked this time, so that's cool. besides, the sentiment sticks deeper than the proximity — you're still you. sometimes Peter himself tends to forget about that; probably because he intentionally keeps two very separate lives. it's easy to forget you are more than your abilities when a whole city doesn't think much about that fact, either.
)

No, no. I'm okay. I'm the one looking after you, remember? ( though maybe he should do it without cooking... just putting it out there. ) I just... back home, I can't. Tell people. It's dangerous. And... it still feels like it's dangerous, even here. ( he looks worried now, but he can't help himself. it doesn't matter there's not a green goblin haunting Olympia at the moment, Peter has learned all too well that people connected to him were in danger just for the sheer fact that they cared about him. ) I'm sorry. That I didn't say something. I wanted to, back when we first met, but...

( old habits died really, really hard. )
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[personal profile] webdesigned 2017-11-04 07:36 am (UTC)(link)
( he does have valid reasons, yet it is strange to have someone agree all the same. granted Gwen had never been angry with him for his determination to hide things, but Harry certainly had. how would his aunt have felt, if he'd ever been forced to tell her the truth? would he have just held onto that secret forever?

whoa, not a good thought process to amble down.

it's not the first time Juvia has apologized for getting him wet, though Peter is still of the same opinion that way worse things have happened to him, and it had saved him from being run over by a falling pod, hadn't it? he lets go of Juvia, finally, almost like he's finally snapping out of whatever limbo he was trapped in, though he doesn't quite step back from the hand she puts on his chest.
)

I meant it. It is amazing, I've never seen anything like that before. And... I'm not used to people being... like me. ( it feels lame to admit it, put it into words... but it's the truth. the only people that came close to having enhanced abilities always tried to take over Manhattan or something else extremely villainous, there was never an opportunity to relate to someone about superpowers. ) You can't... why not?

( does it have something to do with her control over water? truly, it sends his head reeling with all the scientific possibilities... but at least thinking about Science probably means he has less time to feel flighty about the fact he'd accidentally blown a hole straight through his normal guy persona. )
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[personal profile] webdesigned 2017-11-06 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
( what's a little drowning between friends, Juvia....... its totally fine

while sometimes Peter feels as if his own powers are less amazing and more dangerous, he has no such concerns or reservations about Juvia's. it's funny how that works. it might have something to do with her apparent control and obvious confidence, yet he is truly starstruck by what she can do. if she likes to hear a compliment or twenty, she's made friends with the right kid. he's much better at giving them than receiving them.

especially when she shows him the extent, her body completely fading out to a watery form that defies all sense of logic and gravity. a part of his head chugs in complaint at what he's being presented, though that's quickly overwhelmed by the awe. while he doesn't understand how her powers work, he doesn't really care about the science of it all at the moment. maybe later.

for now, his dark eyes are blown incredibly wide, and if it weren't for the nagging suspicion that perhaps all of her is contagious right now, he might have tested exactly how solid she was. as it is, he doesn't move to touch her, instead breathing,
) Holy... ( he may very well have cursed (a rarity, for Peter) if he hadn't lost the voice to do it with. ) I'm not that lucky. I mean, that you can't hurt me. It is harder, and I heal faster, but... ( he stalls again, because it's kind of weird to talk about his powers. he really doesn't have a lot of experience with it, frankly. he shakes it off, though, instead of being stuck in his discomfort forever. it's actually kind of freeing to have someone to talk to. ) I heal from most stuff in a day or two, unless it's a broken bone, but it definitely still hurts.
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[personal profile] webdesigned 2017-11-09 07:54 am (UTC)(link)
( SPELLS ARE NOT AN ADEQUATE ANSWER, JUVIA... one of these days he's going to have a quiet crisis when he finally asks about the source of her powers and gets the vague answer of "magic". to be fair to her, in her world that was the unquestioned explanation, and in his world? things just didn't work that way. there was a clash between the two,
it was inevitable that some confusion would happen... and in the end, as much as he wants a scientific explanation for everything, in the world he's in now it just isn't this easy.

the idea that she has to consciously protect herself isn't lost on Peter. while her invulnerability sounds promising, he can't help but wonder what could happen if she wasn't prepared. he doesn't really like thinking about the answer. hopefully it never becomes a problem, and if it does? he can hope that he's there and can do something about it, though that's a very wide hope.

the small hand sliding down his chest is a little distracting, though now is not a good time for distraction. it's probably for the best that she steps back and into her own space. leave the tiny sick girl alone, Peter Parker. has he broken anything? he laughs, though there's nothing funny about it.
) Oh, sure. Ribs, mostly. Shoulder once. That was the worst one. And maybe my ankle, I dunno, how do you know if your ankle is broken? ( xrays, arguably, though he had just slept it off and even after a night he'd been able to walk on it again.

which totally and completely begs the question why are you getting so fucked up all the time, which probably means Juvia is owed a bit more honesty. Peter isn't sure how much to say, if anything, and can't help himself when he asks,
) Its just... I dunno, a part of the job. Are you sure you want to hear about this? ( his secret life, his secret abilities, she doesn't have to hear about it if she doesn't want to. )
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[personal profile] webdesigned 2017-11-10 09:40 am (UTC)(link)
( he could explain that a severe sprain would be difficult to walk on even without a break. he could explain to her that's not really what he meant when he said 'the job' — his photography has never been so dangerous that he got attacked over it, though there was one time Flash broke his camera for deciding to be a hero. that was pre-powers, though, and only barely related to his camera. it was really just an innocent victim in that particular scuffle.

he could even make her that tea, like he promised, because her rasp definitely indicates she could use a drink more than she could use a conversation. especially when it is that question. but it is that question, and that question renders him incapable of functioning well enough to respond to any of the rest. it almost doesn't seem real, for a moment, and he stares at her a long pace before he turns an aggravated shade of scarlet.
)

I told you, we aren't... ( Juvia, HOW KINKY ARE yoU THAT mULTIPLE BROKEN BONES SOUNDS LIKE A SAFE SEXUaL RELATIONSHIP!!! Peter is mortified, and rightly so, but if you think about it he really asked for this, making a career of taking pictures of himself. ) That guy. That I take pictures of. Spider-Man. He's me. That's how I get hurt, fighting crime. Not... ( not from extremely vigorous love making.... with himself. WH Y IS THIS HAPPENINGx2

Peter can't look her in the eye after... you know, all of that, but luckily the kettle yells from the stove and he has an excuse to turn away to go get it. maybe, just maybe, but the time he turns around he can stop looking like an embarrassed lobster.
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[personal profile] webdesigned 2017-11-18 09:53 am (UTC)(link)
( he's more than lacking in kinks he's lacking in romance and intimacy and the desire to have sex too he is honestly better off dead.

he may just be embarrassed enough to flee, honestly, which is sad because he'd stuck around this long, surely the idea of both rough sex and masturbation is not that alarming. for the flighty virgin, it kind of is. he's lucky that Juvia takes it easy on him, and that the revelation of his superheroics takes the heat off a little.

Fairy Tail. he remembers her mentioning it, a group (guild?) she'd been a part of back home. he's managed to get the tea steeping before he braves looking at her again. he's still red, but recovering, with the life preserver of a conversation change thrown out to save him from himself.
) That was your group back home, right? ( as for the name, Peter is still embarrassed, though at least this time it isn't because of kinky sex. ) I didn't pick it. But I flew around the city with a spider emblazoned across my back, so I was kind of asking for it.

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