One Mutant Space Pirate and his Merry Adventures

[hesnohero]

(One Week ago: Alex Arrived to confusion and weirdness., yesterday, he had more weirdness, and was still lost.(OOC Note: The link to the test drive is for the Lorna-Alex thread.)

Today, Alex is wandering, a PADD of stuff about this time in one hand, a giant sealed mug of coffee in the other, and humming softly to himself. He's faintly wet, fresh from the shower after working out in the gymnasium, and he mostly was just trying to see more of the ship. He wasn't necessarily trying to get into areas he was not supposed to be in, but he also wasn't necessarily trying to avoid those areas, either.

Alex wasn't so much looking for trouble as staring it in the eye and calling its mother bad names.

It was a bad habit he had.

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[element_wizard]

Alec isn't exactly trouble in that he doesn't mean to be trouble. He just ends up being trouble. Currently this includes tumbling out of a Jefferies tube and ending up flat on his back with a hard grunt.

He stared bemusedly up at the ceiling before giving a quiet, "Ow."

[hesnohero]

Alex moved to his side and stared down at him, then up into the tube, then back down at him. "Are you okay?"

Old habits die hard. As a former paramedic and firefighter, as well as a special forces officer who'd seen plenty of people fall, he never took chances. "What were you up there for?"

[element_wizard]

Still not moving off the ground, Alec said, "Yeah. I think I'm alright."

As for the second question: "It seemed like a good idea at the time."

Because really, half the things Alec does is because it seemed like a good idea at the time. Why it seemed like a good idea at the time, he couldn't tell you - but it did.

[hesnohero]

Alex stared down at him, then snerked. "You remind me of me, when i was younger." he reached out a hand to help the other guy up.

"What were you trying to do, anyway?"

he glanced upward curiously.

[element_wizard]

Considering Alec is still, technically, a teenager despite being ages older than Alex, it makes sense. Which is why he laughed a little before accepting the offer to get up.

"I was just exploring really," Alec said. "It's something to do to pass the time."

[hesnohero]

"Not a bad thing. From your move, there... ever practiced parkour?" It was something Alex had become an expert at during his special forces work, for it had helped to be able to come at enemies from all new angles they weren't expecting.

[element_wizard]

"Not intentionally?" Alec brushed off some imaginary dust. "I've just picked up a few things here and there over the years."

Though he's sure some version of himself has practiced parkour.

[hesnohero]

"You ought to think about learning it. It could help with your coordination and, ah... your falling." Alex grinned at the other man.

"A lot of falls are made better if you can use the world around you to slow and change how you fall."

[element_wizard]

"I never really thought about it. I can take a lot of damage without getting seriously hurt. It takes a lot to kill me." Alec said.

Which then begs the question has he been killed before to know this?

[hesnohero]

Continued from here - http://ten-fwd.dreamwidth.org/181187.html?thread=9143235#cmt9143235

"I'll probably get a job when I can. I'm not used to being idle." He chuckled. "I've stayed busy my entire life."

[element_wizard]

"I am from an idle and rich family. The closest I've ever come to a job was my uncle trying to teach me how to be a bard and killing world sucking parasites for an inter-dimensional company. But I did that second one because it entertained me."

Other versions of him have had real jobs, but he's not them right now.

[hesnohero]

"Well, if you have to have a job, killing bad things trying to destroy the world is a good one." He chuckled, but that sounded like his world, a lot.

"I've never really wanted to be rich, or idle. I started young and found myself basically just wanting to work hard and work fast."

[element_wizard]

"It wasn't really their fault... but it's hard to stop being a parasite."

Alec knows from experience. He actually sounds regretful when he said that.

"I didn't have much of a choice in the rich bit. Born into it. As for idle... I'd rather wander around than get a job. There's too much interesting stuff out there to see to be tied down to a job in one world."

[hesnohero]

Alex blinked. "Well, yes, I suppose it is." He shook his head.

"Getting a job is more than being tied down somewhere. Its about learning the merits of work, and also about finding your place. Sometimes it happens early, sometimes late, but it usually happens to most."

[element_wizard]

Context is overrated.

"My place in what? I spend so much time outside of myself I wouldn't know what place to place myself in." He threw his hands up a bit. "And what sort of merits are there to work in the first place?"

Teeeenager.

[hesnohero]

Alex facepalmed. "Your place in life. And in who you want to be." Wow.

"Work teaches you persistence, how to effort into dividends, how to make good time management choices." He peered at this guy more, then sighed. "You remind me of a kid I once knew."

[element_wizard]

"I already know my place in life. It's to be reality's butt monkey. I pissed off a really powerful being ages ago and they decided to make me their chew toy. Time management is overrated when you can manipulate time."

Poor Alex.

It's okay... possibly.

Alec then gave him a bit of a conspiratorial grin. "If you want to know a secret? I'm still considered a kid for my people. Late teens equivalent. I've got another ... two or three years until they consider me an adult."

[magneticxman]

Lorna was on her way to the gym when she nearly bumped into Alex. It seemed like the universe wanted her to run into him. She put the brakes on just in time to avoid a collision. "Shit, hi." She ran a hand through her hair and backpedaled

[hesnohero]

Alex smiled to her. "You okay?" he shifted his things to one arm and reached out to make sure she was steady.

It was a startlement to see her still, and sent a pang through him. She looked like and yet not like, his Lorna, and the resemblance made him sigh inside. It wasn't her fault he wasn't her Alex, and she wasn't his Lorna. But it sucked.

[magneticxman]

"Yeah," She said, watching his expression change. She wasn't certain she missed her Alex. He had his own issues to deal with, just like she had hers. "Are, uh, you okay? I didn't mean to bump into you."

[hesnohero]

"Yeah." He made a smile and clapped her shoulder. "No problem. This is a small ship, you know?"

He nudged her gently. "How are you doing?"

[magneticxman]

Lorna looked at his hand, surprised he'd touched her. It was a hopeful sign. "Not bad. A little. . . You know. Off balance. I saw that you're rooming with Emma, how's that going?"

[hesnohero]

"It's good. She's a friend from back home." Alex was enjoying living there.

"It's nice to have a place to center myself here."

[magneticxman]

"That's important," Lorna said with a nod. "Hey, if you're not busy would you like to have a drink? I just got a new batch of vodka out of the still."

[hesnohero]

"Sure. I have to head back for dinner later, but I'm free for now." He nodded to her, unsure of himself, but willing to try to be friends. Or to try to try.