COME AT ME BRO.....PEN RP POST

[comatoseroses]

what even is an RP prompt



(( idk guys just throw up a prompt or an image prompt or a meme link or a starter or whatever for the character of your choice (or idk if you know i have an account for someone and they're not in here whatever), i'm down with that. i mean i'll probably be slow but i'm completely down with that! ))

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[profiteers]

Maybe that's all this country air. Isn't that supposed to be good for you or something.

[Boop, poking yr nose, can't stop him.]

You are looking all ruddy-healthy-glow, too. Or maybe you just leaned in too close to your lava pit.

[igneous]

I don't know anything about the country air! Or ruddy-healthy-glowing! [ That's not an angry yell, btw. It's just like. A factual yell. No one has ever told him he looked all ruddy-healthy-glow before. What does a guy even do with that. ]

So... it could be the lava pit.

[profiteers]

[Well now he's got Bolin all work up good use of an evening. Bolin getting in a tizzy about something is always a great distracting from all that impending doom he's trying to fight off.

But fine Varrick will let go of you for now, kid, and flops back dramatically onto the ground.]

We should probably get some sleep.

[igneous]

[ Varrick you're such a toucher. Even more touchy than him, and he thinks that's really impressive. But maybe that's because he's been exposed to it for like 3 years or something. ]

That's the best idea I've heard all day. Who knew super long journeys through the woods were so exhausting? [ Better move over, he's joining this defeated flopping party. ]

[profiteers]

[Well what's the point is being friends with a ridiculously buff twenty year old if you don't get to cop a feel now and then. It would just be a waste. But fine, Varrick scooches to the side to give Bolin enough room to lie down, too.]

You can take the side closer to the fire first if you want but we are totally switching half way through the night.

[igneous]

Whatever works for you. You've got a little less meat on your bones, so I'm not sure what setup will keep you the least, uh... frozen to death. [ A "little" less meat on your bones. The true depths of his love for you. ]

[profiteers]

[Wow Bolin being made entirely of pipe-cleaners is a sensitive subject.]

We can't all be hunks like you, unfortunately.

[he sort of blindly swats one hand to pat Bolin on the arm.]

As long as we're sharing body heat in here it shouldn't be too bad.

[igneous]

[ He didn't know, he thought it was like a point of pride. Or just a state of existence. ]

Earth tent wins again! [ Triumphant, but not too loud. Since they're kind of supposed to be working on sleeping and all. ] And so does body heat. Annnd the fact that it's not snowing.

[profiteers]

I'll try to remember to bring an Earth-bender with me if I ever get stuck in the woods again.

[Even laying side by side like this, Varrick's still got half a head over Bolin and he uses the difference to bump his chin against the top of his head.]

[igneous]

You should. We make pretty trusty travel buddies. Won't steal your wallet or feed you to a platypus-bear or anything. [ Unless... they will. But it's really up in the air. ] A technological genius isn't too bad when you need to get off a train to re-education camp, either. At least you've always got one of those!

[profiteers]

We definitely both could have done worse.

[Varrick sighs, squirming a little to get comfortable on the hard ground. It isn't very effective.]

Sorry about the nearly blowing us up, thing. I was feeling so.. you know. About Zhu Li. I just wanted to do something people would notice, prove to those idiots I wasn't some schmuck they could double cross like that.

[What is it about darkness and surprising truthfulness? Someone should do a study on it.]

[igneous]

I'm not gonna say it was the best idea you ever had. Or even a good one. But we did escape. And I know I definitely wasn't coming up with anything back there. So I'm not too upset about it anymore. [ It was just hella stressful in the moment. He does not regret that slap at all and he never will. ]

Sorry Zhu Li left you. I know that can't be great.

[profiteers]

Not great is right.

[Varrick rolls over onto his side so he can press against Bolin's shoulder a little more.]

I still hope she's okay, though.

[igneous]

She must be. [ Because it would kind of suck otherwise. Bolin will accept this contact without complaint, circumstances considered. It's always good not to be alone in the dark. ] As long as she doesn't make Kuvira mad, there's no reason for her to end up in a camp or a jail cell. And she seems pretty good at not making Kuvira mad.

[profiteers]

Oh yeah, she's great at that. But, you know. Kuvira's making enemies and FAST. It's not gonna be long before the other nations decide it's time to do something about it and she could get caught in the cross fire and...

[EUGH he can't even deal, Varrick is just going to roll over into a tiny Varrick-y ball and never leave ever kthnx.]

Oh spirits, what have I DONE? I've driven one of the only people I ever really cared about to die for an evil crazy bitch! WHO THE HELL EVEN DOES THAT?

[igneous]

[ Oh man, should he... roll after him... he doesn't want to squash him into the side of the tent, but he doesn't just want to leave him there in his Varrick-y ball of misery.

Okay, he'll risk it. For the sake of giving Varrick a firm pat on the shoulder. ]

Someone who wouldn't have kept treating her like that if he knew it would drive her to die for a crazy dictator? At least, I hope so.

[profiteers]

I just... she never said anything, you know? How was I supposed to know she was unhappy?

[Varrick uncurls a little under Bolin's hand, sighing.]

[igneous]

I dunno. I'm not really a relationship-advice guy. [ All things considered. ] I do think it doesn't have to stay that way, though. If you know now, and we get the day saved and all. And apologize. She could come around!

[profiteers]

You're right, kid.

[Varrick rolls onto his back, staring up at the earthen canopy.]

And hey, if we save the day, that's sure to win her back, right?

[igneous]

Sure! Why not? And even if it doesn't, the day is still totally saved. That means there's a chance to try again! [ It's almost a win-win, right? ]

[profiteers]

And then when the day is saved we could go on a vacation! I haven't had time off in ages. I still have this great vacation property on Ember Island. A little R&R is what we all need after this.

[Yes you'd be coming too, Bolin, I hope that's understood.]

And indoor plumbing. I miss that most of all right now.

[igneous]

[ Doesn't even question this apparent future vacation with Varrick. That or he assumes Varrick means Varrick and Zhu Li. Maybe both.

Zhu Li could definitely use a vacation, after all. ]

I miss it, too. Being indoors is just really, really nice. It's seriously underrated!

[profiteers]

Yeah. I had MORE than enough outdoor time when I was growing up. Like, more than a life time's worth. I don't know if you've ever slept in an igloo without a fire going, but it ain't much better than just sleeping outside.

[igneous]

Yeah, it sounds like it would mostly just stop the wind? That was why Mako and I used to sleep under the bridge in the park. When we could, I mean. [ There's something to be said for nice scenery. Under the bridge was a popular spot back in the day. ] Of course, I did have Mako around, so it was pretty much free fire on demand. And no arctic tundra.

[ If "demand" means "wheedling." ]

[profiteers]

Yeah, that must have been a plus. You kids were lucky you made it through, you know, not everyone does when they're dumped as young as you were.

[What is it about lying next to someone in the pitch dark that always makes you open up in weird and unexpected ways? He's still staring up at the ceiling, but he can feel the warmth of Bolin's body pressed in next to his, and it's comforting in a strange way.]

We couldn't afford any fuel most of the time when I was a kid. Sometimes people in the village would drop stuff off, but it stopped happening after a while. People only got so much charity in 'em.