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LOG 1 • ( event ) the descend pt. 1

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❲ JOHN WATSON ❳

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[ it's been a while since dutch last roughed it like this, little resources and meat sizzling over the fire. it's been a while, but she's been trained for this just as much as for a million other situations that could be life-threatening without the proper skills.

khlyen may have trained her to be a six, he may have turned her into a child assassin — but at least he trained her well. some moments, dutch finds solace in that more than in others.

point is: when john finds her, the meat is nearly done, and dutch has a knife in hand, twirling it around her fingers, waiting to cut off slices from the deer's leg. ]

Told you. [ john gets a smile, and she stops twirling the knife long enough to point toward an empty spot by the fire. ] Running yourself ragged? [ he seems the type. caring, like johnny. ]

[enarms]

[ he won't give her ragged, he's doing alright thanks very much, but he will make a concession: ] Running on close to empty.

[ empty enough that the smell is, he imagines, even better than it otherwise would be. his poor neglected stomach's giving warbles of approval anyway, a gargling he can't even be bothered to appear embarrassed over at this point in the day.

so he follows that knifepoint and takes a pew, watching the fire crackle at the meat that's making his mouth water. ]

But at least we can say dinner's the only lives lost today.

❲ FUDOU YUUSEI ❳

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[ if he'd asked her to explain her sudden switch from asking about weapons to extolling the virtues of flashlights, dutch may have felt the need to excuse herself from the conversation and punch something. (that is only a slight exaggeration.)

fortunately, he gets it after a moment and dutch nods. ] If you ever run into a guy named Johnny Jaqobis, you should tell him all about your flashlight building. I think he'd get a kick out of it.

[ translation: she misses her best friend. ]

[planetary_bonds]

...Johnny.

[It seems to take only a short moment for him to parse the name, but it takes a little longer for him to try and formulate an answer that gets his thoughts across: is it someone who woke up, someone who's still in the pods somewhere among the stars; is it someone who's fate is unknown, someone you haven't spotted among the living nor the half-dead; how do you express your hopes, wishes and dreams of survival into a single nigh-hopeless but no less fervent need?

In the end, however, he smirks a little, shaking the impromptu tool (it seems to be a piece of scrap twisted to a fine point, almost like a makeshift screwdriver) like he's wagging a finger.]

I think I'll have something on hand to give a demonstration by that point. He'd enjoy that more, don't you think?

❲ ROCKET ❳

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[ it doesn't take long for dutch to connect the dots, and her eyebrows rise at the same time that a smile threatens to curl at the corners of her mouth. ]

You're a bounty hunter.

[ it's mostly a guess based on what he's saying, but —so's she, and it takes one to know one, doesn't it? though dutch isn't nearly as good with technical bits and bobs and building things as he seems to be. that's more johnny's turf. ]

❲ JOHNNY JAQOBIS ❳

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[ she gives him a grin and an exaggerated "oohh"-ing noise when he activates the laser because it is easier to shoot the shit and keep it light right now than to admit that she's missed him, that she's felt adrift without him, that she knew he'd come back if she asked but not whether he'd come back if she didn't.

that things without him haven't been the same, but they haven't been all bad, either. ]

Impressive. [ she drawls, and takes a step back toward her little campsite and the fire, the expectation for him to follow unspoken but undeniably there. ] No cans here, but if you're still hungry after that rabbit, - [ she gestures toward the fire where deer is sizzling, feeling more awkward than she's felt around johnny in a long time.

a drink would be really great right now. ]

❲ HEERO YUY ❳

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[ for what it's worth: dutch isn't her real name, either. it's the name she chose for herself when she'd run away from the harem and from khlyen, left it all behind in a wedding dress still splattered with the blood of her late husband. theirs hadn't been a long marriage.

at his remark, dutch's eyebrows lift. ]

Mobile suit?

❲ RHYS ❳

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And the pods were made for this kind of thing.

[ as far as crash landings are concerned, dutch agrees: it could have gone a lot worse. the environment here isn't too hostile, either: it may be cold, but no one's frozen yet. there's food, both in their supplies and in terms of what they can hunt for. they have supplies, even if not all of them survived the descend. ]

Guess they were prepared for this eventuality up there.

❲ LANCE ❳

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Can't a girl complain about having an itch to scratch?

[ she can play this cool, and so she will, her tone now inching toward a challenge. ]

( 2017 ) ( nov. ) cr meme

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▶ Character Name & Series. Dutch (or Yalena Yardeen), Killjoys.
▶ Character Age. 26
▶ Photo Reference. Link
▶ Permissions. Link
▶ Personality Blurb. Imagine Black Widow with a British accent in space, and you might just get Dutch. Dutch is a bounty hunter and former assassin trained to show no weakness who's been fighting to regain her agency and to protect the few people in the universe she cares about. She's a fighter and a flirt, she's been fighting a war against hiveminded aliens intent on taking over humanity, she's badass and she's been badly hurt in the past and struggles with the things she's done in her life.
▶ Desired CR. Dutch needs people who will not be put off by her badass demeanour, her sarcasm or her flirting. She doesn't care easily, but once she does, she'll be fiercely loyal and protect you forever, so I'd love for her to eventually grow to care about people -- guys (or girls, though that may take a bit longer) she's sleeping with that grow on her, "little humans" (children, they're called children) to look after -- or just generally people more idealistic than Dutch. If your character likes to drink, fuck or fight, I think CR with Dutch would be A+. And if the words "turned into a weapon" fit your character in some way, I definitely want CR.
▶ Offered CR. Anything involving drinking, fighting, or fucking... protection and sarcastic remarks.
▶ Rooming Plans. She has a small apartment in Wyver, so no roommates for her (except Alvis, Alvis can crash with her.)
▶ Game Plans. Dutch is currently staying in Wyver, fighting for money and show at a small fight ring. My ultimate goal for her right now is to get enough Wyver REP for her to get a dragon because. Dutch should have a dragon. That's all I got.

▶ Anything Else?

[unweave]

ok, so obviously our girls have the right min to get a dragon?? maybe they can try and cheat the system and work together a few times (if events allow for it) because of this sweet dragon.

for desired cr, theyre actually pretty similar so i think it would be great bouncing back and forth with one another. aranea already got stabbed in the gut for drunkenly starting fights in olympia so...gomen

[puffing]

so ASSUMING I KNOW WHERE THIS THREAD OF OURS IS GOING AND WHERE IT WILL END... these two are probably due to meet up under less. exciting moments in their life!! maybe for Bigby to awkwardly avoid the fact that he banged a stranger and for him to actually get to know her. he's gonna be in Wyver for the unforeseeable future, so i can only imagine they'll run into one another on accident if they don't make a point of finding each other at some point.

it'll probably turn into drinking and a repeat of their first time, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[beatupgrass]

I would totally love to get more CR with Dutch. I think she and Rocket have a lot of potential. He does so enjoy hanging out with murder girls.

third time is a charm........

[shikomizue]

Drinking, fighting, and sure throw in fucking too - Takasugi enjoys all that shit, so maybe these two could have a good time!

He's also turned someone ELSE into a weapon once...? Maybe they shouldn't talk about that lmao

also i posted just about everywhere i could have except here first </3 I'm sorry about the deleted comments

[moneytwin]

I was only able to get a little ways into Killjoys before it lost my attention, and Dutch was hands down the best part of it every step of the way. NEEDLESS TO SAY Vex would definitely be fun to bounce off her, and since they're both down in Wyver at the moment, no doubt they might meet on a job or at one of the dive-ier bars sometime? :)

[wellplayedbitch]

Lifts my hand way high in the air.

Both of these ladies are "mercenary"/"bounty hunter" types that have weird pasts and also live in the distant future. I'd absolutely love for them to meet, maybe spar together or do? Mission-y type stuff? If you'd be interested!

( 2017 ) ( oct/nov ) wyver takes • randel

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[ usually, dutch just goes for what she likes instead of saying what she does and doesn't. randel's focus on communication surprises her again, but she shrugs. ]

I prefer being on top.

[ not always, admittedly, but — when it comes to people she doesn't actually know, she definitely prefers it.

dutch opens her door and then turns, reaching out to settle a hand on the back of randel's neck to pull him into her apartment. it's a small place. it's hers, for now, and that's what matters. that, and the warmth of randel's body against hers when she presses herself up and against him to go in for another kiss.

inches from his mouth, she pauses. ] That all right with you?

[toten_sie]

[ He nods easily enough. Of all his hangups, sex isn't one of them. Perhaps just that he thinks of it so rarely, but even that is... he considers that penance, in a way. Right now, he's not thinking of any of that. He's thinking of the very beautiful woman who wants to spend time with him and what she wants. ]

That's fine.

[ His smile is, well, sweet, even in this heated moment. This isn't love, after all. It's not really passion so much as lust. But while his heart is beating, it's a physical reaction, something he can focus around. ]

Probably for the best.

[ He knows his size and how heavy he is. And after the exertion of sex, he definitely doesn't want to flop on her. Besides, his mothers had always said that women generally had more pleasure when they were on top of a man.

For now, though, he just starts pulling off his clothing and his weapons. The great shears go first, followed by the Doorknocker, and his ammunition gauntlets follow those. ]

( 2017 ) ( dec ) holiday ball —anders

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[ tact and shame are overrated, honestly, and he's right -- dutch doesn't mind. pretty much the opposite. her lips curl into a grin and she takes a step closer, right into his space, settling one hand on his chest and fitting her body to his for just a moment, long enough to bring her face close enough to his that her breath ghosts across his jaw. ]

Lead the way.

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( A shiver runs down his spine when she close to him like that. And because of the candy cane's effect, when he looks at her, all he can focus on is her lips. How near they are, and how easy it would be for him to just clear the distance between them and drag her into a kiss.

He manages to hang on to some sliver of restraint, though, because when he responds, he doesn't do so in any carnal fashion. Instead, he just swallows hard as his gaze slides back up to her eyes. )

Right. ( He's not sure where he's going to be taking her, yet, but he slips his hand around Dutch's and escorts her out into one of the hallways. There are fewer partygoers out here, and fewer still the further down they go. Anders doesn't seem to mind there being one or two onlookers, though, when he turns abruptly to her and slides his hand to the back of her head, pulling her into a burning kiss. )

( 2017 ) ( dec ) holiday ball —gamora

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[ there's a first time for everything -- at least dancing in public or at a party of this scale and dancing with dutch isn't a bad kind of first. at least dutch is confidence at it isn't. ]

And?

[ enjoying it so far, gamora? ]

[godslay]

[ She gives a small hum – something noncommittal, though the faintest tug at the corner of her lips might give her away. ]

It’s different.

[ Not bad, but different. ]

And you? Do you do this often?

❲ JIM KIRK ❳

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Sure.

[ a beat, and she grins at him. ] But I like the part that has dragons roaming the streets even better. [ which is incidentally also where her place is. but while true, the words are mostly just noise to fill the space between them, something almost joking.

purposefully hardcore and not unaware of the ridiculousness of it. ]

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Dragons, huh.

[ Jim isn't as fascinated by them as most people, having seen plenty of alien life-forms that fit the bill, but there's still something about the old-timey mythological feel to them that makes it seems a little bit special. ]

There were mostly just cows where I'm from.