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[OPEN] what kind of fuckery is this
Who| Ford and YOU.
What| One vaguely-disoriented spy arrives in medieval hell, proceeds to heck shit up.
Where| The castle + village
When| Week 5
Warnings/Notes| Language, ridic spy antics.
He'd never admit it, never in a million years, but Rick Ford is fucking disoriented. Sure, he'd woken up on that bullshit cot with men in white coats holding him down and injecting some hellishly large tracking device in his arm. They'd told him some cock-and-bull bloody story about being part of some game, but Ford knows better than that.
Obviously, this is all some elaborate kidnapping plot by the KGB. They're trying to crack him. Trying to gain intel. But that's impossible, because he's Rick Fucking Ford, not some silly girly wanker like Fine or Wright or one of those other vaginas back at the CIA. He's a real spy. He can handle this. And above all, he can play along.
Of course, nobody's seen fit to give him a gun. Just an alarmingly stylish Louis Vuitton keyfob that's attached to the hem of his idiotic fucking costume. Ford isn't really sure what he's supposed to be, exactly; some sort of medieval cobbler with a stupid little hat that reminds him of a goddamn wimple. But his clothes are sturdy, anyway, and he's thankful for that fact. And he makes them look downright sexy, he does.
Ford spends some time scoping out the village, kicking down doors and going through each miserable little hovel like he's on a search-and-destroy mission. At some junctures, he may be humming the Mission: Impossible theme under his breath without even realizing it. Without a proper weapon, he's taken up a hunk of brick, which he's found is a good substitute for a bludgeon when necessary. The rats, while tenacious, aren't a threat in his eyes. Ford crushes their skulls under his boot heels without hesitation, and if necessary rips their heads from their bodies where they come leaping at him. He works at the Bureau, he knows how to deal with pests.
After seeing what there is to see in the village, Ford heads for the castle, hoping to score food or weapons. He spends some time perusing the feast, picking out a few crusts of bread that aren't moldering, giving the Avoxes suspicious looks, and even spending some time telling one of them exactly who these people are fucking dealing with. He can't resist a captive audience, and he has no idea that the nervous look on the Avox's face has nothing to do with Ford telling him exactly how many ways he's killed a man.
Once he has some food in his stomach (he's not really worried about paltry things like food poisoning), Ford heads upstairs to do some exploring. He spends quite a bit of time trying to wrench a decorative spear off the wall, finds it impossible, and gives up, barging in on bedchambers and trying to ignore the wretched smell that seems to pervade this entire hellhole of an Arena. If you were trying to sleep, good luck. Ford will likely barge in on you and talk your ear off. Or threaten you. Or both.
What| One vaguely-disoriented spy arrives in medieval hell, proceeds to heck shit up.
Where| The castle + village
When| Week 5
Warnings/Notes| Language, ridic spy antics.
He'd never admit it, never in a million years, but Rick Ford is fucking disoriented. Sure, he'd woken up on that bullshit cot with men in white coats holding him down and injecting some hellishly large tracking device in his arm. They'd told him some cock-and-bull bloody story about being part of some game, but Ford knows better than that.
Obviously, this is all some elaborate kidnapping plot by the KGB. They're trying to crack him. Trying to gain intel. But that's impossible, because he's Rick Fucking Ford, not some silly girly wanker like Fine or Wright or one of those other vaginas back at the CIA. He's a real spy. He can handle this. And above all, he can play along.
Of course, nobody's seen fit to give him a gun. Just an alarmingly stylish Louis Vuitton keyfob that's attached to the hem of his idiotic fucking costume. Ford isn't really sure what he's supposed to be, exactly; some sort of medieval cobbler with a stupid little hat that reminds him of a goddamn wimple. But his clothes are sturdy, anyway, and he's thankful for that fact. And he makes them look downright sexy, he does.
Ford spends some time scoping out the village, kicking down doors and going through each miserable little hovel like he's on a search-and-destroy mission. At some junctures, he may be humming the Mission: Impossible theme under his breath without even realizing it. Without a proper weapon, he's taken up a hunk of brick, which he's found is a good substitute for a bludgeon when necessary. The rats, while tenacious, aren't a threat in his eyes. Ford crushes their skulls under his boot heels without hesitation, and if necessary rips their heads from their bodies where they come leaping at him. He works at the Bureau, he knows how to deal with pests.
After seeing what there is to see in the village, Ford heads for the castle, hoping to score food or weapons. He spends some time perusing the feast, picking out a few crusts of bread that aren't moldering, giving the Avoxes suspicious looks, and even spending some time telling one of them exactly who these people are fucking dealing with. He can't resist a captive audience, and he has no idea that the nervous look on the Avox's face has nothing to do with Ford telling him exactly how many ways he's killed a man.
Once he has some food in his stomach (he's not really worried about paltry things like food poisoning), Ford heads upstairs to do some exploring. He spends quite a bit of time trying to wrench a decorative spear off the wall, finds it impossible, and gives up, barging in on bedchambers and trying to ignore the wretched smell that seems to pervade this entire hellhole of an Arena. If you were trying to sleep, good luck. Ford will likely barge in on you and talk your ear off. Or threaten you. Or both.
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"Yeah, exactly. They cut out your tongue and condition you to do whatever you're told if you do something really against the law. People like him serve in the Capitol. They're called Avoxes." Maybe that's more information than the man was asking for, but Aang likes to be informative for the new people.
Aang dangles his feet off the beam he's perched on, looking down curiously at the man. "It's mostly teenagers and adults here. You're new, right?"
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Properly distracted, Ford turns and directs his attention fully upward. "Yeah," he admits, "yeah. 'Choo doing up there, then? You some kind of circus acrobat?"
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"No, I think you're the circus acrobat." He said he's good at trapeze, after all. "I'm an airbender, though, so you were close. I like to be in high places, and I go up to the ceiling when someone I don't know comes near, so they won't be able to attack me easily while I figure out if I should run or not."
Aang's gotten much more practical about the Games since coming here.
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He shrugs, gesturing up at Aang with one hand, the other planted on his hip. "Ain't a bad strategy, if you're not a fighter. Me, I've fought enough men that I like it. Look forward to it. But I'm not fuckin' keen on beating up little boys, so you can come down if you want."
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Aang arches an eyebrow as he leans over the edge of the beam. He's not exactly sure what to make of this man, and how seriously he should take all these weird stories and big talk. He's never heard of people fighting so much that they started to like it. Usually it made them hate it or they liked it to begin with. "It's not about not knowing how to fight. I just don't want to hurt people who didn't do anything wrong."
He believes the strange man when he says he doesn't want to fight a little kid. Without further ado, Aang pushes himself off the beams. Instead of crashing on the stone floor and breaking his legs, he lands on the floor with a gust of wind rolling out from around him, then stands up like he has just gotten off a couch.
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...Which is only compounded by Aang's impressive feat, landing like...not a cat, even cats aren't that graceful. Ford is noticeably impressed. "Where'd you learn to do that?"
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Even after nearly a year of kicking around Panem, Aang forgets that not everyone knows what an airbender is.
But it may become clear soon. Aang kicked up some dust with his landing, and he starts to snuffle, then sneeze. His sneeze is booming and sends him at least ten feet back into the air with a gust of wind, almost bashing his head on the ceiling before he falls back to the ground with another gust of wind, just as graceful as his first landing. "I hate all the dust in here. Anyway, welcome to Panem."
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He shuts up promptly as Aang's sneeze sends him up into the air and then he's set back down again just as gently as you please. "What the fuck," he mutters, not really sure how this kid is managing all this. He can't see any wires or cables, anyway. "Thanks...I think."
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Aang starts brushing dust off his clothes. "I'm guessing they don't have benders where you come from. Well, it's okay. There's a lot of stuff here that's much weirder than I am. What's your name?"
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He sticks out his hand. "Rick Ford. And you're damn right, ain't nobody where I come from can fart on command, let alone do that."
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Aang gives a little shrug with a smile. "Don't worry, there are a lot of people who think you're just as weird and they look to you. That's what happens when everyone's from different worlds."
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Clearly, the deck is stacked against him, without a gun or even a laser watch.
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He points to a gleaming beacon that hovers over his head. "People who use their powers get this over their heads. People who are always using it because they can't turn it off always have them over their heads. You'll be okay for a while." Until you're not.