awfulcer: (Basic - :|)
Jason Dixon ([personal profile] awfulcer) wrote in [community profile] wilderlogs2018-04-05 05:58 am

When the big dog comes, tell him what this puppy done.

Who: Jason Dixon and You!
What: Dixon goes looking to pick fights and blow off steam. Bonus points if we can escalate to a straight-up fist fight.
Where: Around the Melai Temple.
When: Before the Crossroads Post
Warnings/Notes: all your typical Dixon warnings



[Each night so far he's been sneaking off into the woods from where everyone sleeping. He tells whomever is on watch that he's going to stretch his legs, and then he pops on his headphones and wanders out about half a mile before finding the base of a tree, where he'll sit and start his nightly breakdown. He probably shouldn't be listening to music wandering around in the dark in the woods, but he feels as if he isn't going to make it as far as the tree if he doesn't.

Once he gets there he just starts crying, snot-filled, stressed, shaking weeping that burns him out. Cries because his Chief killed himself and he would have let Chief down anyway and he's a fuck-up who got fired and threw an innocent person out a window and because he misses his mother and because he's useless and stupid and can't get anything right, couldn't solve a case, couldn't keep his temper in check, can't keep up here with everyone so much faster and hardier and smarter than he is, and because he's just sad and doesn't know what to do. He doesn't know what to do.

He's out of smokes, which makes it all the worse. Once he gets it all out of his system, the nic-fitting morphs sadness into anger; these two have always been kissing cousins for him, or rather tectonic plates, bumping up and grinding next to each other, rattling shockwaves all through his impulses. So with sadness stirred up he slides easily into a thunderhead, pissed off, stomping around, spoiling for a fight. In the absence of anyone to take it all out on, he chucks rocks into the river or uses sticks to beat the hell out of trees until his hands hurt. And then he'll storm on back to the temple and try, mostly futilely, to get some more rest.

The sun's coming up by the time his crying jag is done, turning the whole sky a rosy pink. Birds are chirping. The beauty's lost on him. He almost feels in a trance, animated by an aura of rage that makes it feel like the air around him is vibrating. His fingers twitch in need of a cigarette. He gets a sort of tunnel vision.

It'll all feel better when it's someone else's fault.

When he runs into someone, his voice is thick and annoyed. If he gets close enough, he might enough shove them at the shoulder.
]

The fuck are you doing out here? You been following me?

[He hopes they don't have a good answer, so he can escalate it.]
invisibleheir: (STURIKU)

let's have a fist-fight :3

[personal profile] invisibleheir 2018-04-05 01:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Arturia was merely doing some early morning chores. Gathering fallen branches for fires, trying to spot any edible plants, and mostly taking her exercise as she can. It's nice to enjoy the world when you have a chance, even if things are weird and you're far from home. So it's a surprise when she almost runs headlong into Dixon as she scrambles over a tree root. The diminutive king hugs her bundle of kindling a little closer, a frown tugging at her lips. ]

I've been following no one. I'm merely gathering wood for the fire.

[ She studies Dixon for a moment, piercing inquisitive eyes staring up at him. ]

What are you doing out here?
suckitblue: (b26)

[personal profile] suckitblue 2018-04-05 02:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Uh... No? Why would I?

[ Simmons, at least, is bright and alert. He's a morning person of the worst degree, and is currently hauling some firewood back because that's useful. ]

Where've you been, anyway?

[ Unlike him, Dixon does not look like a guy who's gotten any sleep. Weird? Weird. ]
invisibleheir: (Still not my problem)

[personal profile] invisibleheir 2018-04-05 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Patrolling? You have no weapon.

[ The shield is technically a weapon but Arturia doesn't trust Dixon to be able to wield it effectively yet. If he can wield it at all. ]

I am not in need of protection--I am a knight and I am armed.

[ True enough, she has Excalibur in its usual place, slung over her shoulders. As Dixon grabs at her, she starts to tug away, frowning. ]

Unhand me, you oaf. Remember that this is a king you're speaking to!

[ Because that's the first place her mind goes and not any of the other reasons Dixon might try to exert his paternalistic patriarchal control on her. ]
invisibleheir: (Always fighting)

[personal profile] invisibleheir 2018-04-05 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Release me. Or I will make you release me.

[ Now, Arturia isn't the type to go throwing her weight around. She's usually calm, collected, and knows when to make her voice heard. It's part of what made her good at what she did. But she also knows when action is called for. Her voice carries the muted threat and the idea that Dixon doesn't want her to make him do anything, because it will probably hurt. ]

I am giving you this chance because we're allies.
invisibleheir: (A regal lunge)

[personal profile] invisibleheir 2018-04-06 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
Don't say that you weren't warned.

[ Arturia drops the bundle of firewood she's carrying under the other arm and turns to drive her now free fist directly into Dixon's solar plexus, just below the rib cage. She doesn't want to hurt him--just knock the wind out of him so she can free herself from his grasp. ]
coiledscales: (I see you)

[personal profile] coiledscales 2018-04-06 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
[ There's a rustle of wings and scales and a 'swoosh' sound as a black, scaley dragon comes in for a landing, brushing through the tree leaves. Alacruun lands and then shakes his wings out before folding them, letting a few spare leaves fall away. He sounds more amused than anything - Arturia threw an excellent punch. ]

Squabbling already, are we? Typical.

[ His claws curl against the earth and he stretches out his head - that neck is long - and inserts himself partially in between the two. ]

As much as I'd like to see who would be victorious, we are few in numbers, so killing one another seems right out.
greyerrant: (The knight of shadows)

[personal profile] greyerrant 2018-04-06 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
Yes. You seem distraught.

[ He looks the man over, and adds. ]

Very distraught. And you are one of the few humans I have seen since I arrived.

Why?
invisibleheir: (All the blood I've spilled)

[personal profile] invisibleheir 2018-04-06 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
[There's an annoyed gasp as Arturia has to duck her head, though she still catches a glancing blow from Dixon's haymaker of a swing. Arturia is getting set to hit Dixon again--maybe this time go for the nose or the throat or something to make him release her--when Alacruun swoops into the fray to cluck at them about fighting. The arrival of the dragon is a bit of a shock, even if Arturia met him earlier and it stops her from taking another swing at Dixon, for the moment. ]

Release me!

[ She snaps at Dixon. Maybe the dragon will back her up. She also shoves at the man, trying to push away now that there's a dragon poking in between them. ]
loadme: (13)

[personal profile] loadme 2018-04-06 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
[Sleep and Monika currently have a complicated relationship.

She likes the idea of getting a sound night of rest. To close her eyes and just let herself drift away, to wake up re-energized the morning after.

So why is it that the idea of sleeping still makes her so terrified?]


N-No! I wasn't doing anything like that.

I just... couldn't fall back asleep.

I'm sorry if I upset you.
coiledscales: (I see you)

[personal profile] coiledscales 2018-04-06 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't particularly care.

[ Alacruun sounds... amused? Sort of? Or maybe exasperated. Hard to tell. He carefully ushers them apart (or not so carefully, depending) with a shoulder-check to one and then the other. ]

I do care about surviving this excursion and we're hardly going to do that if you're set on killing one another.

[ See, what's really important is that Alacruun lives. ]
invisibleheir: (shut up)

[personal profile] invisibleheir 2018-04-06 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
In the future you should avoid manhandling those who are simply going about their business.

[ There's no need to defend herself or argue about 'who started it' as far as Arturia is concerned. She glances down at her shoulder, frowning. The seam at the houlder of her blouse has torn slightly, exposing a bit of skin. She stoops down and begins picking up her collected kindling again. ]

Alacruun is correct in this case. We should focus on working together instead of fighting each other.
coiledscales: (I see you)

[personal profile] coiledscales 2018-04-06 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, it shouldn't be that much of a surprise. Dragons are infinitely more capable than humans.

[ Alacruun settles back on his haunches and gives Dixon a long, piercing look. He's not exactly interested in him, but he is appraising him. Trying to figure him out. He seems mostly bluster and Alacruun can work with that, but he doesn't appreciate being compared to a horse. ]

Dragons, I should point out, are also much more intelligent than horses-

[ He curls his lips back and his teeth glint. ]

We also have much sharper teeth.
invisibleheir: (Not my problem)

[personal profile] invisibleheir 2018-04-06 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Where I come from, all the dragons were slain by heroes.

[ That's a dry remark aimed at Alacruun. She just wants to remind him of the company he's in and that she's capable. Arturia looks back to Dixon. ]

We do have a talking mouse, I believe. And a non-speaking dragon. And a talking dragon. This really is a strange group.
coiledscales: (I see you)

[personal profile] coiledscales 2018-04-06 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I never said dragons were invincible, did I-?

[ Alacruun is laughing at his own little joke when Dixon reaches out to push him away. He fixes the man with a long, cold, draconic stare and snaps his jaw meaningfully. Don't touch him without permission. ]

I go where I please, human.

[ He has no idea about talking mice, but that's not that unusual, as far as he's concerned. ]
invisibleheir: (I guess it can't be helped)

[personal profile] invisibleheir 2018-04-06 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
While I don't condone his threats...

[ Arturia gives Alacruun a very meaningful and pointed look as she says this. Behave, you scaled lump. ]

...I would advice giving Alacruun the space he asks for. And yes, there is a talking mouse.

[ Which isn't the weirdest think she's seen, even. ]

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