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Alan Wake ([personal profile] lightschampion) wrote in [community profile] singillatim2024-09-03 09:50 pm

[open] same stuff, different hell

Who: Alan Wake & OTA
What: Moving into a cabin, getting some much needed r&r
When: Early September
Where: 24 Basin Overlook, Hot Springs


[A - Moving In]

[By now, Alan had for the most part gone through his initiation of this strange new world he found himself in. So unlike the Dark Place aside from its otherness. ...and aside from some familiar faces (in one case, extremely unwanted). He'd been born and raised in New York City, and while it'd had its fair share of rough winters, it was incomparable to this frozen wasteland. If he'd felt a fish out of water in Bright Falls, he was one on an entirely new planet here. Still, he knew the only thing he could do was press forward and survive. The name of the game for over a decade. Just another setting change, he told himself.

Considering the climate, shelter was on the very top of the list. He'd spent the first night in the Community Hall while he got his bearings, but it wasn't a place he cared to make a permanent residence. Too crowded; he needed his own space. And so he'd set out to find a place to claim as his own.

Which leads him now to an abandoned cabin he'd wandered in down one of Milton's streets. It's a bit of a fixer-upper, but sturdy enough, he decides. Anything is better than outdoors, and hell if he's going to be sleeping in a cave.

The door to the cabin, for now, remains open as he attempts to clean the place up. Bring out broken furniture and try to break them down for firewood with a hatchet he'd found inside. Sweep the dirt and debris out. Try to clean the dirty windows with a wet piece of cloth. It's a bit more physical labor than he's been used to lately, maybe a bit much for one person.

It's not the shittiest place he'd ever lived in, at least, he thinks.]





[B - Hot Springs]

[Alan Wake needed a fucking break from it all.

Between the last thirteen years of never ending loops of death and insanity and the fact that he was now trapped in yet another hellhole, all he wanted was for something to go right. A little comfort. A little treat. God knows he'd kill for a bottle of whiskey or three, but he'd yet to find any.

What he did find, however, was something a little better(?). While scavenging for supplies and trying to get a lay of the land, Alan had stumbled across a cave that seemed a bit different from the others. Instead of ice, there was flowing water. Most importantly, it was warm. Upon following it, the writer eventually found himself outdoors again, but standing before several pools of water with steam rising up from them.

He'd never been to a natural hot spring before, but he knew one when he saw one.

After some thought, he decides he may as well enjoy this stroke of luck, especially while no one's around. He doesn't doubt that others have discovered a place like this by now, a little pocket of luxury in the wasteland. And so he strips off his clothing, setting it aside where it's in no danger of getting wet, and makes his way into one of the pools.

"Fuck," he eloquently states as he lets himself sink up to his chest in the hot waters. Warmth was a rare indulgence, even back in the Dark Place. It's going to be difficult to peel himself out of here, he knows it, but for now he's sure as hell going to enjoy it. Alan rests his head back against a rock at the edge of the pool, closing his eyes and letting out a content sigh.]




((ooc: If you want to use another format, I'll match it!))
obscurissime: (Default)

moving in;

[personal profile] obscurissime 2024-09-04 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
( Well, life in Milton is about to get more interesting, isn't it? Thank God, because Scratch is officially bored of how aggressively Goody-Goody people are around here. Everyone acting like they're some sort of stand up, good neighbour type, when he knows that they're all a lot shitter than they let on. All it'll take is one thing to turn this place into a real fucking Mad Max type situation where they all turn on each other.

And he'll be happy to say "I told you so."

But now he has Zane, who can be annoying but at least offers good conversation. More importantly, Alan's here, and nothing brings him joy like fucking with Alan. Scratch is actually in a reasonably good mood as he steps outside, planning on going to the community hall to see if anything new's been put up. He's distracted by the activity happening across the street.

Oh, for fuck's sake -
)

You just love being close to me, don't you?

( He yells it across the road. )
friendsfordinner: (i am the only person finding this funny)

hot springs

[personal profile] friendsfordinner 2024-09-04 01:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Fun fact: Hickey knows Scratch as 'Alan Wake.' So when he sees this man in the hot springs, he knows exactly who this is. The thing is, it's not the Alan Wake he's expecting to talk to. ]

Wake, [ Hickey says, with a little nod. He's still fully clothed but is planning on changing that very soon. After all, it's been a while since he was in the hot spring. There's too many people and too many aspects of Hickey that he'd prefer to keep secret. Still, Wake's not a narc. Wake won't ask too many questions. ]

Two months after all that business with the Darkwalker and everything's gotten back to normal. Newest crop of arrivals, doubt they'd even look at us differently once they learn what happened. After all, we were coerced. [ Even if he's pretty sure Scratch would have done that anyway, just for shits and giggles. ]

Lucky us, eh? [ Hickey slips off his coat, then his sweatshirt, then a long-sleeved thermal as the base layer. ]
sukeltaja: <user name="yayifications"> (To the words the Poet used)

moving in;

[personal profile] sukeltaja 2024-09-04 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Tom has brought a housewarming gift. Luckily for Alan, it's something genuinely useful: he's been ice fishing despite his little lake incident. He doesn't knock in the least, arriving and dressed a little more appropriate for the weather, a big puffy 90s parka somehow swallowing his tall frame. ]

Making room for me? [ He announces his presence by saying this as he just waltzes right in, familiar soft smile on his face. ] That's great! I'll take whatever room you're not using, man. Thanks.

[ He holds up one of the fish he's caught. The hooks have been removed, and it's not on the line: he's literally just holding the dead animal by its' mouth. ]

Hungry? We have to actually eat here.
Edited 2024-09-04 16:44 (UTC)
sukeltaja: <user name="yayifications"> (Tom The Poet and his Muse)

[personal profile] sukeltaja 2024-09-04 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I did.

[ It's calm and as a matter of fact--it's a decision he's made, it makes sense, so that's that. He's wandering to where he assumes the kitchen is, grabbing a knife and flopping said fish onto the counter as casual as can be. ]

You're too tense. You're always too tense. I'll fry some of this for you since there isn't a single bottle of campari here--I've looked, by the way.
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[personal profile] friendsfordinner 2024-09-04 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Exactly. Coerced, manipulated, however you want to phrase it. The people here are willing to overlook anything as long as it happens at the right time and happens under the proper circumstances.

[ Hickey continues to take off his clothes. Trousers, long-johns, underwear. There's the slightest moment of hesitation before he strips off his underwear as well, dong out, fully naked, keeping an eye on Alan to see how he reacts.

Hickey's positioned himself so that he's facing Alan—so that there's less of a chance that the man will see the scars he particularly doesn't want Alan to see.
]
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[personal profile] obscurissime 2024-09-04 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
In case you didn't notice, I was here first.

( It's very mature, two grown men with the same face and voice, yelling at each other across the road from their front yards. )

Why don't you fuck-off to another street and do us both a favour? Or better yet, migrate to Lakeside.

( And maybe trip and fall into the lake monster's stomach. )
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[personal profile] obscurissime 2024-09-04 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
( You know what else is mature? The way Scratch flips Alan off right now. )

That's not very neighbourly of you, Alan.

( Pot, meet Kettle. )
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[personal profile] friendsfordinner 2024-09-05 01:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Oh thank fuck, Wake isn't looking. Hickey quickly slips into the water, letting out a small noise of approval, a little 'ahhh' of relaxation as he feels the heat spread through his limbs. Hell, this feels good. ]

They weren't here, [ Hickey points out. ] All they've got is hearsay on both sides. Present your case well enough, say the right thing, and they're not going to bother you. I'm certain of that.
sukeltaja: <user name="yayifications"> (Find the lady of the light)

[personal profile] sukeltaja 2024-09-05 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Zane whirls around, finger accusatory but his gaze gently firm. ]

We're not in the Dark Place, Alan. That means we have to eat. [ When the hand lowers, he addresses the second part, eyes and tone soft and imploring. ]

You'll let me stay, right? I didn't ask because I thought you would--we could be together again. Make something new.
sukeltaja: <user name="yayifications"> (Find the lady of the light)

[personal profile] sukeltaja 2024-09-05 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[ What Alan is saying makes him freeze, concern flickering over features. Genuine, complete concern. Fish forgotten, knife he'd been picking up being set down, he crosses easily to the other, brows furrowed. ]

Alan...

[ There's something there. Pity. Disappointment. Worry. ]

Why would you say such a thing? Why would you tell me that?
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[personal profile] friendsfordinner 2024-09-05 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Whatever it takes, [ said with a little shrug. ] You know this as well as I do.

[ right, ""Scratch""??? ]
sukeltaja: <user name="yayifications"> (You will need the Witch's cabin key)

[personal profile] sukeltaja 2024-09-05 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Because!

[ He crosses the gap entirely, gaze imploring, searching for some sort of answer written on Alan's face. ]

Have you forgotten what it's like to make something just for the satisfaction of doing so? Without an audience? Just for you? Oh, Alan...

[ He'll reach a hand up to cup the other's face if allowed, shaking his head. ]

You're an artist. You create. it's in your blood, it's in our veins! That's not useless. Making something just to make it is not useless. To survive you need more than fish and warm clothes, you need sanity. You need wholeness. The tinder isn't for the hearth, it's for your heart.
Edited 2024-09-05 20:33 (UTC)
sukeltaja: <user name="yayifications"> (There's an old town wrought with mystery)

[personal profile] sukeltaja 2024-09-05 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Zane clicks his tongue, a soft sort of sound despite the staccato action. One hand slides to Alan's shoulder, squeezing it, and the other hand on his face moves to his chin, lifting and guiding the other so he has no choice but to properly look at him whether he wants to or not. ]

Not me. You. Don't write for anyone else but you. But write, Alan. Write.

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