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[unaffluent]

Who: Adam Parrish, OTA
When: Throughout April
Where: Auto shop/garage R2
What: Catch all for April
Warnings: none at the moment, keep an eye on subject lines



[During the first half of April, Adam's not at the garage as much as he is usually. If you're looking to find him specifically you'll have to catch him in the couple hours before sunrise and a couple hours after sunset monday through friday. He's busy building something on the St. Monmouth property and that's been taking most of his time. He still works at the shop, though, his hands often more abused and his expression more tired than even is normal after 12-15 hours of manual labor throughout the day and then adding on.

Does Adam Parrish sleep, ever? Not really.

If you're coming in the second half of April, he's back to his normal hours, though they're admittedly cut back a bit. He doesn't work 6 days a week anymore and tends toward 3-4 and instead of long hours he's more apt to working from late morning to late afternoon unless there's a specific request and project that he's determined to finish on any given day.

He can also be found periodically near the shop at the small restaurants around during lunch times more often than not.]

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[archea]

Adam?

[ It's stupid o'clock in the morning, before sunrise. Hey, he did say she could drop by.

Archer isn't quite inside the auto shop yet; she's standing near the door with the motorcycle next to her, wondering if he guy was actually serious about it and she's not going to run into some other person. Not that she would mind terribly, but considering she already talked with someone there...

She doesn't think he's the kind that would just lie anyway. The boy looks too tense for that. ]

You there? I pushed this thing like five miles to get here...

[unaffluent]

[ Adam's there, working on some project off to the side. He'd made sure to be awake when she got there. He's been often taking quick naps in a room in the back of the shop that had a small cot. A lot easier than going to St. Monmouth to toss and turn and then end up not much the better for sleep.

He glances up when he hears his name though and finishes up what he's in the middle of. ]

If I'd known you had to do that I could've picked it up.

[archea]

Eh. Don't want to be more of a problem for you.

[ Archer shrugs as she moves some of her hair that has fallen in front of her face to the side. The moto itself isn't ridiculously heavy, but Archer isn't precisely buff either and it's been quite a walk. ]

Well, here it is. Kinda blocky, but it suits me fine.

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[ Adam shrugs. It wouldn't have been really but he doesn't see the point in saying so. Instead he looks over the bike. It doesn't look like it'll be too hard to work on either. ]

You wanting anything done to it aside from getting it running?

[archea]

[ She gladly lets him take over. Be the man, Adam. ]

Well, whatever fine tuning you think adequate? Actually you can go to town with it, the money isn't an issue. And if you're not about money I have other stuff that can be of interest.

[unaffluent]

Money works fine. [ Adam's voice is quiet. He's depleted all he's saved on stuff for building the house and he hasn't even finished getting everything he needs much less furniture so money is good.

He shifts bring the bike around to an empty station. ]

You don't gotta stay around I can text you when I'm done.

[archea]

And go where? I was hoping to drive my way out of the city, actually.

[ She goes to lean against a wall. ]

Besides, I want to learn how to fix this thing if, God forbid, something happens. I promise I won't touch anything?

[unaffluent]

[ Adam is quiet for a while as he starts working. He'd shrugged in response because it didn't matter to him much if she stays. It'd probably be a bit boring for her since he isn't much for talking while he's working.

Though, not a lot of time passed before without looking up or pausing he asks: ]

What kind of other things did you have to offer?

[ Maybe there is a thing or two he could use but he's not sure if it's something anyone could help him with other than Ronan or perhaps Kavinsky. ]

[archea]

[ His silence is enough to reassure her. She's fairly good at reading people, so Archer has some degree of confidence that Adam isn't actually bothered by her being there. Not that such a thing would stop her from feeling like she's imposing anyway.

It's a good thing he speaks then, since the silence was starting to turn uncomfortable. ]

Oh, well... I have what you might call powers. Of some sort. I can control the elements, so to speak. And I have a nice trick where I can create water that can basically heal everything, ever.

[ As in cue, Archer waves a hand, creating a ball of water from the air. The water then starts shining. ]

Some traders are willing to barter for it.

[unaffluent]

[ Adam glances at the water that she conjured and then turns his attention back to the bike. He vaguely wonders if that might be something that could help Gansey. ]

Would it help someone caught in between life and death?

[ The question is nonchalant enough but the curiousity is real, the hope lingering in the back of his mind even though it doesn't seem like it could practically have any potential and he knows better. ]

[archea]

I've seen people brought back from the brink of death with it.

[ Archer waves her hand and the water dissipates. ]

If you need it, I'll give it to you, free of charge. I'm trading as little as I can, just enough to make by. Thing is, it would probably be bad for me if word goes around. It's the kind of power that might attract the wrong type of attention.

[unaffluent]

[ It's not quite the same. Gansey is technically dead. Still, maybe it's worth a try. ]

You should tell Gansey about that.

[ That's all the information he really offers. ]

He'll be discreet. We'll call you and me even. [ Even though she offered it free of charge. He's not one to take something for free. Once you did you gave someone power over you. He's already powerless enough. ]

[archea]

[ If she only had all the information! ]

Oh, the guy that looks like everyone's School President?

[ With the weird shoes? ]

Where can I f- oh don't tell me. At the farm. You all live together. [ She's starting to see the bigger picture. ]

[unaffluent]

[ Adam snorts at the description which sounds like it could be Gansey or Declan. He's not sure which but the shoes would have nailed it down. ]

Yeah. I don't think he ever leaves. [ Adam shrugs. ]

You can message him or Blue if you wanted to ask to meet up or whatever.

[archea]

Uh, why? Unless I'm prying. Maybe I'm totally prying.

[ But at least she knows who he is and he knows Blue. That's kind of enough to reassure her. ]

Well, if he really is always there I'll set something up. Just gotta tell him you sent me, right?

[unaffluent]

Why what?

[ Adam doesn't know which part she's actually prying about. ]

Mm... I'd rather you didn't. [ He pauses briefly. ]

Say Blue sent you.

[archea]

Why doesn't he leave? Is he like, agoraphobic? Or just totally not into the big outside.

[ He seemed like a young, nerdy Indiana Jones back at the Ingress. ]

Oh my god, I'm getting myself involved in some sort of drama, am I not?

[ Deep sigh. Eye roll. Then: ]

Fine, but only because I'm getting the vibe this is actually important.

[unaffluent]

Oh. [ Adam shrugs and he really doesn't particularly want to stay on the subject much. ]

I don't know. You'd have to ask him.

[ Adam shook his head ever so slightly. It wouldn't even be drama if she said his name but he just didn't want her to. ]

It's really important. [ He confirms. ]

[archea]

I guess I will.

[ She gets he's... taciturn. But she's starting to understand some of the subtle hints he gives now and then. ]

Okay, I'll do it. Not that I feel too good at just letting you fix my bike without giving anything back.

[unaffluent]

[ Adam pauses in his work again. ]

If that stuff actually works for what it's needed for then you're giving me something very important back.

[ Nevermind whatever other issues might still be there, he'd still stop the world to save Gansey and Ronan. ]

[archea]

In that case, I hope it does.

[ She moves closer to him and the motorcycle, eyes on the work he's doing. She did say she wanted to learn at least the basics of it. ]

You're pretty good at this.

[unaffluent]

[ Adam works quickly and mostly quietly. It won't take all that long to fix the bike really. He can probably nap for a bit before sunrise too. He glances at her briefly at the comment. ]

Had to get good at fixing things pretty early.

[archea]

[ She doesn't answer right away, because that answer resonates with her. He had to learn to survive, is what she thinks he's actually saying. She can sympathize. ]

Well, you're good. Maybe even good enough to eventually have your own business sort of deal.

[unaffluent]

[ In that she'd read him quite well. ]

Maybe. I'm not sure that's what I want. [ He used to know what he wanted -- to get out of Virginia. But a lot of things had changed his perspective even before he had come here. ]

[archea]

Well, there's a lot of changes and things going on. I have no idea of what I want to do myself.

[ She can't help but think that Adam is at least trying to find out what, though. ]

[unaffluent]

Did you ever know?

[ He doesn't mean anything by it really, just if this place has a way of making people lose direction. ]

[archea]

For most of my life I was more focused on my immediate needs, to be honest. Literally just trying to be alive.

[ Any conversation is better than awkward silence. ]

[unaffluent]

Yeah. That's hard.

[ He knows exactly what that's like. He supposes he might be a little different that even in just trying to survive he'd always been working toward a goal. Now what was he?

There's a shrug, mostly to his own thoughts as he focuses more intently on the bike. ]