Offing One's Self Creatively [OPEN]

[itsananimalthing]

WHO | Riddick and OPEN
WHAT | Somebody's gotten bored and is getting out of here
WHEN | Some evening, week four
WHERE | The glacier edge
WARNINGS / NOTES | Riddick is likely to cuss a lot

Between the unchanging landscape, the unpleasant weather, the dearth of people about Riddick actually wants to talk to, and the lack of a sponsor with food today, Riddick is done with the arena at last. He's perched on the edge of the glacier, looking out over the freezing water, contemplating just how much force he'd need pushing off to clear the rocks and reach the water. Freezing combined with drowning seems like a more pleasant way to go than smashing one's self on jagged, icy rocks and then drowning.

Besides, he's curious how far they'll let him swim, and it'll be fun to see how long he lasts before the cold gets to him.

His much-abused rope sits coiled on the ice behind him, his coat is sitting folded beside it, and the saved cans he's been collecting are stacked almost as neatly atop it. All of which might be useful to someone else who actually wants to kill people in this thing, unlike himself. He's sitting there, in the cold, considering his jump for plenty of time for anyone nearby to decide to have a chat.

Or an attempt to off him before he does it himself. Whatever.

Comments

[president_evil]

Throughout his preparations, Riddick was watched. A figure in the distance, regarding his 'district-mate' from behind dark lenses.

Wesker's opinion of the man had, to this point, been hazy and undecided. But now...

Pathetic.

[itsananimalthing]

Even at a distance, it was hard to sneak up on someone when all you had to walk on was icy snow. When the wind was low and the ocean far enough away and rolling in slowly enough to not get in the way, boots crunching on the glacier's crust were hard to miss.

Riddick looked over his shoulder at Wesker, taking in mostly the shape rather than the person. "Can I help you with somethin'?" he called, sounding somewhere between bored and amused. "Or you just admirin' the view?"

[president_evil]

Wesker didn't appear to be disturbing by being discovered. He remained straight and tall and unmoving - save for the gentle ruffling of his pale hair by the salt-laden breeze.

"Oh, don't mind me," he replied dryly. "I'm just here to watch the show."

[itsananimalthing]

"Think there's gonna be a show, huh?" Riddick rolled his shoulders a little at that and straightened up to stand, hands on his hips and staring out over the water. He raises his voice to be heard, even facing away. "Might be a pretty boring show. Or a hilarious one, I guess, depending what kinda show you like."

[president_evil]

"Perhaps you should have sold tickets," he drawled, making no move to get closer. Why bother? Why waste the energy?

"Then you'd at least be guaranteed some sort of satisfaction."

[itsananimalthing]

"Doubt they'd let me keep the money outside the ice cube or anything," Riddick shrugged. Did Wesker think he was going to try to escape? Or did he understand the whole "bored" thing? He had to know by now that they came back after dying, anyway. "Or I might. Gotta do some honest work around here, I guess, right?"

[president_evil]

"What will you do next time, I wonder?" he asked lightly, almost conversationally. Almost as if he cared one way or the other. "Hang yourself from the trees? Fall on your own knife?"

All these people here... Wesker couldn't believe the collective sense of stupidity. The way they all just rolled over. They way they allowed themselves to be controlled.

"Or perhaps something else as suitably pointless?"

[itsananimalthing]

So that was the guy's problem. Riddick considered it for a moment, running a hand over his head-- which was starting to need a shave worse than ever; he'd be glad to get back to the capitol and a proper razor again. Or at least a fucking knife.

"Nah," he finally decided. "Those're all too boring. Jumping into freezing ocean water and seeing how far I make it way more interesting. This is cuz I'm bored, after all, so gotta make it at least a little challengin'."