[ the key to leonard's apartment isn't actually the key to his apartment. which he isn't really surprised by, honestly. everything about this situation has smacked of "too good to be true" so it's a little reassuring to see things going at least a bit wrong.

he doesn't make a big deal out of it, instead hanging out in the communal areas of gamma building during the day, watching everyone else and seeing how others who are having trouble react. and how maintenance responds to them. he doesn't go to get his own keys fixed. it's not like he needs them, anyway.

what he does need, as the day starts to turn to evening, is some food. ] Hey. [ he pitches his voice loud enough to be heard from where he's very weirdly slouching over some furniture. ] You had any of the grub here yet? How is it?

[ he gets his dinner eventually. and a few beers because that's what one does when one dies and then instead of seeing the pearly gates ends up some place where cuddling and acts of good will grants wishes. it's distinctly possible he's a little tipsy. and he may or may not be feeling like he needs to do something more like himself after that whole self-sacrificing thing.

which is why he decides he's gonna break into his own apartment from the outside instead of just picking his own lock like he'd been planning on at first. it's a terrible idea. and, because it's just how his life as been going the past couple days, leonard ends up slipping through the window into a dark apartment that is very much not his own.

and smacking his shin against a coffee table that was hiding in the shadows. ] Ow! Mother--

[ while he doesn't participate in the scavenger hunt, leonard does spend the first week or so exploring every inch of the city. at one point or another he can be found just about any place that doesn't solely have to do with the great outdoors or community service. (though he does--very, very, very briefly--stop in at the animal shelter.) there's a handful of places that he frequents multiple times and it's pretty clear they may end up usual hangouts for him.

the first is, unsurprisingly, criminales. it's his favorite kind of dive bar, and the fact that his partner's the one who owns it just makes it even better. it's quite possibly the only place in this city that immediately feels safe to leonard. that probably says something about him, but it's not anything he's going to be thinking about much.

other places you're likely to find him are the green room where he's just as likely to be hustling someone as playing fair, the cadelle museum of art where he is absolutely casing the place as much as he's appreciating the art, (old habits die hard) and, perhaps a bit surprisingly to some, the ice castle where he seems to enjoy watching people skate as much as he does doing it himself. and if he lets himself get coaxed into giving a kid hockey tips, well. doing good's just part of this whole deal, right? ]

[ feel free to hit me up with whatever you want that's not here! i can also set up a specific starter if you like, just hit me up on plurk or discord (chanterie#3878) and lmk! ]