closed | holiday company

[elevelvetor]

WHO: Elda & her dates (Mariko Kawaguchi and Albert Wesker)
WHERE: Some lovely little restaurants in Tisse, and maybe other places later on; I'm not in charge of your threads here
WHEN: Evening time; Tuesday, December 5th for Mariko, and Thursday, December 7th for Wesker
WHAT: Blind dates! Despite Elizabeth setting this all up, she's actually nowhere to be found.
WARNINGS: None, probably

[ top levels will have the dates! have fun c: ]

Comments

[manufactured]

Was it better there, then? To your knowledge.

[matchbreaker]

Yes. ... I think so, yes.

[ . . . ]

At the very least she had a son and then later grandchildren, and they all seemed to be safe and healthy from what I've seen? But she clearly still held on to a lot of hatred from that time.

[ . . . ]

She tried to beat this one girl to death because... I'm not sure why really, but I think it related to that stuff with the fires somehow.

[manufactured]

...Just from what I've seen, I can't precisely say I fault her for it. If that is in fact the case, at any rate - that's the sort of thing that doesn't die down easily. Though I'm likely preaching to the choir.

[matchbreaker]

[ A nod. ]

No, no, I know. Honestly, most of those memories aren't so bad.

[ Mmm. Wine... ]

... This sounds so stupid, but almost the worst of it is that I think she was married most of her life to the same man.

[manufactured]

...Worst in what way?

[There are several ways that could go, after all.]

[matchbreaker]

[ FINISHING THIS GLASS... ]

I'm jealous of myself and that's stupid.

[manufactured]

[...

Right, that's...what the hell does he even say to that? There's an entire glass in front of him to occupy his fingers with, just kind of toying with it a little bit while he considers, and that's just...]

I doubt it's much consolation to you, but I believe I had perhaps one acceptable relationship back then. Not the one with Excella, that was something else entirely... But one that was more or less normal. It wasn't very long-lived, however, and the rest were either strange or nonexistent.

[matchbreaker]

I know I'm being silly, with my... that.

[ But he was so handsome and it felt like she married young and she got to have a bio-son and bio-grandchildren and... ]

You don't need to console me when I'm being silly.

[ The Excella thing though... yeah, shit. ]

[manufactured]

I'm aware that I don't need to.

[matchbreaker]

[ Oh. ... Oh, that feels warm. she smiles and... ]

In happier news... Silver asked me to draw up adoption papers. I'm still working that out now.

[ It's a little pointless other than to streamline inheritance because he's eighteen, but it... means a lot to her. ]

[manufactured]

Did he...

[Huh.]

It's good to hear it, at any rate - I'm happy for you, Elda. It should be good for both of you.

[As always, it's understated, though it isn't insincere.]

[matchbreaker]

It really will. Right in time for his birthday... hell, Toushiro's, too!

[ She laughs a little. ]

... Have you seen his monsters? They're incredibly impressive looking.

[manufactured]

I've seen a few of them, yes. Though it's primarily been the blue alligator.

[...]

He comes over from time to time; I think he's determined to ensure that I leave the house at least a few times a month.

[matchbreaker]

Like mother, like son.

[ . . . She might have drunk too much wine too fast and the moment she realizes it she then throws back some water to stabilize. ]

That thing's gotten so much bigger over time - the alligator, I mean.

[manufactured]

[...Thanks, Elda.

You know, Wesker usually doesn't drink much in public, but at this point just. It sounds like a good idea to at least have some of it, that's a thing we're doing now that we have moved on from awkward backstory things. Yes. Excellent. Wine. ...God, it doesn't taste like anything- ]

It has, alarmingly so.

[matchbreaker]

I don't even understand how it works. Have you seen Clifford, his enormous dragon snake thing? Apparently, that used to be an orange fish.

[ HOW DOES THAT WORK? ]

[manufactured]

...I've seen it. I rather like it, actually.

[...I mean. He thinks it's awesome? But he's got no fear response and likes giant-ass creatures, so.]

[matchbreaker]

... My favorite's Berry I think. It's sweet.

[ . . . ]

But seriously, how was that a fish?

[manufactured]

I've never seen anything quite like that - a few strange transformations that I can't explain, granted, but nothing that seems as commonplace as what Silver is describing.

[matchbreaker]

[ Oh right, the ... Excella... thing. ]

Mmm. The whole thing is so strange, but then the world must be based around all that, so...

[manufactured]

[...YOU KNOW, THAT ACTUALLY WAS NOT HIS FIRST THOUGHT THERE, AND THAT IS EITHER MUCH BETTER OR MUCH WORSE DEPENDING ON HOW YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THINGS.]

It sounds like a natural thing, at least, as opposed to anything humans are inducing. Which is a fascinating thing to think about, in its own way.

[matchbreaker]

[ NOD... ]

... Mmm.

I think I ought to sit down with him and just learn more about them.

[manufactured]

I think it would be worthwhile, yes.

[...]

Not just from an objective standpoint, necessarily; he seems to enjoy talking about them.

[matchbreaker]

That's what I'm thinking...

[ She shakes her head, sighing. You know, this - ]

... So Albert, have you been working on anything interesting lately?

[manufactured]

[Mm.]

My interest has been with vaccines lately.

[And that's kind of TAKE A WILD GUESS AS TO WHY but hey, at least he's being productive with it.]

It's proving to be more worthwhile than I'd initially thought; I'm pleased with current progress, at any rate.