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]

...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.

[matchbreaker]

Oh, what are you making progress on?

[ She does have some medical background, even if she ... like only has a mostly complete nursing degree and experience as a phlebotomist. She won't keep up with the technicals, but she does seem genuinely interested. ]

[manufactured]

[And explain he shall! I mean, this is very "look at all this quality RP right here" but holy shit please don't make me have to figure out a way to explain this because I know my limits; the important part is the focus on antibody recognition and stimulation - like, if this works it's going to go great, if it doesn't jesus christ, but then that's why we have people who work in pharmaceuticals to begin with, to hopefully avoid the sheer amount of "jesus christ" that would result in all the playing God with people's immune systems that he's doing here.]

It's largely still in development; I haven't moved to testing yet. But it seems promising.