[OPEN] April Catch All!!

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WHO: Elda Marker and you!!
WHERE: Viea Village around her house, Bosuma, Respatrum, other parts of Recollé
WHEN: All over the month, though the prompts would be focused on like the 10th onward-ish? It's important to note night or day though! The Bosuma one is probably much later in the month.
WHAT: Elda's house has been replaced and then later on she reverts in memory to being a proper vampire if anyone wants to deal with that!
WARNINGS: Please hit up these permissions if you tag in though! In the fourth prompt (the Bosuma one) she'll try to attack people for blood (it won't kill them!) potentially and if people manage to have civil conversation, genocide might come up.

1: Ticketed Mail (Recollé City Prompt from event log)
[ Elda Marker goes out to get her mail this afternoon and... Well. Honestly she's not used to seeing mail in there these days it's just this thing she does in the late afternoon, pretending that her life can still be normal even as she needs to wear a wide brim hat and a parasol just to make it to the end of the driveway without breaking out in hives from the sunlight. That said, she does make it and finds...

A ticket. For in front of the Wiffle-Waffle, the mailbox? ... Well. I guess it's sure time for challenge accepted! She sets out in the late afternoon such that while the sun is still out, she'll make it back in time for making dinner for Toushiro and the sun not totally killing her. The thing is-

She does not expect biting envelopes of teeth on the air coming towards her. Or mountains of packages. As it turns out, her car is blocked by a pileup. So the rest of this quest? She'll have to be on foot! Will you be her stalwart companion? Will you be someone else she runs into who has their own quest? Let's survive. ]

2. Well that's... a house.

Oh hell.

[ Is what Elda Marker says when she makes it back to her manor in Viea Village. Or well, where it once was. If you're in the area, you might now notice that there's a new somewhat large forested hill right smack dab in the middle of a wealthy area of the residential district. There's a road that goes up the side of the hill at least! But ... it sure is dark, spooky, and a big-ish (maybe 50 meters in diameter and 20ish tall, plus trees) hill that is now here in a residential district with a new road leading up/around it to get to side streets and...

Maybe you're getting lost on the winding road up because you're curious? Maybe you see her? Either way, at the top of the universal-displaced Sekima Hill. But at the top of the hill is ... one house. Well, one manor. And it suits the vibe a lot here on top of the hill. Fortunately, all of Elda's furniture was put into the new house, but the electric is turned off for some reason and... well, stuff needs to be moved around.

... So you might also be following a Help Wanted sign she posted for people to hell with that. ]

3. Desiigner Shopping (Respatrum prompt from the event log)
[ So a whole new manor and while it's furnished with much of what she had around before, it's bigger and demands some more fineries. So let's just. Shop for new items. Some of which she does in the city - Towers, etc - but some of which... well. Respatrum's been good for her finding various set pieces and designer goods in the last month or two, so she's going there now defiantly.

... Which involves her climbing that later in the middle of the night, or at least after sunset. There's no way she could in the sun. Hope nothing she buys is possessed! Or nothing possesses her once she's there! Or you don't happen to be possessed with her! All of that would be awkward. ]

4. What's in a name? (Bosuma prompt from the event log)
[ Why is she out in Bosuma?

... Honestly, the reason is lost to her. Lost with the rest of her memories when she ventures too far inside. She takes the deal to fill in the holes of her memories, but the end result just leaves her confused about a few things. Why do her senses feel so dull? Why was she out during the day? And how dare this witch give her his challenge?

It was asking her to interact with humans. (actually it was demanding more than that, but... no.)

Well, first things first, she was going to get back to the city (... what was its name again? None of this was familiar?) and - well, she's not sure why she feels to groggy, but first things first, she needs to eat. So she'll be actively stalking out for someone who matches her blood type to get them. Silently, callously.

(feel free to notice her while she's doing that, either to you or someone else. Note that I don't want her to bite and get the blood of some NPC so that'll be a PC or not at all, I'm okay with both ways! Please note replying to this doesn't necessarily mean you have to lose blood because in fact she needs to resolve things peacefully to get her name back) ]

5. Wildcard
[ I'm more than open to play anything else with you guys!! She'd have every reason to go to Pesgare or Magatus as well and I'm more than down to work out more specific prompts with people. Contact me (bigdamnhero) or just hit me up with something if you have an idea ]

Comments

[scythegun]

He isn't the best at it, no. But he does try!

[And surely that counts for something!]

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Of course he does!

[ She loves Albert... ]

I'm more seeing how you're doing. He did... well, his body and mind have clearly gone through a lot of changes over time.

[scythegun]

Ja, they have. He's been through so much.

[Jaeger hesitates for a moment, once again looking around the basement just to give himself something to do.]

...I do what I can for him, of course, but I don't always know how to deal with what he's going through.

[matchbreaker]

[ she nods. ]

Likewise, of course... but what about you? That - the feeling isn't pleasant.

[scythegun]

No, it isn't.

[He's quiet for a moment while he works out how to answer it. He did say he was going to try to be more honest, but that's really difficult...]

...I've had some problems trying to deal with it. It's difficult to know what to do or say, and while he says that my presence helps him, sometimes I wonder if there's more I should be doing.

[That's sort of what led to the meltdown he had up in Magatus. He's doing better now but. Yeah. It's kind of a mess...]

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[ There we go. She's actually grateful that she doesn't need to drag things out of him here, even if she did feel a need to force the subject. She continues to give the man space, tapping her finger over here softly but consistently. Mmm. ]

That's a response from any rational mind, really. It's just too much, in a way, and it's easy to want for a magic bullet.

[scythegun]

[It's honestly good to talk to someone who gets how rough it can be...]

It is an awful lot to deal with. I still think it's best for him to talk to someone about it instead of trying to handle it all on his own, but it's still difficult to hear. That doesn't mean I'll ever want to leave him, of course, it's just... difficult, sometimes.

[matchbreaker]

Not to mention that... [ Mmmm... ] Well, the past haunts its way into the now, what with what's become of his body.

[scythegun]

[Jaeger's free hand goes to his chest for a moment before he forces it down.]

Ja, he really has suffered so much. He shouldn't have had to go through that.

[Dying, he means.]

[matchbreaker]

Oh no, of course not. He really... that's not something he needed to experience. [ . . . ] But what about you, Jeaeger?

[ You didn't deserve to have to deal with a dead boyfriend? ]

[scythegun]

[Give him a moment, that's a tricky question to answer.]

...To be honest, I never really gave that part of it much thought. I've always been so worried about him, after all.

[...]

I don't know if I can say I'm okay with it, but he's... Well, he's still here. That's what matters to me. I'll deal with whatever comes as long as I have him by my side.

[matchbreaker]

[ That goes without saying is her first thought but... does it? No, it probably doesn't. If anything, the acknowledgement on his part is more admirable and sad. She curls her fingers here against the shelve, starting off on a wide pace of the room around the shelves and humming a bit to herself. ]

I'm grateful he survived as well - I honestly don't know where I'd be if he actually died there.

[ But then, do they stay dead? Can that be counted on? But all the same, ]

God, though, a body that's in some ways a functional corpse.

[scythegun]

[Jaeger brings a hand up to his chest again, his fingers digging into the casing around the blastia for a moment before he once again forces himself to stop.]

I can only imagine how difficult it is for him.

[He probably has a better idea than most people, but...]

[matchbreaker]

It's clear to me he likes touching people even less than before, for one.

[ Which like. Again, hard on you.

... Why's he keep going to his chest like that??? ]

[scythegun]

I can understand why. But he's getting a bit better about it. He's doing his best.

[It helps(?) that Jaeger's the most physically affectionate person...]

[matchbreaker]

[ A soft nod. .... Mmmm.

How does she get to asking about... She makes her way back over to him and, ]

If it's too much for you to handle, you can talk to me about things too. It's not unfair to be overwhelmed.

[scythegun]

[His first thought is to laugh it off, to dismiss it. But that's always been part of the problem, hasn't it?

It takes him a moment to settle on a response, but eventually he nods.]

I really do appreciate the offer. I'm... not very good at relying on others for help. It's something I need to try to get better about.

[Being this honest is kind of painful? How do people do it.]

1/2

[matchbreaker]

Well I think anyone can see that.

[ How does she put this... ]

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[ And she'll reach out now to touch his... well, she's too short for the shoulder? So upper arm. ]

I suppose I'm worried about you. Supporting someone like Albert is one thing, and I'm not saying he can't support you in turn, the man's carried me through many times. But everyone has a a certain amount of troubles they can handle. So I wanted to make it clear I, at least, know a lot of what Albert's going through and thus can relate. He's... well, my dear friend, you know?

[scythegun]

[THANKS, ELDA...

But that's comforting and he nods.]

Of course. I'm very glad he has someone like you! It's very kind of you to reach out to me as well. I'll certainly keep that in mind, and if things get particularly bad I'll try to come to you.

[He can trust Elda easier than he could trust most people with this because she's Wesker's good friend and always wants to look out for him. So she'll understand better than most people ever could.]

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[ Good.

She nods all the same and while she does have some other concerns, they're both adults, and that's a logical bookend to that leg o the conversation. She as long as he agrees, she's going to take his hand and make to head up back upstairs! ]

Well, there's more down here but let's go check the second floor!

[scythegun]

[He doesn't mind, let's go!]

Ja, of course! Who knows what else this place might be hiding?

[matchbreaker]

Other than the whole place being a mess! There was that tower on the outside, so I'm curious what's up there.

[ But yes, through the dark house and mis-arranged furniture and she tests the water...

... Water was still on, even if electricity wasn't. That's good. ]

[scythegun]

That does seem interesting! It's a shame about the electricity, but at least the water's working.

[matchbreaker]

Like I said, I'll have to go make a call later today.

[ Okay so there's at least five bedrooms here, including the one in the basement. All the curtains in every room are thick and dark until they get to one second floor room. ... It has more normal white curtains. And in here, she frowns a little. ]