recolle | (open) rough seas will be calm

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(open) rough seas will be calm

WHO: Jaeger (eventually) and you!
WHERE: Dreamscapes.
WHEN: 8/25.
WHAT: Dreamdives!
WARNINGS: Suicidal implications, threads are warned accordingly.

[You find yourself on a grassy plain. It's nighttime, and while this whole thing is probably incredibly surreal, the scenery is at least peaceful. You can see a dark building ahead of you.

If you look behind you, you'll notice that there's a large, thick forest. Listening for a moment will tell you that there's plenty of wildlife there, and it doesn't sound happy to see you. It's probably not a good idea to head that direction. But hey, if you really want to, there's nothing stopping you.

If you choose to approach the building, you'll hear the distant sound of waves crashing, but otherwise all is silent. It would almost be serene, if not for the ominous look of the building. It appears to be a very large manor. There are plenty of lights on inside despite the late hour, which gives you a little more light to see the building itself. For some reason there are massive chains decorating the left side of the building that don't actually seem to be there for any specific purpose, and above that are flags for... some reason. The whole thing is kind of an experience, and the gloomy atmosphere and isolated nature of the house probably aren't doing much to make you feel at ease.

Since the manor is most likely where you're headed, you might want to get a bit closer to the front door to check it out. Be careful, though - you won't be able to get too close without two guards spotting you. They're dressed in yellow uniforms complete with masks that hide the upper halves of their faces. They don't exactly look friendly; one of them has a crossbow in hand and the other has some kind of large daggers that look like they're attached to the back of his hands.

You'll find that there's a solid wall around the perimeter of the manor; you can hide here for a moment if you'd like. Climbing over the wall seems to be out of the question given the height of it and the spikes on top.

How do you want to proceed?]

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[There isn't much over here, really - more of the fancy decorations and... strangely enough there are some boxes and crates that don't look unpacked. There are also some pots that just... have swords in them. As you do???]

[As you do.

Shuji doesn't feel right about searching past-Jaeger's stuff, but...]

If you live here, you really should get around to unpacking your personal effects. It's your home, you know?

[He doesn't know if Jaeger can hear him, but he has to say it.

Alright, now it's time to head down the hallway.]

[no one knows why yeager is like this.

Anyway, the hallway! It leads further back into the manor - it has more of the same decor, but this time there aren't any boxes or pots, just four doors. There are two on the left and two on the right. Slightly more pressing is the guard leaning against the left wall between the two doors; he doesn't seem to have noticed you yet, at least.]

[Shuji hesitates for just a moment, before he decides that the best idea if he doesn't want to knock everyone out: act like you're supposed to be here.

So he continues walking down the hallway, greeting the guard with a smile and-]

Good evening.

[Like of course there's no reason he would be stopped or want to hide his presence from anyone. He'll just open the nearer right door if the guard doesn't throw a fuss.]

[The guard's got the same knives as the other two, but unlike both of them he actually doesn't tense when he sees you. He doesn't even stop leaning against the wall.]

'Evening.

[...Apparently he's just perfectly fine with you being here.

The first door on the right is open, so you can go in if you'd like!]

[Welp, that works just fine for him! Into the room he goes.]

[You'll enter into a fairly large room, decorated like the rest of the manor. There's a long table in the center, surrounded by chairs. It's either some kind of conference room or a dining hall; either way, there's no one in here so you can take your time to explore.

Aside from the table and chairs, there isn't much else to this room. There's a painting on the wall? Yeah, not too much here.

But there are plenty of things on the table! Most of them look like weapons, but there are also some clothes... Which do you want to look at first?]

[Um, this is Shuji, obviously he's going to look at clothes first? It's like you don't even know him, bracket text.]

[There are three outfits set up in the middle of the table here, but they're mostly similar. They look identical to what the guards are wearing - there's a dark blue version on the left, the familiar yellow version in the center, and a white version on the right. Each one has a slightly different face mask, though all of them have the same red eyes.

...Strangely enough, the outfits all look like they're in your size.]

[Well, that's one way to get around more easily.

After locking the door behind him, because there are some things he cannot risk even in Jaeger's head, he'll change into the dark blue outfit. Easier to conceal ink stains on than yellow or white. He'd have gone for a red one if they had one but alas.

...Does everything look red while he's wearing this mask? Because that's neat but also unnecessarily edgy.]

[Of course it does. "Unnecessarily edgy" absolutely describes at least half of Yeager's #aesthetic.

Now that you're changed, do you want to check out the weapons?]

[He'll take a look at the weapons! And also glance at the painting now that he's definitely ruined the color composition, why not.]

[The weapons are spread out on the rest of the table, grouped by similar weapon types although each individual weapon is unique. There are an alarming number of them, actually, um.

The weapon types present are: swords, greatswords, axes, battleaxes, knives, staves, chains, are those scarves? those aren't weapons, spears, bows, crossbows, and those knives the guards were using. Whew, that's a lot of weapons.

As for the painting, it looks really nice, even with your monochrome vision! It depicts a bustling, seaside town and looks very peaceful.]

[Yeager's taste is acceptable when it comes to paintings. Also when it comes to weapon collecting. Shuji understands why his briefcase turns into a million different things now.

Shuji keeps his satchel around his waist, but his remaining clothes will have to be left here... folded and put in a corner, he's not a slob. He leaves the room and tries the next door on the right.

He doesn't have to explain to that guard why he's wearing different clothes now or even glance his direction. He can do what he wants?]

[The guard will just sort of stare at you as you exit the room, but he won't say anything, so you're good!

The last door on the right opens into... well, it might be familiar if you've ever been into Jaeger's shop. It looks like the interior of Leviathan's Claw! The walls and floor are even identical, which probably makes the transition from "fancy manor" to "cluttered curio shop" kind of bizarre.

The shelves are laid out the same way they always are, and while there are plenty of unique and strange items, there doesn't seem to be anything too strange that's visible here. Do you want to proceed further in?]

[Let him stare if he wants. No one died from being stared at, probably.

Shuji's definitely been in Leviathan's Claw before - multiple times, once when he was tiny, that was an experience - so the transition's not as startling as it could be. The shelves get a glance over, but... well, the shop's shelves are always filled with bizarre things. If he tried to examine all of them individually, he'd be here forever.

So he'll go further in.]

[You absolutely would be. Jaeger always has a pretty damn impressive stock of Weird Stuff.

The back of the store mostly looks familiar... except for a trunk in the very back. There doesn't seem to be a door for the back room either, so that's kind of odd. The trunk is fairly large and closed at the moment, but it doesn't look like it's locked.]

[The trunk is new and weird, and Shuji does have a reason to look around and poke things in attempts to find Jaeger and not have him in a coma forever, so...]

I'm sorry in advance if this is your trauma trunk.

[...he's going to try to open it.]

[It'll open! It looks like there's a bunch of stuff inside - the two things on top appear to be photo albums.]

[No harm so far, phew. Shuji will open up the first photo album, kind of hoping that Jaeger's baby pictures are in here.

He saw Shuji as a kid, it's only fair.]

[Ding ding ding, you're correct! The earliest pictures in here are indeed of baby Jaeger! There's also plenty of pictures of his family - his father looks stoic and serious in the few pictures he appears in, his mother has the same sort of pleased expressions he does (and it's clear he takes after her), and then there are his siblings... there are six of them! There are a lot of pictures of family vacations and important moments in school. There's even some pictures of Jaeger and his siblings playing or working on things like hobbies. It's clear the family was very close.

If you keep flipping through, you'll notice that the photo album ends with Jaeger being only a little younger than he is now. There aren't as many pictures of him at the end, but all of the ones in here show him with a rough-looking group of people around his age or older, and there are even a few pictures of him with a woman, though her face has been blacked out.]

Awww...

[Baby Jaeger is precious. The woman's face being blacked out is a little bit worrying, but who hasn't had a relationship that ended badly?

After cooing over child Jaeger a little bit more, he'll put that photo album aside and open up the other one.]

[The next photo album definitely seems more recent - there are pictures from Recollé in here! Many of them are from before the physical changes Jaeger received, but if you keep flipping through there are plenty near the end where he's got the stupid hair.

Some of the photos are of Leviathan's Claw or other locations around the city - there are even some taken of the cityscape at night, probably from somewhere high up. The majority of the pictures are of people, though; you'll probably recognize most of them! You're in here, along with Elda, Jaeger's employees, and of course there's Wesker too. There are even some selfies Jaeger's apparently managed to convince Wesker into taking with him!

Some of these pictures seem to be of events that no one actually took any pictures during, but they all appear to be happy moments, things that are clearly important to Jaeger.]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

[This album is adorable and he kind of wants to keep looking at it forever, but alas, it's not going to help him and Jaeger return to Recolle proper. Reluctantly, he sets it aside.

Besides the photo albums, what's in the trunk?]

[It looks like there are two more items - a folder and a calendar. Which one do you want to look at first?]

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