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Elda Marker ([personal profile] matchbreaker) wrote in [community profile] recolle2017-06-08 12:21 pm

[OPEN] Well, that's a problem

WHO: Elda Marker and YOU
WHERE: Garden Gate Farmer's Market, in and around the Marker manor, Towers (and most of Tisse by extension), the residential streets at night?
WHEN: Mid-June, as she gets a special gift
WHAT: Elda's received a new pair of eyes from Retrospec, and that's incredibly disturbing. Her various adventures in trying to get used to this and deal with the result of having red night-vision eyes.
WARNINGS: None worth noting, I think? Cranky 40 year old?

A) The Curious Incident of the Farmers Marker in the Morning

[ Our story begins one fateful day when, like any proper person who doesn't currently have a non-volunteer job but excess money, Elda Marker goes to the Farmers Market bright and early. Picking up a lot of fruits, some vegetables, hot peppers, and what else she can find (and what she can discern what with the lack of green here, it's kind of fucked up and she might be looking for some insights on that). She actually is getting a few flowers too! With two bags under her arms, the woman is humming a little as she's making her way back to the car to get back to the manor-

Until it happens.

Elda blinks, and once she opens her eyes again her previously dark brown eyes are now red. The burgandy orbs look widely around the area for a moment until - she shuts them as fast as possible and screams in pain. The light hurts? It's blinding, actually! The morning sun is- She drops all of her bags, and there's no way she's going to be able to drive. She's making a scene right now, her hands clutched over her face to try to block out the light - it's hurting even through her eyelids, causing her to tear up. ]


Arrgh... What the devil- Agh.

B) Home Is Where The ... Cats Are. Or something.

[ Somehow, someway, Elda will make it home even if she needed to walk there. It wasn't that far from the Farmers Marker to the manor. Once at her house, Elda... turns off all the lights. It's a bright summer day, and people who have known the woman knows that she lights to be outside on days like this but it's scaring her right now how much it hurts her eyes. Her house guests/son or anyone visiting the house will notice that the woman has turned off all the lights in the house and closed many of the curtains. The light even of the bulbs hurts her eyes a little... Man.

That said, later in the day you might find her outside of her house, on the front lawn. She is defiantly sunbathing in a light dress and wearing sunglasses and not a swimsuit (this is the front lawn, she's not a barbarian) but rather a loose summer dress. Her brown hair's tied back as well.

... Ugh, she should have gone on a run. This sucks, she feels so lazy. It's even hard to read. ]


C) Operation Classy Glassy

[ ... Also her only sunglasses are okay, but if they are going to be a regular fashion thing for her, as seems to be the case, she needs better ones. Or at least - no, actually definitely more than one pair. Still not trusting herself to drive on a Summers Day even with the sunglasses on, the woman instead calls a cab and takes it over to Tisse, where she's going to a variety of places to shop, but mostly focuses on the accessory section of Towers. Here, she's trying on all hella style. She's doing this and examining herself in the mirror, sometimes taking them off to lower the distortion, but wincing every time her new red eyes catch the light of the store. You know what, eventually she resorts to- ]

You there! I need some insight, come on over!

[ Conscripting outside help. ]

D) Gotta keep up the exercise somehow or another!

[ Something else Elda soon enough notices: ... She can see in the dark now. She has no idea how (it must be the eyes... did Retrospec give her night vision eyes or something?) and she has a great visual range than before, she's pretty sure. And you know what that means?

... It means that if she can't get her morning runs in, she's going to give herself some night runs.

Hopefully no one will find it strange to see a small 5' 40 year old woman jogging in the middle of the night, her red eyes wide to look around her. ... Hopefully none of you catch the moonlight or a street light reflecting off those eyes, it might look like the glow of a predator. But either way, she's sure.

Doing that. It's okay, she's learned a lot of self-defense. ]

[ Also if any of you want to do something else or a weirder prompt / have questions / just want to add me I guess feel free to talk to me at [plurk.com profile] bigdamnhero. Yep! ]
feistytrader: (gold's hat is huge too)

[personal profile] feistytrader 2017-06-20 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
...Well, graduation's tomorrow.

[That's not what Elda meant and they both know it.]

A lot's going on that I don't understand, and it all involves weird magic animals. That's all I've got.
thesettingsun: smile (or even checked)

[personal profile] thesettingsun 2017-06-20 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
Shuji Tsushima? I do camerawork for Silver a lot and we hang out?

[Is he really so forgettable...?]
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[personal profile] toushiro 2017-06-20 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
At least help mitigate the symptoms?

[ he sighs. silver also wants to wait... dammit. ]

We'll find a doctor soon.
scythegun: (RELAXED ⇝ hahaha wow)

[personal profile] scythegun 2017-06-20 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Ja, well... It's not really worth thinking too much about it, is it? You have your late night exercise to get back to anyway!
lostapprentice: (b: okay but what if you did)

[personal profile] lostapprentice 2017-06-21 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
I wasn't—accusing you of anything. I was more worried about actual potential crimes.

[Far be it for him to directly admit he was concerned about a smaller lady being assaulted and no one being around to help. That's way too far into nice person territory for him.]

... though I guess you might scare any muggers away with that look.

[Maybe. Ren isn't that easily scared, but red reflective eyes are definitely an unsettling thing to come across in the dead of night.]
Edited (bleh) 2017-06-21 03:13 (UTC)
huxceptional: (Something stinks-- oh it's just Ren)

[personal profile] huxceptional 2017-06-21 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
[For a couple of seconds, Hux can't help but give her a strange look because that came out of the blue.

But it hits him and okay that's not a bad idea.]


Definitely not a chocobo-- a mammal that gallops on four legs. I hope you aren't looking for a more descriptive answer than that.
chiseler: (Default)

[personal profile] chiseler 2017-06-22 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Are you serious? [He's not saying no but he's definitely raising an eyebrow even as he unfolds the arms of the sunglasses.] You can't blame me if I end up poking you in the eye.
feistytrader: (okay then)

[personal profile] feistytrader 2017-06-24 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. I don't think I've seen a single normal animal in any of my memories, actually.
feistytrader: (sticker stars)

[personal profile] feistytrader 2017-06-24 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
...If I'm a space alien, I'm missing out on all the cool alien stuff, like six arms or purple skin.
feistytrader: (well that's just great)

[personal profile] feistytrader 2017-06-24 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
...Please don't tell me you think aliens made the pyramids.
feistytrader: (water u doin parasee)

[personal profile] feistytrader 2017-06-24 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
So why do you believe in winged aliens from Persia?
feistytrader: (sticker stars)

[personal profile] feistytrader 2017-06-24 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
...Anyway, I haven't met any purple winged aliens yet. All the humans I've seen look perfectly normal.

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