Prepare for the #LodanRespawn2024 Existing characters may choose to be displace from/have memories of different timelines, thereby allowing returning members the option to retcon their whole character. These changes are the result of the "Unnatural Fog" plot device that is running between now and the Respawn. The plot is simple: no matter where your character is, that place is shrouded in a thick fog that suspends time, but not thoughts or memories, so even if they're repeating the same day over and over again, they continue to remember, so each time feels like a new day. For those retconning OCs; this is where new versions of themselves have the opportunity to replace the old versions. Official lore and tree updates will be announced asap
Post by Edelweiss Fjäril on Nov 12, 2017 7:36:50 GMT
Happens on the evening of this thread. Open to Amon It looked like things were finally starting to go back to normal (or as normal as they managed to be, all things considered).
Edelweiss had called the Theater a few hours later to check on how things were going overall, and there wasn't any emergency to attend to right then; just a note from the receptionist that a few of the kids would pass by her place soon to get some instructions and maybe get/give a list of supplements needed at the infirmary, and there was nothing to do about that other than waiting for them to come.
The afternoon passed calm and tranquil - if a tad more filled with laziness and napping around than would have been expected - dinner as well and overall the evening wasn't showing promise of being any different. As of now, while waiting for the doorbell to ring the redhead was just keeping her hands busy by finishing the last touches on yet another humongous aquatic stuffed toy (a jellyfish this time, after the previous anemone and the dumbo octopus before that) for Sienna to go along that goldfish of hers... and admitedly wavering between feeling amused and disturbed as she and Amon chatted of the past few dreams they both had.
"Why dream of me if I don't act like me..." She wondered quietly.
"All power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men." - John Dalberg-Acton
"I don't really know..." Amon sighed, flopping on the desk (and his notes). "...I guess...I just have some weird, unrealistic expectations that manifest themselves in my dreams...the metal poisoning didn't exactly help either..." he explained with a shrug. "Sorry."
"...Gonna make any more animals to fill her stuffed-toy aquarium...?" he asked, nodding at the jellyfish in question with a hint of amusement.
"I will destroy you in the most beautiful way possible! And when I leave, you will finally understand why storms are named after people!" - Taryn, Nerf This
Post by Edelweiss Fjäril on Nov 12, 2017 16:16:44 GMT
"So your theory is you were sleeping off the metals?" She didn't know what to think of it in terms of accuracy/plausibility, but at the very least it was funny to think of. "As far as weird unrealistic expectations go, I did dream of you being a ferret that one time too – but ferret-you acted very much like you (in that it was very cuddly, tickled me all the time and didn't want to get off my head)."
She pondered with a slight shrug, that then became a chuckle as the topic moved onto the stuffed jellyfish.
"Sure, why not? I might make a seabunny after this."
And then the doorbell rang, so she just stole a quick peck from the mechanic and stood up to go attend to it. The redhead figured it must be the guild kids who arrived - nothing unexpected about that. But... was there crying on the other side?
"All power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men." - John Dalberg-Acton
"More like the metals had an impact on my dreams..." Amon responded with a sigh. "And dreams are just weird, okay!" he added. At least he could live out impossible scenarios, or appreciate reality that much more at the very least.
"What if I want a seabunny too?" he muttered with a little pout as Edel gave him a small kiss. Ah well. Sounded like she had work to take care of, so Amon went back to studying and making his notes.
Might as well busy himself. Not like he'd be needed for anything anytime soon...
"I will destroy you in the most beautiful way possible! And when I leave, you will finally understand why storms are named after people!" - Taryn, Nerf This
Post by Edelweiss Fjäril on Nov 13, 2017 3:08:56 GMT
"Then I already know what to give you for the incoming winter holidays." Stuffed seabunny toy, then, it is. Sienna was the only one the redhead had any plans on spoiling with toys all-year-round, but she did intend on keep spoiling Amon in other ways. Besides if he really wants a seabunny made by her it's not like he'd be waiting much until getting it, since it was already september.
Heading to the door while expecting to just be handed out a (verbal or written) list of items and maybe a comment or two about guild affairs, Edelweiss was instead greeted by two distraught younglings quickly ushered into the apartment.
"...'Couldn't sleep... I went to the infirmary to get something for it but they ran out..." Pearl seemed on the verge of tears, though she was still doing a mostly sucessful job at keeping her own cheeks dry - no, no one else had died since Edelweiss had last checked, and CAEsAL was still on it's feet, please and thank you. It was just yesterday's events still rattling her nerves. Almandine on the other hand seemed to be lost in a daze, walking in guided by the hand of her shorter colleage; her fingers were still coated in what seemed like a brownish dried paint, cracking at points and dusting off, and random splotches of it could be spotted amid the pale tresses in her hair. Edelweiss wondered if the girl had passed the whole day like that, and she would need to be addressed too, but as things were she figured she should just make sure she wasn't left alone and deal with Pearl's issue first.
"Amon, can you please take Alma to the bathroom and help her wash her hands?" She asked quickly, turning to take Pearl into the kitchen instead.
As soon as he heard his name called, he rushed over, but couldn't help but pause for a second. Alma hated him with a passion. Would she even be okay getting his help?
At the same time though...
"Sure," he responded, gently attempting to guide the traumatized girl to the bathroom. "What happened?" he asked.
"I will destroy you in the most beautiful way possible! And when I leave, you will finally understand why storms are named after people!" - Taryn, Nerf This
...Did she...commit her first murder...? Or was it in self-defense?
Either way, Amon took the moment to turn on the water and help apply soap to her hands to reflect and think of the best way approach this.
"Five in total," he answered after a bit. "Four were from Sveden, the fifth (and most recent) was one of thoes EIRAL bastards. Although all could be considered self-defence, only two of them were not directly planned and died by my own hand personally," he said as he gently lathered Alma's hands.
"As opposed to the other three, which were planned as a part of an elaborate trap...and were done from the relative safety of a giant robot..." he added, smiling very faintly at the grim joke. Not exactly the best memory thinking back on it. He decided to leave out the more pertinent details, choosing to disclose them if she asked.
"What happened?" he asked, posing the same question again.
"I will destroy you in the most beautiful way possible! And when I leave, you will finally understand why storms are named after people!" - Taryn, Nerf This
Post by Edelweiss Fjäril on Nov 13, 2017 21:35:58 GMT
Well, if anything, that minor rambling made the girl lose a bit of that unfocused gaze to actually glance at him. She was about to ask 'how old were you', but then he mentioned Sveden and EIRAL. It was all recent stuff then; she wasn't sure why she had made the question anymore.
"EIRAL too. A masked bastard grabbed me and shoved a watch on my face. So I shoved my hands into his (eyeballs are very squishy)." Her gaze went back to the tap water running, and she finally seemed to notice her own hands beneath it. Hm, she could wash those... Although she either missed the joke about giant robots or didn't consider it a joke. Maybe both. "If the idiot let go, that'd be all to it, but he didn't, so I held on like that and started kicking. Idiot stumbled backwards and slammed his head on the wall. Sounded like an egg cracking."
"...You're not hurt are you?" Amon asked, pausing the hand washing assistance, to take a quick look at her. It seemed like she was just shaken up, but he liked to verify.
Plus, he himself did not walk away from his kills unscathed...one of which he couldn't even walk away to begin with.
"I will destroy you in the most beautiful way possible! And when I leave, you will finally understand why storms are named after people!" - Taryn, Nerf This
Post by Edelweiss Fjäril on Nov 14, 2017 18:06:11 GMT
"Only the old stuff." She took a hand out from under the sink and vaguely pointed down, probably at that china-covered leg of hers (yes, that wouldn't heal any further by then, unless she got a 'refresher', and while there were materials enough to remake her brace as needed she saw no reason to), then went back to the work of getting the dried blood off her fingers.
Yeah, yeah, she could wash her own hands; she wasn't a toddler anymore, and was self-aware enough by now. Besides, it was easier for herself to wash the crevices between her fingers in one hand with the other than have another person doing it.
"Why are you doing this, even?"
"All power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men." - John Dalberg-Acton
Amon shurgged, stepping back a little to let Alma wash her own hands. "...Because it's the right thing to do...and because you looked like you needed help..." he said after taking a moment to think. "I know you hate me with a passion, but that won't stop me from trying to provide assistance when I can if it would seem like it would help," he added as he fetched her a towel.
"I will destroy you in the most beautiful way possible! And when I leave, you will finally understand why storms are named after people!" - Taryn, Nerf This
Post by Edelweiss Fjäril on Nov 14, 2017 21:58:43 GMT
"I don't hate you as a person. I hate you because you've hurt Edel." And even if the redhead in question forgave him for it, Alma won't. "Just being capable of it already makes me hate you. But as long as you're keeping her happy I won't do anything against you."
She stared harder at the mirror, looking at Amon through its reflection. "Eeeww it's in my hair too." And time to start rushedly removing all the pinds and ribbons from her hair so that she could wash it in the sink as well. "And how did you even get here? I thought the Merchants District had been attacked too." Had he been in that apartment since before those deranged masked people went on a rampage around?
"All power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men." - John Dalberg-Acton
"...Well...we can at least agree on one thing..." Amon muttered, part sad and part bitter.
As for her question...
"Oh, I was already on my way over here when things went down. Ended up being ambushed by the same guy who took my eye and arm. Nearly died...again...but on the plus side, won't ever have to worry about him again," he answered with a shrug. "As for the Merchant District, got word that my security system worked as it should last night, so our damages were minimal," he added as he handed her the towel.
"I will destroy you in the most beautiful way possible! And when I leave, you will finally understand why storms are named after people!" - Taryn, Nerf This