Log - Catch-all for July/August - Open

[graveyounglady]

Who: Mercy Graves & OTA
When: Throughout July and August
Where: Around Gloucester
Summary: Mercy tries to find a new building to expand housing into, checks out the Wolfe family artifact, tries to buy liquor for Johnny's bar, and reunites with a loved one.
Warnings: breaking and entering/illegal activities, underage drinking

I. Housing
She'd made a promise to Steve that she would prioritize finding everyone new housing just as soon as they had settled the problems in Wolf Trap. Zyrian Steel is dead and another apocalypse has been averted. She intends to make good on her promise. There are logistics to attend to in moving those who wish it away from ADI while keeping them all together and sustainable. First and foremost is shelter.

There are more than a few buildings of questionable integrity in Bonnie's neighborhood, and this weeks' mission is to inspect them... with or without a realtor present. Mercy's enlisted the assistance of like-minded individuals or just strong-armed someone into joining her for the company.

"You keep a lookout. I'm just gonna... let us in." She pulls out what is very obviously a set of lockpicks as she stands with her fellow in the entryway to a derelict-looking apartment block that stands a few buildings down the street from Bonnie's.

II. Artifact
Mercy hasn't been back to the Hammond Castle since ADI's disastrous Thanksgiving party there last November. The news articles have caught her attention, though. Wolfe. Given the situations they've dealt with in Wolf Pen and Wolf Trap, it might be a complete coincidence, but it doesn't feel like it. "You think it's strange, something turning up for a family named Wolfe that's connected to Dogtown when we just been putting down a problem in Wolf Trap?" she asks her companion.

"I ain't one to suspect everything, but that seems like a coincidence that keeps happening."

III. Liquor
"Hey, there, friend! You know I'm 21, right?" Mercy directs the question at the first familiar face she sees in the liquor store, trying to flag them down. "Season's been turning more than a little while for me here. Just forgot that ID I got. Mind telling this fellow I'm old enough to buy?" She gestures to the vexed-looking cashier who's clearly been arguing with her for several minutes and getting nowhere. Mercy's all smiles as she stands over the cash of liquor on the counter, relentless in her cheer and attempts to wear the man down. She could probably use the assistance of someone who is actually 21 according to whatever identification they might have received from ADI.

IV. Wildcard
Hit me up for more specific plotting at switalia!

Comments

IV. Wildcard - Scheduled Video Call - un: ceasetherain

[wewillwewill]

[ It began with an invitation. Elidibus took a moment to consider those he had encountered within the twisted server room of the Avatar and set upon one. A.... trial if you will, before delving into a wider pool.

There was still a bitter taste at the back of his throat for missing the information Zyrian Steel must have possessed. So he would seek one of the next best things. What might those who explored or got caught have seen within the maze?

Thus he had made a request of Mercy Graves, explaining he would like to speak with her about her experience at Wolf Trap in a video conference using the newly established network. It was explained he intended to approach others as a more formal request but this first was to establish a method that would suit such a varied audience. They did after all come from so many different worlds.

Elidibus will not mention that as one of the longest established 'outsiders' he has personally spoken with, Mercy calls to a darker part of him that urges he consider her ripe with knowledge in general. Because of course you don't admit to things like that.

He is ready at the agreed upon time of the meeting and signs into the call. It looks as though he is in an ADI assigned apartment. There were plenty of reasons to have stayed and many more ways to assure privacy. Having laxed restrictions on the use of 'supernatural powers' has its perks. ]

"Thank you for agreeing to this meeting. I trust you have managed to recover some since our return from Wolf Trap?"

un: mercyme; video

[graveyounglady]

[Mercy offers a simple smile to the man on the other end of the line. It seems... strange to do this over the network, but she assumes this is some method of preserving the record.]

"Aye! About as recovered as a body can be, sir. And yourself? You didn't get hit too bad with anything in that server room, did you?"

[wewillwewill]

[ In a way it is strange. But there are a couple of lessons Elidibus thinks he learned. One, his native gifts to simply replay memories can cut off at any moment. Very inconvenient. Two, one learned LONG before this world. Memories are... transient. And can so easily fade.

Well. It's good to have a backup. Just in case. ]

"Hm. Thanks to my comrades, my physical condition is back to what it was. And the memory of any discomfort fades with each passing day." [ He smiles. ] "At least the deed is done and the threat Zyrian Steel himself represented seems to have been dealt with."

[ After the exchange of such pleasantries, Elidibus is willing to move on to the purpose of this meeting. ]

"As I said in my request, I want to glean the overall mood of those who experienced the core of the Avatar we had just faced. Those who navigated the corridors of its lair. Those who were drawn into its digital reality."

[ Whether or not that reality was 'real' is not for Elidibus to judge. ]

"Are you still willing to speak on the matter? I cannot promise these questions will be easy to answer. Or painless."

[graveyounglady]

"I am." [A smart nod accompanies her words.] "It's important to keep a record of everything. To look for how it all connects. Mr. Steel's gone, but there are others like him. And something here, in Dogtown, that's reaching out and trying to do something big and terrible itself.

"There ain't a thing you can ask I won't be willing to talk on, sir. No matter how it hurts. We need smarter folk like you to sort things out. I can't say I was pulled into the other reality some were--managed to stay clear of the wires after we parted ways--but I spent a good while roaming that server room and the rest of Wolf Trap. It wasn't just in there that strange things were happening."

[wewillwewill]

[ Dogtown was another matter he wanted to look into. Beyond the boundaries of the camera's lens, his fingers twitch slightly in agitation. There is a great many things he must learn and far too little power time to do it. The alien feeling of having little time could nearly be likened to the urgency he once felt to end the threat of Eorzea's Champion. Almost. ]

"Even if you have experienced only a small part of events, your perspective is invaluable to the overall picture."

[ At least in his voice the agitation seems nonexistent. There is a pause to reflect on where to first question. But as often the case, it seems best to begin near the beginning. ]

"Then may I inquire about the events you first experienced? Did anything strike you unusual when we first arrived?"

[graveyounglady]

"Oh, that was the Kelpies. They were horses come up out of the water. Could look like people. Kinda. That struck me as mighty unusual. But this who place was a shock. It's so different from where I come from. Amia's a simple place by the technology I've seen here."