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[twicelost]

Who: Katrina and you!
When: Sept 13-15
Where: ADI HQ, ADI apartments, the memorial room, wildcard
Summary: Katrina makes rounds to assess the state of her Gloucester home base
Warnings: past character death; will edit as needed


• HQ

[ Who's that short-ish young woman walking around the non-restricted parts of HQ, looking at everything like it's hers and she's willing to fight about it? It's Katrina, the angriest mermaid, who has been informed she's been gone for almost a year and now needs to see for herself what's changed.

She ends up in the gym and decides to stay there, training much like she used to. She'll also watch others train, and if there's any advice she can give anyone, she'll go up to them and give it in her usual serious tone. ]


• apartments

[ More wandering and inspecting. Now and then she'll climb a tall tree, the better to see from.

And then there's when she scales the building by way of apartment balconies, making sure it looks like something a strong, athletic human can do. Totally normal! She just wants to get up to the roof. ]


• memorial room

[ She's here to see if the people she remembers are still here, or at least not dead. When she does find someone she knew, she makes the signs to honor them the way she would for her fellows beneath the waves, and sings a short song of mourning for them. Katrina will not respond while she is singing, but she'll be conversational (for her) after. ]


• wildcard

[ let's goooo. prose and brackets are both fine ]

Comments

[ruevealing]

[Oh.

It is not a sentiment that anyone has ever expressed to Rue before, that this world was better with more non-humans within it. But Katrina speaks it so casually, as if it is only fact, and it leaves the owlbear a little stunned.

But they squeeze her hand, gently, and gesture to indoors, a silent offering to come and explore her new home.]

A siren! You must be Eda's friend. I remember her mentioning you before, spoke of your friendship and how much it meant to her.

[twicelost]

[ Katrina talks as she follows. ]

Eda is good friend. Sister.

[ The layout of this apartment is the same as the one she used to be in. Having confirmed that several people she used to know here are gone, the familiarity makes her feel the cold bite of grief. ]

You are also friend of Eda?

[ruevealing]

[A sister. The very idea warms Rue up from the inside out, to know that Eda has such strong connections remaining. So many, over the last few months, have left. How grateful it is for one to return back to them.]

I am! She was my very first friend in this realm. She was kind and patient with me, and has since become one of my dearest collaborators and friends. I can not imagine having survived this place very long without her wisdom and strength.

[twicelost]

Yes. Eda is strong in mind and body. If she trust you, I trust you.

[ They need to band together to stop the apocalypse. ]

Rue, tell me about your home. I will tell about mine.

[ruevealing]

[Finally, someone gets it. It warms Rue's heart to know she understands after all of the in-fighting of the last few months.]

Oh! Well, let me see. First, would you like a drink? Some tea? Some coffee? Water? Why don't you sit and I shall fetch it.

[She did just scurry up to their balcony after all.]

As for my home, I hail from the Feywild, the realm of the faeries. I must say, this world has been quite a shock to me after living my whole life there. The people, the technologies, the fashion. I have never experienced such modern conveniences before.

[twicelost]

Water.

[ She can't help it. Already, so soon after arriving here again, she misses the ocean. ]

I like human food.

[ And that's... the most that Katrina can say for certain. The conveniences don't matter to her. She will always prefer to live in the water, without electricity and clothing, but the food? That she has learned to enjoy. ]

Feywild. This is new to me. My home is water. Ocean. It is dangerous, but with tribe, with family, we have safety.

[ruevealing]

[It is simple and to the point and that is enough to bring a dash of warmth to the owlbear's feathery countenance.]

I'll be just a moment then.

[Rue disappears into the attached kitchen, raising their voice only slightly to continue the conversation while they bustle around.]

I have never known a true siren, but I was dear friends with many of the fey from the seafoam court back home. I imagine you would have gotten along with them quite well.

[when they reappear, Rue has a tray with glasses of water and a fruit plate of some local, in season treats.]

Do you mind being so far from the ocean?

[twicelost]

Many tribes fight, protect territory. It is not... story like humans say.

[ Katrina take the water with a nod of thanks. ]

This ocean close to Gloucester is not my ocean. One time, we find sirens of trash. Not real sirens, but... made with power, made of trash. It is offense to me. My ocean... I want to go back. This is why I fight Entities. I will fight and die to save my home.

[ There's no mistaking the conviction in her voice and her gaze. Katrina is in it to the end. ]

[ruevealing]

[Made of trash? That is incredibly offensive. Rue would have the same reaction to seeing fake faeries made of the same, it would be hurtful and cruel and necessary to take action against.]

Well, I may not be the most battle ready owlbear in existence, but I will be at your side to the end. I want nothing to do with these Entities. And I so desperately want to save everyone we are able to, including your tribe.