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Echo of People-ing 101 ([personal profile] individualized) wrote in [community profile] deercountry2022-04-07 01:45 am
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The New Person

Who: Echo + Pandora House & Friends
What: Meeting or reintroducing yourself to the new housemate.
When: Arrival time in April.
Where: In and around the Pandora Hearts house.

Content Warnings: Allusions to abusive conditions

Oz just happened to find Echo on the boardwalk after she finally made it to shore and got her bearings. She followed him home! ...Well, maybe it was more like he dragged her. Although "dragging" would imply she hadn't willingly grabbed his hand...

ANYWAY, regardless of semantics, he's taken her to the house the people from his world (and then some) inhabit. Oz will be handling the initial settling in, making her pick a room that's more than a storage closet with a place to sleep, etc.

For everyone else, there's a good chance Oz proceeded to tell you Eko-chan was here! Or maybe you saw her arriving or are just seeing her for the first time around the house. And Echo will definitely be around the house, as interesting as it is. At some point, you could find her just about everywhere she can reasonably get to. Echo won't intrude on some's personal room without invitation, and she probably wouldn't spend too much time in any of the stranger places like the basement, because she spent enough time in Vincent's room already, thank you. She has a habit of just quietly observing from one out-of-the-way spot with a good view and not showing much emotion. Unless you're very perceptive, you may not even spot her at first. She does need to do things like go from place to place and eat, so you can certainly find her moving about, as well. Echo could also be found in her room.

Since I'm still learning about the house, I'm going to trust you guys with the exact settings this time if that's okay.
payingfordeliverance: (Pensive: Food for thought)

Kitchen times are go

[personal profile] payingfordeliverance 2022-04-07 03:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Xerxes Break did not descend into the thick of things, in regards to welcoming Echo to the house. His heart skipped a couple beats the second he saw her, honestly. But Oz knows damn well what happened to his uncle, was present at the time in fact, and if he's bringing this girl into the house and sparkling so hard about it that it may as well be his birthday, Break will trust that the weirdness going on with her before is no longer an issue. If that's the case, Break is pleased about her arrival, even. Echo helped him during a crucial moment indeed in the past that he's certain saw her punished, and he doesn't even want to imagine the nonsense she had to put up with in such close proximity to the drain rat.

Still, he holds back until he's got his head on straight about it, and lets the kids be the ones to introduce her to the overall weirdness of the house.

Perhaps it's better that way. The Mad Hatter, Pandora's Strongest, had a certain reputation, and a solid half a year in Trench has led Break away from it. Echo will get a much better hint of the person she can expect, the person Break is becoming, when she slides into the kitchen some while on. It's his domain more than anyone else's in the house, and she'll find the Rainsworth dukedom's vicious guardian in casual dress with his shirt sleeves rolled up as he handles the baking of bread for the day. His omni sits in the mess on the table, quietly playing a modern song he's taken a shine to, and his ever-present omen -- a huge black borzoi -- is sprawled on the tile within sight of the door, chewing happily on a pineapple.

The necklace visible past his open collar, a dark unicorn on a shield, is a blatantly obvious tribute to Sharon. Definitely Xerxes Break, without a doubt. The wine-colored handprint wrapped around one forearm like a birthmark, underneath a red bracelet that matches the earrings twinkling past his somewhat shaggier hair in a stark contrast to his typically purple everything, can be Echo's first indication that there are interesting new things to discover here. You know, if the fact that the Mad Hatter is baking wasn't already weird enough.

"Miss Echo," he says mildly when he spots her, tone neutral. His omen likewise tilts an ear in her direction, but otherwise doesn't disengage from his pineapple. "You're settling in well, I hope?"
swornto: (01. childish laugh)

Checking in at her room

[personal profile] swornto 2022-04-14 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oz has been rather awkward in how excited he is to have Echo 'home.' It's no lie to say that he's been thinking about her since arrival. It seemed so cruel that he would get a second chance at life like this while Echo did not. To be able to live simple lives together would have been a dream. He regretted so much that he didn't get to know her better.

But still: He's awkward. After leaving her at her room to get used to it, he had announced her arrival to the house-- Then run off before anyone could tease him. A few hours later and he's arrived back at the house in full spirits.]


Eko-chan~! Did you get some rest? Are you ready to go shopping?

[This may be the first time that he's told her that he's taking her shopping. Oz just went off to sell some of his stuff so that he'd have the funds to spoil Echo. Because something tells him that she won't decorate her room without a gentle push.]