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deercountry2022-05-07 10:53 am
hauntedsavior) wrote in deercountry2022-05-07 10:53 am
you can keep on getting better [open]
Who: Anna Amarande and you!
What: May catchall
When: May
Where: A bar in Cellar Door, other locations to come
Content Warnings: Light alcohol use, conversations about humanity and murder, blood, vampirism
a. if you want, you can buy yourself a drink [at the bar]
[anna's made plans with a couple people to hang out this month. it's not a tense environment at all, and sometimes she can even be seen on the tiny little stage playing some chilled out bass grooves for the patrons. no concrete songs, really, mostly just improv for vibes. when she's not on stage, and most of the time she's not, she's nestled herself down into a booth down near the end. it's quiet, well-lit but not obtrusively so. people around here know her and know that that's basically her seat, so any conversations that happen there are as private as they're gonna get.]
[she's expecting a few people to show up as she nurses a beer that's so weak she might as well not be drinking anything at all. probably for the best that she's sober for these talks, whatever they end up bringing with them.]
Hey. Glad you could make it. [she tilts her drink at her guest.]
b. no you'll never drink like me [for kainé]
[there's always been a few problems with going out and hunting beasts, no matter how confident and comfortable it makes anna feel. no matter how many lives she saves, she's always putting herself at risk of corruption or injury or beasthood or all three, and one of these days it's gonna sneak up on her. all at once, extremely loudly and incredibly close.]
[anyway, when she comes back home this time, it's clear that she's been in better shape. she limps her way into the house, and she's at least cognizant enough to fix her roommate/girlfriend with a sheepish little look as she holds her side. the cloth there isn't dripping yet, but it's clear that it didn't start as red as it is now.]
Motherfucker out there got the best of me. [she's talking like she's not in pain, or like she's trying very hard to pretend she isn't.] I think I stopped most of the bleeding myself. Don't suppose we've got anything here that can help seal it up before I go to the doctor?
What: May catchall
When: May
Where: A bar in Cellar Door, other locations to come
Content Warnings: Light alcohol use, conversations about humanity and murder, blood, vampirism
a. if you want, you can buy yourself a drink [at the bar]
[anna's made plans with a couple people to hang out this month. it's not a tense environment at all, and sometimes she can even be seen on the tiny little stage playing some chilled out bass grooves for the patrons. no concrete songs, really, mostly just improv for vibes. when she's not on stage, and most of the time she's not, she's nestled herself down into a booth down near the end. it's quiet, well-lit but not obtrusively so. people around here know her and know that that's basically her seat, so any conversations that happen there are as private as they're gonna get.]
[she's expecting a few people to show up as she nurses a beer that's so weak she might as well not be drinking anything at all. probably for the best that she's sober for these talks, whatever they end up bringing with them.]
Hey. Glad you could make it. [she tilts her drink at her guest.]
b. no you'll never drink like me [for kainé]
[there's always been a few problems with going out and hunting beasts, no matter how confident and comfortable it makes anna feel. no matter how many lives she saves, she's always putting herself at risk of corruption or injury or beasthood or all three, and one of these days it's gonna sneak up on her. all at once, extremely loudly and incredibly close.]
[anyway, when she comes back home this time, it's clear that she's been in better shape. she limps her way into the house, and she's at least cognizant enough to fix her roommate/girlfriend with a sheepish little look as she holds her side. the cloth there isn't dripping yet, but it's clear that it didn't start as red as it is now.]
Motherfucker out there got the best of me. [she's talking like she's not in pain, or like she's trying very hard to pretend she isn't.] I think I stopped most of the bleeding myself. Don't suppose we've got anything here that can help seal it up before I go to the doctor?
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But her smile fades a bit as Anna reminds her not to kill, and she feels a little self conscious and insulted despite herself. It's... fair, probably, that she's reminding her of that considering what she just said, but... It hits too close to home.
(Anna probably meant nothing by it. It's a joke. It still hurts.)
There's an affronted look in her eyes as she speaks up.]
...Yeah well. I don't kill people. Not anymore. I didn't tell you that so you could act like I do, alright?
[She's reminded of why she felt comforted by the Doctor - by the Mayor - in the first place. There's no judgement in the eyes of a monster.]
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[she puts her drink down hastily, not even giving herself time to savor it with how quickly she gulps down what's in her mouth. she's trying to be measured no matter how surprised she is by that reaction.]
Standard disclaimer for everyone. Your captain included. Because there's a lot of things that can happen around here that make it harder to hold to your morals, and none of them are very fun. We're at the whims of the gods out here, and we never know what's going to come for us next.
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...Yeah. Sorry. I know that you didn't mean anything by it.
[She stares at the table between them, her finger scratching the wood as a nervous tick as she thinks on whether to explain.]
It's weird over here. They'll forgive you for anything. Back home... well, the stain tends to follow you a bit more.
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Well, lots of people around here who've done a lot of shady shit, I guess, you know? You poke around in my past, you'll find some things that people back home will think are unforgivable.
[but her problems have always been less serious than others. she's always had an easier life than the people she knows. she tries not to dwell on it by shrugging casually instead.]
But take a look around here. We're up to our necks in blood and beasts. We have creatures rising from the sea to try to take out our lives. People die a lot more often than I'm used to. [that's a bit of a grim realization; she shakes it off.] I don't think any of us have the time to hold grudges for stuff that might not have even happened here.