This is one item that won't require much detective work to determine its owner, especially considering that Komaeda is the one to pick it up and will recognize the subject. It's a photo album, documenting the life of a boy with brown hair and a broad smile, from infancy to death. In the early childhood section some photos are cut up as if to remove someone's presence -- likely the other parent, as the only constant presence besides Drake is a woman that's obviously his mother. In general, the photos are unremarkable. Amateur and taken at the usual key points of a person's life. Holidays, birthdays, posing wearing his martial arts medals, dressed up for prom, behind the wheel of his first car, graduating the police academy... and then the only photo Drake isn't actually in, it's just a picture of another picture of him at what looks like a memorial service. Still, there's nothing weird about the images. This could have been anyone's life, a normal life. And despite the fact his hair has turned white in Hadriel, Komaeda will recognize him easily to give it back.
What's decidedly not normal, however, and what might give him pause in returning the item, is what he saw when he first picked it up. A tupperware containing what appears to be a human brain, being removed and put on a cutting board beside pepper and onion. Obviously, being treated as food. The brief vision ends before it's clear what Drake was making, but uh. Does it really matter?
(( for Ephemera ))
Drake had tucked the book away for safekeeping while he was on patrol, but now that he's home for the night (as much as Hadriel has 'night') he actually sits down to look through it. He'd recognized it immediately -- his mother had always been a huge pain about taking pictures for it, and he can still hear her cheerful "That's one for the book!" ringing out from his memory. Hopefully this isn't her actual album from home, he wouldn't want to take that away from her now that he's gone. But he does want to see her again, and these pictures are the only way.
He's just about to open the cover when he hears a key in the lock and startles, hand jerking away from the book and lifting to wipe his eyes, which are a little blurry. Ugh. Suck it up, man.
(( for Jo ))
One good thing that's come out of this awkwardness is that Komaeda's reaction and subsequent offer was the kick Drake needed to finally talk to Jo. It's long overdue, but even though he'd been fairly certain she wasn't going to go all torches and pitchforks on him he knew her opinion of zombies was... extremely low. After making sure she was okay and returning her things he'd just avoided her. Avoided thinking about what he'd done, and what he'd seen of her life after doing it. But that was a cop out.
He probably should have just texted, asked if she wanted to meet at the Speakeasy, but that's a little public for the kind of shit they'd probably wind up talking about. So now he's knocking on her door instead, a bag in his other hand, hoping it's not George who answers. She doesn't like him.
Drake Holloway | closed
This is one item that won't require much detective work to determine its owner, especially considering that Komaeda is the one to pick it up and will recognize the subject. It's a photo album, documenting the life of a boy with brown hair and a broad smile, from infancy to death. In the early childhood section some photos are cut up as if to remove someone's presence -- likely the other parent, as the only constant presence besides Drake is a woman that's obviously his mother. In general, the photos are unremarkable. Amateur and taken at the usual key points of a person's life. Holidays, birthdays, posing wearing his martial arts medals, dressed up for prom, behind the wheel of his first car, graduating the police academy... and then the only photo Drake isn't actually in, it's just a picture of another picture of him at what looks like a memorial service. Still, there's nothing weird about the images. This could have been anyone's life, a normal life. And despite the fact his hair has turned white in Hadriel, Komaeda will recognize him easily to give it back.
What's decidedly not normal, however, and what might give him pause in returning the item, is what he saw when he first picked it up. A tupperware containing what appears to be a human brain, being removed and put on a cutting board beside pepper and onion. Obviously, being treated as food. The brief vision ends before it's clear what Drake was making, but uh. Does it really matter?
(( for Ephemera ))
Drake had tucked the book away for safekeeping while he was on patrol, but now that he's home for the night (as much as Hadriel has 'night') he actually sits down to look through it. He'd recognized it immediately -- his mother had always been a huge pain about taking pictures for it, and he can still hear her cheerful "That's one for the book!" ringing out from his memory. Hopefully this isn't her actual album from home, he wouldn't want to take that away from her now that he's gone. But he does want to see her again, and these pictures are the only way.
He's just about to open the cover when he hears a key in the lock and startles, hand jerking away from the book and lifting to wipe his eyes, which are a little blurry. Ugh. Suck it up, man.
(( for Jo ))
One good thing that's come out of this awkwardness is that Komaeda's reaction and subsequent offer was the kick Drake needed to finally talk to Jo. It's long overdue, but even though he'd been fairly certain she wasn't going to go all torches and pitchforks on him he knew her opinion of zombies was... extremely low. After making sure she was okay and returning her things he'd just avoided her. Avoided thinking about what he'd done, and what he'd seen of her life after doing it. But that was a cop out.
He probably should have just texted, asked if she wanted to meet at the Speakeasy, but that's a little public for the kind of shit they'd probably wind up talking about. So now he's knocking on her door instead, a bag in his other hand, hoping it's not George who answers. She doesn't like him.