hadriel_logs | Event Log: Soulmates

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Event Log: Soulmates

Who: All characters participating in the event
What: The event log for Soulmates event
Where: All over the city
When: February 14th-February 22nd
Warnings: None

Oh shit, what even happened last night? You're pretty sure you had a normal night, no crazy drunk antics (unless that is your normal night). But this morning you woke up with a brand new tattoo, and it's... a name?

Maybe it's a name you recognize, one of your good friends. Maybe it's a stranger. Maybe it's someone you can barely stand. No matter who it is, you kind of feel like you should look for them and figure out what's going on with this weird tattoo. And when you find them - well, they've got one too, except this one is your name. It would seem weird, except as soon as you see each other you kind of understand. Of course you'd have a tattoo with the name of the person you've found such an amazing connection with. You were meant to be together.

So enjoy your time with your newfound soulmate. Who knows, you might wake up tomorrow with a whole new name on your arm, a new connection, a new love. Make the most of it!

► This log covers February 14th-February 22nd
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► If you try to pull off a stupid stunt to impress your soulmate and fail so miserably you die, please let us know here.

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[He raises an eyebrow that Lucretia knows the name, but dismisses it. This place isn't that big- it stands to reason they've met somewhere, and with the other magic pulling him towards her, he doesn't have the defensiveness to fight her on it. But the first comment just garners a small shrug.]

Eh. Doesn't seem like much compared to a hundred, huh?

[The second part though gives him pause, the way she looks at her hands. He finds himself following suit, fiddling with the edge of his shirt, pulling idly at a loose thread there.]

Nah. I tumbled in with Magnus, 'n Merle showed up next Door cycle. But, uh. They both dropped on outta here a while back. Maggie's been by a couple times, actually.

It's long enough.

[ Her voice is quiet, eyes still downcast as she remembers a year a long time ago. How lonely she'd been. How afraid.

But at least Taako hadn't been entirely alone. She looks up at him, unable to completely hide the relief she feels that at least he'd had someone here with him.

Even if the thought of the three of them running rampant in Hadriel without any kind of supervision makes her shudder. ]

I saw their, uh, their rooms, back at th- your house.

Were they here long?

[He's always had someone. When Magnus left, Lup was there, when Lup disappeared for a short period he had Merle, when Merle left it was Angus and Kravitz and--

He's had a lot of love here. It's a sobering thought to realize. And yet here she is, thinking of his loneliness, when he knows she was...

Taako shakes his head.]

First time Magnus was around like... six months? Something like that. Dropped out right after Candlenights. Came back with no memories like 2 months later, hung around for a bit, left again. Third time he was in and out before Candlenights 2 Fantasy Electric Boogaloo, and uh, Merle made it a... year? Whole first year at least. Dropped out like, last... ugh, I couldn't tell you seasons, we hopped worlds like every three months. Hard to track.

[Lots of in and outs. Plus, he was gone once or twice too; sometimes the time is just missing.

He wonders if he should clarify the next thing he's thinking, and decides to.]

Third time you've been here, too. This you.

[ There's no hope of remembering it all, and it doesn't matter anyway, at this point. But Lucretia listens all the same, all her attention on Taako as he goes through the timeline. As if it'll bring her closer to him, knowing just what he's been through here, who he'd had and when and for how long. ]

"This" me?

[ What does that mean? But she nods, her expression thoughtful and just a little sad.

Maybe it wouldn't be so sad, if she'd known just how badly her previous visits to Hadriel had gone. ]

I've heard. I don't remember any of it, though. Just this.

Yeah, that's what I mean. This you being off from all those other ones.

[Of course she wouldn't remember, and frankly, it's better she doesn't. The other two were... well, a mess at best. The distance he can keep from her now without feeling horribly raw is probably as good a thing as any.]

Basically no one remembers. Sometimes you'll see people go for a real short time, a week or less, and they'll come back like it's all okay. But longer than that... never happened to people I knew. If they're not back by next Door day, they're out.

[He shrugs.]

That's just how it is.

It's horrible.

[ Knowing she's been here before, but not being able to remember it. Having no conception of what had happened, what conversations she might have had. She can't know how awful things had been between Taako and her earlier selves, but she does know it wouldn't have been pretty.

More than that, though, what's horrible is just knowing that people can vanish, just like that. Gone, maybe to return, maybe not, but there's nothing anyone can do about it. They're all powerless here.

She shakes her head, apologetic, rubbing her eyes. ]

I'm sorry, I shouldn't - You've lived through it. I haven't.

[She actually apologizes. He doesn't know if it's genuine, but the snippy response that came easily melts off his lips as quickly as it came. Accept it. Take it. Take every one until they amount to something that feels real.]

Maybe you won't have to. If we all stick around 'till this is handled, we can just go home and get back to the apocalypse we already fuckin' ended.

[Taako picks at his nails, finally feeling comfortable enough (fake or not) to get more jokey with this whole clip.]

Like, it figures right? We fight for a hundred worlds, and the universe is like hey! Wanna make that shit 101 or 102, we don't even remember! Get fucked!

[He is grinning through it though, obviously not bitter at least about that.]

If I'm gonna become some legendary multiverse hero, I'm gonna need someone to start paying me appearance fees and a bangin' trailer. I don't just work for free, and you sure as hell don't seem to be bankrollin' this one my gal.

[ She'd apologize a million times, if she thought it would do any good. But Taako's already made it clear that it won't.

Lucretia chuckles, shaking her head. ]

Ah, no. I'm afraid I left all my assets in the other dimension.

[ Excuses, excuses. She goes quiet, though, frowning slightly as she considers what else he'd said. ]

You realize I...won't be going back with you all.

[Despite himself, he's not tense now for a few moments, allowing him to tilt his head towards her to consider her words.]

You don't know that.

[Because she doesn't. Who knows what will happen in the end. He can think of some use cases, anyway.]

Maybe you go back to your time and us to ours and you just remember everything when we tumble back in. Cosmically the same. Assuming we're the like... furthest along, I guess. Lup's technically from a little ahead of me.

[He just isn't worrying about the details right now.]

We'll figure something out. Always do.

[ Lucretia isn't so sure. What if she does go back and remember, and has to sit on all that knowledge until they finally catch back up? Would she even be allowed to change things, to free Lup or break the Voidfish spell, or would that just screw everything up? What if none of them remember any of this at all? Or she remembers and they never do?

But she doesn't want to worry about that right now. She's here, with Taako, which is exactly where she wants to be. And for once, he seems to feel the same way. Lucretia wants to enjoy that while it lasts.

She just smiles, shrugging her shoulders. ]

Yeah.

We always do.

[ Maybe, one day, they'll even figure them out. Even once Love's influence wears off.

She sighs, settling back in her seat, and hesitates. Should she say anything? Is it dangerous to acknowledge it, even now? But she has to say something. Wants him to know how much this means. ]

This is nice.

I know - I know it can't stay like this. But - thank you, Taako. For...

[ For being here. For talking to her. For this little glimmer of normalcy. She trails off, unable to put any of it into words. ]

[To be fair, having them figure themselves out requires Taako to put forward much, much more effort than he has in the past in the direction of actually fixing things. Which is to say, he's certainly putting in energy, just... not to reconciliation. Not to healing.

Maybe that will change, with time. But right now, she can be here and he can be there until they address whatever the hell this is. Right now, they have each other.

It means something to him, too. Just nothing he'll admit.]

Yeah, yeah, don't go getting sappy on me. Maybe I just wanted to break into your house.

[His tone states fairly clearly that they both know he could have done that anytime. But y'know. Won't dwell on it.]

You got anything to eat around here? Or am I gonna have to pull out a Taako tier stew out of whatever the hell's in the fridge?

[ She'd expected him to dismiss her words entirely. It's all right. She'd just needed to say it, that's all. She would have been sorry later if she hadn't. ]

Nothing that meets with your approval, I'm sure.

[ Lucretia sighs, shaking her head with a fond roll of her eyes. ]

Lup keeps bringing me pastries.

[ And not much else. The twins would be horrified if they could see what Lucretia scavenges up for herself on the days when Lup doesn't come over, or when she doesn't think to bring something with some actual protein. Let alone what she'd lived on during those ten years she was alone. ]

[He scoffs, pulling himself up from the chair he'd draped himself across.]

Wow, is she trying to fatten you up to eat you or something? I mean, knowing Lup, maybe it's a different kind of eating.

[Fuck it. Fuck fighting himself, fuck this, fuck all of it. He's gonna cook a meal and they're gonna eat and he'll leave when he fucking wants to and who cares.]

Come on, I'm gonna go mock your kitchen, everything in it, and by the end you're gonna know how to make something. Probably bread. We'll see what happens.

[He's got some starters over at his house, he can grab off some pieces to grow into something better.

Oh, how poetic that would be if he stopped to think of the irony of giving her anything that grows.]

What?

[ Stop trying to make vore jokes happen, Taako. They're not going to happen.

Lucretia just laughs, shaking her head, and pushes herself up off the couch to follow Taako into the kitchen. ]

Bread? Sounds complicated.

How about toast? I could do toast, probably.

[I mean, he was making insinuations that his sister would eat you our Luce but go off I guess,]

It's soooo simple, don't even worry about it. You roll some shit around a bit, leave it for a while, punch it a few times and bake. Even Maggie knows how to do it cuz I'd get him to do the punching part.

[He was just excited about it. It was cute. Felt like old times, before he remembered what those were.]

C'mon. I'll grab a starter from my place and we can get goin'.

[ Either way, poor Lucretia Doesn't Get It. That doesn't matter, though. None of it matters right now. Taako's here, and they're not just getting along, they're having fun together.

She hasn't been this happy in a long, long time. ]

Okay, okay. Pretty sure you're downplaying how hard this is by, like, a lot, but sure. [ She grins, heading towards the kitchen. ] You get your whatever, and I'll...make us drinks? Is that an awful idea, for bread-making?

[He's kind of enjoying it, too, which is more than Taako would admit to enjoying most things. So let's just roll with it.]

Nah, drinks are great. Seriously, there's literally just gonna be some punching and then a lot of sitting around and doing nothing, the best kind of cooking.

[It's gonna be fine. Just for today... it's gonna be fine.]

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