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Who: Drake + anyone who needs to feel hopeful
What: Hadriel's resident zombie needs to bring hope to six people, but since that's tricky he's just attempting it at every opportunity he sees.
Where: anywhere!!!
When: 4/6 onwards, please give a date so I know which event is going on at the time!
Warnings: none yet and none planned, I'll edit if things arise

Well, it sure had taken Drake long enough to make this decision. Eight months from the point he first decided he wanted it, four since he had really gotten fed up and decided he couldn't live this way no matter what the advantages were. And so this might be the worst timing, when they're worried about another Null attack, but also... that makes it feel more urgent. Drake has no interest in being the last one standing, or left to starve yet again if something happens to Hope, to hurt someone he cares about or start an outbreak, and if he's going to die he'd rather go out human. Best case scenario, when it's all over he gets to go somewhere else and actually get a second chance. However things go, now just seems like the time for this deal.

It's too bad, he thinks, that he couldn't make it with Love. No, it has to be Hope, and Drake's not all that confident in his ability to inspire that, but he has to try. He was told six people but he's not really counting, because he feels like if he goes into this asking people what they're feeling it'll be disingenuous... so he won't ever really know who added to his number and who didn't, but it can't be a bad thing to help as many people as possible, right? Right.

He does seek some people out, people he's got ideas for or needs help from, but for the most part he just keeps an eye out. When he's moving through the jungle on patrol, when he wanders by the Speakeasy, whenever. Anyone who looks like they might need help, or someone to talk to, or just company. He'll do what he can and cross his fingers that it's enough.

(( ooc: Some starters in comments! Technically this is open to anyone interested in tagging in but please hit me up at cuddlebug or Ana#1461 so we can plan a little. ♥ ))

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Carolina; 4/17

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As far as Drake knows, Carolina left the city awhile back. He's only aware of this because he kept coming by the house to hang out with Tucker until he left as well -- the last time he went to message his friend he realized that everyone had left from that world except Wash, Maine, and of course Ephemera. It seems to him like a lot of people are vanishing lately, and there's that feeling of having to hold on tight to his people that are left.

Little does he know she returned, and just got out of the colosseum before he'd arrived -- it's not like he could ever miss that armor, after all.

He's on patrol when he spots her now, does a double take at that head of red hair and familiar build heading into one of the shops. Is it her..? Certainly no one will get eaten by a jungle creature in the time it takes him to duck in after the person to check. Drake heads after her and slips into the shop, glancing around. Sure enough there's Carolina, scanning the grocery shelves with a vaguely unhappy expression on her face. Maybe it won't be welcome, but he heads over with a wary smile -- he isn't sure whether she'd rather be home or not, he's just still happy to see her.

"Hey. Did you just get back?"

Wait. Does she even remember him? He'll find out in a second, whoops.

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Her sharp gaze turns from what she is doing, to settle the green eyes on him. She's not quite as put out as the first time that she showed up, as Carolina does recall this place at least. Yet, things have changed as well. It's not even the scenery, so much, but the faces.

Carolina has seen people go- Atem, Alice...- but it hasn't been anyone as close as Epsilon. Of course, the opposite end of that is that she had left first, even if she didn't know it. The others she can see again at home, knowing that they will be there, in some capacity, whereas Epsilon, that isn't the case.

There is recognition though as she sets the item down, turning to give him a tip of her head of acknowledgment, a slight curl of her lips. It doesn't reach her eyes, and there is a general air of distraction and annoyance at the world in general. "I did, although I've no recollection of leaving."

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Drake blinks at her in surprise -- that's not normal at all. Usually when people come back they remember more from home, but is she saying she blipped from the same moment? Huh. It almost sounds harder to deal with, to just feel like you're missing time for no reason. He recovers smoothly enough, coming down the aisle so they can talk more comfortably.

"That must be a weird feeling, especially with the others gone. Are you okay?"

It's easy enough to tell that he actually is concerned and wants to know how she's settling back in.

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Weird doesn't begin to cover it. It's not like she is one to lose time and wake up in strange places, at least out of the blue. She might have been injured and woken up in the infirmary, but that was something completely different. Carolina had thought that it was just this place doing something to her, but it turns out that it was something very different.

There is that pause. Is she okay? She's the furthest thing away from okay that there could be, but Carolina also isn't one to wear her heart on her sleeve. "Going to take some getting used to. Them not being here."

Epsilon...

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"Yeah... I've been there, too. Losing people you know you won't get to see again, after this." Maybe he's overstepping things, they barely know each other, but it's common ground and sometimes that helps. Drake breathes out, glancing at the shelf she'd been searching. "You probably don't want to talk about it, but if you do I'm around. All we can really do is remember them, and that makes it harder in some ways. Being so aware of the empty space."

He's curious -- has questions about if they'd planned something different for Church, if they'd been thinking of staying or sending him elsewhere alive to meet up again later. Drake and Tucker had only talked about his plans for doing that kind of thing, not theirs, because he'd known the other man hadn't been willing to leave his kid. Understandable, but painful. Complicated. He wonders if it's easier or harder for Carolina, having lost so many people in her life already. None of these are things he's planning to ask right now as an acquaintance, but maybe eventually she'd open up, to someone closer if not to him. Drake's always gotten the feeling that was difficult for her. He switches topics to try and lighten things up.

"Did you get the grand tour of the jungle?"