Event Log: Keepsakes

[hadrielmods]

Who: Everyone participating in the event!
What: The event log for the Keepsakes event!
Where: All around the city
When: October 15th-October 19th
Warnings: A bunch of random crap.

Well, Hope and Delight are messing with the door again, but at least this time dragons aren't involved, right? This attempt goes a bit better - sure, no one gets sent home, but if everyone will just look under their seats, they'll find a FREE [INSERT SOMETHING YOU MAYBE DIDN'T WANT AT ALL HERE]! Awesome! So nice! Yup, throughout these few days people will be finding things from home - something they loved, something they used all the time, something they hated, something they totally forgot they even had. All sorts of cool stuff!

Well, they might not actually find it. Their neighbor might, or a complete stranger. And who knows where it could turn up? At the park, half-buried? In the Silent Hill zone, kept safe by a horrifying monster? Or hey, maybe in somebody's underwear drawer. Awkward. Better try to find your stuff, or find the owner of whatever weird crap you found. It could be something important.

► This log covers October 15th-October 19th.
► Feel free to make your own logs, as well
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► If you somehow manage to die in this event, please let us know here, and also what the hell?

Comments

[pellameno]

I'm around if you want to talk, you know. About that night... I figure it must be difficult to bring up with your housemates but trauma like that doesn't just go away. I hope the book will help you.

[thechoiceisyours]

Thanks.

[It's quiet, but he means it just as much as last time; he appreciates the offer, and isn't immediately rejecting it. He still isn't a huge fan of the idea of telling anyone about his problems--no one here is having an easy time of things--but he also knows that Pell means the offer and it would be good for him to talk.

So maybe sometime he'll take him up on it.

But for now, he hears the hiss of the espresso machine, and it gives him something else to focus on; he turns toward it, taking the opportunity to finish drying his eyes on a sleeve as well.]

I'll um, have your coffee done in just a sec.

[pellameno]

[ Pell can only imagine what Chris has been through, in that it sounds worse than Hadriel. And having your partner here, then losing them again to an unknown fate... he'll be there when Chris decides it's alright to talk about it. Pell liked Ashley -- he hopes she makes it through.

The hiss of the machine is accompanied by the scent of good, strong coffee, and Pell shifts back in his seat to wait for it. ]

Don't rush. It's not like I'm paying you.

[thechoiceisyours]

[Working on making the coffee gives him the time to take a few deep breaths and regain control of his emotions, though he's having to pointedly not spare any glances toward the journal. A minute or so later and he sets Pell's coffee on the bar, giving him a weak smile before turning back to the machine to make his own.]

It's okay. I um, actually kind of like the whole making coffee thing, though I wouldn't um... Want it as my job or anything.

[Then it'd just be work.]

[pellameno]

"I can understand that. Gardening is more pleasant than farming ever was, though maybe that's just because we need it more here and I can share it with my friends." The deliveries to the UD house have been pretty regular since the garden really started producing.

Pell wraps his hands around the coffee cup, judging its temperature before he takes a sip. "You're good at this, though." And then he's thinking about what Chris actually wanted to do for work and it occurs to him-- "Hey, were you able to get the music and things from your phone?"

[thechoiceisyours]

Yeah, I can see it um... Being a lot more rewarding here.

[And he knows that everyone in his place, including him, appreciates that Pell has been supplying them with food. He manages a weak smile back in Pell's direction at the compliment before turning back to finish his own coffee, answering the question.]

Yeah, I got some stuff off of it. A bunch of music, mostly.

[He has more on there, but he's been saving the battery for now. And of course, besides the music he's also pulled off a few things that were more personal like photos and Emails that meant a lot to him.]

[pellameno]

Do you think I could hear some? I'll charge your phone a bit more.

[ He hasn't heard music in... it's been too long. And he's curious what it's like in Chris' world. ]

[thechoiceisyours]

Yeah, definitely. I um, made like, a bundle you can actually download onto your phone here; I can set that up for you if you want?

[He figures it's easier to do it than walk Pell through the download process, and he doesn't mind. Especially if Pell's willing to charge his iPhone again.]