[ viktor must be starting to wonder what is actually happening here, isn't he. if he goes venturing through the hero gate, he will notice that some of the floating land masses in the sky appear to be rotating and shifting together similarly to tetris blocks. they are building up, creating a small sort of structure similar to what you might find a sand castle to be.
furthermore, if he looks near the fountain he will see kiraman sitting on the edge with a laptop in front of them, one hand typing on the keys and the other rotating in time with the land masses. approach? ]
[He truly considered putting the egg somewhere safe and leaving it, but thought better of it. Now the purple thing is tucked into the front pieces of the blue blankie-turned-fashion as if it's in a papoose. He's Mother Peter for real now.
He stops for a moment to watch the moving land with curious interest, and then, yes, approach. He slowly meanders to Kiraman.]
While Lailah doesn't scare him, their presence does surprise him a little. He has the purple egg tucked into the front pieces of his blankie outfit like a papoose. Sometimes you can't leave your soul child, it's fine.]
He nods in acknowledgement. Sorry to all of them, he is still walking around with the purple egg shoved into the front pieces of the blue blankie outfit, papoose-style. He has his weird cane this time, though.]
Hello, Mary. Are you alright?
[Standing up here ominously at the top of the hill.]
[ hello, nerd. i'm sure this is a shock to viktor, but his fellow nerd happens to be loitering around in the comic shop today. if viktor peeks his head in, he will find kiraman leaning against a shelf with a comic in-hand, flipping through the pages and reading slowly.
but they sense a presence and look up, glowing face still not showing any sort of expression. ]
Hey. [ very straightforward. hi, how are you, etc. ]
Viktor does not have the egg this time, waow... He steps just inside the comic shop to glance around. He loves books! Sorry, he (subdued) loves books. But these are a lot thinner than the books he was reading before... Hmm.]
[ okay now that unmasks are out of the way and i can use my own journal thank GOD. lailah is wandering through autumn alley, perusing all of the new food stands! probably looking at some fake food displays at the front of a stall or something. ]
[ yeah okay kiraman does not have any interest in the new gate, but he obviously went over there at some point because when viktor finds him, he's in the comic shop again but this time with a hot chocolate. he's leaning against a counter and has his computer in front of him, working on some new string of nonsense.
the nerd is in the zone so much that he does not even realize viktor has walked in. welcome. i suppose he can see that kiraman very clearly has a robotic-like limb for a right hand though. ]
[Well, he has seen Lailah, so he is less surprised by the unshroudening than he is at being given a lil dude.
Being in the zone is fine; Kiraman may not have recognized Viktor for a second anyway if noticed. Because he's old(er). Whiskered. Looking sadder and wetter. I have no old man Viktor icons because we see him for, like, two minutes, so pretend.]
[OF COURSE. He would fit right in here, too, except... he isn't a Horror anymore, wow! He is a little fucking nerd, and one with a leg brace caliper addition. He is healthier! Less grotesque. Which she will probably hate the most.]
Hello - [THIS IS JUST A GIRL...] - Mary. [Um.] Shopping?
[ lailah is actually taking a break from bustling around cleaning things that don't really need to be cleaned and organizing things that are already perfectly organized! she's just sitting on the edge of the fountain the meadow.
she smiles at viktor and then gives a little nod to the space next to her. come sit! ]
Our side is getting more and more lovely each week. Would you like to share some lunch?
[ there is nowhere more typical to find wednesday addams than the darkwoods. luckily there can be a puddle for reflective surfaces whenever we want but right now she is just popping out for a jumpscare ]
[ he doesn't particularly care about most of the new places, but that doesn't stop him from trying to clear his head and walk through the orchard. there's bound to be puddles, or buckets of water, or even a shiny tea kettle for reflective surfaces.
either way, he's wandering through trees when he spots viktor near the entrance of the orchard and gives a nod of greeting. ]
I'm not sure if I'm surprised you're out here, or that I'm out here.
[ surprising to everyone involved, kiraman is out and traveling between gates. he's currently on a longboard, lazily skating his way toward the forest gate to see what's over there, but he's also texting as he skates.
he manages to look up just in time to gently swerve out of the way and skate up alongside viktor. ]
... hey. [ predictably, this bitch has not slept. maybe he doesn't even need to, due to being digital? but his energy is wavering a little so it is break time. ]
[My guy, you look like you haven't slept in weeks. That's okay, so does Viktor at all times.
He does not even budge when Kiraman comes in hot, but his eyes do lower to regard the longboard because of course he does.]
Hello. Did you finish your work?
[I almost forgot it was emoshare damn. Unfortunately, there are no emotions. :') They feel very plastic-saver-cap-that-goes-on-a-can-of-opened-cat-food.]
[ lailah is in the brand new library today. just walking the aisles, looking over the spines of books for anything interesting. the emotions are kind of predictably pleasant. elevator music vibes. but maybe a little nostalgic, too.
she'll give viktor a little nod in greeting. ]
Between this and the gym, we've got brains and brawn covered. [ yay! ]
[The longing I have to be this full of optimistic uncaring irl.
Viktor nods in return before glancing around. He sort of..... barely smiles(?) at what she says, but then it dwindles into a bit of a frown. There isn't a whole lot of emotions going on here... It feels like something is subduing it.]
It should keep most of us busy one way or another, yes.
[ this man is in the principal's office, finalizing a few reports as he leans back in his chair and rubs his eyes behind his glasses. behind him, a hologram of a man stands with its arms folded over its chest to review his work. i'm not linking holstrom, you know what the man looks like, but he's still here.
but the hologram looks at viktor dubiously.
"You're still here?"
which is enough for kiraman to grow more annoyed, pushing the glasses off of his face and tilting his head down to look at viktor. ]
Sorry to Kiraman, but Viktor stands there for a very long moment simply regarding Holstrom with a studious, but unreadable expression. Then his eyes lower to Kiraman.
Funny. He has someone with him, too. The familiar woman from the astral plane is standing behind him, as halogen as the hallways had been except for her brown, freckled face. Love a good ghost collection.]
[ she's in the greenhouse of the olive garden, seemingly checking on the plants by the time she bumps into viktor. there's a brief blip of surprise, and she pauses to look this man over. ]
[ at the bar today, gabriel appears to be putting away some clean glasses and tidying up the bar should anybody feel like coming through while they're not around. there's music playing, and some glasses appear to be disappearing from the counter and reappearing in a cabinet almost as if they're teleporting.
but they pause a little when they realize they aren't alone, and they lift a glowing hand in a wave. ]
Help, she is really just set up in here. It's giving Thor: The Dark World's Loki in prison. He has.........a chocolate milkshake in a to-go cup. Which he puts down for her.]
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week 0, wednesday
furthermore, if he looks near the fountain he will see kiraman sitting on the edge with a laptop in front of them, one hand typing on the keys and the other rotating in time with the land masses. approach? ]
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He stops for a moment to watch the moving land with curious interest, and then, yes, approach. He slowly meanders to Kiraman.]
What are you making?
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week 0, wednesday
they look up to see viktor when he opens the door. ]
It looks like we have a file on you, now. [ yay? ]
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While Lailah doesn't scare him, their presence does surprise him a little. He has the purple egg tucked into the front pieces of his blankie outfit like a papoose. Sometimes you can't leave your soul child, it's fine.]
A file?
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week 0, wednesday
hm. at least they acknowledge viktor when they see him?? ]
Hello, Viktor.
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He nods in acknowledgement. Sorry to all of them, he is still walking around with the purple egg shoved into the front pieces of the blue blankie outfit, papoose-style. He has his weird cane this time, though.]
Hello, Mary. Are you alright?
[Standing up here ominously at the top of the hill.]
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week 1, monday
but they sense a presence and look up, glowing face still not showing any sort of expression. ]
Hey. [ very straightforward. hi, how are you, etc. ]
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Viktor does not have the egg this time, waow... He steps just inside the comic shop to glance around. He loves books! Sorry, he (subdued) loves books. But these are a lot thinner than the books he was reading before... Hmm.]
Hello. We have two guests now.
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week 2, monday
Oh, how pretty.
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He is out exploring, though. Emerging from the garden he hides in any other time because it's familiar.]
Good... [Oh. He pauses. Looks at her.] ...morning.
You're revealed.
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week 2, monday
the nerd is in the zone so much that he does not even realize viktor has walked in. welcome. i suppose he can see that kiraman very clearly has a robotic-like limb for a right hand though. ]
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Being in the zone is fine; Kiraman may not have recognized Viktor for a second anyway if noticed. Because he's old(er). Whiskered. Looking sadder and wetter. I have no old man Viktor icons because we see him for, like, two minutes, so pretend.]
Always working.
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Plastic. I should've known it was too good to be true. [ turns ] Hello, Viktor.
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Hello - [THIS IS JUST A GIRL...] - Mary. [Um.] Shopping?
[For skulls.]
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she smiles at viktor and then gives a little nod to the space next to her. come sit! ]
Our side is getting more and more lovely each week. Would you like to share some lunch?
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Someone is going to have to start causing a ruckus so Lailah has something to do. Not him, though, he is """normal""" this week, thankfully.
Godspeed to her on the horrors of memory.]
I am beginning to wonder if they should simply come to this side.
[A joke. Emoted badly. He has a seat next to her.]
Yes.
[i never thought if he could eat actually i think it would be funny if he didn't but maybe he does anyway to pretend to be normal]
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week 3, monday
Viktor. [ inclines head ]
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The way he would have maybe made a warbling scream if he was a normie man like before, but now he does little more than stiffen in reflex.]
Mary.
[He nods in greeting.]
I'm not surprised to find you in a place like this.
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either way, he's wandering through trees when he spots viktor near the entrance of the orchard and gives a nod of greeting. ]
I'm not sure if I'm surprised you're out here, or that I'm out here.
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(Here come the memory horrors.)]
I am surprised to see you somewhere not the shop for books.
[He will venture over to Kiraman though.]
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he manages to look up just in time to gently swerve out of the way and skate up alongside viktor. ]
... hey. [ predictably, this bitch has not slept. maybe he doesn't even need to, due to being digital? but his energy is wavering a little so it is break time. ]
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He does not even budge when Kiraman comes in hot, but his eyes do lower to regard the longboard because of course he does.]
Hello. Did you finish your work?
[I almost forgot it was emoshare damn. Unfortunately, there are no emotions. :') They feel very plastic-saver-cap-that-goes-on-a-can-of-opened-cat-food.]
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week 4, monday
she'll give viktor a little nod in greeting. ]
Between this and the gym, we've got brains and brawn covered. [ yay! ]
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Viktor nods in return before glancing around. He sort of..... barely smiles(?) at what she says, but then it dwindles into a bit of a frown. There isn't a whole lot of emotions going on here... It feels like something is subduing it.]
It should keep most of us busy one way or another, yes.
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They said they picked these locations on purpose?
[ what's wrong with the girls on the other side. ]
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The signs are accurate, at least.
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but the hologram looks at viktor dubiously.
"You're still here?"
which is enough for kiraman to grow more annoyed, pushing the glasses off of his face and tilting his head down to look at viktor. ]
Hey.
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Sorry to Kiraman, but Viktor stands there for a very long moment simply regarding Holstrom with a studious, but unreadable expression. Then his eyes lower to Kiraman.
Funny. He has someone with him, too. The familiar woman from the astral plane is standing behind him, as halogen as the hallways had been except for her brown, freckled face. Love a good ghost collection.]
Busy?
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Hello!
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everything is fucking haunted and i refuse to let him be in another garden again, so they can be in the archive, i guess, it has a nice view.]
Hello. It is good to finally meet you.
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week 7, monday
How are you settling in?
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Please don't look him over, he looks absolutely stupid.]
Hello. It is not a bad transition. There is a lot more people, however.
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but they pause a little when they realize they aren't alone, and they lift a glowing hand in a wave. ]
Our biggest surprise. Hey, Viktor.
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He does glance around, but then comes on inside to the bar. Ok, funky bar magic man.]
Hello. I'm sorry for not replying with a letter. It felt... redundant considering.
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Hello, Viktor. [ a beat ] Or should we be calling you Harold?
[ teasing ]
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I would accept Harold from anyone else but you.
[Just on principle.]
Hello, Maddie.
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week 7, wednesday
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Hello, Viktor.
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Help, she is really just set up in here. It's giving Thor: The Dark World's Loki in prison. He has.........a chocolate milkshake in a to-go cup. Which he puts down for her.]
Hello, Mary. How are you?
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