[EVENT] - Kharveryos

[zenderael_mods]

Who: Open
When: Friday/Saturday/Sunday, 4/1-4/3
Where: The Culture Center
Before/After: N/A
Warnings: Language. Violence, injury, combat. Cannibalism in 9pm thread.

[OOC post for this event is here]

Comments

[catchingseasons]

She paused, recognizing Alison's face but not from where.

Ah, the first day. She had been in a ... car. Angry.

"Yes," she said, no change in expression or body language.

Was she going to get angry here, too?

[wificafe]

Alison ducked her head in a nod of greeting. "Alison. I ah, was really rude to you when we first met, and I wanted to apologize for that. You were just lost and confused, and I bet my getting upset about it didn't help any."

[catchingseasons]

Noelle blinked. No getting angry, then. This was good.

"I harbor no ill will against you," she said, and maybe her voice was just a tad softer. It must have been hard to have these monsters show up in a world that had grown so comfortable. "Your reaction was understandable."

[wificafe]

Alison's smile grew more sincere as she nodded. "Still, it was unfair. I hope you've managed to acclimate well enough." Noelle certainly seemed to have adapted well.

[catchingseasons]

"I have."

After a pause, she asked, "Why are you here?"

[wificafe]

Why was she at a public gathering that drew in much of the city...?

Well.

"A friend asked me to come. She didn't want to attend alone, so." Alison shrugged. "Figured it couldn't hurt." And a part of her wanted to be where Eileen was in case anything happened.

[catchingseasons]

"You have no fear of being killed?"

There was no judgment, only honest curiosity in her voice.

[wificafe]

That wasn't a question Alison expected.

It took her a moment to formulate a response after the shock of it, but when she spoke, it was calm and with a pleasant smile, as if she were discussing the weather. "My cafe was torn apart by a Saftan swamp-drake, and a dyadavias tried to get into my home and eat my dogs. I figure if I'm going to get eaten sooner or later, I might as well keep doing things."

In other words, 'no'.

[catchingseasons]

If she was surprised by these attacks, it didn't show.

What may have come as a surprise was her apology. A quiet, "I'm sorry," simple. Noelle did not consider herself the reason for these attacks, but she sympathized.

[wificafe]

Alison offered a nod of acknowledgment, giving a gentle shrug. "It's alright. I'm sure things will settle down eventually." A pause. "Or this'll become normal and everyone will just have to adjust."

Would Zen ever run out of monsters? Alison pondered that. If things that crossed-over could respawn, there'd be a literal endless supply, but if they vanished after crossing over... Maybe she'd check on that at some point, if she could figure out how.

"You've got a place and everything? Don't need anything?"

[catchingseasons]

Noelle wondered, as her eyes fell on the holster at Alison's hip, if she was always one to carry a gun, or if this was in response to recent events.

Adjust. Yes. She was adjusting. They were adjusting, too, those with survival instincts.

"I have a place, but not everything," she said truthfully, and seriously, too. "I need materials to craft elemental arrows; I have been gathering them from the monsters I have felled."

[wificafe]

"Ah..." Crafting materials. Alison had only ever worried about poisons before, with Anathema, and was working with alchemy ingredients more recently, but she'd never played a hunter, and had no idea what was useful for that.

"If you got me a list of things you could use, I could try to keep an eye out," she offered. Maybe share the list with the others. Surely providing those who could use them with materials was a good cause.

[catchingseasons]

She blinked, Alison's offer unexpected. She thought it would be pertinent to accept, as she was reliant on what came here versus what she could go to, but she paused, brows drawing closer together, clearly going from 'considering' to 'declining'.

"I'm not certain of the wisdom in associating too closely with me..." she murmured, as if trying to parse this out aloud. Was accepting Alison's offer 'close'? It implied Alison knew what she was, not that it was difficult to mistake her as anything but, Noelle thought.

What were Alison's thoughts on XDAV? She wondered. Were they as negative as Jordan's?

[wificafe]

That had her confused, until she remembered mention of X-DAV's involvement, and how they may be willfully putting people in danger. Alison lowered her gaze, frowning. Would they take action against someone for just associating with one of theirs? That seemed a little silly, especially if they were helping.

With a shrug, she looked back to Noelle, pulling out a business card with her cell number on it, holding it out. "I'm not worried, but I won't press. If you change your mind, however..."

[catchingseasons]

She lifted her hand that was holding her quiver, taking the card between her thumb and fist. She gave it a moment's look over, then looked back at Alison. "Thank you," she said, a sliver of gratefulness in her voice. "Do not bother with poison; it is dangerous without knowing what antidotes are here and what aren't."

[wificafe]

Alison's smile widened, and she gave a nod of agreement. Poisons were definitely not on her list of things to mess with, even if she had played an assassin for several years. It was different when it was a character who didn't have to worry about the actual handling of the things.

"I should get back to my friend," Alison said, glancing around. Where had Eileen gone off to, anyway...? "Before she starts to think I abandoned her." Her gaze returned to Noelle. "Good luck with your hunts. And if you need anything," she nodded to the card. "Can't promise much, but you never know."

[catchingseasons]

She nodded, affording Alison a small smile of her own. "Remain safe. Do not be afraid to kill."

It was meant to be helpful advice, but... perhaps not an appropriate farewell.

[wificafe]

That earned her an odd look, but it wasn't entirely out of place in the current situation, and Alison nodded again before turning to leave.

It was useful advice, given that Alison had never... killed anything herself, before.