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[Wesker usually doesn't text Elda very much, outside of contacting her over the network posts here and there; he doesn't really text at all, honestly - probably to be expected, given how staunchly he refused to be involved in social media at all before Retrospec just kind of voluntold him into it.

But just the same, here he is at some point today; hi, Elda.]

Would it be possible for us to meet up at some point...? I owe you a discussion regarding Uroboros, I believe, but even outside of that I have something that I would appreciate discussing with someone.

It isn't a particularly pleasant topic of conversation, I'll warn you of that much now; neither of them are. If you're disinterested for the time being I understand, what with the recent upheavals.

[...The dome, he is referring to the fucking dome.]

Albert if the world was ending, I'd still have an interest in hearing you out.

[ And honestly... maybe the world is ending. That ayano girl has gone pretty doomsayer on the last two network things, and she perhaps can't help but be pulled into that narrative. It's probably with that in mind that she fires off the first response before even thinking about it, filled with her usual assurances of support and bravado.

The more rational response comes a minute or so later once she weighs it a bit more. ]

Honestly though, yes, I'd been wanting to hear about that Uroboros thing. And I'll hear out anything as I said before. Let's meet up tonight - I can see perfectly whenever, of course, but you might see better with streetlights.

I'll manage regardless. Do you have a preference as to where?

It's likely for the best to not have a large number of people around.

[ . . . Mmm. ]

We could just meet at the manor, unless you don't want the risk that Jaeger or Silver could wander over.

Jaeger shouldn't; I can tell him to wait for me elsewhere, he appreciates knowing that I'm spending time with others.

[sort of like he's five, but that's not the point.]

I can meet you there tonight, certainly.

[ Her assumption was if it's something she's knowing first, it's something he doesn't want to tell that man for whatever reason. She nods all the same though and ]

I'll be expecting you. Want me to prepare any particular snack or drink?

[She assumes correctly; he doesn't want to tell Jaeger anything about this. At the same time, he's aware that he's going to have to eventually; just...not now.]

If you think this warrants alcohol, given what you've seen already, I wouldn't be opposed.

A part of me wants ice cream, honestly. But I'm not sure taste is back for that, i've not tested.

If it hasn't, I'll suffer through with you, I suppose.

Deal, ice cream and... maybe

Actually no

I'm going to go for boozy ice cream floats, that'll lighten the mood, give us alcoholic, and caloric therapy

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...That sounds wonderful, actually, consider it appreciated.

I'll be there, then.

[ Fuck yeah, she's ready for him tonight.

... She's ready but she's also sort of hanging out in the attic when he gets to the door so it'll be a while oops? She'll be there quick enough and it is wit ha bat.

On her shoulder. ]

[...because why the hell wouldn't it be with a bat Elda what the fuck - ]

A new friend of yours...?

Oh-- Oh golly, one followed me down? I was given a little house with around thirty of 'em out of that mailbox.

[ S--sigh and she, flusted, waves her hands to shoo the bat away. Which it does, at least ,comply with. ]

Thirty of them...

[Dear god, don't let Jaeger see them, he'll probably find them cute.]

I would ask why, but I'm sure the answer is "Retrospec doesn't believe in subtlety."

Yes, I think bats must've been important to vampire life on her world. Given... some memories.

[ Yes, thirty.

... Shrug.

Let's come in and go to the kitchen. ]

[...He'll come with, all right.]

Thank you for agreeing to this on such short notice, by the way; it's good of you.

Oh no, it's fine. Toushiro's on break and spending the time putting in even more practice for his Japanese and other hobbies. It'd been a little lonely, ironically.

[ So she's not that busy. Is what she's saying. She does still have her part-time, but... well. This week is weird for that anyway and now there's a dome. ]

[And now there's a dome.]

I've mostly just been keeping myself occupied with work, myself. I imagined it would be good to do something other than that for a while, at any rate, and I do owe you a discussion besides.

To say nothing of just preferring your company sometimes.

Flatterer.

[ Not really.

But all the same she stretches as they get into the kitchen. The alcohol and soda and ice cream are of course all in the fridge or freezer so she busies herself with getting them out and hums . ]

No, I agree that normalcy is a good thing, though. Even if without the sun it seems we're going to be denied that too.

[He is not a charming man.]

If anything, that's more of a reason to keep up some semblance of it.

True.

[ . . . ]

I confess, I might in some ways benefit from having someone in the house who does write this off as normal.

[ It's... look, she has to see the bright sides of it, the longer this goes on, the more she's told shit like his soul it out of alignment because he's off the network. She had to write that into the guide and it about killed her. ]

Easy to stay somewhat grounded.

...I can imagine, yes.

[He knows better than to try to argue anything about that; that seems like the exact opposite of anything she's going to want to hear, and this conversation is already going to be unpleasant, most likely.]

[ Don't think she's ignorant of it, she's more or less trying to convince herself. She exhales and gets out the alcohol to pour a base into two glasses here for their first float ]

At least I can see better than most people.

I thought you would appreciate that in some way. If not the cause of it, because I can see where that's going to become inconvenient in several ways.

["Inconvenient" is such an understatement, but you know what, it's not altogether wrong, either.]

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