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Dad Egbert ([personal profile] busy_fists) wrote2011-11-20 09:42 pm
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1st Hat (Double Intro with [livejournal.com profile] pinkscarflady)

[Huh.  Well.  This is different.  Different, and yet somehow the same.  These aren't the clothes Dad went to sleep wearing, and this isn't the bed he went to sleep in, but this is definitely the person he went to sleep with.  Brow furrowed with concern, he shakes his head and slowly climbs out of bed to have a look around the room.  After a cursory glance, he determines that his hat and pipe are missing.  Distressing news indeed - every good dad knows you should never be without your hat and pipe.  Eventually, he returns to bedside, placing a hand on the woman's shoulder and attempting to gently rouse her out of what is surely a wine-induced slumber.]

Wake up.  Something's wrong here.

[Later on, once the two have gotten their bearings a bit and gotten dressed for the day, Dad and Mom can both be found in the kitchen around the breakfast table.  Dad is standing over the oven, wearing a 'Kiss the Cook' apron and frying up some eggs and bacon to start the day.  Toast is in the toaster, ready to go in a minute or two.  Mom, for her own part, can be found at the table drinking coffee.  Irish coffee, rather.  Heavy on the Irish.  It's more or less just coffee flavored liquor.  They haven't met the other housemates yet, but surely the scent of a delicious breakfast wafting through the air should be more than enough to lure them downstairs.]

[Action; around town]

[After a good hearty breakfast - or a good stiff drink, as the case may be - Dad and Mom can be found walking around Mayfield both together and separately.  They both seem to be rather calm about the whole thing, and by all accounts look to be taking their change of surroundings rather well.  After all, this is hardly the first time either of them has woken up in a different place with no prior warning.  Dad's managed to find a replacement hat and pipe, which he's thoughtfully smoking as he walks about, and Mom seems to already have a gin martini in her hand.  It's always five o'clock somewhere, as they say.]

((OOC: Feel free to catch them as they're exploring the town.  Please put in the subject line whether you want Dad, Mom, or both in the response.))

[identity profile] pants-yourmove.livejournal.com 2011-11-25 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I think it's the same people, it seems to be anyways. We know a lot but not enough.

It does, kinda. It's a good threat since death is temporary.

[identity profile] busy-fists.livejournal.com 2011-11-25 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Temporary...? How does that work?

[identity profile] pinkscarflady.livejournal.com 2011-11-26 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Do they have some way to bring back the departed? Or merely some assurance that no one will die?

[identity profile] pants-yourmove.livejournal.com 2011-11-27 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Not sure, I just know you wake up the next day. I guess your best bet is to witness it.

[identity profile] busy-fists.livejournal.com 2011-11-28 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I'd rather we didn't have to, to be honest. But I've gathered that sort of thing is typical in this place.

[identity profile] pinkscarflady.livejournal.com 2011-11-29 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
It bodes rather ill, doesn't it? If death isn't a factor, then it's likely they have something worse in store for especially troublesome captives....

[identity profile] pants-yourmove.livejournal.com 2011-11-29 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
Brainwashing and torture mainly.

They like to play with your head a lot.

[identity profile] busy-fists.livejournal.com 2011-11-29 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
So, what? They kidnap you in the middle of the night if you say something they don't like?

[identity profile] pinkscarflady.livejournal.com 2011-11-30 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
Or perhaps they employ more subtle psychological techniques?

[identity profile] pants-yourmove.livejournal.com 2011-11-30 12:39 pm (UTC)(link)
I think all of the above.

Sometimes it's outright crazy with monsters coming for you, and sometimes they pick on your deepest fears and bring them out into the open.

[identity profile] pinkscarflady.livejournal.com 2011-12-03 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
Hmm.... And they have some way to determine what our greatest fears are?

[identity profile] pants-yourmove.livejournal.com 2011-12-03 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, they get into your head sometimes.

Sometimes they just change little things while you are in there. Like make you hate or like someone you normally didn't.

[identity profile] busy-fists.livejournal.com 2011-12-05 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I suppose that's not the strangest thing we've had to deal with...