Waking the Dead 2.0 || August 13, 2063 || Saturday || The Mordechai Home

[icarusalsoflew]

[So before the real work in Europe starts, you've all got a free day to roam around the Mordechai Home and its rather beautiful surroundings. Everyone is more than welcome to stay the night.

The Cooley Peninsula's a lovely place, and this particular section is even prettier than the rest of the area. The house, in itself, is pretty interesting too.

Knock yourselves out, guys. This is turning out to be a pretty sweet vacation, isn't it?]


DESCRIPTION STUFF:
+ The house is an old-style Irish home made of brick and covered in ivy. It's got two floors (all five bedrooms are upstairs, and each one has a bathroom), an attic, and a basement. Everything's antique in here, and there is pretty much NOTHING Japanese in the house except Hikaru. The binding motifs: Christian symbols with a Celtic twist, blades, brambles and water.
+ First floor's got the kitchen with the dining area right next to it, and the living room with a fireplace. There's a porch up front.
+ The attic is full of old and interesting shit, and looks like a study. Hikaru's Brotherhood of Violence stuff is here.
+ The basement is the strangest area: half of it is a workshop-cum-armory with a map that expands an entire wall. It's full of old notes, post-its and photographs. Observers will note that this was Alistair's project from way back when - the beginnings of how he always managed to keep track of Hikaru. The other half is under lock and key; the door's a vault. It feels cold beyond it. VERY cold.
+ There's a beach that's about a three minute's walk down from the hill that the house is on. The ancestral Mordechai cemetery's a ten minute walk from the house, through rolling hills. Alistair's wife is buried there, as are Maes' wife and kids, Abel, and both Seth Mordechais.
+ ...And then there are fields for miles and miles, and mountains in the distance.
+ The Kearney home is actually a fifteen minute drive away from the Mordechai home. Nobody's in, though.

OTHER OOC NOTES:
+ Feel free to go anywhere you like. Ping me if you need descriptions.
+ Alistair will only return to the house by sunset. He's in the cemetery or roaming around in the forest. until then.
+ Feel free to make your own threads, or pop in to bug the NPCs at the threads I am putting up for them.

Comments

Open like nobody's business.

[icarusalsoflew]

[This one's usually in the living room working, or out on the porch working. Go figure.

Still, he can be pretty much wherever you want him to be! This is his house: he does what he wants.]

after dinner leading to That?

[larue]

[ He's fixing things in the kitchen sometime after dinner, having excused himself from the table to clean up.

Since you're attuned to him so well that you've likely noted that he's cast glances your way several times today, usually when he thinks you're not looking, and mostly with a soft smile.

There's also that bit where he sort-of reached for your hand at dinner, only to settle on a discreet brush of his wrist against yours. That, while catching up with the Hounds and joking around.

Josh is okay. He really is. But there's clearly something on his mind. ]

so much yes.

[icarusalsoflew]

[Yeah, he was aware of all of that. Painfully aware, actually, because sorry, all of this is still a little overwhelming. He hasn't quite had the time to calibrate to how things ought to be when the two of you are alone.

And you've probably realized that, which is something he's more than a little worried about. Um.

Anyway. This one's staying where he is on the couch. He doesn't want to get in your way. Maybe he'd join you, if the others were around. As things stand, though, they've all gone off on their own again.]

well, in that case :3

[larue]

[ You'll hear him coming around, right before he settles to lean against the beam of the entryway leading towards where you're seated. ]

Hey.

[ That's said softly, and with a smile. ]

[icarusalsoflew]

Hi.

[Turning around to smile at you, and dutifully shutting his laptop down.]

All done?

[larue]

Yeah. [ He's still watching you with that smile. It eases away eventually, but the soft look he's fixed you with is still in his eyes. ]

Come to bed?

Open to All!

[mordechai]

[If you're pinging him before he comes back to the house, you will find this one sitting on the only stone bench in the ancestral cemetery, drinking and smoking.

If you're pinging him while he's back in the Mordechai House, he's... roaming around.]

[ktotheatothez]

[Well, this one clambered out a window as soon as he could sneak away from everyone, and went after you. After all, you've been in America for quite some time and your student (former, but he doesn't care about that now) has missed you somewhat.]

Hello, Alistair...

[Funny how he's not even hesitating with you anymore.]

[mordechai]

[Glancing over, and nodding.]

Hey.

[Also scooting over to leave more room on the bench.]

[ktotheatothez]

Been a while...

[Smooth, Kaz. Real smooth. What's next? "Come here often?" he thinks as he settles down next to the Seer, before digging out his cigs and offering one to the older man.]

[mordechai]

[Taking that cig with an amused look.]

Has it?

because talk is a thing

[larue]

[ He's been reluctant to leave the house all day, and largely because of the way Hikaru's been acting. It's a little like dealing with a particularly skittish cat. It's got him a bit worried, even if they're more or less okay. As such, he's coming to find you when you're back at the house -- and he's got a mug of freshly brewed coffee as an offering. ]

Hey, Alistair.

lololol

[mordechai]

[Heard you on the approach a while back because you didn't bother hiding (he appreciates that, by the way), and has already turned around when you're still some distance away. Taking in all the details.

Hm.]

Hey.

[Nodding once, then shifting to show you that he's going to pay attention to whatever's on your mind. This is more his quiet place in Ireland than it is anything else: the ghosts can wait.]

[larue]

Not sure if you wanted coffee, but, [ he's going to set that where you can reach it ] brought you some anyway.

[ There a pause from this one, and then: ]

Thank you. Again.

[ For listening that time on the wall. For handing him the ticket and the keys. ]

I think... [ he wets his lips a little nervously, because he knows that things are fine but... Hikaru's been acting weird. ] I think we're okay.

[mordechai]

You "think" you're okay.

[The emphasis is deliberate as he's taking a sip from that mug you got for him.

Might as well fess up, kid.]

Open to all, naturally.

[ktotheatothez]

[This one's found the Attic to hang out in and is leafing through one of Hikaru's notebooks. He's got his headphones on, but only over one ear. You'll probably hear some EDM and acoustic covers if you wander close enough.]

[icarusalsoflew]

[And this one's coming around with a knock to the doorframe to announce his presence. He smiles when he sees what Kaz is looking at.]

Found any interesting entry yet?

[Walking over~]

[ktotheatothez]

Aniki, this entire notebook is interesting.

[He's totally got his shit-eating little brother face on. But he knows what you meant by that so he follows that up with:]

To be fair, you kept detailed notes on a lot of people. I should probably cross-check with GeistNet and Seraph before Brig and I scout them. Funny... I picked Cerberus, and here I am looking at mini-dossiers.

[Although he can't see patterns as well as Josh could, there's definitely something to the way Hikaru finds these people. But he sets the notebook aside. Homework later, little brother mode now.]

So... How are you and Josh?

[icarusalsoflew]

[He was rounding over as he listened to your response, and setting his back against the side of the desk that you're sitting out. He pauses, though, the moment your question pops up, right in the middle of him fetching a cigarette.

Have a Look, and a rueful shake of his head.]

Must we go into personals now, when you might be on the brink of discovering the next best hunter on the market?

[ktotheatothez]

I may have an assignment issued by Inquisitor Shinta...

[and he smiles widely.]

But you are also my brother, and you are dating my other brother and I just want to make sure that you're both okay. After all, I may run my mouth, but I do so out of love. I'm sorry that I let it get the best of me sometimes, though.

[Now he just looks up at you shyly for a second, before running a hand through his head and flipping another page in the notebook. His tablet, however, has a notepad open and hastily scrawled names and notes.]

open to all.

[larue]

[ Your blade leader is visibly relaxed and kicking around. If your timing is great, you might catch him sending a look Hikaru's way -- when that one's not looking, of course.

They's good though, and Josh is better than he has been in a while. Feel free to bother at will. ]

[ktotheatothez]

[ So this one is actually hiding, peeking ever so often into the doorway of wherever you are... Even if he apologized already he still feels a little bad. He's also learned a few things from Cisco recently, so he needs to talk to you. ]

[larue]

[ He's upstairs in the room he set up in, finally taking time to remove the tags from the clothes Hikaru had helped him get in town. ]

You going to shadow me all day, kiddo?

[ He's rolling one of the shirts an tucking it into his satchel when he turns his head in your general direction. He doesn't need to see you to know that you're there. You've been at this ever since everyone went back in the house. ]

[ktotheatothez]

[ He sucks in a breath when he realizes he's been caught, but stays in that spot, choosing to be hidden. ]

Maybe...

[ Should've looked into going invisible. He really just wanted to see how you were doing without being seen. ]

[larue]

[ He'll set down whatever he's fixing at that and turn around to face you as he sits down on the edge of that bed. ]

What's up, kiddo?

[ You're acting like the puppy you are -- only a lot more shy than your usual. Is this about the fact that you both haven't spoken since the night of Kalika's party? ]