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crushed_pearls ([personal profile] crushed_pearls) wrote in [community profile] ph_logs2024-03-25 02:31 pm

The Old Fashioned Is Commonly Held To Have Been Invented In 1880

Who: Erin Peters and YOU
What: Settling in, dealing with things, making friends
When: Late March
Where: Oak & Iron, the woods, around
Warnings: Discussion of death & the ethics of suicide, trauma, whatever you bring with you




Gallery Style | Oak & Iron

Oak & Iron undergoes a few renovations, just a couple days' worth, to expand the bar area and add labels in Braille (thanks Gerry). When they're done, Pumpkin Hollow has a new bartender, a winged lass in a blindfold wreathed in the scents of sex and gunpowder. She quickly picks up a reputation for almost prescient service; good suggestions for drinks, never leaving a glass empty long, and a firm hand for when you're cut off. Though every now and again there's an odd dance where someone isn't cut off and instead drinks enough to, not to put too fine a point on it, fucking die - except they don't die, and instead just get normal drunk.

A rather extensive cocktail menu manifests too (thanks Magne, with your working eyes). It's cut up into various flavors, with the ingredients clearly laid out (thanks Max Maximum, with your knowledge of food allergies), but at the tail end of the menu is a change in theme; two sections labeled by nation instead of flavor. The countries in question are Gallery, and Japan.

Gangster Style | The Woods

Here's the needle Erin has to thread: she can't overload herself socially, but she also can't listen to the urge to isolate. So one day she goes out into the woods just at the edge of town and digs a pair of graves in the soft soil, leaving the dirt in a huge pile off to the side. You might find her out here, just laying in one, trying to listen to the sounds of the forest, but if she knows you, well, you might have been invited. "Six feet deep, best rest you'll get."

Tourist Style | Wildcard

Come get your bird lady.

hereticofthewilds: playby: Amanda Arcuri (Sad - Unsure)

The Woods

[personal profile] hereticofthewilds 2024-03-25 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
A face suddenly dangles over Erin's, head cocked slightly to one side while moss-green hair shades some of the young woman's features from view. She looks on silently for a moment, before she cocks her head in the other direction with an expression of concern.

"Trying to die?"
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[personal profile] hereticofthewilds 2024-03-25 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"Cute?" Elsie giggles but it's a nervous sound.

Still, she climbs into the grave and lays down on the cool damp dirt. The ritual must be respected.

"Talk."
redlightgreenlight: (Unsure)

The woods

[personal profile] redlightgreenlight 2024-03-25 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Valdis walks over to the two holes Erin has dug into the forest floor, tipping her head as she leans over the one her former lover occupies.

Instead of accepting the invitation, she settles on the edge of the would-be grave, feet tucked to the side.

“you know the reason they dug graves six feet deep was to prevent predators from digging up the bodies.”

redlightgreenlight: (skeptical)

[personal profile] redlightgreenlight 2024-03-25 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
To her credit, Valdis doesn’t react to the pet name, though she notes Erin’s wince and feels a twinge of guilt that she quickly sweeps away.

“There are many animals here. Many green things. A living world.” She replies. “So why are you six feet in the ground?”
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[personal profile] hereticofthewilds 2024-03-25 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
She giggles some more. It's still nervous but there's just a touch of gratitude beneath.

"Mmm," her tone is somber now. "Death here is...wrong." On that they agree. Though most don't seem to view it as a bad thing.

Her tone brightens significantly when Erin mentions bugs. "Beetle!" she proclaims proudly, sitting up and stretching her hand as high as she can so it pokes out of the grave. On her palm sits a beautifully dark and iridescent ground beetle.
redlightgreenlight: (calm 4)

[personal profile] redlightgreenlight 2024-03-25 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Valdis breathes deeply. She had noticed the shift, but she had hoped it would give Erin the chance to reset instead of languish.

“As a timeless being I have watched the world change outside my window, sometimes overnight, sometimes in a matter of minutes. Sometimes the change takes years. You’ve been trapped in suffering for so long that perhaps you don’t remember what it is like to live otherwise. Give yourself grace…and time.”
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The Woods

[personal profile] astrogator 2024-03-25 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Tayrey's not up for laying down in the dirt, but that big pile of it did draw her attention while she was walking. She stands over one of the holes in the ground, casting a shadow over Erin.

'Is that actually restful?' It looks like it'd be cramped and you'd probably get strange bugs crawling on you, but if that's how Erin wants to relax, she's not judging.
hereticofthewilds: playby: Amanda Arcuri (Happy - Smirk)

[personal profile] hereticofthewilds 2024-03-25 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
"They do sometimes."

Elsie nudges the beetle off her palm into the dirt in front of where Erin is so she can use both hands to lift herself out of the grave. She crouches in front of Erin with her head cocked to the side again.

"It's okay to get buried together?"
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[personal profile] astrogator 2024-03-25 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
No, she doesn't know enough about Earth to tell if that's serious or not, but Tayrey decides that isn't the point. She sits down on the edge, legs dangling.

'I never liked that idea of burying the dead anyway,' she says, 'but what is it that's getting you stressed?'
pineapplesalmon: (friendly smile)

Gallery Style :) HI

[personal profile] pineapplesalmon 2024-03-25 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
César might be bad at gossip, but he's also the boyfriend of a certain Magne Hikiishi, so he's actually aware of the reason behind the renovations.

After a good day of work at his farm, he drops in to talk to Magne briefly (she's working, after all) before going over to say hello to the newest staff member, whom has a very distinct look and smells like... huh.

"Good evening! Welcome to Pumpkin Hollow. I'm César Salazar." He's curious about the new menu, but introductions first.
redlightgreenlight: (thinking)

[personal profile] redlightgreenlight 2024-03-25 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
“It’s not something you can force.”

Hence grace and time.

“Think of it like this. Though you may not believe it, you were once fully intact. Time, circumstances, and pain have left cracks in your soul. These cracks hurt and if you move the wrong way they may crack more. But as you go through life, you meet people, see places, acquire things that start to fill those cracks with gold. The soul will always be scarred, but it will become more beautiful for the trials you have survived and less painful the more the cracks are filled.”
Edited 2024-03-25 20:25 (UTC)
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[personal profile] hereticofthewilds 2024-03-25 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"Won't touch." She says that as a solemn vow.

Then she hops down into the space Erin's vacated. Her bare toes grip the cold earth like shaking hands with an old friend.

Her hazel eyes turn to Erin, expectant. What next?
pineapplesalmon: (gently smiling)

[personal profile] pineapplesalmon 2024-03-25 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"... I'm sorry, I'm not that César." César's only mildly surprised and quickly sympathetic. "But I'm doing well in the love department, here. Magne scooped me up almost immediately."

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