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closureisformovies ([personal profile] closureisformovies) wrote in [community profile] ph_logs2024-08-31 11:46 pm

[OPEN] Scream, it makes no sound, I could testify

Who: Alice Dyer ([personal profile] closureisformovies) & you!
What: Catch-All for Alice
When: Late August, Early-Mid September
Where: Town hall, oak & iron, empty pockets, around
Warnings: Possible Blight discussion, others as they come up



1. Explaining how time has bled me dry [town hall]

Those who work in Town Hall probably know Alice as the cheerful, tallish woman who spends the vast majority of the work day chattering and making jokes of varying levels of quality. She's the kind of person that's always talking to someone and it never seems to meaningfully impact her work, as she continues to be a pretty damn decent clerk despite all her many complaints about the concept of working at all.

But after the Blight mess is all said and done, Alice seems... a little off. The first few days are the worst; her work suffers and she's clearly still frayed around the edges, but given the fact she spent a lot of the time holding down the Town Hall shelter on her own it's excusable enough. She even perks up a little, after the day Gerry picks her up to drag her straight to drinks, but she never quite gets back to full form and if you look closely enough it's hard not to spot. Her jokes are more strained, she chatters a little less, and she keeps making stupid mistakes she wouldn't have before.

And her weird behaviour is especially obvious when Dahlia's around. Wonder what that's about.

2. You say I'm vacant now when it's justified [oak & iron]

Typically Alice stops by the O&I twice a day: once, in the morning, to get coffee and breakfast before she heads into work; second, in the evening after dinner to drink and hang out where the people are. This pattern remains much the same even when her behaviour shifts elsewhere, though the observant might notice she's drinking more than she usually does in the evenings and staying longer in the process.

It's in the evenings, especially after a couple drinks, that she's at her most social, inserting herself into conversations or joining people at tables with empty seats. Maybe you're one of the lucky people she jumps in to talk to, maybe her loudmouth charm has caught your attention, or maybe you just want to tell her to shut up. Either way, she's around. Soaking up the ambient energy, trying to ignore both her own chronic loneliness and the panic that's been threatening to consume her every waking moment since Aster walked into the office.

3. If you called my bluff, I could lose your love [empty pockets]

Alice joked about something like this a couple months ago, but it's only now with her mood in the gutter that she decides to go for the drastic measures: subjecting innocent people to her attempt at stand-up comedy.

It's not exactly a polished routine or anything, and anyone from the 2010s onwards that's at all internet savvy is going to recognise some of her humour as blatantly ripped from tumblr, but she is genuinely very quick on the draw and has plenty of her own material (even if it is, also, tumblr-flavoured).

And she has fun. Despite everything, she has fun.

4. And I know I'd be fine [Wildcard]

Hit me up to plot something or just throw something at me. She's out and about.
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[personal profile] huntingtruths 2024-09-07 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
"Guess I'll have to start looking into it huh?" Seeing her relax, Sam does finally pull away, letting go of her hands to instead cross his arms and lean back.

"What do you think? Hunting knife or switch blade?" Now he's just playing it up with her, even if it really would be a good idea for him to learn some self defense in this place.
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[personal profile] huntingtruths 2024-09-07 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
"Hm, good point. Wouldn't want that, no matter how cool it would be." He chuckles and shakes his head. "Oh maybe a baton? Less likely to hurt myself and it shouldn't be taken by 'interdimensional customs'."

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[personal profile] huntingtruths 2024-09-07 06:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ow! Hey!" Sam flinches away, pushing at Alice's hand with a laugh. "Alright alright, I get your point."

At least they've both seemingly relaxed a bit. At the very least Alice seems back to her usual bothersome self. Sam would never admit it but he worries when she isn't needling him or teasing him. He prefers it to her being dodgy.

"Alright then, knife it is."
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[personal profile] huntingtruths 2024-09-07 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ugh...Aliiice." He groans at the joke and rolls his eyes again, even with the little grin on his lips that tells her he's is still amused by her antics. He's used to the vague sex jokes, again it's something that tells him that for now at least Alice will be okay. Or at least that she's better at hiding it.

"Okay, I'll look into a knife and a sheath. I wonder if that weird shop has anything new lately, we never did check it out."
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[personal profile] huntingtruths 2024-09-07 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah yeah, I don't think I'll be embracing anything thanks." Chuckling he uncrosses his arms and instead goes back to his tea, which he has to take back from in front of Alice.

"Okay well, we won't pick up a knife there. We'll just look around and see if we recognize anything from home....or anything that looks interesting and not horribly cursed."
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[personal profile] huntingtruths 2024-09-09 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Chuckling Sam just drinks his now lukewarm tea, wincing a little but suffering through it.

"Good, wouldn't want you thinking I'm trying to get us to fall down another manky hole."
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[personal profile] huntingtruths 2024-09-10 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"You know," He pauses with a drink from his tea and a nod. "That's fair actually."

He grins, even with the mild guilt he's at least let most of it settle and can joke with Alice about it. Even if most of those jokes, read all, are at his expense.
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[personal profile] huntingtruths 2024-09-22 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Sam sort of winces as he looks around.

"Right...probably should have waited until after work. Sorry." And he is, but he's also pretty sure that Alice would try to avoid him more if he didn't basically corner her like this.
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[personal profile] huntingtruths 2024-09-23 10:27 am (UTC)(link)
Downing the last of his luke warm tea with a sour look, Sam shakes his head before looking back at Alice.

"I'm glad because otherwise they'd be hearing a lot worse, knowing us."
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[personal profile] huntingtruths 2024-09-29 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's what we get for being so close and knowing each other for so long." Sam sighs and shrugs. "I'm gonna get back to my desk, at least try not to be so dodgy, yeah?"

He's teasing, but also...not really.