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deepbluerevue ([personal profile] deepbluerevue) wrote in [community profile] ph_logs2025-11-09 06:16 pm

When You’re Down And Out | OTA

Who: Grace Holloway ([personal profile] deepbluerevue) & sundry (You)

What: Grace’s return to Pumpkin Hollow

When: November 9th to 14th (roughly)

Where: Downtown and the Oak & Iron

Warning(s): Rapture in the late 1950s into the 1960s was a tough place to live, but Grace is unlikely to bring such things up of her own accord.





DOWNTOWN PUMPKIN HOLLOW (after Grace has been to City Hall)

Winter is rapidly approaching Marrow Isle, and anyone with the wardrobe to do so is bundled against the weather. The middle-aged woman in a new arrival’s garb, on the other hand, has her girlishly-round jaw clenched against the cold, the hand not holding her cane tucked casually in her pocket. She doesn’t look overwhelmed, per se, but there’s a definite air of measurement as her eyes flick over each shop in turn. Particularly, she seems to assess the newer shops, and those selling clothing.

If one had to guess, one would probably say the woman is in her late thirties, perhaps early forties. The few lines on her face speak to some time spent frowning and a lot of time spent smiling. Her coily hair is expertly coiffed into a simple, protective updo. When she shifts in her simple boots, her left leg seems a little less able to bend at the knee.

Given how uncomfortably chilled she looks, she’ll probably move into a shop soon.

(This is a great opening for a clothier!)



THE OAK AND IRON (after Grace has gone shopping)

It’s not quite dark, so the Oak and Iron still has plenty of custom, though people intending to spend the night at home are starting to trickle out. On an end of the bar with a good vantage point, a middle-aged woman clad in a white linen blouse, a light brown waistcoat, and a long brown skirt sits with ankles crossed and nurses a glass of wine. A few people seem to double-take on seeing her, going over for a few minutes of conversation, to which she smiles, clasping their hands companionably or nodding or something similar.

Someone with a guitar is strumming out background music, and the woman politely applauds every finished number.


WILDCARD

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nothingbadeverhappensto: (sad)

[personal profile] nothingbadeverhappensto 2025-12-27 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
"It's true. Don't think people like Oswell Spencer would be half the problem they are if they couldn't secure funding and lackeys." He swirls his drink in his glass, staring down into it. "Lot of brilliant people followed him down for a lot of reasons I don't pretend to understand. A lot of them claimed they just didn't know the details of what their work was being used for. I don't know if I believe that in every case, but..."

He thinks of Luis, and the guilt the other man had finally admitted to shortly before he died. How aware had he been, of what Umbrella was really up to? How involved had he been? Chances are he'll never find out for sure.
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[personal profile] nothingbadeverhappensto 2026-01-03 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
Leon's too busy looking at his own hands to notice that shadow pass through Grace's expression, but he does look up when she speaks to excuse herself abruptly. He has to wonder about it - if he said something wrong, or touched a nerve - but given this is his first time speaking to the woman it doesn't seem appropriate to dig or even to make assumptions. He'll just have to take it at face value for now.

"Yeah," he says, nodding politely. "I'll probably head out after I finish this glass, too. Cheers, and take care out there."