🔥 laudna

[ablazement]

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w0, SATURDAY

[ablazement]

[she's out near the swamp! sitting on a stump of some kind, staring into a box. she's in her default clothes, which means her glowing red chest is more prominent. her tail sways back and forth behind her. she seems lost in thought.]

[undread]

Hello!

[waving and approaching! she's dressed differently now, in something more like a ballgown]

Not interrupting, am I? I just wanted to let you know that I found my little friend.

week 0; sunday

[undread]

[after the npc reveal, laudna can be found sitting out near the pyre on her own, with pâté fluttering nearby. she has her long hair hanging down over her face and she's clearly talking to herself out loud.]

...Still nothing from you? How long are you going to give me the silent treatment? You're useless!

[ablazement]

[oof, trouble in pâté-ridise...

she comes over and flops down next to laudna without any sort of fanfare, glancing up at pâté.]

... He mad at you or something?

week 0; monday

[undread]

[laudna can be found on monday exploring the new living situation. she's outside the mortuary now, reading the plaque. also, she's still wearing her gown, but she has dark ink in the shape of tree branches spreading across her body, similar to the branch pattern on the lace of her skirt and bodies. a few words in the ink become visible. right now you can see Did Delilah make you do that?

she sees karlach and she waves.]

Good morning!

[ablazement]

[in any other situation that might be a super rad tattoo, honestly, but - she's seen a few people with these things at this point. so she doesn't bring it up just yet.]

Morning. [she kind of stutter skips on this because she was about to use the nickname she'd mentally assigned and then second-guessed herself. a beat.] You good? Where'd you end up?

[she's got a tattoo of her own - just the word AVERNUS, settled nicely in white against her arm.]

w0; thursday

[undread]

[poking her head in, wherever karlach is. is she still a kitty?]

Karlach, dear, might I ask you a small favor?

[ablazement]

[she is not! she is a tiefling again. thankfully. she looks up from whatever she's doing.]

Heeey-ho. What's up?

w0, FRIDAY 2

[ablazement]

[standing by the bulletin board, frowning heavily... she is glowing very brightly. her chest is, anyway.

she is. talking to herself, apparently.]

Gods. Fuck. Death, what happened? I should've...

[undread]

[ohhhh. she's wandering by, popping her arm back into the socket casually.]

It's curious, isn't it? I wonder what they mean by traitor...

w0, SATURDAY 2

[ablazement]

[i have no idea where she is maybe she's by the swamp just staring into the water. she's not very bouncy tonight.]

[undread]

[yes, that's okay. she's like. a little less completely smiling and weirdly cheerful like she was the night before? though she still smiles and does a little wave, but it's just a bit more hesitant.]

Hello, Karlach. Am I interrupting?

week 1; monday

[undread]

[let's explore new locations while we also experience the wonders of affection week. laudna is at the clothing store, inspecting the invisible sewing machine and poking through the available options.]

With a little embroidery and some darts, this seems perfectly serviceable.

[ablazement]

[comes along to peek and see what she's looking at. she's less cheerful than normal, but only a bit. she still has a smile.]

Embroidery? You know how to sew? [she probably could've guessed but she's asking out of like, tell me things about yourself!!]

week 1; friday

[undread]

[well. this is bad.

laudna is out by the island, since that's where everyone was found. it's not as though they're likely to find new clues out here, but it feels strange to just not acknowledge it.]

...How many were tempted by prizes, I wonder.

[ablazement]

[she got her rage out already, and now she just. looks tired. she's still a little wet from the ocean, coming to stand with laudna.]

Probably two. And they picked the worst people to go after. Who picks a fucking kid and a dog first? Out of all of us?

w1, SUNDAY

[ablazement]

[idk where we are void ig but]

Hey - spooky. [coming up to her...] Did... you talk to Erin at all? Before all that.

[undread]

[she shakes her head. she's back to her cheerful mood, at least. giving a wave.]

Hello. [she shakes her head.] I was too angry at her. I was worried I might kill her and ruin the ritual. [that's not how any of this works.]

week 2; monday

[undread]

[well hello we're in the new locations how about that how cool let's check out the gas station -

/trips into a memory hole.]

[ablazement]

[wow! this memory hole sucks!

all thoughts of the gas station are out. there's a long pause, as karlach just kind of... tries to figure out what happened there. as she pieces together things she knew, and what she now knows, and then:]

What the fuck.

[she actually sounds like a mix of sad and angry - her heart aches. used. used, for someone else's goals, thrown away and left.]

week 2; friday

[undread]

[well. i don't have much to say about this one. this is rough. i think laudna is hanging out by the pyre, doing her embroidery, crying nasty looking black goopy tears silently to herself.]

[ablazement]

[auauhghhghg

yeah, it's rough over here too, but - she drags in a deep breath and makes her way over.]

... Laudna. [she says, soft. open - because she expects a lot of people might need hugs and comfort right now, and that's what she wants to do.]

week 2; saturday

[undread]

[what a game huh? lemon its week 2.

she is at the haunted house, i think, but she can be void instead if that doesn't work. she's not angry anymore, just tired.]

[ablazement]

[it cannot be week two its too much

there's like, no optimism here. she tries so hard normally, but today she cannot muster it. not even for people who need it from her.

she wanders over and sits down next to her.]

... Glad you're alright.

w3, MONDAY

[ablazement]

[there's distant barking coming from the woods... do you investigate...

imagine you say no and it's just the end of the thread]

[undread]

[she will investigate the barking, yes! normally she might be unsure about it (not extremely dog phobic but a bit wary of ones she doesn't know) but it's alpha week so why not.]

w4, MONDAY

[ablazement]

Laudna!

[from where she's looking into the tree that leads to the new locations]

Come exploring with me, yeah? I want to check out the pier.

[undread]

[her thought share is just some cute flowers floating around her head. she's in a good mood.]

Yes, of course! I'd be happy to.

week 4; friday

[undread]

[whew. well. she's just at the pyre afterwards. covered in glitter. gazing into the smoke, fuming.]

[ablazement]

[that's fair everything is awful forever

she walks over, tail dragging through the dirt. she looks like she's been crying.

she doesn't say anything, she's just standing here staring at the posters.]

week 4; saturday

[undread]

[well. she will go to the pyre after. is karlach bubbled there...]

[ablazement]

[she sure is!

she's ramming her fists against the bubble when laudna arrives, bright yellow eye turning to look at her. karlach grins widely, all of her teeth showing, long and sharp.]

w6, WEDNESDAY

[ablazement]

[after everything has calmed down, she's still here! she's sitting somewhere in the vineyard, staring up at the sky. slightly transparent, and if you touch her she's cold and your hand goes through, but. better than nothing, right?]

[undread]

[oh... she will wander up to her.]

Karlach, dear. There you are. So wonderful to see you.

week 7; monday

[undread]

[she is leaving her apartment at some point when karlach isn't horribly cursed.]

...Karlach, good morning. Would you be so kind as to show me around a bit?

[ablazement]

[there's little pings of emotion like yay! and worry! but also affection.]

Hey, spooky. I'd love to - is there anything you really can think of that you'd want right this second? Bet we can find a place that's got it.