(CLOSED) I'm not proud of my address in the torn up town.

[oorah]

WHO: Frank Castle
WHERE: House 3
WHEN: December 8
OPEN TO: Elektra Natchios, Matt Murdock
WARNINGS: extreme fussing, mentions of past trauma/violence as always. will update if anything else arises.

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Since Matt moved in with Elektra, he hasn't had much time to check in on them. And maybe a part of him was deliberately staying away so that Matt could find his own place here. He knows he has a tendency to... smother. Elektra was better at supporting him and yet letting him fail and Frank had enough on his plate already, but it's getting bitterly cold and he needs to make sure they're prepared. He comes bearing gifts at least: a crate full of jams and other preserves, cheese and milk and coffee, and some homemade wine.

It's just himself and Aretha today, she does the best in the cold, and he kicks a familiar pattern into the door while she waits just behind his leg to pounce on whoever comes to the door. S-A-F-E in Morse code is something he has no way of knowing the Frank Elektra knew did as well. He's eager to see how Matt is adjusting too to life without his abilities.

"Landshark," he mutters, though he's likely the only one who will get the reference.

My last night here with you? Maybe yes, maybe no.

[alittlelonger]

WHO: Rinoa Heartilly
WHERE: Rinoa and now only Nida's place
WHEN: 12/6, night
OPEN TO: Closed to Nida
WARNINGS: None, just sads

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Rinoa started the day in a good place. She was starting to get a real sense of the village, if not anywhere beyond it, but she helped clean dishes at the inn and sat by the fountain for a time. She was reading one of the books from the schoolhouse, How to Garden, because if they were still there in the spring she wanted to learn how. She knew other people had their own, and had peeked into the greenhouse a few times, but she liked to lay things out properly in her mind before doing anything.

After enough time passed, she came back to a marvelous surprise! A gift of the necklace with both her and Squall's rings on it, and she was so happy she nearly cried. Rinoa put it on immediately and went out to find him. She knew he would be just as glad to see them back. She spent hours looking for him. She went to all of the places he normally was. She asked around to see if anyone saw him. She messaged him privately on their little devices to see where he was. She started to get worried something happened to him, but then it struck her like a blow to the stomach.

Late that night, when she'd walked farther than ever before but still had to come back, she came home. Rinoa didn't take off her boots or hang her coat like she always did. She sat down in the living room area, playing with the necklace with one hand, and stared at the wall. She had no idea how much time passed that way.

(CLOSED) Your heart wears knights armor.

[oorah]

WHO: Frank Castle
WHERE: House 13
WHEN: December 6
OPEN TO: Peggy Carter
WARNINGS: mentions of current illness & past violence. will update if anything else arises.

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Peggy lives just up the road from him, so it isn't surprising that Frank knows which house is hers. He only has the one dog in tow today, it's below freezing and most people are tucked away inside. Frank has been making the rounds, checking on people whether they had been sick or not. He regrets not being able to do more for Peggy before, though he'd brought her the elk stew he'd made and preserved peaches as promised. While he's not sure if it helped, today he's here with more gifts, mostly just as an excuse to see her. And maybe to see if she's well enough to tell him those stories yet.

Aretha brays at the closed door, giving him away, but he leans in to rap on the wood in Morse code anyway. G-I-F-T-S, he taps into the frame, then for good measure even though he's sure no one else greets people this way: H-O-T-D-O-G. When she comes to the door, he offers her an unwieldy smile, lifting his eyebrows and lifting the crate he has in hand. Let him come in and unpack? Aretha isn't so shy, she barges forward and starts sniffing at Peggy insistently.