Sixth Iteration Logs

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can_fight_ugly

WHO: Anne and OTA
WHERE: Around the South Village
WHEN: End of April/beginning of May
OPEN TO: OTA
WARNINGS: N/A - will add as necessary

After returning from the caves and rescuing the kidnapped villagers, and soon thereafter finding themselves besieged, Anne is putting her animal transformation powers to use; you may very well see, or be aided by, a large tawny tiger.

She does expend a lot of energy, however, so when she's not fighting or trying to secure the village, she's resting at home or trying to be excited about rationed meals at the Inn. Or, just catching a quick nap at the Inn.

As the month wears on and the ghosts visits become more frequent, Anne spends more and more time at and defending the Inn, but if you need to get to one of the other buildings, she will offer to run escort.

She's used to pushing herself under normal circumstances, doing so as a tiger isn't much different.

Private to Foggy - post-rescue

Anne was ready to be home. While the rescue missions had been a success, they had been stressful, full of fighting and biting the familiar ghost-like enemies, and not everyone had made it out alive. She finally finally - makes it through her front door and closes it behind her, dropping her pack on the floor.

"Foggy? I'm back!"

And she could really use a hug.

Private to Eddie - backdated to mid-April

She'd gotten a crash course in tigering in the caves, but now that she's back and still in possession of the ability, she's eager to see what else she can accomplish with it, and how else she can make it useful to the village as a whole. It's not exactly like her time with Venom, but she figures he more than anyone else has the kind of experience that might be useful in helping her push her skills further.

Still, it'd be polite to ask Eddie first, and so she makes a point to arrive early enough to catch him first, knocking on the door as a warmly-dressed human to start.

Seifer's House, shortly post-rescue

Anne had returned to find the attacks from the ghost-residents increased, and the actual residents ... waning. She was lucky that the two most important people in her life were still here, but not everyone was so lucky.

She makes a point to gather up a small skein of yarn she'd worked up before heading off to the caves, and heads out to see Seifer. Making her way across the village, she's alert and ready to transform into a tiger at the first sign of trouble, but fortunately it's a quick, quiet trek from her house to his.

She knocks onn the door, looking over her shoulder as she waits for him to answer.

imareporter

(ooc-Available all month while trying to get Eddie/Venom back in the game.)

Way Down We Go

( Keep your head up. )

( At the Inn. )

imareporter

WHO: Bobo, Karen, and Eddie/Venom
WHERE: Outside of the Inn
WHEN: Post This
OPEN TO: Bobo/Karen/Eddie/Venom
Warnings: none yet.

Eddie sticks his hands in his pockets and ignores the shifting beneath his skin. He and Venom feel powerful, capable, ready to fight and there's nowhere that's easier then with the three of them. Making sure they're safe, they're okay. That's what heroes do right?

Exactly

He glances up at the slowly dimming sunlight.

"...You're gonna take over this if I pass out right V?"

We will do our best Eddie. We are Venom. We are truly together. It feels good.

The moment he sees the first person he stands up, "...you guys want to sit? To talk?"

sixthiteration

WHERE: Inari Shrine and elsewhere
WHEN: 25 January 2019 through ?
OPEN TO: All opted in characters
WARNINGS: Please warn in the subject line of your comment as needed, and remember to move anything turning adult to a new post.
IMPORTANT NOTES: Final reminders and informational links are here. Please label all top-levels clearly so that there is no confusion who they are open to and what they are for, and DON'T FORGET TO ADD YOUR TAG!
Have fun and ask questions here!

imareporter

Who?: Eddie Brock/Venom
Where?: All Around + Wanda's House
When?: All of January
Open To: Anybody + Wanda
Warnings: Will update as Needed

( A wild rain, I'll roar and roar... )

to_defend

WHO: 7
WHERE: About the village and surrounding forest
WHEN: Month of January prior to One Man Show
OPEN TO: OTA, prompt for Wanda
WARNINGS: N/A, will update as needed

It had taken a bit for 7 to get over her first hangover, which wasn't as bad as when she'd been legitimately ill yet was the experience was possessed of horrors of its own and it would be too soon a thing to revisit. The moment she's feeling slightly better, she's up and out.

The schedule she maintains is more active in the late afternoon and evening, stopping by the Inn for lunch and again for dinner before heading out to do her Patrols, partnering with however she'd been assigned, or if it's an off-night just doing some general Exploring.

It's cold out, and she's never exactly dressed for it, but she makes up for that by keeping active; always moving, scaling trees, hoping from roof to roof. Being human sized in a human world - especially one as sparsely populated as this - meant there was a severe lack of things for her to spring off of or to or about, but she makes do with what she had.

Bathed in moonlight, she can most easily be found as a spectre darting among the shadows, spear in hand, bola hanging from her belt, and her cave wolf skull-mask obscuring her face.

Closed to Wanda

7's a late sleeper, so the knocking at the door catches her just as she's starting to rouse for the day. Eddie's out, wherever it is he went to, so it fell to her to answer the door.

She opens it and blinks in the daytime light, clothes rumpled from sleeping, hair falling out of its braid.

"Hey?"

Closed to Kat

It's been a few months since 7 has first arrived in the village. She's starting to get used to being surrounded by what she considers is a crush of people, and while she appreciates her solitude still she has found it's been nice to have friends; people she searches out for their companionship and that human connection that wasn't too far removed from the close friendships she'd formed with the other dolls.

She and Kat had talked on New Year's, but then again they were both pretty ... sloshed. Now that 7's recovered from the epic awful hangover that resulted from that night, she wanted to check on her friend and hang out when they were both of a clearer head.

There's a sharp knock at Kat's door.

"Kat, are you in? It's 7."

Closed to Venom

It was a highlight of her day - or nights, rather - after she'd had dinner and when most people are settling down for the night, when she's not scheduled for patrol she goes out hunting with Venom. He doesn't need her there; he's more than capable of taking down his own meals, but 7 appreciated being allowed to join in. It was a rush; riding along his back as he bounded through the woods, helping to herd quarry toward him, playing lookout and looking for the next target.

It's always been one of her favorite parts of living here, even from their earliest tussle before she knew who he really was, but now there's this odd extra layer; seeing him makes her smile, holding onto his back and feeling the wind against her cheek brings her the purest joy.

She finds him, fitting her skull mask over her braid and preparing for the night. "So, what are you in the mood for?"

to_defend

WHO:7
WHERE: House 17
WHEN: Night after New Year's
OPEN TO: Venom
WARNINGS: Hangover

( welcome home )

imareporter

Who?: Eddie and Wanda
Where?: Wanda's house
When?: January 1rst
Open?: Locked to Wanda
Warnings?: Will update as needed. be warned for adult content potentially.

( You let your feet run wild/Time has come as we all oh, go down/Yeah but for the fall oh, my Do you dare to look him right in the eyes? )

living_proof

WHO: Liv Moore
WHERE: House 42
WHEN: 25 December, from late morning on
OPEN TO: Anyone invited and anyone walking past who would poke a head in!
WARNINGS: Nothing yet, should be pretty chill
NOTE: The booze is limited, but there is: Bourbon, champagne, cognac, red and white wine, gin, rum, scotch, and vodka

I am not going to act like this is my most joyous, festive holiday season. It is, in fact, one of the worst Christmases I've ever had. I've got a lot to be thankful for, don't get me wrong, and contrary to the popular view, I don't actually have a problem being here. Rather, it's that other people aren't.

I am also not going to act like I didn't throw myself a little too intensely into the holiday preparations as a coping mechanism for that.

I have a tree! That part was easy; I have a lumberjack for a boyfriend. The decorations are a little thrown-together and there aren't many of them, but it smells nice, and when we're done with it we can use it for (more) firewood. I also got two big boxes from our overseers filled with exactly the ingredients I need to put on a really amazing holiday feast, which yes, is creepy as hell, but I'm not looking that horse in the mouth. Not when they included coffee and sugar.

Today I have a ton of people coming over, and loads to cook. Sam showed up early to help, and that's a bigger relief than I'd realized it would be. On the menu: Mashed tubers, bacon balsamic Brussels sprouts, glazed carrots, bread stuffing, lemon and Parmesan-crusted something-fish, roasted sort-of-goose, shortbread cookies, eggnog (tipsy and not), hot chocolate, coffee, and a whole lot of booze.

I don't know everybody coming, and there are so many of them that we've had to carry in extra tables and chairs from an empty house, but that's okay. I'm glad we all have a place to be today, and if somebody random wanders up and wants a plate, that's okay, too. The more, the merrier.

imareporter

Who?: Eddie Brock/Venom
Where? Outside of the Inn
Open To? Wanda / / OTA
Warnings: Emotional Abuse. Eddie Brock had a really shitty childhood.

( I was an important man! People looked up to me! )

to_defend

WHO: 7
WHERE: The Inn, later the forest, separate text to Altaïr
WHEN: Lunch (Day after for text)
OPEN TO: Eddie (Altaïr for text)
WARNINGS: Panic, will add as needed, Venom

Lunchtime

A routine had not so much been established as it had organically grown into being; 7 waking up mid-morning, going through ablutions and touching up the braided hairstyle that Altaïr taught her, which kept it up and out of her way. Then, she'd join Eddie for lunch at the Inn. She was warming up to the idea of people in general, even as it seemed more and more sifted in everyday; and while she may not be as relaxed as Eddie, she's not quite darting eyes about as she used to. One major change is that she's stopped carting her spear about everywhere she goes; this is not a hunt, it's a casual meal, and she's grown to the point that she recognizes it does not need to come with her here. All in all, it's a normal day, normal routine, normal conversation ... until there's an alert on her wrist device. She stares at it, frowning, then glances to Eddie before back at the device. Hesitantly, she taps the alert, and a little timer pops up.

It feels so good that people know now. Especially 7. It's hard to tell if it's Venom spilling over into him when he looks at her, but Venom is allowed his pleasures too. Indeed they're in more of an accord and while he sips at his water. It's peaceful. He nods to her and smiles, feeling awake and pleased to be here for the first time since his arrival. When she looked at the phone he paused, peering over and...

"When is that --" Before she can finish her thought, there's another little alert ping as a file message is received. 7's staring at it like one might stare at an angry rattlesnake - machines made her nervous and wasn't this just a miniature one? - but eventually reaches forward to open it, curiosity getting the better of her.

( 44:20-44:35 if you have the movie )( 44:20-44:35 if you have the movie )-- and that's where the video cuts.

The moment the video had stared, 7 had frozen stock still; seeing them all again - seeing this moment - when she's least expecting it is an absolute punch to the gut. She feels her blood turn to ice and her breath catches in her throat and that anger - palpable, unresolved, tucked away but not forgotten, flares up and for a moment she's not even sure where she is. When it cuts out, she pulls in a sharp breath, suddenly aware of the Inn again and glancing around like a rabbit that somehow inadvertently found its way into a fox's den. She looks at Eddie, part of her wants to say something, to explain, to get rid of this terrible burden that's weighing her down, everything between the loss of 2, the anger toward 1, the Machines, being here, being human, and how it's no longer just her secret.

"...What the hell?" It just bursts out as V stirs awake inside of Eddie. Are those toys?Is this some sort of...movie? TV show? he blinks at 7, at her horror, "...Did you- I take it you didn't mean to get the TV?"

Had the video continued, it would have shown 7 doing exactly what she does now; instead of answering Eddie, she pushes away from the table, ignoring any words or actions that speak otherwise, she turns and tears out of the Inn and runs as fast as she can towards the seclusion of the woods; somewhere dark and alone where she can tuck away from everything and everyone and try to process what just happened.

Text to Altaïr

UN: windmaker

hey. i was wondering if you were free today? i have something I want to show you.

[It was hard enough sending that text, so it takes a little longer after she's actually sent it to send the followup;]it's important. i think. it is to me.

imareporter

Who?: Eddie and 7
What?: It's time for Eddie to start coming clean about his...problem.
When? Post This log
Locked to: 7.

The space between the two of them is closer then it's ever been.

It's their space, and as weird and as foreign a concept that is, Eddie's gotten used to it. Perhaps the two of them have been building together. Or perhaps that Venom has built. The symbiote is surprisingly affectionate, he's learned. It's forced him to re-evaluate just what he thinks of as "Friendly" and what he thinks of as personal space..

Hell it's forced him to re-evaluate his conceived notions of gender and sexuality and a bunch of other shit he thought he had figured out.

In their space, the space he goes when he's asleep, or when he closes his eyes, they are coming to a conclusion.

Sitting on his old worn couch, the symbiote is sitting animal like beside him, or as close to sitting as the creature can manage. Venom takes two forms when it's just the two of them. Large muscular creature, those same bulging muscles they share.

Or a rounded face, blob-like features.

That's the most comfortable pose. Venom is comfortable because at last...

"So we're in agreement." Eddie sighs, "We let Anne and Tony help us...share with people. So we can move on. We can't keep this a secret anymore it's hell on them."

I was only worried about how they'd treat you. They'd kill you.

"...No they won't." He scratched the symbiote's head, "And if they do...Well. We'll just kill them."

You don't want to do that. You're just trying to make me feel better. Venom murmured, I like Anne and Tony. and 7.

"you like 7 a lot." eddie grins, "If you tell her, if she accepts it, you two could go hunting together. We could go hunting together." he sighed, "...Hunting. God I miss corner stores."

We have to adapt.

"...Agreed."
---

Which is why they're at the door to 7's room, "...Hey. 7? You home?"

skyward_eyes

WHO: (Who is making the post)
WHERE: House 17
WHEN: Sunset 5 December
OPEN TO: Eddie Brock
WARNINGS: None Yet, Will Update if Venom decides to complicate it

( Meet the Neighbor, He Eats People. )

debrains

WHO: Blaine DeBeers
WHERE: fountain, then around South Village
WHEN: 12/4, day and night
OPEN TO: OTA!
WARNINGS: potential talk of zombiedom, unless you've opted out

( 3 prompts and a wildcard )

can_fight_ugly

WHO: (Who is making the post)
WHERE: Tony's Forge, later Eddie's house
WHEN: Afternoon to Evening
OPEN TO: Closed to Tony and eventually Eddie/Venom
WARNINGS: Venom, discussion of hosting a symbiote, drinking, questionable relationship dynamics

Anne had had some light thoughts about taking a walk about the Village and just letting all the news she's recently received settle in and order itself, but it turned out to be a fairly short walk as she found herself paused in front of the Forge.

She had planned on stopping by later, but apparently her feet decided later was now, and she realized there was no sense in putting it off. She wasn't likely to make any new revelations in the sticky, gooey circumstance she'd found herself in. She wandered about until she found Tony, then cleared her throat to announce her arrival.

"You owe me a drink. A strong one."

constructionzone

WHO: James Rhodes
WHERE: Fountain & Wandering Aimlessly in the Village
WHEN: Late November
OPEN TO: OTA
WARNINGS: N/A, but will update as needed.

The Fountain

They were all still in Wakanda.

It was frankly damned amazing that the Wakandan royal family hadn't immediately evicted them, but Rhodey thought that they were all too shell-shocked to object, and he and what was left of the rest sure as hell were too shell-shocked to go anywhere. They'd won, you see, they'd won the damn battle against a battalion of vicious aliens, and then it didn't matter at all. Thanos arrived, he'd killed the Vision (and Rhodey's immediate, immediate thought was he didn't know how he was going to tell Tony that, because of course they were going to find Tony, Tony definitely had not finally gotten his dumb ass killed) and then...

Well, Rhodey had been hoping he'd never have to explain the next part, because he was pretty sure it wouldn't make a lick of sense.

So, they were all still in Wakanda. He remembers getting up - it was early, before dawn - and he remembers going for a walk, and none of that computes with the here and now, which is being submerged in water when he definitely was nowhere near the river. But his lungs are burning, so now is maybe not the time to have deep thoughts about how he got here. Rhodey kicks instead, kicking hard until he drags himself to the surface.

He looks around, and he's definitely not in Kansas anymore. He doesn't even have a little dog named Toto to make that reference complete. More pertinently, Rhodey thinks as he swipes his hand over his head and pulls himself out of the fountain entirely, there's no way in hell this is Wakanda.

"If this is some hoodoo to pick a new Mr. Wakanda, I conscientiously object," he mutters.

Village Walkabout

A bit later, people might see a man in hunter green scrubs with a slight but distinct limp walking around the village. He might have a look about him like he's casing the joint; in reality, Rhodey's definitely looking for food, but also he's looking...he's looking to see if there's anyone he knows, or at least anyone who can explain to him what the hell ass is going on, and also, where's the exit.

On the latter points, he's almost definitely doomed to be disappointed.

Less so on the former points, but he's going to be super disappointed that there's no diner in sight, anywhere to be found. Doesn't every small village need one? Don't they all have his daily required black coffee and way more bacon than a man who has to pass military physicals should be eating?

You only wish, Rhodey.

imareporter

Who?: VENOM (mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm it's time for-) and you?
What?: The symbiote broke out of Eddie's house awhile ago and what the reporter hasn't told anyone is that he's roaming around the village at night, trying not to eat people's pets.
When?: during the recovery phase (and beyond!)

The T-Rex Doesn't Want to be Fed, it wants to Hunt.

Venom hates this. It hates it because it's senses are dulled and therefore Eddie's senses are dulled. Eddie is exposed and it is exposed and more machinations like that virus...it's not sure it can repair them. This is concerning Eddie dies Venom dies and Eddie is stupidly foolish. Eddie talks to sick people, holds hands, comforts them.

It's foolish. They could die at any moment. They all could. Eddie sooner then most and it's host...

It's host. It's host has to be stronger. Memories filter through Eddie's sleeping subconscious mind. His mother Jaime comforting him, one hand on his head as he slept beside her watching TV. Anne, and he curled up like cats and now...

Eddie

It has total control over it's body. Far more then any human could imagine. Wrapped safe and snug inside of it, venom warms a sleeping Eddie Brock.

You cannot be so reckless. We're doing our part.

The village at night has gone suspiciously silent for awhile now. Venom wonders if anyone will notice.

Klyntar is their word for C A G E (Locked to Alex Price)

[Venom, body parts and blood dripping from it's fangs, paces slowly back home, nearly sated (never sated. That is the word. Never sated. Is this what addiction is? This crawling creeping need?

And if humans know, can they make it stop?)

Very rarely is Venom willing to totally cede control to Eddie but he can feel the human stir within him and hey yawns like a large cat as he passes the cotton candy creatures.]

Cotton Candy sheep.

[Heh.

...ssit mornin?]

Morning soon. The cotton candy sheep make him smile. He feels dazed and confused.

Can we have a cotton candy sheep? We would not eat it until it was good and ready and fat and tasty.

[Let's revisit this when you've had a chance to sleep.

The great black animal-like creature twitches.]

It's not morning yet! Not yet! We still have time!

[There's only a snarl from the creature as it pads along more houses. Walking, always walking.]

can_fight_ugly

WHO: Anne Weying and you!!
WHERE: Tubes and INN
WHEN: Tonight (11/23)
OPEN TO: OTA Inn, first prompt tag Tubes
WARNINGS: n/a, will add as applicable

Tubes

What had been just your basic weekend, chatting with your ex-fiancee before your current beau rolls up with coffee, somehow, in an instant, becomes a drowning nightmare come to life. There's an initial moment where Anne panics, but calms herself, pressing hands against the walls of the tube while she assesses her situation. There didn't seem to be any available air where she was located, which was a concern, but she did find a window into the room beyond that looked blessedly dry.

Her lungs start to burn, and there's an awareness that there was a finite amount of time available to figure a way out of this. One hand on the wall to brace, she takes the other and pounds the heel of her palm against the sides, trying to go for whatever will create the greatest volume of sound.

She pauses briefly to see if there's anyone in there, or if she's knocking to the void - and she does see movement. With that motivation, she knocks harder, incessant and pressing.

Inn

Freed from the tubes and escorted to the village, she claims a room in the Inn in order to change, then plants herself by the fire with a local wine and warm food. This has been a lot to take in, and she's letting all the information settle and process.

It's no small transformation, from an American metropolitan to some fantastical medieval village in a nameless world. This is never something she'd anticipated in her future plans, but then again recent events have already tempered her for the unpredictable.

She's open to conversation, eager for information and ready to meet her new neighbors.

sixthiteration

WHERE: Anywhere; multiple locations
WHEN: Apx. 19-27 November
OPEN TO: ALL - MINGLE
WARNINGS: Serious illness and reactions to such, snakes, hallucinations

IMPORTANT NOTES: This is the second of two mingles. Please see the timing and general event details here.

Not putting any mod top-levels in this one — Just make sure you label your own top-level clearly as to whether it's Expedition or Recovery, and as always, whether it is OTA or not!

Please keep in mind the established plot details, but creative license is welcome and encouraged as long as it doesn't step on toes.

sixthiteration

WHERE: Anywhere; multiple locations
WHEN: Apx. 13-18 November
OPEN TO: ALL - MINGLE
WARNINGS: Serious illness and reactions to such

IMPORTANT NOTES: This is the first of two mingles. Please see the timing and general event details here.

Illness Presents and Putting Heads Together will have their own top-levels in this post, but you may make separate top-levels for whatever you like! Anything is welcome, as long as it tangentially relates to the Worried/Sick plot.

Please keep in mind the established plot details, but creative license is welcome and encouraged as long as it doesn't step on toes.

Sixth Iteration

Logs

Entries tagged with marvel: eddie brock

Credits & Style Info

OTA

OTA: Trying to get back into the game (Feeling like you're losing the pieces)

(no subject)

[MINGLE] One-Man Show

And Through the Streets I have to Howl [OTA + Prompts for Wanda + 7]

OTA

closed to Venom

And way down we go (go go go)

[MINGLE] Christmas at Liv's

You owe us both so much more

Closed to Eddie, but visible to people in the Inn around lunchtime

It's time to come clean | reveal the truth

[Closed] Sunset Approaches

OTA; turned a whiter shade of pale

Locked

wasn't it going to be fun and wasn't it going to be new?

The Fountain

Village Walkabout

Cotton Candy Sheep

Tubes - Locked || Inn - OTA

[MINGLE] Worried/Sick 2: Snake Expedition & Recovery!

[MINGLE] Worried/Sick 1: Symptoms Manifest & Reaction