( i. late shift at the Raven )

( ii. out for a run )

( iii. out for blood )



[ooc; tl;dr OPEN ACTION, he'll be getting progressively more violent and bloodthirsty... literally... although he isn't actually gone all vampy-- just cursed, so not contagious. Please let me know if you're character is up for injury and/or death; otherwise feel free to make a successful escape. PM &c with any questions! <3

today is NYCC so all tags will likely be later / tomorrow, sorry kittens <3 I backtag forever.]

My, my~ What a gruesome day. I've had to stop several people from cutting off pieces of loved ones. Naturally, you are free to do as you like but getting blood off my floors is so difficult. I would really prefer not to have to do that.

Anyway~

[He smiles then looks off to the side with a sigh.] One moment please.

[He vanishes from sight and when he reappears again, he has someone slung over his shoulder, completely out like a light.]

New rule. Anyone who attacks my staff will be tied up until the urge to cut them up goes away. Thank you, darlings.

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There was a man, a mad doctor, in London who was fond of collecting the eyes of young women and preserving them in jars.

Perhaps he did mean to use those eyes at the end as part of an arcane black magic ritual.

And yet, all the same--

I never in all my life thought that I would come to understand him so well as I do now.

~C.

[ooc: So very cursed, but trying to resist. After all, his brother's the mad doctor's motivations were quite different from what he believes are his own now.]

[Alexis is standing there with a cup of tea, looking out over the City. It seems he positioned his device somewhere to capture him looking just like this. There is a small smile on his lips as he lifts his cup to his lips for a sip before speaking.]

The real tragedy here is that I desire a piece of someone but that person is not available to me. I have considered finding a way but I suppose that is best left for another day and another time.

[He slides his dark gaze over to the device then turns to walk toward it.]

Eyes, hair, skin, teeth... Is there anything one would not take from someone in the very end? I would enjoy hearing your thoughts on that actually.

[He sets the cup down, lifts the device up.]

Enjoy your day.

[The connection ends.]

[ today has chakotay not yet asleep. this is hardly much of a surprise considering what's been going on lately. it isn't affecting him as badly as some people, but the way everyone's been reacting to it is definitely setting his nerves on edge. so that's why he's decided to make this hopefully encouraging transmission. ]

I know a lot has been happening lately. It seems like most of the City is cursed or seeing things that otherwise might not be real. I know it seems difficult. But we'll get through this. If [ his understanding of ancient earth culture ] memory serves and this place follows some of the rules, this sort of thing shouldn't last much longer. All we need to do is--

[ guess who just walked out of his room and into the apartment's living room to see... his captain... reading a physics book. ]

...Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't you have a doctorate in quantum physics?

Quantum Cosmology, but it's all relatively within the same field. [ people familiar with her will recognize the voice of kathryn janeway. ]

Then why are you reading a physics book?

I'm not. I'm correcting it. [ they can't see it, but she's holding up a red marker she's been going to town with on the poor outdated textbook. ] The science of the time is, well... painfully behind.

[ well that's new. ] I guess there are worse ways to spend your time.

I thought about trying out a few recipes, but suspected there might be a round of protests.

Only a few, I would think. If you feel like entertaining me with how you've corrected your physics book, I'll make dinner. [ if you people listening think he's grinning, he totally is. his voice is entirely amused. ]

You always make dinner.

[ he chuckles in amusement at that. ] Let me finish this and we can argue about dinner.

[ all he receives in response to that is a warm laugh, because they both know if there's an argument to be had, she'll emerge the victor. in return, he turns back to his communication to finish it. ]

As I was saying, I believe we can all make it through whatever curse is happening this month. We just need to do it together. Find people you can trust or whose company you enjoy and talk about the good things you can remember. We'll make it through this. Just keep that in mind.

[ and that's it. he's turning off the phone so he can "argue" with kathryn about dinner and her book. ]