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[heiroglyphs]

VERA WEISZ

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TEXT → FAST-FORWARD TO FEB 13

[tarotcards]

[ On the morning of the 13th, one day before Valentine's Day, a sudden text message appears from a Souji Seta. Perhaps you've talked to him before. Perhaps you haven't. Perhaps you're wondering why the hell you are receiving a text at six in the morning but look, let's not sweat the small details. Pay attention to the larger ones, like the contents of this very important message: ]

Hello.

Through the tides of fate, you have been chosen to participate in this year's Valentine's Day event: Blind Dating. It is believed that no one should be alone for such an important day and as such, you have been paired up with another lonely soul.

Your match is with Noctis Caelum. Please contact them to plan out your date for tomorrow.

However, if you and your partner do not know what to do, there will be a booth in Recollé Square for the sole purpose of assisting unsure or confused participants of the event. There will be date suggestions, booklets of pick-up lines, and refreshments.

Happy Valentine's Day.

- Cupid

2/14 | action

[constellates]

[Valentine's Day is so very, very busy. Yet Anya is still happy to keep a skip in her step as she's running about. It's a little bit before blind dates have started that she's downtown by request of some others, but she's honestly a fairly easily distracted girl.

So at one crosswalk, she's pausing and breaking out into a smile as she waves.]

Vera? Is that you? Happy Valentine's Day!

[friendly isn't she]

[heiroglyphs]

Oh, hey there Anya. What are you doing here?

[Vera stands at the crosswalk, slipping her phone into a pocket on the inside of her jacket. No need for the distraction when someone who's actually pretty okay is talking to her?]

And, uh, happy Valentine's to you too.

misfire text, sometime in the past couple days idk

[twelfthspark]

I just put up a picture on my dorm room wall of that ginger you hooked up with to remind myself that everyone makes mistakes.

[heiroglyphs]

I did no such thing!

Facebook misfire

[longwei2go]

im not saying you need to wear apple bottom jeans for me
im saying if you did id have to spank it
so its all on you if you go through with it

[heiroglyphs]

The fuck does that even mean.
You're not going to spank me.
What the hell

3/25, noon-ish/early afternoon

[darkinferno]

[He sleeps in the morning after the party, just as one should after a good night. But once Dante's up and awake, he's following up on Vera, just like he said he would!]

hell of a night if you ask me

so tell me vera how'd your night go you're not waking up slumped over a toilet right? you definitely had a lot to drink

[heiroglyphs]

im going to die
img ong to die and you killed me

[Surprisingly, the tiny German girl can't handle her booze. At least her bedroom is dark.]

4/7

[darkinferno]

hey vera, it's been a while

you wanna do lunch today?

[heiroglyphs]

A little late to ask me out, don't you think Dante?
I happen to be taken. :) :) :)

[heiroglyphs]

You're such an ass. [She says with a giggle.]

Go make yourself useful and find us a table.

5/4ish

[twelfthspark]

Hey want to help me do something stupid

[heiroglyphs]

I don't know which is the bigger question
Whether you actually believe I would do anything stupid
Or why you want to do something stupid with me.

Text 5/15

[tokencanadian]

Hey

what are you up to?

Because I have literally nothing going on.

[heiroglyphs]

Hey :)
I'm just coming back from fencing practice.
Going to take a shower and hang out for the night.
Care to join me?

[darkinferno]

vera i've got a favor to ask and you're gonna hate it

i'm starting a fight practice so that people who keep getting weapons sent to them won't be stupid enough to stab themselves through with them and i need people who actually KNOW how to fight to teach them

will you help?

[heiroglyphs]

Wow Dante, I'm actually kind of touched.
You think I'm patient enough to be a teacher.

text, ~7/8

[twelfthspark]

Evening, Princess~ Did you get a bingo card?

[heiroglyphs]

Unfortunately. I'm guessing you did too?

[mercurio]

this is a serious survey that i'm running!
would you please answer YES or NO to the following question

Q: PROMPTO ARGENTUM IS KIDNAP MATERIAL

thank you for your time!

[heiroglyphs]

What???

8/24

[seeker]

Hey, Vera. It's um, it's Alison.

I wanted to check up on you. With everything that's been going on, I thought...

[There's a sigh. A pause.] I wanted to know if you were okay.

[heiroglyphs]

Alison?

[At first she sounds confused, genuinely not expecting to get this call-- or any call at all, really.]

Y-yeah, yeah. I'm okay. [She sounds exhausted. There's little life to her voice.]

Things are just... crazy. I'm so glad you're okay.[]

9/1

[darkinferno]

i called ari
i thought shed have worried becuase we wre all gone for three weeks

shes forgotten everything



even that wed started dating

[heiroglyphs]

[Oh no. Oh no no no.]

Shit. I'm so sorry Dante.
Are you okay?
Where are you?

9/7

[ladytakamaki]

Hey Vera!
You still down for that spa day?

[heiroglyphs]

Absolutely.
Stress has been killing me so I could definitely use some unwinding time.
I think a found a nice upscale place not too far from the university too.

9/19 misfire

[ladytakamaki]

I've been stressed lately...
I could use a cake run

[heiroglyphs]

Say no more. I'm in.

[TEXT] from "DJ"s number, 10/5

[longwei2go]

trick or treat

[ attached is a snippet of the piano beta track from months ago, cleaned of artifacts, tempo smoothed out, and with a heartfelt percussion accompaniment. there's some basic audio effects added for depth too but it's obviously an amateur production and far from complete. ]

[heiroglyphs]

Hey DJ, long time no see.

[Excuse her for a few minutes while she gives the track a listen, then a re-listen. It's far from perfect, but you can really feel the heart behind it.]

Wow, a present for me? I didn't know you were a drummer.

on vera's b-day

[sunnymerc]

[ No matter how their date ends, Vera gets an enormous bouquet of white roses and a box of fancy white chocolates delivered to her apartment.

The note along with the delivery says,

Bon anniversaire, mon papillon enneigé. I hope you are still interested in that drink.

without a name, because does she need to put it? Really? ]

[heiroglyphs]

[She's going to get a phone call immediately!!]

Soleil, you didn't need to do all of this for me! I can't believe you.

11/7

[fashioneebo]

[Vera will receive an invitation in the mail addressed to her! There's also a note for her.]

Vera,

I hope I can count on you to help style my hair for the ceremony? The suit's already accounted for, but I still need a little bit of decoration to complete it.

—Mikleo

[heiroglyphs]

Oh my god Mikleo!!!
This is the cutest thing.
I'm so happy for you two.
Who proposed to whom?
Also I will absolutely do your hair!
Let me know if there is anything else I can help with.

BACKDATED 11/06

[sunnymerc]

vera! check this out!

[Vera gets a bathroom selfie of Soleil standing in front of the mirror with a big dumb grin on her face. She is only in a pair of boxers and a sports bra looking as shredded as always, but ignore that and focus on the fact her hair is a pastel pink.]

[heiroglyphs]

[Yeah yeah she'll notice the hair in a minute, when she's done being lost in those abs. Seriously girl, what kind of workout do you even do to get a body like that?]

Oh wow. Did you dye your hair? It's not something I'd have expected, but it's really cute on you.

11/30

[lingeringwill]

hey

got a sec?

[heiroglyphs]

Yeah, sure.
What's up?

2/3 text

[recollecters]

[A text comes to you in the late afternoon of February 3rd. The sender's name has been encrypted and errors out and there are no signs of who the message belongs to. Clicking on the profile of this Retrospec user brings up a picture of the Retrospec symbol.]

How would you like to help us help you out? Your observation period's up and I want you on this particular assignment. You'll be fine, you're probably not going to die, and we'll be able to monitor you from here. We need help. You've got the skills needed even if you don't know it yet. I know it and that's what counts.

You'll be working with a group (wish I could give you the names, still putting the lists together), but your assignment partner is Soleil Beaufort. Should you choose to accept this assignment, you will need to meet at the Recollé Zoo and Aquarium and we'll go from there.

You'll be rewarded for your success, of course, but this is only if we have an agreement. Do we have an agreement?

[No other messages will be sent from this account at this time.]

[ooc: Hello! You've been sorted into group 4. Your event log will go up at 9pm EST along with all of the other logs. We encourage you to read the main event log as well for more information about your recruiter and this note. In the meantime, head over to this thread on the latest mod post and meet your teammates. Thank you!]

action, 2/1ish?!

[ladytakamaki]

[ and as promised, ann is knocking on vera's door at a reasonable time during the evening! she brought over some store-bought cupcakes, too. ]

Hey! It's Ann, I'm here!

[ she remembers vera saying the door was unlocked, so...she steps inside. where you at, girl? ]

[heiroglyphs]

[Vera pokes her head out of her bedroom in response to the door opening. She flashes a big grin at Ann before stepping out to greet her with a warm hug.]

There you are, so glad you could come by.

telepathic connection 2/15

[sunnymerc]

All I can do is hope for the best and pray that, if things go wrong, Vera forgives me.

[heiroglyphs]

Oh no... what did you do?

7/1

[argone]

[Well, she did say she was going to leave the window open. But Vera may or may not have had time to actually settle down before Kara's arrival. Whisking through the air with the aid of her powers and her ring she makes it from her shithole place into Vera's nice neighborhood in record time. She's rather amused that the neighbors probably wouldn't like her around if they could actually see her.

She doesn't knock, though. She just slips inside, hovering just on the sill of the large window, looking into the room, wearing a goofy grin.]

Well, I hope you're ready for that break.

[heiroglyphs]

[Vera is sitting at her desk, filling out some paper work and occasionally sipping at a mug of coffee. She doesn't look up until she hears Kara speak, only looking mildly surprised.]

You are something else, you know? Climbing into someone's window and asking them to stop working.