It could be at home. In the basement. Helen was in the tunnels. Maybe she likes it underground. No... no, that's the Buried. Other mazes. Remind me before you leave. We need to look up other mazes in the city and check them.
[He'll follow along easily with her where she directs as they walk. Though, he'll occasionally point off to the side somewhere and insist there's something he can see to investigate. Sometimes it might even be more than a hallucination. For the most part, though, he'll be easily distracted and redirected until they're walking along the tree-lined drive to Alessandro's house.]
There's a raven that's been following me. I don't think it's anything like a writing desk.
But Jon is pliant enough that he doesn't go scuttling off while they head back, and the few times he does try to walk off, Ava just kind of nudges him back along the path. It's like herding a goat with the attention span of a goldfish. ]
Okay, Alice, you're going just a little delusional on me. Nothing's following us. I wouldn't let it, I promise. Look, we're just about at your house.
[There is, in fact, a solitary raven in one of the trees near the house. Depending on how much Ava's paying attention to a black bird against a dark tree in the middle of the night, she might notice that's... odd. Also, it's a witch's familiar, if that might be something she'd sense.
Jon stumbles a little as they mount the porch steps and he goes to unlock the door.]
[ She doesn't notice it at first, not really, not until they get closer to the porch and the light turns on. Then she notices it a little, just hanging out. And she probably would shrug it off if Jon wasn't, you know, also being delusional about it.
So she gestures at it, getting close enough that most birds would fly off. ]
Shoo, get out of here.
[ And it doesn't. It crackles at her, and she frowns. ]
Uh. Yeah, why don't you make tea? I'm gonna... I'm gonna look at this for a second.
[ Except by the time she looks back, the raven is gone, and she hadn't even heard wings rustling. That's...spooky. ]
[Jon leaves her to chase the bird away and makes it to the kitchen. He starts by turning on the burner and then getting down the tea. What else does he need for this? There's something else. She'll find him staring intently at the stove top inside.]
You heat the tea up, but it's just going to burn... Cups! I need a cup.
[There's still an ingredient missing, but it escapes him in the moment.]
[ She follows him in not long after, closing and locking the door. Maybe she should talk to Alessandro about doing blood wards or something to keep people out of the house who shouldn't be there... But then, Jon just goes out and finds trouble on his own, doesn't he? It'd probably just be a lost cause. She'll still offer, she guesses.
Ava comes to the kitchen to find him just standing there, looking over the stove top. Gently, she reaches around him for the kettle and goes to fill it with water. She then returns it to the stove top. ]
[The kettle! Yes, yes, of course the kettle. He made tea this morning, didn't he? Yesterday morning... some morning.]
Just... Just give me a moment.
[Jon fetches down a pair of mugs and puts the teabags into them. One is definitely Martin's touch in the house as it's covered in gamboling kittens.]
You're the guest, Ava. Thank you for coming over. [He likes it when she's over.] We can talk more about the Spiral. It's the key to escape, I think. Or the Distortion, at the very least.
Edited (Phone, please do not autocorrect house to House...) Date: 2019-09-28 03:58 pm (UTC)
[ If he says so. He still doesn't look like he's totally got it covered. But she goes to sit at the table in the kitchen, watching him as he pulls down mugs. ]
Yeah, well...I'd rather be here than chasing you down outside at this hour.
[ At least Jon is relatively safe here? Maybe? The raven still bothers her. ]
And why do you think that? Because it has a door? Where does that door even lead, anyhow?
[She's got him through the most challenging part, at least. There's a few minutes to wait for the water to heat up.]
The door, yes. The door can lead anywhere. There's a whole other dimension inside. I mean, it's sort of the Spiral's stomach, but you can still get out if it lets you. Or if you figure it out. Helen Richardson figured it out once. That's how she was able to give a Statement.
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Date: 2019-09-23 08:36 pm (UTC)[Right.]
It could be at home. In the basement. Helen was in the tunnels. Maybe she likes it underground. No... no, that's the Buried. Other mazes. Remind me before you leave. We need to look up other mazes in the city and check them.
[He'll follow along easily with her where she directs as they walk. Though, he'll occasionally point off to the side somewhere and insist there's something he can see to investigate. Sometimes it might even be more than a hallucination. For the most part, though, he'll be easily distracted and redirected until they're walking along the tree-lined drive to Alessandro's house.]
There's a raven that's been following me. I don't think it's anything like a writing desk.
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Date: 2019-09-24 04:47 am (UTC)[ Maybe tomorrow. He really needs to rest.
But Jon is pliant enough that he doesn't go scuttling off while they head back, and the few times he does try to walk off, Ava just kind of nudges him back along the path. It's like herding a goat with the attention span of a goldfish. ]
Okay, Alice, you're going just a little delusional on me. Nothing's following us. I wouldn't let it, I promise. Look, we're just about at your house.
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Date: 2019-09-24 05:21 am (UTC)Jon stumbles a little as they mount the porch steps and he goes to unlock the door.]
Did you want tea? I can make tea.
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Date: 2019-09-25 11:32 pm (UTC)So she gestures at it, getting close enough that most birds would fly off. ]
Shoo, get out of here.
[ And it doesn't. It crackles at her, and she frowns. ]
Uh. Yeah, why don't you make tea? I'm gonna... I'm gonna look at this for a second.
[ Except by the time she looks back, the raven is gone, and she hadn't even heard wings rustling. That's...spooky. ]
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Date: 2019-09-26 12:19 am (UTC)You heat the tea up, but it's just going to burn... Cups! I need a cup.
[There's still an ingredient missing, but it escapes him in the moment.]
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Date: 2019-09-28 03:41 pm (UTC)Ava comes to the kitchen to find him just standing there, looking over the stove top. Gently, she reaches around him for the kettle and goes to fill it with water. She then returns it to the stove top. ]
Here. Why don't you sit?
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Date: 2019-09-28 03:53 pm (UTC)[The kettle! Yes, yes, of course the kettle. He made tea this morning, didn't he? Yesterday morning... some morning.]
Just... Just give me a moment.
[Jon fetches down a pair of mugs and puts the teabags into them. One is definitely Martin's touch in the house as it's covered in gamboling kittens.]
You're the guest, Ava. Thank you for coming over. [He likes it when she's over.] We can talk more about the Spiral. It's the key to escape, I think. Or the Distortion, at the very least.
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Date: 2019-09-30 01:35 am (UTC)Yeah, well...I'd rather be here than chasing you down outside at this hour.
[ At least Jon is relatively safe here? Maybe? The raven still bothers her. ]
And why do you think that? Because it has a door? Where does that door even lead, anyhow?
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Date: 2019-09-30 02:22 am (UTC)The door, yes. The door can lead anywhere. There's a whole other dimension inside. I mean, it's sort of the Spiral's stomach, but you can still get out if it lets you. Or if you figure it out. Helen Richardson figured it out once. That's how she was able to give a Statement.
And then Michael turned up an ate her...