forum Out in Space (classic lit and sci fi!) (CLOSED, stalkers welcome)

Started August 14, 2020 by @ElderGod-Icefire

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(ahsgsg I believe it's breakfast??)
(And Starlight, you can bring Eden back now or later, it's completely up to you :)

(Gonna do it sooner because I want to add some angst.)

Suddenly there was a loud knock at the door, and a similarly loud sniffle. Eden sat outside on the front steps, whimpering a little as they tried to hold back the tears. They and Victor… they’d had an argument, and it went badly, and now Victor had kicked them out of his life and this was the only place they knew to go.

Victor descended the staircase and took a seat at the dining table.
"So what are we to do?" he asked. "About the Clay Man, I mean. Personally I'm inclined towards research. Espionage, as fascinating as it is, is not exactly my strong suit."
He was many things, but certainly not a good liar. He wondered if that was why he tended to distance himself, to run away from his mistakes as opposed to staying behind. To run instead of facing the music, the disappointment he'd no doubt receive should anyone find out.
To run away from his friends and family instead of going back to them and pretending nothing was wrong.

Mina’s head snapped to the loud knock, and she rushed from the kitchen to open the door.
“Eden!” she gasped. “You’re back. Are you alright? Did something happen?”
She moved out of the way to let them in.

“Victor left me. He doesn’t want me anymore, he…” they walked inside and hung their head, moving to sit down in the kitchen.
“Well, we had an argument. He’s clearly not over… I am afraid I can’t talk about this at the moment.” Eden sniffled again, tears beginning to fall down their scarred face.

Sherlock looked worried, but had absolutely no idea what to say to Eden to make any of this better. They weren't good at comforting people in general, especially not people they didn't know well. "I'm sorry." They said to Eden, slowly, looking helplessly around.

Alek bit his lip faintly, coming over to Eden, but not speaking. He didn't know what to say, really. "That doesn't sound… pleasant." He said slowly.

Hurricane, out of boredom and not wanting to deal with the giant crying stranger, walked over to the bedrooms to find theirs and go lie down. They were tired, and they needed to talk to Sora. The only way of accomplishing that not-so-insignificant feat was sleep, during waking hours Sora could only watch on in horror at Hurricane’s actions, and vice versa.

She sighed, shaking her head with pity. “I’m really sorry about that. Do you need me to get you anything?”
She followed them back into the kitchen, taking note of the new Victor’s presence, but keeping her focus on the weeping being.

“I… thank you. Victor is difficult on his good days, worse on his bad ones. Maybe… maybe it was for the best he left. He doesn’t need a useless monster like me.” Eden huffed, slumping in their too-small chair. “And no, I’m fine.”

Victor heard a commotion from the doorway and turned his head to it. Mina was leading someone in, someone tall and muscular.
The corpse.
Victor stood up swiftly, the motion knocking his chair over. His heart pounded in his chest as he forced himself to look the being in the eyes, and suddenly he was back in that shed on Enna, looking down at the scarred, decomposed face of Professor Krempe's brother. He suddenly felt dizzy, his fingers numb, and heard someone–probably himself, but it felt too distant to tell–softly say "I'm sorry, I think I may-" before his eyes rolled back in his head and he passed out.

“Oh!” Eden’s tears immediately stopped at the stranger’s fainting. “I’ll move him to the couch,” they said, brushing Hurricane’s belongings off and then moving back to the kitchen to lay the other Victor out on the couch with gentle strength, placing a blanket over him. “I wonder what that was all about. Does he have a weak immune system?”

(Wouldn't be Frankenstein without someone losing consciousness, F in chat ig)

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Sherlock blinked faintly. "Oh, Eden this is…Victor." they said slowly, reflecting on the fact that there were now two Victors for Eden to deal with.

She nodded and went to sit with Jonathan, who gave Eden a sympathetic glance. Then she shot back up again as the new Victor collapsed onto the floor. She relaxed as Eden volunteered to handle it, saying, “What… happened?”

Victor came to on the couch, his fingers still cold and numb.
"D-dreadfully sorry about that-" he began, and then noticed the being standing next to him. He jerked away from them swiftly, nearly falling from the couch.
"Did you help me?" he asked, cocking his head slightly.

“Yes, I… is there something on my face? Victor did give me a nasty slap, but I doubt it would have left a mark. He has weak hands. My Victor, I mean, not you.” Eden offered.

Sherlock stepped back to give Victor some space, looking around the group for a moment and running their fingers through their hair. Was this their whole group? They hoped no one else was going to arrive; they had plenty already.

Mina cocked her head at Victor. “I don’t mean to be blunt, but are you afraid of Eden?”
She could understand being anxious due to the being’s appearance, but blacking out? Seemed a little overreactive.

When Eden showed back up, Lo had to take a moment to very seriously debate whether going after Victor would be beneficial or not. She desperately wanted to break his nose. Old man or not, people like him didn't deserve people like Eden. But they also didn't deserve the effort Lo would have to put into going after him, so instead, she followed the procession, waving at Eden.

"This Victor, no offense dear, is much sweeter than yours. I'm already calling him my friend. That is-" She turned to Victor, smiling pleasantly. Still, something lurked under the surface, like she wouldn't hesitate to take that claim back if she needed to. "-if you're not going to be weird about my other friend." Careful not to refer to Eden by name, seeing as how uncomfortable that had made them, she gestured to them instead. She had to allow herself a moment of amusement, seeing as both her and Mina had apparently decided that Eden deserved a sort of protection squad. Not from physical threats, of course. Just from people being people.