[Open] Canon Update & Catch-all!

[bad_crowmance]

Who: Crow Armbrust and YOU!!
When: January 4th and thereafter
Where: Mirror House and around Aefenglom
What: Canon Update/Catchall
Warnings: Major spoilers from Trails of Cold Steel 3! Possible themes include death, betrayal, political unrest, mental manipulation, supernatural disasters... I'll update if needed!


I. Mirror House.

[ Crow did not, as a general rule, go to the Mirror House. That's not saying anything against it so much as he just preferred to look forward towards his life in Aefenglom with his friends rather than focusing too hard on a path with no future to it. Feelings get complicated and Crow is allergic to feelings, or at least he doesn't like having his on public display very often. But he'd gone to the mirror house today, almost as if he were compelled to. He didn't stop until he'd reached his own mirror, one that was familiar to him in more intimate ways than any other.

And then he touched it.

He wasn't aware a couple of his friends had been there-- or were perhaps with their own mirrors at this very moment. Either way, his experience was a little different than theirs. For one thing, they were catching up on a few short months-- Crow had nearly a year and a half all at once, flashing vividly behind his eyes in full detail. A life he hadn't expected to keep going, or rather-- to be brought back. Such as it is.

There are physical changes that come for him in a way that the others hadn't really gotten. A year and a half for Crow is enough to grow a little, to fill out just a bit more-- for his hair to grow in length, to become suddenly several shades paler. And at the end of it, Crow lets out a gasp as he finally--

He pulls his hand away from the mirror almost as if he'd been burned. But it only takes a moment of recovery before he's glancing around and then folding his hands behind his head. ]

Well, that's enough time reflecting on things. Heh...!

II. Aefenglom.

[ It's going to be pretty hard for Crow to hide that something's happened when you can take one look at him and tell just by the physical differences that something has. But this is Crow Armbrust and he's very willing to deflect as much as he has to. Of course, maybe you don't really know him-- maybe he doesn't have anything at all to explain. He's more than fine with that, he doesn't really want to talk about it anyway.

After his adventures in the mirror house, you might find Crow eating in a nice spot at a local café, a nice cup of hot chocolate in hand. Or you could find him by the docks, chatting with some of the workers there or else just looking out at the water for a brief moment before moving on. You might even find him wandering around the shopping district, looking for all the world like any other person out to buy whatever it is that's caught their interest. Either way, if you look like you want to talk to him, he'll lift his hand and grin. ]

Hey, what's up?

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[bad_crowmance]

[ Crow nods in confirmation. ]

Yeah, that's me. And you're Zack, if I remember correctly.

[ It'd been a while since the party and a large heaping of memories have happened between now and then, but he's fairly confident he's got that right. ]

It's not bad. Just making some plans later this evening with the guys here.

[ Crow regularly gambles with the dock workers. It's how he makes his money. Don't judge him. ]

How 'bout you?

[activatingcombatmode]

[Don't worry, he'd be the last person to judge.]

Yeah! Sharp memory.

[He grins and nods, his wings flapping a little with the motion before tucking back against his back.]

Besides dealing with all the cwyld, snow and blizzards, not half bad. I hope you didn't get caught in the cold like half of us did.

[bad_crowmance]

[ Crow winks at Zack. ]

My memory's usually pretty good.

[ Ignore the huge asterisk next to that statement. It's fine. ]

And nah, we all ended up locked in our house together. With uh, a few extra people. But man, am I glad that's over. I hate the cold!

[ Not that it isn't still cold, but snow man. Snow. ]

[activatingcombatmode]

[Zack grins warmly.]

Better to be with people you like than stuck out somewhere alone, huh?

[The snow! Sucks!]

Luckily it doesn't seem like anyone got hurt. I was one of the people out trying to clear the snow.

[bad_crowmance]

Oh were you? Nice job, then.

[ There was so much snow. So much of it. ]

But yeah, I liked spending the time with my friends. I'm just more a fan when there's a choice to it.

[activatingcombatmode]

Yeah, really.

[Speaking of friends...]

By the way, how's Elliot been doing?

[Does Crow know about the seed-thing in his arm...?]

[bad_crowmance]

He's been doing pretty good! Taking it easy while he's been sick, you know how that goes.

[ Crow absolutely knows but he has no intention of letting it on. ]

[activatingcombatmode]

[Zack has no idea if it's a big secret to be kept or not. But he nods.]

He helped me out a few weeks ago with a wound I got in the wilde. He's gotten better at dealing with wounds infected with cwyld. I hope he's doing okay.