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daybreakacademy2019-09-02 03:28 am
spelleton) wrote in daybreakacademy2019-09-02 03:28 am
[OPEN]
Who: Ekkehardt and anyone who wants to yell at him for being stupid open
When: September 3rd onwards
Where: Around campus
What: Ekkehardt returns from his post-mission two week break and settles back into being a fixture of the school.
Warnings: Uh, cigarettes in one prompt? Otherwise, shouldn't be any.
A. the doctor is in
[ Ekkehardt can be found at his usual desk in the infirmary, going through all the work that's piled up in his absence. Early on in the month, if he's not busy at his computer or shuffling files, he's meticulously picking glitter and confetti off his uniform.
No matter who catches his attention, his initial greeting is always the same: ]
Hello. Is there something I can help you with?
B. musical aptitude
[ Ekkehardt doesn't seem to really have visible hobbies in the way other people do. He spends much of his time at the infirmary, involved in paperwork, or otherwise preoccupied with something or other - always on his way to something, or from something.
This month, however, is different. Anyone passing by Daybreak's non-denominational chapel on certain days might be able to catch the sound of an organ being played with some proficiency. (It's impossible to play quietly on an organ. He doesn't try.)
There are stops and starts, but as Ekkehardt warms to the instrument again, those become less frequent. He runs through his memorised repertoire at first, and then picks up the sheet music.
It's a nice accompaniment to the cooling weather, at least if you like the sound of hymns. And if you want to step inside to listen - or even request something - he doesn't seem to mind. ]
C. old, bad habits
[ Very rarely, you can catch Ekkehardt at much higher parts of the school. Usually on a rooftop, but sometimes on an unoccupied balcony. The reason he's chosen such high, out of the way spots becomes clear if he's watched for any length of time - he's smoking cigarettes. He doesn't go through them very quickly, but by his distant expression, he appears to have something on his mind. ]
D. wildcard
[ Anything you want! Hit me up! ]
When: September 3rd onwards
Where: Around campus
What: Ekkehardt returns from his post-mission two week break and settles back into being a fixture of the school.
Warnings: Uh, cigarettes in one prompt? Otherwise, shouldn't be any.
A. the doctor is in
[ Ekkehardt can be found at his usual desk in the infirmary, going through all the work that's piled up in his absence. Early on in the month, if he's not busy at his computer or shuffling files, he's meticulously picking glitter and confetti off his uniform.
No matter who catches his attention, his initial greeting is always the same: ]
Hello. Is there something I can help you with?
B. musical aptitude
[ Ekkehardt doesn't seem to really have visible hobbies in the way other people do. He spends much of his time at the infirmary, involved in paperwork, or otherwise preoccupied with something or other - always on his way to something, or from something.
This month, however, is different. Anyone passing by Daybreak's non-denominational chapel on certain days might be able to catch the sound of an organ being played with some proficiency. (It's impossible to play quietly on an organ. He doesn't try.)
There are stops and starts, but as Ekkehardt warms to the instrument again, those become less frequent. He runs through his memorised repertoire at first, and then picks up the sheet music.
It's a nice accompaniment to the cooling weather, at least if you like the sound of hymns. And if you want to step inside to listen - or even request something - he doesn't seem to mind. ]
C. old, bad habits
[ Very rarely, you can catch Ekkehardt at much higher parts of the school. Usually on a rooftop, but sometimes on an unoccupied balcony. The reason he's chosen such high, out of the way spots becomes clear if he's watched for any length of time - he's smoking cigarettes. He doesn't go through them very quickly, but by his distant expression, he appears to have something on his mind. ]
D. wildcard
[ Anything you want! Hit me up! ]
no subject
Thank you.
[He does genuinely mean it. Trust for some does not come as easily as it may for others. And there is the inevitably of the question of why. Why did Ekkehardt die?
But he is not going to ask. It would be a lie to say Grimm did not want to know, but if Ekkehardt wished to speak of it then he would. Grimm will not force his hand.]
There is something quite good to come of this as well.
[Grimm's smile is close to a grin at this point.]
no subject
That never means anything good. ]
..might...that be.
no subject
It is...
[Grimm pauses for dramatic effect because of course he does.]
The fact you are stuck with me for all eternity, my friend. Ekkehardt Gehring, a wonderful, reckless friend. Terribly adorable crush and all.
[Because regardless of the fact that Ekkehardt was dead, he was still the same person as he ever was to Grimm.]
no subject
[ He lets himself be pulled around without resistance. The fact that he's not even remotely trying to reject it speaks volumes. ]
no subject
[There is a little less of a jokey tone in Grimm's voice, mostly because he did legitimately mean it. Love, even something as simple as a crush, was one of those things he believed in quite a bit.
The Troupe Master sets his sights on the sky above the pair of them.]
Ekkehardt Gehring and Alderic Lavoie. I do not believe in fate but I am happy such a meeting took place. Don't you?
no subject
[ That's as close to a yes as he's willing to say out loud. ]
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Then I hope it continues for a long time, even after everything has passed.
[What that "everything" encompasses...is an inevitability. A change to the cycle that Grimm knows is coming. Someone who will change Grimm's future.]
But no more blowing yourself up in the future. I do not begrudge you for making that choice...but I will also haunt you if you do again.
[And Ekkehardt probably would not be interested in Grimm popping up in his dreams to remind him of his terrible crush, now would he?]