Matters of the lost

[Alicia Silvers]

Having cleaned up and prepared her haven for the visit of her cousin, removing many of the more personal details she kept around to make it appear more elegant with lack of her personality. But opting to leave the myriad of post-it notes stuck on doors, and passage ways everywhere each with one sentence written in Sanskrit, Sumerian and Akkadian in the same order, granted each of them meaning very little and only being there to help force her to practice. Perhaps it was a tad cruel of a trick to play but the opportunity were to golden to ignore with the potential price one she would not mind paying. And making sure her more scientific equipment were behind a locked door.

Arranging the two leather recliners close to the couch, wanting to give her cousin the chance to lay down if needed, her behavior as of late really not leaving much confidence that Ms.Clarke would be able to keep perfectly calm and as such options were there. Placing one pillow upon the recliner for her cousin, along with one on the couch, would she need to hug them to get through every question so well not a good look but at least only on display for family.

A single blue rose with coriander tied around its stem placed on the table for her cousin, looking down over her outfit chosen to give the woman a sense of ease. Not wanting to risk creating a pressuring sensation for someone that was already showing signs of breaking down.

Lastly moving over to begin and brew herself a cup of tea whilst waiting for her cousin to arrive, ready to open the door and let her in.

[Seryna]

The Daeva, Stacey Clarke, arrived at the appointed time. She wore a rose gold calf length dress, a more casual dress than she was seen wearing to Court. Her blonde hair seemed to lost its' sheen, although that should be impossible. Her makeup was minimal with grey eyeshadow to draw out her pretty blue eyes and peach lipstick to highlight her creamy warm complexion. The Daeva was Blushed, false life giving her the appearance of a living woman.

The Daeva took in the rose, whose color indicated trust, peace, freedom and intuition. She looks at the flower askance for a moment before focusing her attention on Alicia.

As the Daeva was unsure if this was a safe place to speak, or if proper respects would risk the Masquerade, she waits for Alicia to indicate the level of security. She would walk in and sit down if invited. Her demeanor was reserved and withdrawn. Her usual behavior is severely altered.

[Alicia Silvers]

Letting her cousin in and making sure to lock the door behind her.

Taking her small steel cup of tea with gently wrapped hands whilst ignoring the askance look to the flower, the meaning of their combination not one she guessed her cousin would be able to understand not having all the information at hand.

Gesturing towards the couch along with the recliner set out for her.
"Feel free to sit cousin, and I will assume you do not have a phone with Bluetooth or location services turned on." Pressing a button on her aroma therapy machine to let the sweet, musky and herbaceous fragrance of clary sage begin to fill the room before seating herself down in the recliner designated for her. "We are not in a formal setting, be yourself we have a lot of things to go through and I reckon it wont be comfortable, if you need a moment to think before answering take it. Any missed detail will potentially be a hindrance when looking into this." Taking a whiff of her tea, setting it down and grabbing a notepad in her right hand along with a pen in her left. "Before we begin do you have anything you want to bring up or need to talk about? Otherwise begin with telling me about the month before their disappearance." Leaving a moment of breathing room for her cousin to think before going on. "Anyone new around them, strange texts, changed behavior, words of something worth noting, the sensation from either of them or you to feel watched, hanging around new areas that had previously been avoided, any changes worth noting?"

[Seryna]

"Why does a Bluetooth device matter?" Ms. Clarke wondered.
She looked up from her seat.

"Anything to talk about?
Nobody has talked to me about anything for quite some time." This was delivered in a flat tone. No emotion.
"What do you want to know in regards to a month before their disappearance? That is a lot of time.

The only thing that was new is that my coterie mate, Mr. Jake, alerted the Reeve at the time, Ms. Kingsley, about the people looking for Kindred on the street. She has not been to Formal Court in so long, that she has lost Acknowledgement.
As I told you before, we lost our Haven. We have been staying in hotels.
We hallowed out a hidden place to rest during the day.
We used two suites as storage and a place to dress."