A casual morning with the Solace Family!
(RU Sebastian didn't wake up, he wasn't asleep... He was already awake. He was busy cooking breakfast for his children, making sure April's' share was liquidified, as she has trouble with most solids she couldn't suck on, he didn't make anything for himself.. he had already eaten an hour ago, he wasn't hungry. He simply boiled some water for himself and made a cup of coffee. Once the table was set and his coffee was finished, he went to wake up Damien and April. He lifted April from her crib in his arms, and she stirred. Then he went to Damiens' bed and gently shook his shoulder.)
RU Sebastian: "Rise and shine, son..."
Damien: "Hmm? Oh... Yeah... Mornin' Dad." (Damien stretches before getting up, putting on his jacket and making his way to the table.) "Thanks for making breakfast..."
(April excitedly babbled as she drank out of her bottle. RU Sebastian sat with them, book in hand and drank his coffee. The intercoms throughout the Blacksite buzzed to life.)
Intercom: "Good morning, Denizens of the Hadal Blacksite! Hope you all had a great rest!.... Updates: Olive Branch intends on making printed phone books for anyone who needs them so one doesn't have to wander just to look at the damn guide! The vent ways in corridor 25 are now safe for transport... Turns out there was no hostile inside, only a void mass collecting rocks... It's docile. The DiVINEs seem to be growing fruit now... Not recommended you eat it, but apparently it leaves a psychedelic effect... Don't eat it... Unless that's what you want... But personally, don't. However, if you feed Chainsmoker one of those fruits, it makes its smoke blue! Pretty cool, huh? Anyways... Chloe's clothing shop has new fabric for new clothes... So if you want a new style, hurry there! It's in corridor 36...."
(RU Sebastian listens to the broadcast nodding along. Damien and April continued eating.)
RU Sebastian: "....'Bout time they began making guides for the phones people can carry around.... Anyway, Any plans today, you two?"
Damien: "I was thinking of seeing my friends today... Or probably doing more exploration!"
April: "Uhm... Can I stay with you today, daddy?"
RU Sebastian: "Of course, sweetheart... (Looks at Damien) Sam is paying me a visit today... Should be here shortly... He found a typewriter but can't use it so he's asking ME to test it out and see if it works."
Damien: "You know how to work a typewriter?"
RU Sebastian: "My grandfather had one....and I learned how to use it."
Damien: "Oh... That's cool!... Maybe I could stay a bit and watch!"
RU Sebastian: "If that's what you want to do, Damien. Hey, You could even learn how to use it yourself... Just like dear old Dad, huh?"
Damien: "Nice!... Just like dear old Dad! (Damien and RU Sebastian share a chuckle before settling into a comfortable silence.) Hey Dad... Think you could've made novels or something? You like to write a lot..."
RU Sebastian: "(thinks for a moment) well... It was a dream I had when I was a boy.... I wanted to be an author... Then a journalist.... Then a reporter... Someone who could share news with others. I liked writing a LOT back then... My desk in my bedroom when I was young was stuffed with stuff I wrote.... Back then, you could ask me to write whatever... A story, a letter, an update on a current event... Stuff like that. "
RU Sebastian: "(Nods) I mean, I kind of was in my first year in the army... I would help with writing reports and updates- and I wrote my grandfather many many letters... (He sighs and shakes his head) But y'know how life can be, don't you son? Things change."
Damien: "Yeah... Yeah the do... Do you still write as often down here?"
RU Sebastian: "In my personal journal... But not as often as I used to in my teen years."
Damien: "I still have the letter you wrote to me before I came down here... It took me a while to realize you wrote that... you're very... good with your words when it comes to writing them down, Dad. It felt like you poured your heart out into those words. I'd pay to read one of your journals from your younger years..."
RU Sebastian: "You would?"
Damien: "Yeah, I would. Mom even said you wrote her love letters..."
RU Sebastian: "Oh... Well... Y'know.... It was just my way of showing my love to her..."
April: (Continues drinking her breakfast as she babbles excitedly about spending the day with Dad.)
(RU Sebastian smiles and nods at April as he sips his coffee, Damien finally finishes eating and goes to wash his plate... This was how the day began with the Solace Family, listening to the intercom, eating breakfast and talking about their plans. Something simple but it kept them grounded despite their reality.)
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Context to that aforementioned letter Damien mentioned.
Before Damien was sent down to the Blacksite, he was given a backpack full of essentials, Sam snuck a letter That RU Sebastian wrote for him into that backpack.
RU Sebastian wrote that letter not intending to give it to Damien, it was just him pouring his emotions on paper... But Sam found it, saw it was addressed to Damien, and took it... RU Sebastian wasn't happy about that, as his letters are his words at their most vulnerable, but he figured if anyone could see that side of him... It was his son.
It took Damien some time to reach door 50 where RU Sebastian was... But as he explored, he took little breaks and found the letter in his backpack... It wasn't signed, but he read it anyway. Damien found himself tearing up at the letters words and he kept it with him.
It took Damien a while (like a few weeks) after meeting RU Sebastian to realize RU Sebastian wrote that letter, and when he finally realized it... He ran and hugged his father. That letter was RU Sebastian at his most vulnerable, more vulnerable than when he sobbed to Damien when he revealed he was the boy's father. That letter held fourteen years of longing within the ink.
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Anyways, that's all for this post, hope you enjoyed it!!!
