Evangeline meets Alicia

"Purchase all the mechanical devices you need in your everyday
life, at Ms Evangeline Hyde's Automated Emporium!" A harrowed voice calls
out from the street in front of the society. The voice is hoarse and desperate,
loaded with so much well practiced cheer and salesmanly charm as to almost
counteract that tiredness.
A small, dirty canvas sign is hung up over a table, proudly designating
this "Ms Evangeline Hyde's Automated Emporium." Not that it seems
much of an emporium. A grubby table, littered with small robotic trinkets,
tools and toys, stood over by an exhausted looking woman. She's smiling
broadly, but her eyes look weary and darkened, her hair tangled, and the hem of
her skirt muddied and filthy. There's some money on her table, but not a lot,
and no wonder. If it weren't for the table and the trinkets, she wouldn't have
looked much more than an ordinary beggar.
Alicia
Ghast: *Alicia had been taking a walk
when she heard shouting. Ms Evangeline Hyde's Automated Emporium? Interesting.
She decided to take a look*
Ms. Evangeline
Hyde:  Hello
miss! Can I interest you in a mechanical trinket? The prices are labelled as
you can see, feel free to take a look!
* On the table there is a small array of little machines. In one corner, a
small metal frog hops into the air over and over, and in another, metal hands
grip around a teapot, pouring into a cup. There's a few other things, but most
of them seem pretty pedestrian, except for the life-sized, beating metal heart
stashed under the table.*
Alicia
Ghast:  *smiles,
walking over to the frog* I love frogs, they're so cute! *she looked at the
sign again, thinking*
Ms. Evangeline
Hyde:  Why
thank you! *She watches you nervously.*
Alicia
Ghast:  Hyde...?
*frowns faintly*
Ms. Evangeline
Hyde:  Uh,
yes. *She gives you an odd look.*
Alicia
Ghast:  That's...
interesting.
Ms. Evangeline
Hyde:  What
is?
Alicia
Ghast:  Your
name...
Ms. Evangeline
Hyde:  What's
so interesting about it?
Alicia
Ghast:  Did
you know Edward Hyde is a serial killer...?
Ms. Evangeline
Hyde:  Well,
yes. But Hyde's not that uncommon of a last name. I'm pretty sure there's no
relation.
Alicia
Ghast:  It's
not? I've never heard it anywhere else. That's cool!
Ms. Evangeline
Hyde:  *She
looks away and mutters* "Cool" didn't earn me any favours with the
metalworkers....
Alicia
Ghast:  Hm?
*frowns, looking at her*
Ms. Evangeline
Hyde:  Oh,
it's nothing. I just. There was this group of people that I worked with. They
helped fund my projects, helped me sell things. But they kicked me out. Uh...
*She quiets down towards the end, realising she's probably said too much to a
complete stranger.*
Alicia
Ghast:  *she
listened, blinking when she stopped* that's rude!
Ms. Evangeline
Hyde:  They
didn't really approve of what I was using their funding for. It's not their
fault.
Alicia
Ghast:  Oh...
== Obtained From ==
Ms. Evangeline's Emporium