Raven's Stash of Resident Evil x Reader Things

With a Reader Who's Never Seen Without a Gas Mask

(Gender ambiguous). 

Includes: Mother Miranda (Village), Alcina Dimitrescu (Village).

Warnings: n/a

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Mother Miranda:

- Generally speaking, Miranda hates not knowing things. Unanswered questions? They won't be unanswered after she sets her sights on them. You are one of few exceptions.

- Don't think she's never tried to ask anything, though.

- "Why do you wear that thing?"

- "Why do you wear that?" you countered, pointing at her bird mask.

- ...Because it looks pleasing with her robes and adds to her bird aesthetic.

- Miranda wasn't going to say that, though. All you received in response was a stare that would make most villagers quiver in fear. So... touché. After that, for the most part, she doesn't ask you something more than once.

- How do you manage to eat right in front of her without removing your mask? Miranda will just have to theorize.

- What does your face look like? She'll have to give her imagination the exercise it never gets.

- "Why do you insist on wearing that mask?" Miranda asks again one day while you're walking beside her.

- "There's something wrong with me," you answer vaguely. And you don't say anything more.

- Months after that interaction, you enter Miranda's lab like you would any other day.

- She looks up briefly, returning your greeting. Emphasis on brief. She doesn't notice that the straps of your mask are missing from the back of your head.

- "I brought you coffee," you tell her, setting a mug down in front of her. But also away from her important papers and equipment, of course.

- The fact that your voice is significantly clearer ought to be a better indicator that something is different, but Miranda is so engrossed in her work that the difference doesn't process.

- "Thank you, darling."

- You continue to linger.

- "Is there something you need?" She picks up the coffee, then tips her head up to look at you properly.

- Now, Miranda carries herself with poise (sans that one time you got her to dance with you) (and also when you first started initiating physical affection with her) so she doesn't spill hot coffee into her lap upon managing to miss her mouth, but she gets closer to doing that than she has in a long, long time.

- Not only can Miranda actually see your face, but your face is one that's utterly striking. She's intent on taking in every aspect of it.

- "The straps broke." You hold up your mask, seeming uncharacteristically nervous. "Do you know where I can find something to fix it with?"

- Miranda doesn't say much of anything while the straps are being repaired, but she's certainly going to bring up the incident again later.

Alcina Dimitrescu:

- Did Alcina ask you to take off your gas mask not long (aka almost immediately) after first meeting you?

- Yes, she did.

- Did her tone make it seem more like a demand than a request?

- Yes, it did.

- Did the way you flatly declined sort of surprise her?

- Also yes.

- Early on, it drove Alcina nuts that you always have the thing on.

- But since you mean so much to her, she just comes to accept it.

- Further fueling that is your insistence that you need to wear it.

- Alcina's offered more than once to get you a nicer gas mask but you've never accepted.

- She semi-frequently buys filters for you even though you can definitely afford them with your own Lei.

- One day, Bela finds your mask draped over the helmet of one of the suits of armor. She presents it to her mother simply because she runs into her first.

- Your gas mask and no you nearby worries Alcina. You sleep with it on. She, your partner, has never seen even a glimpse of what lies beneath it. Something must have happened to you for it to be left in such a random spot.

- Before Alcina even gets the chance to finish telling Bela to start looking for you, footsteps begin approaching.

- She turns around.

- Surprise crosses her features for only a second, but the sight of your face is something that she instantly wants to try and commit to memory. You're absolutely stunning.

- "Alci, one of the maids stole my mask. I don't—"

- "It's right here, dragostea mea."

- Please say that you know the name of the maid so she can be... taken care of.