victor & lily; spitalfields market
[Returned from his foray into the future, Victor was not settled. You see, mentally, he was feeling quite… unfit. He did not feel broken. Even being exposed to Vanessa's demonic truths, he did not feel broken. The very definition of broken, to Victor, meant something that could be repaired by those with the knowledge and tools to do so. But he, on his walk to the market, felt no kinship with such items that may be easily soldered or sewn by a craftsman.
There was no hesitation to his anxiety over the incident at the graveyard. Vanessa's words hung dark and true all around him, even in the daytime of his London. He knew too that Mina and Vanessa's suitor, Alexi, had heard Vanessa's words. Her words about dead women and water. Victor could not even hope for his memory to relay her words as accusations, for there was far too much truth hidden within. Truths that no one had the ability to know. Truths that made him cold despite the morphine as he walked many blocks in a coat of black worn thin to threads of grey around the elbows and forearms.
Now, there was this girl claiming to be his cousin, of which Victor knew that he had none. Or, he'd always supposed that to be the case. This girl, Lily, held the name of Frankenstein, and Victor assumed that would mean that she was of his father's blood. His father had never mentioned brothers, but his father had never been an overly talkative man. Victor had grown up very alone at the house in Geneva, so the prospect of family here in London was strange and not altogether welcome. He had too much work to accomplish, he could not afford distractions.
When the market was reached, Victor walked all along the street with his face turned upward to windowsills above. Finally, he saw the window with Lily's frock coat dangling obvious, as she'd promised it would be. Victor counted the windows and the floors before heading inside the structure. There were stairs and several doors, but he believed himself to have found the proper room before he set to knocking.]