[Cypher likely heard the clatter and bounded out to see what was the matter. The commotion gets the attention of Cypher's Sleeper, who awakens and shuffles to the front room.]

[Which is when Wesker finds the packages under the evergreen he'd set up in one corner of the porch room. The note brings a smirk to his lips and he knows he has to raise the bar a little on the gift he had in mind.]

[A few days later, Maul might hear some scratching about on his roof, before he finds some peculiar art and an ornate bottle of some of the local mushroom wine, along with a note.]

An elixir worthy of a living god. And this time next year, may we still be here, despite our enemies' best efforts to force a quietus upon us.