(catchall / open)

[paraselenes]

WHO: dimitri & others
WHERE: misc.
WHEN: november!
WHAT: event stuff, etc! feel free to ask me for a starter over at my plotting comment, or just wildcard me whatever, i love wildcards
WARNINGS: will update as necessary

November Event & Tasks outside catch-all

• w/Childe
  
• w/Augustine
  
• w/Lottie
  
• w/Felix
  
• w/Fukawa
  
• w/Joonghyuk
  
• w/D

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[dissonyance]

Hm, I see.

[ interesting. he could see the allure of not wanting to head into the more technologically advanced places if they weren't familiar to them--- after all, leaks avoided it because of that. the lights, the sounds... mirth feels dangerous to him because of those kinds of temptations. he is still an austere and simple cat despite his love for magic. ]

I have seen that building. I cannot understand how one can be so tall and hold so many and not fail in some way.

[ not that he wants to, because it also keeps them from impeding on his self-claimed territory. ]

The way you describe your issue... you make it sound like you are cursed.

[paraselenes]

[ While he would never claim the wild woods as a safe place, the quietude and relative simplicity of it puts him more at-ease than the bustling cityscape.

It would be a lonesome place if not for all the other people living in Sooyoung's building, though. So he appreciates that much, even if that means he has to stare at the ground to get home this entire month. ]

A great deal of this place is a marvel of construction, yes. [ he lived in a castle, with all its tall spires and walls, but it's not the same as an apartment building. to someone uninitiated, they seem just as grand. ] But there are a great many unexplained afflictions here as well. You may be right—perhaps it's more magical than physical.

[ And it tracks that he'd get cursed, somehow. ]

I wonder if the underworld means to punish us through curses. I would expect as much in a purgatory like this.

[dissonyance]

[ whatever lurks in the shadows of the trees and nestles itself within the foliage should be more worried about being found by this catte, who will not show mercy if he's interrupted. interrupted doing what? anything. he doesn't fear death. why would he fear a little monster?

leaks simply nods at dimitri's words about the city. about the architecture, about its design. the apartment building is something he'd love to tackle himself one day. maybe... maybe when he's a little more used to being around others in general, he wouldn't mind living in a confined space.

jk, thinking about that already makes him feel claustrophobic. ]

It would seem to be. You do not look to be the worse for wear.

[ and then he shakes his head. ]

A curse is not a punishment. Look at it as a way to guide yourself in a way that you may not have thought of. After all, you are able to communicate. You can walk, you can breathe. Whatever curse you have encountered, I do not see anything out of the ordinary.

[ just be an optimist. ]

[paraselenes]

[ An optimist... it's not in his nature. Even before the Tragedy had happened, he'd had tempered expectations.

But it's true that there's worse out there. And maybe thinking that makes him careless, because then he lifts his head to look too straight ahead, and he sees it—a copse of trees over Leaks's shoulder. In the boughs, there's a skeleton, its neck crooked where it's held dangling by noose, swaying in the breeze.

Somehow, it seems to smile without a face or lips when Dimitri spots it, rattling its bones in a strange dance, a mix of the frantic motions of someone swaying by their neck and a strangely jaunty dance. And he freezes at the sight—there's a few seconds where he watches, unblinking, every muscle seized tense and unable to even twitch, paralyzed.



And then he suddenly relaxes, shutting his eyes with a sigh. ]

...Right. [ SO ANYWAY, ] I suppose I should think of it as an opportunity. [ He doesn't sound enthused about this. ] I wish I knew what caused it though—do curses just... happen?

[ Aren't they usually cast out of spite or something? ]

[dissonyance]

[ he watches dimitri's eyes, and soon as he does... is there a reflection of something in them? he swears he could see some kind of movement, but perhaps it's just the man focusing on something that he can't see himself. or it's a trick of the light? some kind of phantom that perhaps... mmm. leaks can't say or not. he's not going to assume. if anything it only lends credence to the fact that dimitri is seeing a figure that he doesn't. that's all.

and besides, he doesn't get the sense that dimitri is a liar. there are far more malicious and nefarious beings out there, surely, so even if this had been all in jest... ]

They can. Perhaps you have touched something that you should have not? There are ways to pass on curses through inanimate objects. That may be a place to start.

[ whether it's true or not in his case? shrug. ]

It could have been a way to safeguard a precious thing.

[ leaks turns to look at the trees. whatever they've done to dimitri... well, maybe it's even better that he's made his home here. ]

[paraselenes]

[ He shakes off the brief fit of paralysis quickly enough, slightly disturbed but focused on listening to Leaks's ideas instead. A mage would know more about such things than he does, and he nods. ]

All sensible possibilities.

[ He'd have to rethink through what he might've touched or threatened recently... in the meantime, he sets aside his conjecturing for a moment in an effort to scavenge at politeness. ]

Pardon, I've complained to you this long without even introducing myself. I am Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd. Do you make your home here too, stranger?

[dissonyance]

[ hey, cursing things is his expertise. not that he wants to tell dimitri that it is. he doesn't need the potential suspicion. best not to use up any goodwill he's earned so far so quickly. ]

What a long name. [ leaks snorts. ] Are all two-canes... human names like that?

[ so far he's only been given a single word for a name from most. does that make dimitri special? ]

My name is Leaks. I do make my home here, though in a small cottage deeper into the woods.

[ he pauses, before humming to himself. ]

Though... I do wonder what it is like to live in that building. Still. I prefer the quiet of the woods.

[paraselenes]

[ He looks a little amused, because he's self-aware enough to realize his name is long and cumbersome. Announcing himself fully is a habit made from courtly manners, ones he hasn't shed, but... ]

It is good to meet you, Leaks. You can call me whatever is convenient—most do not use my full address.

[ Just 'Dimitri' is preferable, anyway. ]

If your curiosity gets the best of you, you're welcome to visit and look around the premises. I have my own quarters, but it can be... nice not to live in total seclusion.

[ He can come and hang out! Or fight with them on the rooftop. Very exciting prospects at the Han Sooyoung Corporation. ]

[dissonyance]

[ good to meet him? really?? even if it's just pleasantries and politeness, doesn't mean that leaks is used to it. would dimitri still believe it's 'good' the next time? and the time after that? eventually, he will hate leaks. that's just how it's meant to be. ]

... I will think about it.

[ leaks frowns half-heartedly. he might take him on that offer, if he doesn't decide to move in with someone else down the line.

his tail swishes. ]

I do not know what you see with your special eyes. However... I can walk with you the rest of the way and if any apparitions make themselves seen, I will attempt to ward them off.