Video | un: thief

[burnyoudown]

[Kavinsky was at home, sitting at the kitchen table. The interior of his house had a lot of wood surfaces and it was the complete opposite of what he was used to back in Henrietta. The mansion he'd lived in with his mother had been concrete and glass and tile. He'd get used to it though. He was good at adapting.

His Omni was sitting on the table in front of him while he lounged in a chair.]

What the fuck's up, squid people?

[Trenchies was lame and no, he wasn't going to use it.]

Got a few questions. First off-

[Looking down, he leaned over and reached out of view, picking his omen up off the floor and bringing her (him? it?) into camera frame. It was a dragon the size of a house cat, feathered, with multiple eyes, a little intimidating except for how small it was.]

Where the hell did this come from?

[He cradled the dragon in his arms until it climbed up onto his shoulders and draped across them, making itself comfortable.]

I'm not complaining, really, but the little shit appeared out of nowhere the other day.

[He scratched under the dragon's chin and it squinted its eyes shut contently, just like a cat.]

Second question. What the fuck is that lamp thing? Things, whatever. Besides being creepy as hell.

[Please tell him he could dress up the lamp friends. The idea hadn't even crossed his mind, yet.]

Last question. How often do people throw parties around here? I know- 'just go to the club'- but that's not the same, you get me? Similar atmosphere, completely different in the end.

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[Video] un: QueenCobra

[abornfighter]

That's your omen. They're kind of like...a familiar or something.

[Her own omen is a dragon as well, although it's ostrich sized rather than cat sized, peeking its golden head over Tory's shoulder.]

People don't throw parties too often around here because of all the monsters and other shit. I for one wouldn't say no to there being more parties, though.

[video]

[burnyoudown]

Oh, cool. So like, witches get cats and we get...whatever?

[He didn't know how omens were decided, what made them take the form they did, but he'd always had a thing with dragons. It wasn't really surprising. He was just a little grumpy. For reasons.]

Why? Monsters don't like parties or something?

[If the club could do its thing all the time, he failed to see why monsters would impact parties.]

[video]

[abornfighter]

More or less. They take all different forms.

[Some very cute, some more frightening.]

It's more that people don't want to risk getting drunk when they might encounter monsters on the way home.

[burnyoudown]

Cool.

[And then immediately after that-]

Lame. Sometimes having fun is worth the risk of getting eaten alive. Or whatever monsters do to people.

It's not comforting that monsters are that big of a threat everywhere, though.

[He wasn't scared, the whole thing just sounded stressful and inconvenient.]

video | un: sds

[fogsong]

One: Omen. They're a part of you. Some of them speak, some of them don't, but they can help you out when you're in a tight spot. They can get bigger or smaller or give off light.

Two: Lamp buddies. Friends. [ she likes buddies better ] I think they're cute but whatever. They can teleport you to other lamp locations around the city.

And three: [ here she shrugs her shoulders somewhat lazily ] I don't fucking know. I don't do parties.

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[faceblocks]

im heartbroken
here i was gonna ask u for party advice and everything
who to ask who to ask

[obvious choice would be sansa. but. maybe rose? she knows about fancy parties. should this be fancy? maybe not too fancy. what is the right amount of fancy?? why is sne so anxious about this?]

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[fogsong]

Aww, Vi. I'd be a real dick to leave you heartbroken. I'll help you out.

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[faceblocks]

sansas nameday
no clue what im doing but i want it to be a tournament
so a competition
with games and music instead of swords

and cakes

also
maybe someone will like
blow her away with their talent
and cool
and whatever other good shit shes looking for
you know what i mean
i wouldnt be mad at ALL if she got a date out of this

a really good date tho

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[burnyoudown]

Wait, so this thing might talk sometime?

[He craned his neck a little to eye his dragon. Not suspiciously, just curiously.

Lamp buddies on the other hand, made him laugh.]

Don't worry, I won't judge you for thinking they're cute.

[Some people thought babies were adorable, after all, instead of wrinkly little potatoes.]

I'd just like it if they groaned a little less. It's not the kind that's appealing, you know?

[And he absolutely had to ask now, because the door was wide open, so to speak-]

Why don't you do parties?

[video]

[fogsong]

Yep. Well, maybe. It depends on what it wants to do. Some of them keep quiet but they're no less an important and useful companion. [ at least, that's been her personal experience with her own.

when he says the word appealing she wrinkles her nose in a fleeting look of mild disgust but doesn't comment on it. instead, she focuses on his question. ] I wasn't allowed to attend any back home and, frankly, I'm not big on being around large groups of people, especially strangers.

voice: un: vi

[faceblocks]

They're less creepy if you put a hat on 'em. Or a little scarf, bow, whatever. They're clingy and a little noisy but not picky. Like, do you mean what's it for or just "how can I get it to stop hugging my neck?"

Lotsa clubs. Some parties, but usually for a milestone kinda thing, less for the sake of just party.

[interesting username.]

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[burnyoudown]

[He sat up a little straighter at the mention of dressing up the lamp things. He was already getting ideas. Just give him a little time and all of his lamp whatevers would be wearing little snapbacks. Maybe necklaces, too.]

A little noisy's one way to put it. Also, both.

Too bad we can't really fix their ugly. But I guess hats are a step in the right direction.

There's always a reason to party. Sometimes, life's fucked up and you just need to take your mind off it.

[He'd thrown such good ones back home, but he had a feeling fireworks and pyrotechnics might be off the table here if people were worried about monsters. There was nothing lowkey or subtle about one of Kavinsky's parties.]

[switches to video bc why not]

[faceblocks]

They get quieter when they have stuff. Little paper hat? Leaf if you don't have paper handy. And they'll let go, they just don't wanna. Good thing is they don't eat, so if you put 'em back in your bag they're fine until you find a place to set 'em down. They won't cry from inside your bag or anything.

[hers hadn't, and it had been in there for over a month. do it. give them all the ridiculous clothing.]

You probably wanna make real sure of that 'cause you only get one shot and then they're a permament lamp. No takebacks.

[fireworks. not off the table. she knows a guy. any party with pyrotechnics would be bound to attract a different sort of monster: her sister. well, normally. it's difficult to catch jinx awake these last few days.]

Good call. It's not like we can do anything about the part where shit sucks, except ...try and make it suck less.

[she's nodding, a brow arches to consider.]

What I hear is someone volunteering to throw a party, yeah?

Video; un: darkness

[survivalthroughhate]

Get used to creepy things around here. It'll only get worse from here on out.

[Why yes, that might be something a bit creepy on the screen right now given it's an alien who doesn't blink once the entire time he's on-screen. Maul looks like a demon from hell with his strange appearance but his voice doesn't really fit his appearance at all. It's soft-spoken, low, and smooth as he talks.]

[video]

[burnyoudown]

Holy shit, dude. Pretty sure I saw something like you in a dream, once.

[Was it an insult? A compliment? A simple stating of the facts? It was hard to tell with Kavinsky.]

Also, I can be used to creepy shit and still acknowledge it's creepy. I've seen shit that would make people piss themselves.

[survivalthroughhate]

Must've been a nightmare then.

[Maul quips, sounding pleased by the idea.]

Get used to that feeling then. It'll crop up quite a bit around here.

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[rocinantes]

Haven't been to a good party in a long time.

( what a shame. )

Maybe I'm just not cool enough to get invited.

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[burnyoudown]

Awww, sweetheart. You don't have to be cool to be invited to one of my parties. Everyone's always welcome.

[So long as they knew how to have fun. That was the only prerequisite.]

Speaking of parties, are there any good places to stock up on booze?

[rocinantes]

Wow, an endearment and everything. I'm swooning.

( right over onto his swoon couch. )

What kind of booze? Shit beer's everywhere.

video; un: ushiromiya

[entreats]

Considering what that thing looks like, it's probably your Omen.

[ But Ange figures that people probably explained as much already - it's a relatively easy question for most people who aren't new to this place, after all. Just like the thing about the lamps, so she skips that as well in favour of something she imagines would be at least a little bit more useful. ]

But if any other weird beings appear near you after that, you can probably assume those are out to eat you. It's usually what happens when weird creatures suddenly appear in this place. [ The girl says it with an entirely too calm tone for the subject matter, considering there hardly seems to be any emotion in her voice at all as she speaks about this. ]

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[burnyoudown]

Gotcha.

[He was pretty pleased with his omen so far, really. He'd never had a pet growing up and this was kind of like that. Except better because it was a dragon.]

So shit can appear anywhere? Are there safe places?

[He'd thought the city was safe since people lived there, but maybe he was wrong. He wasn't scared, exactly, but he didn't want to have to sleep with one eye open all the time to make sure nothing sneaked up on him in the night.]

[entreats]

[ Ange lets out a hum, like she's considering how to word this for a moment. For how relatively unemotional she sounds over here, it's not like she wants to pass on wrong information to newbies.

It'd just feel wrong. ]

Crenshaw is generally the safest place in the city to live. The closer you get to the border of town, the more dangerous it gets. It's rare for monsters from the inside to slip all the way deep into town, after all. [ Especially with all the hunters around. ]

.. the problem lies more with the weird monthly stuff that happens here.

[ Ange raises a hand making an idle gesture with it in the air, like she's trying to wave off the thought. ]

Sometimes threats appear that are different from the usual monsters that live outside of town or in the woods. And those threats can slip out of the shadows basically anywhere. It's even hard to be fully prepared for them, since you never know in advance if they're going to appear during any given month, and what sort of annoyances are going to appear in the first place.

voice | un: valravn

[warminded]

An Ahamkara.

[Which is in response to... well, not really any of that. There's a sharpness to Felwinter's otherwise flat tone which is very unusual for him.]

That creature came from you? You have encountered such a thing before?

[staying video]

[burnyoudown]

Say what?

[He shrugged.]

I guess, yeah. And what, dragons? Only in my dreams.

[Which wasn't even a lie, surprisingly.]

[warminded]

An Ahamkara.

[It takes him a moment to realise that probably warrants further explanation.]

...A wish dragon. They're shapeshifters, but their true forms are best described as great worms with many eyes.

[And that thing sure has... eyes.]