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themuseabandonsyou) wrote in deernet2021-11-10 05:24 pm
[003] video | un: lyreplayer
[ It's early November when Orpheus posts to the network again, this time sitting cross-legged on the floor of his bedroom with his guitar in his lap and the Omni propped up in front of him. The camera catches him leaning back after having set it to broadcast, and he waves as the recording starts. ]
Hi, everyone! I'm Orpheus, and, I thought of something that might be nice for us to do together? I know we're all busy building new lives here, but I don't think that means we have to forget the places we came from completely, or leave those memories behind. Unless you want to? That's fair too.
[ He pauses briefly, looking thoughtful and a little solemn as he considers that, before shaking his head and getting himself back on track.]
But! In my experience a big part of any place a person calls home is the stories that people tell there and the songs they sing, and it seems like it might be nice to share those with each other, as a way of giving each other a glimpse into where we came from, and of preserving them for the future. It can be anything you want to tell us about, whether it's a piece of history or a legend or a song or even a nursery rhyme you like. You don't have to share anything if you don't want to, of course, but I'd really love to hear anything and everything people are willing to add.
[ OOC: This is a mingle post! Please feel free to comment on other peoples' additions and otherwise tag around. ]
Hi, everyone! I'm Orpheus, and, I thought of something that might be nice for us to do together? I know we're all busy building new lives here, but I don't think that means we have to forget the places we came from completely, or leave those memories behind. Unless you want to? That's fair too.
[ He pauses briefly, looking thoughtful and a little solemn as he considers that, before shaking his head and getting himself back on track.]
But! In my experience a big part of any place a person calls home is the stories that people tell there and the songs they sing, and it seems like it might be nice to share those with each other, as a way of giving each other a glimpse into where we came from, and of preserving them for the future. It can be anything you want to tell us about, whether it's a piece of history or a legend or a song or even a nursery rhyme you like. You don't have to share anything if you don't want to, of course, but I'd really love to hear anything and everything people are willing to add.
[ OOC: This is a mingle post! Please feel free to comment on other peoples' additions and otherwise tag around. ]
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Was it your favourite story?
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[Ah, the moment when the fourth wall collides with reality once again.]
No. But there is something very visceral about the image of a woman ripping the skin off of another and wearing it in a mad attempt to maintain what she has forever lost. At least it stuck in my mind for all these years. And now it will be in yours as well.
[Maul hadn't scared easily as a child, not after living with Sidious, but there was something deeply disturbing and creepy about a woman wearing the skin of a sentient being that had appealed to his morbid little brain.]
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Elizabeth Bathory was a real person, but the legend is she drained the blood of beautiful young women to bathe in so she'd stay young. There's not a lot of historical evidence for it, though, so it was probably just sexist propaganda.
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[Maul wasn't one to usually remark on someone's outward appearance but he made occasional exceptions when someone particularly striking came along and Snow fit the bill.]
Honestly, I'm surprised someone such as that has not already been conjured up by this place.
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I mean, we've only been here a couple of months. Maybe she's lurking around.
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[Among fellow Nightkin, Maul himself was considered quite a catch because of that fact.]
Someone like that might decide you will make a fine prize for the next skin to take.
[Maul, must you sound so pleased at that idea? Sorry, Kyle, he's just like this sometimes.]
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Where I'm from having red hair isn't generally considered desirable. Some people think we have no souls.
Dude, that's fucked up.
cw: gory fairy tale description
[He sounds a little proud of that fact. Despite not caring too much about his appearance, Maul can be just a touch vain when it comes to being judged by others, hence why he gets a bit snappish here when people call his appearance weird or strange in Trench.]
Why would they think that? I have never heard of there a correlation between hair color and having a soul before.
Just lock your doors if a woman wearing a robe and hood with a face hidden in the shadows approaches you and comments in a hissing voice how pretty you look. There was illustrations that went with the story and that's what she looked like, ensnaring a terrified young maiden within her grasp as she reached out a hand that had no layer of skin, only blood dripping off of it and muscles shown as the outer portion.
[No wonder such an image had been burned onto the brain of the young Zabrak when he was only a small boy. It's a wonder he got any sleep the night after reading all that.]
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I dunno, some people just find gingers creepy. Usually they're really pale and burn in the sun easily so, ugh, this is so stupid... so SOME people compare them to vampires. When I was a kid I got called 'daywalker' because I don't burn so easy.
Dude I assure you no women are knocking at my door to call me pretty. But thank you.
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Tinder? [Maul, definitely no.
He shakes his head and sighs at what Kyle says.]
Once again, I am reminded just how small-minded the people of Earth are. I hope you took suitable revenge upon your tormentors.
[The Sith Lord would have just killed them but Maul was Maul.]
She might not need a door. She might just appear right there in the middle of your room in the middle of the night, skinless hand dripping blood and muck as she reaches for your face.
[Alright, now he might just deliberately trying to scare Kyle because he's a shitbird.]
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Uhm. Kinda? I guess. Mostly it was just my one friend who instigated everything.
Dude! You are trying to scare me like I'm ten! I was a camp counselor this is exactly the sort of story we'd tell the kids! [He's laughing a little, amazed that yes, Darth Maul is basically trying to spook him Bloody Mary style.]
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Well, I've got nothing else to do today. You're it as far as entertainment goes.
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But I couldn't do that. I'm not a killer. [At least not on purpose.] Plus it was like... Karkat calls the sort of thing we had as being a kismesis. So he wasn't just some bully. He was more like a rival or a frenemy. Someone you hate but also kinda don't want to go away entirely, I guess.
I'm flattered.
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[It had only worked partially. Even though he was awkward and a bit feral, Maul had still found friends there, and as he turned older a few of them had become attracted to him. He may have been a vicious fighter and supremely odd but he was rather handsome for a Zabrak. Not that Maul knew what to do with any of the flirting directed towards his way. He tended just to freeze up like a deer in headlights when that happened.]
Ah, yes. The troll has been explaining that concept to me as well. I believe I have one myself.
[No prizes for anyone who knew Maul well as to guessing who his kismesis might be here in Trench.]
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It's wild, right? That there's a word to describe that relationship. I feel like some missing puzzle piece has slotted in and it explains so fucking much.
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[Maul says with more than just a little bit of incredulity. From what he’s seen, Kyle is very much like most other human beings he’s seen. Maybe with a bit more compassion given he’s able to put up with Maul but other than that not so very different than most others of his kind.]
My thoughts exactly. I have had to reexamine one of the foremost key relationships in my life now with what I know.
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I still don't think the desire to fuck them is always a part of it, but still!
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[He's really had zero conversations with anyone about religion and mostly read the Bible while he'd been in Deerington purely because the stories in it were pretty fascinating to him.]
......No comment.
[Alright, so Maul definitely found Obi-Wan attractive but he wasn't gonna admit to anything else, much less the desire to want to sleep with the man.]
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[A smirk.] I understand.
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[He frowns at that knowing smirk.]
Hush your mouth.
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[He nods and mimes zipping his lips.] Hushed.
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Huh. That's kinda cool, though.
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[Really, human beings were like a disease given how they'd prospered throughout the galaxy.]
I am glad someone thinks so. This is all common knowledge in the galaxy so not many there care to hear about it anymore.
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