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streetslost​:

     THE TOPIC OF DEATH didn’t concern her too much.  it was a very real situation that she often felt looming over her ragged form.  almost as though the grim reaper trailed her as her shadow, waiting for the moment she took a step out of place.  too close to the edge, too close to a SHARP point, a bullet, a ledge, the wrong person at the wrong time.  waited for her hunger to win, a sickness to claim.  the possibilities were endless, yet cat would do a l l she could to keep the list short each and every day.  she had gone too long for it all to end swiftly.  or without a bang at the very least.

              however, her lack of unease didn’t mean she pressed too much for his life.  or… death.  at least not on the details.  he could tell her what he wanted, but never had she asked.  it didn’t seem important in the long run.  the brunette wasn’t even sure she cared - she was more so simply curious.          who wouldn’t be?

                “yeah, makes sense.  i mean…. i knew about the hotspot sort of thing.  tourism and ghost stories an’ whatever.  part of the reason i came around, but guess i haven’t… looked much further than that.”  she hadn’t felt the n e e d to.  she found the ghost.  plus reading wasn’t really her forte, so learning through him about the overall situation was easier.  yet, she felt it best to pretend to be more blasé on it all rather than confess to her level of education.       though he was probably able to make an assumption.  or guess.  or simply KNEW by then because when had she ever looked at something and read it versus asking a question she ought to be able to determine herself?                     “oh, if y’need me to do anything about them, happy to help.  within reason.  though m’not as spooky as you.  but i’m more physical.  and stabby.”

Was this curiosity he was sensing, or total indifference? Cat was always hard to get a read on, at least to Quill, but when the topic of his own death came up, all insight he normally possessed went flying out the window. All he could think about now was finding a way to change the subject, or to at least make a joke of it somehow.

The allusion to stabbing felt painfully ironic, given what led to his death in the first place, but he laughed anyway. His sense of humor had grown more morbid in recent years, & he figured Cat didn't know how he died. His ghost didn't have any visible wounds like in the horror movies. For all anyone knew, he might have spontaneously turned into a ghost without dying at all.

“Stabby, huh? Seems I have a habit of keeping a certain kind of company. At least this time I've been forewarned.” He gave another awkward chuckle, much less subtle than before. “Thanks for calling me spooky, though. I was starting to think I'd lost my edge. Hey, y'know, 'Spooky & Stabby' kind of has a ring to it. Oh! Stabby Cat. Like a tabby cat. I think I'll start calling you that, if you don't mind. Actually, even if you do mind. It's funny.”

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» @luposcainus sent: Pacing back and forth. [ for quill ]

Almost ten minutes had passed since Quill started pacing the room. If he wasn't an intangible ghost, he could have worn a hole through the floor by now.

“Hang on, let me get this straight... you're not a werewolf, but you can turn into a wolf & you don't even need the moon to do it?” He stopped pacing to look Caspian in the eye, only to sigh deeply & resume pacing seconds later. “Man, that is not fair. Why did I have to become a ghost of all things? Why couldn't I be a cool wolf person? Next thing you're gonna be telling me that wizards & fairies exist too!”

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» @ghsteye sent: “happy birthday, quill! if you could keep tangible things i would have given you at least a little something.. maybe even a cupcake.” (Its past midnight for me BUT here hehehe)

“Well, I mean... technically I can. I have a record collection & some things like that...” He pouts a little, trying to hide the fact that he's actually ecstatic she remembered at all. There had been many years since his death when his birthday went forgotten even by himself.

“Oh, you meant food? Right, yeah... I don't have a stomach anymore, so it gets really messy.”

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» @bloodcrave sent: "...aw, you think your little hybrid species are the worst out there. how cute." ( and one for rinat, too! )

“The worst?” Rinat echoed. He mulled the phrase over in his head, considering the implications behind her taunt. “No, perhaps not. I can see the fault in that. Regardless, my hunt is personal. I will find that vaewolf eventually, whether you know anything about it or not.”

Asking every beast he enountered about his target had become a habit; one that revealed more about himself than he liked. Still, it didn't matter in most cases, because the beasts he encountered usually ended up dead, either by his hand or another hunter's. He'd grown to avoid killing whenever he could, but this one— a stryzga, he guessed— was one he probably shouldn't turn a blind eye to.

He looked her over & sighed. “I don't suppose you're 'reformed' & 'don't kill people anymore'? I could really do with a vacation…”

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» @bloodcrave sent: "i would die if i couldn't sing." pause. "okay, i wouldn't die, but it would suck majorly. i mean. i guess you could, though. it's just crazy complicated..." another pause. "i'd probably try. or i'd make the song ridiculous and have everyone acting like idiots." ( for eunsae ajkfsld;jafd sorry she's a menace )

Oh, he really shouldn't be laughing, but out it slips anyway. He laughs with his whole body, rocking forward & nearly falling off the ledge he'd made his perch. His dark wings, already on full display, give a quick flutter to pull him back into balance.

“That is horrible & I would never do such a thing,” he insists, still smiling. “Unless, perhaps, they really deserve it...”

His smile vanishes like a light turned out & a new thought flickers behind his eyes. “You know... sometimes, just sometimes, my hypnosis doesn't work on other... beings like me. Should I try it? To see if it affects you or not?”

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» @gcldbrew sent: “just be careful.” (From the protector/protectee meme & for anyone you choose, again!)

“I can take care of myself!” Geminus snapped at Haru & crossed his arms over his chest like a grumpy toddler. Today that might as well have been exactly what he was, since not two seconds later he tried lifting the still-very-hot coffee mug to his lips (against Haru's explicit warning) & proceeded to burn himself.

“Oh, %@$&*!” He narrowly avoided dropping the mug, managing to place it sloppily on the table, spilling much of the contents on the way. “Oh, ow, that's hot...”

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» @defiantclairvoyant plotted a thing!

Unfamiliar footsteps approach & Tamotsu looks up to see a young woman standing before him. He definitely isn't playing with a shiny piece of used tinfoil he found on the ground, but if he is, he doesn't want her to know it. He hides the not trash in his hoodie pocket, innocent black eyes staring up at her.

“Sorry, can I help you?” His quizzical gaze is met with an expression he can't identify, only raising his curiosity further. It is unusual for anyone to approach him, ever, but to find him outside of his inconspicuously secluded rental home feels intentional. Did she know to look for him, or did she just happen to live nearby?

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ghsteye​:

his fall pulls a laugh out of her. her pen is tapping against the small journal open in front of her. normally she’d be shielding this with her life but she’s a lot less guarded with quill.   “yeah, um i’m just writing in my journal.”   she slides it over to let him look. the page she’s working on is riddled in scribbles and a couple small sketches.   “i write about all the ghosts i encounter in these. this is probably my fifth one.”

“Well I thought I’d drop by, but I didn’t think it’d be so literal.” He glanced around her room in search of a place to sit. It seemed... rude... to sit on her bed, so he decided to kneel beside her at the desk, one arm bent across the surface with his head resting on that hand.

At the sight of her journal, his eyes widened, then lips stretched into a shameless smile. “Wow… never thought I’d see a girl’s diary, much less be offered a peek voluntarily. You got anything about me in there?” He winked. “In all seriousness though, I can give you some insider details about ghosts if you want. Or maybe I should be asking you for tips. Five books is a lot.”

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It’s a miracle! I still have quite a few drafts, but I managed to do five last night which are now queued throughout today. It’s also now February 15th, which is QUILL’S BIRTHDAY, so feel free to send him stuff if you like. Maybe you wanna send a meme, maybe you’ve got a question either IC or OOC that has something to do with him or his story... whatever it is, send it in to wish the poor old man a “Happy Birth-Even Though You’re Already Dead-Day”!

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🍎 ｡:*• ─ MEME TIME !

send me your favorite song and I’ll write a starter inspired by it ! Alternatively, send ♫ for me to choose a song.

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how do you need to be touched?

EUNSAE, QUILL, & UAITHNE:

gently.

you need to be held as though you're going to break. you need someone to trace your scars like cracks in a wall, crumbling. their touch is almost painful; you've been without it for too long, without someone to hold you. but, you cannot bring yourself to pull away.

HAYAN, RINAT, GEMINUS, & SAMIRA:

cautiously.

your teeth are bared, as they have been, your jaw aching for so long as growls slip free. you always have to defend yourself. you lash out in fear. you need someone who does not shrink back... a hand falling slowly to your shoulder, however briefly, in a reminder that you do not have to lunge. there is no danger here, now.

JIÉ, THOMAS, BARTOLOMEW, TAMOTSU, & YULYEONG:

fervently.

you crave a hug that cracks your ribs... the feeling of your wandering soul being crushed back into the bones that can't seem to hold it. you need a hand gripping yours so tightly you almost fear it may leave a bruise, a reminder that you are here. and that you are not alone.

tagged by: @luposcainus (technically?)

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⋅  ┋   MULTIMUSE ROULETTE !

send  🎲  and i’ll place our muses into this generator and post the resulting muse combinations and a few ideas on how to make it work!