not-so-retired-farmer

[not-so-retired-farmer]

"I'll look for stuff either way, it's no problem- not like you chose this place specifically to get lost in." He waved his hand dismissively, not really minding the rain outside as he grabbed a couple of blankets and stuff to prepare the beds.

“Hiya stranger! Say, would you know where I am?”

“Why the fuck are you talking like that?”

“I dunno?? Instincts?”

“Oh and uh, seems like it’s gonna rain here soon, might wanna get inside”

@brace-for-me (don’t know if you interact with ocs but I hope you do!)

//I do interact with ocs! James is an oc himself so it would be kinda nonsensical if I didn't lol :p

The man was in his little garden in his home, just watering the plants there when someone... appeared out of nowhere. He looked up, confused but not very surprised, he should be used to weird things happening. "Ah, hello there! You're in Allen Park city in Michigan, if that helps any." He tilted his head at the last comment, "Is it really? Ahh, I don't mind a little rain, 'm sure it'll be fine."

[not-so-retired-farmer]

"Mm-" He was probably about to say something, but any and all thoughts he might have had disappeared completely from his mind, as if on cue- demigods. His kid's a demigod. Should he say something? The man seems to not want any harm to come to the kid, but can he really trust him? He's heard stories about some attack on another camp, from his precious baby boy who came home and told him of his friends. He just... quieted down completetely, biting his own tongue to not let a single word slip, finally opening his mouth again after a moment, "The girls-?"

...He needed a moment to think if he should even say anything, at this point. Now, it stopped being only about him being safe but also his kid. If he admits to having a demigod child, could he trust he wasn't going to be threatened with having his baby ripped from him? Then again 'the girls' were probably monsters and- "...did you just say you'll send monsters to my home."

It wasn't even that he would be mad about them attacking him, he was more worried for his child. Then the Latin he didn't understand was spoken, his shoulder grabbed again and he tensed- again. Can you blame him? The man he just met was... honestly extremely unpredictable.

There was a knock at the door, and a very uncertain voice calling out, "Hello? Anyone... home? There's no doorbell-"

@not-so-retired-farmer

[he sighs,why the fuck is there always people here? maybe this one is at least a mortal and not some annoying demigod,he opens the door and is greeted with an adult man, definitely mortal then,thank all the gods]

yeah, what'd you want?

[damn...well the guy's not hard on the eyes at least]

[not-so-retired-farmer]

"Ah- I could... organize something-? I'm sure I have stuff to help with the lack of space problem somewhere- like pillows or bean bags? I don't know-"

“Hiya stranger! Say, would you know where I am?”

“Why the fuck are you talking like that?”

“I dunno?? Instincts?”

“Oh and uh, seems like it’s gonna rain here soon, might wanna get inside”

@brace-for-me (don’t know if you interact with ocs but I hope you do!)

//I do interact with ocs! James is an oc himself so it would be kinda nonsensical if I didn't lol :p

The man was in his little garden in his home, just watering the plants there when someone... appeared out of nowhere. He looked up, confused but not very surprised, he should be used to weird things happening. "Ah, hello there! You're in Allen Park city in Michigan, if that helps any." He tilted his head at the last comment, "Is it really? Ahh, I don't mind a little rain, 'm sure it'll be fine."

[not-so-retired-farmer]

He smiled when it melted into the hug, honestly it deserved so many hugs in his eyes- he just wanted to hold it and never let go. "See...? Not that scary, right...?"

There's a man carrying a box of what smells to be.. carrots? He waves at Kérídi with his free hand, a friendly smile on his face.

@not-so-retired-farmer

It looks confused... Who is this? Why is he waving at it? It doesn't respond it doesn't really want to...

[not-so-retired-farmer]

"Oh, poor baby..." He gently rubbed its back, trying to give it at least a sense of comfort. "You deserve hugs. You deserve all the hugs. Okay? You deserve to be listened to and respected and- all the other good things."

There's a man carrying a box of what smells to be.. carrots? He waves at Kérídi with his free hand, a friendly smile on his face.

@not-so-retired-farmer

It looks confused... Who is this? Why is he waving at it? It doesn't respond it doesn't really want to...

[not-so-retired-farmer]

"...For my own mental stability I'm going to pretend that's not true..." It wasn't that he was doubting the emperor, it's that he geniuinely felt like he was going to freak out if he thought about that being a possibility.

He stood up again, still slow as he went to pick up the box of carrots he'd put down when he was first shoved into the room, looking at it with a sad smile, still trying to somehow cope with this entire situation as he lightly (not so) joked, "Guess I'm havin' carrot with everything for the foreseeable future, huh..?"

He looked at Commodus awkwardly before heading to the door, then looking back at the emperor, trying to ignore the kids thing- "Sorry, uh- I... don't think I remember where we came from- I'd hate to roam around cluelessly-"

There was a knock at the door, and a very uncertain voice calling out, "Hello? Anyone... home? There's no doorbell-"

@not-so-retired-farmer

[he sighs,why the fuck is there always people here? maybe this one is at least a mortal and not some annoying demigod,he opens the door and is greeted with an adult man, definitely mortal then,thank all the gods]

yeah, what'd you want?

[damn...well the guy's not hard on the eyes at least]

[not-so-retired-farmer]

"Alright, I'll get the things ready-" He walked back into his house, extending the couch to make it into a bed and got the air mattress ready before peeking out into his yard again. "Uh, not very deity-sized, but... it's the best I got- come on in?"

“Hiya stranger! Say, would you know where I am?”

“Why the fuck are you talking like that?”

“I dunno?? Instincts?”

“Oh and uh, seems like it’s gonna rain here soon, might wanna get inside”

@brace-for-me (don’t know if you interact with ocs but I hope you do!)

//I do interact with ocs! James is an oc himself so it would be kinda nonsensical if I didn't lol :p

The man was in his little garden in his home, just watering the plants there when someone... appeared out of nowhere. He looked up, confused but not very surprised, he should be used to weird things happening. "Ah, hello there! You're in Allen Park city in Michigan, if that helps any." He tilted his head at the last comment, "Is it really? Ahh, I don't mind a little rain, 'm sure it'll be fine."

[not-so-retired-farmer]

"It's called a hug. Have you... never been hugged before?" His voice now showed concern, oh this poor little thing- the more time he spent around it, the more he wanted to just protect it and care for it.

There's a man carrying a box of what smells to be.. carrots? He waves at Kérídi with his free hand, a friendly smile on his face.

@not-so-retired-farmer

It looks confused... Who is this? Why is he waving at it? It doesn't respond it doesn't really want to...

[not-so-retired-farmer]

"..'m not gonna hurt you, kid." He just held it gently, making sure it had an easy escape route in case it didn't want to stay in the hug.

There's a man carrying a box of what smells to be.. carrots? He waves at Kérídi with his free hand, a friendly smile on his face.

@not-so-retired-farmer

It looks confused... Who is this? Why is he waving at it? It doesn't respond it doesn't really want to...

[not-so-retired-farmer]

"Ah- that I am." He looked from one brother to the other. "...did you still wanna crash in the living room though?"

“Hiya stranger! Say, would you know where I am?”

“Why the fuck are you talking like that?”

“I dunno?? Instincts?”

“Oh and uh, seems like it’s gonna rain here soon, might wanna get inside”

@brace-for-me (don’t know if you interact with ocs but I hope you do!)

//I do interact with ocs! James is an oc himself so it would be kinda nonsensical if I didn't lol :p

The man was in his little garden in his home, just watering the plants there when someone... appeared out of nowhere. He looked up, confused but not very surprised, he should be used to weird things happening. "Ah, hello there! You're in Allen Park city in Michigan, if that helps any." He tilted his head at the last comment, "Is it really? Ahh, I don't mind a little rain, 'm sure it'll be fine."

[not-so-retired-farmer]

Oh gods, he was going to die out here, wasn't he? All because something happened to make him somehow have a delivery here, an unfortunate mistake, guess he was just unlucky, huh? Good gods he didn't want this to be the end- but holy shit this was intimidating as all hell, and he really felt like he was in mortal danger right now.

"Woah man I wasn't trying to be mean just- I'd rather no one gets hurt- I've got-" He bit his tongue, no, don't give this man ammunition by saying you have a kid waiting at home. "...things, back home."

"Yes- uh. Understood, sir." Gods damnit you aren't talking to some Karen or whatever James, this is a terrifying ancient emperor that is somehow alive in modern day and- gods this was more scary than when he first realized his boy wasn't safe with him all the time.

Though the topic of a husband interested him, he couldn't say he wasn't curious- but like Commodus said, he wasn't going to push it. He was on edge already. "Alright... um- so... sorry to ask, but when can I... leave?"

There was a knock at the door, and a very uncertain voice calling out, "Hello? Anyone... home? There's no doorbell-"

@not-so-retired-farmer

[he sighs,why the fuck is there always people here? maybe this one is at least a mortal and not some annoying demigod,he opens the door and is greeted with an adult man, definitely mortal then,thank all the gods]

yeah, what'd you want?

[damn...well the guy's not hard on the eyes at least]

[not-so-retired-farmer]

"Great, I'll go set it u-" He paused mid-sentence, staring at the two in confusion for a moment. Ah, the wonders of being clairvoyant. What does he even say? "I mean- I guess?"

“Hiya stranger! Say, would you know where I am?”

“Why the fuck are you talking like that?”

“I dunno?? Instincts?”

“Oh and uh, seems like it’s gonna rain here soon, might wanna get inside”

@brace-for-me (don’t know if you interact with ocs but I hope you do!)

//I do interact with ocs! James is an oc himself so it would be kinda nonsensical if I didn't lol :p

The man was in his little garden in his home, just watering the plants there when someone... appeared out of nowhere. He looked up, confused but not very surprised, he should be used to weird things happening. "Ah, hello there! You're in Allen Park city in Michigan, if that helps any." He tilted his head at the last comment, "Is it really? Ahh, I don't mind a little rain, 'm sure it'll be fine."

[not-so-retired-farmer]

"Not with me, alright?" He slowly wrapped his arms around it, making sure not to do any sudden movements, worried he might startle it. "With me you can relax and do what you want to do."

There's a man carrying a box of what smells to be.. carrots? He waves at Kérídi with his free hand, a friendly smile on his face.

@not-so-retired-farmer

It looks confused... Who is this? Why is he waving at it? It doesn't respond it doesn't really want to...

[not-so-retired-farmer]

"6'6- ah-" Oh, oh this was probably some deities in disguise, huh? "Yeah... close enough. Either way, I have a couch and an air mattress somewhere if you need to crash somewhere."

“Hiya stranger! Say, would you know where I am?”

“Why the fuck are you talking like that?”

“I dunno?? Instincts?”

“Oh and uh, seems like it’s gonna rain here soon, might wanna get inside”

@brace-for-me (don’t know if you interact with ocs but I hope you do!)

//I do interact with ocs! James is an oc himself so it would be kinda nonsensical if I didn't lol :p

The man was in his little garden in his home, just watering the plants there when someone... appeared out of nowhere. He looked up, confused but not very surprised, he should be used to weird things happening. "Ah, hello there! You're in Allen Park city in Michigan, if that helps any." He tilted his head at the last comment, "Is it really? Ahh, I don't mind a little rain, 'm sure it'll be fine."

[not-so-retired-farmer]

"Yeah, I won't force ya to talk if you don't wanna. That's your decision to make." He maintained a kind smile on his face, he seemed to not he bothered at all by anything Kérídi might think would make him scared.

There's a man carrying a box of what smells to be.. carrots? He waves at Kérídi with his free hand, a friendly smile on his face.

@not-so-retired-farmer

It looks confused... Who is this? Why is he waving at it? It doesn't respond it doesn't really want to...

[not-so-retired-farmer]

"I... can't say I understand-" He quickly realized just how dangerous that statement alone might be, feeling the sudden need to correct himself, to add to the sentence he just stupidly spat out, "Then again, I... am just a mortal, hah- and I... don't run a crime thing-"

Immediately when he was told to sit down he complied, the movement swift as he landed back in the chair, hands where Commodus can see them as a sort of reflex, maybe to show he wasn't going to try anything? His eyes widened in what looked to be a mix of fear and shock, he honestly thought they were done there- and that he could go back to doing his job. "Alright, I'm- I'm sittin'-"

Gods was this terrifying. Leave him without a job?? Was this guy actually serious about killing his boss? He couldn't be, right? Then again this was Emperor Commodus, so James really didn't know what to expect. "Listen, this.. really is probably just some big misunderstanding... let's just- maybe not cause any deaths over this? If- if that would be possible, it'd be... much appreciated-"

There was a knock at the door, and a very uncertain voice calling out, "Hello? Anyone... home? There's no doorbell-"

@not-so-retired-farmer

[he sighs,why the fuck is there always people here? maybe this one is at least a mortal and not some annoying demigod,he opens the door and is greeted with an adult man, definitely mortal then,thank all the gods]

yeah, what'd you want?

[damn...well the guy's not hard on the eyes at least]

[not-so-retired-farmer]

"Whoa, I... really, he's just some dude, he- I'm sure he's not even responsible for this mess, maybe it was some immature prank? I dunno, teenagers can get bored... either way, no one needs to die over this- or be threatened..?" He tried, he really didn't want anyone to get hurt over some... probably system malfunction or a kid feeling bored on a Sunday. James disliked violence, he always wanted to try and avoid it whenever he could, despite the nasty scar above his left eye- he really tried to be peaceful, most of the time.

He just looked at the cash shoved into his hands and shook his head slightly, he- well, he wasn't going to just assume this was legally aquired money. Nor did he know whether it was even real- and he wasn't risking his career and everything else for some quick cash. "Ah, it's.. no problem, really, I... understand- you don't need to uh.. do all this." He slowly and awkwardly slid the money on the desk, trying to signal that he wasn't going to take it before standing up, also slowly and awkwardly, almost as if he didn't know whether he was allowed to.

There was a knock at the door, and a very uncertain voice calling out, "Hello? Anyone... home? There's no doorbell-"

@not-so-retired-farmer

[he sighs,why the fuck is there always people here? maybe this one is at least a mortal and not some annoying demigod,he opens the door and is greeted with an adult man, definitely mortal then,thank all the gods]

yeah, what'd you want?

[damn...well the guy's not hard on the eyes at least]