#sinhosted

[iobartach]

@sinshosted [ava] asked; "I'm not quite as stupid as I look."

general sentences, vol. 21

It hadn't been his place to assume, not when he was still in the process of gathering numbers, petitioning other Spiders to join his cause. The last thing he needed was to push potential prospects away, allow them to grow cold feet and return to their own home dimension of their own volition, with his begrudgingly given person. Hence, in place of adding anything further to the other Spider's statement, he settles on a carefully selected middle ground, offering; "That's not true. Nobody here thinks of you like that."

Or at least, no one brave enough to say as much within earshot of Miguel, at least. Whilst he couldn't account for the collective whole of the Society and its inhabitants, there had been nothing that he, or LYLA for that matter, had noticed that warranted closer examination.

"Why? Has someone been passing comments regarding your appearance." There existed a remote possibility; much as the Tower was home to numerous, superpowered wallcrawlers, ages covered most ranges-- including the turbulence commonly observed brewing between teenagers. "Tell me, and I'll look into it."

[moved-to-civic-hub]

@sinshosted liked!

Marsha was reading in her usual spot when she felt a sudden sensation in her spine. She knew that feeling well. She felt it whenever she felt a demonic presence nearby. Despite her better judgement, she decided to see where the source that her "demon senses" was alerting her to. She hoped that it wasn't someone...she didn't want to see.

Thankfully, it wasn't. But...it made her curious. Was that...a human? She thought that they were mostly extinct. Building up the courage, Marsha approached Ava. "Excuse me. Are you lost...or something?"

[game-weaver]

❝ Here, let me help you. ❞ //from ava! :3

He could barely see around his armful of gardening supplies he had stacked precariously in his arms. "O-Oh!" He shifted when he heard her voice and let out a sigh of relief. "Thanks! I apparently bit off more than I could chew." He chuckled.

[fortunefeather]

“You aren’t making any sense.” //from one fool who forgets to sleep to another (aka from ava-)

"Really? I was speaking plain common..." he says, trying not to sound slightly annoyed that his interesting tidbit of information had been misunderstood.

"I'll start again, this is important to know. If you're ever in the Underdark, you need to be able to recognize helpful and harmful fungi. It could be life or death."

He then goes on to start rambling off various strangely named mushrooms and what they do, plus if they're edible. Unlike most people when sleep deprived, Age'ian tended to talk faster when he was tired...

[crimesought]

forgive me. everything i say sounds so childish. //from one (1) little tiefling ava

NOSFERATU // @sinshosted

"Its refreshing if misguided."

[bulletblessed]

"I'm not afraid of you! …I'm afraid of you!" //from ava uwu

@sinshosted

Iᴛ sᴛɪɴɢs, like a slap in the face. Makes him twitch momentarily as if she had actually hit him (which, also, he would have taken without question, without reason). It's not uncommon, but that doesn't mean he likes it any better each time it happens. It still stings, though by now he's so used at being yelled at, at people getting angry at him for simply existing, at people fearing him when all he wants to do is help that the lapse in his mimic is but a second. It's, well. Not fine. But he's survived long enough, he'll manage going through this again and again, smile returning almost as soon as it faltered.

He holds up both hands in defense, posture slouched as usual to make himself as small as possible.

"Not my intention. Any way I can change that perception?"

At least she hasn't thrown anything at him yet, so he's taking that as progress.

[game-weaver]

"Yeah," he chuckled and smiled at her excitement. "I can show you to it when we're done here if you want." Yugi knew he had only just met her but her interest in the plants had him relaxing and honestly he wouldn't mind having another friend who liked gardening. Though he tilted his head when she talked about death and rebirth, watching her curiously.

"That's true, incredibly true." He nodded. Death didn't always mean an end.

"Unfortunately I don't have any lotuses up here but there's a couple ponds I've come across in the woods, maybe we'll come across one." He smiled, though he caught her gaze and blinked. "What?"

"There's a forest near by?" That has her attention almost instantly, if nothing had held it before. Odin couldn't get nearly as annoyed with her for wandering around a forest as he did when she did laps around the cities at increasingly odd hours. "So many people I've talked to forget that death isn't that bad either, it's just... What happens after life, and depending on how you look at things, death is renewal." The fact that he mentioned orange ones was also funny, and she follows Yugi around to the tomatoes, reaching out a hand to lightly brush the tips of her fingers against the petals.

Only to laugh - albeit a tad nervously - a few seconds later. "It's kinda funny you say that, actually... I like magnolias for basically the same reason." Except that it was someone's name. "Oh! I've never actually seen a lotus bloom in person, but those are really pretty! Tulips are always nice too," Ava does look back over at Yugi now, squinting ever so slightly. Part of her wants to ask if there was a reason he chose those after he had just been talking about flower meanings, and if she wanted to ask if he was about to do the same for her.

[bxtsence]

" that looks like it hurts. " //from ava for either rowan or veridian!

Blood, blood, gallons of the stuff!

@sinshosted

[ ☣ ] - ❝ Um… Yeah. ❞ Viridian gave a sheepish glance towards the young teenager, stumbling onto her feet to try and straighten up, dusting the dirt off of her clothes. Did other people always have to see her in her most embarrassing moments? She really needed to stop casually wearing platform boots. Somehow, Viridian always managed to trip in them, so this was pretty much the last straw for her.

She grimaced as she examined her knees. They definitely stung; the skin was pretty much raw and noticeable trickles of blood began to crawl down her pale skin. Her hands had begun to hurt too from the fall.

❝ … I don’t suppose you have any bandaids on you, do you….? ❞ Viridian tried to chuckle, but then she winced. She had never been good with pain.

[iobartach]

ava vc: i noticed you didnt catch my sarcasm. :/ //i know they havent interacted much but ava has to be mean its in her blood :3c

"Have you considered that I did catch it -- but simply chose not to entertain it?" He did have a growing reputation as the unfunny Spider, after all!

[fortunefeather]

"Sometimes, being told such a thing is helpful. And I hope that is the case here." he sighs, putting the card back into his deck. His mind was bustling with questions, yet he hesitated to ask most of them. Though, he does allow one to slip out.

"Do you have a place to sleep tonight? One that doesn't involve spending coin or... sneaking about?"

Ava looks up at Era, seemingly only now realizing that she's there. Not that she minds very much, something tells her that if push came to shove she would feel far more comfortable talking to the raven than him directly.

She's quiet for a few moments more, lips pursing and her expression further souring. "The world has a cruel sense of humor." Venom drips from her voice, though none of it is present as she says, "But... I am starting to work through it, staying in one place, letting it consume me... Well, I think you just named out everything that I've been facing while starting that journey."

[airxn]

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡, Airin leans back on his barstool and pinches the bridge of his nose. " If you're walking up to a bouncer, you might want to lead with the guy's your brother. " Kids will be kids though. They think they sound smart, have a master plan, and then adults can either catch onto their games... or make them realize shit has consequences– at least she didn't try to run with her fib.

He lets his hand drop limp at his side. " Sorry to say that if he isn't 21, he can't get in either. A bar's a bar, kid. I know there's some 18+ places in town if you really want him out of your hair. " Speaking of... where is this supposed brother? Airin sits up a bit and does a quick scan of the area. " ...Seems like he's out of your hair right now though. If he's so annoying, where is he? "

Ava lets out a slightly indignant squawk at the way he says friend, though she can't exactly deny that he'd be wrong. By in large, Odin was more of an annoying overbearing sibling over a friend. "Well, 's true! He doesn't get out much." She is caught up for a few moments in being disappointed that she can't drag that poor bastard somewhere to socialize, before what Airin says about kicking his ass actually processes.

...What?

"I don't think there's any need to kick his ass," Ava was more than capable of both telling anyone off and maiming someone if she needed. Although, something tells her that perhaps she should rephrase this. "Walkin' up to someone and saying, 'hey, I need to get my stupid brother out of my hair' didn't sound like it was a smart plan, okay?" Khalaas had chosen, in that moment, to roll her eyes back so far in her head that Ava swears the bitch died again. It's ignored, save for a nasty little scowl. "But he's also not twenty-one, so... That's why I asked."

[fortunefeather]

"Nor am I.." he admits softly, but that didn't mean he'd submit so easily. He had powerful spells up his sleeves, he just... rarely used them--

"...It's okay to be afraid, you know." he says, offering a glance back even though there was no point in it. He just hoped it would offer some reassurance. He'd heard the fear in her voice, and he could feel his own making his heart race in his chest. "I'll protect you. I promise."

And for Age'ian, a promise meant more than she'd know.

Ava doesn't want to risk attracting further attention, lest she put either Age'ian or Era in more danger than they already were just by being in proximity to her. There was a small silver lining, however, that these undead did not seem to be organized in the way she would have expected them to be had they been searching for her.

With almost military precision, Ava falls into step behind him. Not daring to be more than a pace or two apart, standing up straight. On edge. "...Do you intend to fight them, if they are the latter?" There is a deliberateness in her wording, like she's trying not to let it betray her fear. "I-" Cutting herself off, she bites her tongue, tail flicking in aggravation. "I'm not really equipped for combat..."

[game-weaver]

"Nah, just thinking out loud," he chuckled and looked at her with a soft smile. "I'm sorry, I get lost in my thoughts sometimes." Though Yugi tilted his head at her comment about there not always being a sun.

"Have you been to places without suns before?" He asked curiously.

@game-weaver said: “It’s always darkest before dawn.” - For Ava ^^ florence my beloved

Her head tilts curiously, hair falling in curtains around her face. Surely that was a saying and not the statement of fact that she wants to believe it is. It was more than likely like something like there's always a light at the end of the tunnel or whatever that saying was. "...Is everything okay?" She asks, blinking.

It was a good saying, one that she'd probably have to use at some point. "I- I mean, I was gonna say that 's always dark before the dawn, 'cus... Suns, but, um, that's actually not always the case."

[oflostinfound]

|| 🔷 ||: ❝ I think you're right. Lemon and lavender go really well together, and chamomile tea to go with it sounds amazing! ❞

|| 🔷 ||: ❝ I have some homemade chamomile tea if you need it too! Whats the occasion? ❞

@oflostinfound replied to your post:

A wild Eath has appeared, "Lavender lemon??"

"I was gonna try chamomile and lavender 'cus calmin', but figured lemon was a better one to add and that I could do chamomile tea if people wanted..."​

[bxtsence]

[ ☣ ] - ❝ Wh-whoops, thanks again. ❞ Would she ever not be a klutz? She felt her cheeks grow hot with embarrassment.

Viridian eyed the girl warily as soon as she mentioned the word “odd.” That didn’t sound too promising. Perhaps the girl was a stand user too of sorts? She didn’t appear to be a menacing person or anything like that at the very least. Ava looked sincere enough, making Viridian hesitate, then shrug in a response that signified an unsure “yes.” ❝ … If it’s going to hurt- Well, it’ll be quick, right? ❞

As soon as she starts to fall again, Ava dives in to catch her and at least make sure she doesn't hit the ground with the same amount of force as before. It's a very tempting choice to just offer to actually move her, but Ava does not want to overstep any boundaries.

"I'm not busy," She never is, and that just worries Ava further. Frowning, she moves once more to look at her knee again, before Ava's gaze flicks back up to meet Veridian's. "There is one other thing I may be able to do, if you... You're okay with it, and it might, um, be kinda odd..."

It may be better to just do it instead of warning, but Ava knows it will involve her very, very warm hands being in direct contact with someone's skin, and she does want to give an option. "I know 's not, um, like, something people normally are like, cool with, but... It would probably make it so you never even fell."

[oflostinfound]

|| 🔷 ||: ❝ I guess? I know I can handle snow better than most people. And holding a cup of hot tea is always nice! It just warms my hands instead of burning them. ❞

Ava certainly wasn't kidding about being so warm. Still, with the contrast it evened out enough that it wasn't unbearable. That, and the other teen keeping the hug short helped.

As Ava glances between her hands and Eath, the small daemon tries her bet to nonchalantly shove her hands in her pockets. It would probably be best to not draw attention to the fact that she only had four fingers in her normal form.

A bit of an awkward smile following the gesture, though it fades as their similarities are pointed out. The daemon tilting her head to the side and blinking quizzically.

|| 🔷 ||: ❝ Contacts.... Yes, that's the word... ❞

She has no idea what Ava means.

|| 🔷 ||: ❝ Your horns curve back more than mine but, you're right! That's fascinating. Kind of eerie too, but not in the bad way? We both have good taste in, uhm, costumes. ❞

She giggles a bit,

|| 🔷 ||: ❝ So...... Are you new here or did I miss seeing you around town? I mean I'm not in town super often either but-- ❞

"Probably perks to bein' cold too, yeah?" Even with Eath's warning, Ava does still keep the hug brief. She hopes that she's not too much, as Eath actually is not bad, Ava can just tell that she was exactly as she said she was.

Ava doesn't mind the cold, it just makes it easier for people to see that she really wasn't normal. Which wasn't a huge problem unless she was on a planet like this.

Blinking at her observation, Ava looks down at her own hands, then back at Eath. Huh, so they did. Down to the fact that Eath ran cold, and Ava ran, well, hot.

"So we do, your... Contacts?" She really has to pause to remember that term, nose scrunching up as she makes sure it's the right one, before continuing on. "Look like, um, some I have. So there is at least one similarity... Oh! And these," Ava reaches up to her own head, gesturing towards her horns, but refraining from touching them.