KID MEME FUCK YES

[occulthymns]

[So whatever your character was doing they are most certainly not doing it anymore, because they're suddenly finding themselves surrounding by massive moss-covered cedars and... giant mushrooms? A closer look reveals that those giant mushrooms are very real, making this whole place look like some kind of bizarro rainforest with an Alice in Wonderland twist. There are plenty of other unusual plants - ones that curl up immediately upon being touched, flowers that give off an eerie iridescent glow. The sounds of insects and chittering mammals pervade the humid, foggy air, and overhead the cawing of crows can be heard. It's beautiful and just a tiny bit unnerving.

In a nearby clearing a little white-haired girl in a blue dress (is that a pointy witch hat on the ground nearby?) is playing with a little black dog. She's throwing a stick and he's disappearing among the moss and oversized roots, and returning it with a startling quickness.

WHAT DO.]

((KID MEME! Your character is a kid! Or not, I don't care. Threadhop or do whatever LET'S DO THIS THING))

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[spiderchans]

[ Watch from the underside of a mushroom cap like the scraggly spider gross child that he is, that's what. He's been through a long journey and he's kind of done travelling for the next little while so setting up for a few days' rest seemed like a good idea.

Seemed being the important word in that sentence though because he hadn't expected to actually run into anyone here. As soon as Euri appeared he'd huddled closer to the stem of the large mushroom and hunkered in near its gills to watch 8|| And watch...and watch, because Euri's hair is actually very aesthetically pleasing to his eyes when sunlight manages to hit it. It's kind of like watching a pixie dart around c: ]

[occulthymns]

[A rambunctious pixie who seems very intent on throwing that stick as far as her tiny arms can manage. But when Dog brings it back she's always pleased, laughing and scooping him up too give him ear scratches.

It's actually Dog who notices the gross spiderkid first, peering up at him curiously. Euri blinks and follows suit, tilting her head when she catches sight of him. Definitely not human, so she's safe there. He kind of looks like a demon-but-not-quite.

Weird.]

[spiderchans]

[ And it's probably the first time someone's looked at him without recoiling in fear or disgust or surprise. The weird little white-haired thing just stops...and stares.

Kaz does about the same back, closing his main set of eyes and continuing to watch her with his other three sets as a much smaller arm protruding from the carapace on his chest reaches up to paw at his mouth in a lazy groom. ]

[occulthymns]

[Well, he doesn't seem violent or dangerous....

So of course the best course of action is to yell at him. She carefully sets Dog down before waving her arms.]

Hey! Hey!

[spiderchans]

[ ...Well then. That's a lot more noise than he wants ringing around in his ears and his expression reflects it as he tucks in a bit closer to the gills of the mushroom and pulls his nubbin arm close to his chest. ]

....

[occulthymns]

[At least she's got his attention! Though she'd like it better if he actually came down from the mushroom.]

Hey! Come here! [She's making her way over to the mushroom stem, tapping on it as high as she can reach.]

[spiderchans]

[ Which echoes along the stem and up to the sensory hairs on his carapace limbs, making his vision vibrate uncomfortably. So with an irritated sort of gargled click he's going to open his main set of eyes again and dig his feet harder into the stem so he can detach the elongated, insectoid arm on his right side from the gills of the mushroom and pois it near himself, trying to look....bad ass or at least something resembling threatening sob ]

[ex_outofcontrol435]

What is this stupid place?

[A foul-faced kid with longish, scruffy dirty blonde hair poking out from under a Yankees cap and huge blue eyes is stomping his way through the underbrush, glaring at everything he sees. His jeans and t-shirt are equally scruffy, with a few visible holes and patches of wear, and the cap is at least a few sizes too big for him.

That glare, though. He's a city kid through and through, and though he's been to Central Park once, he's never seen vegetation this downright aggressive. His natural reaction is to be aggressive in return, tearing the head off a flower and crushing it in his palm as he walks.]

Mom? Dad? Where the hell are you? [That's sure to get their attention, because they're always on him about his cursing.]

[occulthymns]

[Euri hears him before she sees him - the angry tone, the stomping feet - and that's not a way a Witch or Demon would ever act, so her first reaction is to freeze.

Her next is to dart behind a large tree, Dog close at her heels, and peek out to spy on him in her new hiding spot.

... Which would go a lot better if she hadn't left her hat sitting out in the open. She realizes that after she's hunkered down, but whatever this thing is might be dangerous....]

[ex_outofcontrol435]

[Eventually, he does come across the hat, and picks it up with a puzzled expression. It's nowhere near Halloween, and there aren't even any houses. Where could it have come from?

Some of his anger giving way to mild curiosity, he pulls off his cap and tries the witch's hat on. He'd never do it with anyone else around, but he's surrounded by nothing but forest and mushrooms. Why not?]

[occulthymns]

[Oh no put the hat down put the hat down oh gross he's putting it ooooon.

An adorable burst of rage flares up in Euri and before she even realizes it she's jumping out from her hiding place, screaming like a banshee.]

Take that off!

[ex_outofcontrol435]

[He whirls around in shock at the scream, both hats going flying as he throws out his arms for balance but still winds up on his rear end in the thick plant life. And that, let me tell you, pisses him off.]

It's just a dumb costume! What do you -

[Wait a minute. She's young for it, but white hair and red eyes?]

- whoa, are you a mutant?!

[occulthymns]

[His surprise has her anger freezing up. She's taking a cautious step backwards, suddenly quieting right down.]

... What?

heine has a severe lack of kid icons.

[thestraydog]

[It must have been a dream. A shitty one at that. He figures he'd wake up, open his eyes and be reminded of the locked children with bullets and carnage. Yet, with each long blink he gives, it's starting to feel that he's stuck in this dream, and honestly, Heine doesn't know how he feels about that. On one hand, he isn't locked away, but on another, he doesn't know where he is, nor how to handle this new change of scenery.

With a careful gaze on his surroundings, Heine eventually does get off the ground, taking a closer look at the wild plant life. He's not sure at all what it is, didn't understand much more than what he was accustomed to back in the gloom atmosphere of home. How his head could imagine such a scenery was beyond him, but it wasn't something he was exactly questioning either.

A few steps further into the forest he finally does notice the white-haired girl. It's instinct that he keeps hidden behind a tree, eying the girl a little more and the black puff of fur running and catching a stick. He didn't recognize her, knew very well it wasn't Lily or anyone he could recognize. She was a stranger to him, and while he should be careful, Heine does eventually step out from the area he was hiding in.

But he doesn't step any closer, however, eying the girl as he feels a rush of uneasiness and uncertainty.]

...who are you?

wanna pinch his cheeks

[occulthymns]

[He's quiet enough that Euri doesn't even notice him until he's standing there asking that question. And with a surprised squeak she's jumping, nearly stumbling over a root sticking out of the ground as she spins to face him, and pointing in surprise and anger.]

Wh - who are you??

[He doesn't look like a Demon, probably - does that mean he's human? What's with that ugly metal thing on his neck? He doesn't look like an adult, if he's human what's a human kid doing in here? That means he might be weak though, she could beat him up if he tries anything -]

You'd better answer!

[... Meanwhile Dog just flops over, stick in his mouth.]

only if pinching euri's cheeks happen first

[thestraydog]

[What a weird girl. At least she looked relatively harmless. However, Lily did too, until she lost herself to that berserk feeling inside all of them.

Yet this girl...didn't have a collar. At least, he couldn't see if she did or not. It made Heine curious, and he steps forward again, and again. A part of him is still a little cautious, but it's not enough to stop him.]

You answer first.

[Heine doesn't mind answer her question, but it was better to make the same demand before giving up his own answer and not receiving one in return.]

*^*~

[occulthymns]

[She takes a step backwards when he moves, but stubbornly shakes her head. This is her - .... well, it's not her house, and she can't really claim it's her clearing. Not if this guy is a Warlock.

Actually, that seems like the best thing to figure out first. Maybe he is? She's never actually seen anyone with hair like hers before (outside of old people, but they don't count), so... maybe he's a Warlock. Maybe he's half human.

She stares at him warily, eyes darting up to his hair, then down to his eyes and back again.]

... Are you a Warlock?

[thestraydog]

[Warlock? The question throws Heine off for a brief few seconds.

He wasn't even sure what a Warlock was. In fact, a lot of things about this new scenery was very strange and Heine couldn't give a definite answer to most things. He has a handful of questions, but none are exactly forming.

All he does is stare back, trying to pin-point who this girl could possibly be.

But, he eventually does decide to answer with a very disinterested look.]

Maybe. I'll be a little more clear when you start answering my questions.

[occulthymns]

[Which is, sadly, something she's very used to. It's a typical Witch answer, which makes her hesitate, and she tries to keep up her own stare but after another minute or so she's glancing away.]

No. You have to answer first.

pretend I actually have bitty icons sob

[showmeanguish]

[WELL SOMEHOW VANITAS IS HERE, and tiny. The boy that suddenly appears at the edge of her little performance is possibly even younger than her by a year or two. His yellow eyes follow her movements with an sort of cold attentiveness that's unusual for a child.

And after he watches her throw the stick again, he simply speaks up from behind the fern that's partially shielding him from view, and has allowed him to just quietly observe until now.]

Is that the only trick it knows?

huhuhu *^*

[occulthymns]

[Way to be a total ninja, Vanitas. Euri doesn't notice him at all, and when he speaks up she's startling and quickly moving away from the source of his voice. When she's a few feet further away from him she's settling down a little, watching him suspiciously.]

... No. He knows how to do lots of things.

[showmeanguish]

Like what?

[The way he says that is almost challenging, as he pushes the fern down and out of his way, stepping a bit further out into the area.]

[occulthymns]

[She takes a small step backwards, not entirely comfortable with the distance between them being closed.]

Like roll over, and sit and stay.

... Who're you?

[showmeanguish]

Yeah, right. I bet he's just a big slobber machine.

[He cocks his head at her slightly, and crosses his arms over his chest.]

Tell me yours, first.

[occulthymns]

He is not!

[She puffs her cheeks out in irritation.]

No, I asked first!