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[lupusxylem]

I will not make this look pretty later, don't believe me it's all a lie

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INVENTORY:

-The Punisher: Wolfwood's cross gun, normally covered in wrappings.
INFO from the mods on use so I don't forget: The cross-gun will be able to fire regular bullets (regains of these can be handwaved; silvered bullets can be purchased in the bonus AC store) just fine, without any special nerfs. The laser feature will be usable a max of 3 times a month.

-4 Vials of his Drugs(tm)
Info from the mods on use so I don't forget: Wolfwood can start with up to 5 vials of his Lab Drugs. More of these can be regained for the price of a Small Item (a maximum of 5 at once), but they will not work on other player characters for obvious reasons. Their healing ability will also be slightly nerfed to not heal anything instantaneously, but rather over a few minutes.
3/7: All Vials have been used. Will need to purchase replacements if he wants to use them again.
???: Forgot to put the date here but he's purchased more Vials, one has been used to he has 4 currently.

-A lighter

-A carton of cigarettes, more can be purchased/handwaved

-A winter coat that Heimr bullied him into purchasing

-A matching pair of boots for the coat

-A little knit wolf with sunglasses from Elsword.

-A blanket from Livio.

-A handgun with a wolf engraved on the handle.

-A black husky named Angelina

-A belt pouch to carry his regeneration vials with a cross emblazoned into the leather.

-Authentic rosary beads, with beads made from black glass and a heavy, silver cross pendant

-A black leather choker with a silver cross pendant, similar to the rosary

-A whole church(tm)

-A wool knit cat plushie from Pure Vanilla

-3 tomas chicks that currently live in Kiera's barn

-3 londonites

-Wolf skull shaped cufflinks

-A dagger for his "birthday" from Gnosis

Comments

[lupusxylem]

[No-]

...fine.

[He steps aside so Kreide can enter.]

But if it's something wrong with your present, go ask the Trader. I told you, they weren't from me.

[dissonanz]

Oh- no, it's not that at all.

( but he'll come in, ignoring the scent of cigarettes and whatever else. it's familiar in a way, anyways. )

It's...

( kreide is quiet as he thinks, trying to put his frustration into words. )

Twice now you've... reacted strangely to me, somehow, and then told me it was nothing. And it clearly isn't, or you wouldn't have acted so oddly. I'd like to know what's going on, please.

[lupusxylem]

Listen. I really ain't the guy to be asking about how shit here works. I haven't been here that long.

[Yet, he does shut the door behind Kreide as he says this, moving to lean against the nearest wall.]

But...what do you know so far? Anything?

[dissonanz]

I arrived five minutes before I opened the door to the inn. Everything that happened there... that's all that I know.

( which is to say: jack shit. )

[lupusxylem]

[Oh boy.

Wolfwood exhales heavily.]

...this is what people have told me.

This...place. Apparently all of us who show up here used to live here a long time ago, in a past life or something. Apparently we were different people, but still...sort of the same, I guess.

I was in the Forest a couple weeks ago, and it made me see a vision of some kids there. One of them looked like you.

[dissonanz]

... The Trader has said something similar- that we reincarnated into the life we know today, but originally we were born here. I'm still unsure what I think of that.

( but- him? in a vision...? )

I see. That would explain yours and Vash's reactions, yes...

( ... but that's only the first incident. )

[lupusxylem]

[Haha, yes. The second one...

Wolfwood takes off his sunglasses, and as he does, the vision he sees of Kreide with the black rocks coming from his skin disappears. It's just Kreide, now.]

My sunglasses were...enchanted, recently. The magic lets me see stuff in the Forest you can't normally, like the safe paths to go and hidden dangers and shit.

But it's also making me see...weird new looks on people, too. You had these black rocks coming out of your skin when you answered the door. I didn't realize until you touched your skin where they "were" that it wasn't real.

cw: disease

[dissonanz]

(



oh.

oh he doesn't like that. kreide closes his eyes and inhales slowly, but wolfwood can probably see that he's gone a bit paler than his already fair tone. )

... You aren't from Terra, correct? Those black rocks...

... Where I'm from, there's a disease called Oripathy. Over the course of infection, it crystallizes the infected from within, with eventual growths both internally and externally as it worsens.

... I suppose... you saw the worst potential of my infection. And...

( ... he can't bring himself to say it, it seems. )

[lupusxylem]

...shit.

[There are diseases not unlike that back home, obviously. It doesn't take long to realize that he kindof did a social faux pas, there.]

I mean. If it helps...what I saw wasn't real. It's just the glasses.

[...right?

Wolfwood you know damn well that's not how they work.]

[dissonanz]

...

( kreide is very quiet for what feels like a long time. )

It was very surprising, you know- being called a ghost.

Almost as surprising as waking up alive was.

I don't... understand it myself- what's happening with me. I don't have any answers for you. ... But, it shouldn't reach that point unless I do something incredibly foolish. And for everyone else's sake, I won't.

[lupusxylem]

[Ouch. Sounds like they called a dead guy a ghost. Oops.

He's quiet himself for a moment after Kriede says that, glancing off to the side.]

You might be better off asking the other people from your world about it. I know there's a bunch of them here, and they've been here longer than most anyone else. They might know what to do about it.

[dissonanz]

I intend to, yes- and I must inform them of my status, if only so they're aware of the threat it may pose. As they're from Rhodes Island, I can trust them to handle it with grace, at the very least.

( kreide is quiet again before smiling almost sheepishly- )

Sorry. All of that must have been incredibly surprising, to say the least.

[lupusxylem]

That's an understatement.

[Though, he gets why Kreide came here. He must have been extremely confused upon arrival, not to mention distress. Wolfwood doesn't exactly have the tact to make an arrival to a place like this...all that pleasant.]

Well, you ain't the only corrupted one here. [He's not. That's not-] I'm sure you'll fit right in.

[dissonanz]

Isn't that a relief?

( he huffs a laugh, though there's definitely a slight, if not teasing, undertone of 'really, man?' but yeah no his arrival was wild. imagine dying, waking up in a blizzard, finding an inn full of the strangest people he's met- and that's really saying something- and learning that the forest is alive and also a dick, and then someone gets stabbed and outted as a seaborn.


its been a weird week, to say the least. )

... If something else happens, I'd appreciate it if you were up front about it next time. But thank you for humoring me, Wolfwood. I can get out of your hair, now.

[lupusxylem]

[Sorry Kreide Wolfwood has the tact of a brick to the fact sometimes, you'll get used to it.]

Yeah yeah.

[Kreide was a product of unfortunate circumstances. Also, Wolfwood has had...A LOT ON HIS MIND...so just being like "forget I said anything" had been easier than trying to explain, so oopsie.]

Just keep your head down until the snow melts. We're gonna try to figure a way out of here when it warms up.

[dissonanz]

Mm. I hope it works. But until then... well, we'll be neighbors, I suppose.

... I am sorry, about how much I must have stressed you out.

( but, as he said, he'll be getting out of wolfwood's hair now. )

I hope you have a good day. Later, then.

[lupusxylem]

[Stress is a word for it. Honestly though, it's Wolfwood who has caused more stress for Kreide than the other way around. As such, he sort of shakes his head slightly, but doesn't try to argue it either.]

Yeah. I'll be around.