sticksandbones | [netbook] dad voice: beware of bird

[ Mephisto is like two seconds away from scratching out all of Flamebringer's words with a marker or just writing something like "Fuck Off" in Russian over his words, but... he's in a mildly good mood because the weird lady who gave him this book was kind and told him what this weird notebook is and does. A bit primitive, but it means he can snoop at the earlier pages...

...

He starts scratching out his grammatical mistakes them, fixing them like a petty asshole. ]

[jackass]

who could this be but the kid of the hour himself

Oh, I was just making you seem literate, that's all! I don't even get a "thank you"?

i AM literate for a kazdelian thanks

"Thank you, Mephisto. You're so helpful, Mephisto. I appreciate you helping, Mephisto."

Geez, it's like you don't even want me here. :)

you know me well enough to know that "thank you" isn't in my vocabulary

[ He so wants to reply with "I know you well enough to know your vocabulary consists of "die" and "fuck you" and "some shit about arson" and that's it, buddy". He doesn't, though. If just because he knows other people can read this, and while normally giving everyone a horrible impression of him from the word "go", is perfectly fine with him, he... just thinks about how this is, weirdly, a very good chance for him to start over. So... ]

You know me, too, and that my ability is significantly hindered here. I'm about as useful as a paperweight. I don't think anyone needs to worry.

we've got some anxious people here who don't need to hear shit like "i'm going to rip your fingernails off one by one". i realise you're about as threatening as a wet paper bag right now but words have meaning.

[holy shit you're growing into your fatherhood buddy]

And if the people here are gullible enough to believe it, then I believe that's on them!

[ How frustrating... ]

You holding me up like I need a warning label is hilarious considering who the fuck you are and the things you've done!

[Hissss.... Mephisto got him with that one. Flamebringer is tapping his pen on the page, so he'll see flecks of ink where the words would ordinarily start. He super does not want to discuss his war crimes out in the open, thanks; he's done a damn good job at keeping those on the down low!]

people already know how i am. they don't know you.

Do they? All of you? Furthermore, do you of me?

You're a bit late with making this post, I'm afraid.

He threatened to steal my kneecaps.

[ Crosses out "kneecaps". Writes "legs". ]

are you serious

we were apart for maybe an hour, he works fucking fast

i'm not having this conversation over the magic notebooks.

[This just in: Adult man loses argument to teenage boy because he literally has not admitted many truths about himself to other people, except for one time to the ghost of Sesa in Spooky's Fucking Jumpscare Mansion and not even that was the full breadth of his crimes.]

^-^ Goodbye, Mister Flamebringer. Thank you for the unnecessary warning label.

[sorry he is just straight up ignoring fb's warning and his internet troll of a child --]

HEY ARE YOU THE GUY WHOSE DICK I GOTTA SUCK TO GET STABBED AROUND HERE

[...this has to be Razlo, it just has to be.]

you don't have to suck either cock, i'm not a prostitute

what kind of stabbing, do you want to fight me or do you want a tat.

EITHER????!!!!! BAHAHAHA I WAS ASKIN FOR THE LATTER BUT I'LL TAKE THE FIGHT TOO IF YOU'RE OFFERIN!!!!!

[yeah this is definitely razlo, okay.]

i need to make sure my blade isn't rusty, but we can worry about that later.

come to the tat place, tell me what you want. i'll meet you there. bring SHELLS for payment and not your MOUTH.

HAHAHAHAHA SICK!!!!!!

[Flamebringer will make his way to the shop then and get it opened up and ready to go... still checking the netbook to make sure that Mephisto isn't causing crimes but it looks like the kid fucked off which can only mean good things right now surely. Surely he wouldn't threaten to take Sesa's legs again.

Anyway he'll be here, come on in whenever Razlo.]

Very serious yes.

And sorry, as he's so succinctly corrected, legs.

It didn't go well. Obviously.

[razlo is here to break down your door--

really though he doesn't rip the door off the hinges or anything but he isn't super gentle about it. as always he busts in like }:D]

I want a sickass tiger with stripes like my face tat, 'n my ear 'n tongue pierced! Shit, y'can pierce whatever the fuck ya want!! Bahahaha!!!

...

Right. [Oookay, he will get the sketchbook out and start scrawling immediately while he sits at his little table.] Which ear, or do you want both? Where do you want the tat? Bicep, left asscheek, chest, back?

[He's not even going to ask about the "pierce whatever the fuck you want" yet, let's get the initial request out of the way.]

tell me you still have legs. your original legs and not ones gnosis made while running on 7 cups of coffee and a dream.

I still have legs. Our confrontation wasn't...violent, or anything of the sort. But I can safely say my presence was not welcomed.

[honest to god despite all the innuendo today, razlo is not coming on to fb. this is just how he talks.

he makes a point to lean in at his left side and tap the metal dome over... where an ear should be.]

Just got the one! [and give him a few seconds to think on this...] Bicep! I wanna be able to see it!

that's not surprising. at least you're fine.

we used to be in reunion together. surprise i guess. that's why i issued the warning since i know some things.

Mm. That does...explain a lot, yes.

I wasn't present for a large number of Rhodes' altercations with Reunion, but I have heard stories. I was concerned that he might decide to try something harmful.

It wouldn’t be “try” if that’s what I decided on~

Great. [sketching will continue until morale improves] Piercing-wise, do you want gauges or studs? And where? Lobes, orbital, helix? Tragus?

[Don't do that last one, says the way his eyebrow raises. Absolutely do not do that one.]

To be clear, you can't do gauges in most of those locations — lobes only — but everything else flies.

[Flamebringer will brush his short hair back to show off one of his ears, where the lobe is pierced with a ring and he's given himself an industrial piercing further up the ear, and an orbital one a bit lower. His ears are pointed so there's more to work with, but.]

[flamebringer should not have made that face. razlo takes it as a challenge.]

All'a the above!!! [good fucking luck working around his horn, though. fb is more than welcome to tell him one or another is impossible to reach.]

Are you always this pedantic?

😊

no more harmful than W would be if she showed up, but you know her already anyway

the concerns are valid. it's why i wrote this thing.

Right.

[Yeah no he's not doing the tragus.]

One more question... you and Livio are both into this idea, right? I don't want to make him cry when he discovers all this. Too much drama. [dRAMA???]

It's appreciated regardless.

I may just give him a wide berth for the time being. My presence thus far has been more harmful than helpful.

He won't fuckin' cry. He loves kitty cats 'n all that shit. Didn't even complain when he woke up with lines on 'is face! [he absolutely complained. he complains to this day.]

It's your body, I'm just making sure. I don't need Wolfwood beating my fucking door down because Livio's upset.

[He cannot believe he's saying this. When did he start preferring to avoid drama... Ezell made him SOFT.]

Come here and look at this sketch.

["Come here" he says as he turns the sketchbook around to show Razlo. It sure is a sickass tiger.]

probably for the best man. you know where i hang out if you need something though

[oh, THAT gets an eyeroll. possibly the biggest eyeroll west of the river.]

Liv don't need fuckin' Dogtwig fightin' his battles for 'im. He ain't a damn kid.

[grumpiness eliminated, though, that is INDEED a sickass tiger.]

Fuck yeah! Put it on me!!

Great. Get your ass in the chair and get comfortable.

[He supposes this is what he's doing today, if Mephisto burns down the Grove then Flamebringer will simply gesture to Razlo and say he was busy.

He'll take a moment to wander around and prepare the usual items, setting them aside after so he can draw the non-permanent outline on Razlo's skin first. Very important first step. After that it's Tattin' Time, they can do piercings after the fact. Enjoy your obligatory "Flamebringer draws on Razlo" timeskip.]

[razlo very deliberately did not give fb the heads-up that he will already start healing halfway through this, so have fun with that flamebringer. not like it'll hurt anything, raz just likes to watch people squirm. even if fb probably won't. OH WELL.

also sorry he does not shut up the whole time. insert your generic "COOL" "SICK" "HELL YEAH" every minute. and of course, he flexes the shit out of it afterward. trying to make its mouth move, whether or not it was designed to do so. he's a freak.]

[...? Oh, he just heals. Cool. At least Flamebringer won't have to wrap it in saran wrap and put medicine on it and give Razlo the Very Specific Care Instructions he knows would be ignored.

No squirming over here, just a brief moment of contemplation before he's like. Cool beans whatever man. Fuck it we ball.

...

He's just glad Razlo's enjoying it. But with that out of the way, now he can prep the piercing gun and the little starter studs and gauges they give you and hm. If Razlo's just gonna heal through it...]

I'm starting off the piercings with simple ones that fit in my piercing gun, but since you'll heal immediately, you can switch to whatever punk rock shit you want after.

[The rules don't matter, Razlo is free.]

[yeah, flamebringer reads razlo like a book on that one. who needs medical care when you can... not.

but WAIT.]

Nah, y'don't get it -- it'll heal heal. Y'gotta put the cool shit in now or it'll just close when I take it out! Or just fuckin' gimme the shit 'n mark it or somethin' where I should jab it 'n I'll do it myself.

[...]

Right. Sure. Not that I think you give two fucks about pain, but this is going to involve me doing it like we'd do in Kazdel, meaning it's going to be quick, dirty, and fucking hurt.

[He'd love to do it at, y'know, a normal fucking pace that hurts way less, but that's off the table. Flamebringer frowns, thinking through how to do this. Stick the needle in and then jam the piercing into the hole before it closes? Guide the piercing with the needle and pray? Probably that last one, actually, he's not sure how fast he can move with those horns in the way.]

We'll worry about the logistics of you outhealing the piercings in a second. [that is not at all how you should do this.] Pick your poison.

[He has a little stand of body jewellery off to the side that Razlo is welcome to look at, ranging from simple studs to the most complicated shit imaginable. Gauges, too... god the gauges are going to be a pain in the ass if Razlo autoheals. Fuck. Why did he offer gauges.]

Yer right -- I don't even give the one fuck! Do what y'gotta do!

[razlo doesn't want gauges, thankfully. he just wants the spikiest, most metal-looking shit imaginable. pointy studs or rings with studs along them, yeah?]

Thank you Flamebringer. The offer is mutual, though you sound like you have everything under control for the most part.

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