October Catch-All

[reaperbunny]

Who: Brook and co.
What: October shenanigans
When: gestures vaguely
Where: gestures even more vaguely
Warnings: None yet

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spooky month spooky month spooky-

[reaperbunny]

[ Perhaps you're by the forest to grab some mushrooms, or various plants around, looking at the fog from a safe distance, or just happen to be meandering nearby, the moment that you happen to get close to the tree Brook is hanging out in, he hangs from the branch suddenly. If he spooks you, it's hard to tell if he's even a little apologetic or what.

He'll wait for you to finish if you do scream, or just wave if you don't. ]

Hey. [ A conversationalist professional, really. ]

[neverleave]

[Natsuno was going to sit under that tree, take his newly-regained flamethrower apart and clean it. Ydalir warned him not to burn the entire forest, but he can at least make sure the weapon is in good shape.]

Hi.

[He's not spooked. He's not much of anything, really.]

You're undead.

[reaperbunny]

[ Brook goes quiet for a second, then lifts an arm to his mask to try and give a small sniff. Does he smell like corpse?? He thought he was doing a good job keeping that covered… Or perhaps Natsuno had just caught on to the fact he hasn't eaten anything since getting here??? Interesting. ]

You're not surprised. [ They're just stating facts. Next one of them is gonna say "the sky is blue" or "water is wet". ] You deal with stuff like that often, then?

…

Is that what the flamethrower is for? Because I should warn you in advance, I don't exactly burn.

[neverleave]

Not that often. [After Sotoba, there was nothing to "deal" with. All the undead he's since met were trying their best to navigate a bad situation without hurting anyone.] But you smell like a corpse.

[No offense. Natsuno looks at the flamethrower and shakes his head.]

I was just about to clean it. I'm not interested in burning you, or any of the residents.

[reaperbunny]

[ He's frowning under the mask. Deeply. All the offense taken, actually. ]

…I pray you just have good olfactory senses. [ Brook doesn't really have that, thankfully. He adjusts himself to slide from the tree and onto the ground. He gives a subtle little hop afterwards to keep his balance. ] You say "residents" so easily. Do you think being trapped here automatically makes us that?

[neverleave]

[Natsuno has VERY good olfactory senses, but doesn't confirm or deny - at least for now.]

No. But I don't care much about semantics. [He shrugs.] You can call us "otherworlders," "outsiders" or even "prisoners" if you want.

[reaperbunny]

Hm. Alright.

[ He's, again, going to gesture to the flamethrower. Mostly because he's just really confused, like, bro?? Are you???? good???? ]

What's this for, anyway? I don't suppose you were trying to burn the trees down, right?

[neverleave]

Start a forest fire where we're trapped? Of course not.

[Except he might have tried anyway if Ydalir didn't warn him that he'd end up like Nene and Elsword, oops.]

I have it for self defense in case more monsters come out of the woods.

[Natsuno doesn't actually say duh, but he obviously thinks that. What else would you have a weapon for? And no, he's not okay, thanks for asking.]

a small stream

[reaperbunny]

[ Brook hangs out by the river more often then not. For the most part, he just kind of stands there, staring at the reflective surface of the water in silence for a long time. Sometimes he'll be on his phone and take pictures of the fish. Sometimes he'll sit and… probably nap. Hard to tell with that mask on.

Perhaps you'll happen upon him when he mumbles to the water. ]

Where do you go to, friend? What memories do you hold?

[amhran]

[ WHY A NAT 1 WHAT TEH FUCK LFKMAO. Suddenly a bubble of water the size of 10 feet in diameter jumps out as a response and tries to absorb Brook within it. Feel free to just outright eviscerate this dumb ass bubble. ]

[reaperbunny]

[ Before the bubble can get to close to him, Brook manifests what looks like shadows around his hand, then they form in his hand in the shape of… a… tennis racket…??????

He bats the bubble. ]

[amhran]

[ The Tennis Racket comically cuts through the ball like that episode in Spy Family with yor and turns into a million of water droplet pieces and clatters back into the river in an equally comical effect.

Then after a moment... A little bubble of water offers an peace-offering of a single shiny unimportant rock floating inside the bubble.... It seems to be stuck twirling around in circles with other small pretty rocks. ]

[reaperbunny]

[ …

He'll hold his hand out, but he's not sticking his hand in the bubble. He doesn't trust like that. The racket dissipates. ]

[amhran]

[ It places one stone in your hand. The low int being is trying to figure something out - what that is, is a current mystery.... However, it waits to see what the rabbit man does with the rock. ]

[reaperbunny]

[ Brook crosses his legs, simply holding the rock in his palm. He feels a little bad for just batting it away now. Only slightly. ]

... This is very pretty. You should give it to someone who can appreciate it more than me, though.

[amhran]

[ It continues to fail int checks and cannot determine what this thing is, so after a few moments the bubble suddenly DISPERSES back into the water.

Then maybe even longer of a moment, some time passes and Caoimhe inevitably can be seen walking up the river. When her eyes catch sight of the bunny reaper, she gives a little wave. ]

Oh! Hello... Yes, you are something 'strange'... Though, not what I had meant for it to find. [ She gives a half smile, and awkward chuckle. ] Are you alright? Did ... An elemental come to throw itself at you by any chance?

[reaperbunny]

[ Bathhouse! Bathhouse. He needs this, thank you. He's going to head inside to look through the shampoos and see if there's anything nice. He needs to smell like strawberries or he might die. This is just bunny facts, you see— ]

[alligatus]

[ They lock eyes - - - suddenly Pokemon battle music starts playing -

He just stares at him.

His whole armor is still on actually . . . . ]

[reaperbunny]

[ Stares back. ]

Do you need help? Because I am not bathing you, let's get that out of the way right now.

1/2

[alligatus]

[alligatus]

[ Gets up from his enjoyable soak that he honestly didn't realize he was having - he just kinda ended up here. Standing up immediately starts this waterfall of sound coming from inside his armor.... The water is slowly pouring out of him. ]

I'll leave.

[ You know just give him a moment... ]

[reaperbunny]

[ Brook just continues to stare at him. He's squinting under the mask and there's a definite judgmental look. Lancelot might not be able to see it, but who knows, maybe the silence just oozes it. ]

...Are you trying to become a lobster?

[alligatus]

... No, if anything the waters in the bath have become colder now because I was sitting in it.

[ Implying that... ????
1. he's a lizard and went into the hot water bc warm
2. ??? he's cold enough to make hot water stop being hot?
3. what ]

I would give it a moment before entering within. Otherwise, the water is most lukewarm.

[reaperbunny]

[ What, indeed. Brook just walks over to Lancer to just... fully slap a hand against his armor. For someone who has personal boundaries himself, he sure doesn't respect them himself. Or, more likely, he just doesn't respect Lancer's. This is what you get for picking him up, jerk--

But also, he's curious. Is it really that cold? Did it heat up at all in the water? Is Lancer just a big ice cube??? He wants to know things. ]

[alligatus]

[ Youre not a girl so its fine. Except not really, Lancer grips his wrist as it comes barreling towards him. ]

What are you doing?

[ The armor itself does give off a cool atmosphere but after sitting in the hot water for a while. The plated pieces seem to feel - NORMAL, but give off this sense of feeling that i am getting cold right this moment as we fucking speak boyyy. ]