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[godsfavourite]

Who: Allen + You!
What: Holy clown boy coming to a Grove near you!
When: Beginning of March
Where: ??? Around
Warnings: None yet, will be in headers as the pop up.



I. I've tasted all your sin (Forest entrance)

[ There is, perhaps, not a single person who would say arriving in the Grove isn't jarring. Some woke up here from their own slumber back home, and that is perhaps the smoothest transition you can get, even even that has yet to be graceful. For Allen, one moment he's holding the hand of his friend, trying to wake him up from what he could only assume was a horrific coma, and then next he's... here. His hand clasps in on itself, and he's suddenly looking around in a panic. He knew that the place he'd ended up may very well kick him out of his consciousness. May lend just the right amount of strength for Nea to pull him out of the "driver's seat", so to speak, but... is that what's happening now? Now, when he was so close to saving his friend?

No.

No, no, no.

The panic sets in as he darts from out of the trees, attempting to look for something, anything that might help him figure out how to get back. It's once he gets into the Grove proper that his eye activates. He has his own questions about that - if he's not in control, where is that coming from? What would his eye see... in his own head? Before he can ponder it for too long, he at least gets one of his answers. What does his eye see? Well.

Death.

It's the first time Allen's seeing souls not attached to something else, but Allen doesn't have time to process that part. Rather, he is trying to remember how to breathe again, because as of now, seeing the horrible visions in front of him - death of his friends, of those he loves, of a fire that isn't really there - all has the air he's trying to get out caught in his throat. It's only once his eye deactivates, the sclera turning from black to white and the red of his eye back to a silvery gray, does he finally have some kind of reprieve from the overwhelm. It's not much. The panic has only gotten worse, after all.

He falls to his knees, gasping for air as if he'd been held underwater for too long. ]

II. You've lost your appetite (for sacrifice) (Timcanpy, the Inn)

[ Timcanpy is a little golden golem. He is here! He isn't sure why he's here, but he is! How exciting! He's gonna...! He's...!!!

...

Where is this!!!!!!!!!! He is going to float out of the inn room he Spawned(tm) in and??? chew on the first person he sees. Hello. ]

III. How can we terminate this parasite (Around the Grove)

[ Fortunately, although the panic attack hits Allen like a train, the fact that he's so fucking hungry does as well. Which means... this is definitely his body. He's not stuck in his head. That's?? Good. Probably. Well, it's not good that he doesn't know where he is, but it's good he's still Him. Does this make sense? No. It doesn't. Fuck, he's SO hungry-

He will very hastily try to find the first person he can and catch their attention with a friendly wave of his normal-looking hand, and in a thick, British accent: ] Cheers! Uh, I have a lot of questions, but... most important, do you know where a bloke might find some food? Preferably, a lot of it?

...

Oh, also, what is that? [ He's, uh, pointing at Moder. ]

IV. If you keep digging up the Host? (Wildcard)
HMU if you wanna do something else pls I have such a strong muse for my baby boy I'm gonna be SO annoying-

Comments

[eidxiety]

Not particularly, but I've been here long enough to have everyone memorized~. My name is Ain, and I'm the tailor and also sometimes a healer, but mostly a public nuisance for fun.

[Ain crosses his arms and folds the end of his too-long tail over his feet, unable to get over the Soul Issue. He hasn't commented on this sort of thing before, but...]

And I have a question. Are you normally three men pressure cooked into one?

[godsfavourite]

H





The fuck??

[eidxiety]

Aww, I'm sorry, haha, this is why I don't normally say things... Did you know already, or is this news? You have extra souls clinging to you. One of them is a lot stronger than the others. The other two are sort of fused, but those two are strong together, like the first soul.

I'm an angel, so we can see things like that, and sense anomalies in time and things like that. [Allen is also a bunch of time anomalies too, but Ain doesn't say this yet.] Did I scare you? Sorry~. I won't tell anyone! I promise.

[godsfavourite]

I... I know. [ It's still, like, fresh knowledge, though. Allen doesn't really want to talk about it, and??? this is. This is.

Ain says "angel", though, and Allen takes the longest step back of his fucking life. Most might be in awe or excitement or disbelief. Allen just looks horrified. ]

What do you mean "angel"?

[eidxiety]

[Ain cocks his head to the side, visibly confused. Dachie, picking up on this, stops trying to play and instead sits down on Ain's feet. Guard father. Not that he can do anything, but guard father.]

These ribbony thingies behind me are my wings. I'm the Goddess Ishmael's son... I guess, technically? We're not born like humans are, we're sort of just spawned from Elrios' magic. Elrios being the world I'm from. You're not Elrian, are you?

[godsfavourite]

... [ He's still leery, but he relaxes. Just a tad. He at least doesn't seem like he's going to jump into fight or flight at a single movement from Ain now. ] Magic. I see. [ He doesn't. But! He's trying! Wrapping his head around religious shit that isn't His Religious Shit is hard. ] Is that why... you're made of light?

[eidxiety]

Oh! You can see me too! Yes, that's why. My whole body is my "soul". I don't have a shell like you do, being a human and all. If something happens to me that's bad, like dying, I revert to a little ball of light.

I'd like to think I'm a cute ball of light.

[godsfavourite]

I... [ "Shell". He feels sick. He knows Ain means it like "a body", but "shell" sounds too close to...

Ghh. This place is not good for him. Everything is just a horrible, miserable reminder of what he is, the things he's learned, and how he's not ready to tackle any of it yet. At least back home he had things to be doing. Steps to be taking. Distractions to be had. Here, it feels like all his fears and worries and anxieties are being yanked to the forefront.

Congratulations, Suri. You don't even need to give this one a fear monster. ]

Sorry, mate, I don't want to offend, but even if you're not of God, angels and I have... a bad history.

[eidxiety]

Aww...

[Ain slumps.]

Well, that's okay. I'd hide my wings if I could. I always wanted to be human, but I guess some dreams aren't meant to be. That's okay, though, I'm not offended.

[Just soggy!]

[godsfavourite]

Ah— [ Oh no! He’s sad! Backpedal immediately— ] You- you don’t have to change yourself or anything! That isn’t your fault or anything! My experience should never dictate how you perceive yourself, I…

[ He clears his throat. ]

All I mean to say is that I hope we can be friends, I just… I hope you’re patient with me, because I may unintentionally come off as distant… that’s all.