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May Catchall with a Lion

WHO: Caramia and the whole damn town
WHERE: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
WHEN: May
WHAT: Various stuff
WARNINGS: Fighting monsters? Might be mentions of blood and stuff. Uhh... Everything else will be Good And Wholesome (probably)

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House Log with Henry and Kyrie (5/1)
The Night Sky with Kyrie (5/3)
Courage Quest with Shiho, Izuku, Kyrie and Akechi (5/4)
Teaching Ochako and Dextera Sign Language (5/?)
Catching Dumb Birds with Riku and Lupin (5/?)
Talking about Medicine Or Whatever with Yuuya (5/?)
Talking about Fun Books with Noctis (5/?)
Talking about More Fun Books with Kirishima (5/?)
Vriska's here, too (5/?)
Kyrie does the Hug Thing (5/22-ish)

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[ After the shadows appeared to have stopped trying to stir trouble, Caramia still refused to do much of anything, not really leaving his room to do much beyond make food and other essentials. He slept most of the day, occasionally checking his laptop to try and communicate with people, but he generally got too anxious discussing things over the public forum. Too many people...

Today was like any other of the days... for a while. What was different was that this time, when he walked into the kitchen, there was a friend waiting for him on the kitchen counter. A friend in the shape of a not so friendly looking human skull. Thanks, Henry. ]

Ah- [ The scream caught in his throat, but only for a moment. In a quick panic, he ran with a loud, startled yelp for the nearest table to hide under it... ]

[And then Henry just happens to wander in to scoop up his waylaid buddy! What a coincidence!

It's soon enough to notice the flash of movement beneath a nearby table, though. Henry bends to look beneath it, concern written all over his face. Also, he has the skull tucked under his arm as he does.]

Caramia? Is that you? What's wrong?

Unlike Henry, Kyrie isn't hovering conveniently around the creepy skull. But whatever he was doing is dropped in favor of addressing the sudden commotion--though it certainly wouldn't appear it was in any rush, given the leisurely way he ends up leaning a hip against the entry once he's assessed the situation as appropriately not dangerous.

His eyes wander from the cowering form beneath the table, to the skull sitting neatly in Henry's arm, and then to the ceiling as he heaves a long-suffering sigh and folds his arms over his chest. As if living with Shiho and Yuuya wasn't eventful enough, now he's got these two to deal with.

"That skull is as empty as yours is, isn't it?"

Is he talking to Caramia or Henry, you ask? Yes. Yes, he sure is.

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[ It's been an odd rollercoaster ride lately. From learning about this town, to losing his pendant, to getting it back, to finding beasts that were definitely not supposed to be here, to overall just dealing with the shitty shenanigans this town had to throw at them, and with very little in terms of clues about what this town really was, but... it could be worse. After all, he got his pendant back, and there was so much color that returned to this world (a lot in Ruga, too, Caramia noticed. It was nice seeing the roads in a color again, and even if the curtains didn't match, they certainly were much easier on the eyes to look at.

And today he was going to teach Dextera Italian sign language! It was already something he intended to do, but the quests gave him all the more incentive. Did sign count as a skill? Well, surely fingerspelling did, if anything. Even if it didn't, he was still happy to show Dextera, even if, admittedly, it wouldn't be much help here. After all, there was really only two people in the whole town he know that could actually read Italian sign, but... whatever.

For now, he'd wait outside for Dextera to come by. He even grabbed his guitar to lazily play a cheery tune on the porch to fill the time-- which, really, just made it all the more easier to find his little house. ]

[ it did work out quite conveniently that such a quest was posted when dextera has already planned to try this out! it means he has all the more reason to commit and try to memorize every letter caramia can teach him, and if by the end of the day he's completely confident in spelling, then he'll have done enough to satisfy his most immediate needs.

he'll have a practice partner in ochako, too—he'd lost track of her, a bit, in the bustle of everything with the shadows, but the timing of all this converged perfectly to let her tag along and learn with him. the more the merrier, and as long as caramia feels like he can do it, dextera is glad to have a friend in this impromptu "class" he's taking!

the music distracts him, but luckily, it's caramia's house he's led to by the gentle sounds of guitar. he ducks his head awkwardly, raising a hand in greeting. caramia looks much better than he did the last time they saw each other, thankfully. ]

[Dealing with her shadow was a true trial, but things are finally starting to look up! It's nice to bounce down the street without having to worry about being tripped, or shouted at, or... anything worse. She can focus all of her attention on enjoying the weird, greyish sunshine.

Maybe she's spent too much time enjoying it, though? When her destination finally comes into view, she spots Dextera approaching the porch and realizes that she's the last to arrive; she does, in fact, almost call out to him, but the sudden realization that she's hearing music—actual music—causes her to bite it right back. And it's coming from... Caramia's house? Amazing. She sets off toward it at a brisk jog, smiling from ear-to-ear as she nears her two friends—but she makes sure to stay quiet, because she wants to enjoy this beautiful melody for as long as she possibly can.]

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[ Well, this certainly was different from the last fetch quest. We've gone from one golden leaf to a dozen murder birds. How delightful. Not that it phased Caramia any. In fact, he thought it seemed a harmless enough quest- he was a cat, in the end. Catching birds was practically his calling! Keeping them alive? Not so much. But, he'd work on it.

This was why he was bringing Riku along with him. What better way to bond than over a simple task like ~~hunting~~ capturing birds? Plus, he was pretty sure it'd be just a little funny trying to see Riku chase geese around. On the way to the forest, one arm flung over Riku's shoulders with some assurance that he'd be great at catching birds, Caramia stopped briefly when he noticed there was a certain gentleman thief along the way-- all his friends seemed to just conglomerate in Ruga. It was kind of nice, actually. ]

Oi, Lupin!!! [ Caramia waved him down, cheerily. ] We're off to wrangle some birds. Wanna come?

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[ he should have figured Caramia would be on this quest. Lupin doesn't recognize the person with him, but he doesn't look surprised to see Caramia hanging all over someone. At least it's not him this time! ]

The thing with the geese? [ he tilts his head, raising one eyebrow in amuseument. ] Are you going to bite them this time, too?

[ what's your game, bro ]

[For better or worse, Riku likes Caramia a lot, so he isn't about to fight the cheerful arm slung around his shoulder.... even though he isn't feeling terribly confident about the two of them catching an entire flock of geese on their own.

Which is why it's nice to run into someone who seems to be Caramia's friend! But before Riku can get out a word of greeting, he hears Lupin's comment, and immediately looks back to Caramia in mild surprise. UH....]

Wait-- bite them?!

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Oh gosh, I'm sorry for the wait!

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Kyrie.

[ His voice was soft, but for once, not rattled with fear and discomfort. He sounded almost chipper again. Which wasn't rare for Caramia, but certainly this version of Caramia in this very creepy town. So, take what you can get...?

Caramia walked forward to gently touch Kyrie's arm. ]

I want to show you something. If... if that's okay? [ He tried his best to sound brave, but it failed miserable. Every word still sounded too unsure. ] I mean... [ He swallowed. ] Come with me... please?

His name dragged his attention away from the cards placed in neat rows before him, though one wouldn't know it at a glance. Multitasking was a skill of his after all, and while a game like Solitaire was far from his usual methods of busying himself, Kyrie had found there were few other options in a place like this. It was enough to keep his hands busy while he mind wandered.

He didn't grace Caramia with a response, not a hum nor a nod, only placing the card in his hand down in a practiced movement as he waited for him to continue.

And, once he had...

"Are you sure there's anything you can show me?" The venom came unbidden, and faint though it was, it tasted bitter on his tongue. Still though, he was used to that much; it wasn't the venom, but the regret that twisted his mouth into a scowl. It was obvious Caramia was trying. He had to be, to have approached him at all.

And yet, seeing him as he was, and hearing that uncertainty in his voice... He should never sound like this... The King of Beasts should be brave...

Kyrie pushed himself up, looking to Caramia as he did.

"It's getting late, Caramia." His voice came softer than before, as if the energy and fight had been drained from him all at once. If he could just find his pendant... "I hope you aren't bringing me anywhere terribly far."

[ Oh. Yikes. He probably should have seen something like that coming. Honestly, he should have expecting something snide and hurtful in his direction to begin with, but he didn’t. And because he didn’t brace himself, Caramia froze on the spot, staring at Kyrie as he tried to quickly pick up the pieces of this conversation that Kyrie shattered with one simple question. Was it bad that Kyrie could make Caramia cry with only a few simple words in just a few short seconds of seeing each other? Probably.

But he swallowed his pathetic feelings down. He just needed to... endure this, just for a little while longer. He could handle that. you can do this. He forced a smile. ]

I’m sure! It’s okay, it won’t take long. We won’t even be walking too far from the house, okay?

[ He’d grab Kyrie’s hand, but that sounded like a bad idea, so he just began to guide him towards the front door. He stopped partway through, however, to walk back- er... past? Kyrie? Ah. Here he’d feel Caramia’s hands covering his eyes, pushing his chest forward to urge Kyrie onwards. ]

Here, it’s a surprise, okay? Just a few more steps...

[ You know, the Wizard of Oz was with a ragtag group of five, too! Only one of them was an Earth dog that couldn't talk, and also Dorothy wasn't nearly as much of a tsundere as Shiho, but... Maybe Izuku could stand in for Toto. And Akechi needs to just be 20% more heartless to be the Tinman. Boom, see? We did it, guys.

Caramia, however, was none too happy about this. Not going to look for his pendant-- he was quite relieved about that, just the fact he had two kids trying to help him go into the spooky forest because he needed their help. Talk about embarrassing.

Izuku and Shiho were probably already on their way to Ruga- or, maybe even out by the forest already. After all, Caramia wasn't one to be late, but he did have to have Kyrie question him about where he was running off to. So that's a +1 on their adventure. Not to mention his neighbor who was ~~also concerned about him~~ clearly just trying to make sure this idiot could actually take care of himself long enough to actually get to the forest. And that's +2.

Er... Probably should've run this by Shiho and Izuku, but... guess they'll just have to deal with that when the time comes...

...Surpriiise??? ]

[Surprise!! By the time Caramia and his new team additions arrive at the edge of the forest, Izuku's already waiting there, staring down at the ground and mumbling to himself--it's normal, don't worry about it.

He looks up when he hears them approaching and...pauses.]

Oh! Kyrie-san, Akechi-kun! You're coming with us, too?

Yyyyyeahhh, Kyrie's not about to let this cowardly moron wander into the forest with a bunch of kids. Especially not after what they ran into the last time they went in...

So, here he is, walking decidedly ahead of Caramia, rather than his usual position at his shoulder. He doesn't exactly look pleased to be here, but he still offers Izuku and Shiho a nod and a tip of his hat as they draw near.

"That's correct." He also doesn't sound pleased, but there's a smile on his face all the same. "I'm sure you won't find any issue with it?"

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I'll never be able to use this icon again but here we are.......

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[ You know, for someone that lives with his best friend, it's a wonder how he's never met this three foot bird himself. Strictly speaking, he knows of Yuuya's existence through passing talks, but beyond that, he's becoming a bit of a myth. Not actually, but it certainly felt like it, right? Someone you'd hear of, but never saw...

Anyway, today's the day to fix that. Not because it was something that needed to be done, but for the sake of medicine. That was a pretty important topic, after all. He'd poke his head around Flavo, hoping to just happen across the bird, in case he wasn't in the small cottage, only poking his head in if he couldn't otherwise find him.

Were Caramia not used to strange, talking birds, seeing a three foot pigeon just... around would've probably been a wild ride. ]

Excuse me?

[If Yuuya were to hear he was becoming some sort of "Seven Mysteries" style folk tale, he'd probably be delighted. After all, he enjoys being a mystery so much that it only stands to reason that the next step up was urban legend. He was much more handsome than other urban legends, though, after all, no one's made an UMA dating sim (that he knows of).]

[Yuuya's in his part of the house, messing with... something. It appears to be a few individually packaged cylindrical somethings. He, at first, talks without looking up.]

It's rude to peek in without knocking, you know? What if I were indecent? ☆

[He tucks whatever he was working with quickly into a colorless fabric back then glances up-]

Oh! I thought you were someone else. [Like a scarecrow or something. Never mind that he's technically close.] Although I suppose the warning goes either way. Come in, come in. [he motions with his wing]

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[ There were so many books that had their text restored, but instead of taking the time to read all of those, he'd fixated himself on the one Minato had found. "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz". How exciting. A book... written about him? He's not surprised, the story was a good one, why wouldn't someone have put it on paper? There may have been a few artistic liberties taken, but Caramia still found himself reading this book over and over...

And, look, someone's even walking in the same vicinity as the library? He didn't care he has never met them, Caramia was still trotting excitedly up to them with a big smile on his face. ]

Oi, oi, are you going to the library? [ Not that he was going to let him answer that question. He's too busy showing the book at Noctis like he's found gold rather than a book. ] Have you read this one yet??? Did you know about it? This books got me in it you know!

[ It was really such a shame he didn't have thumbs when he was younger-- he would've loved books even back when he was a lion. Sure, this place may have been filled with nothing than what were deemed "fairytales", but a lot of these books were about Caramia's friends, so of course he was going to read them. Nevermind the fact her had tucked half a dozen books under his arm. It wasn't like they needed to check the books out or anything.

Caramia still found himself sitting with a bunch of books next to him in the sunniest and most comfortable spot he could find. His reading glasses occasionally slipping, but otherwise he seemed completely engrossed in... the Little Red Riding Hood? And the other books had things like Puss in Boots, Hansel and Gretel, Ugly Duckling... Geez, was this guy, like, 10? ]

[Putting your money where your mouth is was something Kirishima considered a question of honor - talking about using the library but not actually doing it wouldn't be very manly in his books, so went there once he had some free time, which was surprisingly scarce even in their current situation. If he wasn't off training or trying to make living doable in this place he was off training and exploring the edges of the woods, not to mention tending to the repeated minor and bigger crises of his friends. Those people helped and looked out for him, so Kirishima considered it just normal that he cared equally for them and did his best to help and cheer them up whenever he could!

The second reason for his busy schedule tended to be his darn curiosity. He liked talking to people and meeting new friends so when he spotted Caramia in between all his books there was nothing stopping the red teen from walking over and reading the titles curiously.]

Red Riding Hood, Puss in Boots, Hansel and... Are you hoping to find some clues in those books? There's got to be a reason where there so many fairy tale books in this place!

This took forever and I'm so sor ry,,

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[ The cool thing about having all the free time in the world was using it to do something you loved. It sucked being stuck here and the hell they've all been put through was Not Great, but they got books back, and it was hard to complain about that much. So, here Caramia was, sitting in the library with a bunch of books pulled from their shelves to sit next to him as he made himself comfortable sitting or lying on the tables like he owned the place.

He mostly kept to himself, though, a bit too engrossed in the stories, only moving to turn the pages or push his reading glasses up, with the occasional bouts of readjusting to get comfortable. ]

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Hey. Hey, what are you reading?

[ suddenly there's a dead teenage alien aaaallllll up in Caramia's business, staring intently at him. with those blank white eyes of hers.

hey.

hey caramia what're you doing. hey. hey hey hey hey hey ]

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FUCK ME I LOST THIS TAG I AM SSSSSOOOOO SORRY

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[ While Kyrie is off Ruining His Life, Caramia is going to be in Kyrie's room, stripping the bed to attempt to do laundry and hanging the bedding up around the windows to dry, then proceeding to tinker with his guns, sitting on the floor with all his gun parts organized on the floor.

Prime for Hugging, isn't he, Kyrie? ]

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It's been a long goddamn day, and it isn't even noon yet. After dealing with Akechi and that whole mess, it's only fucking fair that he goes back to bed! He deserves it!! He never asked to come to this awful town, with its stupid quests, and its stupid potions, and its stupid--

Lions. That one might have come from home, but as Kyrie rounds the corner to his doorway, said lion is made especially, painfully obvious, sitting dumbly right on the floor like he goddamn belongs there. And he has the absolute worst timing as well, because the moment he steps into the room is the moment rational thought skips out on him. ~~And shouldn't that be a blessing in and of itself?~~

Before his brain can catch up to him, he's silently crossed the distance between them. He might have warned Caramia, or shooed him away, but... for the moment, more importantly than his pride was the fact he really needed to hug him. Just once, just...

Kyrie's still totally silent as he lowers himself down just behind Caramia, bringing his arms up to fold comfortably over his shoulders. He's pressed close enough to rest his head against him--and so he does, because it sounds reeeeeally nice right now, and what can he say? He's a selfish man.

For a split second, he's relaxed.

And then--

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Ah.

He freezes, his hold on Caramia going stiff as if he's just realized what he's done. And he sort of has! Haha, isn't this great? This isn't horribly awkward at all. He's not mortified. He's having fun--honest!

He should've stayed in bed...

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