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concoctive) wrote2024-05-26 03:08 pm
concoctive) wrote2024-05-26 03:08 pm
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SCAWWY 😱 lavi
In Native American tradition, the butterfly weed is associated with love, transformation, and new beginnings. In the language of flowers, it represents optimism and joy. But, despite their beauty, they also have a surprisingly negative meaning symbolizing solitude and rejection. By giving butterfly weeds in a bouquet, they act as a warning telling the receiver to leave you alone. True to its name, Butterfly Weed is a magnet for butterflies. The plant's roots were traditionally used to treat various ailments, including respiratory issues, fevers, and even as a contraceptive.
wk 0; monday
there's a few blotches of ink where his skin is exposed on his forearms, but he's studiously not paying attention to them. not being able to save her is the one that's most visible when he looks up at lavi's entrance. ]
Howdy there. Feels a little silly to ask, maybe, what with the things we learned yesterday, but - doing alright with the start of the week?
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Haven't been sacrificed yet, so I can't really complain.
[can't he? he's bundled up carefully, scarf and headband and coat and gloves on, as if hiding every inch of skin possible. which doesn't matter because the words shine along his headband anyway, "getting attached"]
What about you?
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instead, he hums a laugh, working on getting the next strip out of the sleeve and working the cloth along the blade with care. if he busies himself, he won't have to worry about looking at his own writing. ]
Same. Figured I'd stay busy and out of the, uh, horsemen's? Hair? Or masks. Whatever. Famine didn't seem keen in any of us helping right now, so - bandages, in case we need 'em.
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They're an interesting group. [what an UNDERSTATEMENT] Just like the rest of us. We're real helpful for a bunch of strangers thrown in a shitty situation together.
[speaking of strangers, he slides his gaze over at Alfyn as he continues to work, and if he gets to peep at his INK words then he can't be blamed for looking, right]
Do you still need more robes?
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That's one way of putting it. [ say it's an understatement without saying it's an understatement. but lavi gets to peep at the one phrase, as well as a few others - saving him is another regret, and failing to be like him a fear. ]
I won't complain about more. We might be friendly enough, despite us all being thrown into a shitty situation together, but I don't have any doubts about us getting into trouble one way or another.
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also these are such sad fears what the fck. alfyn... are you okay..... Lavi contemplates asking -- because he really does want to ask, but also he doesn't want to startle Alfyn while he's using his big ole axe, hm...... well in the meantime,]
Yeah? Is that just a feeling of yours, or have you already met a troublemaker?
wk 1; monday
he mumbles,]
Don't eat the fruit.
[oh that's why]
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... somethin' wrong with it? You good, bud?
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...Gave me a headache. [mmmmm] I think it's drugged.
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but oh we're cuddling a bit now as we stand here, which alfyn doesn't seem to mind. they're the same height, if different builds, so he just holds onto him comfortably. ]
Might've just had a fermented one, it's kinda like growin' booze on trees. I've got some mint leaves from the garden if you wanna chew on one to maybe help with the headache.
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[perks up]
What else you got!
w2 sat
How's Daan?
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Stable. Healed, but with some effects. I don't trust the swamp too much, but it at least does the job - and I can finish up anythin' it doesn't cover. [ ... ] And it's probably why we got Aqua.
How's Kanda?
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[he says it in like an (idiot) way even though it's so hypocritical of him to say that, then he exhales, leaning against the trough of wherever alfyn is washing his hands at]
What about you?
[how are the vibes on this WEEK TWO MURDER NIGHT]
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[ but he looks up from his hands and... grimaces? it was probably meant to be a smile, once upon a time. ]
We're bleedin' out, and it's not the kinda thing that I can suture.
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[for the offer, even if kanda is prickly on a bad day and... still prickly on a good one. but lavi is grateful for it -- for every person who still worries about kanda. but right now, his attention shifts to Alfyn at his answer, meeting his gaze,]
...Is there really nothing else we can do besides -- this?
[these trials, the waiting, the constant rinse and recycle routine of this cult town that has Lavi wonder if there's anything else --]
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[ prickly doesn't bother him, reminds him of therion on a good day and a bad day. so if he can do something for these companions... ]
I don't know. [ honest, meeting his gaze as he straightens up and shakes his hands dry. ] But I don't want to give up. I'm... gods, I'm tired. Even still, I'll keep tryin' for an answer, anythin' but all this loss.
wk 3; monday
Damn... the Professor'd be sad to know he missed out on this much knowledge all in one place. [ but when alfyn spots a familiar flash of red, he's looking that way - ] Hey, Lavi! You recognize any of the tomes in here?
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instead here's regular ole lavi, already carrying a stack of books as he approaches Alfyn,]
There's a couple, yeah. Which should be really weird... But maybe it's because this place is magic?
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he tilts his head a little, leaning into his space to check the books curiously. ]
Probably. There's the whole - teleportin' circles, and stuff. It's obvious they were researchin' things real higher up. Which... [ he reaches for his satchel, nudging some things aside before pulling out a small, wooden box. ] Rondo mentioned you got one of these, last week.
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I did, yeah.
[before drawing into his exorcist coat for a similar box. box to box communication]
Is yours the wing? Or millipede?
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[ he pulls out something wrapped in a strip in makeshift bandages, setting the box down as he does so that he can unwind it. once it's uncovered - as soon as he's sure no one else is around, as if the cult can pop out anywhere - he also opens the box.
2. A glass keepsake bottle, plugged up tight with a cork. Inside is a very large, fossilized millipede with an overabundance of eyes, unmoving but unsettling to look upon.
gives you the mod desc. ]
I've been holdin' onto 'em, but all four of us got to see the room these were in. Rondo said you guys had to make a deal for 'em - and if they're all magical in nature, like Pesti said these were, then maybe it's all somethin' we gotta collect and keep safe.
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in return, lavi flips open the lid so Alfyn can see the:
"inside, laid out in a plush fabric interior is a long, dried tongue. It is still a little squishy to the touch, and yet somehow still an unnaturally pastel-hued pink for how desiccated and bloodless it is."]
Ash's got a jar of teeth that has a creepy faerie inside. [don't ask him why... but he hmms as he thinks,]
I asked War about it, and they said the tongue looked like a component for a spell. Is that what Pesti meant by magical?
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except what the FUCK yours is worse, it's a goddamn TONGUE, YAYWON. ]
Oh, eurgh, gross. I don't like yours any more than I like the bug. The wing's fine, it kinda reminds me of holy magic back home, but this... [ he reaches into his bag and pulls out a small twig that probably came from an herb that he de-leafed, poking at the tongue a bit. ]
Maybe. It'd make sense, considerin' all the stuff we saw... scrolls, books, stuff like this. Wonder if us havin' 'em will keep the cult from bein' able to do their actual ritual..?
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If that's what it means, then I'll grab as many tongues as I can steal next time.
[HE'LL BECOME THE TONGUE GUY!!!!! not the other dgm tongue guy though]
Except a different group's probably gonna go this week... I wonder what they'll get. Hair? Eyeballs?
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Nasty, but at least we know they're out there.
[ he... frowns, thinking of another group dealing with what the eight of them did. ]
At least we're prepared for it, now, 'cause we know it wasn't just a one-off.
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he peeks over at alfyn...]
Totty mentioned that you're setting up a clinic at the theater.
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Might as well put it to use.
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It's a good idea. Yuu asked for a stretcher on Yuffie's request, so if you need to put someone at our place, then feel free. Might be easier for ya since we're the closest to the swamp.
[lavi's operating on the belief that people won't refuse swamp heals to be dramatic like he was though]
wk 4; monday
Lavi will wave at Alfyn near the camp bonfire....]
I'm big again...
[Why was I a kid for so long...]
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Aw, but you were cute as a kid.
[ he's bringing a few fish with him to roast at the bonfire, looking deeply amused. ]
Glad to see you're big again though.
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[Ugh, it's so embarrassing!!! he just GRUMBLES.... watching Alfyn roast fish like a real man would,]
Thanks for bandaging up my scratch.
[he lifts his hand to show off the band-aid, which looks so small on his big hand now]
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Heh. Glad to bandage up any patient I come across, big or small. Luckily this place has those kinda bandages, turns out they work easier on little injuries like that.
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He can doctor and cook... Is this what girls call a wife guy?]
I'd say save 'e, for the big injuries, but I guess these are too small in the first place...
wk 6; monday
in this AU, Alfyn is a handsome werewolf warlock scientist who is trying to find a cure to his affliction, and Lavi the delicate human who signed up to be his assistant and fell in love with Alfyn after seeing how dedicated he was to his cause... interspecies romance au....
Lavi immediately throws his arms around Alfyn in a passionate embrace]
I don't care if you're a werewolf, Alf. I'll still love you.
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[ alfyn weighs a good 70, 75 pounds more than lavi does, so this doesn't take him the fuck out, fortunately. but he does stumble a little because the AU is ???? even if part of his brain goes yeah! that's right! ]
Thanks, Lavi, 'preciate it. [ laughing good-naturedly and returning this embrace, anyways. ]