calamitish | HWYLRYN ✴

Hmm? What do you mean?

[ don't perceive him (plz do). ]

You wouldn't touch anything but the apple. Why?

( It reminds him a little of humans who won't touch the food they find left out in the forest, lest they be punished or trapped... if slightly different, in this iteration. )

Oh no, that's got nothing to do with being improper. I'm just being cautious, comes with the trade.

[ ...so pretty close actually? ]

And you expected everyone to exercise their own caution, in turn?

( He doesn't say it as an accusation - why didn't you warn anyone? - it is simply what it is: a question. )

I'm used to being at the top of the food chain, so I could get away with being pretty rude. ( He takes up an apple and takes a big bite. ) But I guess I'm in a lot of trouble here. Anyone could kill me . . . not just you. Or I could get in real trouble for taking these things from the castle.

( He seems pretty c'est la vie about it, though. )

But, even worse, I guess that means I can't ask you to play cards with me now.

Edited (gets smote for calling it a manor) 2025-03-11 04:32 (UTC)

You're not going to try to stab me over a card game, are you?

[ his tone isn't serious at all, so either he's this stupid or this confident in himself despite appearances to the contrary. ]

As long as you don't stab me for asking you to teach me.

( buried the lede there—

He holds the card box out for Witch to take? If he'll touch it. )

Can I ask you something?

[ he'll take it! ]

Oh no, no, no, I'm not really into violence. But go ahead.

( yayyy he's gonna learn how to play cards :D

but funny you say that? )

What would make it proper to kill us?

[ cocking his head. ]

Isn't it like everything in life? It'd have to be worth it!

( He seems to regard that as fair. )

Would magical knowledge make it worth it, to you?

Hmm...that depends. But you're gonna want to pin me to an answer right? In that case, no.

( hehe )

I didn't say anything. But it sounds like there's a price you could be bought at, and that's much more interesting than a yes or no.

( "That depends" and "no" sounds a bit like there'd have to be a really juicy bit of knowledge to make it worth it, but it's not outside the realm of imagination. )

We do have witches or wizards where I'm from, and they're all pretty capricious. It's pretty interesting being at the whims of one. ( More literally than metaphorically, as his situation before. ) What is it you like to study? I overheard this was a teleportation magick, but...?

Anyone can be bought, everyone has desires and I'm no exception.

[ it's here that he finally takes a bite of the apple, a slight grin as he does so. ]

I wouldn't say I like to study, but that I've fallen into all kinds of magic. My favorite kind is a secret. My runner up is transfiguration magic.

That's payment for this apple.

( yayyyy )

Then I hope to learn a lot about you, because I brought this stuff for you.

( The tone is more jesting than serious - these things here weren't exactly chosen because he thought Witch would like them, but to see if Witch would like them. Nor is he here to trade, but he abides by a fair trade - such is the nature of spirits, especially the more willful ones. )

Transfiguration's when you can make something into something else, right? ( he's not a nerd, he just knows magic by instinct not by terms ) Then can you tell I don't always look the way I do?

Something or someone, yeah.

[ he takes another bite of the apple in thought as he looks hwylryn over. ]

Kind of. Even for those of you who have magic, it's not the same type of magic as mine. But like recognizes like and all of that.

( He hums, the brief tune melodic and gentle. )

If you could be anything but what you look like now, would you be?

Isn't a question to ask someone who can't change their appearance like a hat?

It's more practical to ask you, because you can, but you haven't just yet.

( A soft emphasis on "because." )

You can change your look like a hat, but you've looked the same both times I've seen you. There must be something about how you look now that's comfortable.

( From what he knows of wizards, particularly those of the West, they're wont to change for the occasion, but not if they're partial to their current look - same as anyone else. )

[ looks at what he actually looks like and laughs. ]

Mmmn, no. Besides being male. I could be a woman and I have before, but being a man is as close to "comfort" as I get.

( the bowlcut was a nice touch )

Oh? So many wizards I've met become witches at the drop of a hat... and the other way around.

( But he's also not a wizard, so what does he know, really. )

I think your current form is cute, though. I like it.

( me: he seems so repulsed by everything like this i'll have hwy say it )

[ deadpan. ]

I'll change form right now.

To another cute one?

( who's the evil one here!!!!!!! )

No, the opposite of that!!!!

I've loved a lot of people in my time. Wrinkled and haggish; young and beautiful; plain and flawed. Form changes quickly, and means a lot less than the thing held within it.

( good news for ish and his horrid personality-- )

...

[ aaaaaaaaa internally, 404 error outwardly. eventually!!! ]

You're ridiculous. One way or the other I've kidnapped you! Argh, there's a kink for this, what was it called again—

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