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✘ Vanitas ([personal profile] darkcharge) wrote in [community profile] middaeg2020-03-02 04:52 pm

[ open ] Darkness lets the stars shine bright

Who: Vanitas + You!!
When: All of Mareuer
Where: Various
What: Open + Closed Prompts
Warnings: TBA



( Familiar Shopping )

[ Vanitas has noticed that instead of having a Bond, plenty of local Witches seem to have Familiars. Do they prefer them over Bonds? He doesn't really know and Van isn't going to bother to ask that question. His Unversed, that one lone Flood, has been sort of serving as a Familiar since it had arrived. However, Van doesn't particularly like it. Okay, so he kind of hates the thing. Other people seem to think that it's cute. He doesn't get it.

That's why he's entertaining the idea of an actual Familiar. So Vanitas has made his way down to some shops, finding one that specializes in this sort of thing. He peruses the contents, making faces here an there; Vanitas isn't impressed by the selection. ]


Cats. Dogs. Rats.

[ That's where he's at in his search. Though perhaps at one point he does hold a hedgehog, somewhat entertained by it. ]


( Library Visits )

[ As always, Vanitas can always be found in the library from time to time. In fact, several times a week. He never reads for recreational purposes, oh no. Rather, he reads to fill the time. Fill the time and also study different kinds of magic. He can always be found practicing healing spells - progressively getting better at them.

There's a lot of magic here that doesn't exist where he's from. This particular instance, Vanitas is practicing Transmutation and Divination. Some days he can be found with a mirror, glaring at it as if he could break it with his mind. Other days he has broken objects lined up - anything from glasses/mugs to some tools he's found lying around.

Hey. He likes having multiple skillsets. ]



( A Flood's Day Out )

[ The Flood that Vanitas has isn't on a leash or stuck in a crate. It is allowed to meander about on its own. It does, however, have a collar and a tag about its neck just so people realize it does belong to someone. Vanitas doesn't actually keep track of it, completely unaccustomed to doing so - never needing to.

That being said, it likes to create problems for people. Enjoying a nice, quite lunch? Not anymore! That Flood darts up, snatches it, and likely takes off a few feet away to gloat. That new trinket that you just bought? That's gone too.

Vanitas might not be far away. Or maybe you just find it and decide to try to return it. Up to you. ]



( Disney Princess? )

[ Unbeknownst to Vanitas, all that time spent practicing healing magic has apparently left its mark. He doesn't know why this has been happening as of late and it's being met with no small amount of irritation. Here he is, minding his own business in the Coven gardens, and little critters keep coming out to say "hi."

No, really. One moment Vanitas is taking a nap and when he wakes? Maybe it's a stray cat sprawled on him. Sometimes a random squirrel. Today, however, it's a little more extreme. There's a bird in his hair and butterflies fluttering around. A rabbit has seen fit to flop into his lap. ]


Oh come on! Go away! Shoo.

[ Yeah, it doesn't work like that. Vanitas, as a result of his casting practices, apparently has a "calming aura" that he knows nothing about. ]


( Cooking Vani )

[ Back at the house, usually people take turns cooking. Van's helped out a little, though it's mostly with the cleaning. He actually wants to do something this time. So he's in the kitchen, a recipe book on the table. Vanitas is turning the pages, as if trying to decide on something. Though it doesn't look like he's really made up his mind.

This is... Probably going to end badly. For everyone. ]



( Wildcard)

[ As always, if there is no prompt that is to your liking, feel free to hit me up on plurk or discord and we can figure something out! I can even write a closed prompt no problem. ]
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[personal profile] unsundered 2020-03-18 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[The voice nearby has him turn his head, staring at him with a generalized bleary annoyance. He makes no attempt to move otherwise, assigning meaning to the sounds Vanitas was making, and... did that imply that the kid had carried him to the-

Couch, he was on a couch in their living room. Look at all these details Emet-Selch was capable of comprehending at once.]


...Where was I this time?
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[personal profile] unsundered 2020-03-19 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh. He makes a noise of disapproval, directed at himself, and he closes his eyes again--

--which was a mistake as he almost drifts off, and it's with extremely grudging effort that he fights the lure of unconsciousness. Even with all this sleep he was no more rested.]


Is that so.

[It's gonna be a long wait for that explanation, since the Ascian doesn't seem inclined to provide one, only considering this information with some dissatisfaction.]

You're stronger than you look.

[Doesn't even thank him for dragging him onto something more comfortable.]
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[personal profile] oathkeeper 2020-03-19 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
[Sora still chuckles lightly.]

It's still yours, Vanitas. It belongs to you.

[He's not really fighting the topic though. More so, he's starting to feel calmer with each ear scritch.]

But ... Okay. Yeah. I bet it will be. I don't like fighting with Roxas at all. [He sneaks a look at Vanitas.] You're being really nice. Thanks.
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[personal profile] oathkeeper 2020-03-19 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
And the sleeping tea doesn't help with that part at all?

[Sora frowns softly. He has to wonder if there's anything he could do to help with nightmares...]
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[personal profile] synchroswim 2020-03-19 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
That's... totally not ominous at all.

[If he lets himself think about it too hard - which Demyx pointedly tells himself not to - it might not end well for his own sanity. That old man was... Well, he was.

And Demyx still doesn't understand it all.]


But just to be clear we're talking about the same super messed up Keyblade War thing, right? And not the whole... body-snatching thing that we could've been involved in before Vexen came on with the replicas?

[The more he thinks about that however, the more he wants to go back to past-Demyx and shake him and tell him to not let himself be talked into it because then some weird old guy might try to take your body and it's a complete mess--]
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[personal profile] lucubrates 2020-03-19 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
Perhaps so. But it is a tricky thing, this magic. I cannot find it in my heart to think it ridiculous of others for needing to use a way to focus it.

[ She's silent for a moment, before opening one of the books she'd brought ou. ]

It is a matter of learning what works, I suppose. In your home it was like this as well, you say, and I feel similarly, though I never had need to call it out before now... It just seemed everyone's magic was different. A school for it, a way to learn, a library with books on it... such a thing is a treasure to me.
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[personal profile] extirpator 2020-03-19 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sure you can be. [ it's said with little tension, like he's agreeing if anything. ] That doesn't really bother me though.

[ some of his closest friends have tried to kill him. life is simply what it is. ]

I think so. They call it an aura? My own bonded has trouble with it.

[ and another rabbit hops on by. nier scoops the little guy into his hands, idly threading through its fur. ]
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[personal profile] unsundered 2020-03-19 08:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Glancing towards Vanitas again, Emet-Selch looks particularly undaunted at that glare.]

I was tired. [A faint shrug against the couch.] I've been particularly tired as of late.

[Does that count as an explanation.]
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[personal profile] oathkeeper 2020-03-19 01:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh.

[He has to wonder if he should poke at Vanitas to say that he is doing something really nice. Favor or not it's really helped Sora calm down from his little nerve-attack. He's grateful because he's not sure what would have happened if he hadn't escaped here.]

Thanks, anyway.

[His eyes close again, resting on Vanitas' shoulder. That flicker of gratitude is very well noticeable across their bond.]
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[personal profile] oathkeeper 2020-03-19 01:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sora grins at Vanitas for a moment. He is a pest and he knows it and he's really not going to stop anytime soon. And Vanitas does leave the window unlocked now... So does he really hate it so much?]

But, what are you having nightmares about?

[He's actually not sure if Vanitas will share that much. He's not even really expecting the other boy to share at all. But he still asks.]
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[personal profile] oathkeeper 2020-03-19 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[He can't help asking questions like this. Seems like every once in a while Sora's curiosity and care about Vanitas sparks and he just can't help himself.

He frowns, though. It's not like he can jump into Vanitas' dreams and fight off the nightmares himself. This isn't a sleeping world (as far as he knows). So what could he do to help with something like that?]


Maybe you need to make some better dreams so you think about those instead of the nightmares.
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[personal profile] oathkeeper 2020-03-19 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sora can feel it too. This tiny light fluttery feeling that occasionally flickers between them. He doesn't know what it is but he knows it feels good. The bond feels like it's getting warmer, Sora able to sense that crisp ember-y autumn-like warmth closely there.]

Ahh... Um. [He finds himself nuzzling a little before he can help it.] Yeah, I'm gonna.
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[personal profile] oathkeeper 2020-03-19 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah! Maybe there is?! That's a good idea, maybe someone has a good dreams potion!

[Sora leans forward. They're in a magic world why wouldn't there be potions for good dreams?!]
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[personal profile] oathkeeper 2020-03-19 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[He wants to stay like this for a moment longer too. Sora's nose buried against the base of Vanitas' shoulder nuzzling with this warmth making him feel better. He's always been a snugly person he just never expected it to be towards Vanitas. But he finds he likes it. He likes giving the attention.

Sora can't help smiling.]
You're gonna feed me too?

[He's really become a picked up stray now, hasn't he.]

I am sort of hungry.

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