[ open ] Darkness lets the stars shine bright

[darkcharge]

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. ]

Comments

[oathkeeper]

[Speaking of Summertime...]

Is there a beach here? There's docks, right?

[darkcharge]

Docks, yes. If there's a beach I haven't been there.

[ And he doesn't know how to swim. So why would he, you know. Go to a beach? ]

[oathkeeper]

If there is I wanna go see it! When the weather gets warmer.

[Not quite beach bum weather yet.]

[darkcharge]

[ Once more Vanitas falls into silence. Absently his fingers actually begin to pet one of the rabbits on his lap. Something about that has him thinking. ]

Do you miss your island?

[ Perhaps not quite the question Sora expects? For one like Vanitas, who can claim no home, that feeling of longing just isn't there. ]

[oathkeeper]

[That question does catch him off guard a little bit. He glances at Vanitas--- Who is collecting even more animals?? Amazing.]

Erm. Uh... [Sorry, the animals are distracting.] I guess a little bit. But I haven't really been home for a long time.

[It's not that he doesn't miss home it's just a hard feeling to explain.]

[darkcharge]

[ They just keep showing up! He can't really seem to shake them. All because of this 'calming aura' that he doesn't even know he has. ]

Not for long periods of time. That's why I was wondering. Does it even still feel like home?

[oathkeeper]

[Vanitas, an animal whisperer.]

It's still the place I grew up.

[But is it really home still? That's the question that Sora's actually not sure how to answer when he thinks about it. He's spent so much of his young adult life away from the islands that he feels like home is pretty much just...when he's with his friends. He's been a wayward wanderer for too long.]

I think a part of me will still always call it home. But I guess it's still just the islands.

[Kairi and Riku are here. And there's still always that little speck in the back of his mind that knows he might not even be able to go home.]

[darkcharge]

[ Too bad for Sora that Van is picking one up and placing it in Sora's lap. Now you suffer, brat. ]

Say that you do manage to find your way back... What are you going to do?

[ Stay at home? Go off for a new adventure? ]

[oathkeeper]

[Oh no. An animal friend in his lap. Sora blinks and then affectionately pets the cute creature with gentle fingers.]

Aw... Look how cute this little guy is. [He coos at the animal.] Vanitas isn't so bad, huh? You like him.

[Then he looks up at Vanitas with a small smile.]

I guess I never really thought about what I'd do. Uhh...

[darkcharge]

It's... Not hideous.

[ Vanitas actually doesn't mind rabbits. He is rather fond of them. Perhaps that is the reason that some of his Unversed look like them. The rest of the animals could get lost. However he does frown as Sora says Van "isn't so bad."

He so is. ]

Hmm. Interesting that you don't know.

[oathkeeper]

[For now this little rabbit will become Sora's new best rabbit pal. Being a rabbit himself he likes being with them. So he pets the little one affectionately.]

I haven't thought about it! [Sora tilts his head as he ponders...] I guess I'd try and catch up with Tidus, Selphie and the others? And then after that...

[If he had a future there...?]

I dunno, maybe finish school?

[Be a normal kid again???]

[darkcharge]

[ Vanitas thinks it's interesting because everyone seems to have plans. Then they think Van should have plans as well. He's been asked several times what he would do once he had become whole. The truth is... He hadn't thought that far.

Apparently Sora really hasn't either. Which s a semi-comforting thought. ]

It's okay to not really be sure? Isn't it?

[ Though could Sora really be a normal kid? ]

[oathkeeper]

Of course, it's okay to not be sure.

[Heck, Sora barely ever knows what he's doing---]

Sometimes it takes time to figure things out or things can change when you least expect it. Who knows maybe there'll be another adventure for me down the road or I can just take a lot of naps.

[darkcharge]

[ Not everyone is as lucky as Sora. He's the sort of guy that things just work out for. Vanitas is sort of the opposite? ]

How can you still want naps after being asleep for a year?

[oathkeeper]

[Eventually, Vanitas can just rub Sora's head for a little of that extra luck of his.

Sora lets out a small laugh.]

Nothing beats naps, even after all that.

[Don't underestimate Sora's love for sleeping.]

[darkcharge]

[ Isn't that supposed to be a rabbit's foot? ]

I don't much care for sleep. It's required to function and that's it.

[ Well his nightmares get intense so that's understandable. ]

Maybe you're just the weirdo.

[oathkeeper]

[Please don't rub his feet, he's not into that much.

Sora tilts his head.]

Aren't you the weirdo when you stay up late reading books while I'm passed out?

[darkcharge]

At least I can read books that aren't picture books.

[ Vanitas snorts, rolling his eyes. He is still amused, actually. ]

It's not like I get more than half an hour before your need to touch kicks in and I just have to call it quits.

[ Again... He doesn't actually seem mad about that? ]

[oathkeeper]

[Of course Sora notes Vanitas' amused tone and it makes something flutter in his chest a bit, Sora letting out a puff of laughter of his own.]

Find me a book that doesn't put me to sleep right away and we'll see!

[Sora's fingers scratch gently at the bunny.]

You can always kick me out of your bed too, you know. You need sleep!

[And knowing Sora he'd be fine on the floor too. He can sleep anywhere, it's a talent.]

[darkcharge]

Again, you'd have to be literate for that one.

[ Harmless teasing. Vanitas doesn't mean a word of it. Though he does raise his his brow. ]

Wait? I have a choice on if you waltz into my bed or not?

[oathkeeper]

[Sora snorts and then turns his nose up towards the sky. He's changing his mind then!]

Hmmm, nah. You don't.

[darkcharge]

Ah huh... Somehow I figured that's the truth of it.

[ Van lifts up the rabbit in lap, turning it so he can look at it. Speak to it. ]

See what I have to deal with? He's more annoying than you are.

[oathkeeper]

Hey!!

[Sora breaks into a fit of laughter.]

It's nice sleeping there, okay!

[darkcharge]

And if I decided to take the couch? What would you do then?

[ See, Vanitas has a theory. It has nothing to do with the bed. Why this is, he isn't really sure. But he has a theory all the same. ]

[oathkeeper]

[Sora pretends to grumble.]

I guess there isn't much room on a couch for more than one person...