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Mikasa Ackerman ([personal profile] stopfen) wrote in [community profile] middaeg2020-03-04 10:22 pm

Mareuer - Catch all

Who: Mikasa and open, with some closed prompts
When: Throughout the month
Where: The city
What: Working, trying to get into a routine
Warnings: Will be added as needed



Wine time is fine
[Mikasa wasn't a big drinker. Quite the opposite in fact. She'd only drank alcohol a few times and had little interest in it. But work was work. And carrying crates of fruits and filled wine casks was something she knew she could do.

The other part of the job... Well she could do that. Mess didn't bother her that much. But it was strange and she winced as her foot sank into the berry's, squelching them. ]


I'm never drinking wine...

[She didn't care if she'd cleaned her feet. It was dubbed foot juice. Not helped by the tainted wine she'd seen delivered to the higher ups. Mikasa was perfectly fine with the mindless stomping around on the berries to be her only contact with the stuff.

After a good few hours she calls it a day and started clearing up. Scowling and scrubbing at her hands. The strange splotch of colour wasn't shifting. Even after the second dollop of soap, and the skin around it was turning red. She huffs, looking over her shoulder at the person she'd heard. ]


Did he say we had to do anything to clean this?

[Despite this. She does turn up again. Wearing the same stained shirt and skirt. They'd been washed, but... No joy. So she wasn't staining anything else. ]

Green(and every other colour) - fingers
a. Supplies
[Now the initial money issue had been resolved and she had a somewhat stable income it was time to deal with that garden they'd inherited. But to do that she needed things. She had a vague idea of the tools she'd need. But some of the rusted ones that had been abandoned had been new.

So a trip to the shopping district was in order. Though she did need a better weapon for the next expedition, but from what she'd worked out that wouldn't be for a while. Now seemed like the best time to start this.

The first store she hits up was a relatively small. Mostly flowers. Mikasa's drab olive coat blending with the unopened blooms. Then she jumps suddenly, backing the hell away and into someone else in the cramped store.

That plant just turned into a bird? Many birds, all suddenly flying around.]



b. Sorting that garden
[Eventually though, she's got some gear. And she's been assured that all of the seeds she'd picked up were edible... And that the plants themselves wouldn't eat anyone...

But yes, now she had that it was time to get to work. Though for the time being she had to work out exactly what was in the garden, wading through the tall grass-

Where'd she just go? One second she was there, the next she wasn't. Anyone with good enough hearing would hear the quiet cursing about rabbits from the grass. ]



Full moon, preparations at dusk - limited to 2
[There was an odd amount of purpose to her movements during this full moon. Instead of the directionless wandering of the last, she was taking quick strides down the street. It was almost exactly the same as when she'd had a destination in mind.

The only things not normal about it were the two small... Twigs? Just poking out of her hair. Occasionally they'd move, but not much. And the two large pots she was carrying. The artificial smell of paint drifting from them.

Not that she stops. She's on a mission with her paint. ]


Wildcard
[If you want to plan anything just pm or contact me on [plurk.com profile] kittylyoko. I'm going to be adding a few closed things and more prompts later for things from my CR planning.]
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[personal profile] glitzandglamour 2020-03-19 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
[New Fae, and a Puca finalizing his transformation this fine full moon. A great combination.

Mettaton doesn't shrink under Eren's glare at all. As Mikasa stumbles backwards, Mettaton's arm reflexively presses against her back in perfect time for her to deliver her hiss of a response meant just for him... but something's changed about the robot. A carnal shift, letting go of all pretense for a rawer performance. He drops his hand as she rights herself and loses her joyous spark, but that spark remains in Mettaton's system to ignite into unrelenting appetite.

Mettaton stares deeply into Eren's eyes, blue with tight, draconic slits. His own golden eye is alight, impish, registering the sharp threat of danger behind Eren's intent and finding it nothing short of thrilling. Delightful. Desirable. He takes a step forward, black-furred ears leaning forward in his eagerness, falling deeply prey to being locked into the Dragon's stare by virtue of his unblinking watch. It'll be terribly easy to lock him.

Mikasa's fine, Mettaton thinks. He's not, and that's better yet. As he takes greater, more covetous stock of Eren, he notices more of the crystal, the blue, the scales, and rewinds to play back the way he looked at Mikasa...

He does know this dragon. Doesn't he? The darkness and the moon difficult to tell at first. But these crystal talons and tipped horns are radiant, almost as captivating as his sinister glare. Mettaton could best describe himself as smitten with Eren, at least in this dangerous way. There's nothing that could keep him from standing mere steps away from the threat of jaws, teeth, and fire. It's no more dangerous than anything he's done over the past few months. Ah, Mettaton keeps getting himself into situations with higher and higher stakes... The paint only makes him more desirable somehow.

He thinks he gets it now, why Eren's behaving like this. He quirks a brow, and addresses Eren directly this time. As Eren.]


You really do fancy her... Yes! So you'd irritate her to vie for her attentions, like this? Clever. But, why?

[Eren... why you denying yourself and then UN-denying yourself but like with an alternate identity... this is confusing and shady...]
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[personal profile] usurpers 2020-03-19 01:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[ you know that moment where— you’ve just about had it? you’re ready to explode? you’re this close to doing something undeniably crazy? it’s time, then. time to stretch his monstrous hands out, palm up and talons exposed, a gesture a very large thing would use to invite a smaller one to the comfort of his hands. a ride. it’s slow! slowly! no sudden movements and if mettaton doesn’t hop on fast enough, he’ll get forced to. with a bump. with a grasp. it doesn’t matter.

he has to bring him up and away from tipsy fae hearing, not too high and not too low. the difference, though— the difference is the dragon’s stare. it is no longer a glance one could simply look away from. no, it has snares. magical in nature, the glare traps the puca into an inescapable exchange, where eren’s energy becomes suffocating, ominous and overwhelming. it becomes as black as his insides were, when given reason to be. this was not the boy, or the man who would speak kindly of freedom and offer encouraging words. this was the monster who killed two men to save a little girl he barely knew. this was the man who destroyed a capital to protect his home. this was the man who would trample the earth for the sake of the woman skipping by them. this was the eren most people overlooked.

there is nothing amused from the guttural voice that comes wet from his throat and hisses with harsher emphasis when wording something with an ā€œsā€ in it. he speaks slow, his snout close and the breath from his nostrils burning like fire itself. it is slow, but at the same time frighteningly compelling. laced with his intent and as constraining as his eye’s magic, it forces the strongest to shrivel and listen. ]


I’ve been staying away from her and you bring her to me. You. It’s been a month since I’ve been anywhere near her. Want to know why? [ his tongue slivers out, dances across the robot’s legs, his torso, ] I can smell her blood every time she breathes and it drives me up the fucking wall. Do you know what Fae tastes like–?

[ fae tastes fizzy. fae tastes sweet and exotic, otherworldly and addictive. every fae smells differently, every fae. and every fae, eren reacts differently, with one similarity to all- deep down, he wants them. he wants all of them. to protect, to serve, to care for, to take, to consume— it was still so confusing and he didn’t know which would happen when, and when he was too close, it was too late. he was infatuated. he was attracted to them and now that he sees a glimpse of that very taboo, he hates it. he’s become the one thing he’s lied to mikasa about her being. a slave to instinct. at times like these, it wasn’t asura’s comfort and clarity he heard. ]

Do you know what you’ve done now? Do you?

[ his scales give off a dangerous red hue, like fire that express his rage; the cracks and spaced plating down his throat begin to ignite, like live lava cracking through volcanic stone. his breath-sac is full, and the words he breathes have a foul smell of sulphur to it. there’s a rattling sound behind them. a continuous, fast paced sh-sh-sh that comes from the needles at the tip of his tail being shaken like a rattlesnake’s, fluorescent and heated. he’s never done this before, unless he was in combat. ]

I don’t have a problem with my priorities, Mettaton. I’ll protect her until the day I drop dead. If you ever endanger Mikasa again the way you have tonight, [ the remainder of his lips pull back, and there are just so many teeth. he’s salivating, the puca will realize. whether it was because of the fae high or what he was about to say, though— ] I don’t give a shit how aware you are. I’ll eat you where you stand. You won’t be my first.

If you’re still alive, it’s thanks to her. Get out of here and take her with you.

[ he sets the puca back down after a lengthy glare that closes up abruptly from its hypnotic pull, it should leave him with an urgent feeling— a feeling of choice that still stabs like thousands of daggers. make your choice, it urges him, with the same exigency. should he choose to accept eren’s presage, the spell-like aura would shatter, and grant him the monstrous will, energy and strength to do what he must. a power-up spell you’d expect to find from a witch. if not, the mental daggers stay behind, and rip him apart from the inside, assure him everything that destroys him is true. that he is a slave to the metal containment he’s bound to. that he does not live. that he was never born, and that he was nothingness. artificial. fake. plus, a dragon will physically be ready to sick him. ]
Edited 2020-03-19 13:40 (UTC)
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[personal profile] glitzandglamour 2020-03-23 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
[At the introduction of Eren's hands, Mettaton willingly takes it, wanting to close distance between himself and the Dragon. What a pleasant surprise, that he'd offer. Of course, he uses this opportunity to... recline comfortably upon his talons, an obvious fondness for their composition, when Eren begins to threaten him coldly.

* Mettaton.

He's absolutely ensnared in that glare of his with no hope of breaking, and he doesn't want to break away anyway. His eye widens a mark at the content of his words, however, and he frowns. Narrows his eyes at the insinuation that he's endangering Mikasa somehow, despite... everything. The fact that she's so strong, the fact that he doesn't believe Eren would hurt her (he has faith in him!), the fact that he didn't know his identity until just moments ago. None of that would seem to matter, to Eren.

So Mettaton doesn't protest the point. Even his sneer dissolves as the Dragon admits that he... eats Fae. Mikasa's a Fae. That's the kind of protection he wants for her, but...

He has some protests. Some he can't voice, given the nature of Eren's desire to control him by insinuation. This is where Mettaton realizes that he's under some kind of hypnotic influence, unable to tell Eren that he can come to grips with these conflicting desires because he surely cares for her, that if he wants to protect her, it doesn't have to be to consume her being. That there must be separate urges going on here!

None of that matters when Eren gives him his "order."

"Get out of here and take her with you." That's all he can focus on anymore. It becomes his world. His prison, the only thing he can fixate on, and he stares off, drone-like.]


... Oh. My.

[If Mettaton knew of Mikasa's possessiveness over his person, he would have been moved, but he sort of stands there, dazed. As soon as he's set upon the ground, Mikasa tackles him and he opens his arms to catch her. He's made his "choice," based on the feeling of the Fae in his arms. He'll take her away, and confront Eren later.

As soon as he makes this decision, a rare, unique feeling strikes him, one blissful and kind of foreign in its intensity. He shoots his attention at Eren with shock like he's been given something he wants more than crystal, the feeling of such strong willpower totally foreign to a monster (not a Monster) such as himself. The will to do whatever it took to "take her with him" is intoxicating. Did Eren do that to him...? (Could he do it again, if he asked?)

His arms tighten around Mikasa so she couldn't escape if she wanted, snaking around her figure possessively. The robot smirks.]


What a shame, turning our company away so soon. And with so many feelings left unaddressed...! I'll be back for you, gorgeous. [He winks at Eren. It's impossible to tell. More to Mikasa, now:] I think we've made our mark, darling! We have better things to be doing, don't we???

[No protests, Mikasa! That will overwhelms him, and he's already on the move. He takes one good hop backwards on toned legs, away from Eren, though he keeps his eyes on him as he clears a significant distance from the Dragon. This is so absurd.]
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[personal profile] usurpers 2020-03-24 09:57 am (UTC)(link)
[ they’ll talk later, eventually. satisfaction pools in his gut, as does a release of relief when they leave, though neither is able to change the way he continues to glare at the pair once they make their escape, flat eyed, shadowy and eerie in intent. the growl that rolls like thunder breathes out smoke. some few steps away, the ugly snap of trees could be heard, as the clap of massive wings bring gusts like coming storms. he leaves, in the opposite direction of the night, a glint of gold and pink in the full moon’s sky once he finds a new area to land in. ]
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[personal profile] usurpers 2020-03-24 10:05 am (UTC)(link)
[ he feels horrible, afterwards. can’t quite pin it but at the same time knows exactly what it was. he’d spend the rest of the night, forced into this form, in the comfort of his burrowed den— where a fantastic amount of knives, blades and pointed objects awaited him to rest in. he was restless, though. there was no position to rest in. only a constant pang in his head and a jitter in his limbs, a shake in his breath and the scent of fae on him. it wasn’t so much the scent that bothers him. the dragon even curls into it, scents it strongly where tongue and snout could touch freely. freely . . .

when the new day comes, he sheds his dragon hide quite literally; the childish efforts were for naught when he could, and had to, peel his flesh off clean. he’d still just feel like shit anyway, so, good job guys! you did it. i’m proud of you. ]
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[personal profile] glitzandglamour 2020-03-26 07:08 am (UTC)(link)
[Ah, yes, the iron allergy... How could he forget. Thanks, Eren, for making him take her despite how Mettaton is the least qualified person to carry a Puca or a Fae.

It doesn't matter, because Mettaton has all of this willpower to perform this one task. He takes them back toward Aefenglom's city limits with distance-clearing hops and fleet feet.

It's not long before they're close enough — that is, far away enough from Eren, where Mettaton realizes he's kind of stealing her away from what she wanted to be doing. And he's probably burning her in the process... No matter what Mikasa did to protest along the way, it almost seemed as though Mettaton couldn't register it. He snaps back to reality. Slows, stops, unhands her, looks at his metal arms, then back to her.]


... Oh. Oh, shit. [DID HE BURN HER??] Are you all right, Mikasa, darling?

[It being a full moon doesn't prevent him from exercising concern, especially after returning jarringly back to the present and snapping out of an odd sort of hypnotic trance.]
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[personal profile] glitzandglamour 2020-03-28 08:01 am (UTC)(link)
... He did.

[He did, and Mettaton ran away with her, at Eren's behest. Her mood's plummeted, and Mettaton's left to process this... mess. The revelation that "Krüeger" is Eren, who wished to be kept away from Mikasa, and Mikasa, him. They have matching looks of sorrow, sometimes. Why? What "price" were they paying? Eren said she wouldn't want to see him, but also that she'd want to, contradictory. That Eren didn't reciprocate her feelings. Her feelings...

Could she be in love? Or, heartbroken? Could Mettaton talk about love with Mikasa, if she's in love with Eren and he won't acknowledge the feelings?

Nonetheless, he won't say it's Eren they encountered. Not just yet. Mikasa is viewed as his own treasure under the moon, the way she's colored in pinks and purples and golds, but Eren still matters to him. If he can give the Dragon a chance to contemplate his own thoughts and feelings, that space is at least earned, even if this strange "bullying" tries Mettaton's patience under the light of the full moon.]
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[personal profile] glitzandglamour 2020-03-28 08:01 am (UTC)(link)
[The Puca, with his darker, more insidious appearance under the moon, collects himself. He has little in the ways of restraint like this.]

Say! Let's talk about something else!! [He grins, wicked.] Something truly exciting happened in my life recently!! Have... you ever been in love, darling?
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[personal profile] glitzandglamour 2020-03-28 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's a loose cannon, and he's absolutely animated, staring intently at the young Fae with his attentions fully captivated by her. He sidles close to Mikasa from behind her, stooping down to nudge her shoulder with his forehead, though he... at least makes an effort to keep off of her bare skin. There's that level of restraint.

It's a lot of robot. He remains stooped down far enough to be touched.]


I have. [Been in love. But that's not what he's focused on.] And there's so much delight... But I sense that there's such crushing despair from it, in turn! I was just wondering. If you thought... That Dragon was in love?

[...There is not a lot of despair on his end, no way. Anyway, talking about the Dragon's feelings is a way to talk about it, at least. Mettaton hums thoughtfully; could Mikasa tell that this Dragon had ties to her aside from being a menace? He wonders.]

But if you've never been in love... Maybe you wouldn't know how to spot it.

[He is actively being a hypocrite, since he was good at seeing love before he'd ever been in it.]
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[personal profile] glitzandglamour 2020-03-28 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[Mettaton asserts his position hovering over her shoulder, not terribly convinced by her clipped reply. He hums again, finding enjoyment in the way this social interaction is unfolding.

She will get used to him being affectionate yet. ...Just maybe with some restraint, considering she has a weakness to iron. He understands this.]


But when he saw you... His pupils blew wide. He was arrested by you, darling. Why else would a prideful Dragon yield to you so?? Aside from your admittedly dazzling command. I think... it's worth considering! That he has a crush on you. Chemistry doesn't need words.

[He'd love to say that they've probably spoken more than once before this, but he won't. Mettaton isn't the greatest at keeping secrets. At least he's not being interrogated on the matter. For now, he'll treat Pufficus like a stranger.

And also nudge her shoulder again with his cheek. Is it the full moon, or is it Mettaton...?]
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[personal profile] glitzandglamour 2020-04-01 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
[It's okay if she wants to keep turned away. Mettaton still nudges her shoulder from behind, looking for ļ½ļ½†ļ½†ļ½…ļ½ƒļ½”ļ½‰ļ½ļ½Ž, but he rests his cheek there this time instead. Against fabric, of course. Protection against metal. ...Reasonably, he knows she shouldn't indulge him because he's made of metal, but he's not being very reasonable in this moment.]

Haha. Why do you think that being a pain... isn't also part of having a crush?? It's not all being sweet and trying to earn your favor! Even mischievous and disagreeable people can have crushes, darling.

[he literally banished his reluctant crush to the kissing booth for giggles, that's something an ass would do. or a puca. or just mettaton.]

Being annoying is just as much of a red flag for love as being obsessive or doting! But perhaps... you wouldn't know. If you've never been in love, yourself...
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[personal profile] glitzandglamour 2020-04-03 10:02 am (UTC)(link)
[He's trying to bait her; he's used the same phrase twice, already. If she were to voice these thoughts, Mettaton could only nod sadly. Really! These gloomy sorts really do register love as a hurtful thing. He knows this intimately. For some, love hurts. For others, such as himself, love thrills.

But he'll accept talking about... Eren's obvious crush. Yes. ā˜…]


Well. I'm afraid I can't give you a straight answer. [He doesn't want to lead her astray. He really wants to tell her that this Dragon is just Eren...! That she should figure out how she feels about him, and act accordingly. But, alas.] Maybe... given the chance. Try to learn more about him. Or, give him the silent treatment! See if he apologizes!

But my personal approach would be to bother him right back. I favor such aggression... Ahaha.

[He couldn't help himself.

Her tribute is appreciated... he supposes. The shoulder nudge is something. He takes a little offense toward it, but he'll get over it later, when he remembers that he's made of metal. Even his fur is flecked with it, for as soft as it is.]
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[personal profile] glitzandglamour 2020-04-09 08:59 am (UTC)(link)
Hm.

[Because he keeps seeing this Dragon as Eren... That's right, she doesn't see it the same way. What a conundrum. Mettaton shrugs with his arms, not terribly bothered anymore about his earlier offense.]

Well. He did have an opportunity to explain. Sucks for him. Guess you'll just have to keep telling him off, if ever he bothers you... Who knows? Maybe he's into that.

[Maybe he wants to be yelled at... Or dumped paint on... He clearly enjoyed it, coming from Mikasa. Mettaton laughs. It's rich, except for the part where he said he eats Fae? And Mikasa's a Fae. Ugh...

Ugh. This is all settling kind of funky. He needs to talk to Eren. What a wreck.]
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[personal profile] glitzandglamour 2020-05-18 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
...You know. You know, you know... Never mind, darling.

[Mostly because Mettaton's not sure where to go with that one. Except for his initial reason for bringing it up at all:]

I'm just saying that he might be pleased by irritating you... Some people are like that. Enjoying the ire they can provoke out of another person. Relishing that attention... and all of its consequences. He won't stop pestering you, if he likes that.

[He's certainly that kind of person, himself. Especially as a Puca...]
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[personal profile] glitzandglamour 2020-06-02 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[She seems to understand his point: what if "Pufficus" is just vying for her attention? Who knows. Mettaton nods, though he tries to figure out if Eren really just wants attention from Mikasa despite... everything he's told him. Shouldn't he be wanting to keep his distance? Whatever.

But going to clean some of the paint off is a favorable idea to him, even if the gold and pink are all quite nice. He's metal, and needs to take care to keep things like paint from permanently adhering to his body. He laughs.]


We're both a bit of a mess, aren't we. All in good fun. One final nudge with his cheek (still against fabric), Mettaton rises to full height as his ears bounce upright.] You know I'll do anything your heart desires, darling! Any time.