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Who: Sylvia Kawano and you!
When: Juril 1st - 4th, some closed prompts from the 5th on
Where: Various
What: Working at the Cat Cafe and Kitty Quest + some closed prompts in the comments.
Warnings: Mentions of character death later on

purramid cafe.

[ working at the purramid cafe has been an interesting experience, to say the least -- sylvia enjoys her job and has learned a lot about how to be a barista! ...however, she's still a little clumsy with handling dishes sometimes, and while she hasn't broken anything, she's prone to letting things spill a little or overflow from the cups. she's getting better at it, promise...but that doesn't mean she's without unhappy customers. ]

Miss. You filled the cup way too much, and now there's a coffee splatter on my shoe!

Gah-- [ sylvia gasps, but she doesn't really turn around to face the customer because she's in a scramble to make her next order. she gives them a few hurried glances and an apologetic look, but it doesn't seem to placate the woman at all. ] Sorry about that! I'm really sorry, I swear I didn't mean for that to happen!

It doesn't matter if you meant it or not, you got my brand new shoes dirty with a coffee stain!

[ feel free to tell sylvia to be more careful, or tell the customer to take a chill pill. or watch. maybe you're the customer who's next in line, even! ]

blink and miss 'em.

[ sylvia is among the volunteers at pile's petagorium, doing her best to rally all the cats together. she has a bowl of cat food next to her and has attracted a few kittens to her side, but there are still a bunch running amok. she's not very good at this, judging by the frantic expression on her face. she didn't have to work with the cats at the cafe, so she has...absolutely no experience in this department whatsoever, and it shows in how she can't quite get the cats that aren't hungry to settle down.

she reaches for one that sniffs at her feet, but the kitten poofs just before she can touch it. she heaves a heavy sigh, shoulders slumping as she runs a hand through her hair. ]

This was a mistake. Ughhh, this was such a mistake.

[ she tries to say that under her breath, but it comes out a little louder than she'd intended for it to. that being said, a little help would be appreciated! ]

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Well, I didn't make it up..

[ he grins at her apologetically for the fact that he's like this. ]

I dunno. I read that that's something I'm supposed to be able to do. Like have a really convincing look or something and be able to tell people what to do. Buuut.. I've never practised it so I dunno if I can even do it, so maybe not..?

Oh? That's part of being a vampire, right?

[ hmmmmm. she thinks on this for a second. ]

Alright, how about this? When we apprehend the person, you can try your hypnotism on them. If it doesn't work, we take them to the investigator?

Yes, okay!

[ this is perhaps the first time since he's actually felt like he might have a useful skill as a vampire. when he'd read about it he could only think of less upright things to do with that particular ability.. ]

Either way it'll get the job done.

[ nothing about this could possibly go wrong. ]

Yeah. We got this --

[ and in the middle of her inspirational quote, she spots one of the people in those dark robes from the corner of her eye. they seem to be commiserating with someone off to the side, out of view, and the conversation doesn't seem entirely pleasant. ]

Hey, look over there. See that?

[ he turns quickly to look and he's probably one of those people who can't manage to not be obvious when someone points something out behind them. at least the robed people aren't paying attention to them yet that he can tell. ]

Yeah.. I see it. We should probably break that up, huh?

[ the way he's bouncing a little on the balls of his feet suggests he's raring to go and take care of the problem, but he's thinking it through enough not to run off foolishly. ]

It's so weird. The whole dark robe thing is so obvious..

Right? Geez, they couldn't have at least attempted to be a little more sneaky about it...

[ totally unimpressed. what's arguably even less impressive, however, is how sylvia turns towards them and just starts walking towards them. ]

I'm going in. Follow me.

[ ...he can try to stop her if he wants, or let her make this ill-advised decision which surely won't end in Sins being laid out for everyone to see! ]

[ he just blinks for a sec when she starts heading over, because for some reason he thought this might be a little more... hm. he's not sure. covert? ]

... Yeah, alright.

[ nah. he's just gonna follow her into this ill-advised decision because he figures this is just how monsters do it, marching right up and dealing with things directly. covert is probably if you have magic or something. that makes sense right? this is probably how ops look in Real Life. because he's decided this is an "op" now. an Op, for emphasis.

he straightens up and tries to look like he means business too ~~and not like he should be getting a lot of rest, which is how he usually looks.~~ ]

[ yep, we are doing this. zero fear. sylvia narrows her eyes -- they should probably be more covert about this because that'd be teh smart thing to do, but sylvia has never been great at being subtle in these kinds of situations, so she marches up to the woman in the robe and clears her throat.

the woman in the robe looks at them with contempt. ]

Excuse me? Can I ask you what you're doing to this young man over here?

[ the young man in question looks desperately at sylvia and jongdae, like he's asking for help. ]

Silence! [ the cloaked woman is mad, and immediately throws some kind of spell sylvia's way. sylvia lets out a gasp and recoils instinctually.

...but there's no pain. ]

[ jongdae's cool guy act lasts about two seconds of him folding his arms and trying to look imposing when things escalate real quick. ]

Hey! You can't just... do that! You need to go back where you came from!

[ he's flustered so his voice doesn't sound very threatening at all, but he really is trying to do his best to figure out what might activate his ability to compel the robed woman to leave — which he has unfortunately not yet acquired. ]

Are you okay?

[ he's sort of reluctant to take his eyes off of the woman, but he takes a moment to look aside to check on sylvia. ]

Y-Yeah, I'm fine!

[ she's not in any pain or anything, so she looks over at the woman with a piercing gaze. ]

I don't know what the hell you just did, but you need to stop bothering all these people. Seriously, it's not cool!

I'm merely trying to purify all the corrupted souls in this wretched city, yourself included! Behold the sin written all over your chest, girl!

[ sylvia's eyes widen. what in the world... she looks down and sees the beginnings of something written there. she reads it upside-down relatively quickly.

I selfishly abandoned my duties when people needed me the most. ]

Corrupted? You don't know what you're talking about..

[ he even laughs a little bit, because that sounds ridiculous. with almost no experience with religion or spirituality or anything like it, people being weird and preachy on the street is especially funny.

the sound dies off in his throat though when he sees the words appear, but his assumption is that the woman in the robes is just being mean. ]

You probably don't care that making shit up about people is rude.. but it is. If you have problems with the way things are around here, you should take it to the Coven, which is where you're gonna end up anyway..

[ but at least they've been a good distraction to help the woman's original victim get away? ]

[ it is pretty ridiculous, yeah, and sylvia is fuming. she's red in the face, both from embarrassment and anger -- though she does turn to check on the original victim, and the young boy seems to have slipped away during jongdae's roast session. well, at least there's that.

now, back to the subject at hand. the woman raises her hand and sends a burst of the same magic at jongdae. sylvia jolts towards him, eyes wide. ]

Jongdae!

[ the impulse to put his hands up to shield himself is there when he notices the woman raising her hand, but just as it was for sylvia there's seemingly no pain.

checking himself over, it's not difficult at all to see that words have appeared on him as well. the lettering goes up one arm, across his chest, and down the other like a shirt he'd bought once that probably had some random phrase on it in exactly the same way but this is not high fashion at all. jongdae tries scrubbing at his arms like he might be able to make the words go away and no doubt it's making the woman gloat to see him try and hide it because it's almost like no matter what he does the writing shifts to make sure someone can still read it:

placed the blame upon the innocent and the guilty just the same ]

That's so funny.. if you're trying to say you're one of the innocent ones...

[ in fact, it's not remotely funny and he's definitely not laughing, but he has no idea how to feel about something like that simply being laid bare for anyone to see. ]

[ sylvia tries not to read the words that sprawl across his chest, but it's impossible to peel her eyes away. it's a cryptic sin -- one that she doesn't quite understand, at least -- but it's personal, and it's not something she should know in this very moment. not like this. ]

Why can't you just leave us alone?! You can't just -- you can't just broadcast everyone's personal business like this!

Of course I can! You all should have shame for all the sins you've committed!

[ the two of them start shouting at each other. jongdae, some interference may be needed. ]

[ while it's cryptic for her but as far as jongdae's concerned the world's just been made aware of something he's deeply ashamed of. he's silent for a little bit while sylvia and the woman start shouting and it's all very peripheral and almost muted until something about what the woman says clicks in an uncomfortable sort of way.

he doesn't often use his vampiric abilities, such as his speed, but rather abruptly he's in one place and then another when he pushes the woman against the closest wall.

which... is maybe one way to get the point across? ]

Look. You really need to leave.. or there's going to be a real problem..

[ he.. probably.. won't bite her, at least. he's not to the point where the urges are likely to overtake him, even when he's in a mood. but he's still just straight up angry, so baring his fangs happens rather unconsciously, so maybe it seems like he will from anyone else's perspective.. ]

[ holy shit.

sylvia's eyes are wide when jongdae uses his speed and his strength to pin the woman to the wall. the woman shrieks, terrified, and for a moment sylvia wonders if he's gone too far.

but the woman tries to slip out from underneath him. ]

Fine! You will still drown in all of the pain and suffering from your past sins...but nothing can be done for those who do not believe in living a pure life.

[ sylvia gathers herself together and rolls her eyes. what a bunch of babble-y bullshit. ]

Alright, I think she's good to go, Jongdae.

[ he hears sylvia but he’s so angry and feels so exposed that it takes him a few moments longer to actually work himself up to letting go.

or talking himself down, rather. ]

Go on! Get out of here!

[ backing off, he looks down at the words still splashed across the front of him and folds his arms again like it’ll help. ]

This can’t stay like this forever.. right?

[ she looks up as his arms attempt to cover up the words, but her eyes widen. it...doesn't work? ]

I can still see them! ... Shit. Ughhh.

[ she scrubs at her face a little, then: ]

I sure hope not, but I think if worse comes to worst, we can ask the Coven! They'll figure something out.

[ ...right...? ]

Anyway, she's gone now. I guess we didn't have to do much but threaten her after all, heh...

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