December Logs

[darkcharge]

Who: Vanitas + Whomever
When: All throughout Dec
Where: Various
What: Mostly previously discussed threads. I can write individual starts for anyone who would be interested in threading something out though.
Warnings: None, yet




( OOC Note )

[ Want to do something this month with Vanitas? Feel free to contact me at jardaan if you want to do something. Or put a placeholder up and I will write you up something myself. I am very open to having new and old CR and always looking for more to do! ]

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[wordsinthesoul]

…so perhaps we ought to be checking the tops of curtains, as well.

[Ah, what a nuisance. Perhaps it's more like a cat.]

Well. Let's move room by room, then. I'll take this side- how does that sound?

[darkcharge]

Fine by me.

[ And yet it only takes another minute before Vanitas stops. He huffs and rubs at his face, as if he has forgotten something. Because he has. ]

Look, I need you to think of something that irritates you or gets you mad.

[ Such a simple solution and yet he hadn’t thought of it until now. ]

[wordsinthesoul]

Ah? That's an odd request, but… I'm sure I can think of something.

[If that's what Vanitas is asking for- presumably it'll help. If he thinks- that shouldn't be too bad. He lets the thought of Emet-Selch simmer for a moment, before shaking his head, trying to dismiss it. It might be a bad idea to let himself become truly angry.]

…do you need me to continue?

[darkcharge]

If you don't want to have to, you know, actually search then yes. Really any negative emotion will do. Irritation just works best.

[ Van shrugs. ]

Like attracts like and all.

[wordsinthesoul]

So that draws it in. Then… it's a creature of such emotions?

[Well- it seems far simpler. He frowns for a moment, thinking- drawing on memories of his path being blocked, of people concealing answers and their desires- hoping that that will work.]

[darkcharge]

Why yes. Yes it is. Funny how that doesn't seem to click even when said outright.

[ Oh those guardians of Light might know this but they don't understand.

But go ahead Thancred. Get just irritated enough. In the next moment or two, a Flood sure does make its presence known, twitching as ever. ]

You create nothing but headaches, you know that?

[ It does respond to Vanitas, tilting its head this way and that. But really its focus might be on Thancred. ]

[wordsinthesoul]

Very odd. It seems straightforward enough to assume that, if there is the ability to manifest emotions, they could be…. Is it uncommon?

[Oh. He watches it curiously, feathers twitching a little.]

Perhaps due to what it is? Does that make them aggressive?

[darkcharge]

These guys are the most common. [ Nudges the one there with a toe. ] And, well, it is a negative emotion. So don't you think that would make them aggressive?

[wordsinthesoul]

Ah. So there are others, as well? If this one was drawn by irritation… I take it that the greater the emotion is, the larger they grow?

That… would make sense, yes. [he's still going to do the dumb thing and reach out to touch it. what does a physical negative emotion feel like?]

[darkcharge]

Floods, like these, are the most numerous. What you get all depends on the emotion, so that's not an inaccurate statement.

[ Vanitas, however, has no such hangups to touching them. He picks up the thing and starts to move into a different room. ]

Augh. I can already tell I'm going to have to get a collar and leash for this thing.

[wordsinthesoul]

A Flood… ah, that's clever. Are the rest given different names?

[He is curious! But all right. He follows, hands moving to his pockets, watching.]

If it keeps wandering off… I suppose so. Would an ordinary collar stay on it?

[darkcharge]

Each kind of Unversed has a different name, yeah. Hareraiser. Archraven. Thornbite.

[ Just to name a few. There are a lot more, but no one needs to know how many more, right? ]

I think it might. It's not like it has any of its abilities here.

[wordsinthesoul]

Ah. Those evoke a more particular image... How curious. Who named them?

[It’s probably fine as it is- less worrying, at least.]

Then we can at least try it out. Let’s see what materials we have.

[Even if it’s very makeshift, there’s probably something with at least one crafter around.]

[darkcharge]

I did. Who else?

[ They come from him, after all. Not that... Thancred knows this just yet. It's not a secret. Vanitas just usually likes a more dramatic reveal. ]

Wait. You mean make one here? Now?

[wordsinthesoul]

Is that so? You discovered them, then?

[That's surprising enough, in itself.]

Ah? Shouldn't we? It would help you to know where it was, correct?

[darkcharge]

They're created, not discovered.

[ Though Thancred does have a point. Now would be better than later, if they can manage. ]

I wonder if there is a way to put a tracking spell on it.

[wordsinthesoul]

Created? By you, or another?

[One seems more likely than the other, but… how?]

Hm. I suppose that would be some manner of enchantment? I imagine it would be possible, particularly if it's your familiar.

[darkcharge]

[ Vanitas fixes Thancred with a look, brief as it is. ]

By me.

[ Again, Vanitas isn't one that houses a lot of secrets. Or, rather, there are plenty of secrets he just doesn't see fit to keep them. ]

Guess that's one more reason to visit the Coven. They might have an idea of what sort of spell to use.

[wordsinthesoul]

And so naming them makes perfect sense. Are they good company, then?

[Secrets to be revealed when someone asks, perhaps.]

I'd think so. Someone else is bound to have had a similar problem in the past.

[darkcharge]

They're negative emotions manifested as creatures. Do you really think that they are good company?

[ He hates them, Thancred. Downright loathes them. As for Thancred's secrets... Vanitas is going to get to that. ]

[wordsinthesoul]

It's an odd thought…. Why manifest them, then? Have you manifested any positive emotions?

[ahaha. Not something he's quite looking forward to.]

[darkcharge]

[ Prize Pods are probably the closest thing that Vanitas has to a positive emotion. Even his 'happy faced' Unversed are still born from more darker desires. ]

No, I haven't. As I am of Darkness how could I create anything positive?

[ Again, questions that sort of answer themselves. ]

Why, oh why, do I manifest them? The world may never know.

[wordsinthesoul]

…you believe that of yourself?

[Not that he's had good experiences with dark powers, but- it bothers him, and he tilts his head, looking Vanitas over again to try to estimate his age.]

Perhaps- how often do you feel those emotions?

[darkcharge]

It is what it is. You'd think that if I were capable then I would have experienced it by now, right?

[ Good luck with that, Thancred. Vanitas wouldn't even know that exactly. But he looks to be about 16? 17? ]

All the time?

[wordsinthesoul]

It surprises me that you haven't.

[Younger than himself, but- capable enough. But- if he's only felt negative emotions, all his life…]

That doesn't seem right. I wonder…. Do you like song?