[Open] Canon Update & Catch-all!

[bad_crowmance]

Who: Crow Armbrust and YOU!!
When: January 4th and thereafter
Where: Mirror House and around Aefenglom
What: Canon Update/Catchall
Warnings: Major spoilers from Trails of Cold Steel 3! Possible themes include death, betrayal, political unrest, mental manipulation, supernatural disasters... I'll update if needed!


I. Mirror House.

[ Crow did not, as a general rule, go to the Mirror House. That's not saying anything against it so much as he just preferred to look forward towards his life in Aefenglom with his friends rather than focusing too hard on a path with no future to it. Feelings get complicated and Crow is allergic to feelings, or at least he doesn't like having his on public display very often. But he'd gone to the mirror house today, almost as if he were compelled to. He didn't stop until he'd reached his own mirror, one that was familiar to him in more intimate ways than any other.

And then he touched it.

He wasn't aware a couple of his friends had been there-- or were perhaps with their own mirrors at this very moment. Either way, his experience was a little different than theirs. For one thing, they were catching up on a few short months-- Crow had nearly a year and a half all at once, flashing vividly behind his eyes in full detail. A life he hadn't expected to keep going, or rather-- to be brought back. Such as it is.

There are physical changes that come for him in a way that the others hadn't really gotten. A year and a half for Crow is enough to grow a little, to fill out just a bit more-- for his hair to grow in length, to become suddenly several shades paler. And at the end of it, Crow lets out a gasp as he finally--

He pulls his hand away from the mirror almost as if he'd been burned. But it only takes a moment of recovery before he's glancing around and then folding his hands behind his head. ]

Well, that's enough time reflecting on things. Heh...!

II. Aefenglom.

[ It's going to be pretty hard for Crow to hide that something's happened when you can take one look at him and tell just by the physical differences that something has. But this is Crow Armbrust and he's very willing to deflect as much as he has to. Of course, maybe you don't really know him-- maybe he doesn't have anything at all to explain. He's more than fine with that, he doesn't really want to talk about it anyway.

After his adventures in the mirror house, you might find Crow eating in a nice spot at a local café, a nice cup of hot chocolate in hand. Or you could find him by the docks, chatting with some of the workers there or else just looking out at the water for a brief moment before moving on. You might even find him wandering around the shopping district, looking for all the world like any other person out to buy whatever it is that's caught their interest. Either way, if you look like you want to talk to him, he'll lift his hand and grin. ]

Hey, what's up?

Comments

[bad_crowmance]

[ Wow, why would you call him out like that?

Crow shakes his head slightly, moving his hand to rub at the back of his head. ]

Nah, I'm not trying to deny things went pretty badly there. ...Probably as bad as it could've gone.

[fiddlestick]

[Because he knows you Crow Armbrust??? You tried to be chill and cool when you had a literal sucking chest wound ok.]

I know you aren't. [So don't worry about that.] ...You're not wrong though. So many things went badly, it's hard to process one without another one popping up.

[bad_crowmance]

[ Hey, having a gaping chest wound is no reason to freak out. ]

No kidding. You should take care of yourself tonight. It's a lot to remember all at once.

[fiddlestick]

[You died from it. That is every reason to freak out.]

I will ... not sure what I'm gonna do yet, but... no overdoing it, promise.

[He shuffles his feet a little]

This...did help a little though. So thanks.

[bad_crowmance]

[ Nahhhhh, there were more important things to worry about. And besides, freaking out when you're dying is not an appropriately dramatic death. ]

Haha, I'm glad. I'm always here to help out a pal.

[fiddlestick]

You're a good friend, Crow.

[He means it. Really. But enough on that, he'll hold up the boots]

Now as I said...I'm buying these. Gimme a few days to practice, and I'll give you a show.

[bad_crowmance]

[ Crow grins-- or perhaps "leers" is a more appropriate word-- at Elliot. ]

I'll look forward to it!