ϡ - Chapter ThirtyTwo; fourth wall [action/voice]

[folklorist]

[ Well, well, well what do we have here? Helios is in the plaza today just...taking in the sheer amount of people that seem to have come in overnight. Unfortunately the real Helios has been mallynapped prior to all this madness. So, yes, your Helios is in another facility being experimented on. However! This Helios is the real Helios as well so he is...just going to be derping around for a good portion of the day. You can run into him if you'd like as he is ever so prone to running into other people. In which cases of doing so you will get an apologetic 'I'm so terribly sorry!' from him.

Otherwise nevermind this derpy headmaster. He also might be lugging around some cookies he procured from the shop. Mm they smell tasty and are probably just as delicious too. ]

I implore everyone whose here to try out the cookies in the bakery! They're positively delicious, a little Luceti home cooking if you will. But, ah, w-welcome to Luceti. It's a bit to get used to...

If you have any questions there are more than enough people willing to answer though! Don't be shy, either, we're all quite willing to help here. [ And with that there will be a loud munch as he takes a bite of one of those cookies. Mmm so good. ]

Comments

[Action]

[bestpokerface]

[When you're a tiny cat amongst so many people, even on two legs it can be a bit difficult to see where you're going. At some point, she bumps right into Helio's legs.]

Whoops! Sorry!

[She looks up and gives him an apologetic look. Or she would if she had a face.]

[Action]

[folklorist]

[ Helios almost doesn't register it but he will startle and then blinking. ] Oh! I-I'm so terribly sorry! A-Are you-

[ a cat...with no face. How very odd. Helios will tilt his head a little, curiously, before blinking and then starting again. Manners Helios my god! ] -Ah! Yes, nothing to worry about! Are you alright?

[myveryownclone]

[As Helios turns a corner he might accidentally bump into Robert, who is immediately around the corner from him in a blind spot. After bumping into this obvious stranger, the scientist will proceed to apologise profusely.]

Oh! M-my sincerest a-apologies, I, I was n-not paying p-proper attention.

[folklorist]

[ He is running into everyone and everything today it seems. Whelp that's his life at least it isn't coffee tables or the like! ] Oh! N-No it's mine.

[ ...wait. ]

Robert?

[truelight_soulbright]

[Well, this person he bumps into doesn't seem upset about it at all. In fact, she positively beams up at him.] Oh, there you are! I've been looking everywhere!

[And, with that, Elise throws her arms around him in a happy embrace.]

[folklorist]

[ Oh my god. No just...what? Helios doesn't even register who it is for a few seconds because he just...there are no words. This embrace, that voice, that beautiful green hair. No it's not possible. He will flinch and hunch at that warm impossibly long since felt embrace.

But his voice and expression turn into ones of undeniable mixtures of sorrow, happiness, and somewhat relief all in those few brief instances. ] Elise...

[ He returns that embrace with a bit more fervor than his soulmate. Yep he has missed you for a very long, long, time dear. He also might be giving you a quite cold, be still passionate, kiss. ]

... o/

[scalethetower]

[FOLLOWING THE SCENT OF COOKIES--

No, he's (probably) not that gluttonous. But hey, Helios, there is a perhaps familiar glowy kid wandering through the plaza, perking up as he sees Helios from a distance.]

hjghj Naoki!! ;3;

[folklorist]

[ Helios, who has just managed to dodge yet another individual, will notice that glow off in the distance too. He...he is going to stare for a moment. And then a rather broad smile will touch his lips as he hurries over, an excited wave is given as he gets closer. ] Naoki?!

And just for fun...

[consultmybooks]

[You seem to have acquired a tagalong, Helios.

If the way he keeps sniffing is any indication, the cookies are probably to blame for this fact.]

And then I go tag Giles with Bitty!Helios

[folklorist]

[ Helios has been aware, so very aware. And he can't help but pause in his walking as he turns ever so slightly to peer over his shoulder. Think fast Rupert! Before he sees you! ]

[littledragongirl]

[He might hear a loud tummy-rumbling at some point. That's the fault of a little green-haired girl roaming the town, disoriented from her sudden arrival. If that isn't enough to alert him, perhaps her bumping into him will?]

[folklorist]

[ Helios does hear that and he does notice the little green haired girl. He'll give her a smile as he comes over bending down when he gets close enough. ] Hello there.

[voice.]

[anhonestpuck]

Here's a question, Zadkiel or Samyel whatever your infernal name is-- you know, Greek was invented for a reason, and it's because your aesthetics are generally terrible.

...I digress. Why am I in a... peri colony? I mean, I know, I know, multiverse, random chance, bar bar bar, but of all things, a peri colony? And not, perhaps, a peri nudist colony?

Random chance has no taste.

[voice.]

[folklorist]

[ Wait. What. Hold on as he tries to decipher what you just said. ] Ah. W-Well. The Malnosso take people from all sorts of worlds you see. So, um, th-that's why you're here. [ Helios colors a little at the nudist colony part. ]

I-I assure you this place...has a very eclectic taste. I-I mean what with all the people! But I'm not sure if this is the same thing at the moment.

[ A pause. ] People usually arrive with wings.

[Action] | Because I miss tagging stuff ;_;

[siryms_echo]

[Anodrac's back in Luceti. How is she back in Luceti? She remembers having to leave and then there was a hole in her memory and... does she smell baked goods?]

[Oh, yes, she does. And where there are baked foodstuffs, there is bound to be a certain headmaster that she has had the habit of running into a few times. Unless he's not he--]

[That line of thought is interrupted as she walks right into him. Have an old friend bumping into you, Helios!]

Ah! M-My apologies!

[Action] | I missed you tagging my stuff ;3;

[folklorist]

[ Helios is jerked forward those cookies almost spilling on to the floor as he yelps slightly in surprise. ] Ah! N-No, no it's-it's my fault! I'm terribly... [ Oh. Wait. Anodrac?! ] Anodrac?

You're back! [ But...lacking wings, huh. ]

Sabriel is very sorry if she gets blood on you Helios.

[thebellthatbinds]

[Still running from the scavengers she though were pursuing her Sabriel had sought the safety of the crowd to disappear in; the crossbow bolt protruding from her ribs wrenching a gasp with each step. Stumbling as she walks she tries not to jar the bolt but when she roughly collides with someone passing by she falls against the gentleman with the cookies standing with his back to her with a sharp wince.]

S-Sorry-

/sob it's okay.

[folklorist]

[ Oh dear lord Sabriel. What on Earth happened to you?! Helios is about to turn around, after having lost his balance slightly that bag of cookies teetering in his grip. He'll gasp though as he sees just who it is that's bumped into him. She isn't familiar to him but her predicament goes noticed. ] Oh gods! P-Please! You-you shouldn't be moving! What happened?!

Icons lie, but I AM a troll...

[goldenkirbichu]

[Hey there, Helios.

There is a heavy-set, short guy - think five foot six, a bit shorter than you are - behind you, dark eyes studying you intently as he stands there.

His posture is a strange mixture of casual and awkward - he's clearly smiling (or is it smirking?) but he shuffles occasionally.]

... Helios, right?

[There's a moment, where his eyes sweep over the bag, and then he offers one hand - small, with a dark freckle marking the space between his index finger and palm.]

Pleased to meet you face to face. The name is Golden.

GET OUT!

[folklorist]

[ Helios blinks looking over at the person who just introduced himself. Hm. Golden what an interesting name... ]

Ah! It's a pleasure to meet you! Helios Sprensonne. [ He does not take the hand offered. But he does hold his free one up apologetically. ] S-Sorry. Mine are a bit dirt, cookies and all.

/spams your post

[technoisolate]

[There is a little boy panicking in the crowd.

Under the clean-cut reddish-brown hair and the glasses that sit awkwardly on his nose, his expression is one of fear and anxiety. When Helios brushes against him, he shrinks away with a little cry.]

M-My 'pologies, I-I-I... I d-didn'tmeanto...!

[And he promptly curls in on himself.]

Wh-where's my 'dential u-unit...? Wh-wh-why is everything s-so... s-small and low-down...?

I hate spam!! >:[

[folklorist]

[ Oh my gosh Bitty!Robert, Helios is so sorry to have bumped into you. The cry gets his attention almost immediately and Helios also shrinks away. He is just...going to try and placate this poor, lost, extremely scared little boy now.

His voice is low, soothing because you seem ever so distressed... ] N-no. It's, it's alright. You poor dear. You mean the houses? They've always been like that. It's, ah, part of the way things have been built here.

Fft, oh hell.

[serialhugger]

YO! Headmaster H!

[And let there be a succubus rushing over to tackle you in a hug.]

<333

[folklorist]

[ That voice...he hasn't heard that in awhile. ]

Esiel?! [ He is going to tense up when you actually go to hug him. ]

[thesmoothcriminal]

[Such a crowd, most with wings, a good deal without, and one man without is weaving about looking for, well. A way out. A familiar face. Someone he can't meet. And he weaves and twists and turns with the ebb and flow of the crowd with great familiarity of the practice, if not the crowd. It is when he's lighting a cigarette, or at least about to when he bumps straight into, well. Someone. Habit has him catching that someone by the shoulder, an apology already tumbling out in a thick, French accent.]

Ah pardon me! Such a busy place, this, it is impossible to take two steps without stepping into someone else.

[folklorist]

[ Oh god. Why did you have to grab him by the shoulder strange man he does not ever remember seeing. Helios tenses automatically stopping in place as he regards the man with wary, almost fearful, eyes.

Helios' reply is covered in nothing but stutters as he backs away a little, flinching and hunching as he does so. This is clearly a normal response for someone grabbing your shoulder, yep. ] I-It's f-fine! That, that's understandable. Th-there's usually not so-so many people here.

[voice]

[sebastard]

There are cookies?

[voice]

[folklorist]

But of course! And cakes, and pies, and well lots of other sweets. Luceti has quite the selection!

[nihilconcerto]

[If Helios ever finds himself alone, away from the rest of the villagers, he'll see something...unusual. Black mist twists and creeps about the ground, builds upon itself and drifts through the air in great patches. Nothing good can come from something that looks like this.

Where the mist is the thickest, if he looks closely, Helios will be able to see a tall woman, standing perfectly straight and still. The mist obscures her features and clothing--for now.]

[folklorist]

[ Helios has taken to walking around the lesser frequented parts of the village, if only to make sure these boundless newcomers aren't being left stranded anywhere. So...when he happens upon the mist he'll pause. It makes him remember the mist from Halloween that year ago. It's doing for his resolve when he sees someone's silhouette standing out among the blackness.

His voice is tentative, almost fearful really, as he calls out weakly. ] H-Hello?