En garde.
🌕 OC | Original Verse
🌖 CW for Gore, Body Horror, mild suggestive themes
🌗 Envoy for a land goddess | created from the remains of a dead god
🌘 Multiversal drifter
🌑Capable of Atomic Magic — burns up adrenaline to use it
🌒 Written by #CreepinCrinoid
🌓 Refs below
@AtomicEnvoy
"What's the matter? You're disappointing me just like your sister did! Are your titles really just for show!?"
The words are spit out with disgust.
"I'll destroy the Anomaly by myself, after all... And everything it touched. I can't trust anyone else to do that."
"Non, non, it was just the first thing that came to mind when I saw you out of the corner of my eye.
However, I do know that when you say, ah, very specific things...you intend to do them."
Aurick sighed.
"Look. I genuinely do not care, provided you do not get killed."
"Do you always think someone simply waiting for locked kitchen door of the local Burger King to be opened by Frankie taking a smoke break intends on sneaking in to steal a shipment of hamburger patties? Maybe I'm just loitering, dude."
@cingciseach After first, he was a little perplexed. Aurick gave the little fellow a light, short toss to orient him in his arms a bit better, but once he had Eoin properly supported, his eyes remained glued to that fist in bewilderment.
"Oh!" He chirped in realization, ears perking up.-
@cingciseach -associations he might have had are brushes off in favor of wanting the child of an ally to be nothing short of comfortable.
Aurick gently stooped to meet Eoin, arms open to the little one.
"Do you want 'up', ma petite coccinelle?"
@cingciseach Aurick's ears pin back at the 'women' remark. His mind is briefly stuck in an uncomfortable loop regarding whether or not it's funny.
(He brushes it off as 'earthly cisgender humor'.)
The chill that washes over was nothing short of dreadful and familiar, but any previous-
@cingciseach -across his features for a mere couple of seconds.
But Eoin would not find a soul behind those eyes, no matter how much Aurick pretended to have one. The man broke eye contact out of guilt, pulling his brim to further shade his face.
“…they’ve both grown up, huh.”
@cingciseach “Stop making your jokes indistinguishable from…”
Briefly, his eyes flicked towards the door before falling upon the small child still present. That was Eoin? He hadn’t seen the little guy in easily years, and for the moment, almost didn’t recognize him. A small smile broke-
3. He's actually pretty great with animals. Working under Suelo means he was around giant insects very often, and his hunting has given him a great sense of how to act around wildlife.
2. Social as it gets! Despite a lot of his apprehensions around strangers (it's his line of 'work'), he can't stand being alone for too long and has a pretty hefty sense of community...and separation anxiety.