House meeting

[no_reload]

Who: Reaper (no_reload), Fern (laminae), Luz (imaglyphwitch), Luca (schoolingfish), Varian (droptheious)
What: Disaster House has a meeting
When: Beginning of November
Where: Disaster House in Cassandra

Content Warnings: Will add as they come up.


[Reaper had taken his time with recovery, which left him trapped in his room for a few days. When it seemed that he could get around without having long episodes of shortness of breath, he appeared more downstairs. That's where he happened to be, settled into a chair with the other occupants of the house.

He knew they had questions, knew that most of them would have to do with Lance's outburst on the network. That wasn't the kid's fault; they didn't always control their Omens. And Lance had been circling the drain for years now, barely holding on. Not the kid's fault. For as long as he had known Lance, the kid had been teetering on the edge of a mental crisis.

However, this wasn't about Lance right now. This was about the household where he resided, and many of the youngsters who lived in it. As the eldest, he knew that his position here was the most tenuous.

So Reaper sat quietly, one ankle crossed over his other knee. He remained in comfortable black clothing, and while situations like these usually had him wearing his mask, he had decided against it. Instead, his scarred face was bare, though he kept his hood up to cover most of his white hair. His gloved hands were folded in his lap, thumbs clasping the mask that he would normally wear. Instead, it lightly tapped against his thigh.]

So, I suppose we should call this meeting to order, hmm?

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( enter the duck! )

[danserai]

[ while all these dramatic meetings and discussions are happening, there is a timid knock on the door. ahiru peeks in, looking very sheepish. ]

Hello . . . ? My name is Ahiru and Luz said I could stay here? If that's okay! I can go if you want!

EYYYY

[imaglyphwitch]

[Luz looked up from their conversation, and her demeanor changed on a dime].

Ahiru! You came! No, no, come in! Did you bring your stuff? Did you find your bag all right?

[danserai]

Mmhmm!

[ she has a little cloth bag wrapped around a stick. ]

I have everything.

[imaglyphwitch]

[Luz was pretty sure she'd never seen anyone with something like this outside of a cartoon].

Great! Let me take this to your room! Oh! You should introduce yourself to everyone though!

[danserai]

Mm, sure.

Who all are here?

[imaglyphwitch]

Right, let me go down the line!

That older guy, the oldest in our house, that's Reaper! He can turn intangible though, so don't be surprised if you don't see him a lot. He's still here. His whole deal is something you need to ask him though. He's pretty private.

That's Varian! He's pretty much a genius, but went through some stuff in the last town so he's got one leg. Don't let that fool you though, he's one of the cleverest people you'll meet!

That's Fern! He's a grass boy, it's a long story, but he's one of the strongest people in Trench and he can grown stuff on his body! Be careful in his room though, lots of swords.

And that's Luca! He's the newest person in the house, or at least he was until you arrived! Also, he's actually a fish kid but he turns into a human on land! Normally I wouldn't tell you that because that's his secret, but you're going to be living here so it only makes sense you know that!

And there's me of course, but you already know me! A regular girl who knows magic and is practicing to be a witch!

[droptheious]

[Oh no, oh she's so small look at her!! (Varian, YOU'RE small). ]

Hey, it's totally okay. We've...uh got some space left. I'm Varian.

[danserai]

I'm Ahiru, umm, thank you for having me!

[ she bows lightly. ]

I know this is very last notice and I didn't talk to anyone but Luz and maybe I should have written a letter, do I need to write a letter . . .

[droptheious]

Well, you're very welcome.

[She's so sweet and polite. How do they keep finding the sweet, polite kids? He raises his hands, gently. ]

Relax. You don't need a letter. We had a spare room, and it's better you're somewhere safe than out in the city.

[danserai]

Thank you. I really appreciate it.

[ it certainly takes a load off. navigating the girl life and the duck life is tricky without a space. ]

Uhm, are there any rules I should know? I don't want to make anyone uncomfortable.

[droptheious]

[At least here she gets a safe spot and there's also a grass person and a sea monster - bonus!]

Nope. Uh- just don't go into the basement alone. My lab's down there and sometimes I work on some dangerous things. But otherwise, we don't really do rules here. But hey, if there's anything you want to know about the house or the...uh city at large, just ask.

[no_reload]

[Great. Another one. Reaper fully expected that they would be outgrowing the house within the next month at the rate they were accepting new occupants. Or it would come down to a 'voting off the island' scenario.

He lifted a gloved clawed hand in greeting.]

Hey. [His voice was growly naturally, and currently that was made worse by his healing body.] Room will be found for you. What wild and amazing abilities do you have?

[danserai]

[ s-s-scary. he looks so intimidating. so this is the adult luz mentioned. he definitely looks a little ghosty. ]

I-I don't have any! I'm just a girl! Very normal girl! Unless you don't let in normal girls and I need to find a new place . . .

[no_reload]

[For once, he wasn't trying to be intimidating, though his natural bearing and appearance tended to bring about that anyway.]

Why wouldn't I like normal young women? Or those with unique powers?

[The corner of his lip twitched from the shadow of his hood.]

I'm the adult of the household, no matter what anyone else might claim. If you stay here, you fall under my protection.

[danserai]

You definitely look like an adult, ehehehe . . he . . .

[ oh that's probably rude isn't it?? she bows again. ]

Uhm, thank you for having me, even if I don't have unique powers but I'm glad to hear you're okay with regular girls and I'm very regular and probably boring, I don't know how you feel about boring . . .

[no_reload]

[Reaper was old enough to be her grandfather, so yes, he was definitely the adult of the household. Hell, he was probably old enough to be most of the occupants grandfather. He was instead that lurking uncle or something.]

Do adults make you uncomfortable?

[He raised an eyebrow at the bow. She was a strange one. She reminded him of Genji originally bowing everywhere to everyone.]

I don't like boring. If you're boring, we will clearly have to spend time together and give you opportunity to be eccentric.

[schoolingfish]

[Oh! It's another kid his age! Luca's just happy to have more kids around, and he certainly wouldn't want to leave her out on her own.]

Oh, you staying here is definitely okay with me! We have plenty of space! My name's Luca, by the way.

[danserai]

[ oh, the fish! he looks human enough. that's impressive. ]

It's nice to meet you. I promise I won't take up much space.

[schoolingfish]

It's nice to meet you, too! And don't worry about taking up space. There's plenty of room for everyone!

[danserai]

That's good to know! Everything happened very quickly and I didn't have a chance to talk to the rest of you yet . . .

[schoolingfish]

That's okay! Things do happen kind of quickly here. I mean, we all showed up with no idea where we were, so we kind of had to figure out housing quick. It's nice having more kids around, though!

[laminae]

[Hey, Fern remembers that orange hair! He looks totally baffled here, because the last time they talked he was pretty sure she was walking off to talk to a monster that was probably going to kill her.]

You?? You didn't die!

[danserai]

[ ahiru gives a sheepish laugh. ]

I guess I got lucky? Ehehe . . .

[laminae]

Guess so.

[Or maybe the tower monsters weren't bloodthirsty like he assumed!! Who knows, he isn't going to question it.]

Uh, anyways. Good to see you aren't dead? And welcome to the house.

[danserai]

Thank you! I promise I won't be any trouble.