schoolingfish: (Horrified human)
Luca Paguro ([personal profile] schoolingfish) wrote in [community profile] deercountry2021-12-05 10:54 pm

Luca catchall post - Fun vileblood issues!

Who: Luca Paguro and open!
What: Luca's memory flashback, as well as generally sneaking around the Disaster House/Town/getting caught in snares because he's a vileblood and there's two blood types hunting him this month
When: Throughout the month
Where: The Disaster House or anywhere in the Trench

Content Warnings: A thirteen year old boy getting hunted like an animal, both in his memory and in the 'present day' prompts


Luca's Memory – Trying to escape Ercole (OTA)

Whoever touches the Winter Mourning will find themselves witnessing a hunt. Maybe they'll see out of Luca's eyes, a passive observer forced to make the same choices he made, or maybe they'll take on the role of someone else in the setting. Alberto, perhaps, or one of the people trying to catch Luca. Maybe they'll even be able to do their own things, make their own choices.

Regardless, the memory starts with Luca and Alberto in sea monster form racing through the streets on a bike. They're terrified, desperate. Ercole has gotten in front of them, but the hill's too steep to try and turn back and go up. Besides, they need to get back to the water to be safe, and to do that, they need to pass Ercole. Luca stares in horror as he keeps pedaling forward, and Ercole lifts his spear, ready to throw.

"You should have left when I told you. Now...I'm going to kill some sea monsters!" Ercole says, and his cackles fill the alley as he balances on his bike, his spear raised in the air.

Then, just in time, Giulia, a red headed girl who had caught up on her own bike, rams her bike in to Ercole's own, sending both of them tumbling to the ground. Luca and Alberto race past on their bike, but Luca glances back. Giulia bounces roughly on the cobblestones several time, rolling down the steep and rocky pathway.

"No!" Cries Luca.

"Giulia!" Alberto calls out to her.

Not willing to just leave her like that, not knowing if she's okay, Luca stops the bike and he and Alberto race over to her, helping her up. This was a mistake. They're surrounded now. Many of the townsfolk are just standing there, watching to see what happens next. Others seem more ready to participate in this hunt. Some have harpoons. Some have nets. They whisper.

"Look at that," says one villager.

"You're not going anywhere," says another.

Ercole, however, is quick to call dibs. "Guys! I saw them first! The reward is mine!"

Luca tries to be brave. "We're not afraid of you!"

"No," responds Ercole, "But we're afraid of you. Everyone is horrified and disgusted by you, because you are monsters."

The memory may end here. Or it may continue on for a few more seconds, so the viewer sees Giulia saying that they aren't monsters, and Massimo coming out of the crowd to tell them that the boys are Luca and Alberto. Either way, the memory wraps up soon unless the viewer is an active participant and was able to make a different choice in the course of events.


The Disaster House – Open to anyone who would be at/around the Disaster House

Luca's skittish. He's been hunted before, he knows the feeling. He knows the mortal terror, the constant hiding, the fear of discovery. The worst part is, this month even people he loved and trusted seem to be turning on him. Nowhere is safe. But this house...it's still home.

He sticks to the shadows, staying out of sight, easily startled if anyone spots him. Still, there are times he lets his guard down. Enamored with all the pretty antler decorations around the house, Luca decides to make his own. He takes a couple of antlers he's found tying them up with ribbons and decorating them with little twigs and springs from the greenhouse. At one point he even starts having enough fun with his crafting to relax enough to hum a little tune, enjoying himself as he pretties up the antlers, holding them up to see how they're coming.

Other times he can be found grabbing things from the greenhouse or the kitchen to eat. He doesn't know how to cook, though, and this month...this month he's too scared to find someone around the house to help him, so he might just start eating raw ingredients as is just to avoid coming out of hiding.


Out And About – OTA

But of course, living in a household with all bloodtypes can be quite stressful to a young boy during a season where he's doomed to be hunted by two of them, so he ends up spending quite a bit of time away from the house this month. Of course, he heeds the warnings he's been given about cold weather and bundles up. A dark grey wool coat, gloves, boots, a hat...dressed up as well as he can be as he heads out into the harsh winter.

Still, as unused as he is to this sort of winter weather, Luca does stop to marvel at the snow. It really is pretty, and he never imagined it looking quite like that. He stomps it down to crunch it, squeezes it in his hands, experimenting and examining it, fascinated...until he hears anyone else coming by.

Like a prey animal, he's likely to hurry off to cower in the nearest hiding spot, before staring in horror at the obvious tracks he's left in the snow.

Trapped – OTA

Luca is trying to be careful, staying out of sight, avoiding other people and obvious traps. Not all traps are obvious, though, and there are so many this month that he's bound to get caught at some point.

He panics when he feels the snare tighten around his leg, pulling him up. He struggles, and he wants to scream, but he doesn't dare to. He's helpless now in a place filled with people who want to hunt him. If he wrong person comes...he has no hope of survival. They'll just slaughter him right there. He has to get himself down.

He can't get himself down, he soon realizes. He can't get up to his leg. He can't do anything here. Tears well up in his eyes, and he wants to cry, but he's too terrified to be anything but silent. He'll die if anyone sees him...and he'll likely die here if they don't.
danserai: human (103)

[personal profile] danserai 2021-12-10 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
The latter part, yeah.

I'll ask around. I want to know more about it.

[ maybe she could help mytho somehow. ]
imaglyphwitch: (stirring up bravery)

[personal profile] imaglyphwitch 2021-12-10 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
"That's exactly how I catch them, actually. I can't really do it any other way unless I were to try as a bird, and there's definitely not a lot I can carry that way! But if you want to join me while I'm fishing, I'd be glad for the company!"

And if he were able to spot fish easily, even better!

"Right. We'll have to go on another run then. You might want to come with me for that too. I have a feeling the other people in the house might need more incense. Even if we're starting to recover, there's no telling what they're doing."

Varian in particular Luz was worried about.
danserai: human (40)

[personal profile] danserai 2021-12-10 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah! And maybe there's a way to solve it? There must be a solution somewhere.
eudaimonikos: (but I'm a missile)

[personal profile] eudaimonikos 2021-12-10 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Michael makes a strange choked sound when Luca trips, something that quickly turns to laughter when he once more takes a breath.]

Shitty luck!

[Too bad! But not enough to make him let up - he’s going to pick Luca up, if he can get hold of him. Maybe try to get up pretty quick.]
danserai: human (59)

[personal profile] danserai 2021-12-10 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
There are lots of ways. Falco showed me how to fry them and also make them into bread. I think we'll stick with frying for now since it's quicker.

[ look at her!! acing being a real girl!! ]
imaglyphwitch: (graaa)

[personal profile] imaglyphwitch 2021-12-10 01:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"Great! I've been looking for a reason to get out of the house anyway!"

That is mostly true. Luz has been very house heavy thanks to the Zealots, she's just been torn about when she should eventually come out. This just gave her a reason to really leave: providing for the other people in the house.

"Yeah. I...I'm really going to have to try keeping an eye out for him. Varian sometimes ignores when he's having issues, so I'll bet he's doing that right now. Like a dummy."
eudaimonikos: (error theory)

[personal profile] eudaimonikos 2021-12-10 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[Michael's got a hand fisted in the front of Luca's shirt, picking up the small kid easily. Yes! He wins! Granted, he...well, he doesn't quite want to kill anyone. Not quite yet. Throwing them around is just natural though, right?

Fortunately for Luca, Michael is also two things: curious and reckless. He's not touching Luca's skin right now, but when the kid starts oozing slime, he immediately recognizes it as a non-typical substance.]


Ew, what is that?

[And just touches it with his bare hand for literally no reason.

Slime! Gross! The ick factor wouldn't normally bother him - he's pretty accustomed to gross stuff - but then the sudden light-headness hits. He shakes his head sharply and tosses Luca to the side, practically whining:]


Ugh - why are vilebloods so gross?

[What the hell even is that? Michael's fairly new to the experience of having blood; he's really never experienced variations in its pressure.]
no_reload: (Reaper - Tilt)

[personal profile] no_reload 2021-12-10 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
I usually am, unfortunately.

[And he knew for himself that if he hadn't known Luca and hadn't already positioned himself to protect the boy in the past, he wouldn't have hesitated in finishing the kill. It would be a life lesson.

He eased himself back to a crouch next to where Luca was straddling the branch, tapping his shotgun against his knee casually. For once, not a threat but giving himself something to do in order to distract from the push to hunt.]


Protein is protein, and the animals out here are just as likely to feed the household as the sea. You should be more cautious. We haven't started training yet.
droptheious: (Blue's to not get upset)

[personal profile] droptheious 2021-12-10 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
For a brief, rage-fulled moment, Varian is extremely tempted to take off after Ercole. To burn this awful, nasty little person who threatened to hurt, to kill, someone he cares about a great deal. Something in the back of his head rages and screams to do it. To reduce him to ash. He does take a step forward, body tense, feeling an anger he hasn't indulged in for years.

But then Alberto whoops and his attention is drawn back to the younger kids. His hand clenches and the fire is snuffed out. He watches the giant man (god, he's as big as his own father and built just the same and that familiarity is enough to snuff out any remaining anger in him) steps forward, removing the final threat to the kids.

"Varian," he replies, glad his tone is more even now. "I'm... it's complicated."
danserai: human (212)

[personal profile] danserai 2021-12-11 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
Pasta?

[ she's not familiar. ]
imaglyphwitch: (cat hide)

[personal profile] imaglyphwitch 2021-12-11 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
"Ooh, good idea! Get him innocently while being nerds at the same time! I love it!"

Incense run. She had to remember to make an incense run.

"Maybe we'll even prepare some kind of bath for him. Provided he takes it."
eudaimonikos: (solipsism)

[personal profile] eudaimonikos 2021-12-11 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
[Michael doesn't immediately give chase; he stands where he is and shakes his head again, trying to get rid of the sudden dark spots. Wiping the slime off onto his pants helps. Maybe he doesn't have much sense of what blood pressure is, but he understands cause and effect just fine - that kid just poisoned him or something.

Well! Now it's personal! He's too competitive to just lay off now, when they're both really in it; he puts on some speed and goes running after Luca again.]


Aw, don't go running off yet!
imaglyphwitch: (I don't like your whole thing)

Ercole is going to get beaten

[personal profile] imaglyphwitch 2021-12-11 12:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Luz had spoken with Luca earlier about making sure he had food, but suddenly she spots one of the glowing antlers and touches it, and whoa, no wonder Luca had reservations about showing who he was. There were definitely some people who were to blame, what with their nets and harpoons, but Luz was zeroing in on this monstroso who was trying to shame her house buddy for being himself.

"Hey! Since when did one big nose, loudmouth jerk speak for everyone in the village? In fact, when did going to help a girl who got hurt make you a monster? And I heard you, yelling about a reward! Is that what you guys prize around here, over helping out kids? Money for capturing those different from you?"

Luz stood erect, and stared Ercole down.

"You ought to be ashamed. You're nothing more than a bully."

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