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.
imaglyphwitch: (grag)

Disaster House

[personal profile] imaglyphwitch 2021-12-06 07:52 am (UTC)(link)
(OOC: Warning, I may thread in two places because I kinda love these prompts)
"Luca. What are you doing."

Luz has come downstairs, tired. She's been doing another bout of meditation since she's been trying to keep her corruption down, but heard some clatter downstairs so naturally she went to investigate.

"You know, you can cook some of that stuff, and if you don't know how, I can show you, right?"
danserai: human (62)

( the disaster house )

[personal profile] danserai 2021-12-06 09:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ has everyone in her house lost it? first fern, now luca . . . ahiru doesn't know what to make of this. though perhaps it's just normal. strange things happen in this place. strange things happened in gold crown town too. ]

Are you hungry, Luca?
zib: (ain't got no money for the nice things)

Trapped

[personal profile] zib 2021-12-07 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
"... We've really got to stop meeting like this."

Perhaps there is at least one sigh of relief Luca might be able to have, because the voice that cuts through the silence is Zib's. And rather than sounding pleased about Luca getting caught, he actually sounds annoyed.

Unlike a lot of people who have given him reason (he thinks) to be paranoid of, Luca had been one of the few that had still seemed alright. So to see him in trouble like this... it does actually manage to concern him this time too, rather than allowing his paranoia to think that Luca must have been here to try to sneak up on him.

"Do you need help getting down?"
danserai: human (128)

[personal profile] danserai 2021-12-07 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
I can probably make something easy . . .

Why're you hiding though?
danserai: human (98)

[personal profile] danserai 2021-12-07 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
Mmm, I had some friends teach me how to cook the mushrooms so we can have those!

[ and she had noticed that. ahiru hadn't been sure what to make of it. corruption and blood . . . it makes her sad. it makes her think of mytho. ]

Do you want to stay in your room? I can bring you food there if it makes you feel safer.
danserai: human (80)

[personal profile] danserai 2021-12-07 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
Okay, if you're sure.

[ and she does appreciate that. it's very nice for luca to offer to keep her company, even when he's scared. it's a mark of bravery. ]

Do you want some mushrooms now or later? Maybe we can sit on the roof so it's easier to see who is around?
danserai: human (84)

[personal profile] danserai 2021-12-07 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
[ she claps her hands together, pleased. ]

Got it! I'll make them quickly and we'll go up together, all right?
eudaimonikos: (and I'm on that faded love)

out and about

[personal profile] eudaimonikos 2021-12-07 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
[Michael's not typically much of a tracker. But this is not his first time hunting people, exactly. Back in the Bad Place, when he'd still enjoyed regular tortures, this was the sort he liked best - the thrill of the chase, the little moments of hope it allowed the humans before he finally caught them. The hope always makes it better in the end. It was great fun, until he got bored. Story of an immortal's life, that.

By the end of December, though, all those old feelings are rushing back. Fire's coursing through his veins and he can't rest, can't focus, just keeps chasing the next rush. In some ways, that can be helpful; a lot of the time, he gets distracted before he can seriously hurt his target. But in other ways...well, it's all just feeding his corruption. Claws are beginning to sprout from his twitching hands, and even his fleeting attention is getting to be dangerous.

It's a flash of movement that catches his attention. Stalking over, the footprints in the snow just confirm that someone's around. Michael tilts his head and looks around, fingers jittering at his sides.]


Who's there~?
imaglyphwitch: (HUH?)

[personal profile] imaglyphwitch 2021-12-07 09:32 am (UTC)(link)
Luz looked down at what he had in his hands.

"Ok, first of all? Those beans are raw. You have to have them soaking, like, overnight before you can even cook them. The mushrooms are edible but if you don't cook them? They are going to taste awful. And just an egg? How are you even going to cook it? I've never seen you do that."

She shook her head. "Luca, I know I've...kinda been stewing in my own stuff, but I'd never let you go hungry. Why would you go and do this all by yourself?"
imaglyphwitch: (is this real life)

[personal profile] imaglyphwitch 2021-12-07 02:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Luz had noticed it too but had definitely been caught up in her own feelings as of late. She felt guilty about that slightly, but as Lysithea had been so kind to remind her, she needed to take some time to heal herself to begin with. Trying to pretend everything was all right when it wasn't would only make things hard for her and likely lead to corruption.

"I'll try and see how that's going with other people. There's probably some messed up thing happening this month too, for all we know. But the temperature IS getting colder, so I don't want to risk you getting caught by something out there, since you getting sick is unlikely. In the meantime, let's cook you something decent to eat. What do you feel like?"
eudaimonikos: (but I'm a missile)

[personal profile] eudaimonikos 2021-12-07 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[Michael's head snaps around, and he lets out a breathless, unhinged giggle as he gives pursuit. The fact that it's a child no longer registers as important - it's a Warmblood or a Vileblood, and either way they're perfectly acceptable targets. Small and nimble just means it's gonna be a fun chase!

With his long legs, and the heat leaking from his body melting away the snow where he walks, Michael is fast when he wants to be. Maybe he could even catch Luca pretty quickly - but he doesn't. He won't give up the chase, exactly, but there's no fun in it if he gets them right away! He'll run him out, get him tired, and then he can play with him a little.

There's no sound save the crunching of his feet on the pavement. He's given up on breathing; just some mortal affectation.]
no_reload: (Reaper - Aim)

Trapped

[personal profile] no_reload 2021-12-07 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[In a forest, snare traps are easy to hide, cheap to manufacture and wonderfully effective. Reaper had set a bunch in the forest, using the snow as cover as well as foliage and other materials to hide their presence. Of course, he also knew that to catch an intelligent being, one had to force them into the position.

Along with hidden snare traps, he had left out obvious ones as well, aware a beast or person would step around them in a particular pattern. And so he had found his fair share of success.

He turned his head at the snap and wind of wire against bark, indicating that another had been caught in the trap. He ghosted his way along tree branches, letting snow be knocked off by his boots now and again as he closed the distance. He took his time, perhaps building the terror if it was a Sleeper and letting a beast struggle if they didn't notice.

Then he came upon Luca hanging there as he teleported to the tree in question, and he eased into a crouch, tapping a shotgun against his knee as he considered. For the last few weeks, he hadn't been in Disaster House as he had been told to leave by Fern. Now he was fully recovered from his death, and he watched little Luca swing and cry.

Behind his mask, he bit his lower lip, shaking his head as an old image of Arthur with tears streaming over forehead because of a leg caught in the V of two branches. Reyes had gone to save the boy then.]


You shouldn't be out here. It's dangerous. [He growled even as he stood.]
Edited 2021-12-07 18:06 (UTC)
droptheious: (Promise me you'll let me be)

Memories like the corners of my miiiiind

[personal profile] droptheious 2021-12-07 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
It's been a while since Varian's stumbled into someone else's memories and it takes him a few moments to realise what's actually happening to him. He's heard of some of Luca's stories of home- or at least enough to know some of the people he encountered the most on land. He guesses the other sea monster is the oft-spoken-of Alberto. And he does stand out a mile away, in his sea monster form. He watches what's going on in horror- and even though he's used to memories not being interacted with, he can't help but step forward when that big-nosed weirdo dares call him a monster.

"Hey! Why are you picking on them? They're just kids?"

He doesn't look far from a monster himself now- not with the stony skin growing all over him and anger flashes in his eyes as he gets between Ercole and the boys. He doesn't know if he can stop the memory, but he can't stand around and just watch, either.

"Maybe you should take a look at...at who's the real monster here."
laminae: (drags hands down face)

Ercole is a huge jerk

[personal profile] laminae 2021-12-07 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
This hasn't been a super great month so far, further exasperated by Fern's darkblood reacting to Luca's vileblood. Even though he's well aware the kid is a total sweetheart and a cinnamon roll he can't help feeling irritated around him. He hates it a lot.

That agitation pretty much gets thrown out the window when Fern inadvertently sees the memory of the race, and the townsfolk with nets and harpoons, and it ends right as Ercole tells the two boys that they're monsters.

Wow. This feels familiar.

The memory fades and Fern is left blinking in confusion, his brain trying to catch up with everything. He's sitting in the living room of the house, on the couch, and not in Italy. Just in Trench.

"Uh... wow. Geez," he mutters, shaking his head.
danserai: human (26)

[personal profile] danserai 2021-12-08 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah! We could feed the birds or play a sight-seeing game!

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