songerein | (OPEN) Sept Catch-all

Who: Unnamed & YOU
Which: Open log
Where: Reverein proper
What: Handing out Devil Peppers & showin off his flashcard skills
Warnings: none atm!

I. Peppered Love

[ It's been a little while since Unnamed encountered the great and mighty Lord of the Goose, but since then he's been making the odd trip to Asura's garden to poke around and say hi ~~while giving Lord Swan A VERY HEALTHY BERTH~~. On this particular occasion he's been gifted a nice little bundle of devil peppers, which he takes with immense delight.

In his head, it works something like this:

Happy feelings = warmth and devil peppers = HOT AF, which = so much love.

So clearly the best way he can show his affection is by giving the people he cares about some aptly-named Devil Peppers.

If you're someone he's seen before, you can bet ur butt that he's going to call out and wave them down...right before he presents them with one of these bad boys ]

Ouuh, auh! Ih--ih!

[ Take it :D IT'S FOR YOU ]

II. Flashcard Signing

[ One thing that Unnamed has been working on since his arrival is how to communicate--because that's hard when you're both deaf and undead. He started first with pictures in the journals, then again with sign language. Experience, however, has armed with the knowledge that not everyone understands Sign, so he's decided that his next step has to be reading and writing all those weird scribbles everyone always fills up their books with.

It has not been easy. His dexterity and fine motor skills are lacking at best ~~like ya do when you're not-quite-alive~~, but help has come to him in the form of The Best Mom Ever and his introduction to.....flashcards. Shigeru has helped him acquire a set marked with both sight words and signs to help him recognize what each word means, and he has been studying them furiously. He's even gone and dreamotion'd a couple of his own into existence with Shigeru's help, so on this fine day Unnamed can be found:

a) pouring over his flashcards as he spreads them out over ground and table alike;

or

b) rushing up to your character with a flashcard with the word 'HELLO' written on it and holding it out with The Most Enthusiasm Ever. ]

Auh!

[ He looks so proud okay, you don't even know ]

[ ooc; just a small reminder that Unnamed here is both undead and deaf but he is doing his best!! and he's got swanky new flashcards to prove it. So if your character is interested in a mini-sign language lesson, this is a good place for it :D ]

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[ THE SEEDS TOO omg /plays penny whistle for Link

Meanwhile Unnamed just stands there looking so pleased, nodding to encourage him as Link takes the One Bite To End Them All. ]

Ouh!

[ "Good, right?" ]

[Bless his heart, Unnamed has no idea what he's done. None whatsoever.

It begins, innocently enough, as a tickle in his throat and nose. The sensation of heat builds a bit, but at first, it's reasonable. Deceptively reasonable, in fact, and Link feels his confidence growing. Maybe he hasn't doomed himself after all. Yeah. This'll be fine. He even nods -- it is good.

... And then it's not.

Sweat begins to bead on his forehead. He feels it beginning to run down the back of his neck. His nose and eyes water, his entire body begins to shiver. Somehow he's both sweltering hot and freezing at the same time, and inexplicably, he also seems to be going numb. Has he finally lost all his heart containers, maybe permanently? Is this the moment when death comes for him?]

Ngh--!

[He doubles over, wheezing and coughing, sniffling as everything in his sinuses seems to liquify all at once.]

[ He might not know what he's done on an intellectual level, but his nose sure as heck can tell something is off; his olfactory senses catch the scent of sweat (not at all off-putting to a zomboi) almost immediately. He's about to ask what Link thinks when the poor hero crumples, aaand that's when the alarmed bells start going off a little. ]

A-auh??

[ LINK? U OKAY? ]

[He's okay. This is fine. He's going back to the loving arms of the Goddess, where pain and suffering are a thing of the past. Which is great, because there are tears streaming down his face and every breath feels like fire. This is the picture of suffering. This is it. Goddess take him now.

...is a really dramatic interpretation of what's going on in Link's mind --and his whole body-- right now, but the truth is that he'll probably live. Unfortunately. It takes no small amount of time, of course, and he keeps wiping his eyes on his sleeve, and there's a massive snot drip inching its way out of his nose, but he does indeed make it through the worst of it. Panting as if he's just run a marathon, which is probably not unlike what his heart has just been through, he finally regains control of his body enough to nod weakly.

Yes. Yes, he's okay. For real this time.]

Thank you.

[His voice sounds like gravel and rusted metal, weak, hoarse, crumbling. So it's probably just as well that Unnamed can't hear. He remembers this fact a moment later, and hastily bows a bit to show his gratitude. (For what? The near-death experience?)]

[ He...has never seen someone's nose do that. Is Link melting?? Is the inside of him melting and now it's falling out his nose...? Is he going to get in trouble for this??

Link nods but dear lord is Unnamed not sure he's really okay as he stares, gawking as the Hylian Hero^TM bows to him. ]

Uuuuuuuu.....

[ distressed noises????? ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE OKAY THERE DUDE ]

[For a moment, Link attempts to respond vocally, but all of the above is still true, so talking is a little rough. Besides, Unnamed can't hear it, and that poses the question of...how to respond? He doesn't exactly know much sign language. And as quiet as he is, he does actually speak sometimes, so...

Well, a moment later he tries to reassure Unnamed that yes, he's okay by giving him a thumbs-up. Just with one hand, right now; the other hand is busily trying to find something to wipe his drippy nose with.]

[ Poor Link.....

The thumb's up is a little more reassuring than the bow? So no distressed noises this time. But he does keep a concerned eye on the Hylian as he nods back. If Link insists he guesses he could be...okay...

"Your nose is..." That should be conveyed easily enough. It's literally just him pointing at Link's nose with a wary sort of expression. ]

[Oh, good, he managed some reassurance. He also manages to find a scrap of something that might work as a handkerchief, and with some relief he uses it. It's a good thing Unnamed can't hear, at this point, because nothing is quite like the sound of blowing a particularly goopy nose...but when he's done, at least the leaking has stopped?

He shakes his head, waving one hand in a dismissive way. Nothing to worry about. Everything's fine. Here. Now.]

[ That tissue looks so wet and sticky.........

But at least Link's nose is clean?? That's...that's gotta be good. Who knew there was so much love in a single pepper? Why doesn't his nose do that when he eats peppers??

Confused, he holds one in his palm and sniffs it a bit, but it's as bland as ever. ]

Ouh....

[Yeah it's pretty gross. Link still pockets it though, because why waste a good hanky when you can just wash it?

Link watches Unnamed...sniff a pepper. Not knowing why the kid is doing it, he kind of leans forward to sniff it too. Predictably, it doesn't really smell like anything except for...distantly like-a-pepper? It's one of those deceptive foods that looks and smells so innocent, but is actually made of death.

Having sniffed it with no ill effects, he looks at Unnamed and shrugs a bit. It smells okay to him?]

[ It smells okay to him too!! So why did it melt poor Link's face....

A mystery, to be sure.

Maybe Link had something other than love stuck inside him and the peppers pushed it out...? This requires more thought. And asking ~~Shigeru~~ more questions.

"Sorry," he signs anyway, reaching up...pat Link's head. Yup. ]

[Bless this kid's heart. If either of them were capable of actually communicating, maybe Link would be able to explain it, or at least to warn him that these particular peppers may cause instant death, but...that is clearly not a possibility right now.

Ah. A headpat. Link nods --it's okay, really-- and then...leans down a little, to make it easier for Unnamed to reach. Not that it's particularly hard, since Link is rather short, but. Yeah.]

(OPEN) Sept Catch-all

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POOR LINK, WHAT A BRAVE SACRIFICE...

he'll never be the same

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