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[stubboarn]

Who ⬤ dimitri + u
What ⬤ APRIL CATCH-ALL / Night Parade / assassination / etc.
When ⬤ all month
Where ⬤ [ hand gestures ]
Content Warnings ⬤ none right now, i'll update as they come up.



ooc. prompts are going to be in the comments, just hit me up where you feel like it. if you want something else, feel free to pm me and we can hash it out. here is my plotting toplevel!

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[stubboarn]

[ he laughs softly. ]

If we had the choice in it, I'm sure we wouldn't be here. Or have chosen such a city.

[ he stares up at the sky. ] Even the stars seem rather different here - if you can see them at all. The city is too bright, most of the time ... even in the night.

[silentscout]

[When Dimitri says that, Lalli looks up to the sky as well. It's true, with the light pollution here it's impossible to see the large swath of stars Lalli would have seen back in his world. For a moment, it makes him feel a pang of homesickness, but he quickly shoves that away. Even if he found a way back to his world, he can never go home. There's no point to missing something you'll never be able to have again.]

Bright places mean that it's safe enough for lots of people to live together, without fear of death or disease. So it's good that we can't see most of the stars. It's safe here.

[Or, well. 'Safe'. There's other dangers here, but the primary danger Lalli always keeps in mind isn't a threat here.]

[stubboarn]

Is that right?

[ dimitri smiles at him. ] I would much rather be able to see the stars. While I am fascinated by everything, I find myself missing the wildness of nature.

Too much of the concrete and the modern ... it isn't always good for the soul. There needs to be a quiet place where one can just think.

[ 'safe' is a funny word, though, but he gets it well enough when used to describe the place. ]

[silentscout]

[He's a little surprised by that- Lalli never took Dimitri for one to spend a lot of time in the wilderness- and he glances over at Dimitri to really look at him finally.

The motivations for it are a little different for Lalli, what with his whole world's workings being defined by the presence of the undead and how best to keep them from encroaching on what remains of humanity, but he kind of gets Dimitri's sentiments. Lalli grew up in the wilds of Finland because he's from a family of mages that protects the dwindling Finnish population and cleanses the souls trapped in their husks on Earth. He spent entire summers trekking through the wilds, making camp and carefully documenting which areas were still free of corruption and which ones needed to be cleansed again. He's more comfortable when surrounded by trees and rivers and lakes, and the modern touches of Jigoku-cho remind him of the crumbling monuments to the Old World and the dangers they bring.

So, though it's for different reasons, Lalli does appreciate missing the familiarity of nature. He just didn't expect to find someone else who did too.]

I didn't know you were 'of the forest' too. Are you a mage, or a cleanser, or something like that?