caelus

[undread]

Comments

week 0; thursday

[undread]

[laudna can be found on thursday afternoon outside the haunted house, tidying up the path on the way and pinning a flower wreath to the door.]

[trashprince]

[ that's really cute.

caelus will stop a few feet off, so as not to scare her while she's working. ]

Hey. Making the house a home?

[undread]

Indeed. It's nice to add a little personal touch to it, isn't it?

[giving a little wave!]

[trashprince]

[ approaches closer to see the wreath in its full glory. ]

Are you a gardener?

[ you know, the full time occupation, gardener. ]

[undread]

A gardener?

[oh that's cute. the wreath is really just made from discarded flower crowns.]

No, not me. If anything, I tend to be the death of plants. But they're rather pretty, aren't they?

[trashprince]

[ reduce, reuse, recycle ]

They are.

[ the gentlest headtilt ]

Do you think we're going to be here a while?

[ he read the rulebook but what do those know ]

[undread]

[her head is always at a slight tilt.]

That's the best case scenario. The worst option is we all die very soon.

[trashprince]

[ if those are the choices ]

Sign me up for a long stay.

[undread]

Yes. Comparatively, much better.

[you get it, you get it.]

week 3; saturday

[undread]

[well. listen. she'll come to the pyre later, once he's restrained, and talk to him.]

Marina, yes?

[trashprince]

She was my friend.

[ he's seated on the ground, tails all fluffy and patting the earth around him. ]

[undread]

I know.

[she liked marina, too, but that doesn't really count for all that much in the end.]

And you killed her, didn't you?

[trashprince]

You put it altogether. Sounds like you don't need me at all.

[ he sighs a little. ]

It won't be much longer, anyway.

[undread]

Well, I really don't need you, no.

[sorry but she just does her creepy awkward smile when she says this. but she's not angry at him. she is just a person who tends to smile when she's uncomfortable or troubled to try to put distance from the feeling, completely unaware of how offputting that can be.]

I just wanted to know. Because I wouldn't say I'm a particularly skilled detective, and last week I had it backwards. If you killed Tomi, wouldn't you make it a bit easier on us and let me know?

[trashprince]

[ being creepy seems to be fine with this version of caelus(?). whatever uncertainty he may have once felt to the way laudna naturally acts, it's not present now. ]

Let's play a game. You can ask two questions and I'll always answer them, but one of my answers will be the truth and one will be a lie.

[undread]

Okay!

[lacing her fingers together.]

Did you kill Marina? And also, did you make out with Totty at the party this week?

[trashprince]

It's an easy 'trick' to beat this game, isn't it?

[ no malice in that particular statement ]

I never saw that girl in my life. Totty and I kissed--with tongue.

[undread]

Only if the other player doesn't cheat at it. You have to respond to the question, silly.

Was that your hair we found? Also, is your monster form called the caterpillar?

[trashprince]

That was my hair. I'm a hungry, hungry caterpillar.

[ is laudna having fun? ]

[undread]

[tbh yes!]

Did she manage to scratch you? And also, is Caelus sorry for what he did?