find some kind of glow

[corviform]

WHO: GIL and VARIOUS
WHERE: Various locations.
WHEN: 3/17 ― 3/31
WHAT: A catch-all log for the remainder of the month! If you would like to do something, feel free to PM me either on this account or at kitties so we can work something out.
WARNINGS: tba.

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( starters will be in the comments below! )

Comments

[corviform]

You should be clearer next time!

[ Because he certainly feels like a fool! He takes a deep breath and counts to three in his head. ]

... why would you come all the way to stare at food you can't have?

[deadtective]

I live here in Heropa, it's not really that far.

[this not only doesn't really answer the question, it doesn't even quite make sense. Heropa's not exactly a tiny town, after all...]

[corviform]

I meant to a fish market if you can't eat fish.

[ He can't stop staring at her like she's grown an extra set of thumbs now.

What a weird woman! ]

[deadtective]

Just because I can't eat them doesn't mean I suddenly don't like them anymore. I'm allowed to look at things I can't have!

[she can see that gaze, and it's got her puffing up defensively. christ, who'd have thought it would be this that had people looking at her weirdly.]

[corviform]

[ Her justification for it sounds more akin to a child explaining why they've got their face shoved up against a store's display. Gil cants his head to the left, still eyeing her strangely, but calming down a bit. ]

If you're hungry, you should eat something you can have.

[deadtective]

But that's so boring.

[because it's nothing. what she can have is absolutely nothing. do you want to condemn an innocent stranger to a life of complete and absolute nothing? do you, Gil???]

[corviform]

So you would rather torture yourself?!

[ The bags shake in his hands as he raises them both, floored by this response. ]

If you're hungry, go get something to eat! You'll make yourself sick otherwise!

[deadtective]

[she raises her hands in a mirrored gesture, tone jumping up a few notches.]

Who said I was hungry?! I'm not going to get sick, I know what my body's capable of!

[corviform]

Well, I don't know that! I'm not some kind of mind reader!

[deadtective]

Obviously not, or maybe you'd have asked a normal question by now!

[corviform]

What would even be a "normal" question at this rate?

[ He actually waits for a response; he's partly afraid saying anything more is just going to land him in a deeper hole. ]

[deadtective]

'Why did I think any of these questions were important enough to ask in the first place?' seems like a good start.

[it's too late, Gil. you've already been cemented as a total weirdo in her mind and there's no getting out of that.]

[corviform]

I think anyone would have asked them...

[ They're arguing in circles and it's giving him a headache. He reaches for his temple, pressing his index and middle finger to the skin. ]

... fine. It seems I've bothered you enough. I'll just go.

[deadtective]

You're not going to follow me home and see what I have for dinner, are you?

[something she never had to ask until coming here. what a world.]

[corviform]

[ The question startles him and he ends up choking on the air. Spluttering, he waves a hand back and forth. ]

W-W-Wha ― n-no!

Why wo ― would I do t-that?!

[deadtective]

You seem awfully concerned about all this, I'm not putting anything past you!

[JABBING A FINGER SUSPICIOUSLY IN HIS DIRECTION]

[corviform]

I'm not a stalker! I'm going back to Maurtia Falls!

[ Presumably far from her, so she can relish that fact. ]

[deadtective]

You better be, because if I find you peeking through my curtains tonight it's going to go really badly for you!

[THAT'S ASSUMING HE'S ACTUALLY FROM MAURTIA FALLS AT ALL]

[corviform]

What kind of person do you take me for?!

[ OFFENDED. OFFENDED BEYOND WORDS! ]

I'm not going to do anything like that! Control your imagination!

[deadtective]

Stop fueling it, then! This is all pretty damn plausible so far!

[corviform]

I'm not doing anything!

[ He starts to edge away from Hazel, still frowning indignantly at her. ]

Have some shame!

[deadtective]

I'll be rolling in it when something actually shameful happens!

[SHE IS BLAMELESS IN THIS SITUATION. and also staring at him super hard as he goes, like she expects him to throw the salmon in her face and run screaming down the block at any moment.]

[corviform]

Nothing will! Now I'm going home!

[ He wheels around on his heel and breaks into a sprint to get as far from Hazel as he possibly can.

He'll be leering at you in spirit, Hazel. ]

[deadtective]

[she cups her hands around her mouth to give the parting shout more volume. leer all you want, weirdo, she's not going to forget any of this.]

You better stay there! I'm going to remember what you look like!