[ open ] action for hel. | backdated to the evening of the 23rd.

[revanchisme]

[ lovely evening, isn't it? moon shining, wind howling. bit cold outside, which is probably why your windows are closed right now. you're probably either in bed or getting ready to be in bed. dog-earing that last page of your novel, doing your stretches, putting curlers in your hair or whatever it is you do to prepare you for your land of sleep and dreams and whatnot. and that's just the way it should be, even in the land of Hel, because even Hellions need their sleep, right--

well, wrong.

because guess who just... opened... your window.

a heavy footfall on your on your windowsill, unannounced. a maniacal grin. the masked man leaning into your room doesn't look friendly, and neither does that giant sword on his back. surprais. hope he didn't interrupt your peaceful night or anything, but he's a man on a mission, and you don't mess with men on missions. have a cheshire grin, even as he bows, flourished, mocking. ]

So, sorry to drop in unannounced, but I was afraid you wouldn't be home otherwise. Hope I didn't interrupt anything pressing-- [ a pause. ] Oh, but on second thought, I hope I did! It would make this dull night far more entertaining.

[ leaning into your room, now-- ] Of course, I'm not here for a mere social visit. There are few questions that I'm sure you feel compelled to answer in due time.

[ grinnnnn. he draws himself up, slit-like eyes peering out from behind the mask. ] Well? Shall we get tonight's entertainment underway?



[ ooc: so, berthier is searching for... kaz... and because he doesn't know he's searching for kaz, he's barging into rooms in Hel during the evening and sneering at people until he gets answers. for residents of Hel, feel free to assume that he barged into your character's room and react accordingly-- or conversely, feel free to assume he didn't barge into your character's room, if you don't want to deal with this maniac. he skipped a lot of rooms because he got bored.

for those people whose rooms he's hit up-- he won't hurt anyone unless you pull a knife out on him or something, and even then, he'll most likely just be fooling around. he'll just troll a little, sneer a little, ask a few questions, possibly wave his sword around a little, and then he'll leave (and he'll leave the window open, the bastard).

and if you're kaz? well. c': ]

Comments

[entreats]

It's some book on mythology.. The Trojan war, I think? You know, the one with the horse and all, I've never seriously read it before.

[ this guy.. in a way he's as annoying as Amakusa, with the way he's talking too, and yet there's something even more.. extravagant or flamboyant about him, almost over the top. ]

And aren't almost all stories tragedies nowadays? If you want a happy story, go watch a movie.

[revanchisme]

[ a sneer. ]

Ah, that story. It's not a bad one, save the sequels. I maintain that it would have been better as a standalone.

The only stories worth reading about nowadays are tragedies.

[entreats]

Worth reading..? What, you're enough of a masochist to enjoy reading the kinds of stories that will only make you feel bad in the end, then? Or maybe a sadist since you like to see the characters suffer?

[revanchisme]

Or perhaps someone who truly appreciates death. They should call people like us artisans.

[entreats]

[ a slight pause - something shifts just a little bit about her frown. ]

'Appreciates death'..? Sounds kind of morbid, don't you think?

[revanchisme]

'Beautiful', you mean.

[entreats]

No, I'm fairly sure I mean 'morbid' when I say morbid. But that's fine, I guess plenty of people in this place have an obsession with death either way from the way they keep talking about it over the bracelets to a point where it's almost bothersome.