video; day 406

[truesight]

[ sup Asgard, here's an oracle looking particularly pleased, and it's because she's ..particularly pleased with herself. or maybe just in general. it's hard to tell. but she's sitting on the floor of a bedroom ( hers? probably. but who knows. ), her bracelet being held up for a moment when the feed first clicks on before it's put on the floor in front of her. then she's kind of stretching but kind of not, leaning forward a little, pretty much just to avoid the most unflattering camera angle in the world. but she's too jittery to actually hold the camera up, so- right. anyway. ]

So I've been thinking. [ there's a pause, like she's imagining someone going 'uh oh' ] And I think what this city really, really needs is an art club. Or an art- something. Club sounds too much like high school. And that's not what I'm thinking of. Not really a class, but just a time and place where people can get together and make- stuff. Make art. There's a really great space in the Freyr district that's open to the public to use, and I've been going there just to draw and paint on my own, but I just keep thinking that it might be really cool if there was a whole group of us. And I already know there's a few people here who like art as much as I do, so I figured I'd bring it up. Because why not.

We don't even have to work on any projects together, specifically, but sometimes it's kind of nice surrounding yourself with people just creating things, right?

[ there's a pause, and she sighs a little sigh ] I know that there are a lot of really scary things going on, and I've found myself more caught up in them than I ever thought I would be. But our purpose here isn't just about fighting and sweating and bleeding to try and save the worlds, right? It's about bringing the color back.

And... Isn't that what art is for?

[ oo, so insightful, she might have practiced that one. then she's grinning again, a little mischievous ]

So... Let me know if you want in, okay? Oh, and if anybody wants a live model to paint, I've got just the man for the job. [ she's looking up past the camera now, reaching to shut it off as she does. ] Hey, Stiles-!

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[truesight]

[ she's really not. mostly because he kind of maybe almost makes her think of Hades. not in an all bad way, even Hades wasn't all bad. but you can't really go around telling people that, can you? ]

You know the- carnival playground in your district? I think there's a portal there, that can get you to the theatre quick.

Although I'm not sure when we're meeting just yet.

[boogerman]

Oh, I do. Really brightens the district up. [After all, it's his new job to color Asgard with fear. That's as important as all the other things travelers bring.]

You'll tell us when?

[truesight]

I'll send a mass text as soon as I get an idea. [ nodnodnod. and yeah, it says his name on the communications device, but still- ]

I'm Rachel, by the way.

[boogerman]

I'm the Boogeyman.

[The one and only.]

[truesight]

-- Seriously?

[ it might seems seriously lame for a seventeen year-old to look a little taken aback or even nervous at hearing that, instead of skeptical, but. well. her world has introduced her to stranger things, so. ]

[boogerman]

What do you think?

[He may be only a face on video, but... look at these teeth he's got.]

[truesight]

[ so. creepy. ]

I mean, yeah. Sure. I can see it.

[ and she really wishes she had her hairbrush right now. ..don't ask. ]

[boogerman]

You look nervous. You're not scared, are you?

[truesight]

-- Scared is a strong word.

[boogerman]

Fear is fear, even if it's only a drop or two.

[truesight]

I'm not afraid to admit that the idea of the Boogeyman actually being here kind of freaks me out, sure.

But it doesn't really have the same effect when I know you've gone through the same power-strip that everyone else has, so. You know.

[ trying to talk herself out of being scared, yes. that's what's happening. ]

[boogerman]

Believe it or not, I haven't. I still have my shadows.

[truesight]

[ no, she doesn't really believe him. she kind of knows that Hel house has the ~darker~ powers, but she doesn't think they're anything as bad as what he had back home, so. ]

I'll believe it when I see it.

[boogerman]

[Thank the gods for video, then, because now he's playing shadow puppets. It's a little black horsie. The nonsentient and harmless kind.]

See it?

[truesight]

Yeah, I see.

[ and there's some part of her that's more curious than worried now, even if her expression stays mutual ]

What can they do?

[boogerman]

Become any shape I want. Quite a lot of sharp ones too.

[truesight]

But they're just shadows.

[< small> which she didn't mean to say like a question, but it sounded like one ]

[boogerman]

Solid all the way through.

cursed html ;;

[truesight]

Better be careful where you leave those things, then.

[ yeah definitely.. a good time to try and deflect with humor, right. and she'll definitely be asking Jack about him, YEP ]

[boogerman]

What is that supposed to mean?

[truesight]

Wouldn't want to- accidentally sit on one, right? [ complete with an awkward 'heh' ]

[boogerman]

You're trying to hard to be clever.

[Because he thinks that's one of the weirder things he's heard lately.]

[truesight]

What? No. [ later on, she'll find this moment really funny, because did she seriously just weird out the boogeyman? but. right now she's just feeling defensive in a silly way ]

Because that would suck! Like when you're out camping and you sit on a rock without realizing it and then you've got a bruise on your butt you can't whine about since then you'd have to explain you weren't watching where you were sitting.

-- Nevermind. My cleverness is obviously just lost on you.

[boogerman]

No, it's not. Quit while you're ahead, and don't tell me I'm uninvited to the art club.

[truesight]

Who said anything about uninviting anybody? On the contrary, I'm excited to see what you decide to use the time for.