[OPEN]

[showmeanguish]

Who: Vanitas and YOU!
What: A late onset (or singling out) of a de-aging curse. Vanitas will be his newly created self for the next few, in-game days, and will have no memory of his previous life.
When: Day 128.
Where: Hel and later Gefion Park.
Rating: G or PG, probably no more than that.



[Scenario One: Morning in Hel. There's a kid decked out in the weirdest spiderman costume ever, complete with helmet, prowling around the lower hallways. He looks like he could be lost, and when he spots the nearest inhabitant (lucky you if you happen to be just stumbling out of your room from sleep), expect to be accosted with questions.

"Who are you, and where am I?"]

[Scenario Two: Sometime after lunch, the masked boy has managed to wander out to Gefion Park. His attention's been caught by some geese... or actually, accosted, after he'd accidentally walked over their nesting site by the pond. And they seem to be intent on driving him as far away as possible by flapping their wings and nipping at his back as he tries to escape. Little help?]

Comments

[occulthymns]

[So that's what he meant by two days. He's just a baby!]

No, I guess not. But that's okay! [Once she finds what she's looking for she'll close her fist around it and pull it out of the bag.]

Hold out your hand.

[showmeanguish]

[There's that suspicious aire about him again, as he continues to stare.]

Why?

[occulthymns]

[It's hard to tell because of that helmet.]

I have something for you.

[showmeanguish]

[Still suspicious! But it's not like she can tell if his eyes are open or closed... which they are very very open thanks. So after a second, he lifts his arm and slowly unclenches his hand out towards her, palm up.]

[occulthymns]

[Good boy! She's dropping this into his hand, complete with silly looking heart charm.]

[showmeanguish]

[And after she does, there's a few seconds of him just staring at it. What in the worlds...]

A key?

[occulthymns]

A cell phone charm!

... I didn't know it was for those phone-things until after I bought it, so it's kind of useless, but it's still cute!

[showmeanguish]

[He has no idea what a cell phone charm is, but the fact that she gave him a key is...

A key with a heart beside it. He feels an unexplainable chill go through him, before he closes his hand around the charm.]

I need to go.

[occulthymns]

[She actually bought it for him in Utgard! It reminded her of that keyblade thing he mentioned having, even though the charm isn't really a blade. She figures even if he can't remember telling her about that that it's safe to give it to him now, since he doesn't seem like he'll throw it away or wreck it.]

- Huh? Why? Will you be okay on your own?

[showmeanguish]

Because Master-- [Wouldn't approve, and he's wary of that. It's funny how much he wanted to escape, and now that he's seemingly free, he's still afraid. Like he knows the other ball's going to drop at any moment.

Her last question makes him laugh again, but this time it's more like his older, bitter laugh.]

Yeah. I'll have to be.

[occulthymns]

[Unfortunately for him his responses are starting to worry her, and it shows on her expression. Not just the laugh - she remembers him talking about someone with that title, and nothing he had to say was particularly pleasant.]

Are you sure? This place is pretty strange.

[showmeanguish]

Then I'll fit right in.

[occulthymns]

Actually, in that outfit you'll stand out like a sore thumb.

[showmeanguish]

Whatever. [If she tries to make him take it off, she's going to have a much harder time of it than before.]

[occulthymns]

[She's too decent to try stripping a babby.]

You should at least take the helmet off! You look suspicious with it on.

[showmeanguish]

[He shakes his head, and takes a few more steps away.]

Not gonna happen.

[occulthymns]

[So skittish!] Why not?

[showmeanguish]

Because I need it.

[occulthymns]

I don't think anyone here is going to be hitting you over the head.

[showmeanguish]

No. It's part of me, so drop it.

[occulthymns]

It - ... what?

[That makes no sense Vanitas.]

[showmeanguish]

It manifested with me. All of it did.

[occulthymns]

... Oh! [Thankfully he's sort of explained how he was created, so that makes sense.]

But you can still take it off, right?

[showmeanguish]

Doesn't mean I have to.

[occulthymns]

But don't you want to?