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1. KUNSTKAMMER (closed : for lan)
He'd originally planned on waiting until after the moon had passed before bothering with Lan's vial, but it's been sitting in the hiding place he'd found for it, silently taunting him. February is a plenty busy month so he should have more than enough to keep his mind occupied, yet he still finds himself distracted, his thoughts often drawn back towards the possibilities that Lan's project holds. The curiosity is slowly killing him.

A couple days after the Imbolc festival, he finally breaks. He's got himself a quiet evening and a golden opportunity to find out what happens when he drinks that weird shit, and so he does just that.

He makes it a few more days before slinking in to Lan's shop again, looking pretty ragged when he drags himself through the door. As far as he knows, it's not because of what she'd given him. It's the day before the full moon, is all- he probably shouldn't even be here when he's like this, but the feeling of restlessness has become unbearable. If he's going to suffer all day, he might as well suffer and accomplish something.

Ghoul slowly shuffles his way around shelves, sounding almost as rough as he looks when he quietly asks, "Lan...?"

2. I DARE YOU TO PET HIM (wolf shenanigans/OPEN)
There's a full moon out, and that can only mean one thing: wolves.

Strangely enough, there's one running about alone in one of the larger parks rather than East End's usual territory. Maybe it's a rogue. Maybe it escaped from wherever it locked itself up. Whatever the case, it doesn't seem to be up to too much trouble at the moment. Sprinting through trees, digging holes, chewing on things. The usual kinds of energetic canine business. But, wolves can be pretty unpredictable. Who knows how it'll react when faced with company.

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"Nah." He answers quickly and with a lopsided grin, like maybe this is a subject he's considered before. Extra years to live might be pretty cool, but fae take it way too far. Plus... "I'm not very good at what I am now, bet I'd be an even worse fae."

"Humans go through their little mayfly lives with such rush and bother, half-done things spread out in their wake, and that is not a bad thing, not for humans. It's anathema to us. Do the thing well, whole, and complete, or not at all." It certainly sounds as if Lan is fond of her mortal pets, and perhaps she is. In her own way.

"With that in mind, I have your lesson for the week, if you'd care to watch it?"

Well, she ain't wrong. That's pretty much a picture of Ghoul's life- a mess of half-done ideas and goals plus a whole lot of collateral damage. It's pretty cozy.

"Yeah, sure." He gives her a tiny smile. It's nice to have something to focus on besides city politics every once in a while. "What's it gonna be?"

"Nothing much. Just a bit of television." From somewhere nearby, Lan plucks a small flashdrive and hands it over to Ghoul. "I know you don't like the Twilight Zone, but this really is one of the classics."

Loaded on the drive is the episode 'Eye of the Beholder'. "At first glance, it's not the most subtle of parables, but I think it might grow on you."

"Hah, I'll survive." He lightly taps the drive against the table once it's in his hand. "It'll probably be a couple days before I can watch it, I'm gonna be uh. Busy. Soon." Moon, and all. He doesn't want to talk about that, though, so he eases in to another topic that has been on his mind.

"By the way, I dunno how much you've been watchin' what's goin' on out there," he says with a nod back towards the door, "But if anybody starts givin' you trouble, you can lemme know. If you want." He shrugs, like the offer isn't a big deal. Ghoul has decided he likes her well enough to run off any witches or their allies that try to meddle in her business, isn't that cute.

"Oh, you sweet, young thing." Lan smiles and the colours at the base of her throat ripple with delight. "I do appreciate it, I truly do, and if anything happens, I'll be sure to let you know, but I suspect I'll be fine."

Leaning into his space, she points to a slender, leatherbound book on the shelf and stage-whispers, "Many years ago, a foolish young witch tried to trap me. I thought it rather apt that when I was done with her, I had her and her spells bound together into that rather fine volume you can see just over there."

Ghoul takes a long look at the book, eyes wide. That book is a person.

That book is a fucking person.

Or it used to be. Perhaps saying it was made from a fucking person would be more accurate, but either way, Ghoul is amazed. It's the most gruesome thing he's heard in a while and he makes a mental note to be very, very careful about touching anything on the shelves around here. Otherwise, he laughs in a slightly uneasy way. "Maybe I oughta be comin' to you for protection instead." He could have a whole library full of enemies. How cool. And creepy. And nasty. But cool...ish.

"You all really do have to worry about bein' trapped pretty often, don't you? That's shit."

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ffff, this got lost in the mail. sorry!

np np ive had that happen before

Re: np np ive had that happen before

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