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Harth Fray ([personal profile] herotherhalf) wrote in [community profile] castleinthemist2012-03-25 12:25 pm

03 | Gem of Amarra | OTA

Harth was stunned.

The sun was bright and brilliant, gleaming off of his glasses. Even as a human he had seen so little of it under the blanket of smog over Haddyn. You had to give it to whoever was in charge, creating the universe, be it god, demon, powers that be, they had a particular poetic ism when it came to beauty. The sun gave life, life that sustained even those who were no longer living.

He walked through the courtyard, clumsily climbing onto a stone slab that seemed to have served a purpose at one point, but no longer. He sits there, enjoying the sun on his face warming his otherwise room temperature skin.

It was so warm.

But that warmth only served as a reminder about how much he yearned to have a decent meal. He he was starved, and no amount of birds or rats would satiate him. He needed a meal. Human. The problem was finding someone naive enough and gullible enough to follow him.

What he'd give to have that witch in his clutches, just now. Watch her scream into his hand before he bit her. Bonus? He wouldn't have to deal with her exposing him. But that would be too easy.
tophbeifong: (Default)

[personal profile] tophbeifong 2012-03-25 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Toph smirked when she noticed Harth lying there. Luckily for him, she'd just sat down to relax under the tree.

Once she'd taken a moment to cool down, Toph decided to mess with the boy. Without warning and with as much movement, she raised the slab he was on and made him slide off and to the ground.

She grinned to herself and raised a hand in greeting.
tophbeifong: (happy chatting)

[personal profile] tophbeifong 2012-03-26 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
"I wasn't totally convinced you were alive," she told him, smirking. "Sitting in the sun like that, and all. It's hot! Come sit in the shade."

She patted the ground beside her invitingly.

"Didn't you tell me you couldn't be in the sun, anyway? Burn easily?"
tophbeifong: (advice)

[personal profile] tophbeifong 2012-03-27 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
"I've heard about that," she shrugged and let out a relaxed sigh.

A long moment of silence passed before she spoke again.

"... so... I can't help but notice that you don't have a heartbeat. ... Is that normal where you come from?"

She quickly added, "You don't have to explain if you're sensitive about it."
tophbeifong: (Grin)

[personal profile] tophbeifong 2012-03-27 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh. Sorry."

She turned her head away and leaned back against the tree, stretching out and relaxing.

"I think that's kinda cool. Duo just thought his colonies were nifty, but hey- here we have a prime example of technology and machines saving lives. We even have entire people made out of it."

She cocked her head to the side, giving him a grin. "Kinda makes me embarrassed of my hot air balloons."
tophbeifong: (considering)

[personal profile] tophbeifong 2012-03-27 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"But where do we start? Do you have any ideas?"

She tried her best already. She'd tried exploring as much as she could on her own, but she could only get so far without others with her. Not only would doors not open without at least one partner, she also didn't feel much like getting caught by the shadow beasts and not being able to fight because she couldn't see them.

But what else might work?

"I can't tunnel out. I've already tried that."

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foolnornovice: FUCK TREES I climb cathedrals motherfucker (› derping around since the third crusade)

[personal profile] foolnornovice 2012-03-28 07:57 am (UTC)(link)
There's a noise from the side - a grunt and suddenly there's a body on the ground nearby, rolling to break the fall from a jump he misjudged. Straightening up and standing on his two feet once more, he took a look around, noticed the stranger. Raising a brow, he watched for a moment to make sure that the other was real, not a trick of the mind.
foolnornovice: (› and the world would continue on)

[personal profile] foolnornovice 2012-03-28 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Approach with caution, Harth. He hardly relaxes with that flinch, not sure how to approach at the question. His cover was already out at this point, so he lowered his head.

"If I am? What is your relationship with him?" That brow quirked, his eyes never left the other.
foolnornovice: (› we waited for different things)

[personal profile] foolnornovice 2012-03-29 06:33 am (UTC)(link)
"You have your answer already." Shoulders lifting for a moment, they dropped with his exhale.

"How can you expect to know someone after only a single meeting?"
foolnornovice: (› least we know where the other sleeps)

[personal profile] foolnornovice 2012-03-29 07:06 am (UTC)(link)
"Fine then." He raises a brow to the other. "Shall we leave it at that?"

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pridegoesbefore: (nothing in between me and the rain)

[personal profile] pridegoesbefore 2012-03-29 02:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[Despite knowing (and casting) several charms to prevent sunburn, Narcissa still avoids the sun when she can. A severe sunburn as a child left her with a healthy respect for her skin, the vain thing, and so she can be found in the shade of a leafy tree, idly people-watching as others seek the warmth of the day.

She knows him as soon as she sees him - the vampire who'd carefully trapped and knocked out his victim, then bandaged his bite-wound.

The problem here, of course, is the sunlight. Perhaps the castle was playing tricks with her mind...]
pridegoesbefore: (sing my heart out for a stranger)

[personal profile] pridegoesbefore 2012-03-30 03:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[She hadn't expected him to know her - he hadn't seen her watching him that day, after all. But-- there's something else about him that nags at her subconscious, and not just the innately Slytherin part of her that recognises dangerous intent in others... and she'll be damned if she can put her finger on what it is.

Narcissa continues to carefully watch him through the fall of her hair as she pretends to read under the shady oak.]
pridegoesbefore: (a look your smile can't disguise)

[personal profile] pridegoesbefore 2012-03-30 03:19 pm (UTC)(link)
...good afternoon.

[There's no need to be rude, after all. Why antagonise someone she's seen knock someone else unconscious and take a bite out of them? Better to be civil.]
pridegoesbefore: (the world can be an unfriendly place)

[personal profile] pridegoesbefore 2012-03-31 09:08 am (UTC)(link)
[Well.

That can't be right. If he's a vampire, as she suspected, he can't go in the sunlight at all - and no spell or potion was going to help him with that. So if he's not the dark creature she suspected, then that leaves some rather unsavoury alternatives, not the least of which are that he's a cannibal.

She also notes that he doesn't return her greeting other than a cursory nod - but cannibals aren't really known for their good manners.]

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