if you try and chase the sun you're never gonna catch it
"Caly talked to her about it before." Before of course referring to the shitstorm that had whirled up between captain and queen, and was still goin', at least in some parts of Caido (aka whatever parts Flora was in). Shrugging his shoulders, not unlike his dear old dad Vesper was a bit of a glutton for gossip, but Flora's mind was the sort of hostile minefield he didn't want to find himself anywhere near.
Stepping through the stink of cheap rum and half-spat curses, he eyes the brawler's friends, all silver rings and lazy steps, the scuff of boots soft against the sun-bleached planks. Shadows peel off him in loose ribbons, not aggressive yet, but itching to be released.
A flick of his fingers has one of the shadows curl back up his forearm, and he pops a sprig of peppermint bark into his mouth like this is just another stroll. "Don’t think he’s in the mood for sharin’," he drawls, voice warm at the edges but iron-flat underneath. His constellation freckles shimmer faintly, and the star beside his left eye catches the light as he glances down at the man on the boardwalk.
"I’d say walk it off, but you look the type to crawl."
Stepping through the stink of cheap rum and half-spat curses, he eyes the brawler's friends, all silver rings and lazy steps, the scuff of boots soft against the sun-bleached planks. Shadows peel off him in loose ribbons, not aggressive yet, but itching to be released.
A flick of his fingers has one of the shadows curl back up his forearm, and he pops a sprig of peppermint bark into his mouth like this is just another stroll. "Don’t think he’s in the mood for sharin’," he drawls, voice warm at the edges but iron-flat underneath. His constellation freckles shimmer faintly, and the star beside his left eye catches the light as he glances down at the man on the boardwalk.
"I’d say walk it off, but you look the type to crawl."
And now it's turning out to be the worst of my bad habits
☆ has a pale star tattoo beneath his left eye, and freckle-sized constellations move across his skin
☽ hair changes from bleached blonde to brown
☆ telepathic: Sunlit Shadows | The user can read the surface thoughts and emotions of those within a 60ft radius. Control is excellent. Note: "Thoughts and emotions" include anything written in a character's narration in a post.
☽ hair changes from bleached blonde to brown
☆ telepathic: Sunlit Shadows | The user can read the surface thoughts and emotions of those within a 60ft radius. Control is excellent. Note: "Thoughts and emotions" include anything written in a character's narration in a post.
