Voice Test

[defendless]

{A}

[If you find yourself in the woods for any reason, and you happen to be preparing food, you might turn around and find yourself with a certain fluffy visitor, staring intently at your meal with his stomach rumbling loudly.]

{B}

[Alternatively you stumble across a man face down on the ground in the middle of fucking nowhere. If you come close enough to check, he does seem to be alive, just unconscious, and actually starting to wake up!]

{C}

[Or there's a Zeno in your setting. Who knows why! (BECAUSE IF ENOUGH YEARS PASS IT'S EASY TO SAY HIS FANTASY SETTING BECOMES YOUR SETTING, MAYBE HUMANITY STRAIGHT UP FUCKING RESTARTED, WHO KNOWS? THIS MAN IS OLDER THAN THE HILLS.) Anyway follow your dreams, feel free to start something more specific or ask me to start something more specific within certain lines, I'm really excited please love me.

Also feel free to just straight up game setting this shit. Court/AFD/QM/LR this shit come at me bros.]

Comments

[defendless]

[Welllll he's not gonna deny that]

Zeno just came by because your food smells good. Please pardon the intrusion.

[theyregooddogs]

Don't see why that meant you needed to find the source. Unless begging for food from whoever's around in a wide, open forest is also your "thing".

[defendless]

Ah? Should I not then?

[Tummy grumble.]

[theyregooddogs]

Not if you won't get to the point.

[cautiously leaning to check the fish then rubbing his hands on the front of his jeans, eventually hooking one into his pocket]

I would give you some, but I have a feeling you're just like a stray, following whoever gives you anything home. So, it'd probably be for the best if you found someone else to creep up on.

[defendless]

Mister sure forms opinions fast...

Well, it's true that Zeno may follow you if you aren't opposed to being followed, but Zeno also never stays very long.

[theyregooddogs]

[half barks a laugh]

I'm opposed to it. Strongly opposed if you couldn't tell.

[defendless]

Then that's that. Zeno won't argue, of course.

[theyregooddogs]

[raising a slight eyebrow, still tense but less energetic and flitting]

Road's a mile north-east of here.

[defendless]

Is that so? Thank you for the directions, mister! [zeno stands up, dusts himself off, and turns to head... distinctly southwest.]

1/2

[theyregooddogs]

[he's either contrary to be contrary (which will is guilty of) or wants to avoid people (which will is even more guilty of), but he's not lost and he's not actually hurting for food. that doesn't make him less of a nuisance for not respecting unwritten rules or for making will feel guilty of the 0.01% chance something will go amiss with this kid...]

[theyregooddogs]

[sitting down, carefully, but not so carefully that he doesn't burn his fingertips once or twice, pulling the fish from the flames]

No questions.

[defendless]

[hesitates, like he genuinely wasn't expecting Will to change his mind

which, he was half expecting it but he also would've respected it if Will didn't.

ambles closer to the fire again, with a gentle smile.]

No questions.

[theyregooddogs]

[motions the half of the fish towards zeno with a few jerks of his hand, fork on top of it. already has his piece picked out]

[defendless]

Thank you.

[taking that, starting to eat without hesitation no matter how hot it is.]

[theyregooddogs]

[watching that for a beat before tucking into his own, stabbing jerkily to loosen up the meat before taking a bite. not looking at zeno when he talks]

So, you were hungry.

[defendless]

Ah, Zeno didn't actually say so, did he...

[theyregooddogs]

No. You didn't.

[defendless]

Zeno really appreciates you sharing your meal.

[theyregooddogs]

I wouldn't. I'm— Ah, absolving myself of any possible guilt.

[defendless]

So that's it... You shouldn't worry.

[theyregooddogs]

[small chuckle]

Oh, well, that settles everything. I'm a man without worries or concerns now.

[defendless]

[laughs lightly]

If I could ease your worries so easily, I'd happily do so. But you shouldn't worry about me. I can take care of myself.

[theyregooddogs]

I—[sigh] I wasn't asking.

[defendless]

Zeno knows. No questions, right? So he volunteered it.

[theyregooddogs]

No questions, because I don't want to know anything about you. The less I know, the better.