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

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[ghostfromthemachine]

[ so most of the time people actively avoid looking at the homeless, right?

which makes it pretty weird that there is absolutely someone not only looking at him but actively watching him, even if he hasn't quite spotted the source of that feeling of eyes following him. ]

[defendless]

[that feeling is honestly nostalgic, though the Seiryuu of this time doesn't live anywhere near here, that blue flame feeling of hers far far in the distance. Zeno does his best to blend in and still keep that vaguely homeless air. his fondness for overlarge clothes works in his favor though, as well as the unwashed reality of his situation. but with his apparent age, as well as his looks, he still gets a certain amount of attention that he'd rather avoid, and he takes a moment to wonder if this is like that before casting the thought aside. this feels distinctly supernatural. so he goes out of his way to head to an isolated place, a little alley that's not too shady but not too frequented either, and calls out.] Hello.

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ there's no response, though the resulting silence has sort of a puzzled air to it...? ]

[defendless]

There's no one else around, right? Zeno means you.

[ghostfromthemachine]

[


well, that's the sound of someone spooking and booking it back the direction he just came from. um ]

[defendless]

Uwoh, there they go! [not following her, just leaning comfortably against the alley wall.]

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ THERE THEY GO


some five minutes later (long enough for her to have quietly hyperventilated, died of embarrassment, and then made an attempt at gathering her dignity before coming back) she pokes her head around the corner, still pink in the face ]

[defendless]

[he just waits with utter patience, and smiles at her when she emerges.] Hello, hello.

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ manages not to visibly spook this time around, though her hands do tighten slightly on the wall ]

...you can see me.

[ NOT ENTIRELY SURE SHE'S OKAY WITH THAT, TO BE HONEST ]

[defendless]

[he's very still and calm and smiling disarmingly. look at how small and fluffy and harmless he is.] Zeno certainly can, miss.

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ she looks small and fluffy and harmless right now and "appearances don't mean a lot" is her literal life story ]

...Please excuse me for bothering you, then.

[defendless]

[if you're small and fluffy and I'M small and fluffy then who's driving the plane?]

Zeno isn't particularly bothered? Mostly curious.

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ shrugging one shoulder ]

I people-watch a lot. You caught my eye, is all.

[defendless]

Zeno must have really caught your eye, for you to follow Zeno here! Do you want to ask Zeno something?

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ her blush deepens a bit. he did, yes, but she has no idea why ]

Why can you see me?

[defendless]

[he shrugs]

Zeno's always been able to see the sort of thing the miss is. Does there need to be a reason?

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ "the sort of thing," huh ]

No. I was just curious.

[defendless]

Zeno can't answer to that curiosity.

[ghostfromthemachine]

Well, that isn't anything new.

[defendless]

No? Does the miss get curious like this often?

[ghostfromthemachine]

It's more that I have a lot of questions with no answers to them.

[defendless]

Ah, so she's the academic sort!

[ghostfromthemachine]

Something like that, I suppose.

[defendless]

Even just something like can be fun. Are they all this sort of question?

this thread is harder than expected just because I keep wanting Lilith expressions

[ghostfromthemachine]

I would say they're more philosophical, usually.