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His lips quirk just slightly and not in the pathetic ‘You belong in a nut-bin’ kind of way he might be used to. He seemed amused more than anything else. How difficult. To see the dead when one didn’t want to. To have spirits selfishly invade one’s life at random intervals.

“My mother died giving birth to me. Later, as a spirit, she tried to kill me.” He admitted freely, though without any semblance of emotion.  He felt nothing for her and she had never been a mother to him. They might as well be talking about the weather. That was precisely how causal he addressed the subject.

Red flag.

Without another word, he disappeared from Klaus’s sight and reappeared a split second later behind him. It happened so fast that he had to tap him on the shoulder, that smug little smile still in place. For now, he thought it best he remain playful. Working up to the whole antichrist bit could take awhile.

“Transmutation. A fancy word for teleportation.”

Forget skeletons ;  this conversation has swiftly  grown  rife  with  bombshells.

Lips  barely  have  time  to  part  in  response  to  the  first  series  of  revelations  —  and,  oh,  a  response  was  forthcoming,  because  what  ?   Okay,  mother  lost  in  childbirth,  that  sucks,  but  it’s  a  palatable  one,  something  he  wouldn’t  have  blinked  at ;   doesn’t  have  much  room  for  shock,  does  he,  coming  from  the  background  he  does.  But  —  murder  attempt,  less  so.  Murder  attempt  courtesy  of  said  deceased  mother,  much  less  so. 

Regardless,  whatever  startled  return  he’d  planned  on  producing  tapers  off  before  it  can  begin,  and  as  he  whirls  to  follow  the  direction  of  the  tap  at  his  shoulder,  mouth  snaps  shut  once  more  —  opens  —  shuts  a  second  time.  Finally,  voice  catches  up  to  speed,  and  he  can  do  what  he  does  best :  buy  himself  time  to  process  with  as  much  nonchalance  as  he  can  muster.

“hey, you gotta light?” dex asks, an unlit cigarette dangling from his lips. he’s normally not one to be seen without a lighter, but he was running late to his gig and had forgotten it this time. he stands in the alleyway outside the bar, bulky acoustic guitar still slung across his chest, and one hand tucked in his pocket. “normally i wouldn’t ask, but my nerves are killing me, and i gotta take the edge off somehow.”

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gaze flicks up where he lounges against the brick  of  the  alley’s  wall,  brows  quirked   —   this  is  a  bizarrely  convenient  occurrence.  he’d  only  intended  to  step  outside  for  a  minute  or  so,  take  a  smoke  break,  but  he’s  long  since  run  out  of  cash  to  toss  at  the  bartender  as  it  is.  that,  coupled  with  the  brisk  evening  air  swiftly  sobering  him  of  what  he  has  had  and  the  fact  that  he’s  already  burned  his  way  through  the  rest  of  the  now - empty  pack  of  cigarettes  discarded  within  a  pocket,  means  his  excuses  to  procrastinate  his  return  to  the  grim,  unforgiving  space  of  the  academy  are  rapidly  depleting.  he’s  always  thought  its  rooms  are  far  larger  than  necessary,  but  he  supposes  one  needs  somewhere  to  fit  all  the  shitty  memories.

     ❛     sure,  man.     ❜

he  digs  black  lighter  from  worn  jacket,  tosses  it  toward  the  other  in  a  lazy  arc   —   hopes  he  catches  it,  or  this  won’t  be  nearly  as  nonchalantly  impressive  as  he’s  aiming  for.  a  shamelessly  hopeful  grin   —

The rules are simple! Post ten characters you’d like to roleplay as, have roleplayed as, and might bring back. Then tag ten people to do the same (if you can’t think of ten, just write down however many you can and tag that number of people). Please repost, don’t reblog! 

CURRENTLY PLAYING:

klaus hargreeves     (  the umbrella academy  )

crowley     (  good omens  )

WANT TO PLAY:

peter vincent     (  fright night 2011  )

the tenth doctor     (  doctor who  ) 

steve harrington     (  stranger things  )

quentin coldwater     (  the magicians  )

aziraphale     (  good omens  )

roman darcy     (  what we do in the shadows oc  )

barty crouch, jr.     (  harry potter  )

HAVE PLAYED:

matthew hawthorne     (  the walking dead oc  )

stephanie     (  telltale’s the walking dead :  400 days  )

carl grimes     (  the walking dead  )

reno     (  final fantasy vii  )

nora estheim     (  final fantasy xiii  )

alyssa zaidelle     (  final fantasy xiii-2  /  lightning returns  )

holly     (  the wolf among us  )

ignis scientia     (  final fantasy xv  )

roman torchwick     (  rwby  )

anders     (  dragon age ii  )

cole     (  dragon age :  inquisition  )

jerome valeska     (  gotham  )

WOULD/WILL PLAY AGAIN:

nathan young     (  misfits  )