01. Siren! Kabru Headcanons (Dungeon Meshi)
A/N: Today is the the first day of the month! and I do apologize because I couldn't think of any spicy ideas for this in time. (hopefully in the future there will be a part two but for now, enjoy!)
Kabru has a decent singing voice to lure his victims into the water but he actually doesn't like to use his voice very often. (instead he tends to prefer to use his alluring voice to observe and interact with the humans he comes across)
He tends to collect all the things travelers leave behind since he has a curiosity to know what the mysterious object is and what it's used for (usually he is smart enough to figure out what some objects he finds are used for and other times he has to scratch his chin in order to come up with some reasonable explanation)
Kabru resides in the lake on the fourth floor (he actually has a little cove under the water that he keeps all his trinkets but it's messy since he likes to see everything and interact with all his stuff when he is resting there)
He loves hunting for his food in the fourth floor. Kabru likes a variety in his diet but mostly sticks to fish, clams, crayfish and lobster, it will only but once in a while he will go after bigger prey (it allows him to exercise his mental and physical prowess as he tries to out maneuver his prey)
Kabru first encounters you when you venture into the fourth floor in order to look for valuables to take back to the surface to sell, or if you found anything better than the current armor you are wearing, then you'd keep it for yourself.
You were in the middle of searching every inch of the ruins when you came across a skeleton that was hidden away (the poor fella got unfortunately got locked in and died there) but at least he had a cool sword on him that looks like it deals a lot of damage. With a dreadful realization you notice that you can't really walk since it feels like you are carrying bricks and with a sigh you know it is time to sort out your inventory in order to lighten the weight you carry.
That was the day you became Kabru's favorite human. He was amazed at the trinkets you decided to leave behind, seeing no further use for them in favor of your new sword.
Kabru likes to leave small fish by your bag while you are on the fourth floor, it’s a small thank you from him for the tools you bring him ( but if you don’t like eating fish, he will leave other things for you to find, like small shells to crush up for pigments or other things in his collection that he thinks you’ll find a use for)
You will quickly realize that when you’re adventure to the fourth floor that strange things seem to happen when you stay there ( you always feel like you're being watched and strange items seem to appear in your bag)
At this point Kabru will introduce himself to you since he fears that you won't come back to the fourth floor anymore due to the unsettling feeling caused by his curiosity (You were in the middle of fetching the water you needed for your camp, when you were suddenly startled by Kabru's blue eyes that were peering out of the water, and with a jolt of fright you were sent falling backwards into the pavement behind you which actually caused the siren to chuckle a bit at your reaction before asking your name, to your confusion since you thought sirens were known for causing harm to humans)
After some explanation from him that sirens do not eat people but they do tend to harm people, you were naturally a bit cautious of him. It surprised you when Kabru started asking you questions about your gear and how you became an adventurer, all while he had a curious expression on his face, eagerly waiting for your response.
That's when you decide that it's probably worth the risk to sit down by him and start to tell him your story of how you got to the fourth floor. While you're in the middle of telling how much of a pain it was to get through all the monsters you encountered up until that point, you notice that Kabru seems uncomfortable and when you ask him what's wrong, he will ask you to help him hydrate his tail.
The water, sometimes salty, would sting and dry out his skin. So, the next time you saw him, you had brought a small balm to help him.
Of course, he wanted you to do it while he laid his face in his hands and watched you curiously.
When you first met him, Kabru seemed lonely, and his scales reflected it. Dull and monochrome, sucked of all the life and a bit flaky from exploring depths he usually never went to. But overtime, with the help of the balm and your company, his tail slowly begins to light up. The skin shedding gently away to reveal the beautiful pattern underneath.
He's extremely happy, and even though you showed him how to apply the balm the first time. He likes when you do it, and insists every time.
