living dead boy

cassandra nodded at the strangers words, hands wrapped around the warm cup of coffee. the blonde was familiar with the Celtic holiday, though she didn’t know too much about it. she never really had the time to participate in Halloween either but it was always enjoyable. 

“it’s kinda sad to see the original tradition being pushed aside on so many holidays, including halloween. but, it’s always fun to watch kids faces light up when giving out candy, especially when you get some for yourself.”

Klarion inspects the female, perking a brow as his cat meowed at him, passing information from one to another. He got what he wanted just upon looking her over before smiling and popping a piece of chocolate into his mouth with a more than happy smile.

“ Less and less people practice the Book of Shadows, but I’m quite the old fashioned witch and grew up learning from it, it holds a big place in my heart. But, getting candy is always a fun thing to do no matter the age ! ”

the whole concept of halloween is foreign to roy. amestris as a country celebrated holidays, yes, but halloween - or anything seemingly like it - was not one of them. but this isn’t amestris, and he supposes he ought to join in on his new home’s festivities, however little he actually feels like celebrating anything. “what,” he asks furtively of the person nearest to him, “is the cause for this festival?” if he’s going celebrate, he ought to know why.

Klarion was drinking a hot chocolate he was given, still in amazement that there was such thing as liquid chocolate, and boy was he enjoying it. His cat meowed at Roy as he began to talk, Klarion humming as he turned and smiled, taking in the information he was getting within those few short seconds, and floating a bit so he seemed like he was sitting.

“ Samhain, it is a festival of remembering the ones dear to you that have passed in life and giving them offerings to be happy in the afterlife. It is also a time of harvest because if crops are not picked in the fall they will expire and rendered useless. A time for celebration for a successful year, but also a time of year for witches like me to re-cast spells and protections they made the year before and make new ones ! ”

     the air was thick with the sweet aroma of various tantalizing treats, teasing elsa’s stomach with every breath she took. the blonde was famished ( back to back ice skating lessons proved themselves to be ultimately unpleasant ). elsa knew that she should have just gone straight home, but just the sound of the festivities was enough to draw her near. but coupled with this ?? aromas so sickly sweet that the ice skating instructor was almost lifted onto her toes with every inhale ?? it must have been a spell. elsa was sure of it.

     it was perhaps fifteen minutes before the blonde’s arms were bulging with various treats and the odd trinket. she’d always had a sweet tooth, even as a toddler. it was rumored that elsa’s first steps lead her right to the kitchen, where she immediately attempted to steal an entire plate of truffles.   ‘ hello, ’   she greeted the person immediately to her left. typically, she wasn’t the type to approach strangers, but she supposed that the buzz of the festival was getting to her.   ‘ would you maybe like to take this cup of hot chocolate off of my hands ?? ’ carefully, she wiggled a cup of the warm beverage at her hip, just barely able to keep her impressive haul of treats from spilling all over the ground.   ‘ the vendor must have thought i was with somebody else, so they gave me a free cup, but i’ve always drank two and have another. ’

Klarion let his familiar wander around the festivities on their own, as he went to get a few things from the magic shop for himself. As he was walking around on his own, Teekl was still keeping communication with their witch, letting Klarion know of their findings. People seemed to be eating tiny ghosts... but wouldn’t that mean they would get possessed ? Odd. This must be more modern traditions of the human world... but he still didn’t understand. 

At the moment he was feeling like finding some treats for his familiar, maybe the town head will have something more for his cat. But until he went to meet them, he’d fend for himself and try and get ahold of some cookies or cake. That was one of the first things he had in the human world, besides the initial chocolate bar one of his friends from town snuck him. Ever since then the witch was obsessed with the sweets, and he noticed that he was being talked to.

“ Hello ! ” The blue hued witch spoke as they were now floating as they stuffed a cookie into their mouth. Raising a brow, he made the cup float towards him and started sipping at it, eyes going wide with wonder and amazement. Klarion laughed a few times and wiped a tear from his eye, a smile wide on his face. “ Human drinks are amazing ! Liquid chocolate ? What’s next, ah-haha ! ”

“ It’s so good to see that people still celebrate Samhain in this world ! Good, old traditions never die. Even learning about Halloween, the traditions are still so similar to our own and its baffling people try to deny the original magical roots. ”

          he feels himself freeze for only a bare hint of a second at the sight of the man floating before he relaxes.  he shouldn’t & usually isn’t surprised at the residents here having powers but he is surprised at just how casual the use of powers were here though.  even after two years, it was rare that hyunsoo used his demon’s powers even if he was fully capable of tapping into them.

           his shoulders sag in relief at the male’s assurance before he’s quick to offer,  “ here – let me make it up to you:  we have tons of snacks in the store, you can take your free picks. ”

Klarion raised a brow, smiling a bit at the offer since he was a sucker for snacks and goodies. His familiar meowed at him and circled around Hyunsoo, looking up at the male once or twice and making eye contact with Klarion.

“ Yes Teekl, do you think I’m incompetent ? I can easily tell that that is the case, it does not apply at the moment. ” The witch nudged Teekl with his foot before turning his attention back to the adult before him. “ You do not have to reimburse me just for bumping into me, but if you wish, I was always curious what human hard candy tasted like ! ”

             hyunsoo closes the door of the shop, locking it up for the night. he startles immediately when he hears a loud noise behind him & nearly bumps into a simple passerby.  “ oh, shoot, um – i’m so sorry, a-are you okay ? ”

Teekl was meowing, Klarion staring at his familiar to talk with them telepathically before they decided to hiss at Klarion. He made a playful gasping sound and laughed, only to walk right into the taller and fall a little, only to stop himself in place, floating in mid air as he began to spoke.

“ Yes, I am fine ! Nothing that little would do harm to anyone, really. ” The witch mumbled, adjusting himself on his feet now as he began to brush off.

“YOU may need interaction. I’m just not a fan of stammering around some endless point or asking about the weather, because that’s all that PEOPLE can come up with. If you’re going to TRY and interact with anyone, at least try to be meaningful about it. People suck. I would rather not waste my time over something so… Useless.”

“ I do not require interaction since I have my familiar. It is simply interesting to learn about the human realm versus my own, since my own town was similar to this one. Are humans really that bad ? I’ve had quite a lot of fun around them. ”

Wanda allowed herself a small smile, watching the book float to the boy with barely concealed curiosity. “How–?” She had come across a wide variety of people in Orbuculum Hollow–both human and not–but she had yet to see anyone else use magic.

“My powers are…complicated.” She replied, eyes flashing red as the book floated back onto a nearby shelf. “And not every customer is exactly used to their librarian using magic so…”

“ Tell me, did you study magic ? ” Klarion was curious, he knew his kind were born with ungodly magic, he knew he was stronger than anyone here. But did she naturally have it, did it develop, did she learn ? Humans were always quite puzzling, and the magic users he met learned magic, but in his town the book of shadows was the equivalent to the bible, they were BORN in it.

“ I think you should word it better, they’re... unique ! Just because they’re fickle in someone’s eye does not mean you should try to dumb down your explanation for others. ”

“I’ve found that I’m not a fan of…”   Cue vague gesture towards the figure, brow cocked and arms crossed over chest.       “People.”

“ I do not think most people really do get along so much, but we need interaction, do we not ? ”

It’s been a month since she’s arrived, and she LOVED the place already. There were plenty of neat places to go in Orb Hollow, but Cala’s favorite places were the mineral springs. She was currently swimming around in the chalybeate springs, just enjoying the water. Sure, the springs were MUCH smaller than the ocean, but she’d take what she could get. Swimming up to the surface, she came upon a figure standing nearby. 

“Oh, hiya! Didn’t see ya come in here,” she said with a small chuckle.

He was curious about, clean, running water due to never being around any large bodies of water most of the time. Klarion went into the city in different dimensions, different time periods, but never saw clean water, usually gray water being what he witnessed. He wouldn’t doubt the existence of mermaids, if anything he was glad a town ran on magic like his own existed and let others in !! Humming, the blue boy simply watched out at the water as he didn’t intend to get in since he owned no such clothing.

“ Just got in, don’t let me interrupt you since I do not quite have intention to join in, just observing. ”

             “i really think that i need to explore this place a bit more”

“ It truly is a great place, do you mind me asking how long you have been here ? ”

The book hovered in the air, surrounded by red energy. The library was slow today and once Wanda finished her work, she had to find different ways to keep herself sane. Today, it was telekinesis.

But once she heard the front door open and close, her focus snapped and the book fell to the counter with a thud, Wanda sitting up straight. “Hello! Can I help you find anything today?”

Klarion hummed a bit as he was walking, he needed to horribly learn more about this world and the human one in general. The witch boy was so used to reading out spells that he usually didn’t waste his time with anything else. Walking into the bookstore, the blue-hued boy inspected the female before him, using his powers and getting all of the information he needed.

“ Simply browsing is all no need to stop what you are doing, it was quite impressive. ” Mumbling, the witch boy made a book float off the shelving to himself, smiling a bit. “ No need to bother worrying about powers in such a place as this, it’s very entertaining. ”