#atropaanimus

The metallic chorus of chains announced Omen's arrival long before Milo would see her proper, though it is clear she was making no attempt to be silent.

"You."

Her hand grips the clothing rack the reaper had been browsing from, several items knocked to the ground in an effort to make room for her bulking cloak.

There's a nonzero chance some of the fabric is catching on her many spikes, but that's only the responsibility of the person who draws attention to it first!

"Oh-em-gee, Milo, how are you doing?!"

It wasn't every day that April and Milo bumped into each other, of course, but she was fairly familiar with the other as they drifted in similar spheres of influencer-dom. Which only meant that they were vaguely aware of one another as pseudo-work-colleagues; about how much anyone was allowed to know April with the draconian contract that a fresh-faced clown had gotten herself into...

Either way, she didn't have any forewarning that Milo had been coming, which meant that the clown's gleeful surprise was entirely genuine as she went for one of those polite side-hugs with minimal contact.

Leans on them affectionately. "Hello darling~"

"!!"

“...”

“7.1 out of 10.”

“Oh look, someone has given me attention. To whom is the real loser?” It wasn’t they, that was for sure.

“Besides… Me, begging?” They snickered, tapping Salil on the nose. “That isn’t something Milo Belladonna does in public. That is a closed doors, make you earn it kind of affair~. Something your little young self wouldn’t be interested in, I am certain.”

You sassed the wrong reaper, Salil.

“Then what was all that ‘waaa I’m suffering of the unimaginable sort due lack of attention’ crap?” Salil crossed his arms, giving Milo a look that was a mix of annoyed and amused.

“Little??? I’m not that young! Just younger than my sister, not so young that- Uh- There isn’t really a good way to finish what I’m trying to say that doesn’t sound weird.” Weird as in flirty or otherwise implying interest in what Milo was talking about, which was very much not the point Salil was trying to make.

You know what send 🩷 and Sterber will assign your muse a furby :^)

    It’d be a lie if Brian said the cheek kiss he just gave hadn’t made him a little flustered. But at least Milo seemed to enjoy it, and that’s what counted!