Noctvalen Çelik

rook didn’t have to speak for valen to see his eyes, to see the way his ears went back for a half-second. not quite long enough for anyone to realize unless you were looking for it. so, she didn’t know he was fae, and they usually watched over fae, which only meant she was one too. now that was very curious indeed. licking his lips slowly as he took to his full height and motioned for the two of them to join him towards the food section of the midway, momentarily drifting off into his own thoughts as they walked.

then he tried to make small talk, which he wasn’t very good at. less a person that wanted to hear his own voice, and would rather listen to someone else speak. “congratulations, top ten is good, i think?” he wasn’t well versed in chess tournaments nor really any sort of actual tournament. reaching a hand up, he lazily scratched at one of his eyebrows, head bouncing from side to side for a second before debating how to answer her question. “once or twice.” it was true, and it wasn’t anything competitive. he’d gotten bored and played online.

valen gave rook a little wink, saying hello soon after that, before waiting to see how he would react to him. most of his kind weren't the biggest fan of valen. of what he was. rather, of what he actually was, not the version of him that he had to water down so no one knew his true lineage. crouching down, valen scratched behind the dog's ears, eyes narrowing, his voice low, almost a whisper, yet loud enough for the hearing of a dog.

a question that would tell him everything he needed to know, "does she know?" now to wait for some kind of silent answer. once received he took to his full height again.

"i have not eaten, but have been smelling the food for an hour now," he mumbled, humming as he took a step to the side to let there be room for the dog to walk between them. "are you hungry?" he could wait if she wasn't. he had come to find his appetite was less of a thing now that they were in the human world. unlike other worlds, this one seemed to take his appetite instead of increase it. perhaps it was he was satiated by the amount of darkness covering his surrounding.

Penny had been nervous about the whole thing, the chess tournament, the festival, and most of all meeting Valen but Rook had given her that little whine when she had told him she didn't think she would be going. Between that and Valen sounded genuinely interested in meeting her...she had to go. Besides, she did need to get out of the house sometimes. It wasn't unheard of to meet people from the internet, especially in this day and age, but there was that little part of Penny that worried. Always worried. After what she had been through the therapists would all say that was normal, but she still felt so silly and dumb about it. It was just meeting a friend. As she approached the two, Valen and his friend, Kyrios from what he had said, she still felt anxious, but their warm smiles comforted that feeling. That was strange. Usually, she wasn't so easily soothed. She raised a brow at the looks on their faces though. They had a little flash of surprise...curiosity? Something. But she didn't want to just stand there and gape when Kyra spoke up. She nodded and smiled. "Penny, nice to meet you Kyra," but she was leaving already. "Oh, that's okay..." she replied when Kyra said she had to leave. She couldn't help but smile when Kyra said she was in good hands and that Valen had been a lifelong friend. That was sweet, she knew it was to reassure her and she appreciated it. Once Kyra was gone, Penny looked up at Valen...impossibly tall. So much taller than she'd imagined. But then Penny was quite small compared to most people. "Hi," she managed and then felt very silly that it was all she could think of to say. A soft blush spread across her cheeks.

it had been a very long time since noctvalen had seen a cù-sìth, let alone one that large. and yet, here it was, walking beside penny. originally valen had thought nothing of her, at least not that she was something else. merely a human that he'd interacted with online. and now, his thoughts on the subject were changing. she was fae, that was curious. he would leave that little bit of information tucked in the back of his mind, allowing her to tell him if she wished, and wouldn't push if she didn't. allowing his friend to introduce herself first, v gave a slow nod of his head before speaking again, "it's nice to meet you, penny, i'm valen."