open | i'll never die, i am a freak

[brushoff]

Who: Dorian Gray & OPEN
What: settling in
When: all throughout the month of March
Where: Milton, with a focus on the community hall, the church, and the outskirts

Content Warnings: drug use, smut, body horror and gore in the form of Dorian's creepyass portrait, others tba

( catch all post for March! full of open and closed starters, dm me if you have an idea~ )

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[castitas]

He's a nice zombie. Kate points out to him. Like she knows zombies are monsters, she knows the kinds of movies that Warren's into back home. All snarling and horrible. It's really not her thing, not at all. But she has an idea of what a zombie's supposed to be like. That Kieren boy isn't that.

Oh, God. She's gonna have to say something to someone, isn't she?

He's not a swarming horde though. He's one person. And he's really good at art and helps during the Feasts and carries firewood and stuff. Like I don't... think there's any necro-stuff going on here.

And besides, you can't just go around killing people!

[brushoff]

He needs to keep calm. He needs to keep his thoughts focused. Dorian doesn't even know who the hell this girl is, the last thing he needs is someone here to be suspicious of him, to be worried.

And yet, a small part of him thinks, better she thinks you're an overzealous monster hunter than what you truly are. A damned man. A monster who ruins everything he touches. A depraved youth who sold his soul for something as petty as beauty.

Dorian tries to keep his thoughts steady. He tries to keep them in line. But one slips through. If he's one person, killing him should be simple enough. Easy enough to kill one person.

There's a brief moment before he realizes what he's done and sends back a quick, unintentional, Fuck.

[castitas]

The quiet makes her wonder if maybe he's considering it, rethinking his stance. And she hopes he is, a heavy feeling in her stomach as she waits. This is... honestly kind of scary. She doesn't want that boy to die. He's been here as long as she has, and he's had one thing like this happen?

And then he comes out with that and there's another little surge of panicked fretting. This could end up being a whole serious thing and she is totally not equipped to deal with this.

Please don't. she tries finally, softer. He's a good person. Whatever it is that it's like for you, back home? It's different here. You don't need to kill anyone.

[brushoff]

There's another pause. By now, Dorian's stopped cleaning. He's leaning against one of the walls of the church sanctuary, focused entirely on the conversation that's going on in his head. She says it's different here. He really doubts that.

Still, he's smart enough to realize that going immediately into 'let's kill this guy' might not be a good look. A necessary action, perhaps, but something that might not make him Ms. Congeniality. Might as well get some information to see if that zombie's beloved by the rest of the community or beloved only by this silly girl.

I can't promise that I will or won't do anything. It's foolish to make promises you might not be able to keep. But I can promise I won't do anything until I talk with him myself.

[castitas]

Serious, he's okay. You'll see that when you speak to him. Him promising not to do anything until he sees that boy is enough, but doesn't completely settle down the nerves in her. But at the same time, if she says something... won't it just cause a whole Thing? Talk about being stuck between a rock and a hard place.

And like, we have enough drama right now in this place without. Y'know. Killing people.

[brushoff]

I would ask how we have enough drama, but fifty people? Snowed in together? Some of whom can read minds? I suspect there's enough drama to make the soap operas look tame.

Dorian isn't an idiot. He knows this place, this situation, this entire scenario has the potential to be a powder keg of drama. If he's going to do anything, best to do it at a time when it can be overlooked.