audio.

[mercedis]

( as always, he's trying to make this as short as possible, but it's hard to even know where to stop with the way his voice carries into the charm. it's likely going to come out all wrong, but: he figures it's like posting something on the notice board in the slums. no one's going to listen to it, right? )

Looking to head back out into the forest to see if there's any trace of the people that went missing.

Figured it might be best to find someone, or someones, to come with me. Not looking to become one of the missing myself.

Some questions if you're considering it...

One, are you afraid of ghosts?

Two, how do you react when you're scared?

( --and then, with a measured sigh: )

My name is Cloud. Blonde hair, big sword. If you're worried, I'm pretty good at keeping people alive, but.

( imagine if he had just, you know, done a video. )

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[mercedis]

Pretty boy? ( don't like that. )

Guess you're not a complete idiot, if you're scared of something out there.

[grappler]

Yep.

[ohhhh does he not like that!! she'll make a mental note of it.]

Everyone's scared of something. Doesn't mean I'm easy to scare, though. Some guy already tried it in the woods.

[mercedis]

Some guy tried to scare you?

[grappler]

Yeah, tried to be creepy as shit. Talking about how the woods can talk to me and all that.

[god.]

Dressed in mostly black with hair longer than hell. Definitely creeper vibes if you ever come across him.

[mercedis]

( sure sounds familiar. )

Did he give you a name? No matter how annoying you are, you don't deserve some guy being a creep.

[grappler]

Nope. Just tried to freak me out by making me hallucinate or some shit.

[you can probably hear the shrug in her voice.]

Said he gave me the power to hear the forest or whatever. I tried to punch him in the face.

[naturally.]

[mercedis]

Good. If you see him again, let's punch him together.

[grappler]

Maybe you do know how to win a girl's heart over.