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[folkloristlore]

[Oh, my. What's this, this evening? It looks like a super-skinny man, badly in need of a shave, wandering around Vertiline in his pajamas

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[missmimmi]

[Mimmi was just walking to her pod and-

...Wait, is that a guy walking around in his pajamas?

Well that's pretty weird.

Don't mind her, Bennett. She's just giving you a "What even" face right now]

Do you want to do a thread here, or in the one I just posted to Mimmi's post? |D

[folkloristlore]

[Bennett is not entirely aware of being watched, at first, but it's like he FEELS her staring at him.

And he turns, blinking a few times like a deer in a headlight.]

OOC

[missmimmi]

( L-lol I just tagged on her post ffffff /FAIL )

OOC

[folkloristlore]

(It's okay, sweetheart! XD We just totally had the same thought, obviously these two need to be talking!)

[listen_toyour]

[If Ben finds his way to the kitchens, especially past the usual eating hours, he may run across a familiar teenager.

Herz is in different, borrowed clothing, that hangs on his frame and makes him look smaller than he actually is just by virtue of being too big. He's throwing something together while something that smells remarkably like sweet bread bakes in the oven.]

[folkloristlore]

[OH LOOK, by the time he thinks, "Hey, you know, I haven't eaten in a while," he's kind of STARVING, and actually has found clothes. He looks like a scribe, really-- he's wearing a tunic and a vest and slacks made out of something that could pass for tweed and a nice pair of leather loafers.

He feels ridiculous, but it really is comfortable.

And much to his surprise, there is a Herz! Bennett smiles, really happy to see the kid's all right. Well, visibly, anyway.]

Well, h-hey! Long time no see!

[listen_toyour]

[HE SWEARS TO CHRIST, ONE DAY HE'S BARRICADING THE--

Oh wait, he knows that guy.

Herz finally starts breathing again, having jumped the expected mile at the assumed stranger's arrival. But the stranger wasn't strange. Well. Maybe in the literal sense he kinda was. But Herz did know him! If briefly. He was the guy who was under the table with him when he arrived. Bennett.

Herz gives a tentative wave. He has no ill wishes against the guy--he actually seemed really nice, putting up with Herz's freaking out and being a support when he needed something to hold--he just wanted more alone time. Like. All of it. Ever.

Buuuut you're here now. So he guesses he has to be polite.

You're lucky he wasn't cutting anything, duder. Just crushing berries for jam.

[folkloristlore]

[Still quiet as ever, aren't you, Herz... Ben wanders over to see what he's doing, and his face lights up when he sees the berries.]

Hey, d'you know if there's, uh-- any tea, around here? I can make some. We can sweeten it with berries, if there's enough.

[It's a little taste of home, really, something he and Elizabeth came up with.]

[knowsvinewhip]

[Hakkai is starting to wonder if he could request a teapot in his pod. He's gone to the temple kitchens so often for his tea, he figures it might just be easier on everyone.

And so, that's where he's coming from, a steaming cup in his hands. Fortunately, he can step around the pajama-wearing individual, before anything unfortunate happens.]

Ah, excuse me.

[folkloristlore]

Oh! S-sorry--

[And Ben freezes where he's standing, staring at Hakkai. Okay, yeah, he didn't recognize you at first in the semi-dark, but he remembers you now. His sense of smell isn't as strong as it is when he's changed, but it's unmistakeable.

Now to act like they've Never Ever Ever Ever Met.]

H-hi.

[knowsvinewhip]

It's no trouble...

[He trails off, staring back at the stammering individual. Hakkai blinks. He glances behind himself, in case there's something looming up out of the dark to eat him. Or something.]

Is... everything all right?

[folkloristlore]

I'm-- all right? Yes, I'm-- yeah.

[He nods.]

Sorry, long-- w-weird weekend for all of us, you know?

[NOT THAT YOU DID ANYTHING, BEN.]

[superntral_temp]

[Hey guess who's chilling out outside of her artichoke? This girrrrrlllll. She'd thought about smoking because killer rabbits are a little stressful, but there's no telling how long she'll have to make those last. So she's just watching everyone mill around and. Generally just taking up space for now.

hhhhh her life. She doesn't even see Mr. Pajama walking by.]

[folkloristlore]

[JUST WHO HE WAS LOOKING FOR. He wanders up and leans down, looking like a palm tree in a hurricane, trying to find her spaced-out line of sight to catch her attention. He's carrying a set of sheets, neatly folded in his arms.]

Uh.

Hi?

[superntral_temp]

I'm not blind. [Seriously, once he was within talking distance, she was watching him. The leaning was really unnecessary. But she sees what you have there.]

Good to see you're alive still.

[folkloristlore]

Y-yeah, I, uh-- kind of a rough couple of days, and then the mice and now, uh--

[You intimidate the shit out of him, okay? You are literally the only person in this world or any other that knows his secret.]

H-heeeere I am.

[folkloristlore]

You'd, uh-- yep.

Thaaat would be the case.

[....Ben blinks a few times, and feels the need to justify himself.]

Someone loaned me theirs. I'm just-- r-returning them.

[folkloristlore]

It's a really long stor--

W-wait, did you say plot device?

[Here we go...]