seasonsrpg | ( open ) and i've been dreaming of revenge

WHO: Rafal + You
WHAT: Quests + Day in the Life Interactions
WHEN: Late April/May
WHERE: Around!
WARNINGS: Grief, forced truths for the Bridge of the Lost prompt

( i. bridge of the lost ) cw: grief, forced truths

[ he had been exploring at his leisure. sometimes, as a dragon, sometimes the way a human would. both experiences were mandatory if he wished to get a grasp of what life was like here. and this quest . . . it seemed strange. stranger than the others. as if half couched in mystery and horror. and rafal has always liked a good horror story, being one himself.

so he waited, skeptical that anything would happen when footsteps alert him of another's presence. he turns to them with a scowl on his face . . . which quickly melts away into astonishment. ]

Nil. No — It cannot be. I saw you die.

( ii. sunwaning — the equinox bakery )

[ the one good thing about all these bakeries is that it made it easy for rafal to find a job. he had thought it would prove to be more difficult, especially since he has never held a "job" before and lived in a castle, but he was never fussed about work and this is the kind of work he enjoys. he spends most of his time at the back, creating elegant confectionaries and designs, idly swatting cats. should you make a special order, he'll see it through and come out to deliver it.

yes, that fancy cake with a layer of chocolate, creme brulee with an oreo base that melts on your tongue is his creation. and he's waiting to see if you like it, tapping his foot impatiently against the floor. ]

Well? Out with it.

[ his people skills could use work though. ]

( iii. hope you have a landing strategy )

[ he could see why such a location was troublesome. a hindrance to those who wished to visit and had no easy way to get back and forth. and while he's not really the generous type, he knows a certain level of kindness is necessary.

necessary for the world to thrive. he's not too concerned if someone is unkind to him personally.

he transforms into his dragon self, fanning his wings as he settles into it. ]

If you require a ride, I will get you there safely. You have my word.

( iv. around ish — wildcard )

[ rafal can be seen around amberfell and nightwake. for the most part, he'll be hitting up every bakery/cafe at least once in a week. in less populated/forested areas, you're welcome to spot him in his dragon form. he is also looking for a potential room mate so that he has adequate living quarters. his inbox can be found here.

if you have any questions/prompts you'd like to do, you can reach me @ timmtams or simply drop a PM. ]

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[ Eren can't really appreciate the designs of the cakes and all that. Sure, okay, he gets that they're fancy. They're incredible. He'd seen baked goods at home, but they were more…rustic? These are totally beyond him.

So are the ingredients. Oreo what! What is an Oreo! He has no idea.

But he's here to try something new, so fancy cake it is. Even if the guy who made it is kind of rude, whatever. ]

This is amazing. You made all this?

Of course.

[ his smirk is sharp, almost shy of bloodthirsty, though the pride in his work is genuine. ]

I handle the custom orders of this bakery.

[ rafal, other people also work here. ]

Wow…

[ It's fine(?), Eren is both bad at social cues and hard to intimidate. And about to eat too much cake, probably! ]

Did you bake stuff like this at home? I don't think we even had ingredients to make this where I'm from.

Not on my original world, but the one I now reside in has plenty of ingredients.

[ mostly thanks to their allies and their countries' aid. ]

[ Eren considers that answer for a moment. ]

Your original world. The way you say that…do you mean this isn't the first time you've travelled between worlds?

Correct. This is my second time traveling to another world. The last one was similar to my own, a parallel world.

Parallel...?

[ That's a new concept to him. He's only really heard of places like this, weird other worlds where people get thrown into them to accomplish something or other. ]

I don't think I know what that means. I was in another world before this one, too, but it wasn't anything like my world. I wouldn't want it to be. But I chose to go there. I didn't choose to come here.

Parallel worlds are worlds similar to our own, but not the same.

[ hm. he wasn't brought here by choice, but alear was here, so his function remains untouched. ]

And now? How do you feel about being here?

I hope there's nothing like that where I'm from.

[ There's no hesitation when he answers. ]

My world was hell. I prefer it here. It's not bad here. And I get to eat stuff like this.

There might be. You never know.

[ there are thousands of worlds. and thousands more. rafal is all too aware of that. ]

What was wrong with it?

I guess I don’t. But I still hope there isn't.

[ What a terrible thought, another world with titans, another world where people hate each other so fully, another world doomed like Eren's is. Or maybe it would be somehow different enough? Anything even remotely similar sounds awful to him. ]

Our whole world was monsters and death. War. Lies. There wasn't much good about it. There were good people. People...are just people. Some are good and some are terrible. But overall the whole world was a nightmare. I don’t ever want to go back.

[ that's probably enough of that, though. ]

What was yours like? Your parallel worlds.

[ yeah, that sounds . . . familiar. ]

My own world is dead. No one exists there anymore. Everything is abandoned. I was one of the last.

[ which makes it sound all very tragic . . . except rafal was the one who killed many of them off. ]

There's no one left?

[ That's even worse than the inevitable future that Eren sidestepped out to avoid. Though they're in the same boat, aren't they, since Eren's the one who will kill all the people back home too. He just hasn't done it yet. ]

But in the parallel world, the one like yours, it's not like that?

[ He's trying to understand how that's even a thing. Maybe he's overthinking it. Maybe it just is. ]

[ get on HIS level, eren!! ]

No. It has not been devastated by the war.

[ and rafal. ]

[ NO it's bad enough this way! ]

War. Your world too?

[ He hates hearing that. He's heard of wars elsewhere, though very rarely can something compare to the shitshow of his home world. BUT APPARENTLY IN THIS CASE... ]

I hope your new world is safer.

It will be, in time.

I'm glad to hear that.

[ He goes back to his cake for a second. He doesn't talk about a lot of this out loud, face to face, in public. He usually just does it in text because it's easier, more detached. Normal person behaviour, obviously. ]

I don't know what will happen to my world in the end. I just want my friends to be safe. I'll kill every single one of our enemies to make sure that happens.

[ hm. ]

And do you know your friends from your enemies?

Yes.

[ He says that immediately, without thought, but...well, it's always complicated, isn't it? ]

I haven't always, though. People are...difficult.

[ Also he makes his friends have to be his enemies but DETAILS! ]

[ rafal parses "difficult" for "complex". ]

If they weren't, would you have been able to make friends with them?

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