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doublefists) wrote2025-05-31 03:22 pm
doublefists) wrote2025-05-31 03:22 pm
★ KATE
the most precious little not on purpose serial killer
[ hey hello!! she's in the Xpress Stuff 2 Go, with a bottle of coffee in hand, swigging from it absently as she looks through the keychains.
she's got one that says Viktor on it, squinting. ]
she's got one that says Viktor on it, squinting. ]
Edited 2025-06-01 02:22 (UTC)
[ there's a girl with a very sooty dress and a helmet on, looking over the merchandise too... ]
Did they have one with your name?
[ maybe vi is short for viktor...... ]
Did they have one with your name?
[ maybe vi is short for viktor...... ]
[ her helmet,
looks. at her. she is kind of concerned. why are you a baby. ]
What? Oh - no. This was some guy that made it big in Piltover, but - chances of it being the same guy? Probably pretty low. [ it isn't ] Do they have one with your name?
looks. at her. she is kind of concerned. why are you a baby. ]
What? Oh - no. This was some guy that made it big in Piltover, but - chances of it being the same guy? Probably pretty low. [ it isn't ] Do they have one with your name?
Let me see...
[ she comes over to study them...
when she leans over for a closer look, the helmet wobbles. it's definitely too big for her. but she picks up a keychain that reads "kate." ]
I suppose it's not an uncommon name...
[ she comes over to study them...
when she leans over for a closer look, the helmet wobbles. it's definitely too big for her. but she picks up a keychain that reads "kate." ]
I suppose it's not an uncommon name...
[ god i almost wrote eupha. i need to go to bed.
a little half smile. ]
Kate, huh. [ gently... adjusts the helmet for her, so it isn't clanking against anything. and then goes through the keychains, before picking violet off the stand. she twirls it around her finger once. ]
Third time's a pattern, I guess.
a little half smile. ]
Kate, huh. [ gently... adjusts the helmet for her, so it isn't clanking against anything. and then goes through the keychains, before picking violet off the stand. she twirls it around her finger once. ]
Third time's a pattern, I guess.
[ eupha should get a keychain, too.
looking over like ohhh. vi for violet. ]
Third time?
looking over like ohhh. vi for violet. ]
Third time?
Yeah, I mean - they've got to be all of our names, since we found us.
[ creepy! she hates it. ]
I found some names from the place I came from, too. [ kate can probably see Miyu, Kiruko, and Megumi hanging up front, like she'd dug them out and put them back. ]
[ creepy! she hates it. ]
I found some names from the place I came from, too. [ kate can probably see Miyu, Kiruko, and Megumi hanging up front, like she'd dug them out and put them back. ]
[ our 2weekers...... 🥺 ]
Oh! Then maybe they have some that I know...
[ she leans over to pick up one reading Yuffie. her helmet lurches forward again. it's fine. ]
Oh! Then maybe they have some that I know...
[ she leans over to pick up one reading Yuffie. her helmet lurches forward again. it's fine. ]
[ 🥺
wah! she reaches to make sure the helmet doesn't fall off, and then: ]
You okay?
wah! she reaches to make sure the helmet doesn't fall off, and then: ]
You okay?
Yes.
I borrowed the helmet from someone else, so it doesn't fit very well...
[ she holds onto the keychain for now. ]
I borrowed the helmet from someone else, so it doesn't fit very well...
[ she holds onto the keychain for now. ]
You mind if I ask why you're wearing it? You can say no.
It's easier to talk to people I don't know this way.
Otherwise, they might be startled when they see me... or worse.
Otherwise, they might be startled when they see me... or worse.
[ a pause, and she shoves her hands in her jacket pockets. ]
... You wanna try me? I bet you're not so scary under there. Promise I won't lose my shit, cross my heart, hope not to die.
... You wanna try me? I bet you're not so scary under there. Promise I won't lose my shit, cross my heart, hope not to die.
I...
All right. I suppose I will need to show myself eventually.
[ she steps away from the keychain rack and removes the helmet. soot falls from inside the helmet to the floor. she runs a hand over her hair to fix it, and faces vi directly. ]
I'm... a shadow. A person with no face.
All right. I suppose I will need to show myself eventually.
[ she steps away from the keychain rack and removes the helmet. soot falls from inside the helmet to the floor. she runs a hand over her hair to fix it, and faces vi directly. ]
I'm... a shadow. A person with no face.
[ she leans back to wait for kate to pull her helmet off, casual in body language, shoulders at ease. and when kate faces her, she squints. studies her. and then: ]
Hey, I was right. You're not very scary at all. Kind of cute, actually. [ a half-smile. she's seen so much stranger, really, even just in her own home world. ] A real shadow? Like the ones on the walls, or is it different?
Hey, I was right. You're not very scary at all. Kind of cute, actually. [ a half-smile. she's seen so much stranger, really, even just in her own home world. ] A real shadow? Like the ones on the walls, or is it different?
Cute...?
... Different. A shadow is... a sort of fairy. One that has a human shape, and produces soot from its body.
... Different. A shadow is... a sort of fairy. One that has a human shape, and produces soot from its body.
I've heard about fairies.
[ strohl apparently knows one and told her about her... but kate is obviously not that small, so. must be a world difference. ]
Is the soot annoying? I feel like I'd get sick of it after a while.
[ strohl apparently knows one and told her about her... but kate is obviously not that small, so. must be a world difference. ]
Is the soot annoying? I feel like I'd get sick of it after a while.
... It's very annoying.
But there's nothing I can do about it, other than try to keep up with cleaning.
But there's nothing I can do about it, other than try to keep up with cleaning.
Sorry. [ she is a little amused... not in a mean way, just that she sounds like she's Done. ]
Did someone tell you that you're scary?
Did someone tell you that you're scary?
Well... no one here has. [ there's that, at least. ] But I've seen the way people react, and... in the place I come from, there are rumours and legends and the like...
[ good because she was going to beat them up if they did. probably. she thinks about that for a second, and then: ]
... How old are you, Kate?
... How old are you, Kate?
[ man. ]
I'm gonna tell you something, kiddo - most people here are decent enough to people your age. I don't think you have anything to worry about. And if you do? Come tell me. You can borrow my gloves.
[ the big fuck-off metal ones. ]
I'm gonna tell you something, kiddo - most people here are decent enough to people your age. I don't think you have anything to worry about. And if you do? Come tell me. You can borrow my gloves.
[ the big fuck-off metal ones. ]
Edited 2025-06-02 02:53 (UTC)
Yeah, the big metal ones. Have you seen them? You can try them out if you want.
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