𝐺𝑃, 𝑂𝑃𝐸𝑁 𝑆𝐸𝐴𝑆𝑂𝑁.


20s / male / any / 3♦️
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Am I really supposed to fill all this out? It's so long...
There's not much to tell. Name's Lighter. When I'm not too busy being kidnapped, you can find me in the Outer Ring. As the undefeated Champion, I defend the honor of the Sons of Calydon.
Here? Just playing the game.
Settling scores with my fists. Oh, and I'm not half bad at errands.
Caesar's more of the reader between us, but she never lets me touch the books I pick up for her. Movies... disaster? Romance is alright too. Music is whatever's playing in Steeltusk. Though when boss and Lucy get on the piano, it's got a nice sound to it. As for food... anything convenient and edible. Taste is a bonus, I guess. On the go or in a Hollow, lollipops work fine for me.
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Beer, if there's no Nitro-Fuel around.
.02 CLOWNS OR MIMES
...Clowns?
.03 SHOWER OR BATH
Shower, it's more convenient.
.04 PIRATES OR NINJAS
Pirates. Hollow bandits are pretty similar.
.05 TITS OR ASS
Uhh. Either, I suppose...
.06 COFFEE OR TEA
Coffee.
.07 SPICY OR SWEET
Sweet.
.08 SUMMER OR WINTER
Summer. Not much winter to speak of at home.
.09 LEATHER OR LACE
Leather. Easier to clean.
10. ROUGH SEX OR GENTLE SEX
Hey, who's asking?
INFJ-T

𝐹𝐸𝐵𝑅𝑈𝐴𝑅𝑌 𝑊𝐸𝐿𝐶𝑂𝑀𝐸 𝐸𝑉𝐸𝑁𝑇.
✧ sᴜɴᴅᴀʏ (ʜᴀʀᴍᴏɴɪᴀʟ)
[ For now, he thinks. Lighter doesn't really want to dispense hope against hope in this instance, but he keeps the slightly bitter taste of that thought to himself. ]
A wasteland. A place we wrestled back from the brink of destruction. [ Caesar always had more of a way with words about it, but he supposes that's always what made her the more compelling leader. ] You know what a Hollow is?
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[His voice gentles, a participatory whisper across the partition. He wants to know more — he doesn't want to interrupt for questions that would sideline this telling, even as it aches already to hear of destruction in some other faraway place.]
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Alright. Let me tell you a story. [ A breath in which he might offer a smile, however unseen it might go. ] They're disasters. Spacial fluctuations that swallow up whatever they appear near — whole quarters, towns. Cities. Everything inside is eventually lost to Ether corruption. After the old capital fell to Hollow Zero, the new one figured out how to industrialize the Hollows and harvest Ether as an energy resource. With the right technology and the right firepower, you can go on in to recover some of what was lost. It's risky work, but lucrative.
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✧ ᴍᴀʏᴏᴜ (ᴄᴀʟᴍᴏᴍɪʟᴇ)
[ Unwise to the presence of an easily won smile... tragique. ]
Oof. [ It comes more as a noise than a word, as if he'd felt a twinge of genuine pain. ] Not the type to take prisoners, are you? I'd choose the lightning.
[ No joke. ]
Warfare aside. You bake?
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Shifting gears does a decent job of jostling her out of gently bullying her coworkers into quiet contemplation, even if she's struggling a bit to put feelings and sensations into words. ]
Yeah, a lot. It's stress relief.
[ Hmm. But why is it calming to her—? ]
Turn your brain off, let your hands do the work, listen to music... even if it's too easy to get carried away and make way too much. [ Story of her life tbh. Stress is horrible for her, but great for anyone she dumps her hoard of pastries on. ] Why, do you have a sweet tooth?
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[ He twists his glass in his hand, watching the dim light refract off its facets, the melting ice. ]
But yeah, I do. Candy is an easier choice when I'm on the road, but I won't argue with pastries.
[ And, knowing the name the game, he presses on: ]
Lemon candies helped me quit smoking.
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✧ ᴀᴠᴇɴᴛᴜʀɪɴᴇ (ᴡᴀɢᴇᴅ)
[ Lighter pauses to consider everything he knows, which is next to nothing — a laissez-faire sweetness like the honed edge of a precious jewel. But jewels don't come up out of the ground reflective like that, not with all the pressure and sediment. ]
No differently than when when we started this game. I don't know who you are, but not everyone gets to make the same choices for the same reasons.
So, let's backtrack. What's your name?
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Now now, my friend. A little unfair you're the one asking all the questions, don't you think? ( but also for all of aventurine's ability to deflate, there's only so many questions he wants to really answer. ) Why don't you give me your answer, instead? What's the worst thing you have done for money?
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Ah, alright. My bad. [ Damn, not even a name. He supposes he can live with the glance aside from his curiosity, a hum rasping shallowly in his throat. ] For me... actually. Let me ask you one more question.
Do you think it's possible to sell your soul?
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✧ ᴀᴀᴋ (ᴍᴀʟᴘᴡᴀᴄᴛɪᴄᴇ)
Ah, zombies? Like the undead guys from the movies? [ Fascinating. Boy he would probably hate to punch a zombie. Gross. ] ...What'd you even pocket? Not from them, right?
[ He has so many questions. ]
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[... so, like, he wasn't opposed on a moral level.]
I just happened to grab some medications that were lying around, bandages, [an entire centrifuge,] you know. Like video game pick-ups. In life or death situations ownership is less important!
[life or death, fuck or die, one of those comparative statments]
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✧ ᴡʀɪᴏᴛʜᴇsʟᴇʏ (ᴀʀᴍᴡʀɪᴏsᴛʟᴇ)
[ This is what happens when the Sons of Calydon are all daughters, actually. He remembers his manners real quick. His gaze cuts aside to the highlight of the button on his side of the partition, signaling that she's pressed it.
With a quiet sigh, he pushes to a stand and follows suit. ]
Alright, let's do it then. Just don't make it sound like you want me to eat out of your hands, maybe?
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Lesley isn't a petite woman by any means. The cuff might give him the form of a woman, but it didn't change the fact that he was normally six feet tall and fit as a fiddle. It translates to...well Lesley being six feet tall and fit as a fiddle.
Lighter meets a lady with wavy, dark hair, peppered with locks of white hair and instead of steel blue, they're hidden under deep emerald contacts. Make-up hides away the scars, but the callouses on her fingers give away a life of hardship either way. She's dressed in weathered, black jeans and a low cut blouse, showing off cleavage of a rather impressive chest. A few simple necklaces adorn her neck.] Oh! I didn't expect such a handsome man to apparently have such butterfingers.
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✧ ᴍᴇʀᴄᴇᴅᴇs (ᴘʟɪᴀɴᴛ)
You know what they say about idle hands... [ NOTHING NSFW ] But that's good to hear. If there's anywhere you want to go, just contact me.
As for me, it's fine. Seems like the lower floors mostly go unnoticed by our hosts, which suits me better than all the glamor. There's been a lot of complaints about the bathing arrangements, though.
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[ given that it's the basement, she doesn't think they would have the luxury of their own bathrooms. ]
You know, if you don't mind the trek, you're more than welcome to use mine.
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✧ ᴡᴇɪ ᴡᴜxɪᴀɴ (sᴜɪʙɪᴀɴ)
[ He barks a laugh in return. ]
Incredible. I would've given up. You must be pretty terrifying, actually, huh?
[ Though humor glints in his voice, it sounds like he means that. ]
It's Lighter. Yours?
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Ah, maybe so, maybe so! I'm not gonna let a bunch of old fogeys knock me down, that's for sure.
[ But right, Lighter is his name! A good name, he thinks. ]
Wei Wuxian! It's a pleasure, Lighter-gongzi. You been here a while or just arrived like me?
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✧ ᴀʟɪᴄᴇ (ᴍᴀᴅɴᴇssʀᴇᴛᴜʀɴs)
Nope. [ Half a laugh. ] But I also had to wonder how often strangers actually take each other up on these things, given the circumstances. I played my hand and look where it got me.
[ Bet more, win more. Stupid games, stupid prizes, so on and so forth. But he'd also wager that these types of facilitation games put people face to face with their predicament and dares them to push the boundary (or the button) in the interest of pulling ahead.
Funny, then. That this doesn't feel like that, capitulation melted into the delicate slope of her shoulders.
Lighter follows as if lead along by an invisible tether at her fingertips, crossing the lower partition. He sits beside her in a measured drop of his weight, arm naturally slinging itself over the back of the couch. He cocks his head. ]
You're giving me a lot of grace.
✧ ᴋᴀʙʀᴜ (ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇᴡᴀᴛᴄʜ)
[ A huff of laughter. ]
No? Well, it's fine to draw the line somewhere. Being naked too often under the sun where I'm from will get you into big trouble.
[ When he shifts, leather creases. ]
Got a lot of swimming spots to take advantage of? I've never been.
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Are you from somewhere hot?
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✧ ʀᴏʙɪɴ (ʙɪʀᴅɪɴɢ)
[ Ah, he sees. The inverted beam just before a sunset, or the silent inhalation of a firework before its burst. Something that should make him hold his breath. ]
Just so happens, I do.
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( a little peal of humored laughter, pearling just beyond the partition.)
But on second thought, I won't be so unkind as to swipe from your coveted stockpile in exchange for a no-name autograph.
Please name a fair price, sir.
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✧ ʀᴏᴋᴜʀᴏᴜ (sᴡᴏʀᴅʜᴀʀᴅʏ)
A blacksmith? [ His tone lilts upwards from its typical depth, curiosity genuine. ] Can't say I've given it any thought before, uh... now, to be precise.
Earth, though. I'm guessing there weren't a lot of Ethereals weak to it back home. You don't see many people with an affinity for it.
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[ He hums, thoughtfully. ]
Ethereals… are those like Malakhim?
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