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[eternalcutie]

Who: czeslaw and you???
Where: various locations in aldrip
What: czeslaw's adventures in february.
Warnings: implied violence? that's about it.

nerding out

[czeslaw sits at a table in the aldrip library, mostly hidden by several stacks of books. they bear titles such as "history of aldrip", "beasts of aldrip", "natural history", "biology", "physics". should one go looking behind the piles, they will find czeslaw deeply engrossed in a book about chemistry. it seems a little...advanced? for his apparent age? he can't be older than ten or eleven. his feet barely scrape the floor from his seat.]


relaxing on the docks

[despite the cold weather, czeslaw has convinced some local spot to serve him a luridly pink popsicle. he sits on the edge of a dock, just far enough out for his feet to be dangling over the water, and enjoys the bustle of people hurrying around him. he seems to be really enjoying that popsicle, too. savoring every lick.

should you wander to close to him, he looks up with a gentle smile.]

Sorry, am I in the way?


Panik

[near the edge of the forest, a strange, high pitched sound can be heard. it is, of course, czeslaw screaming his lungs out. he's running, too, sprinting in fact. he's surprisingly fast for someone of his size, but that's probably because he's motivated - he was just walking through the woods when he stumbled onto a human-sized plant that starting growling at him. it didn't even have time to try and bite him - czeslaw was long gone by that point. no way in hell he was sticking around to get eaten by a monster!!

are you unfortunate enough to be near the screaming either in the woods or right outside them? czeslaw literally dives behind you as soon as he spots you, screaming ceasing as he gasps for breath.]

M-monster!! Monster!!

[he's pointing wildly behind him.]

Comments

panik;

[dorotabeau]

[Kabane doesn't recognize the frantic blur that dives behind him, but when he hears the word "monster", he decides he doesn't need to. He quickly extends a gloved hand, protecting the poor victim from any potential projectiles, and bends his knees in preparation for both fight and flight. Not one moment of hesitation seeps through the crack between his calm expression and the intensity in his stance.

He keeps his gaze trained in the direction the guy had been pointing, doesn't even attempt to make eye contact as he asks, in all seriousness:]

Do you think I could win if I fought it?

[Apparently, he expects this poor stranger to read his mind and know exactly how strong he is. Welp.]

[eternalcutie]

Fought it?? Why would you?? We should run!

[he's tugging on the back of kabane's shirt even as he catches his breath.]

It was huge!

[...lots of things are huge when you're czeslaw's size. to be fair.]

[dorotabeau]

[At 4'11, Kabane isn't too tall either, but he's already fought enough giant monsters that he doesn't immediately comprehend why this other kid is bringing up size at all. Lucky for Czeslaw, he doesn't have to. Rather than wasting time on figuring out all the details, Kabane's strong suit is charging head first in whatever direction he's pointed toward.

When he's told to run, he gears up to do exactly that.]

Got it.

[Just those two words. Then he grabs the kid's suit collar and kicks off with inhuman speed. He drags his poor victim behind him all the way to the city center. Only then does he trust they'll be safe.]

[eternalcutie]

[czeslaw barely brushes up against 4 feet tall, so he really is in the short leagues. but more importantly-]

Wha--

[czeslaw shrieks lightly as he's whipped off his feet and dragged along. holy shit, this is like being on a roller coaster without a restraint. czeslaw is not a fan!! he gasps for breath when they stop, trembling slightly from adrenaline. of course, any scolding he might have offered dies unspoken as he realizes where they are.]

O-oh...thank you.

[dorotabeau]

[Kabane nods, proud of himself for earning that "thank you". He even reaches out to steady Czelaw's shoulders. It's just too bad that he completely misinterprets the poor guy's distress.]

You don't have to be scared anymore. Even if the monster followed us, there are lots of strong people here. They'll stop it.

[eternalcutie]

D-do you really think it could have followed that?

[they were going so fast!!]

[dorotabeau]

I don't know. [Hilariously matter-of-fact.] I didn't see the monster.

[eternalcutie]

It...didn't seem very fast, so...

[he's still trembling a bit. adrenaline.]

But it was a monster! It tried to eat me!

[that's a very generous retelling of what happened, but okay. go off czes.]