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[before]

[Red was overdue for a female switch it seems, as that's what he currently is. Oddly enough, he also has a pair of horns coming out of his skull (though scaled to better fit on a human head, of course), and there are a few bats clinging to them. He's standing in front of a fire that is giving off a whole lot of oddly green smoke, and the whole thing smells sort of sickeningly sweet. What in the hell is he burning?]

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[dawnrise]

[Hey look it's Riku. She's coming up with her shirt pulled up over her nose. From what can be seen of her face, she looks perplexed and somewhat disgusted.]

What are you doing?

[before]

Satanic rituals.

[One of the bats is going to flit over to say hello to Riku. Red just grins sharply at her, then turns back to the fire.]

Would you believe it's a funeral pyre?

[dawnrise]

[Her eyebrows go up, and her head jerks back when the bat comes over. She holds an arm up over her head, and it's free to land on it if it wants. Hell if she knows how his bats work.]

Maybe. Why would you need one?

[before]

Nothing huge. One of my snakes got loose and ate something she shouldn't have. Pretty sure if I buried her she would have killed all the plantlife in the area while decomposing. This way I was able to toss in a little something that'll make her harmless to the area.

[He's so considerate. The sickeningly sweet smell is all the poison in there, neutralized in such a way that it is absolutely okay to inhale the air around here. Aside from the normal smoke-related health hazards.]

[dawnrise]

[Yeah, okay, she's back to holding the collar of her shirt up over her nose and mouth, in that case. I mean, she doesn't know if it's okay to breathe it or not. Besides, it smells disgusting.]

Sorry for your loss, then.

[before]

[He waves a hand, obviously not too broken up about it.]

It happens. I should have made sure her tank was more secure, but whatever.

[dawnrise]

[She didn't think he was that upset. It's not really like him. Time for a change of subject.]

Mm... What's with the horns?

[cyanbars.livejournal.com]

[She does not know, but she's already watching him when she comes out of a nearby building, heading his way.]

[before]

[If he's noticed her, he's not saying anything, of course. Or even looking in her direction at all, just staring into the flames.]

[cyanbars.livejournal.com]

[Damn. She's not good at starting conversations, friendly or otherwise. Of course, there's a ninety percent chance this is going to fall into the 'otherwise'.]

What is that?

[before]

Which that would you be referring to? If you mean this,

[He gestures to the flames.]

It's called a fire.

[cyanbars.livejournal.com]

I get that--

[She cuts off abruptly, her attention back on Red.]

Are you a girl?

[before]

Yep.

[And so calm about it, too. Next thing you know she'll be mentioning his horns!]

It happens occasionally.

[hellhathnotfury.livejournal.com]

[She'll just appear in a flurry of, well, fire, and a dark corridor.]

Lovely horns you've got. [Completely serious and honest, yes.]

[before]

[He doesn't even blink an eye at her appearance. His response is so dry.]

Thanks.

[hellhathnotfury.livejournal.com]

How'd you get 'em? [She's more curious about the horns than the fire or anything else.]

[before]

Magic.

[He wiggles his fingers. ~So mysterious~.]

[hellhathnotfury.livejournal.com]

[She laughs a little.]

Of course.

They look a bit heavy.

[before]

Nah, they're alright.

[His gaze travels back to the fire, because he's not a huge fan of Axels as is; staring at a distinctly odd-proportioned one is not exactly high on his to-do list.]

[falltoshadow.livejournal.com]

Ugh. For a moment I thought you were Maleficent.

[Coming from him, it's disputable whether that's a compliment or an insult.]

[before]

I'm insulted.

[Honestly, he has way better taste. One of the bats chirps, which seems to be a cue to the others as they all take off. They do not like Riku, apparently.]

[falltoshadow.livejournal.com]

[He watches them go with a frown, crossing his arms.]

Horns, green smoke... She preferred a crow to bats though.

[before]

I know.

[He's played the games, after all.]

The green's not magic here, though.

[falltoshadow.livejournal.com]

What is it, then?

[He hasn't come much closer. He's a little weirded out by Red being female.]

[before]

Just a few things tossed together to negate some poison so it doesn't get mixed in with the smoke.