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  lie ren + fragile/agile i'm not standing still, i am lying in wait affiliated with citta alveare  

[heechulmi]

It was a rather nice day. At least in this sector. Actually Guy hadn’t figured out if the weather was actually weather or some simulation and whether or not it was uniform over the entire city or just sector specific—it was on his ‘to find out’ list—but regardless of the mechanism behind it, it was a fine day. A fine day in a strange place. Examining what looked to be job flyer he felt someone’s hand on his shoulder, prompting him to turn around.

Guy blinked in confusion as he came face to face with a complete stranger. The other person looked a bit disappointed which made him smile a tiny bit. ❝Sorry for not being the person you mistook me for,❞ he said good humouredly, ❝I mean, I’d be disappointed to see me too.❞ He hoped his joking demeanour would put the stranger at ease and make him forget any sort of embarrassment he might feel. ❝I’m Guy, by the way. I just, uh, I guess you could say ‘moved’ here.❞ He held out his hand with a grin.

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Ren expected the other to simply shrug him off and go about his business, not this sudden enthusiasm. The people weren’t exactly the friendliest around here. He was still quite embarrassed he had mistaken the man for someone else but his warm smile and casual manner put him at ease.

Still, Ren wasn’t all that good at small talk and wasn’t quite sure what to say. Even if it were Sun, he hadn’t exactly thought that far ahead and acted on an impulse approaching the man.

“My apologies, I didn’t mean to disturb you.” He bowed stiffly and fell silent for a few seconds, trying to compose himself and follow up to his reply. 

Right, he should probably introduce himself since Guy had given him his name.

“I’m Ren, and I guess you could say the same for me.” He replied with a sheepish smile. “I’m pretty new here myself.”

[postumbrarex]

Maxwell grinned, a short, harsh laughter escaping his lips. That sense of apprehension, that uneasy look in those eyes, it’s exactly what Maxwell lived for.

Absolutely perfect, that’s what that was.

“Come, come! There’s no reason to look so tense! It’s your lucky day, pal! Your lucky day indeed! A chance of a lifetime to enjoy the wonders of the amazing Theatre of Shadows, and at no cost for you!”

Leaning in closer, one could quite easily see quite a vicious glint in Maxwell’s eyes.

“Sounds good, yes? Very good, yes?”

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Even a child would be wise enough to run away now. The man was nothing short of suspicious with his unsettling toothy grin and the predatory look in his eyes. Ren knew the man had him locked in the middle of his cross-hairs and it would be difficult to escape — he seemed to be the kind of person who always got their way. He was a bit terrified at what the man could do to him if he refused.

“Well, if it’s free I suppose I could spare a few minutes...”

He had to admit though, the shadiness of the entire ordeal made him even more curious. It wouldn’t hurt to take a tiny peek, would it?

[postumbrarex]

“Say, pal… you don’t look so good…”

As if by some strange occurance, seemingly without coincidence, Maxwell appeared behind this young man. Someone who had been eyeing his theatre for a moment but was bit… concerned about whether or not to enter. Oh this won’t do. This won’t do at all.

“What’s the matter, pal? Quaking in your boots?”

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Ren spun around in reflex to face the source of the voice. His eyes widened at the sight of the man, who stood quite tall compared to him. How long was he even standing there behind him? Surely he would’ve noticed a presence as looming as his.

“I... Ehr...”

He tried to find the words to politely reply to the man but he found himself, quite literally, quaking in his boots.

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@raazingphoenix

He caught a glimpse of the young man from afar: the blonde hair and tan skin. Could it possibly be...?

They weren’t exactly the best of friends back in Remnant and he barely knew anything about the monkey faunus but Ren found himself gravitating towards anything familiar to desperately cling onto ever since he wound up here. He waved at the blonde but the others gaze went past him. 

He frowned and lowered his hand after the guy turned away. Surely Sun would recognize him from the few times they’d interacted — or was he just that unremarkable? He sighed; he would usually leave it alone and walk away at that but he’d never found himself this desperate before either.

He reached the man in a few quick strides, gently placing his hand on the others shoulder to get his attention.

“Excuse me, I-”

Getting a closer look at the man as he turned around to face him, Ren suddenly noticed the very distinct lack of tail — or any other features resembling his friend other than skin color and hair (He wasn’t even that tan).

“Oh.”

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@tenebrisexordium

Ren wasn’t exactly a theatre buff, but there was something amiss about this one (As if the name of the establishment wasn’t already sketch enough).

He jumped back in surprise as a loud shriek sounded from behind the closed doors to the theatre. He revised his previous statement: there definitely was something horribly wrong with this one.

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@topheavybrawler

"Fascinating...” 

Ren watched as the tendrils loosely wrapped themselves around his fingers, caressing his skin. He’s never seen flowers like these before; they seemed to have a mind of their own. He had been wandering District Zeta for quite a while now, losing himself in the dense foliage the entire sector seemed to be covered with. Ren in a state of distress decided the moment he wound up in the city that he was sick of surprises; he’d had enough excitement to last him a lifetime. 

But the awe he felt when he discovered the district teeming with nature that his own lacked certainly wasn’t unpleasant. He decided then that, perhaps, Hive City wasn’t all that bad and he didn’t mind a little excitement in his life — pleasant surprises.

Speaking of pleasant surprises... He spotted a blur of gold out of the corner of his eye — a burning gold that he was all too familiar with. He stood up in a rush, excited to find something familiar in the overwhelmingly foreign city, forgetting the tendrils still wrapped around his hand. The plant didn’t seem to enjoy being yanked all of the sudden and tightened its hold around him, digging into his flesh with thorns that sprung out of nowhere.

“Ow!”

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The creatures themselves weren’t particularly horrendous; the Grimm he was used to fighting were much more fearsome beasts and the terror he felt from destruction of Beacon was far greater than his current confusion. But there was something — no, various things about them that unsettled him. Their vaguely humanoid forms, their silence, the way they shambled about; he shivered at the recollection. While he got over the initial shock of encountering one for the first time, Ren found himself in a rush to get to his assigned hut and away from, well, whatever they were.

The moment he stepped inside his housing, Ren collapsed to the floor out of breath. He didn’t have the energy to go into a mini panic attack every time he bumped into those things — they were practically everywhere in District Alpha. It would take some getting used to but this was too much excitement and change for him to handle in a day.

The world can wait; he was tired.

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hello everyone! im obviously new here so leave a like for a starter from the unproblematic flower child, capping at 3. if you have any rp ideas feel free to send an ask/message here or at my personal (lazylazuli). i’ll probably get to them after finishing up a short introduction drabble tho! thanks!!

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