#||. defined reality

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horror + HC

So nothing really GETS to Dri. As far as horror stories go. Maybe they did, back when he was a kid, but given enough years of seeking out thrill it all starts to water down after a while.

Stories aren't anything. He doesn't, generally, read or watch fiction at all these days. Reality is where it's at.

Even so, with enough downtime, there ARE stories he'll engage with, at least a little - and those are usually gonna be horror.

They have no merit to him, personally-- but he enjoys them on a core level, the fact of their existence. One that sticks out to me is how he doesn't care for hit series Animal Crossing, but he was told about some creepypasta about it, and suddenly nothing is more interesting than that! bc it's funny. bc it's human. bc ghost stories gotta be etched into everything. bc he wants to know what they came up with, and why, and what makes it compelling, and who finds it compelling, and whether he can be rendered at their mercy or not, and how much to laugh when it fails.

his favorite stories are plausibly real, or at least told in such a way that they can ALMOST get him to believe it. The key is almost -- As soon as it's confirmed real, it's not interesting anymore, that's just another stupid paranormal thing. When it's made up, but plays on psychology, fear, the unexplained, the need for answers, the inability to firmly deny -- and when it does such a good job that even he starts to feel doubt, that's interesting!

A movie or a book will never achieve that, though. creepypastas, args, never - just by nature of being firmly fiction. Rumors, whispers, campfire stories will.

His FAVORITE is the Iki Ningyo story

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So! It's pretty verse dependent, but Dri's able to possess bodies. I'll explain that a leetle more.

His true body is, in fact, a snake. It's coiled somewhere in his world. It's lived a hundred years and will live a couple thousand more probably, if left alone. If ever ejected from another body, he comes straight back to this one, so whatever happens in the human world is fine.

His main body, (blond, 5'4,) was given to him by his god Susanoo so that he can better to do his job as one of their world's Sentries. I could explain more of it later, but in simplest terms, he acts as something of a shepherd to their snakes.

This job is easier done with hands and legs and stuff. It also helps to maneuver in the human world if he looks like them. So, he and his brother get presents.

The body acts pretty human - able to be harmed normally, for example - but it ages veeeeery slowly. Its metabolism is also weird, so he can get away with eating less. It's oddly energetic and agile for how little he takes care of it, really-- sustained by a god, it moves with something of an eternal youth, avoiding the settlement of bones and muscles that lead to aches and slowness. but at a glance, there's nothing revealing to be noticed about him.

His Seth body (brown hair, 5'7) was............ grown in a lab?? tube style??? in the og kagepreo verse this was done by kenjirou, obviously. but in main it's been switched to Hideo. This was done by request (and threats), and their relationship maintains that anything that happens to this or any of his bodies will be seen to by Hideo. This is his main point of getting away with shit.

This body runs differently- It does need to eat more, for one, being not sustained by a god. But when he's not using it, it essentially goes into a coma. He tries to visit it at least once a day to maintain some level of strength and flexibility. It's easy to end up with bedsores, unfortunately -- he ignores them. But it does leave this body with a degree of weakness that he doesn't love. I have health complications :(, he'll say, dying every night

But yeah functionally, the body borders on shutting down entirely. I think it grows, at what would be a normal human rate, if it were consistently alive - but it's more or less paused when he's not in it, slowing the rate of growth a bit.

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He's capable of possessing humans. He finds it a hassle, since it leaves his preferred body empty and exposed, and, if they manage to maintain consciousness, he has to fight them for dominance. It's also just straight up tricky to do. There's potentially interesting and fun things about it, and he might be inclined to in the right situation - but it's so off his radar he normally forgets it's an option.

Unless- something drastic happens to the body he's using, and he needs another one in the vicinity. He'll do it without hesitation then.

He possessed Kathe when she was younger. She's a case study on what can happen in that situation.

The dead giveaway between any of the bodies is that his right eye is distinctly red. and glows softly when using his portal abilities. the other eye remains what's natural for the body, but the right will always change. He wears contacts when he goes out as 'Seth', which covers the color, but can't hide the glow if used.

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ADRIANE'S FAVORITE FILMS. ( add 3-6 films you think your muse would like and tag a friend or two. )

I've blanked !! on every movie !!! ever made !!! so these aren't his favorites, but they're probably up there

colorful - it's just really good. rare that he can sit back and just appreciate something. even took some of its messages to heart? very rare for him ! knives out - hc that his dad got psyched over it and sat the family down and yknow what it was fun as hell. Lots of bonus came from his dad being a nerd, but yo a good mystery is a good mystery death note (netflix) - I just drew blaaankkkkk but tbh he loves to laugh at it. he doesn't have many of those. it was so bad

/ the nerd mostly uses tv to keep up with news. I think his real favorites would be more academic. think-pieces. mystery or horror (really picky about it). some documentaries maybe. I haven't watched enough jp films to know his real picks.

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(Well, I mean. his BODY can die. Historically, though, he's known two freak doctors who can heal the body enough for him to repossess it, so it's fine-- Though socially, it's a little awkward. Dying and coming back. Hard not to blow cover. :(

But to actually die, you'd have to get to his snake body, which is hidden in the other world, so-- (๑•̀؂ <๑)✧ )

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what's up squad I've had major writer's block ! & just when I started getting the urge back I got sick. I want to though ! Maybe I'll manage a little.

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In the meantime I'm thinking about Dri's age. Snakes like him age roughly 1 year to every 8 in the human world, as the feeling of time passes somewhat differently in the world he comes from. So, he's been around 130+ years, placing him -physically- around 16-17, in human terms.

mentally, he's spent scattered chunks of time in the human world. conscious and experiencing and growing, and feeling the effects of time the way we do. The past few years have been the longest consecutive stretch of time he's ever had here. The result is very weird. He still feels 16ish fairly often, but he mostly feels 20+ish, since he's experienced (at least 4) (10+ if we meta) - more years since starting this. He also feels 130ish, sometimes.

So, another reason he likes Seth is bc that body lets him feel closer to his mental age.

But, his normal body comes with the joy of being underestimated. It's give and take.

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music + HC

Even though I have a lot of songs that I associate with him, there's very little music that Dri actually listens to. He just doesn't have much interest, barring a few moments scattered throughout the year where a mood strikes him.

When he does listen, though, he can't deny that it feels somewhat assuring. The complex emotions he can't pin are bundled up and released back to him. It feels a little dangerous. Well-- As long as it's the right song; There's a lot out there that just don't strike him at all. But they make for nice a background, I guess.

Anyway I see people posting playlists sometimes. Is that allowed? This is Dri's. idk.

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Hate(red), Obsession, and Love + HC >:3c tell me More

you want me dead !!!!!!

fine. ok. listen. Continuing off of this post. All three are deeply intermingled, and fit nearly the same in his heart.

It's so much more vulnerable than he lets on. This not even out of a desire to hide it, necessarily -- like, to some extent, yeah, but after years of defecting from his very self, Dri just doesn't plainly express what he actually feels. He barely knows what he feels.

Hatred is not a palatable feeling, far as he can tell; it stirs his heart and fills him with fury. The rare times it actually strikes him. And yet he burrows into it; it's a fascinating thing to find within himself. He can't help but want to hold onto it. Let it tear him apart and rip through his limbs and push him to swing the knife with a true meaning behind it.

Love is quite palatable! He thinks. Traditionally, it's deemed so. He loves to cuddle up to the lucky few, display this pure affection of his as something sweet and cute and dear, rather than the sticky sludge that fills the space between his ribs. This sense of confusion-- This sense of need.

Obsession. Obsession? He's woefully, pitifully, beautifully obsessed.

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He craves for more people to hate him. He loves when people hate him. Does he hate when people love him? He's actually so damn needy.

I wonder if his cravings to be hated is a little more like this: On a level he doesn't even register, he long to feel equally obsessed over, as he's felt for so many others. In his experience, it's the ones who hate who often spend their time toiling over the 'hated', whereas those who love, as far as he's seen, only let themselves toil to that extent when it's a 'romantic' love, specifically ; which he's not interested in.

If people are more likely to hate unabashedly, then hate him? Moreover, fighting is a good use of that burning kinetic energy in your body, right? That crazy, tingly feeling that 'obsession' leaves you with?

Something like that. Something, something! It's all too much.

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Fathers + HC

What is a 'father', anyway? One could count the number of ''fathers'' he's encountered and come away with what, 7? 8? The normal number of dads.

They've all had profound influence over him, though.

I'm thinking about Ivon right now, Kathe's father -- Who by some technicality could be deemed 'his' father too, over the brief period wherein he was, kindly, a parasite dug well into Kathe's life.

He's agonized over it. Did this man influence him? This pathetic, useless, nothing of a man? Of course he did. Every beautiful and hideous thing he shares with Kathe is owed to the breaths run damp and dank through this man's lungs.

Is this the influence of a father? That you can be absolutely worthless as a man, as a human being, and still fall upon the end of your days having your touch ripple out upon the lake? The children you hailed over still live lives that you shaped. They're not at your mercy, you died by their hands -- And yet. And yet?

Dri was fond of himself, and this 'livelihood' he's found in this world. He copied his father-- (his current father, at least! one of his favorites~! )-- and mimicked this role of a 'detective', loosely. Noncommittally~ His nosy self had always been this way, but only after looking upon ' Dimitri ' did he start considering anything in this professional realm seriously. And look at him now!

-- He realized that Ivon was a P.I. as well.

Isn't that just disgusting?