A day passed. More dead. Caleb hadn't had time to enter town during the day, only deeming it necessary to be there for the vote again. He wasn't responsible for this town's rights or wrongs, he didn't owe them help, so he just observed. Intending to leave as soon as possible.
But after the vote he got into pleasant conversation with another townsmember. An actor. Luca Calloway. He invited the other for some fishing and he had accepted. And... they had a really enjoyable time. Though they didn't catch any fish, conversation was pleasant and warm..
They talked well into the night, and by then it would be too dangerous for Luca to walk back to his own house alone. So Caleb offered for him to stay over in the spare bed he had on board. In a few short hours, Caleb had grown fond of Luca in a way he hadn't been for anyone in years.
[Luca Calloway is the in game character of the lovely @lucalunx :)]
[first part]
The yaoi begins... somewhat coincidentally, nearly all of the people killed by the vampires thus far were one side of a couple, so they were essentially creating doomed yaoi and yuri lol. And they continued with this treck for quite some time, so even though Caleb and Luca were just friends until the end, we still felt very much in danger even this early on ':)
i was um.. a little preoccupied with the traitors event in the juice cafe discord for a while. (Even tho its over and has been over for awhile, shut up.) But i realise i havent posted any of the art i made for it, so im gonna be slowly doing that for the next few... while.
(i made quite a bit. And i will be making more... also feels wrong to have it all in a single dump.)
Lets just just start with my character eh? (THE BURNING BACKGROUND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HIM ITS JUST CUS FLAT COLOUR FELT TOO BORING LOL)
[10/11/xx25]
Meet Caleb Watersted [human]. A humble fisherman who travels alone on a small boat. He arrived at the dock of Juiceville the night of the 9th(start of event) and first entered town morning of the 10th, only to discover, with a number of others, one of the townspeople missing.
Newspaper also spoke of a cow drained of blood being found the previous day, so there were rumors of vampires circling in town.
As the day went on, chatter continued. There was a detective trying to solve the case to little progress, but what no one expected was for another unfortunate soul to drop dead from an unknown poison in broad daylight.
That evening in the town square they were forced to vote. Gods or deitis(mods) who had gathered in the town, seemingly to witness a show, were forcing them to vote to exile 2 towns members in order to hopefully figure out who had killed and kidnapped in town. But with little clues and no evidence, all that got accomplished were baseless accusations. One being accused decided to quit entirely and essentially exile themselves. The other was was nactive and deemed unuseful.
the whole situation left... a bitter taste in Caleb's bouth. it dredged up memories he'd rather not remeber. but with the vote over, he retired back to his boat for the night. all he needed to do was get enough supplise to make it to the next dock, then he could leave. Surely this action wouldn't have consequences... right?
[next part]
Also gonna explain the actual rules of the game real quick. Its like blood on the clocktower. Or maffia or werewolves or any version of that game. we started with 72 players. There was an unknown ammount of vampires to start in the town. Each irl night people would die(1 to 4, usually 1 or 2), the next day someone would get poisoned(someone the vampire had to interact with directly. also 1 to 4) Our job as humans was to figure out who were doing the killing by voting out 2 people each evening.
It wasnt entirely intended to be a roleplay event but thats what it very quickly turned into lol. Dallie made a map of the town, Grove was doing actual newspapers, people took on occupations and formed relationships(....), there were genuinely so many cool storied that came out of it, i regret not having kept up with more of them.
Every moment he was awake(and most he was asleep), he was terrified.
Terrified of losing Luca...
He hated every moment that they were still in danger. He's put everything on the line for a chance of saving him. Put himself on the line. The guilt gnawed at him, told him he wasnt doing good enough. Then how could he do that to Luca? Dare try to take his happyness away by putting himself in danger after he'd promised to take him with him.
Then Luca puthimself in danger when he brought out the evidence for one of the few remaining vampires. He was so proud of him but also wanted nothing more than to take him away, hide from any danger.
But nothing had felt worse than the day Caleb couldn't be at the vote. He knew his leg had been protesting from the beginning, the pain gradually increasing the more days he spent moving about on land. Then it finally reached a point where he just couldn't get up.
He did manage to limp his way there eventually, and then suddenly it was... over. They won.. Luca, Star and another rather reclusive townsmember, Olive had narrowed it down to the 4 of them. And they were all humans. They won.... But the town used to be full of life. and now there were 4. It didn't feel like a win...
Caleb tried not to think about it. Instead he was keeping Luca company while the other packed. [the thought of being alone right now made him feel ill.] They were going to sail together. Caleb got a chuckle out of Luca still not getting what that meant to him. For how oblivious the other was being, he didn't exactly want to admit it either though.
Then in a split second decision he wanted to make Luca realise. Realise just how much he cared about him.
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Caleb: "Pfft. You're an idiot." He was smiling looking at him
(the scene itself:)
(Caleb called Luca 'Love' the day before, and Luca thought it was "just a sailor thing")
Luca: “…okay wait so how was I supposed to take that??? I’m.. actually really lost now.” He scratched the back of his neck confused.
Caleb: "Take it as.. i want to spend the rest of my life with you. You make me happy." he was genuine
Luca: “Oh I mean I want to spend the rest of my life with you too! I mean, that’s why I agreed to go sailing with you.” Luca smiled, a cheerful tone in his voice
Caleb: Caleb burst out giggling, talking to hilself between breaths, though loud enough Luca could hear. "I cant believe you're gonna make me say it."
Luca: Luca couldn’t help but laugh himself, though very much confused. Caleb’s laugh was infectious. “Make you say what????” He spoke in between giggles nearly doubling over in laughter.
Caleb: "Oh my lordddd, whyyy" Still to himself, now with his face buried in his hands out of embarrassment. He managed to calm down and take a moment to think how to answer. He looked at Luca affectionately. "... You know what, its fine. Lets just. Get going once you're done."
Luca: “No no no wait, say what??? You can’t just say that and then NOT say something!!!” He stood up straight, speaking very loud per usual, but this seemed a little different. He was curious.
Caleb: Caleb saw the opportunity and took it. He stood up wordlessly, walked straight up to Luca and gave him a small kiss on the cheek.
