I put this in an ask for @five-and-dimes but Tumblr ate it so I’m typing what I remember it saying: Instead of faking his death especially in the current years, Hob could’ve used makeup, or hair dye (or bleach and also a razor/scissors) to look like he’s aging or to look different (beards too). It kinda looks like he has grey at his temples at the new inn (hopefully he isn’t just aging slowly) he (as most disaster bi beings could also switch gender?) he could adapt different accents or use semi permanent plastic surgery (Botox injections don’t last I believe) or use diy temporary hacks like face lift tape 😂 also moles/beauty marks, scars, birthmarks, freckles, age spots…
Either dream doesn’t recognize him or does.
Options of what dream walks into the new inn seeing:
Hob with personality change and like different ticks and accents and mannerisms
I’m on the run as a fugitive buzzcut hob
Middle aged woman version of hob
Bleached ramen noodle Justin Timberlake hair hob
Dyed grey hair (this scares dream because maybe he’s chosen that this is his last life and is dying but isn’t)
DIY lip fillers gone wrong New Jersey accent hob
(Crack but also tiny angst if dream thinks he’s choosing to die soon) Meticulously shaving (wax/cream hair removal things) and planning bald spots and receding hairline that gets progressively worse (hob makes sure it looks real every morn before he goes out and has anxiety that if he stays out too long someone will notice the stubble (that most certainly isn’t thinning) growing back in) (after dream finds him and they relocate together hob jokes about how bad it will be to grow it back out and that he can’t just shape-shift like the shaper of forms)
