#thefirstunicorn

[bastardsunlight]

car trouble

closed starter with @punsandfuturekingsmen

The old girl sounded like she was on her last legs, but he couldn’t afford a tow. Treating any vehicle this way was anathema to Serenity’s philosophy on life, but he didn’t have a choice—nor did he possess the equipment to do proper maintenance. There was a mechanic’s shop on the outskirts of town, not terribly far from his business, which always managed, wherever he set up shop, to perch upon the fringes of society. He kept mostly to himself, preferring the company of dogs to humans, though he was friendly enough. He did not relish the upcoming interaction, but recognize it as a necessary evil, so to speak. The vehicle snarled and coughed as he pulled in, realizing only then that he should have called ahead, or at least checked the hours of operation.

“C’mon,” he grunted, turning the vehicle off and pocketing the keys, standing and stretching from the leather seat and surveying the shop.

[bastardsunlight]

walk-ins welcome

Closed starter with @junkdrawerkids

At the sound of a viciously rattling engine pulling up to his home—the back lot, he noted—Serenity slipped off the countertop and slid the magazine he’d been perusing under the till. Glancing into one of the dog-themed mirrors that were for sale on one of a few small racks littered about the front of his dog grooming establishment, he decided his appearance was at least semi-presentable and he moved to stand behind the counter, as respectable business owners were wont to do. He was already trying to guess the breed. Corgi, his mind said. It’s a corgi.  

[bastardsunlight]

"I hope Serenity comes back. He's really cool."

He smiles crookedly, a laugh coming from his nose in one breath. Serenity has a good idea from whom this nebulous thought has come, but it won’t help to presume. 

“Service was good... I think I’ll be coming back plenty.”

anonymously confess your feelings to my muse(s)

[bastardsunlight]

stolen Jackdaw starter from @lostrobingang 

In the small city where the groomer had taken up long-time residence, carnivals and fairs were the norm. This one felt different somehow and Serenity was drawn to it, entranced by it. He’d wandered around the midway, chewing on cotton candy and simply people watching, ‘til the fortune teller’s tent caught his eye and held it right up to the moment he had walked in. 

This was no Madam So-And-So dog and pony show; every cell in his body told him this immediately. Finishing off the pink floss, he had continued deeper until he came into contact with the fortune teller himself. His exposition was fascinating and not wrong--at all. 

It cut deep.

“I reserve the right to my own foolishness,” responded Serenity, seating himself across the table from the man. Even in broad daylight, this place held a certain mystique. 

[bastardsunlight]

About Serenity

Serenity

Era of emergence: primordial Species: elemental Gender: male Aspect: the brightness (lightning, put in laymen’s terms)

Bio: Serenity is one of the only pronounceable names he’s ever known and thus far, the humans to whom he’s introduced himself have been, at the least, taken aback at it. For his own amusement, therefore, he retains it. He is one of very few elementals left in the mortal plane, many having left for what mortals might refer to as the world of the fae and relative safety. In the days of magic, when the world was saturated with it, he and his kind moved among them as beasts, worshipped as gods and feared. Now, he owns and operates a dog grooming business out of the back of his house and contents himself sudsing poodles.

Appearance: The beast walks in the form of a man with dark eyes and hair, usually bearded. When he is united with his talisman (a horn, in this case), he is a white, horse-like creature with cloven hooves, a lion’s tail and a long, lance-like horn protruding from his forehead. He is what humans have taken to calling a “unicorn”. 

Personality: A sharp sense of humor. He keeps the name, but no longer remembers how he received it, only that it was, at some point, dear to him. Having walked amongst the humans long and long, he has developed a semi-human sense of morality, though if someone were to assign him a DnD alignment, it would be decidedly chaotic good.

Tag: thefirstunicorn

[rueliveson]

OMG I WAS WITH THE KATNISS YOU TOOK A SELFIE WITH REMEMBER ME?!?!

YOU!

YOU ARE ALSO MY FAVE

BECAUSE WE GOT A SELFIE