KING OF DEMONS

king clawthorne of isola radiale

[titansclaw]

KING CLAWTHORNE         ( THE OWL HOUSE )

baby. baby boy.

technically a god-like being? we’re still working on that.

loves his mom and big sister to the ends of the earth.

used to think he was a king. doesn’t anymore, but kept the name.

literally a child. really. he’s like eight.

enjoys belly rubs, but only from luz.

just a little lad. a wee creature. an ankle-biter, if you will.

likes to yell and is not afraid to show it.

has the most adorable squeak of rage.

a little traumatized, a little sad, but we can fix that.

[titansclaw]

( curseshared​. )

“King?!”

There’s a genuine shock at the sight of him—not just because he’s barrelled right into her legs. Lilith hasn’t seen the little Titan in months, and some part of her held a quiet fear that they would never meet again.

That might be why, when she realizes he’s running from someone, instinct takes over before she can think to ask questions.

“Hold on,” she warns, though it’s unnecessary as she already feels his little claws gripping her shirt. And in an instant she’s readied her staff to take off, carrying them both high into the air.

        despite the excitement, king was careful to keep his claws firmly in her shirt and decidedly away from skin, even as they shot up into the sky fast enough to pull a startled ‘weh!’ from him. despite the jarring movement, he was used to eda’s erratic flying, and was able to stay firmly lodged on lilith’s shoulder until she leveled them out enough to relinquish his death grip enough to no longer worry about tearing her shirt. for a moment afterward, he was still, fur puffed and adrenaline rushing through him, before king managed to shake himself slightly and lean forward far enough to fit lilith into his point of view.

    ❝ lilith! ❞ his eyes crinkled as he smiled, pressing his bony cheek against hers. he had found luz, and eda, and now her. with every familiar face, he relaxed just a little more, could breathe just a little easier, in knowing they were okay. ❝ you were really cool then! ❞

[titansclaw]

        he spotted clover, first. she was nearly impossible to miss, fluttering gently among the flowers dotted throughout the park. even amonst the other bees buzzing merrily through the blooms, she was still visibly much larger, and so stuck out like a sore thumb to king’s searching eyes. the sight of her made him jolt to his feet, tail puffed and muscles stiff as he gave a ‘weh!’ of surprise. because if clover was here, then surely... almost the moment the thought was complete, king turned his head, and sure enough. he watched willow reach out her hands to cup her palisman momentarily in them, took in her smile and the way she still kept her hair in pigtails. he could not help but think of her the last time he’d seen her: afraid, hurt, caught in the door between the demon and human realms. he remembered the way he’d napped in her lap, on the airship. the careful way she’d soothed and petted him, when he’d woken up from his strange dream.

    he found himself... wanting her to do that again. to have that moment of lulled safety, again. and so he took one step, and then another, and then another, until he was running to willow. small puffs of breath left him, and by the time he’d reached her, had skidded to a halt at her feet, he was nearly panting.

    ❝ willow! ❞ there was uncertainty there, in his voice, in the slight wobble of his chin. he stood there for a moment, awkwardly. after all, she was more luz’s friend than king’s... but she had been kind to him, and to luz. ❝ um, are you... okay? ❞

@floraversed​ — you're my friend! boogie woogie woogie

[titansclaw]

( ironwills​. )

  “ Ah yes that was the word they called it! ” his ears and tail perking up,like how they do in the ‘eureka!’ emote

 “ Ch….Christ-Mast! That was it! To be honest their version sounds more……Appealing than ours…..I do not want the thought of him breaking into my living space ”

    ❝ ‘him’? don’t tell me you also have a weird old guy who breaks into your houses on ‘miss. there’s no way it’s that common. ❞ he was pretty sure luz would have told him if that was the case. ❝ well, at least it’s something i’ll never have to deal with. ❞ no weird old man was getting past hooty.

[titansclaw]

( ironwills​. )

  “ Tis not that odd to me…..I have learned they seem to have similar traditions to my Star just under different names…..I am guessing this ‘december’ tradition is……Ah forgive me the name is escaping me since I know it as Starlight…. ”

    ❝ chris miss! it’s called chris miss! ❞ so close, but so far. ❝ they let some old guy break into their houses, and steal all their snacks and cow drink! can you believe it?! that would never happen on the boiling isles. ❞

[titansclaw]

( ironwills​. )

  “ Ah,one is guessing this is what the people here call their Moons……I am still learning seeing as back on my Star we do not have this…..’November month’ ”

    ❝ eh, i wouldn’t worry about it too much. humans always have a bunch of weird traditions. wait until you hear about what they do in december. ❞

[ironwills]

  “ I am….confused on this star’s customs as it is but……..Do I really want to ask what this ‘November’ thing is? ”

[titansclaw]

    ❝ i know that one! it’s a human month! ❞

[linachuu]

siblings

[titansclaw]

( strigistricken​. )

Eda still wasn’t so adept with human technology as the younger witches who’d gotten acclimated to this place, even though her cumulative time was probably much greater. Scrolls she understood just fine, but these phones in comparison just had way too many features to accidentally trigger.

Still, she’d figured it all out enough to use the features she wanted when she needed to. She’d found a bench in the park to crash on- one of the nearby bars she liked to hit up wasn’t open for about a little over a half hour, so she wanted to spend that time browsing humiliating videos on MewTube. The site may have featured the largest conglomeration of adorable pet videos known to man or witchkind, but seeing somebody make a complete fool of themselves in public was always fun too. Owlbert didn’t quite seem as into it as she did, but he was still watching along with his cackling owner.

“Wow, that…how do you even fall like that? She definitely broke something.” With a smile on her face even as she talked about that sort of harm, she began to look through more recommended videos when her Palisman started hooting excitedly. “Huh? Wha-” Before she could ask, a soft weight hit her right leg, the familiar endearing whine making her heart jump. Sure enough, firmly clinging to her leggings was someone she’d worried for whole nights at a time about, safe and sound with her once again.

”King!” Eda bent down and gently grabbed him to lift him up from where he was. His claws probably tore at her leggings a bit, and she couldn’t care less. Her arms pulled him into a tight hug- she tried to let up a bit due to his size, but she wasn’t sure how well she’d done. “I am, I’m right here…I’m okay. I’m so glad you are too.”

        there was only a moment of resistance when king felt her hands around his middle, tugging gently in a clear attempt to pick him up. he felt unwilling to let her go, even if it was only for a few seconds, even with the knowledge that he would end up in her arms if he did. but it lasted only that moment, his claws only gently snagging on the fabric of her leggings before king let go with the promised assurance of her arms around him. and he was not disappointed when she immediately drew him into a hug—maybe a little on the tight side, but he couldn't bring himself to care. not when he was seeing her again, after not knowing what had happened to her, raine, and the others on the day of unity. not so soon after being pulled away from luz like that.

    the thought of it all, the uncertainty and the fear, made king sniffle, once, twice. he could feel his eyes starting to grow damp, and before he knew it, there were full tears pooling in his eyes as he burrowed deeper into eda’s arms. he didn’t want to cry again, but he couldn’t seem to help it. not when he felt so overwhelmed, and so relieved, at the same time. not when he was with his mom again.

    ❝ i was so worried about you, and luz, and the others. everything went wrong and i—i— ❞ another sniffle, louder than the last. ❝ i did something i don't think i was supposed to do. ❞ the confession was small, muffled in the material of her shirt. ❝ i think i really messed up. ❞

[titansclaw]

        he had, all things considered, not expected to literally run into lilith. but when one was running from someone yelling things like “get that dog!” and “you little thief” and even a memorable “you little zombie!”, there wasn’t much room left to properly pay attention to where you were going. and so king managed to run skull-first into her legs with a plaintive 'weh!’, limbs flailing at the sudden obstacle in his path. he floundered for a moment, trying to regain his feet while also doing his best to keep hold of the sticky bun clutched in his paws, before his rolling brought his gaze upward—and right to the witch’s face. his mouth opened, but king wasn’t sure what exactly he planned to say before his pursuer was once again too close for comfort. instead, the titan threw himself forward and up, scrabbling up onto lilith’s shoulder and clutching on to her.

    ❝ run! ❞

@curseshared​ — aunt reunion!

[titansclaw]

        small feet scampered quickly across the hallway floor, clawing clicking conspicuously against hardwood as king bolted at the sound of the door opening. since being dropped off in front of this house and being told this would be where he was living ( ridiculous; this wasn’t the owl house, and that’s where king’s lived ), he hadn’t encountered another soul, beyond himself. so hearing the scrape of a key in the lock, followed by the turning of the knob, had startled a surprised ‘weh!’ from the titan and sent him scurrying. climbing the couch was a simple feat, and by the time the front door had opened enough to admit the newcomer, king was already standing upright on its back cushions, paws up and fur standing on end.

    ❝ you! intruder! ❞ the fact that they clearly had a key meant little to him. ❝ who said you could come in here! ❞

@chaoticsprings​ ♡'d!

[titansclaw]

( lalaluuz​. )

Luz heard King before she saw him–the little noises he made were ones she’d recognized anywhere in the universe. She whipped around towards the direction she’d heard them from only to suddenly have a little brother slam into her hard enough to knock her backwards onto her rear. Her arms wrapped around him tightly as she toppled, the hug automatic and natural.

“King!” Luz gasped breathlessly, his name a half-laugh-half-sob. As he cried into her shirt, she held him even tighter, one hand raising to the back of his skull with the intent to rub his head–instead she pats him once before just holding his head, her own bowing down to press her forehead to his horns.

“King, it’s okay, I’m here, I got you,” she finally reassures, voice soft. Finally, she begins to rub the back of his head. “I’m okay. I got you.”

        it was grounding, feeling her arms around him, her forehead pressed to his. it felt simultaneously that he had just been held like this by her, and also that it had been so long. the feeling made king cry harder, for a moment, letting the feeling of safe, warm, and familiar wash over him as his big sister hugged him. it didn’t matter where he was, or what was happening, because luz was here with him, and she would know what to do. she always did, and she always made sure he was okay. it was their job to look after each other, and now that they were together again, king was confident that’s how it would be again.

    letting his sobs slowly die down into sniffling, king wiped at his eyes with an arm before turning still-watery eyes back up to luz. he hadn’t meant to hit her so hard, or knock her to the ground, but he couldn’t make himself feel sorry when it had brought them even closer. not when he still didn’t want to pull away from her quite yet.

    ❝ luz, i didn’t... i didn’t want to let go. ❞ the words tumbled from him in a rush, as though afraid if they weren’t said now, they wouldn’t ever be. ❝ i didn’t really want to leave you. i’m sorry. ❞

[titansclaw]

        his nose was pressed firmly to the ground as king marched his way across the grass of the park, snuffling noisily as he went. every inhale brought the familiar scent he was following closer, that dry hint of feathers mixed with the tang of magic and the sharpness of apple blood. it was a scent king had lived beside for nearly his entire life, and the moment he’d caught wind of it in this place, he had followed it with unwavering determination. across streets and lawns it had taken him, all the way to this nearly-empty park, and it was so close now. nearly on top of him. king was confident he had almost caught up to the source of the scent, a suspicion that was confirmed by the maniacal cackle that rung out somewhere to his left.

    head snapping up and around, king was scurrying across the grass before he’d even really thought about it, bounding forward on all fours to reach the source of the laugh. as so it was only a matter of moments until he’d collided with long legs, clawed paws immediately clinging to the fabric of her leggings even as a wail left his mouth.

                            ❝ EEEEEDAAAAAAA!!! ❞

    ❝ you’re here! you’re okay! ❞

@strigistricken​ — mom reunion!

[titansclaw]

        there was a single moment, when his eyes fell on her, where king froze. so much had happened, in the last few hours since arriving in this place, that he felt overwhelmed and confused. fresh from watching luz disappear through the portal door, from being drawn towards the collector, from blinking and finding himself in this strange place. it was so much, and king didn’t know what to do. how to process it. and so when he saw her, standing on the street in front of him, king didn’t know for a moment if she was real. if he could trust it. but only for a moment. because in the next, he was running towards luz as if his life depended on it.

    small ‘weh!’s left him as he sprinted as fast as his short limbs could take him, jumping and slamming into luz like a torpedo. his yells turned to sniffles, and then to full crying as he clung to her with all his strength.

    ❝ luz! you’re—you’re— ❞ okay, he wanted to say, but the word seemed stuck in his throat beneath the tightness that threatened to close it. instead, he settled on burying his face in her shirt, clawed fingers digging into the fabric as he tried to pull himself even closer.

@lalaluuz​ — big sister reunion!

[titansclaw]

okay here we go, like this post for a starter, capped at 3! castmates are exempt!

[isolaradiale]

upon prior reserve, here is king clawthorne from the owl house!

Welcome to scenic Isola Radiale, King!

You will be housed in HOUSE 115.

You’ll retain the use of sonic shout up to five times per day.

-- mod altair.

[kaereth]

the last titan

these recent episodes have been so friggin sad ;__;