call me out v. 13.0

[misheard]

Call out one of the characters from my muselist with a starter, a prompt, a general 'hey can we do something with these characters' comment, a smoke signal, etc., and I'll get back to you with some kind of RP thread!

Old CR, new CR, assumed CR, canonmates, AU, crossover, whatever, it's all good.

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[hattersgonnahat]

[That is...sort of new!!]

[But the kid also doesn't seem to be fully deterred. In fact, now that she's closer to the tent entrance she's going to take just one, small peek inside...]

[hagrides]

[Well, if the light show hasn't deterred her, after a moment a person appears in a puff of red smoke.

At least, he's probably a person. Six foot tall bugs are people too.]

Well met, stranger.

[He sounds incredibly raspy, like he needs 30000 cough drops.]

[hattersgonnahat]

[Oh!!]

[That was just a little more startling.]

...Uh, hi!

[This is fine.]

[hagrides]

[Grimm bows to her. He's a polite giant bug, if nothing else.]

A pleasure to make your acquaintance.

[hattersgonnahat]

[That's good at least. It's more than she could say about other people.]

Is this your home?

[hagrides]

In a sense. I am a traveler, and this is where I reside for the moment.

[He straightens back up.]

I am Grimm.

[hattersgonnahat]

Ohhhh, I'mma traveler too! I know how that is.

[Although, she's not really supposed to be here... It's a complicated mess.]

[As for name, well, wouldn't you like to know?]

[hagrides]

[There are beings that do not have names, and beings that do not give out their names so easily. Grimm does not press.]

Indeed? And where might you be traveling to?

[hattersgonnahat]

At the moment? I'm just looking around.

[...A bit of a pause and hesitation.]

Have you seen anything fall from the sky lately?

[hagrides]

I have. A blue hourglass, a most curious form of precipitation. Might you know anything of its origins?

[hattersgonnahat]

[!!]

I do! Those are mine.

[Please...please be the first one to give it back willingly...]

[hagrides]

Oh! Then here you are.

[Produces from under his cape... a Time Piece, which he holds out to her.

Here you go. No quests required.]

[hattersgonnahat]

[That's all? Maybe there really is a first time for everything.]

[She takes it from him carefully, these things seem to break pretty easily after all. But the kid seems quite happy to find another one so quickly. ...There seriously was no catch? No catch at all?]

Thanks!!

[hagrides]

You are most welcome. Take care not to lose it this time.

[Some other people might do unscrupulous things to keep a hold of them!]

[hattersgonnahat]

I wasn't trying to lose it the first time...

[It was not even her fault!!]

[hagrides]

What happened, if I may ask?

[hattersgonnahat]

[Proceeded with a sigh first.] The mafia broke my ship and now my Time Pieces are all over the place.

[It was a very brief, generalized version of what happened. But it was true!!]

[hagrides]

Ah, I have met a few of those folk. Quite troublesome fellows. One even attempted to charge me for setting up my tent here.

[Grimm had politely declined to pay them anything, and then slightly less politely set them on fire when they attempted to rough him up for said payment.]

[hattersgonnahat]

That is exactly what happened!

[It's not like they're particularly tough, but...she can't really see any sign of a fight happening around here.]

...But it looks like you had less trouble than I did.

[hagrides]

[it's not a fight if it lasts two seconds.]

I am quite capable of taking care of myself, but I thank you for your concern.

[hattersgonnahat]

[But there was something kind of bothering her while looking at the tent. It reminds her a little of the tents you'd see at a circus, but...]

...Why are you out here though?

[Do that many actually come out this far??]

[hagrides]

[It's certainly not for a standard circus performance, no.]

That forest is full of the dead's anger and regret. It needs to be cleansed, and my duty is to cleanse it.

[hattersgonnahat]

What, you mean the Snatcher?

[Like...yeah there's a lot of dead. But anger? Definitely sounds like him. ...What was he planning to do about that exactly..?]

[hagrides]

He is one of the reasons I have been unable to cleanse the forest, though not the only.

[There is one other reason, who Hat Kid has unfortunately also already met.]

[hattersgonnahat]

[There is a good chance!] ...What's the other reason?