[open] some Kenoma come up to Godsblood the other day...

[baltimores]

WHO: Amos, Gen, Eustace, Childe, any Pleroma
WHAT: Amos wants a gun, Eustace wants to make a portal, and in order to make it happen they go to...
WHERE: Godsblood.
WHEN: Towards the end of Visoseri/start of Soviseri
WARNINGS: None, unless you count bullying of various Pleroma; will add as necessary


The content of this entry is intended to be an OOC explanation of what's going on to keep everyone up to speed; any characters who may be in Godsblood during this time period are free to top level or tag out. This is not an event and simply a unique instance that some characters are kinda sorta technically in enemy territory, which opens itself up to thread opportunities that would not otherwise be possible.

Basically: four Kenoma are journeying up to Godsblood, albeit not all together and through different means.

Amos and Gen will be arriving via a boat directly from Achamoth, and accordingly, will be outed as Kenoma Aions right from the get-go — the populace should know who they are, and word of their arrival would likely get around. Amos is there because he wants to build a higher quality gun than what they have in Achamoth and Godsblood is the place to do it; Gen is there to serve as backup/moral support/because they're friends, okay. Story plotting link here for more details.

Eustace and Childe will be sneaking in via carriage from the Artisan shrine/a portal and will therefore not be known as Kenoma Aions upon entry to Godsblood — unless there are characters there who already know who they are, that is. Eustace is setting up a portal to facilitate travel between Achamoth and Godsblood. This is not public knowledge and non-Kenoma Aions/NPCs are unlikely to know about this. Story plotting link here for more details.

The mods have also provided some guidelines for how interactions could go between characters so that any Pleroma wouldn't necessarily have to out themselves as Aions when it comes to interacting with Amos or Gen, who are publicly declared as such. Highlighting what was said further down in Amos' plotting comment:

It wouldn't be unreasonable for a visiting Aion to be chatting up people within Godsblood so sharing a meal ... wouldn't be a dead give away, but it might tie them to the Aions on the rumor network if they do it in public. Whether they are just strangers Gen and Amos are dining with or whether they are connected to Achamoth won't be clear, but it would definitely have implications ... It's definitely a risk, at any rate.

As for meeting in a busy street or a public park the connection is still possible but a lot less likely, since the odds of them chatting up some rando in the park is a lot more likely than sitting down for dinner with them. It'd also be a lot more obvious if someone was spying on them, unlike a closed environment like a pub or eatery, so that'd probably be the safest option without going somewhere deserted or private.

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[goldendeceiver]

[ The fact that Ernesto is clearly pretending he's not at Aion at all is probably answer enough to how well he thinks this will go for him. While the chances are good he'll have more people silently supporting him than Gen will find in this city, the desire not to upset the Regent will have many citizens of Godsblood refusing to interact with Ernesto. It'd make the already arduous ordeal of gathering supplies and sending them to Greentruth all the more difficult.

And besides, despite the generally atmosphere of scorn for the Regent that most Bloodites have, every city is going to have a mix of political opinions, and there are some outliers who would likely actively be hostile towards a Pleroma in particular. In those less common situations, Ernesto wouldn't even have the backing of a powerful force to act as a deterrent to keep people from picking fights with him.

So Gen's deliberate silence does have the chilling effect on Ernesto that he intends, but nothing in Ernesto's demeanor would suggest he's bothered by it. No matter how unnerved he is, he refuses to show signs that Gen is getting under his skin.

Not everyone is Kim Dokja.

The thump though? That gets more of a reaction, because it's a lot less expected than the words. While he should probably have assumed that Gen wouldn't be the type to keep his hands politely to himself given his past tail touching, the unexpected nature mixed with the force of it does have Ernesto tripping a half step before he regains his balance, laughing awkwardly about his near fall. ]

I appreciate the understanding.

[ It all goes smoothly enough, something they can move on from and pretend didn't happen at all.

Except...

Except when he tripped forward his tail lifted up suddenly for balance, catching on the back of his shirt. The movement of his tail, mixed with the movement of his stumble was just enough for the whole thing to lift up just for a brief moment. Just long enough for Gen to have gotten a flash of something brown fading quickly into a brilliant looking blue. ]

[epiprocta]

[ Ernesto is answered with nothing more than a noncommittal grunt, at first. Like it's Gen's low-effort way of saying 'yeah, sure.' Just something to further this stupid character they're playing. But after that noise is followed by a short stretch of silence, Ernesto might notice that Gen's gaze isn't fixed on his face, but instead at his back. Down towards his tail? Sort of. Roughly that region. But not quite, actually.

The only warning Ernesto gets for what comes next is when Gen gives a small cant of the head, as if in thought, brow ever so slightly furrowed.

Then Gen abruptly grabs at the hem of the back of Ernesto's shirt, then tugs it upwards.

Not far. Not all the way up, just a few inches. Just enough that he can confirm what that brief glimmer of colors he'd seen shining at the base of Ernesto's tail had been. Then he quickly lets go and withdraws his hand before any passersby can see, because he really is abiding by his claim that he's not deliberately looking to get Ernesto in trouble -- it's not like he wants to blow Ernesto's cover as a Horosian citizen. He just wanted a peek at that. ]

... nice tramp stamp.

[ There's a tightness to his voice that suggests he's doing his absolute best to fight back a horrible smug laugh. At least Gen speeds up another step afterward to walk abreast with Ernesto in some small indication that he's not looking to do that again.

Though one time alone is certainly rude enough. Sorry not sorry, Ernesto. He was just too curious, and his curiosity certainly paid off with that incredibly funny revelation. ]

You always go for that kinda look? Or did that one just kinda ... happen.

[goldendeceiver]

[ The thing about being a dog-man in a sea of mostly non-dog men is that most people seem to fixate weirdly on the dog traits. While it's true that Ernesto's world is made up a plenty of people who aren't Perroes too, the ears and tail are such common features amongst most of the populace that no one bats a single eye at whatever furry bits another person happens to be rocking.

Meanwhile, while the natives of Horos seem pretty comfortable with his ears and tail, his fellow Aions sure do seem to struggle with them.

So when Gen's gaze travels uncomfortably low, Ernesto doesn't think too much of it at first. His shard might be there, but so is his tail, and Gen's already put his grubby little mitts on it once. Though while he doubts Gen is infected with any sort of strange cursed disease this time, he really, really hopes Gen doesn't decide to grab it again.

What Gen actually ends up doing though? It's significantly worse than just grabbing his tail would be. This kid really doesn't have a good concept of boundaries, does he? Ernesto's face twists up into a grimace as he reaches back to smooth his shirt down.

There's an actual danger in this. Having a Kenoma know where the most vulnerable part of his body isn't exactly comforting, especially when the one and only benefit to his shard location is how hidden it stays from most prying eyes. The thought that this steals away an advantage he has definitely occurs to him, but right now he's playing it off as if he's just disgruntled by Gen being kind of brazen and handsy.

Which, to be fair, he is a little. ]

Haha...

[ Brat... ]

You could call it an unexpected impulse decision.

[ Not on Ernesto's part, admittedly, but by the forces that dragged him unwillingly into this world. ]

Not one I'd make again.