[Open]

[promissum]

WHO: Val and quest takers!
WHERE: Bluo, the woods, around town
WHEN: December
WHAT: Open quests
WARNINGS: None for now!

A. Quest 36, blue for quest, anyone for chatting

[He reads it several times and honestly he has no idea what caroling is. A human thing, surely. Does he know much about human things? Not the joyful spirited kind.]

You there. [Stranger or not, blue or not.] What is caroling?

B. Quest 38, wide open

[He has no idea what Christmas spiders are, but decorating a tree is at least something that makes sense. There are no little bat charms around, but he could pretty easily make them with enough effort.]

I'm a yellow. [It's as abrupt as he ever is.] Come get and decorate a tree with me. [It's more like a demand than a request.]

C. Wildcard
[Wildcard, just tag him here for any other ideas. He sure loves fishing.]

Comments

[promissum]

[Val gives his promises out like candy, without much though put down behind his words. But once it's out of his mouth he's bound to it. He means it when he says anything. A proud and noble demon is one who doesn't back out of his words.

There's a strange pause before he answers. That person might mean a lot to him now but-]

We only met briefly back then.

[neronian]

[ Only briefly. Well, that does not mean that person can't still be important to him. She knows from experience that even chance encounters or relationships can turn out to be important in the end, and very much so. ]

I see. How did you two meet? They must have made a strong impression on you.

[promissum]

As a vampire, I needed human blood. She offered her own as long as I didn't feed on any other humans. That kindness was never lost on me... but she wasn't scared, so I needed to scare her first.

[neronian]

[ She takes in his words, forming a strong first impression of him already. A vampire, but proud and noble. A creature of the night who keeps his promises to those who walk in the day. Someone fundamentally inhuman who hasn't forgotten kindness.

And a seeming prerequisite to scare humans if he's to partake in their blood. Huh. Extra Vlad didn't have to do that. He just scared people by existing. ]

You don't seem very scary at the moment, admittedly.

[ Maybe a little intimidating, if that were even in her vocabulary. ]

[promissum]

[He knows full well what kind of misery can be caused by breaking a promise. There's nothing that will stop him from fulfilling any other promise he makes.

The only reason Val has that prerequisite is his own pride. There are probably plenty of vampires who don't care.]

Scaring humans hasn't been my job for centuries.

Have you found a tree you like, lass?

[neronian]

[ You know what she's going to say. ]

Indeed! [ UMU! ] I think this one is perfect.

[ She points to it, a pine tree approximately 6 and a half feet tall, aka quite a bit taller than Nero herself, but she doesn't seem to mind that. Still, it is not too small nor too large, so it is perfect in her eyes. ]

What do you think?

[ If he approves, they can uproot it or chop it down (though doing so means they'd have to find a way to stabilize it later). ]

[promissum]

[Val himself is only 5'5", but he doesn't seem bothered by her picking this height for their tree.]

This will work. Shall we cut it down? If we keep it outdoors, we can dig a hole for it.

[neronian]

[ Nero nods, summoning Aestus Estus and stabbing it into the ground. His guess about her weapon type was pretty much right on the money, save for the part where it's not really a saber but a sword almost as large as she. Not an axe, but still good for chopping. ]

Yes. Hold the tree steady, and I can do the honors.