HEY THERE !! You like sad art boys who have a lot of conflicting inner turmoil but smile it all off ?? You like boys who are quiet and rather reserved but have a smile like the sun coming out after a dark day ?? You like them artists who know a lot of underground stuff but seem like they don’t ?? Well, then you’ll like (or hate) my new OC, Augustine Esposito !! Written of course by yours truly, Flower !!
whittaker eagerly accepted the cup and held it tightly between his frozen palms. eating and drinking proved to be a mess if he wasn’t careful ( a skeleton didn’t exactly retain anything put into it ), but he knew better than to be impolite or reject any of his hospitality. he briefly rested his cup on the table as he wiggled his gloves off his hands.
❛ work, but also you, ❜ he answered truthfully. ❛ i was asked to do some research for an exhibit being planned, so i figured i would hit two birds with one stone and see if you had come back. ❜ the research was nice to immerse himself in, but it was good for him to step away from libraries and archives for at least one evening.
❛ but you’re the one who went on the adventure, not me. how was it ? ❜
———❝ OH, I HATE TO TALK ABOUT WORK. it makes me feel like i ought to be paid more. ❞ a smile, followed by a scratch at the temple. the man had told the other of his upcoming travels to beijing and seoul, how he’d booked the flight first-class, how he brushed up on the languages daily. it was hell getting over the jetlag, and worse doing it while he’d politely accepted drink after drink from coworkers and clients.
he hadn’t said a word about the kill.
most business trips for the firm did not involve blood. needless to say, it was not planned, a mere reactionary incident involving the right place at the wrongtime. his curse meant getting his hands dirty ; it was survival.
❝ truthfully, i wish i could tell you more — it’s all a blur. ❞
“Then you should have done what you did in private.”
The woman perched on top of a nearby trash can bit her lip, frowning at the scene presented to her. Not even two weeks ago Belphegor had struck a deal with the man bleeding out his life on the floor right now. Not nearly enough time for the poor fella to enjoy the benefits it had gained him. He would have gotten nominated for the nobel price for sure.
Alas, it seemed that the world would need to make do without the groundbreaking knowledge the demon had provided him with for a little longer. Not that Belphegor cared – the guy had been a true asshole as that – but the overall nature of work and the effort it required bid him to act at least a little disgruntled at his client’s premature demise anyway. Especially because it meant he had taken the trip to the surface for nothing at all.
“Why are you wearing a mask?”
———IT WAS AN INCONSEQUENTIAL KILL FOR A MAN WHO HELD HIS PIECE OF THE WORLD IN RANSOM. elliot considered running, no need to complicate it further in the event she’d already phoned the police. as it was, his own curiosity got the better of him.
❝ didn’t you learn helmet safety in ground school? ❞ a smile behind the mask as the man approached. at the back of his neck, a piercing burn erupted from proximity, the telling sign of occult influence. the corpse had given him the same sensation, a hint of the nature of his soul. he’d mistaken him for something wicked, when in fact, he was only holding onto a sliver of the power.
❝ or do demons not ride motorbikes? ❞
ELLIOT’S HEALING FACTOR.
———AMONG THE MANY ASPECTS OF ELLIOT’S CURSE, his healing factor is one of the more complicated. basically, elliot was frozen at age around age thirty. with this, certain things affecting his body cannot remain permanent or will never change:
1. elliot isn’t able to get body modifications like tattoos and piercings, aside from the ones he had prior to immortalization. this includes procedures to cover tattoos, which has caused elliot to resort to long sleeves and make up when dealing with the serial number he received from aus.chwitz. elliot has both ears pierced because he pierced them as a young girl and they never closed up.
2. elliot can never have top surgery, as his healing factor would lead to complications. instead, he uses a mixture of exercise and binding to give the appearance of a flat chest. he was never large breast-wise, so it doesn’t really give him much gender dysphoria.
3. elliot CAN take hormones. since this is not considered harmful or poisonous to the body, he’s allowed to transition quite smoothly.
4. he looks incredibly young for his age, even though he was technically stopped at age 30. he doesn’t believe this was caused by the curse itself, but rather his genes.
5. finally, elliot’s healing factor is imperfect and completely depends on how much raw energy he’s salvaged through killing wicked people, and how much he’s used his powers to begin with. the more he uses it and the less he kills, the weaker he becomes. its like fuel to him.
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