(no subject)

[metachrosis]

Who: Espio + anyone
What: One very belated intro
Where: Here and There
When: "November", if November exists
Content Warnings: Likely references to him being from a sex-or-die CRAU in the tags.

1. The Sky

[Why, you might ask, is there a short man with a lizard tail standing on a rock, arms spread wide as he laughs almost maniacally at the sky? There must surely be a reason, right?

Before he can be interrupted, he notices whoever approaches him and his laughter trails off as he turns to face them.]

Look at that! Five years, and they give me this - it's like going home! How long's that been like that?

[He jabs a thumb towards the sky behind him, where shapes are twisting and coiling just like in the weird part of the Special Zone. It has been so long since he's seen a sky as colourful as the one he was once used to that the little taste of home actually makes him feel slightly ill... still, seeing it, all he can do is laugh, even if it's not a happy laugh.]



2. How to Be Social

[Still convinced this is only an illusion, just like the countless illusions he's experienced in the past several months, Espio has not been particularly inclined to socialise. The problem with that is that while he does not want to go through meeting and greeting new people who might not even be real, being alone is... well, it's lonely! So while he has mostly been steering away from more obvious social hubs and has instead wandered what feels like the entire habitable area for he doesn't know how long, eventually he gives in and shows his face somewhere with people. What few people there are in this place, anyway...

The Heavenly Blanc is as good a bet as any, but he can also be found somewhere in the Underground Academy. Either way, his idea of a greeting is questionable:]

Still haven't seen anyone I know. How 'bout you?

Comments

[abeautifulgame]

[Damien has had worse greetings, so he's not really bothered by Espio's introduction. plus, it's a bar. sort of. regardless, this kind of abrupt small talk isn't unfamiliar, given at least part of the setting]

[all that said, he shrugs]

No one here but us chickens. [no one here from his world but him] But in my case, that may be a blessing.

1

[blue_eyed_obsession]

[Kaiba might have asked that, but really that sort of reaction was part for the course here. That being said it still was a little unnerving]

If you're completely unhinged, at least do me the courtesy of waiting until I leave before it escalates beyond laughter.

[As for the rest of it... ]

What are you going on about?

2!

[menaretrash]

[ Poor Espio. Ann practically lives at the cafe, thanks to Ren, and today's no different. She's sitting at what would be her seat at home, sipping on some of the delicious iced coffee that Ren's prepared just for her, when she notices the young... that's. That's a young man with a lizard tail. Okay, then. Maybe he's related to Bowser.

She's not one to judge or stare, though, so instead she offers him a friendly smile and wave, because she's not seen him before, and she imagines that he's probably feeling a little... down in the dumps, so to speak. ]

Mm? Yeah, I've got some people from home. But I've been here a while, too... just arrived?

Heavenly Blanc

[bridge_princess]

[A grunt and a grumble came from the arguably briefly familiar face of the girl he'd seen the other day shouting at a broom. She was seated in a booth in the cafe, looking like she was a regular here. Admittedly? That was exactly what she was. This place was near where she lived, so she haunted here often.

Sipping a cup of coffee, she shrugged.]

Well, I didn't actually know that broom personally, so ... no. I thought I saw someone from home briefly, but I think I was just having a bad dream. She hasn't resurfaced, and that's for the best. We don't need her brand of trouble here.

Honestly, count your blessings. Last thing you need's someone from Gensokyo here.

2

[bazooker]

[After spending the past couple of days here, Haru started to come to the cafe more frequently. It was the only natural as it was something from her own world and the taste of coffee always calms her down.

That and this place was a good way to meet new people. As she heard a voice nearby, she gave him a quick smile]

I have. Although, I am not sure if I should be happy about it or not.