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Floyd Fletcher
Floyd Fletcher 
@birdybirdnerd 2 years ago
(So yeah I uhh. Might have goofed and the original didn't post because it was marked as spam by a couple words I used. I edited them around and here I am, trying again. Let's see how this works.)
Hello all! Sorry for my bad first introduction, I'm still learning both how to roleplay in general and also specifically the rules of this channel. My bad!
So after talking with some people and realizing my mistakes, I've taken some time to create my own Lodger!
Thank you so much for helping me out! And sorry for the lengthy answers to some of the questions ;; I tend to get wordy when I'm describing things.
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1. What's your character's full name?
Floyd Elmer Fletcher, Ornithologist and Avian Biotechnologist (studies birds and how to utilize the avian body for 'science!')
2. What's your favorite quote from your character?
“If people weren’t people but instead we were birds, there’d be a lot more happiness everywhere. But also poop. So much poop.” -said during a late night with the sailors, when the conversation had turned more philosophical. Floyd gets incoherent when tired, and tends to drag every conversation back around to birds. It's a talent of his. 
3. What do they look like and what's their personality like?
Feathery, short black hair. Wide, dark brown, almost black eyes. Short and bony, as if he hasn't eaten well in weeks (he probably hasn't). Large hands, but very delicate, long fingers suited for playing piano or violin (he doesn't do either; no sense of rhythm). Gap-toothed due to knocked-out front tooth- don't ask how it got knocked out (he was chasing a bird on a rocky shore and tripped). Tends to dress in tattered clothes and mismatched jewelry, with various feathers he’s found hand-sewn onto the back of his coat. However, once he starts getting some money coming in and can afford some better clothes, he’ll start dressing -- for lack of a better term -- like a blue jay. Lots of blues, with bands of black and white in places that mimic the bird’s markings, and layered up to help keep him warm. He keeps the mismatched jewelry.
Floyd fidgets a lot, and tends to have a feather or two in his pocket that he likes running his fingers over when he's nervous or stressed out. Very distractible and absent-minded, but when he gets focused on his work or talking about birds, very hard to tear away from and change the subject. Will draw and sketch for hours at a time without realizing any time has passed. He also has chronic short term memory loss, but it tends to come back to him given an hour or two. Will be the quiet one in a first conversation with someone new, but usually will take to them quickly.
4. What's their backstory before they came to the society?
Floyd came from a rather wealthy American family, that didn't like his choice of interests and lack of social skills, and whose family name he can't quite remember. His parents were debating what to do with him (he was unaware, but they were preparing to haul him off to a reformatory school (read: prison)) around his seventeenth birthday, when he wandered off one day to the port. He was chasing some seagulls, trying to capture one to study, when he slipped on a wet rock and busted his jaw.
He was in pain and scared, and due to being disoriented had no clue where to go. He wandered over to where some sailors who preparing to set off were, and one of them took pity on him and brought him aboard to bandage up his face and help wrench out the tooth shards stuck in his gums. He couldn't remember where he was going or where he had come from (the fall had knocked his already precarious memory temporarily askew), and the sailors had to leave, so they ended up taking him along with them to England, thinking he was an orphan.
He spent those weeks on the ship learning how to sail, but found he didn't much like it, so the sailors let him rest in the cabins most of the time. This was where he met Dr. Elmer Fletcher.
Dr. Fletcher studied biology and biotechnology, and was tagging along with the sailors to London, where he would be studying and educating at some such college or another (Floyd can't remember), and offered to teach Floyd some things during the weeks-long trip. Dr. Fletcher inspired Floyd to apply his love of birds to his newfound knowledge of biotechnology, and decided to work on making machines using bird bone and muscle structure, integrating the way the animals worked into improving already-existing machinery. He doesn't know enough to actually put things into practice yet, but he enjoys sketching out his ideas and talking about them with people who know more than him, and figuring out where he's wrong and how he can make it better.
During the trip to England, Dr. Fletcher came down with a terrible illness, and passed away shortly before they arrived. Floyd was devastated, as he had grown to love the man like a father. He later (as in, when he arrived at the Society and realized he didn’t remember his last name) took on Dr. Fletcher’s name as his last, leaving him with the new name Floyd Elmer Fletcher.
He spent a day or so wandering around London after he arrived, not quite sure where to go, when he heard of the miraculous Society for the Arcane Sciences, and decided that he needed to be there more than anything.
So he gathered what few things the sailors had gifted him when he left, and made his way there.
5. Do you have any pictures of them that you drew or found?
Below!
6. Do they have any nicknames?
None that he remembers from his previous life, but he accepts new ones readily (especially bird-related ones).
7. What do they study at the society?
He doesn’t currently actually do much, as he doesn’t have the knowledge or ability to do so, but he studies avian biology and general biotechnology, and theorizes how he can integrate the two of them for the betterment of society (mainly him. He wants to fly. He doesn’t let anyone know that that’s his entire reasoning behind this. He thinks it’s silly).
8. Do they have any jobs?
Not too long after he joins the Society (as he only does so the day after he comes to England), he gets a small job doing menial tasks for money, so he can support himself. Haven’t decided what yet, but will probably be something mundane. Maybe a pet store (because birds).
9. What is their age?
He is seventeen at the time of his introduction to the Society, though he looks on the verge of thirteen or fourteen.
10. Are they human? If not what are they?
Completely human, through and through (though he wishes he were a bird).
11. Are they single, dating someone, or married?
Single. He doesn’t know much about relationships, having led a home life too sheltered to experiment, but he gets attached to people really easily and feels he would gladly enter into a relationship if given the opportunity. The other person must like birds, though. It’s a deal-breaker if they don’t.
12. What's their height?
About an even five feet, maaaaybe an inch taller.
13. What's their weight?
Just under 100 lbs. He didn’t eat enough on that ship.
14. Anything else I should know about this character?
love. After he gets more integrated into the Society and more comfortable being near everyone, he can often be seen hanging around Dodder’s office/lab/kitchen all hopeful and starry-eyed. It’s just the sweets, he swears (it’s not). On the flip side, Floyd tries to avoid Jasper. He smells like dog. Floyd doesn’t like dogs all that much.
Also -- and this will be a major factor in how he interacts with other characters -- Floyd is aut*stic. It won’t be said in as many words in-story, as I seriously doubt the term was recognized fully or cared about much during this time period, but it will color how he acts and behaves around others.
Much less important, but I hope maybe to see if I can get him a pet bird of some sort or another during my time on here. Like a pigeon, or a sparrow. Doesn’t even have to be a magical animal, just a bird. He loves birds. (I love birds)
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In the darkness of London at night, a lone figure staggered down the street. He coughed into his sleeve and looked up as he stepped into darkness- a darkness cast by the moonlit shadow of the building in front of him. He double-checked the address -- on a scrap of paper, hastily scribbled out by a hurried man desperate for his tavern haunt some hours ago -- and nodded.
This is it, Floyd thought, staring openly at the mess of machines and additions hanging what seemed precariously off the roof of the grand building. This is the place.
The Society for Arcane Science.
Nervously, he approached the door. No one was out and about this time of night, and if it weren’t for the fact that he had nowhere else to go, he wouldn’t be either. But he had been following these directions all day, from the moment he heard of the mysterious place where he could think what he wanted, be what he wanted, without worrying about what other people said. Where there were others like him.
At least, he hoped.
Floyd stuffed the scrap of paper in the pocket of his coat, lent to him by one of the sailors he’d traveled to England with, and pulled out a tattered feather to toy with. He’d carried this thing with him all the way from the Americas, and it was the only piece of his old life he still had- or still cared to have.
With a deep breath, the small boy knocked on the door and waited.
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Tairais • 2 years ago
(( :0! Another bird friend! And he's adorable! I must throw Charricthran at him to say hello! ))
The man who answered the door smelled of charcoal, decaying leaves, and smoke. He was also lanky, and a good half foot taller than the kid who stand before him. His clothes were simple, but elegant, tailored to his form in a way that seemed larger than life: A long-tailed coat colored in the purple-black-blue iridescence of a raven's feathers, layered over a heather waistcoat, a shirt the color of wine and grapes, gray slacks a handful of shades darker than the waistcoat, and heavy black boots, the buttons of which gleamed in the moonlight.
The coat was trimmed with feathers at the cuffs and at the collar, and they seemed to rise out of the fabric itself. For that matter, the man's hair was just as feathery as Floyd's-- actually, it was more like a bundle of feathers that fell like hair, spiky and falling just long enough to cover his ears.
His skin was a deep olive, his eyes slanted, and his face round but angular. The most unsettling thing about him was the color of his eyes: The scelera and iris were two different shades of a deep crimson, while his pupil was the dark red-maroon of freshly spilled blood.
Despite his odd appearance, he smiled cheerfully and warmly- or as cheerfully and warmly as one could manage with a mouth full of teeth that better suited a shark.
He regarded Floyd with a distinctly bird-like tilt of the head and an accent that was a mess of Scottish and something from the shit end of New York.
"Heya kiddo. What's eatin' atcha? Bit dark out for someone your age ta be wanderin' about."
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Floyd Fletcher  Tairais • 2 years ago
((!!!!!!! I already love you jsyk. Also quick question but how do I pronounce Charricthran's name? Do I roll the r's or))
Floyd stared up at the man who answered the door, the feather he'd been fiddling with falling limp in his fingers.
His jaw dropped.
Almost immediately, a huge grin broke out on the young man's face and he stuffed the feather back into his pocket. He held out his hands, about to reach for the taller man's cuffs to grab at the feathers, but hesitated at the last moment when he finally saw the blood-red eyes and sharp teeth.
Frozen with his hands still awkwardly out, Floyd barely managed to stutter out "I-I'm just. I'm just looking for uh. For. For th-the Society. I-I need somewhere to stay and I'm. I like birds. And uh. Science. And bird science." before his mouth glued itself shut in embarrassment. Nice job! he thought as he started shivering, hands and shoulders tensing up as he berated himself for his stellar introduction. Everyone's gonna think you're a stupid little kid! Congratulations! And the accent- couldn't you try something other than that goofy New Yorker drawl? You're in London! Act classy!
Floyd shivered again and debated the merits of bolting back into the street. The only thing that kept him rooted to the spot was the idea of spending a night out in the cold, and the fact that those glossy black feathers were still there, waving barely out of his reach.
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Tairais  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
(( :D! And It's Char-reek-thran, not so much rolling the r's as doing the tongue flick against the roof of the mouth deal you do when you can't roll them properly. Kinda gives the name a bumpy quality of a heartbeat or a broken wagon wheel for that part of the sound, y'know?
Also you should be warned: Char is already endeared with the kid. Floyd is gonna end up with a big old ball of storms, shadows, and feathers as a brother-figure if he doesn't watch out XD ))
Charricthran's wry smirk slowly turned to an equally lopsided grin the longer Floyd talked, his accent familiar in a world that never stopped being the opposite.
"An avid fan o' the avian, then! An' an ornithologist ta boot! Nifty, that- don' think we've got one o' those."
He took Floyd's hand and shook it, skin cool in the nigh air.
"I'm called Charricthran, kid. You've got the right place an' all. 'Taint up ta me whether or not'cha stay- 's up ta the boss upstairs- but I ain't lettin' ya stay a night in the cold, an' 's not like the good Doctor's particularly known for turnin' away an enthusiastic would-be-Lodger."
With that, he dropped Floyd's hand and opened the door wider, beckoning the kid inside.
"C'mon, then. Promise I don' bite!"
The resulting grin was knowing and kind, all too aware of the picture he painted.
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Floyd Fletcher  Tairais • 2 years ago • edited
((That's exactly what Floyd needs wants tbh XD
Also!! I might have. Um. Drawn our first interaction... ))
Floyd took a shuddering breath as the charismatic- man? Bird person? He wasn't quite sure -shook his hand, forcing his anxiety down and giving a cautious grin. He stepped inside, the warm glow coming from the building seeming to draw him in, and tried not to curl in on himself as he was hit with a wave of new smells, sounds, and sights. He trained his eyes downwards as he passed the threshold, feeling like he was intruding but struggling to ignore that.
The inside of the Society was as chaotic and magnificent as the outside, and from the glimpse Floyd got before looking down, he determined that it would be really easy to get lost in there. The monstrous skeleton hanging from the ceiling seemed to stare at him, and he ended up stopping and sticking close to Charricthran as the door closed behind him.
His hand reached back into his pocket cradling the old feather, but he left it in there. With how fancy this man and this place was, he felt about as out of place as he had back at home. At least, he thought. His memories of the place were still fuzzy, and the longer he tried to think about them the worse his head and his jaw ached.
"Wh... What should I do now?" he asked, hearing his voice crack and blushing. He cleared his throat and tried again, looking up to meet Charricthran's disorienting eyes. "I, I don't have any degrees or, or anything th-that might be able to help you guys. I know a lot about... I know a lot about birds, b-but that's about it. I know, I know a little about machines and bio-, biotet-, biotechs-,"at this, he coughed and tried to clear his throat again. "Bio-, biotechnology, but I have a hard time, uh, remembering things. I don't think... I don't think I would be good at learning and, and building and stuff like I-I heard you guys are."
He straightened up a little bit, hit with a sudden thought. "B-But I can clean! And I can, I can sew and I know how to, uh, cook a little bit, but mostly, mostly food with fish in it and stuff. I learned a little bit from, from some sailors and the cook there, and stuff, but I know more about b-birds than anything that might be, you know, useful..." He tried not to wilt as he trailed off, suddenly feeling very awkward in front of an actual rogue scientist. Why did I come here again?
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Floyd Fletcher  Tairais • 2 years ago • edited
((That's exactly what Floyd needs wants tbh XD
Also!! I might have. Um. Drawn our first interaction... ))
Floyd took a shuddering breath as the charismatic- man? Bird person? He wasn't quite sure -shook his hand, forcing his anxiety down and giving a cautious grin. He stepped inside, the warm glow coming from the building seeming to draw him in, and tried not to curl in on himself as he was hit with a wave of new smells, sounds, and sights. He trained his eyes downwards as he passed the threshold, feeling like he was intruding but struggling to ignore that.
The inside of the Society was as chaotic and magnificent as the outside, and from the glimpse Floyd got before looking down, he determined that it would be really easy to get lost in there. The monstrous skeleton hanging from the ceiling seemed to stare at him, and he ended up stopping and sticking close to Charricthran as the door closed behind him.
His hand reached back into his pocket cradling the old feather, but he left it in there. With how fancy this man and this place was, he felt about as out of place as he had back at home. At least, he thought. His memories of the place were still fuzzy, and the longer he tried to think about them the worse his head and his jaw ached.
"Wh... What should I do now?" he asked, hearing his voice crack and blushing. He cleared his throat and tried again, looking up to meet Charricthran's disorienting eyes. "I, I don't have any degrees or, or anything th-that might be able to help you guys. I know a lot about... I know a lot about birds, b-but that's about it. I know, I know a little about machines and bio-, biotet-, biotechs-,"at this, he coughed and tried to clear his throat again. "Bio-, biotechnology, but I have a hard time, uh, remembering things. I don't think... I don't think I would be good at learning and, and building and stuff like I-I heard you guys are."
He straightened up a little bit, hit with a sudden thought. "B-But I can clean! And I can, I can sew and I know how to, uh, cook a little bit, but mostly, mostly food with fish in it and stuff. I learned a little bit from, from some sailors and the cook there, and stuff, but I know more about b-birds than anything that might be, you know, useful..." He tried not to wilt as he trailed off, suddenly feeling very awkward in front of an actual rogue scientist. Why did I come here again?
((I'm gonna go change my nickname on here bc whyyyyyy not))
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Floyd Fletcher  Tairais • 2 years ago
((sighs Sorry my response is taking so long, I responded and it didn't show up immediately and I got confused and maybe a little impatient and ten minutes later decided to try and post it again and now both responses are marked as spam and awaiting moderator approval. I'm a genius :P
I'm going to bed before I make even more of a fool of myself lol))
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Tairais  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
(( XD No worries, a lot of times people'll disappear for a day or so between posts. Is the confusion something I can help with? Mz. Hyde (the mod) will probably notice the messages in the morning- I can shoot her a quick message if she doesn't, though!
Hope you sleep well! I should probably be doing that soon, too... ))
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Floyd Fletcher  Tairais • 2 years ago
((Nah, it's literally just that I accidentally made the same reply twice since it didn't post the first time, and because of that, the site picked up on it and marked it as spam. It should be fine, but sure if that sounds okay!
Also, I might have been um. Stalking the Friday Night thread and watching all that go down. I feel like Charricthran's gonna be an interesting character for both me and Floyd to learn about, and I'm so excited you have no idea))
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Tairais  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
(( Ahhh, oh dear. I think we've all done that once or twice XD Consider it like an initiation or something :P
And eheheheh. Hoo boy. Let me just state outright that Charricthran isn't usually that open with his emotions, but he's definitely interesting. So's Richard, who you and Floyd have yet to meet.
Word of advice? Richard's a lovely cook and a lovely fella, but if he offers you a dish with meat in it, don't eat it.
Either way, I'm looking forward to future interaction :D ))
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Floyd Fletcher  Tairais • 2 years ago
((Oof. Well, tomorrow's gonna be quite the party lol ^^))
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Tairais  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
(( *Plays the final countdown on the kazoo, dropkicks the last part of Friday Night into place, then passes the heck out.*
Seeya then XD ))
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Helen Jekyll  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
((Hey, me again! ^-^
If you would rather not change the post itself, then copy and paste it into a new reply, but add something new to the beginning or end, to make it different from the other two posts, and I believe it should go through.))
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Floyd Fletcher  Tairais • 2 years ago
((EDIT: God this is fun I love having to repost and slightly change what I'm saying since I'm a genius and keep goofing and accidentally getting caught by the spam filters alright let's see how this slightly-changed reply goes))
Original response:
((That's exactly what Floyd needs wants tbh XD
Also!! I might have. Um. Drawn our first interaction... ))
Floyd took a shuddering breath as the charismatic- man? Bird person? He wasn't quite sure -shook his hand, forcing his anxiety down and giving a cautious grin. He stepped inside, the warm glow coming from the building seeming to draw him in, and tried not to curl in on himself as he was hit with a wave of new smells, sounds, and sights. He trained his eyes downwards as he passed the threshold, feeling like he was intruding but struggling to ignore that.
The inside of the Society was as chaotic and magnificent as the outside, and from the glimpse Floyd got before looking down, he determined that it would be really easy to get lost in there. The monstrous skeleton hanging from the ceiling seemed to stare at him, and he ended up stopping and sticking close to Charricthran as the door closed behind him.
His hand reached back into his pocket cradling the old feather, but he left it in there. With how fancy this man and this place was, he felt about as out of place as he had back at home. At least, he thought. His memories of the place were still fuzzy, and the longer he tried to think about them the worse his head and his jaw ached.
"Wh... What should I do now?" he asked, hearing his voice crack and blushing. He cleared his throat and tried again, looking up to meet Charricthran's disorienting eyes. "M-My name is Floyd, and I, I don't have any degrees or, or anything th-that might be able to help you guys. I know a lot about... I know a lot about birds, b-but that's about it. I know, I know a little about machines and bio-, biotet-, biotechs-,"at this, he coughed and tried to clear his throat again. "Bio-, biotechnology, but I have a hard time, uh, remembering things. I don't think... I don't think I would be good at learning and, and building and stuff like I-I heard you guys are."
He straightened up a little bit, hit with a sudden thought. "B-But I can clean! And I can, I can sew and I know how to, uh, cook a little bit, but mostly, mostly food with fish in it and stuff. I learned a little bit from, from some sailors and the cook and Dr. F-Fletcher there, and stuff, but I know more about b-birds than anything that might be, you know, useful..." He tried not to wilt as he trailed off, suddenly feeling very awkward in front of an actual rogue scientist. Why did I come here again?
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Helen Jekyll  Tairais • 2 years ago
Posting on behalf of Floyd Fletcher:
((That's exactly what Floyd needs wants tbh XD
Also!! I might have. Um. Drawn our first interaction... ))
Floyd took a shuddering breath as the charismatic- man? Bird person? He wasn't quite sure -shook his hand, forcing his anxiety down and giving a cautious grin. He stepped inside, the warm glow coming from the building seeming to draw him in, and tried not to curl in on himself as he was hit with a wave of new smells, sounds, and sights. He trained his eyes downwards as he passed the threshold, feeling like he was intruding but struggling to ignore that.
The inside of the Society was as chaotic and magnificent as the outside, and from the glimpse Floyd got before looking down, he determined that it would be really easy to get lost in there. The monstrous skeleton hanging from the ceiling seemed to stare at him, and he ended up stopping and sticking close to Charricthran as the door closed behind him.
His hand reached back into his pocket cradling the old feather, but he left it in there. With how fancy this man and this place was, he felt about as out of place as he had back at home. At least, he thought. His memories of the place were still fuzzy, and the longer he tried to think about them the worse his head and his jaw ached.
"Wh... What should I do now?" he asked, hearing his voice crack and blushing. He cleared his throat and tried again, looking up to meet Charricthran's disorienting eyes. "M-My name is Floyd, and I, I don't have any degrees or, or anything th-that might be able to help you guys. I know a lot about... I know a lot about birds, b-but that's about it. I know, I know a little about machines and bio-, biotet-, biotechs-,"at this, he coughed and tried to clear his throat again. "Bio-, biotechnology, but I have a hard time, uh, remembering things. I don't think... I don't think I would be good at learning and, and building and stuff like I-I heard you guys are."
He straightened up a little bit, hit with a sudden thought. "B-But I can clean! And I can, I can sew and I know how to, uh, cook a little bit, but mostly, mostly food with fish in it and stuff. I learned a little bit from, from some sailors and the cook and Dr. F-Fletcher there, and stuff, but I know more about b-birds than anything that might be, you know, useful..." He tried not to wilt as he trailed off, suddenly feeling very awkward in front of an actual rogue scientist. Why did I come here again?
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Floyd Fletcher  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
((Thanks! These darn spam filters are gonna be the end of me lol))
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Tairais  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
(( OH MY GOSH!! Its adorable and I'm in love! I may or may not have made a very loud noise and startled my poor friends. I actually doodled Floyd, but as I'm at rehearsal I can't send it over :c I will do as soon as I get home though! Seriously, I cannot tell you how much I adore this. ))
Charricthran listened to Floyd intently but gently, nodding thoughtfully every so often.
When the kid finished, he grinned as non-threateningly as he could manage.
"Daresay some o' the aeronautical folks would love ta have a fresh perspective with your kinda knowledge on flyin' sorts! An' I dunno if it's biotechnological or anythin', but my pal Richard'd likely be glad ta hear your take on or teach ya 'bout his way o' using clockworks ta supplement an' augment the body."
He paused for a moment, then chuckled.
"Not ta mention, new enthusiasm, new ideas? Ya never know what ends up bouncing around here. Don' put yourself down, kiddo- you'll find your stride in time. Worst comes ta worst, I daresay I'll end up bein' more'n willin' ta take ya under my wings."
His grin turned decidedly mischievous at that, hidden jokes in hidden thoughts.
"Ya seem a bright sort, an' I'd hate for it ta go to waste. 'Sides, memory's a trick anyways- write your thoughts down, an' they don' end up changing."
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Tairais  Tairais • 2 years ago
(( Floyd Fletcher Forgot to tag you, woops! ))
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Floyd Fletcher  Tairais • 2 years ago
((Aaaah?? Aaaahh!!! Today's a Good Day))
Floyd snorted at the pun, then quickly covered his mouth, the tips of his ears reddening. He tried to hide his huge smile, but with one hand still buried in his pocket and the other shaking with barely-repressed glee, it didn't work as well as he planned.
"That, that sounds amazing!" he exclaimed. waving his free hand in front of his face. He clenched and unclenched it, feeling buzzy and energetic. "That sounds amazing!" he repeated. "I'd love to! I'd love to, to help! I'd love to learn! I didn't- I didn't think you guys would actually, like, let me in and let me, let me learn! That sounds amazing!"
Giggling, he jumped forward without thinking and wrapped his arms around Charricthran's middle, burying his face in his feathery collar. He had to stand on his toes to do so, but through his excitement, the consequences of hugging a near-stranger (and one clearly inhuman, to boot!) went right out of his head.
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Tairais  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
Charricthran startled at the sudden contact, but returned the hug just as quickly, expression brightening further.
"Glad ta hear, kiddo! Think most o' it should wait for the mornin' though, yeah? 'S a wee bit late an' I daresay most o' the proper folk are sleepin' abouts now. You tired at all, or...? Dunno what your sleepin' habits are like."
(( :D ))
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Floyd Fletcher  Tairais • 2 years ago
Floyd bounced back, hopping from foot to foot in obvious excitement. His mouth started running faster than his mind could keep up, jumping from its tracks and springing from thought to thought, not finishing a train of thought before starting another. His cheeks hurt with the force of his smile.
"Thank you so much you don't even know how much this means to me I mean I don't remember my family much but I remember they didn't like me talking about birds too much and, and, and they never let me do experiments of science or anything and I mean I know I don't know that much about science and, and stuff but they never let me do anything even though I'm almost an adult and it hurt but I always thought they knew best because they're my parents ya know? And, and now I'm here and I don't know where they are but now I can do things! And I can do things with you guys and I can do science and I mean real science like real scientists do and I can make things and build things and I can build birds and fly and, and-"
He ran out of breath mid-thought and gasped, chest heaving as his body's needs caught up with him. The brief pause in his train of thought was enough for him to realize he was rambling again, but this time, he didn't feel nearly as embarrassed.
Instead, he smiled shyly at his new friend and said "This is gonna be fun! I'm, I'm a little tired right now, but I don't know where I should go. Do you guys, do you have a cot or something I could borrow? Do you have, do you have maybe a blanket and a chair? I can sleep in all sorts, uh, all sorts of places. I don't need a big comfy bed, like, like other people." He grinned brightly.
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Tairais  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
Charricthran let himself get bounced about by the tide of information in Floyd's rambling, smiling fondly the whole while.
This.. this sort of thing was simpler, familiar. An echo of an older pain just as likely to fall apart as it was to be something kinder and gentler. He chuckled as the kid ran out of words.
"You bet it's gonna be fun, kid! An' if ya like, you're welcome ta sleep up in the attic space I took over for the few times I'm here ta visit- don' act'ly live here, me. Jus' a friend o' a few people. No proper bed, but a pretty comfy chair if I might say myself!"
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Floyd Fletcher  Tairais • 2 years ago
((Work sucks and I'm late to responding again XD))
"Yeah!" Floyd exclaimed. "Yeah, that sounds great! That sounds amazing!" He skipped a little ways into the building, before stopping and turning back around. "I don't know where I'm going!" he shouted happily, smile never once dropping off his face.
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Tairais  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
(( School sucks, and there's no such thing as late to write in my book B) Words fall when they must! Also I have done exactly what Floyd just did, bless. ))
Charricthran held out his hand and wiggled his fingers with a smirk.
Gods above, but the kid was charming. A right star against the sky!
"Up, kiddo! Highest point in the Society, this. Also the safest, prob'ly."
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Floyd Fletcher  Tairais • 2 years ago
((I'm gonna be honest, I've never created an OC for a fandom before; all the ones I've made have been for original universes and stories. I went into this not really expecting to know what to do, since I didn't make the 'verse myself. This is so much better than I thought it would be, I'm having so much fun!
I'm also literally having to stare at the few pages we have that depict the entry to the Society so I know what the heck the place looks like, lol))
Grabbing the bird-man's hand with both of his own, Floyd laughed aloud; a certain laugh, one filled with childlike wonder and pure joy that he hadn't heard nor experienced for as long as he could remember. It felt good to feel good again.
"C'mon Char- Charith- Charick-" Floyd stopped briefly in his bouncing, bashful. "Can I, can I call you Char? I don't think I can say your name right." He started walking towards a nearby staircase, avoiding the various displays and precariously placed devices scattered about the foyer.
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Tairais  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
(( A lot of original content gets meshed with the canon verse, so don'tcha worry! Also I think we've all done that- I had to search for ages to find out if the Society even had a place Char could hide his Attic plausibly. Answer: Yes, but mind your head probably..
I'm so glad you're having fun! It's usually pretty busy/chaotic/exciting around here, so whee! ))
"Sure, kiddo! I'll consider it a gift, see?"
Floyd pulled them in the direction of the staircase, and he chuckled.
"Wrong kind of up- hang tight for a second, yeah? Don' wantcha lettin' go, particularly!"
With that cryptic remark, the world bled into shadows and feathers. For a handful of moments, the Society seemed as if it were underneath murky water, color and light swirling in the darkest sort of depths, lines stretching and reaching towards infinity.
They moved upward through the building, the faint, almost distant sound of something like fireworks echoing in the air. There were bursts of color in the darkness, tasting like ozone and rain-on-stone. Petrichor.
The world righted itself with a blink and a handful of feathers floating in the air. The two of them stood in a cluttered, triangular room that was obviously at the peak of the Society, as the porthole windows demonstrated. It was full of books and bookshelves- no wall was left uncovered, no space unoccupied by a tome or a knickknack of some sort. In one of the far corners was something resembling an altar of dark wood, carved into a sort of pentagon shape.
Behind them was a small wood stove whose chimney seemed to join its fellows on the roof, and that had a copper kettle atop it. Next to that was a large chaise-lounge sort of contraption, if someone had been of the mind to shrink it into something resembling the halfway point between an armchair and the lounge itself. Said chair was covered in blankets and pillows of varying qualities and a rainbow of hues that formed to make something distinctly nest-like in structure.
The whole room sang with the faint sound of wind chimes, and smelled of lavender and rainwater.
Charricthran didn't drop Floyd's hand on the chance that their sudden departure had startled him more than excited him.
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Floyd Fletcher  Tairais • 2 years ago
((:D!!!))
Floyd... might have screamed a little at the sudden change in setting. Just a little. Maybe a little more than that.
But as soon as they settled and the world went back to normal, he squealed in delight. Turning to his companion, he stared openly and with a wide, gap-toothed grin, clenching his hand even tighter, but not out of even an ounce of fear.
"You gotta teach me that!"
He looked around, head whipping every which way, looking at their surroundings and taking in how... homey it all seemed. He longed to run around and start exploring, checking out the books and knickknacks and especially that alter- what was it for, anyway? But he was far too taken with the weird thing that had just happened, and he had to know how Charricthran had did it!
"Char! Char! How did you do that? What was that place? It was so cool and, and weird and, and, and it was so cool! How did we get so high?" His thoughts were everywhere all at once, there was so much to think about! So much to see! So many new things to know! "Haha, Char, that was so cool!"
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Tairais  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
All things considered, Floyd reacted to the sudden change in scenery quite well- he'd had passengers go mad trying to reach for some semblance of a logical explanation.
"Ya jus' gotta walk Between places, not to or through 'em. That was a way Between, jus' the border o' it, mind, but a way to go up nonetheless. We're in the roof o' the Society, now."
Charricthran watched Floyd look around, chuckling softly.
"Dunno if I can teach ya so much, an if I can, I dunno if I should, but I'll take it inta consideration, yeah? Glad ya found it enjoyable, at any rate!"
He squeezed Floyd's hand gently before dropping it and moving to the kettle, presumably to make tea.
"D'ya have a preference for a kinda tea?"
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Floyd Fletcher  Tairais • 2 years ago
((sighs Work again, so I won't be able to respond for a minute after this))
Floyd skipped over to the nest- a nest! It was a nest! -and collapsed into the pile of soft blankets. He shuffled around until he was curled up, kicking his dirty shoes off in the process, so they didn't ruin the colorful blankets, and giggled.
"I dunno, I dunno much about tea. I like, sweet? Sweet stuff. Tea is good. But I had some one time that was really bad. It was, it was all bitter and dry and made my mouth do this." With that, he raised his head slightly above where he'd been burrowing and puckered his face, making an exaggerated sour face. He dropped it and smiled again. "It was gross but I still like tea! But not that one."
((Also have a happy Floyd who found a new friend and is too happy to keep still (I do this ALL the time it's a Big Mood around my friends XD)))
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Tairais  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
(( Oh my gosh, I do the same sort of thing as Flint when I'm really excited. It doesn't happen often, cos 1) I don't get that excited that often and 2) People tell me to stop and I proceed to do so instantly XD
Also *slams fist on table and screams quietly* Floyd! Is so cute! I'm gonna DIE! ))
"I'll avoid that one, then! I have somethin' with cardamon an' cinnamon- put a splash of milk in it an' it tastes a bit like a kinda cookie I remember someone makin' me."
Making tea was a ritual he borrowed from Richard. Familiar, designed to comfort and soothe for the most part. It helped that it gave him something to do, when he hated staying still in the presence of so much vibrant energy.
And so he bustled about, making tea for his unexpected, but utterly endearing guest with a smile on his face.
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Floyd Fletcher  Tairais • 2 years ago
As the scent of the tea started wafting over to him, Floyd bounded back up out of the makeshift nest and over to Charricthran. He pressed himself up against his arm, watching intently. It smelled so good!
Floyd glanced up at his companion, eyes wide with awe and intrigue. "So what are you?" he asked. "You got, feathers and teeth and you got red eyes. You look like people and sound like people, but, but then we did that cool teleporting thing and then we were up here!" He smiled crookedly, pushing his face into Charricthran's sleeve. "I still like you, even if you're a demon or a ghost or something! You're cool, you've got feathers and like birds too! You're cool, Char."
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Tairais  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
Charricthran chuckled, casting Floyd a bemused look as he poured the tea. It sounded like a raven's caw, smothered by his teeth and buried in the back of his throat.
He'd probably not drink any of the tea himself (just in case, it was always just in case), but keeping up appearances was always good, and it gave him time to consider how best to answer Floyd's question. The simplest answer was probably the truth, but then it could invite questions he didn't quite know how to answer in English. Actually, it turned out that that'd be the case no matter what.
What was he?
"Simply put, kiddo, I'm jus' me. Not human, certainly, but not much else either, frankly. As it turns out, though, you're pretty darb yourself!"
He hummed thoughtfully, toying with the idea of a story or two to tell. Some were safer than others, but all held a little danger in them. Thoughts could always wander, someone could listen in (if not here, than elsewhere, and he wouldn't want to put the kid in danger like that), and there were always eyes and teeth looking for something more solid-soft than he.
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Floyd Fletcher  Tairais • 2 years ago
((Y'all got us both intrigued now :O
Also I just realized it's probably Super Late in-universe now and Floyd's been up for who knows how long lol))
Floyd nodded thoughtfully. "Makes sense."
He grabbed his tea when it was done and took a cautious sip, feeling the steam warm his cheeks. The taste was fantastic, sweet and with a little bite from the cinnamon. He'd never tasted anything like it, and the flavor made him feel warm inside.
He stayed quiet as he sipped, wandering back over to the chaise-lounge and perching on the edge. He tried to sit up straight, but the late hour was making itself known, and with the combination of that, the soft bed, the warm drink, and the newfound feeling of safety and happiness from his new friend, Floyd found himself slumping down and drifting.
"Char, hey Char? I know I'm a handful. I know, I know I can be a lot sometimes. I wanna say-" he interrupted himself with a yawn, and then downed the rest of his warm tea before finishing. "I wanna say thanks. You're really nice, and I like that. I like that a lot."
He set the empty mug down on a nearby table, before curling back up in the nest of colorful blankets and watching Charricthran sleepily.
"I think... I think I'm really gonna like it here," he murmured.
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Tairais  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
(( I may have also done a really quick doodle ^^" ))
"Most o' the best kinds o' people are one sort o' a handful or another, kiddo. I should hope thatcha have a nice stay here, cos I think I'm gonna have a right cheerful time with you about."
Charricthran watched Floyd edge closer and closer to falling asleep, and felt his heart creep closer and closer to being attached.
Floyd made a parallel to deep bonds held in the past. He couldn't help but notice the similarities and differences, couldn't help to do anything but helplessly veer towards being protective.
He wasn't nice, not really. Not to the general public, not to most people in every world. To friends, probably. To those who proved themselves interesting, a handful of times.
To kids like Floyd, like Richard, like Catt, like his danthe-kornari?
Always.
He chuckled again and meandered to a nearby bookshelf, pulling off a book at random.
"Get some sleep kiddo. I'll take you downstairs in the mornin' an' you can meet with everyone. 'S late."
He fell silent then, save for the turning of a page every so often.
After a little while, he began to hum a lullaby he'd learned while Richard and his brother had lived in Russia. Though it was only fourteen notes in length, he found the tune soothing. The words were less so, warning of hungry wolves, but that was why he hummed it.
No sense in frightening the kid before he had to, and definitely not if he didn't have to.
(( Char's humming Bayu baushki bayu, which is a Russian folk melody my mom taught me (despite the fact we're not terribly Russian in ancestry). I adore it, so Char's humming it. A bit tonelessly because the bird can't sing well, butcha know :P ))
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Floyd Fletcher  Tairais • 2 years ago
((I wish with all my heart that I could like a comment a hundred times this is amazing I'm literally over here screaming into a pillow it's GORGEOUS I love them both so much asjhdfkasdhg
Also I just went and had a listen-to of that song and I?? I'm getting chills imagining this scene in my head, though more as if it were a movie scene or something. I don't know much of Charricthran's backstory (really anything) but listening to the song and rereading what you wrote, I'm getting this image of him humming it while turning a page, and we see, almost overlaid the calm scene of him reading and Floyd drifting off, shadows flit across the screen. I can almost hear instruments -- violin, maybe some simple piano following the hummed melody -- and as it repeats and continues, we hear what almost sounds like spirits whispering the lyrics over Char's humming, while the shadows writhe in the darkest corners of the room, growing faster and darker as the accompanying violins crescendo, almost forming shapes -- people, scenes of horrifying events from his dark past. Maybe we hear an echoing scream in the background.
Then the music builds to the last lyric, and stops, as both Charricthran and the haunting voice hang on that last note, until all is silent, except for the turning of the page.
That... got a little long. My bad;; I tend to get carried away with imagery and visual things. I have a very active imagination, and one of my favorite things to do with music, especially eerie songs like that. Chills man, chills.
Okay, now back to what I was supposed to be doing lol))
Snuggling deeper into the blankets, Floyd listened with his eyes closed as Charricthran moved about the room. Things fell silent, and he felt himself drifting off, wondering what the new day would bring about. Something exciting, no doubt.
The last thing he heard before darkness claimed him was the haunting refrain as Charricthran hummed him to sleep.
((And that sounds about like a wrap!! God, but this was so much fun. I feel truly welcomed, not just by your characters, but by y'all too. I'm so excited for future threads ^^
And I haven't met all the Lodgers yet, but I think I know who Floyd's fave is already, lol))
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Tairais  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
(( Dude that is fu- uh frICKIN PERFECT and you BET I'm gonna try and do like a little animatic or something for that as soon as I get more than 4 minutes of time and .002% energy holy cow. NEVER apologize for imagery and music, I do that stuff ALL THE TIME- its why the first thing I do when making a character is put my huge library of music on shuffle and try and find songs that 'fit' right!
If you wanna hear the version of the song that was stuck in my head/is still stuck in my head, there's a character in a game called Dead by Daylight called the Huntress that hums this. There's like a 10 minute long video where the loop slowly kinda devolves exactly as you described it up there!
And yeah, looks like a wrap! Char's adopting another kid, woops. It's fine! It'll be good for him, especially since things are about to go to utter CRAP on his end a bit ^^" You arrived just in time for that. Or I say just in time, but it could literally end up being several more months from now.
Can I just say that I am SUPER FREAKING HYPED to join future threads with you? Seriously! Super hyped. Also thank you for the wonderful reaction because that's been me with all your pictures ahhhhhhh :D ))
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Floyd Fletcher  Tairais • 2 years ago
((I'M LISTENING TO IT RIGHT NOW AND SCREAMING THIS IS PERFECT okay I MIGHT have to play this game idk it seems pretty interesting??
Also I'll fight you for the privilege to make that animatic meet me in the Denny's parking lot in the next ten minutes LET'S GO
BUT YEAH!!!! Oh man I'm ready, Floyd's gonna be there with hugs and he's gonna try his darnedest to help (and probably get in the way but it's the thought that counts tbh).
This is gonna be so fun!!!!!! I'm Ready))
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Tairais  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
(( Who says we can't both make it?? I'd love to see your take on it since its your brain image (that being said I am ALWAYS down for a fight)! I may or may not be fiddling around in musescore trying to come up with an accompaniment part to tap out on the piano and violin in my house but hEEHEH.
Also I've not played Dead by Daylight because crappy computer, but I watch a guy called HybridPanda play the game a LOT so he's a good guy to watch if you want a feel for how the game works.
Floyd may get in the way, but knowing Char it'll be conveniently timed to keep Char from doing something DUMB and or RECKLESS so all is well so long as we don't bring Wer'Vemud into the midst. ))
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Floyd Fletcher  Tairais • 2 years ago
((SCARED TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS but no doubt I'll find out in due time! I'm struggling so hard to not read up on all your characters and learn everything I can about them; I want Floyd's reactions to learning things about his new friends and fellow Lodgers to be genuine, and that'll only happen if I don't know anything either. It's so hard though!!! I. Might have read a little bit of 'Friday Night' and some of part one of the Moriarty arc. I had to stop tho bc I had to go to work DX and also I had the above thought.
I'm!!! Gonna go doodle some and maybe pull out my keyboard and mess around and try to figure out what I was thinking during my first listen through of the song.))
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Tairais  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
(( Heeee, Richard and Char both have a lot of secrets on their wikipages simply because those specific plots to reveal them have happened. Good luck on the art! Regrettably, my wrists are too sore from the cold to do any more art tonight so blep ;-; I'm probably gonna watch something on netflix or something- hope work is less stressful than usual!
Also re: being scared: you probably should be ^^" ))
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Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
((Oh hey, one last thing I'd like to mention! There's a bit of a quirk to introductory rps-- there can be multiple timelines, with a different character greeting Floyd at the door with each one, and they're all semi-canon.
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Floyd Fletcher  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
((I figured that might be the case! Thanks!))
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Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
((Floyd looks like such an interesting character! Can't wait to roleplay with you, if you're up for it. Lewis would come answer the door, but he's unfortunately not there at night. (He has a flat of his own and heads to the Society in the morning.) I'd love to see them interact once it's daylight, though. :-) ))
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Floyd Fletcher  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
((I'm so looking forward to it! Whenever my next reply gets around to actually posting, I have a feeling poor Floyd is gonna end up burned out on the 'human interaction' front for the rest of the night, so that'll work out perfectly. Can't wait to meet you all!!))
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Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
((I’ve unfortunately the same plight as 86! XD
My usual doorgreeter is... unavailable, due to scheduling, though she’ll likely be greeting Floyd in the morning to help him settle in [She’s the day manager and tends to the placement and care of Lodgers].
Until then, I shall simply have to send in someone a bit different than she, but hopefully they'll still get along decently!))
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Floyd Fletcher  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
((Yay!!! I'll do the slightly different post thing you mentioned in a minute, but a question: How does new thread/introductions go? Like, do we have to create an entirely new discussion for whenever we have a certain idea, or do new discussions have to be discussed (lol) beforehand and agreed upon. Basically, if I/we have an idea for something we wanna do (that fits into the timeline, of course), can we just create a new discussion and go wild? I really wanna meet you guys' characters come 'daytime' but idk if that would be happening here or if I should create a new discussion for the apparent time skip to morning. Thanks!))
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Helen Jekyll  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
((Alright, so, this really depends on what sort of story you have in mind!
Usually, new discussions are used for group roleplays, though there are a few exceptions, and they tend to be open to a large group of people, kinda like the introductory discussion, so anyone who wants to join, can.
If something isn't for a group of three, four-ish people or more, they tend to be held in our main rp page, which is reposted weekly (usually by our mod) on Mondays when The Glass Scientist updates.
(Here's this weeks: https://disqus.com/home/dis...
As for what you plan on doing, with the switch to morning, I think the easiest course of action would be to post a sort of second starting paragraph in the comments of this discussion, describing what Floyd would be doing in the morning, and then characters can come in there, as it'd still be part of his introduction to the Society.))
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Floyd Fletcher  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
((Gotcha, okay! And for the smaller ones posted on the weekly page, do they have to be in relation to the events happening in the comic? Like, directly, I mean. Or is that just a convenient place to drop all the smaller rp's so they don't clutter up everything else?
And cool! I'm thinking of doing that, but I gotta wait for Charricthran to get back to me on the reply I finally posted, so I can get an idea of what goes down the night before, and what mindset poor Floyd will be in the following morning.))
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Helen Jekyll  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
((Nope! Any sort of story can go there to keep it neat, but on occasion there's a starter as part of that discussion that pertains to the comic.
That's perfectly fine, character mindset is important! It's good you know to keep tract of it all.
If you don't mind, I do have one person who could greet Floyd at night, though I'm perfectly willing to save that particular interaction for a later date.))
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Floyd Fletcher  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
((No please do go on! I'm super excited to meet all of you and I have plenty of time right now!! ^^))
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Floyd Fletcher  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
((I checked again and my new edited reply to Tairais is still marked as spam i thought it showed up and went through what's going on asdfkhasdkfha I'm so sorry friends I'm just gonna have to wait for Mz.Hyde to fix things I guess *sweats*))
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Helen Jekyll  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
((Odd, I saw it pop up myself, but it seems to have vanished now. I'll see if I can contact her about the issue.))
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Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
There was a pause, the muffled sound of footsteps, and then the door was jerked open by a rather displeased looking woman, who couldn't be older than twenty.
She wore a men's dull, olive green pants with a white dress-shirt, unbuttoned to just above her collarbone, that fit her lean frame comfortably.
Oddly enough, her feet were bare.
Dark brown, nearly black hair fell in waves to her shoulders, framing her already rather sharp features and seeming all the darker against her pale skin.
A permanent scowl seemed to be fixed on the face of the woman who answered the door, her irises an icy blue beneath their narrowed lids, and her whole body radiated distrust.
"What do you want?" She growled, starring down at the newcomer as she stood a nearly a foot taller, a vice-like grip on the door.
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Floyd Fletcher  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited
((Hoo boy))
Floyd yelped, scurrying back from the doorway as it was wrenched open, and flinched in on himself in fear at her answer. The feather in his hands was clenched tightly, almost breaking the delicate thing, and he struggled to relax and speak as his mouth fought against him, teeth locked together in terror. He never really had been good in the face of anger.
"P-P-Please," he said, stammer exacerbated by the fear clenching his heart. "I-I-I j-just need, I just n-need a place to st-stay. I'm, I'm Floyd, Floyd Fletcher, and I-I like birds and know s-some science, and I, and I, and I-"
A violent shudder wracked his frame, and he took another step away. This wasn't worth it, I should just go, this was a bad idea and now I've made everyone mad oh God.
He ducked his head even lower, and started to turn away. "N-Never mind, never mind, I'm sorry, th-this was a bad idea, I'm sorry." He flinched again as he continued rambling. Idiot!
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Helen Jekyll  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
((Apologies for my girl, she's not exactly the friendliest at times. ^^'))
For a long moment, the woman continued to glower at "Floyd", eyeing him from head to toe.
Then, suddenly, she laughed, her ire melting away and expression smoothing.
"Oho, you want to be a Lodger," She observed with a barely stifled grin, "It's a bit late to be stopping by, isn't it?"
The growl she had spoken in before lightened to something more quietly amused, and she leaned against the door frame.
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Floyd Fletcher  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
((Sorry for the late reply! Work got hectic and I only just got off, lol))
Her sudden change of attitude threw Floyd off, and he only shrunk in on himself further. One foot on the threshold of the Society and the other on the sidewalk, he could only nod mutely, his eyes avoiding hers entirely. He struggled to say something, anything, to explain himself, but his mouth felt dry and every time he tried to open his mouth it refused to, glued shut as it was.
Like a deer in the headlights, he was frozen in spot, waiting for her next move and ready to bolt.
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Helen Jekyll  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
((Don't worry, you're perfectly fine! Sorry for the delay myself, life is keeping me pretty busy these days.))
"Hey, Floyd," She said sharply, a chuckle rumbling in her throat as she sought to meet his gaze, "You can come on in now. The doctor'll kill me if you catch a cold."
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Floyd Fletcher  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
((Nah friend, it's completely understandable XD. So I'm uh. Thinking of doing that morning paragraph, but unsure as to how it should go, since there are now two slightly divergent versions of how Floyd first came here. Should I just be vague about where in particular he stayed that night, and have him already be up and about? I'm thinking of having him start exploring early in the morning. It would give the others a chance to potentially catch him in the act of 'about to do something he probably shouldn't (but that won't get him kicked out, obvisouly lol)'))
Hearbeat racing in his ears, Floyd scurried through the doorway, holding his breath until he was safely past this strange and scary woman. His fingers ran rapidly across the vanes of the feather, nearly crushed in his trembling hands- back and forth, back and forth, trying to keep himself calm in a situation he hadn't prepared himself for nearly enough.
Stepping into the Society's foyer, however, was enough to stop his frantic fidgeting. His mouth hung open as he took in the sights of all the various displays, fantastical machines, and the behemoth skeleton hanging just above it all, from the grand vaulted ceiling a dozen stories up. It was enough to make him forget how scared he had just been.
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Helen Jekyll  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
((I'll go ahead and answer your question on the start now, as I've not the time to reply at the moment.
I think that keeping where exactly he woke up at vague would work, in order to keep both timelines plausibly canon. The time of morning could be kept vague to, to allow for multiple people to interact with him at different times.))
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Floyd Fletcher  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
((Sweet! I'll do that now then, since I have a minute))
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Floyd Fletcher  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
((sighs at myself for the umpteenth time about the spam filter))
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Helen Jekyll  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
((Oh dear, set it off again?))
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Floyd Fletcher  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
((Yeah, I forgot about the word 'ch*nk' lol))
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Floyd Fletcher  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
((Woo! Fixed it by changing the offending word and then switching a bunch of things around in the rest of it, replacing some words with synonyms and the like. That's the way to go apparently, if I don't want a repost marked as spam too, haha))
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Helen Jekyll  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
((It seems that you're going to become an expert on how to deal with the spam filter at this rate! XDX
I wish you the best of luck dealing with all the technical difficulties!))
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Floyd Fletcher  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
((Thanks! I'm learning~))
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Helen Jekyll  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
((If you don't mind, I'd like to send in someone on the thread you have with Lewis! Luck has it that they tend to frequent the garden, so the timing works well.
Also, the poor dear, I swear my other characters are kinder. 8<
And ahhh, you drew her! :DD It looks amazing!!))
The woman turned to follow, closing the door behind her with a forceful thud.
She stopped alongside him, following his gaze to the colossal collection of bones, and breaking into a smirk.
"I take it you're impressed, little fledgling?" The question came in a cool, polite tone though her lips twitched, betraying her enjoyment of this game of hers, "If you think that's fantastic, wait until you meet the people who brought this stuff in."
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Floyd Fletcher  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
((YEah that sounds great!! Sorry I didn't respond sooner I accidentally fell back asleep oops. And I'm not sure how the order or responses in group threads like that should go, so I'll let you guys guide me through that at first if you don't mind, so I can get a feel for it))
The door startled Floyd into flinching again, and he went back to rubbing the feather. The 'fledgling' comment made his lips quirk, but the feeling from that was quickly swallowed again by the anxiety putting him on edge.
He nodded frantically. "Y-Yes ma'am, I like it, I like it a lot. I-It's really cool in here, and, and, and I heard lot's of, lot's of good stuff. A-About what happens here, and, and about the people." He ducked his head further into the dirty collar of his jacket, feeling much like a turtle trying to hide in its shell. "W-Well actually, I heard many bad, uh, bad things too. People said lots of, lots of b-bad things, and tried to make you all, tried to make you all seem c-crazy and e-evil and bad. B-But I wasn't scared, no, no I wasn't scared of w-what they said. It sounded, uh, nice, the th-things they said. It sounded fun, and, and, and I wasn't scared, and I w-wanted to come and join and learn, and, and I wasn't scared, a-and I'm not scared, I'm not scared at all."
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Helen Jekyll  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
((XD That's fine, I've done that on occasion. Usually the turn order is just a list of the people on a loop, though occasionally someone will ask to skip their turn or to take another's in order to keep things flowing better.
For example, when I jump in now with the two of them in the garden, the order would be my (first) turn, 86, you, then my turn, 86, you, and so on until someone leaves, someone new comes in, or the rp ends. XD))
His stammering drew a chuckle from the woman, which quickly morphed into a full-throated laugh.
"Ah, my dearest chick," She said with a wicked smile and glinting eyes, her laughter finally dying down, "You should be."
And with that, she led the way down one of the hallways, perfectly pleased with herself.
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Floyd Fletcher  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
((Thumbs up emoji))
Floyd's shivering only grew worse with each passing moment, until he felt tears welling up. He tried to force them down, but this woman was so scary and he didn't even know her name. He should be scared? He was. And he was also starting to think that coming here might have been worse than freezing on the street that night.
The street's still out there, you know, a little voice in his head said. The door is unlocked. That's still an option...
He shook his head, trying to clear the intrusive thoughts, and took a hesitant step forward. He kept silent as he trotted after her, not trusting himself to not start wailing if he opened his mouth.
He realized the feather in his hands was crushed beyond repair, and the silent tears started to fall.
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Helen Jekyll  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
((Awwww, noooo! 8,< She's gone and made him cry! DX))
Walking with a subtle bounce to her step, the woman didn't look back once until they had reached a hall lined with doors, coming to a stop in front of one.
"This can be your room, until you can get all your stuff sorted in the--"
She had turned to face him as she spoke and froze at the sight of his wet cheeks, expression shifting to something between surprise and puzzlement.
"...you're crying..."
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Floyd Fletcher  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
((Yup, he's an anxious baby and like me, cries at the drop of a hat))
Scrubbing his cheeks furiously, trying to hide evidence of his breakdown, Floyd started stammering out excuses. "N-no, I-I'm sorry, I-I didn't, didn't mean to, I'm sorry, e-everything's, everything's fine." He shoved his hands back into his pockets, hiding the crushed feather and ducking his head so his dark hair fell in his face, trying to hide his reddened eyes. Nothing more embarrassing than showing how scared you were in front of someone angry; man, he was just failing at everything lately.
Floyd started muttering again, completely avoiding even looking in the general vicinity of the woman. "Th-Thank you for, for showing me my room, and, and, and giving me a place to s-stay, and stuff. I-I-I promise I won't be, I won't be, uh, a bother. I'll stay out of y-your hair, I-I promise."
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Helen Jekyll  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
A frown crept onto her expression as she spoke, mostly to herself.
"...why are you...? I wasn't trying to..."
Apparently I misjudged what he could take...
"Look, Fletcher, I am not going to hurt you. The doctor would have my head if I did. In fact," She glanced back the way they had came for a moment, then to him again, "You wait here, I'll be back in a minute."
The woman took a step back, still watching him as she got ready to leave. "Don't go anywhere!
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Floyd Fletcher  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
Floyd watched as she left, rooted to the spot. He wiped at his nose, sniffling, berating himself for his pitiful display. Why can't you cat normal for ten minutes! Why are you like this!!! But it didn't help, and the tears kept coming.
As soon as she was out of sight, he sagged against the wall next to the door, sliding down until he was curled up with his knees to his chest. His arms were wrapped around his chest, cradling the ruined remains of his feather, and he felt himself start to rock slightly in a subconscious attempt to calm down. It helped a little, but mostly made him feel ridiculous.
The tears dried up, mostly, but a few slipped down his face when he wondered where the scary lady had gone, and what she was going to do to him when she got back. She'd seemed worried, or at least concerned, before she left, but that could mean anything. She had been angry when she first opened the door, and her mood had switched so suddenly and unexpectedly that he had no idea what she meant or what was going on, how she really felt. It just made him more scared, and he considered bolting back the way he came before she got back.
But he was even more scared of her catching him running, and what might happen then, so he remained where he was; curled in a tight ball on the ground, whimpering as he waited for her return.
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Helen Jekyll  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
There was the sound of approaching, occasionally faltering footsteps, as if their owner was unsure of their destination.
Then, they came to a stop in front of Floyd.
"You can, uh... move now," said the woman from before as she sat on the floor, a black ball of fur about the size of a shoe curled in her lap.
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Floyd Fletcher  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
Floyd jerked his head up and moved as if he were about to shoot to his feet, but stopped with his hands on the floor as he saw the creature in her lap. His eyes widened.
"I-Is that... What is that?" he asked, carefully settling back fully on the floor, and clenching a fist. He wanted to reach out to pet it (it looked so soft!) but he was unsure if he was allowed.
He chanced a glance at her face, biting his lip. His tears had dried up, but the tracks still ran down his face, and no doubt his eyes were a reddened and bruised mess from rubbing them.
"C-Can I...?"
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Helen Jekyll  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
"This is Lepus, my rabbit," She answered as she stroked at his back, allowing a smile to grace her features, "I'll allow you to pet him, if and only if he gives you permission first."
She looked up and held the boy's gaze. "It's very important to respect an animal's boundaries."
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Floyd Fletcher  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
As soon as he'd heard 'rabbit', Floyd's hand had started inching towards it. The fur looked so sleek, so shiny, so soft, that he almost couldn't help it.
He paused and met her gaze, hand still hovering halfway between them. Awkwardly shuffling his legs until he was sitting in a better position, Floyd let himself open up more, until he wasn't quite as hunched in on himself, and nodded slowly.
Looking back at Lepus, he gulped and held out his hand, fingers loosely curled, palm up.
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Helen Jekyll  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago • edited
((Looks like you've found her one of her literal soft spots--bunnies! XD))
The rabbit eyed his hand warily, giving it an appraising sniff and peering up at Floyd for a moment before brushing his nose against the outstretched fingers.
"Ah, that's bunny talk for 'Alright, fine, I'll give you the courtesy of petting me'," the woman translated, laughing softly and giving Lepus an affectionate look.
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Floyd Fletcher  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
((Honestly like Floyd is all about birds. Birds are his thing. But also?? Soft things are fantastic and he will try to touch anything that looks soft))
Floyd shivered happily as the rabbit accepted him, and he carefully ran his fingers along the top of its head, ghosting them down its back. It was the softest thing he'd ever felt, like petting a cloud. He ran his hand along its back again, putting a little more pressure, but not enough to hurt it.
His face split into a wide, gap-toothed grin, and he looked up at the woman fully. "He's so soft!" he whisper-shouted, still petting the soft fur. It felt so nice, and he could feel his anxiety drying out along with the remains of his breakdown earlier.
He grew bolder, scooting closer on the ground until their knees were almost touching, and continued to pet the rabbit, marveling at the feeling. He'd never pet a rabbit before, the wild ones always running away whenever he got too close. He'd felt a rabbit-fur coat before, but it was old and dusty and didn't feel the same as the living, breathing creature in the woman's lap.
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Helen Jekyll  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
Lepus acted as though he was doing Floyd a grand favor by allowing the touch, his head held high even as he flattened out to allow more room for petting.
The woman stiffened uncomfortably whenever the boy drew closer, but didn't draw away, focusing instead on her bunny and his mood, watching for any signs that he'd had enough.
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Floyd Fletcher  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
Floyd found himself murmuring under his breath, just his thoughts as if the rabbit could understand him, talking to it almost without thinking. "You're so, you're such a soft little bunny. A little cloud, a little black cloud with little floppy ears, little soft cloud. Little Lepus, little Lepus so soft, like a pretty baby, so soft and happy and fluffy, yes, so fluffy and black and I like you, I like you a lot, so, he, so soft, haha."
He sighed happily as he trailed his fingers one last time down the bunny's back, finally (albeit reluctantly) pulling his hand back. It was getting super late, and the emotional rollercoaster recently really drained him.
"Th-Thank you, miss," he said quietly, still watching Lepus as the rabbit shifted in his owner's arms, making himself comfortable. "I'm feeling much better now. Thank you."
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Helen Jekyll  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
((I'm cackling, no one has gone without knowing her name for this long. XDD))
The woman shrugged one shoulder, preferring to keep her gaze on her dark-furred companion.
"Don't mention it... Figured that you were the sort who'd like him."
She rubbed absentmindedly at the pets ears, continuing in a distracted murmur.
"That room can be locked from the inside and out, but you won't be getting the key for the latter until you've met the doctor. There's a bed, a bit of furniture, probably a window... The basic stuff."
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Floyd Fletcher  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
((I think I know who it is but I'm waiting for Floyd to figure it out too))
Floyd stood slowly, watching the rabbit and smiling slightly. He stretched, feeling his cramped back pop and realign, and put a hand on the door handle. "Thank you, miss. This means, this means a lot to me."
He opened the door and looked into the sparse room. Homey. "I don't have much, uh, stuff. Just me and my clothes. So I'll be, I'll be fine. Thanks."
Right before he went into the room, he turned back to the woman and hesitantly asked "B-By the way, what's your name? You never, you never told me."
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Helen Jekyll  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
The woman rose and cradled Lepus close to her chest, a grin flickering across her expression at the question.
"You never asked before."
She seemed to look him over one last time, then inclined her head slightly.
"I'm Hela Hyde, a part-time resident. I usually only stay afternoons and nights." She chuckled. "Lucky you came now then, eh? Otherwise we wouldn't have met."
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Floyd Fletcher  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
Thinking back to their almost disastrous beginning to their meeting, Floyd almost thought that he'd have been fine with that.
But then he looked at Lepus, and then he looked into Hela's eyes, and he smiled. "Y-Yeah, you're right. I'm glad I met you, Miss Hela." He stepped into the room, flashing a wider grin at the two of them, and repeated. "I'm glad I met you. Good night!"
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Helen Jekyll  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
"Night, fledgling," laughed Hela, giving a wave.
She paused, pondering whether to say one last threatening remark... but decided against frightening him further.
Won't be of any use if he can't sleep, She mused to herself, unable to mask a smile as she walked to her own room.
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Floyd Fletcher  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
Floyd closed the door behind him and pressed his back up against it, breathing deeply. That ended pretty well, considering. Something seemed seriously off about Hela Hyde, but since it wasn't his business, he wasn't planning on prying. Besides, even though she had a sweet, soft little rabbit like Lepus, she was still scary. Not as much as she'd been when he first got there, but still. He didn't want to make her mad.
So far, the Society wasn't all bad. He still had to meet the rest of the Lodgers, and the doctor Hela and the people around town had been talking about. He wasn't looking forward to that, though he figured the man couldn't be much worse than Miss Hela.
Flopping down on his bed, he stared at the ceiling, counting down from one hundred and then back up again, until he felt his eyes closing of their own accord.
He fell asleep with the phantom feeling of Lepus's fur beneath his fingers, and the remains of his feather, his last physical tie to his old life, cradled in his pocket.
((I'm pretty much done whenever you are. This was fun! Hela's gonna have an interesting time with Floyd, and vice versa. I feel like as he gets to know her better he'll come to expect the way she acts and talks and so on, and he'll get better at dealing with it without having a full-on panic attack every time. Poor boy... XD))
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Helen Jekyll  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
((This sounds like a perfect place to end to me!
It was tons of fun, I really enjoyed it! :D
I really do look forward to their future interactions, and I find it rather amusing that this is actually a rather tame Hela-- she used to be much worse.
The poor Floyd doesn't need all this stress. XD
Oh, and, oddly enough, he's thinking she's referring to the wrong doctor. >:P))
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Floyd Fletcher  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
((Huh, I thought you were talking about canon Jekyll. I'm just gonna have Floyd's thoughts connect the Doctor Jekyll he heard about around town to the one Hela mentioned. I don't think he knows there's another Jekyll (even if he did hear about her, he probably forgot tbh). But that's a surprise for him for another day ^^))
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Helen Jekyll  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
((Don’t worry, there’s nothing you need to change, as that was his natural reaction! His only thoughts really should be about the Dr. Henry Jekyll, as that’s usually the most anyone hears able outside of the Society.
Yep, he’ll just get a (hopefully pleasant) surprise later! ^-^))
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Floyd Fletcher  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
((Also I did a thing bc Lepus is cute. Also why the name in italics? Just curious))
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Helen Jekyll  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
((D’awwww, it’s Hela and her bun! :DD
The name is actually Latin for rabbit, and I’m pretty sure things in different languages tend to have some sort of indicator.))
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Mysterious Gamer • 2 years ago
(He's such a cinnamon roll! I like him >u<)
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Floyd Fletcher  Mysterious Gamer • 2 years ago
((Ahh!! Thank you!!! I try to play him like I would act myself, except maybe with a slightly younger mentality, and with the awkwardness cranked up (just a bit though lol)))
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Mysterious Gamer  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
(good way of roleplay! I did the same with two of my old Ocs here a while ago! Because it's a bit hard to fake another personality all the time xD)
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Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago • edited
((I decided to do a morning-after bit too, since a lot of you seem to have morning dwelling Lodgers, and wouldn't have greeted him at the door so late at night. I'm excited to meet you all!))
The morning following his rather... interesting welcoming to the Society, Floyd found himself up and wandering about. The excitement over a new place- especially one filled with so many interesting things! And interesting people! And science! -was enough to give him a hard time falling back asleep once he was up.
He crept down the hallway, glancing at each door as it passed. Some of them seemed empty, unoccupied. Others had plaques with names on them, only a few of which he managed to decipher through the floating and switching letters. After passing a dozen or more, he quickly grew bored and scampered back towards the staircase he'd passed recently.
The foyer that he'd seen on his way in the previous night had stolen his breath, and he just knew that he'd need to get a closer look at some of the things in there. He wasn't gonna mess with any of them, just a look...
A particular contraption caught his eye. High above the glass displays, but hanging below the strange monstrous skeleton (what is that thing? It feels like it's staring at him), Floyd saw what looked sort of like a bike with bat wings attached. He giggled, hopping over to it, and frowned when he realized it was too high for him to reach.
Looking around, he noticed that one of the pillars holding up the second floor balcony had lots of little handholds. The grin flashed back onto his face, and he skipped over to it and hauled himself up.
One hand gripped firmly into an impression in the stone design, he reached out his other for the wing of the contraption. Just a few more inches...
His heart fell into his stomach when he felt his footing slide a little.
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Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
((This spam filter is gonna be the end of me, I swear...
I decided to do a morning bit too after he arrived the previous night, since a lot of you seem to have morning dwelling Lodgers who wouldn't have been at the Society to greet him at such an hour. I'm excited to meet you all!))
The morning following his rather... interesting journey and following welcoming into the Society, Floyd found himself up and wandering the halls. The excitement over a new place -- especially one filled with so many interesting things! And interesting people! And science! -- was enough to get him up and around earlier than he would have otherwise (aka: noon).
He crept down the hallway, glancing at each door as he passed them. Some of them seemed empty and unoccupied. Others had plaques with names on them, but he couldn't read all the names. The letters kept hopping off the metal and switching places when he looked away. After passing a dozen or so doors, he quickly grew bored and scampered back towards the staircase to the main hall.
The foyer that he'd seen on his way inside the previous night had stolen his breath, and he just knew that he'd need to get a closer look at some of the strange and unusual things in there. He didn't plan on messing with any of them, he swore. Just a little look...
A particular contraption caught his eye. Hanging above the glass displays but below the strange monstrous skeleton (what was that thing? It felt like it was staring at him), Floyd saw what looked sort of like a bike with mechanical bat wings attached. He giggled, hopping over to it, but frowned when he realized it was too high to reach.
Looking around, he noticed that one of the pillars holding up the second floor balcony had lots of carved decorations, perfect for handholds. The grin flashed back onto his face, and he skipped over to it and carefully hauled himself up.
One hand gripped firmly into an impression in the stone design, he reached out his other for the wing of the machine. Just a few more inches...
His heart dropped into his stomach as he felt his footing slide, and he grabbed the pillar with both arms. Gulping, he realized he had no way to get down without falling.
This might have been a bad idea...
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Jekyll1886  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago • edited
A dark-haired man in a blue waistcoat had just emerged from beneath one of the arches on the ground floor when he noticed movement out of the corner of his eye and looked up.
"What the--?" he murmured as he caught sight of Floyd.
Unthinkingly, the man approached to stand just beneath the struggling ornithologist.
"You alright?" he called up, fairly certain the answer was "no."
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Floyd Fletcher  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
((Friend!!! New friend!!!))
Floyd yelped, almost losing his grip, and glanced down to the man standing beneath him. His mouth was covered by his shoulder, so when he spoke, it came out muffled.
"'M stuck! 'M stuck!" He kicked his legs out, trying to find somewhere to place them, but they kept slipping off the stone and he couldn't find the footholds he'd used to get up there without looking down further, which he couldn't in his current position. The ground wasn't too terribly far away, but it was enough that landing would hurt.
Well this is embarrassing, he thought as he felt his grip give way, sending him plummeting to the ground.
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Jekyll1886  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
((Hee hee! I'm excited! ^_^))
Fortunately, the fellow below had braced himself, having been about to suggest that Fletcher let himself drop and that he'd catch him.
Floyd landed securely in his arms.
"Oof! There we are," he said, relieved the new lodger hadn't come to worse.
"Are you alright to stand?" he asked, a hint of concern in his voice despite his seeming calm.
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Floyd Fletcher  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
Floyd stared at the man who caught him, eyes wide and mirror-like. He didn't say anything, but his mind was whirring a mile a minute. Who was he? He seemed normal enough, but from the few people he'd met in his short time at the Society, he knew looks could be deceiving.
And he also knew that he probably shouldn't have been trying to mess with one of the contraptions in the foyer, unless something bad were to happen. Like, what basically had just happened.
He settled for nodding quietly, mouth refusing to work in the presence of a stranger and with adrenaline still coursing through his veins from the fall.
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Jekyll1886  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago • edited
The man gently set Fletcher upright.
Poor sod seems too shocked to speak, he silently surmised.
The man stood perhaps six feet tall. His eyes were a striking gradation of color, their hazel green ranging from purest emerald at the outer rim through varying shades of green and brown to ebony, perhaps even black--it was difficult to say where iris ended and pupil began. The smile which graced his features was small but kind.
"Why don't we have a seat?" he offered, gesturing with an open palm to a nearby bench just under the arches.
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Floyd Fletcher  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited
Floyd nodded again, struggling to force words past his lips, which rather felt like they'd been cemented shut.
He perched on the edge of the bench and cast his eyes downward. "I-I know I'm not supposed to, supposed to climb things and touch things without permission, I-I just, I just saw that and it looked neat and, and I wanted, I wanted to touch it 'cuz it was neat, and, and I'm sorry sir," he mumbled. "I'm new here, and, and I don't know anything much yet, but uh, my name's Floyd F-Fletcher, and I'm new and I like birds and wanna learn, uh, more about machines and stuff. So I can make things like, like all you guys. I heard about you, and you're all so, so cool, and I don't remember where I come from too well, but I know I wanna do stuff here, 'cuz I like it here. It's nice..."
He trailed off, then peeked up through his eyelashes, not wanting to make eye contact but needing to know what the man was going to do. "W-What's your name? I didn't see you last night, though, though I didn't see too many people last night anyways."
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Jekyll1886  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
((That picture! :DDDD))
"Ah, you're the new ornithologist," said the man, breaking into a wide smile. "Dr. Lewis Weir, transcendental metaphysicist," he introduced himself. "A pleasure to meet you."
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Floyd Fletcher  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
((I endeavor to draw anyone and everyone that interacts with Floyd, because so far every single interaction has involved something cute going down and I'm all about that.
Also everyone's characters are so colorful and interesting and I'd be darned if I didn't draw them at least once XD))
"Y-You too," Floyd said, smiling shyly. He reached into his pocket to feel the comforting softness of his feather, and closed his eyes, taking a calming breath.
He didn't know what a 'transcendental metaphysicist' was, but he didn't let that bother him. So far, this man had saved him from falling, and wasn't admonishing him for climbing up there in the first place. That was definitely two points in his favor; he seemed nice enough.
"Do you," Floyd began, then had to flinch as his stomach rumbled awkwardly. "S-Sorry. Do you know where I can get some food? It's been, it's been awhile since I last ate." Almost twenty-four hours, to be exact. You don't get much of a chance to eat when you're wandering about all of London, looking like an orphan (and feeling like one too). Plus, he was a bit preoccupied looking for the Society to think of his needs.
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Jekyll1886  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
((That's awesome! :D I am crap at any 2-D art, so I admire those who can do it.
I'm really enjoying this RP! And Floyd is just adorable! ^_^))
Lewis looked to be just over thirty and spoke in a polished London accent. Yet he had an undeniably casual air about him--he wore neither coat nor neckwear but instead an easy smile.
"Funny you should mention that," he returned. "I was actually just on my way to--"
His rumbling stomach noisily interrupted him, and he startled...only to laugh at himself.
"Pfaha! 'On my way to lunch', I was about to say. Care to come with me?"
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Floyd Fletcher  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
((Me too!!! I'm having so much fun learning about you all and interacting with you, and no doubt Floyd is too (underneath all that anxiety lol)))
Floyd giggled. "Y-Yeah, that sounds like a good idea for, for both of us!" He pulled his hand out of his pocket and instead gripped the hem of his dirty jacket, twisting it in his hands. "Where are we going? I don't, I don't know much about England. I'm not from here. I haven't been here very, uh, very long. I'm new."
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Jekyll1886  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
"Not to worry," assured Lewis as he rose from the bench. "The kitchen's this way," he said with a graceful gesture in its direction. "I'll show you."
He stepped out from under the arches and into the sunlight, his waistcoat the same brilliantly vibrant hue as a blue jay's tail-feathers.
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Floyd Fletcher  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
((I feel like you made the blue jay comparison just for me aaaahhhhhhhhh))
Humming to himself and in a much better mood than he had been several minutes ago, Floyd happily skipped after Lewis.
"What kind of food d'you guys have?" he asked. "I used to eat lots of clam chowder 'cuz I got sick a lot when I was, when I was ten and stuff, but I didn't like it and when I got better I stopped eating it. Also potatoes, I used to eat a lot of potatoes. Sometimes they tasted good, but sometimes they tasted bitter and bad and yucky and my parents had to, had to uh, force me to eat them. I think. I don't remember."
He shrugged, still talking. "But I don't care, I don't have to eat potatoes or clam chowder anymore, 'cuz I'm an adult soon and can eat what I want. Unless you guys only have clam chowder and potatoes, in case I, I guess I'll eat those. That's fine, I don't mind. They're not so bad if you gotta eat them."
He kept rambling mindlessly about food the whole trip to the kitchen, only stopping occasionally as he got distracted by various things they passed. Occasionally they would pass an open door to someone's room or laboratory, and he would stare in open-mouthed awe as he took in all the strange and unusual setups, some the likes of which he'd never been able to even imagine.
Soon, however, the smell of delicious food caught his attention, and he was drawn back to the present.
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Jekyll1886  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago • edited
((Heeeeeeeeee. ^_^))
"Huh. I used to get sick quite a bit when I was younger, too," remarked Lewis.
"We do sometimes have potatoes, but I've never had clam chowder here," he said with a chortle. "I don't know what's on the menu for today, to be honest. It's never been bad, though," he opined with a jovial smile.
Lewis didn't mind the rambling at all, and in fact chimed in every now and then. Truth be told, he was glad of Floyd's pleasant company.
The mouth-watering aroma of lamb pie greeted them as they came to the kitchen.
The kitchen door was fairly unremarkable, save for a sign that said no rogue science was allowed within.
"Aheh," Lewis chuckled a little self-consciously. "There was an...incident once with a baking experiment gone wrong," he explained. "Hence the need for the sign."
"On the plus side, we've a proper 'bake lab' upstairs now," he added as he pushed through the door and held it open behind him.
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Floyd Fletcher  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
((Oh my god I don't know who would be in this kitchen except for maybe Rachel Pidgley and I uh. Don't wanna try writing for her yet due to my goof when I first joined the other day DX
I'm just gonna leave who all's in there vague and let you fill in the blanks?? Or just leave them too, unless they're important and come up directly))
"That's awesome, haha!" Floyd touched the sign as he went through. I wonder what kind of experiments go on in there? he wondered, but he didn't voice the thought, because the smell through the door was even more powerful, and he had to stop in his tracks as his mouth started watering.
"What's that?" he asked, bounding into the kitchen, where a small group of Lodgers had gathered. Someone he didn't recognize was serving plates of a delicious looking pie, with a meat that looked kinda like beef and kinda not. It smelled really good, and when no one was looking, he grabbed a plate and scurried back to Lewis' side, realizing there were a lot more people in here than he was comfortable with, and who probably didn't know him (really, any number of people is an uncomfortable number, especially if he doesn't know them and vice versa).
"What is this?" he asked again, poking at the meat with a fork he found on another table. He raised a bite to his face, sniffing deeply.
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Jekyll1886  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
((No worries, we normally just leave it vague unless we specifically want to state no one else is there. Not only does this ensure we're not overstepping our bounds by playing Sabrina's characters, it leaves it open for other players to join in with their own if they want to.))
Somewhere in the shuffle, Lewis had snagged a plate of his own.
"Lamb pie," he answered. Judging by the look on Weir's face, Fletcher was in for a treat.
Given the crowded nature of the kitchen, Lewis suggested taking their plates elsewhere, assuring Floyd this was a fairly common practice.
"Would you prefer the dining hall or the garden?"
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Floyd Fletcher  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
((Sweet alright (also HEY ANYONE ELSE WATCHING FEEL FREE TO SAY HI I GUESS?? HELLO ALL)))
Lamb? Floyd had never had that before. It smelled super amazing though, so he was excited to try it.
"Garden! Do you guys have birds? Birds like gardens, and I haven't seen any birds yet here, 'sides pigeons and stuff." He held his plate close to his chest, wanting to chow down but also wanting to get out of the crowd and sit down first. "I like pigeons, but I like other birds better. I saw a chimney swift one time, and it was cool. It was all, all dirty and small and it left some feathers when it flew off, but I liked it." He tried to remember its scientific name; he had read it in a book somewhere. "Chaetura pelagica that's its name. I think."
He grinned as he followed Lewis out of the room, muttering the bird's name under his breath so he would remember it. I wonder what kinda birds live here?
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Jekyll1886  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
"Perhaps," replied Lewis to the question of birds. He knew the odd sparrow or pigeon or finch got in now and again, though someone usually tried to chase them out so the lodgers could take tea in the garden without worrying about bird droppings landing in their cups.
He led Floyd through a different door out of the kitchen. They stepped onto an apron of brick that extended from it into a greenhouse lush with myriad species of plants. Herbs, trees, shrubs, flowers...there was even a little pond with water lilies.
At the far end of the apron, furniture sat atop the brick--a coffee table topped with glass, wicker chairs and settee with comfortable pads, a rattan side table--also glass-topped--and a freestanding metal fire pit off to the side.
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Floyd Fletcher  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
((Aah, I gotta go to bed;; I'll answer this and be back in the morning! It's. One am for me and I really need to stop staying up so late XD))
Floyd looked around at the garden, with all its variety of plants and decorations and furniture, and hummed as he wandered over to the table. It was much quieter out here, a fact which calmed the poor boy's nerves tremendously. It was warm; warmer than inside the building, and much warmer than outside. It was nice.
"Pretty," he said as he picked a wicker chair and settled in. He placed his plate on his lap and picked up his fork again. Admiring the delicious-looking forkful of pie, he grinned and shoved it in his mouth.
"Mmf!" It was hot! But as he fanned his mouth and managed to chew the rapidly-cooling bite, he realized it tasted fantastic, and ended up devouring his meal in record time. Who knew lamb would so good?
Through a mouthful of crumbs and a hand to try and cover said crumbs, Floyd said "This is really good! I like lamb now. Do you like it? Do they serve it a lot? And do you think, you think maybe they can teach me? I can't cook much, just fish and veggie soup, but lamb tastes good and, and I think it'd be nice to learn."
A thought occurred to him: he needed to start researching in earnest now, if he was going to contribute in any way to the Society. He'd need to find a library of some sort. But that could wait; for now, he had lamb!
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Jekyll1886  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago • edited
((Not to worry; I'm about to conk out here myself. XD))
Lewis took a seat on another chair and set to work on his own meal.
By the time Fletcher looked up, Weir's plate was empty as well.
"Lamb pie is one of my favorites," confided Lewis. "We get mutton much more often than lamb, but it's good, too. Much of what we get here is whatever's in season or priced decently. Fish is pretty common, as are soups and stews and chicken. Things like potatoes and bread are staples. There's always something baking, be it bread or biscuits or a nice souffle.
"If you've an interest in cooking, feel free. I think the kitchen staff would welcome the help. Rachel Pigley decides what we're going to eat; Gemma is the sous chef.
"Richard Prince--another lodger here--knows a lot of recipes as well. Though I'd not cook or eat any pork with him--he gets his stock from a different supplier, and it always has a bit of an odd taste. Wouldn't recommend it.
"I occasionally do some baking myself."
Alicia used to do much more, came the sudden thought. He remembered their first meeting, the way she'd chased him down and made him help her in the kitchen as penance for having stolen some baked goods.
He laughed, a bittersweet sound, as the fond memory was tempered by a fresh pang of loss.
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Floyd Fletcher  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
((Good morning all I'm struggling to keep a semi-regular sleep schedule and that requires me to wake up early, so early DX))
Floyd nodded along, using his finger to swipe crumbs and juice from his plate and sticking it in his mouth. He followed the conversation until it caught up to him- specifically, the word 'soufflé'.
"Soufflé! I like soufflé!" he exclaimed, setting his plate aside so he could wave his hands more effectively. "I've had that before! All, all the time! I used to-"
He paused, memory suddenly and unexpectedly stopping. "Used to-" Where was he going with this? He couldn't remember. "Used to, uh.." What had he been talking about?
"Used to... s-sorry, I can't, I can't remember," he mumbled, leaning back in the wicker chair, hands folded in his lap. "Sorry, I tend to, tend to forget what I'm saying, sometimes uh, in the middle of saying it. It's b-been like this all, all my life, but uh, it's gotten worse since I left home."
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Jekyll1886  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
((Best of luck with the sleep schedule! Sorry it took a bit to reply; I wasn't feeling well yesterday.))
"No need to apologize," Lewis reassured.
"Is home...somewhere in the States?" he ventured, judging by Floyd's accent.
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Floyd Fletcher  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
((Thanks! And it's chill, life goes on for everyone, no matter what you're trying to do lol))
Floud shook himself and nodded minutely. "Yeah, New York! I, uh, think. It was a big city, but we lived outside it and, and visited often. I think it was New York, but I don't remember. I... I had an accident before I, before I left," he admitted. "And I don't remember much anymore. It keeps, it comes back sometimes, but then I forget again."
He sighed. "It's hard, but I'm okay. I don't, I don't think my parents were good people anyways. I'm much happier here, with, with you guys."
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Nyx Silverfang  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
((*waves* Heya Floyd, mind if I hop in here?))
Lured out from her hidden spot in the garden by the sound of conversation and smell of food, Nyx cautiously approached the brick apron.
She couldn't have been older than Floyd and was rather thin, as if she didn't get enough to eat-- her clothes fit her loosely and weren't in good repair.
Her most noticeable features were the ebony black hair that fell halfway down her back with a single streak of silver running from her roots to the very tip, the lilac eyes, and... a pair of shimmering wings attached to her back, the same tint as the streak in her hair.
"Dr. Weir," She greeted with a polite, if reserved dip of her head before turning her attention to the newcomer, "Who's this?"
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Jekyll1886  Nyx Silverfang • 2 years ago
"Ah, Nyx," Lewis greeted her.
"This is Floyd Fletcher, our new lodger," he said with a graceful, open-palmed gesture in Floyd's direction.
He turned to Fletcher.
"Floyd, this is Nyx Silverfang," he introduced them, shifting the gesture to her.
"Floyd's an ornithologist," he added.
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Floyd Fletcher  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited
((Aah!!!
Also I uh. Apologize for what Floyd's about to do. He'll learn his lesson inevitably, but for now...))
At the sudden and silent approach of the new person, Floyd had initially frozen up. But then he looked over at the newcomer, fully prepared to either book it or stammer out a nervous greeting, and froze for a completely different reason.
She was gorgeous.
He forgot all about social cues and niceties and shot to his feet, mouth open in a wide grin. "You have wings!" he shouted, absolutely delighted. "You have wings! That's so cool! They're, they're so pretty! You have wings!!!"
He laughed out lout and reached forward to pet the shiny silver feathers, not realizing that could possibly be considered rude.
((EDIT: FRICK HOW DO I TAG SOMEONE AGAIN @Nyx Silverfang IT'S NOT WORKING))
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Floyd Fletcher  Guest • 2 years ago
((THANK))
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Helen Jekyll  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
((After you've posted a message, you have to use the formula @.nyxsilverfang:disqus, but without the period. So @ their username with all lowercase and no spaces, followed by :disqus.))
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Floyd Fletcher  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
((OH gotcha okay. It's different on here than other sites I frequent so I was getting confused. Thanks!))
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Helen Jekyll  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
((No problem! It took me ages to figure it out. ^^'))
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Nyx Silverfang  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
((Don't worry too much about it. XD Characters do what they will!))
Nyx ducked her head again, this time in greeting to Floyd when he was introduced.
Slight puzzlement touched her expression at his area of study and she was about to ask what exactly it meant, when Fletcher suddenly burst into motion.
Acting on instinct, she snapped her wings back out of reach and appeared to go rigid, every fiber of her being tensed for fight or flight.
Half a beat later, his words registered.
Aliciaisgoneshe'sgonegonegone--
A haunted look crept into her eyes, and her wings sagged, along with her shoulders.
((Jekyll1886))
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Jekyll1886  Nyx Silverfang • 2 years ago
"Ahm, yes," Lewis answered Floyd.
He flashed a quick look of apology to Nyx for Fletcher's exuberant manner.
"Let's...sit down together, shall we?" he suggested.
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Floyd Fletcher  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited
Floyd jerked back, apologies already spilling put of his mouth for what he did. "O-Oh my god I'm, I'm so sor-sorry I-I didn't mean to, I didn't mean to touch with-without asking I'm s-sorry I'm so sorry I'm sorry-"
He collapsed back onto the seat and gripped his head in a white knuckled grip. Stupid, stupid, stupid, why did you do that? Why do you always act without thinking? Now she probably hates you and they might kick you out and where will you be then? Stupid!
((Edit oops Nyx Silverfang ))
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Nyx Silverfang  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
Nyx was slow to respond, swaying for a moment before giving a stiff jerk of her head and sinking into the chair beside Floyd, bringing her knees up to her chest.
She stared blankly at the brick floor, still as a statue except for the occasional rustle of her wings and blink.
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Jekyll1886  Nyx Silverfang • 2 years ago • edited
"So, ahm...decent weather we're having, for February," said Lewis, attempting to alleviate the tension. "Remarkably few clouds today," he observed, looking up through the glass of the greenhouse.
"Speaking of clouds, I'm reminded of milk swirling about in tea. Would anyone care for a cuppa?" he offered.
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Floyd Fletcher  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
Floyd shook his head mutely, afraid to speak lest he say something bad and make Nyx mad. He shouldn't have touched her wing, he should have thought things through, he should have stayed away and did nothing and been a good little boy, he should, he should, he should-
He shuddered and finally said in a small voice, almost too small to hear "I'm real-really sorry, Miss Nyx. I know I shouldn't have, sh-shouldn't have g-grabbed your wing, that was, that was very bad of me and if you w-want to p-p-punish me or, or, or something, or something, th-that's okay, be-because I, because I d-deserve it, a-and I'm really sor-sorry. I'm sorry."
He kept his head down in submission, but subconsciously leaned towards Lewis, afraid of what she might do.
((Nyx Silverfang))
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Nyx Silverfang  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
"Don't do it again... You could get hurt," warned Nyx quietly, still shaken.
She managed to pry her gaze away from the floor and focus on Lewis.
"I would like some, and... something to eat." She shifted in her chair, fighting to keep her voice steady. "But I can't... I don't... the kitchen..."
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Jekyll1886  Nyx Silverfang • 2 years ago
"I understand," he assured Nyx with a nod and a knowing look.
"Would you like some tea, too, Floyd?" he asked as he rose from his seat. "Or seconds on the meal?" he offered.
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Floyd Fletcher  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
Floyd gulped and said "Y-Yes please, if you, if you don't mind. Tea is, uh, good." He awkwardly sat in Nyx's presence, afraid to look at her.
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Nyx Silverfang  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
Nyx relaxed, looking grateful, and settled into watching the garden.
After a moment, she asked Fletcher, "What's an ornithologist?"
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Jekyll1886  Nyx Silverfang • 2 years ago • edited
Lewis went to the kitchen to retrieve the requested items, taking the empty plates with him.
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Floyd Fletcher  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
Left alone with Nyx, Floyd could only focus on his breathing, making sure he didn't start hyperventilating. He was feeling a bit better, but still on edge with the winged lady so close, and now with Lewis gone to the kitchen.
He started at her question. "U-Uh, it's, it's a person who studies, uh, birds. I'm not an, I'm not an actual ornithologist yet, tech-t-technically, 'cuz I don't have schooling or, or anything for it. But I-I read a lot about birds, and, and I know a lot about birds, and I really, I really like them. And I wanna be one someday."
His cheeks reddened. "An or-ornithologist, I mean. Not, not a bird. Though I kinda wanna, I kinda wish I could be a bird too. But th-that's silly." He laughed nervously, humming under his breath.
"So what, what do you do?"
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Nyx Silverfang  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
Nyx quirked her head towards him as she listened to his explanation.
"I, ah... I'm not really a scientist. I just.. well, I used to... take care of a friend of mine here, but she's... gone now."
She swallowed audibly, closing her eyes for a beat and forcing herself to take a deep breath.
"I could... help you, if you'd like, though." She offered after she'd taken a moment, giving him a sheepish smile. "I'm part osprey, so I've done a... lot of research on birds."
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Jekyll1886  Nyx Silverfang • 2 years ago • edited
In the kitchen, Lewis found his way through the crowd, deposited the dirtied plates in the sink, and took up a tray. Locating one of several pots of tea, he set it, cups, saucers, teaspoons, a sugar bowl, and a little container of milk upon the tray.
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Jekyll1886  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
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Floyd Fletcher  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited
((Y'all okay I'm sorry but the coincidence is too great for me to just ignore: ospreys are my FAVORITE BIRD this is wild I can't believe my luck so jsyk I'm gonna project on Floyd here for a bit (like I haven't been already lol)))
Floyd perked up, a smile blooming on his face, but caught himself before he jumped up again and stayed in his seat. "An osprey! You're part osprey! I love ospreys!" He wiggled in the wicker seat, kicking his legs back and forth happily. "They're so cool, they're they're my favorite! I also like that funny loud bird from, from the Australian colonies, the k-kookaburra I think it's called? It makes funny noises and I like it but, but I like ospreys more! They're so cool, and they eat fish and I like fish, and, and when I was on the ship here I saw a few of them and it was so cool!"
(Nyx Silverfang))
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Nyx Silverfang  Floyd Fletcher • 2 years ago
Nyx flushed slightly and ducked her head, smiling at the ground.
"I'm, glad you think so...I couldn't exactly choose what I am, but I've always thought osprey was a good bird to get paired with."
She stretched her wings with a glance back at them, rolling her shoulders.
"Fish is pretty good."
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Jekyll1886  Nyx Silverfang • 2 years ago
Lewis fixed a plate of lamb pie for Nyx, added it to the tray, and maneuvered his way through the crowd and out into the greenhouse garden.
"Here we are," he said, setting the tray down on the coffee table and taking a seat.
((Floyd Fletcher ))
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Floyd Fletcher  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
Floyd turned to Lewis as he came back in. "Mister Lewis! Mister Lewis! Miss Nyx is part osprey! She's part osprey and likes fish and osprey are so cool they're my favorite bird! That's so cool!"
Still marveling at how cool this whole situation was, he slid onto the floor and began pouring himself a cup of tea that looked like it was more sugar and milk than actual tea. Good thing the cups were small.
((Yeah, or there'd be none left for everyone else, doofus *sighs*))
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