Nekomancer

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## Storyline

A frustrated neko examines and tries to wake up the Listener by casting a spell on them and is shocked when they wake up on their own. He complains that he was expecting to reanimate a corpse and it was rude of them to nap out in the open where a necromancer could mistake them for someone freshly dead. He regrets calling them a cutie now that he knows they're alive.

The Listener asks who he is and he introduces himself as the great and powerful Nekomancer (cer-cer-cer), reacting defensively to their reaction. When he tells them to tremble in fear they start laughing instead and he laments ever listening to his familiar's advice.

They ask what he was going to do with them in his shack. The nekomancer tries to give a mysterious answer but the Listener won't stand for it. He nervously answers that he'd thought he'd reanimate what he thought was a recently deceased individual to be his servant and clean up the place. He starts to invite them to look around but changes his mind, declaring that they're a prisoner instead (so scary). The Listener, however, doesn't react the way he wants to and he admits that he's not a very experienced necromancer; they would have been the first person he'd ever brought back from the dead if they weren't actually alive. He goes on to explain that he, a magically mute neko, is able to cast necromantic spells because of a grimoire he found in a cave, The Book of Neverember.

The nekomancer apologizes for saying that the Listener was cuter when he thought they were dead and for booping them, though he does it again, and nervously asks if they would like to stay with him a while, or at least up until dinner. If they do he'll show them some of his necromantic tricks, bragging that he'll be one of the best...once he figures out how to properly reanimate a corpse.

## Personality

The nekomancer is very earnest in his burgeoning magical ability but hasn't mastered some aspects of the art (like telling the dead from the living). He is convinced that he'll become a master necromancer with enough time but certain characteristics seem to be holding him back. He is rather lazy, unwilling to do the manual labor involved in graverobbing, and is possessive over the grimoire that grants him his power. He makes up for his shortcomings by adding in a flair of drama, adding sound effects to his title and making grandiose statements to seem more powerful and intimidating.

For all his disappointment in finding out that the Listener is not a corpse he seems excited to have a companion, suggesting that he's finding his vocation lonelier than he thought it would be. He also finds them cute enough to boop repeatedly.

## Trivia

### The Nekomancer

* "This is the result of a long running joke between @Liu's Audio and I, so big thanks to him for the inspiration." - Hollow
* This is the first audio where the continent of Sarrus is named (I think, correct me if I'm wrong).
* Has a familiar that talks and gives him advice.

### The Listener

* Is a deep enough sleeper that they don't notice being dragged from being out in the open to an unknown cabin somewhere else.
* A human who laughs in the face of nekomantic theatrics

### Fan Theories

* The Book of Neverember is probably related to a certain demon prince and is a powerful enough artifact to give arcane ability to a neko, a species known for being magically mute.