sticksandbones | bark bark bark!!

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arknights: phantom

bark bark bark!!

Who: Beat + you
What: Beat says hi! Also WTF!
When: Leap Yeap
Where: The Network and the Grove
Warnings: lots of swearing, will change if more comes up

AIGHT YO who the fuck messed with the Fog this time it's fuckin BLACK I thought we was all agreed bout not messin wid it! weird as fuck even more so than when it was brown an no you cant blame me this time!! i aint do nothin!

[This is how this young adult writes I'm so sorry.]

but aight whatev so where is we this time like cool we get to ~~komuni~~ talk wid each other still but this aint dyster

lest i dont think

it dont smell like it

i mean it kinda do like it got that whole death thing goin for it but it also dont smell like uh stale

oh right aint no usernames wid this its beat yo shadow gal said to write in it to say hi who all here holla at me or come find me im at a well?

also man someone bring me a bandaid i got fuckin bit by something in the forest i dunno wtf is going this fuckin event but i might zombie i dunno

[ After scribbling all over the network Beat will just continue to sit where he sat, which is on the well. That's right, he plopped his ass right on the edge of the well. Do you want water? Too bad, tell him to move. He will then unceremoniously stuff his journal into his pocket the best he can by rolling it up, and sniffing the air. That sure is a fucking large ass werewolf just sitting there, trying to figure out where everyone is by sniffing the air. So even if you don't see his bullshit in the journal, you might run into him if you're trying to get water.

Come say hi, he's a good boy. Even if you don't, the moment he zones in on your scent, he might be locking eyes with you. Even if he can't see you, if he can smell you he's going to stare.

It's fine, that tail wag says he's friendly. ]

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man aint my fault nonyall know how to read

[BEAT.]

but fine yo ill pretty shit up whatchya need kclarifyin?

Okay. Let's break it down.
How do you know about the fog already? What is Dyster? What is a username?
What bit you.

aight i'll give ya dyster cause parently this aint the peninsula. but srsly you dunno what a username is?! its how peeps know who you are on the net man!

[So far, so bad, confused yet?]

we got fog like this back in the other place i was. theres a lot of simulairtees like a lot so i thought it was my fog stuff.

and man if i knew id tell you woke up in the forest wid it def not the wolf that was sniffin me tho i think bro ran and not the moose lady parently shes friendly

What... does a net have to do with anything when you are writing in a notebook.

[Not only is beat competing with his own braincells, he's also having to deal with a temporal fish out of water. Yikes.]

More importantly. Where in the hells are you from that has fog that behaves like this.

... But yes. Moder is kind. All of the guardians are.

[But he's not biased or anything.]

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i get its not the net but how else is peeps sposed to know who you is widdout a username!

oh place called ryslig yo was a pensula that was ruled by a god called the fog god and she was hella intent on killing humans cuz of old grudges and blah blah anyways the fog was her and was power and stuff

how many gods you got here?!

Why do I need a name to use a net?!

[Give him a second to cool down again.]

Sounds like nearly ever other god I've met.

... I don't know anything about "gods" specifically in this realm. Guardians have deific power, it would seem, but beyond that I couldn't say. You would need to ask someone who has been here longer.

so peeps know who you are!!! when you talk to them!!

[Round and round they go.]

right?! what is it wid gods and their thousand year grudges an shit like yo let it go an move on wid yer life an stop fuckin wid us

so whats up wid the fog an forest stuff if no gods?

You CANNOT. Talk on a WEB.

Why would they do that when they can use whatever strangers they deem fit to help wage their proxy wars?
It's always the same, across the board.

There is a spirit. Or an entity. Something that controls it. Generally it's just referred to as The Forest, as I understand.

yes you can! the web is the net!! the net is the INTERNET fer a reason!! you can inter on it!! which means TALK!

lest some gods dont turn you into monsters to do it yo one fun thing bout the fog god

oh so kinda yeah sounds like back home but not feels like i stepped sideways into an au anime bullshit

I - am not going to go around in these circles anymore.
Anytime you say something inane I'm going to ignore it.
:)

The Gods I'm familiar with are close enough to that.
They may also have that issue here, if a few of the faces I've seen are anything to go off of.

i dunno what that word means!

[HUFF!!!]

different gods same shit yo

uh wait you mean you can turn into a monster here too?

[Like he said. Ignoring that. For his own sake.]
There is a man here dealing with the corruption of the Forest, by my understanding.
Never mind the shadowy folk that run the shops. They were more human, once.

[RUDE!!]

well

fuck yo

outta the fryer an into the fries

[Absolutely not.]

well im already a monster so prolly aint gotta worry bout that what they gonna do unmonster me? but still this sucks.

[Don't say anything. Don't say it. Just let it go.]

What do you mean, "already a monster?"

you know hair teeth claws the desire to maim and murder and all that horrid shit

uh not that ima maim and murder im good

[Maybe.]

... A werewolf?

[Is it weird that Luca doesn't seem surprised? Maybe, maybe not.]

Where did you say you were from again.

Ye!

Prolly ain't hearda the place, yo. We all called it Ryslig, I dunno if that was the actual name of the pen'sula or jus' like a whatever this is what we call it now sort of thing.

You are correct. I am unfamiliar with the place. But I am not unfamiliar with werecreatures and shapeshifters.
The common experience is... curious, to say the least.

.. huh really? thats really neat tho like we got werewolf stories back home home but they was just stories i think i dunno anymore cause my own home is fuckin weird

i dunno if i look like a typical werewolf tho you know i dont think im super scary looking

May I ask you something personal, then? What is the faith like surrounding Werewolves? Is it considered a godly boon? Or something more.

In truth, I could not tell you if you looked like the werewolves of my world or not. I did not make a point of treading through their lands, and if I did, I seldom ventured out at night. I wasn't going to make an enemy of the locals, you see.

like back home home where i was originally from or from the pensula cause the pensula aight this is a long story but the short of it is god made of fog got fucked by humans and pissed so she turns peeps into monsters that look like her old children so shed think it a boon but were like nah this sucks yer making us eat humans

oh

i mean everythin i know bout werewolves is like we cool if you wanna visit like ye we got territory but we aint gonna be pissed if you pass through

wanna see what i look like??

Right. Vengeful gods. You mentioned that much.
Though I more meant where you were originally from. Or any tales you may have. If that's not too much to ask.

That is not necessarily the case of the weres I am familiar with. They were fierce protectors, a standing army against the night, all at the behest of their diurnal... goddess. Many were known for their violence, especially after manifesting their Blessings.

OH ye sure uh lesse like.................................... honestly? i can't member much. sorry yo. but i know someone who can fill you in hold on lemme hollar at him.

[Josh will get yelled at to come write in the journal.]

oh... ngl somethin similar can happen with us. summa us got super fucked with the moon cycles an when the full moon comes around we get like way stronger but also like way more feral an shit

plus if we get too hungry we go insane an become super violent an attack everything an anything

Riiiight.

[He's not holding his breath, but thanks, Beat!]

It's unfortunate to hear such patterns are common. Though I cannot say I'm particularly surprised, either.
... You have to feed as a werewolf? Dare I ask on what?

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[It's time for NEW HANDWRITING! This handwriting is much neater.]

Interested in werewolf lore, I hear?

In the world we come from, werewolves are fictional. That being said, being fictional, they are often used as a metaphor for a large variety of things. I've heard theories that they represent anything from man's struggle with masculinity to mental illness. Transformation often comes in tandem with the full moon, though there are some varieties that seem to be more in control during the rest of the month and out of control during the full moon, or other slight variations thereof. Common weaknesses are silver and wolfsbane. Lycanthropy is typically contracted via being bitten by a werewolf, although there are some versions of the tale where it is simply something that a person is born with.

Any questions?

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