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caelus ([personal profile] receptacles) wrote in [community profile] trailblazers2024-01-25 08:59 pm
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001 » with my legs up on the dashboard


TFLN OVERFLOW.

for caelus at receptacles.
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[personal profile] reedsea 2024-12-06 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
You can't just take pictures of my tail.

Wait, how did you know it was missing right away? Were you looking for it?


[ does Caelus randomly look at pictures of his tail???? ]
Edited 2024-12-06 03:15 (UTC)
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[personal profile] reedsea 2024-12-06 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
[ this sounds fake but it's Caelus so it could be real ]

Surely you can't be serious.
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[personal profile] reedsea 2024-12-06 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
Can't you take a photo of something that has the same traits?

In the meantime, I can't show you my tail every night, but maybe once a week if you really want to see it.
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[personal profile] reedsea 2024-12-06 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
It's not that.

Don't get me wrong, I know there are parts of me that you accept fully. Those parts are harder for me to accept. They sit like old wounds, and sometimes it feels as if they'll tear open at the slightest provocation. If I'm too rough, or if I act to rashly, I'll just bleed again.
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[personal profile] reedsea 2024-12-06 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ it is good for him, in some ways. if he wasn't pushed, he may not have come as far as he has. ]

I know you do. You also don't have to hide it.

I do like that you like my tail.

It gives me a reason to like my tail. If you like my tail enough, I can find a reason to like it, too.
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[personal profile] reedsea 2024-12-06 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
[ ...



actually
]

I'd get jealous.
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[personal profile] reedsea 2024-12-06 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
If you're going to put your arms around someone, I want it to be me.
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[personal profile] casketeer 2024-12-06 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
[The response is weighed pensively. Which means there's a bit of a delay on Luocha's own part too, even if perhaps it's not quite so uncommon from him as it is from Caelus. But this is an interesting thing--that the delay occurred, and that the answer eventually laid down is a forthright one. Caelus does seem to have a preference for some humorous deflection when it comes to himself, more often than not, but here...

Well, maybe there's something a little touching about it too. Caelus's occasional and entirely unpredictable bouts of sincerity surely shouldn't be catching him by half so much surprise by now, yet they still do--it's rather novel each time. Hmm...]


If I recall correctly, you've mentioned before that you have no memories from before that first time waking up, yes? It only stands to reason, if that's so, that the very first moments of that awakening would be an exceedingly impactful experience.

Such things are sometimes called "core memories", in some circles. Impressions left strongly enough to form a strong basis to identity. So, one of your core memories entailing being "thrown away"...naturally, such a thing would leave an especially lasting impression.

I will not tell you this is an irrational thing to feel. You seem aware enough of that logic already. But I also think there is nothing wrong with holding that feeling at times...clearly, it informs your perspective on many things.

You now carry a sort of compassion many fail to grasp, and now perceive value where others would dismiss it. Which is not a sort of thing a mere 'not-person body' could do, now is it?
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[personal profile] casketeer 2024-12-06 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
[the local man who may or may not be directly responsible for nanook's bleeding wounds also may or may not be finding a great amusement in that super casual question about now. not that anybody's around to see the smile, at least...not that anybody will ever know.......]

Hm, I'd imagine sparingly few mortals have ever observed The Destruction and survived to recount the experience afterwards. And you're one of them? My, the surprises truly never cease with you...

[local man is a seasoned professional at not actually answering questions, anyway--]

But I do think longer hair could suit you, in your own way. Perhaps nothing too long, of course...after a certain length, there's a great deal of time one must set aside to maintaining it. Still, around shoulder-length tends to be very agreeable. You might prefer something like that.

Anyhow, compared to that tidbit above, it's rather less surprising that you may be speaking of a Stellaron Hunter...if that is the 'Kafka' you're referring to?
[of course he knows about some Other interastrally renowned criminals. of course he does. then again, luocha has approximate knowledge of many things, for some reason. which is maybe why he doesn't actually actively pursue that point, but instead asks:] These sorts of things, then...braiding hair, shooting guns...are there other talents you've noticed having, that you've no recollection of gaining?
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[personal profile] chronometre 2024-12-06 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Extremely valid trauma to have, all things considered......

Mm. Mmm. Honestly, he probably should have expected this sort of answer, but it's still a little discomfiting to actually think about now? There's another little pause, in which Misha may or may not be lifting one of his hands and really Looking at it for the first time--as one does, when confronted with weird possibilities about your body.

This is a strange sort of existence nowadays, he must remind himself. Still...]


Right...since I'm mainly a memory nowadays. I guess I'm way closer to a memokeeper than a human now...

You're right, I shouldn't check. Don't worry, I won't! All this talk about bleeding and things, I guess I just sort of started thinking about it...since, I haven't really, before now? But I probably...really should...

I mean, yeah, the origami birds in the dream are all memoria constructs. A comparison like that makes me sound really fragile, though...makes me think of paper! I hope it's not that bad. I'd still really like to help you guys when I can...like, if there's fights, and things?
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[personal profile] chronometre 2024-12-06 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
Trailbirder! Oh...okay, that's pretty good...

[even he has to admit that's pretty good, yes, even if he's still a diehard clock fan forever. look, a guy who once called himself the watchmaker has gotta have at least one brand to stick by!!! just you wait, caelus, he's going to find a clock you'll have to think is cute someday. even if clockie, already a gold standard, somehow hasn't managed to capture your bird-occupied heart--

hmmmm actually,]


Cycranes? Thinking back, actually, I'm not sure we ever made any stops on the Luofu specifically? We encountered a couple other Xianzhou ships, but not that one. So I don't think I've seen cycranes yet, no. But small creatures can still be pretty nice, I guess that's true...and birds do still have plenty going for them. [birdhood suited old glaux just fine, especially!] Hey, have you seen a clockwork bird yet, Caelus?
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[personal profile] reedsea 2024-12-06 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll let you take a picture, but just one. You can't show anyone else, it'll be just for you.
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[personal profile] reedsea 2024-12-08 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
It seems to mean a lot to you, so yes.

Really.

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