💀 » @pareidolah / NIKO .

❝ HAVE YOU NOTICED EDWIN'S BEEN actin' real odd lately? ❞ he assumed it had something to do with the bracelet and the cat king, but then MONTY had come along and... well. it's like he's been avoiding all confrontation, and charles doesn't know where to even start. he knows he's been dealing with his own problems, very aware that everyone has been working to help him THROUGH them but... his partner was equally as important as he was.

if not more.

❝ got any intel for me, or am i goin' to have to figure it out myself? ❞

💀 » @sasakhi / NIKO .

❝ HAVE YOU SEEN MY BAG NIK-OH. ❞ brows shoot up, a little laugh stuck in the base of his throat. ❝ wanted to have a go, didn't you? well, you're lucky. last person who tried lost their ARM. ❞ charles is looking at her like a disappointed father, hand outstretched towards her and the bag expectantly.

❝ give it here. ❞

💀 » @dumbthink .

❝ OI! ❞ HIS BROWS SCRUNCH INTO one line, shoulder LEANING against the door frame in what can only be seen as JUDGEMENT. ❝ there's no need t'act like it's the end of the world, mate. trust me, there are worst things than a few broken glasses. ❞

💀 » @livedtough / EDWIN .

❝ YOU DOIN' ALRIGHT, MATE? ❞ HE'D been quieter than usual today, as though focused intently on something he WASN'T saying. earlier, charles had to repeat himself twice when it was very clear that his partner wasn't even paying ATTENTION. which was very strange for him.

he was always on his game.

❝ is it the hell thing? the cat king? ... monty ? ❞ if he grimaces at the name, he really hopes that edwin doesn't notice.

💀 » @chaos--mode / DAWN .

❝ LISTEN, DON'T TAKE THIS THE wrong way, lady, bu' the last witch we dealt with chained me to a table and tortured my best mate, so forgive me if i'm a little wary. ❞ the cricket bat's weight is comfortable in his hands, like a badge of honor. a SAFETY NET in case everything goes awry.

❝ not sayin' you would do that but... going to keep this out just in case, yeah? ❞

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💀 » @oddsciences .

❝ SORRY, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY that's not how this works? ❞ he's staring, brows raised so far they almost might be in his hair at this point. ❝ i've been dead a while, mate, i feel like i know how it operates. ❞

💀 » @signetied .

❝ SORRY, I JUST SPENT THE PAST two weeks tracking down an evil SEAGULL, so forgive me if i'm not particularly pleasant. ❞ there's exhaustion in his shoulders, which was unusual for charles. still, he manages a smile and is quick to pretend that everything is alright. because it IS, isn't it? the seagull was taken care of, death was far, far away, his best mate was HAPPY, and here he was.

completely okay.

❝ his name was frank. what's with every evil thing being named something so... ❞

💀 » @pareidolah / CRYSTAL .

❝ THERE YOU ARE. ❞ THE TENSION in his shoulders visibly drops as he wanders through yet another wall in his perilous search. crystal is perched on the roof, overlooking the little town, head bowed. he's WORRIED, that much is clear by the stillness in the way he moves, eyes that hold STEADY as he studies her. long footsteps carry him to her side, and he pulls himself up, hand brushing over her back.

❝ you alright ? you ran off back there — didn't even say anythin'. think you confused edwin a bit, he's gone back t'pacing around the butcher shop. ❞

💀 » @bledsoul .

❝ THAT’S BRILL, MATE! ❞ HE’S GOT a huge grin on his face, twisting around to face edwin in the enclosed space of the CLOSET they’ve somehow found themselves in ( this is becoming rather FREQUENT isn’t it ? ). head cocks to the side, a wiggle of his brows. charles has an idea, one that the other boy probably won’t like, but he’s going to give it anyways.

❝ you can be the distraction. i’ll come up behind them with this bad boy — ❞ he pulls the cricket bat out of seemingly nowhere, ❝ and BANG !! ❞ he twists the bat around in his hand, as though for emphasis.

❝ case closed, innit? ❞

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