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The Hello meme!

How does it work? Quite simple actually!

1. Post with your muse with "Name|Fandom"
2. Say Hello to others.
3. No, really, just say hello. No prompts, no RNG, just say hi and start up a conversation and see where it goes! Don't know the person? Doesn't matter! Just say hello!
4. PROFIT!

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From:

gimmedonuts

"Oh, really?" Awesome. "So do you have a job, or school or what?" Okay, done with the pie, now for the ice cream~

From:

surprisingwolf

"I have a job." I'm still surprised at how fast he's eating. "And you? How did you end up here?"

I prefer machines to humans. But talking to him isn't going to hurt me.

From:

gimmedonuts

I freeze mid-bite. "Well. Y'know. I got bored of my old town and stuff." Which is all true. But I also found out what my 'father' was up to, and yeah. Not going to go back. Ever.

From:

surprisingwolf

Even I know something's wrong. But I'm not sure I should say anything. Unless his issues had to do with a Horror, it's not something I should worry about.

"I got tired of my old home as well," I tell him, hoping that it makes him untense. "So I came here."

From:

gimmedonuts

"Oh. Cool." I feel a bit better now. The food also helps, of course! "Yeah, I'm hoping this place will be less of a pain, how about you?"

From:

surprisingwolf

"The same with me." I bow a little. "I'm Fudou Leo. You are?"

It'll pass the time until Kouga-san comes, at the very least, and if I can figure out where this person comes from, I can take a look at things.

Just in case.

From:

gimmedonuts

Leo, okay. I grin back. "I'm Hikaru." Probably best if I don't give my last name right now.

From:

surprisingwolf

"Is your home a long ways away, Hikaru?" I ask politely. I don't need to know where it is, but a general idea might be nice. "I came from halfway across the country because I was reassigned here."

I work on the remains of my ice cream, thinking of ways to talk to him.

From:

gimmedonuts

"Wow, seriously?" This is the furthest I've been from home, ever. "Man, your job must be intense, Leo."

"Um, mine's closer," I admit. "I walked and took a bus."

From:

surprisingwolf

So, whatever happened to him, he doesn't live so far away that he's out of our territory. Or at least Kouga-san's territory. I should be getting back to mine.

"It keeps me fairly busy," I admit. It's going to be difficult tracing where he came from, but at least it's a start. "And fed."

From:

gimmedonuts

And fed, hunh? "That must be nice--" Crap, letting on too much. "So, um," and I do my best to smile, "How 'bout dessert to finish it all off?"

From:

surprisingwolf

He suddenly doesn't want to talk. I wish Kaoru-san was here; she'd get it out of him fairly quickly.

"You have room for food after this?" I'm full after the ice cream.

From:

gimmedonuts

"I always have room for food," I admit frankly. "Mama used to say that..." Oh. right.

I wish I would stop remembering the sight of her body so vividly. And randomly.

From:

surprisingwolf

Something happened to him. I remind myself that it probably isn't Horrors. After all, humans are perfectly capable of vices on their own.

It's probably attracting Horrors, still. I'll have to do some magic when I get back and figure out if anything's flaring up in the area.

"You mean that your parents are dead, too."

From:

gimmedonuts

"... My mom's dead." Suddenly, the food doesn't look too appealing. "My dad... I don't even know what to call him anymore."

From:

surprisingwolf

I nod. "I stopped talking to my father... before. My mother died when I was young." I'm not good at this interpersonal stuff.

Still, I have to be proud of what I've gotten out of him.

I want to know if this is natural or supernatural, but there's no way he'd know. "Um."

From:

gimmedonuts

"Seriously? That sucks. I'm really sorry." Death is still a relatively new concept to me, so I'm not entirely sure what I should/shouldn't say. I still feel bad for him.

I huff, glaring out the window. Why couldn't have my asshole father have died instead of our moms?

From:

surprisingwolf

"It was a few years ago." I look at the ice cream bowl. "Can I ask what happened to your father?"

I'm sure I'm making a mistake. But I have to get to the bottom of this.

From:

gimmedonuts

I look around-- Papa's goons are (probably) not around, but it's hard to ignore what's second nature at this point. "He killed my mom," I admit darkly. I'm not really sure why-- maybe I just need to tell someone who may believe me this time. "But no one believes me." I don't care what I saw. That-- that monster killed my mother. I saw it.

From:

surprisingwolf

Horror-related? That's what I keep coming back to. But I don't know if he'll tell me anything. Kouga-san is intimidating. I can be, but I don't like to be.

He looks scared enough as it is, but I want to know more. "How long ago?"

Murders shouldn't be that hard to find, even here.

From:

gimmedonuts

"Two weeks ago." I really shouldn't be telling him all this. Even if he doesn't call the cops, I'm putting him in danger. I guess I'm just so relieved that he's taking me seriously, the words are coming out at this point. "Mama and Papa were arguing. Again." They always had-- Mama used to say I had the misfortune of inheriting both their tempers-- but it'd been getting steadily worse. "But then this-- I don't know, this monster came out right from behind Papa, and it... gobbled her up." Just like in a fairy tale. "It didn't even leave behind her clothes. There was no body, so no one believed me." I lean back in my seat. "So I had to leave before Papa could do the same to me."

From:

surprisingwolf

Horror.

That's the only thing I can think of at the moment. But he's right - nobody would believe him.

Except me. And anybody else that was trained in this kind of thing.

"Did it just appear behind your father, or appear from your father?" I ask. I know I shouldn't be asking a regular person this, but I have to know.

From:

gimmedonuts

"... Behind, I think. Yeah, behind. Because Papa was talking to it later." And I was so shaky, I fell, and they heard me. "I got, like, one picture on my cell phone, but the battery's dead. Sorry, Leo." I don't know why I'm apologizing. It's not like he stops these monsters or anything. Could anyone, really?

From:

surprisingwolf

...I should probably rig a charger for his cellphone, except I don't know how. Mundane technology is not my strong point.

"What did I look like?" I ask. I can start doing research if I can get a good enough description.

From:

gimmedonuts

"Big. And red. Kind of like a wolf? Except it had this huge mouth." I use my fingers to open up my own mouth as far as I can, so he can get an idea. "'ike dis."