The winds of change~~

[shnpc]

WHO: Everyone!
TONE: Anything from fun to serious
RATING: PG-13+
WHEN: 20th - 23rd April
WHERE: All around the school
WHAT: Canon selves event! A seance gone awry has had its effect on the school, bringing about mental and physical changes to students and staff alike! Full details of the combinations of effects can be found here.
STATUS: Ongoing! Use whichever style you like.

[Spring brings change, but that change isn't always a good thing! Whether your character has changed entirely into their canon self, or only in part, please keep in mind that whatever they know/learn of their original canon during this event will be unable to be clearly recalled - disappearing with their past self - when the event is over. This is to avoid fourth-walling after the conclusion of the event.

Please also keep in mind that some people will not want to fourth-wall during the event! Make sure it's alright with the other player before you decide to do that. Above all, though, have fun!]

Comments

[innocent_insanity]

[He perks up when Meulin reappears and takes the scissors eagerly, eyes a bit too keen on examining how sharp the blades are. He stares at Meulin when she starts talking again, head tilting just a bit to the side as the words just fly over his head with incomprehension. He just smiles thankfully at her and tucks the scissors away in his pocket.]

[hearnoevil]

[Meulin is really starting to think she ought to just take Kurloz to the hospital wing. He has to have been jinxed or cursed or given some sort of potion but you think he would have gone himself. Unless it wasn't just his language that had been effected? She walked to him, gently putting the back of her hand to his forehead. Felt fine, and while she knew a spell to check if there were any magical effects on a person, she'd never actually had the chance to cast it before and she'd rather not use Kurloz as her test subject.

She gently takes one of his arms and hooks it around hers, laying her other hand on it. She's realizing he might not be able to understand her at out, but she hopes her tone--however difficult it can be for her to moderate it--can communicate something.

When she speaks it's a little softer, a little quieter than usual and a little worried.]

How about we go to the Infirmary Wing, Kurloz? I think they can help you there.

[innocent_insanity]

[Kurloz just blinks curiously when Meulin presses her hand to his forehead, keeping still when she then links their arms together. She's clearly got an idea of where they should be going to, so he just nods mutely, blinking his wide eyes almost innocently.

Hey, she's tiny enough. If she tries anything suspicious he's pretty sure he can handle himself.]

[hearnoevil]

[She's glad that he still seems willing to go along with her. She leads him back out of the common room, closing the hidden door behind her, and begins to make her way to the hospital wing. Kurloz gets treated to quite the sight since they are a fair ways off--long halls, moving paintings moving stairs.

As they make their way Meulin can't help but notice that some of the people they pass by seemed hurried--indeed only a couple of them pay any attention to Kurloz and Meulin, and even fewer seemed taken back by the fact he is in pajamas. Something is definitely up, but Kurloz is first priority.

Maybe she had been too hasty in giving him those scissors, but hopefully Mamma or Dolores could get this all fixed up. She pushed the door to the infirmary open.]

[innocent_insanity]

[Kurloz keeps his one hand in his pocket with the scissors, idly stroking along the blades as he follows Meulin obediently. His eyes dart around to stare at the other students and staff members, the moving paintings and stairways, all of these new sights and sounds intriguing to him. The hospital wing is almost painfully bright to him and he throws an arm up over his eyes in defense to stop his eyes from being burnt out by the sunlight.

No searing hot pain forthcoming, he lowers his arm and blinks in the brightly lit room, marvelling at how his now pink space-monkey eyes seem better accustomed to the light. Unfortunately for Meulin, both Mamma and Dolores are busy dealing with the swarms of students and staff members that are flooding the castle with their sudden identity crises.]

[hearnoevil]

[The reaction did not go unnoticed and Meulin felt she had made the right choice in bringing him here. Even if Mamma and Dolores were busy, it was better to keep him somewhere where he could be watched over and kept safe.

She led him over to one of the empty beds and sat down, putting aside the sketchbook she had continued to tote around with her, determined to stay by his side until he got some proper supervision.]

How are you feeling? [She still spoke it out loud, and signed in hopes that even if she couldn't understand him, he might be able to still read hers. At the end she added the motion of lightly tapping his chest, then making an exaggerated shrugging motion]

[innocent_insanity]

[Staaaaaares down at her tapping his chest and then shrugging her shoulders, thinking a moment before slowly giving her a thumbs-up to indicate he's fine.

Ish.

He'll be better once he's had some private time with the scissors.]

[hearnoevil]

[Sorry, buddy. You will likely not be getting any private time with those scissors because Meu isn't budging until someone else keeps watch over you. She smiles at him. For whatever reason they may not be able to 'speak' but communication will never fully be lost on them.

To pass some time she grabs her sketchbook and flips open to a blank page. She pulls out the pencil, lodged in the spiral of the sketchpad and quickly doodles a smiling chibi Kurloz.]

[innocent_insanity]

[He watches her doodle, raising his brows at the chibi. He points at it and gives her a curious look, wondering who it is.]

[hearnoevil]

[The question is understood and she taps Kurloz's nose]

It's you, silly! [She looks back down at it, ahh. If he didn't recognize it was him she must not have done a good job.]

[innocent_insanity]

[BLINKING WITH SURPRISE as he rubs his nose! He glances at the picture again then points from it to himself.]

[hearnoevil]

[She laughs. Kurloz you are being terribly adorable right now. She nods pointedly]

Yes you!

[innocent_insanity]

[Blinks again and stares down at the picture. Hmm... He gestures for her pencil, to see if she'll let him doodle a bit as well.]

[hearnoevil]

[She is very happy to let him have the pencil and watches him, interested and excited]

[innocent_insanity]

[He smiles in thanks and turns to a new page, starting on a fairly simply but detailed enough self-portrait of how he sees himself - i.e. as a troll, horns, skull makeup, sewed shut lips and all. Eventually he finishes and returns the book to her, pointing to the picture then to himself to make it apparent that the troll on the page is how he sees himself.]

[hearnoevil]

[She watches, quietly and patiently. The person he draws has enough familiar traits--the outline of his jaw, the wild hair, his eyes that Meulin can see that it's himself that Kurloz is drawing. She really wouldn't have thought much of the addition of horns, or the makeup (though the stitches might have perturbed her no matter what) if not for how insistent Kurloz seems.

She blinks at him when he points to himself and then looks back down at the drawing. She lightly traces the lines he has drawn, starting with the horns and moving down to his face. Her expression is one of complete curiosity and slight wonder till she gets to the stitches which cause her to frown and furrow her brow a bit.

She looks up at Kurloz and points to the picture, then at him again as if to confirm.]

[innocent_insanity]

[Nodding vigorously because YAY it's getting through!]

[hearnoevil]

[Meulin isn't really sure what to think. Is this how Kurloz sees himself? Or is this just how he sees himself now? She's never seen a creature that looks like that before and she liked to think she knew magical creatures pretty well.

She pauses for a moment, before pointing to his stitched lips and looking at him questioningly, a small frown on her face.]

[innocent_insanity]

[He nods again and makes a sewing motion over his lips to indicate it's something that needs doing.]

[hearnoevil]

[Waaaaait, wait, wait, wait. Is he trying to get her to help him do this? Now she's even more certain that she should not have given him those scissors. She's still not 100% sure what he plans to do with them, but it definitely won't be any good.

She frowns and firmly gives a shake of her head.]

[innocent_insanity]

[Frowns and narrows his eyes, suddenly very distrusting of her.]

[hearnoevil]

[That's an expression she never would have expected Kurloz to give her, ever, and it hurts more than she would care to admit.

She softens her expression, but shakes her head again.

The sketchbook is set aside and she makes a scissoring motion, much like he had done for her, then clasps her hands together as if pleading, and then holds a hand out.]

[innocent_insanity]

[His frown grows more pronounced and he shakes his head, pulling away from her.]

[hearnoevil]

[That only cements her worries and determination to get it back. She tries once again to beseech him, following him and clasping her hands. He's going to hurt himself if she allows him to keep those scissors, she just knows it]

[innocent_insanity]

[Shaking his head more, he stands and backs away from her.]