miss tragicomedy
Dapper Codger
I̠̦̯̞̹̝̼̩̣ ͍̖̜͕̖̳̬̼͈̱̖̼̰̦̖͉̹͔T̖̳̦̫̺͖̭̖͙͖̟̺ͅR̟̞̬̣͔͙̝̹̰̜͇̤̜͓̗̱͓ͅA͙̭̘̖̻̹̭̤͉̥͕̭̙͔̻̣͇D̖̼̖̤̗̳̫̮̠E̼̦̺̫̠͓͉͖̺̼̱̣͔̯̬͈̩D̖̫̱̟̼̖̖̣̙̞̞̙̘̹͈̙ͅ ̟͓̺̥̲͈̙̣̟̝̯̯̪̹͈̼̮̱F̤͇͔̗͙̗̱̻̼R͕͉̙͍̖̙̠͇͈̤͕͎̺ͅͅE̗̤̙͔̙̙̮̳͇̗̳͍̜ͅͅE̮̪̣̗̠̱̣̞̠͚̼̪̪̬͔̳D̺̞̫̥͈̱͍̫O̪̰̗̩͔̭̱͙̥̩͓̞̟M̟̻͕̣̬͈ ̦̮̯͕̭̘̲̗̦̺̦̘̼̻̗A̯̖͕̠͈̞̗̺̥̣͉̱̜̳̞̬̲͓ͅN̥̘͓̺͕͍̮̼̫͔̱̻͚̤ͅD̠̯͓̭̖̗ͅ ͈̞̥͉͈̰̤͍̦̺͔̲͉̼̜ͅP͚̮̘͈̦̮̟̣̩͕A͇̦͔̰̹͉͔̲̬̲̬͖͔ͅS̺͙͎̙̻͓͇͈̭̼͓̱͈̺̲̙̭ͅȘ͕̮̯̦̦̭̹̙̬̭I̤̹̝͉̟̯͖O͙̝̝̤̗͚̲̩̟̲͇͚̖ͅN̤͉̞̺̙͖͈̩̙̺̝ ͙̬̬͖̬̗͓̱̯͔̥̮F̙̣̲͖̹̗͓̯̹O͇̺̮̜̳̩͉̙ͅR̰͙̣̲̖̯̟̭͔̻̱͓̹̻̫̟ ͈̰̲͇̹̠̳̝̳̙̗̳͎̤̝͔ͅA͈̺̦͙̬͍ ̲̻̟̘̰̙͖̠̟̖̲̦̞̲̭G͇̱̟͈̠͖̝̟̫̗̤͓O͈̯͍̯͔̞̺̣D̘͖̮̺͖͖̱̭̭͍F̞̙̯̤̗O̳̝̖͇̤̭̤̭̫̯̼̯͙͕̩R̩͍͓̳̤̼͙͔̙̮̭͎̖̯̪S͉͖̰͚͓A͈̫̰͚̹Ḳ͈̞̯͚͈̬͇̤̬͙̘̱̝̜͕̗ͅE͎̻̺̣̞̲͎̮̮ͅN͇̤̗͈̖̟̤̠̥͚͉̘̰̩͙ ̰̖̰͇͍̹̙̭͈̖̬͖̠̦̮̮S̗̱͉̱͙̺̪ͅE̤̱̮͖̮̰N̺̰͇̗̯͉̲̖̞S̺̩̫̙E͔̳̣̻̪͇̦ͅ ̤͕̤̜̤̝̺̗̳̩O̖̪̤̙͔F͈͔̖̭̥̣̲̖̤͙̫̘̘̣̦ͅͅ ̣̤̪̼̰̣̗̙͚̥̦̯̻̭̞̦̲͈F͉̟͉̮̥̰A̜͎͇̱̤͇̺̥̦̗͖̦̲͙ͅͅS̯͉͚͓̟̮H̼̝̮̯͍̬̮̖I̩̬̱̱͖̯͎͓O͇̦̳̦̗̫͇͍̣̫͎̙͈͎̞ͅͅN͕̳͉͚͔̪̞͚̤͇̝
tab Eska stretched, vertebra popping as he twisted to the right and left. His whole body ached with the movement, a reminder that he was too old to sleep on the floor. He hadn’t intended on falling asleep, but with all the stress of preparing for the first day, he took the first chance he got to escape to the catacombs for some precious alone time, his only company being a book on tribes in precolonial Amazonia, specifically their traditions involving sacrifice which involved just about every taboo the modern world had. It proved to be an interesting read and he couldn’t pull himself to leave the peace; one thing led to another. Solid yellow eyes, adjusted to the dark, glanced around and landed on the book and dead flashlight resting just to his left. He should probably head back, if only to find out the time. He gathered his belongings and retraced the familiar steps.
tab It was a lot later in the day than he expected. Students had already arrived, the full spectrum of emotions being completely covered. Some were clearly excited, talking quickly and loudly, while others were nervous, making friends with the walls. It was the typical mix he expected, but the fact that it was so late in the day was shocking. How long had he been sleeping? How long had he been reading? Eh, doesn’t matter now. he thought with a shrug, pulling out a pair of sunglasses from his pocket, putting them on before moving forward. He wasn’t particularly self-conscious about his yellow eyes, they being the only give away of his true origins while in human form, but it was much easier to pass under the radar with them covered. He wanted to observe, not be observed. He wasn’t overly shy about being the center of attention, it just wasn’t as amusing to him.
tab The thought about finding Nova crossed his mind, but Eska quickly brushed it off. Nova could find him easily enough, and getting outside to people watch sounded better than tracking the human down. He could find a nice shady spot outside, sit down, and get a feel for everything. Add a cigarette to the equation and it sounded perfect. Not missing a beat, he patted his pockets, producing a pack from his right pocket. Using a finger to flip the top open, he cursed under his breath. Empty. Completely and utterly empty. He lowered his hand, grip tightenly around the box. There went those plans, at least until after he paid a visit to his dorm. He hoped it wouldn’t take longer than a minute, two tops.
in the academy x with a bunch of students, indirectly x currently heading toward the staff dorms x wearing human skin x theme song
[ooc| hello everyone~ ]
[ooc| hello everyone~ ]
