shhhhhhhhh no back in the box

[dhil]

[But mun.

MUN.

They can go meet people mun! People watch! Look at all these people, they're so excited!

Can they go look at this one?

Can they go touch that one's hand? They won't mind, right? PLEASE, they're so lonely.

...

They're gonna do it anyway. They're gonna touch the thing.

LATER]

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[eternalfailure]

...Sorry, did you say something?

[The knight assumes so, and places a hand around where his ear would be if he wasn't helmeted up, leaning in a bit.]

[dhil]

[Nope.

Have fun talking to the one person who is terrified of their own voice.

They're a good seven feet tall, but this does not stop them from instantly flickering around the knight like they've found a million dollars in diamonds, hands fluttering around that very, very pretty helm as if they want to touch it, but just can't bring themselves to get it all smudgy]

[eternalfailure]

[This is fine. He never shuts up. Always facing his new friend (because everyone he meets is his new friend until circumstances prove otherwise). It as the effect of making said helm rotate a bit.

Said helm may be pretty, but he took it off a dead guy so not the best fit.]

Goodness, gracious and goodness gracious! Attempting to communicate via hand signals!

[Launching into a flurry of wild arm waving befitting the most hand talkingish politicians, the knight carries on.]

HELLO! I! AM! THE! RUBBISH! KNIGHT! WELL! MET!

[...They're not deaf, you buffoon.]

[dhil]

[Well at least he'll get the pleasure of listening to himself for a while.

They don't really know how to communicate with their hands, it all seems to be body language, which is good, because anyone should follow along with this:

The knight starts yelling and waving his arms, and the tall stranger leaps a whole foot back, looking startled and confused.

WHAT HAPPEN WHY]

[eternalfailure]

[Naturally, he assumes that something behind him has startled the poor fellow and thus spins around to see it for himself.

His helmet takes a second to catch up before it locks into place with a clunk.]

What is it, my friend? What fills you with fright shall have to answer to me!

[As a guy who also rarely shows his face, ol' R-K aims to be expressive otherwise. One hand on his hip, the other acting as a shade for his eyes, as if searching the distant horizon.]

[dhil]

[That was a lot of noise. And movement. Noise and movement together are pretty scary!

They let the knight turn about and look for whatever it was that frightened them, fidgeting with their hands as he looks for the big bad here.

If he ever turns around again, he'll get the nomad pressing a finger up to their unseen lips. Shhhhhhh]

[27th]

Hello! [Have a friendly face!]

[dhil]

[Hello! They wave eagerly at the very nice looking young man, wiggling their fingers a little before going to inspect him for a moment. They don't get to meet people often, so it's good to have a stranger every now and again.

They seem to be very taken with his hair]

[27th]

[Yuuri chuckles over the finger wiggling. It's not often someone looks that excited to see him…or…

Touch his hair?]

Are you new around here? I know it can be hard.

[dhil]

[They like hair! They ruffle it and fluff it and play with it for a moment like a child, before realizing they've been asked a question.

Oh! Well... they're... sort of new? Sort of!

It gets a kind of half shrug, the tall being looking a bit more awkward]

[27th]

[Well it is nice soft hair. And it even grows when he's in his Maoh form! Who could ask for more out of hair?]

You're really tall! [Frankly, he's amazed.] I'm sure you'll make lots of friends! My name is Yuuri.

[dhil]

[They stand up straight, and place a hand on their own head. They measure it off against Yuuri... and slowly lower their hand until it's just above his head. Cue eager wafting around, it looks like they're trying to make a short joke.

But they'd love to have more friends!]

touch the thing touch the thing

[blueherring]

[Kat squints-- as a witch, she's seen some weird people in her time, but this takes the cake. Considering they're massive, and she's barely 5 feet, this is quite the encounter. Don't think she's intimidated though! If she's anything, she's brave, and she can't help but take a few steps closer, hands stuffed in her pockets.]

Uh... hey, are you okay?

[dhil]

[They spot her, and wiggle their fingers at her cheerfully. Of course they're okay! They're very okay, why wouldn't they be?

They point at her next.

Is she okay?]

[deadtective]

[she tilts her head upwards to get a good look at this guy, eyes unconsciously squinting as she zeroes in on their own obviously unnatural eyes. this was something spooky again, wasn't it. ha ha ha, very funny mun.]

First time out, huh?

[since they seem...really excited. and Hazel's really hoping it's about the whole 'being out and played' thing rather than something more worrisome, because she's really sick of that shit yo]

[dhil]

[Oh goody someone is talking to them. They nod eagerly, very, very happy to be out with all these people who are just everywhere, it's so exciting.

They also have no idea how to greet anyone, no one taught them how to say hello so... they just kind of bluster over in a big cloud of gleeful happiness and try to touch her hands.

That's normal!]

[deadtective]

[hey whoa whoa hey now let's not get too excited here. Hazel starts visibly and kind of. makes some stupid hand flappy motions of her own that is a really awkward attempt at turning this into a regular handshake instead of some weird body inspection.]

Oh, well - uh - nice to meet you? I'm Hazel.

[each uncomfortable pause is punctuated by another flap. godddd why can't she shake her ingrained politeness and just follow her RUN AWAY instincts.]

[dhil]

[what is handshake. how do. what is. much confusion. help. Their hands kind of hover over hers as she starts to move them, a bit flustered and confused as to what all this flapping is about.

So they copy her.

Is this hello? You people are weird.]

WE ARE ALL HIGHLY EDUCATED HERE

[deadtective]

[oh. oh no. is this better or worse? she's relieved that they aren't going to try and touch her, but at the same time she wonders if she's teaching him the wrong skills for entering society.

...wait why does she care at all SHE JUST MET THIS PERSON THEIR EDUCATION ISN'T HER CONCERN

yeah she's just. gonna stop with the hand gestures now.]

So I'm guessing that you don't really have any plans yet?

BLIND LEADING THE BLIND

[dhil]

[Okay so she stopped doing that. So they stop too. Greetings must be over. That went super well, they think they did a really good job. And they look really, really proud of themselves. We did it. We did the thing.

They shake their head. No, no plans. They don't even know where they can go right now]

[trickyfire]

[oh, they're so tall!

can she touch them? She totally won't mind if they touch her!

probably it helps that she's not as human as she currently appears, but this one is going to excitedly run up to him.]

Hello! You must be new!

[dhil]

[They do touch her! That hair is insane, they've never seen red hair before! So they instantly try to touch it, it looks like thin copper! If she lets them, they fluff it around a bit and admire it against their swarthy skin before tousling it gleefully.

New? They certainly are new! They nod their head, full of energy. So very new!]

[trickyfire]

[She laughs and spins so her hair flies out. She's warmer to the touch than most humans, but that's because she's so far from human it's ridiculous.]

Wanna see why it's such a bright color?

[dhil]

[Ooooh they love learning, they sure do want to know why! They nod their head eagerly, continuing to swish their hands through her hair. Teeell them!]

[trickyfire]

I'm a phoenix! I can show you what I really look like.