lovely day to meet the neighbours [closed]

[theboywhodied]

Date & Time: May 7th, afternoon
Location: Apartment 109
Characters: Cedric Diggory, Sohki, and possibly Keith Goodman later
Summary: New roommates yet again? Let's see if old friends stop by.
Warnings: Trolling, nothing too serious.

Cedric doesn't mind this moving business too much. The roommates he has never stay---inevitably they go off to find their other friends or leave Exsilium shortly after moving in, so he hasn't had a stable group since he's arrived. Whoever he lives with now will be more strange faces leaving after a few weeks, right?

He doesn't want to take over the whole common space, but he lights it with his little blue flames in jars all the same. When it looks nice, warm, and cosy, he sets about making tea once again. Hopefully he'll get roommates who don't mind the scent of it.

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[holy_prankster]

He wasn't one to much enjoy the indoors too much, but with the way that this Earth was, there was little scenery to enjoy. That was, perhaps, the hardest thing on the kirin while being here in this world. All of the destruction that the humans had caused was something he knew would eventually unfold in his own reality, but he would have faded away long before reaching that point.

Sohki pulled himself out of his thoughts as lightning flashed throughout the common room. Where the area by the window had been devoid of anyone moments before, Sohki now stood as the light faded away. His reaction was instant as he caught sight of the far too familiar wizard just a little further ahead, and without hesitation, the kirin joyfully flung himself forward to wrap his arms around the boy in a near-overbearing glomp. "Cedric-ku~~~~~~n!"

[theboywhodied]

What the---?

Cedric was innocently pouring boiling water when Sohki made his appearance, and startling him with boiling water at hand led to the predictable result. He froze in place, hissing in pain that had nothing to do with how hard the kirin was squeezing.

He felt out the damage---it largely splashed up when Cedric had jumped, soaking right through his jumper to burn his flesh.

"Your timing might be a little off," he whispered.

[holy_prankster]

"A little off? I'd say it was almost perfect," Sohki announced. Well perfect if you ignored the obvious spilt hot water and the pain that the wizard was undoubtedly experiencing. It built character, right? That's what the kirin thought as he pulled away from his glomp and chuckled cheerfully.

"Run it under a little cold water and you'll be fine~ Unless you have a spell for it?" He didn't, but he hadn't been born to heal others. Just to guide and protect them... and by them he meant one person.

[theboywhodied]

Cedric rolled his eyes, though there was just a hint of fondness mixing with the exasperation.

"It's hardly the worst injury I've hit. Don't worry, I know."

He stripped off the offending shirt and dried it with a spell, snagged a dressing gown and a cloth from his room, and sprawled on a chair with the open dressing gown hanging from his shoulders. He used magic to keep the cloth replenished with cool water as he held it to his chest, and when the steady routine was established he spoke again.

"What brings you here today?"

[holy_prankster]

The roll of eyes had him chuckling lightly. He hadn't missed the fondness that the wizard was attempting to hide, and the kirin found it fascinating. There were only two in recent decades who had viewed him in such a way, so it was something that Sohki hadn't expected. This boy was a curious one!

"Yes, I can imagine."

Sohki moved to gracefully take a seat while Cedric attended to himself. The tea did smell delicious, from what he could catch on the air. It wasn't yet brewing, but the kirin knew that the scent would be exquisite once it was. "Mmm this is where I've been assigned, my dear boy~"

[theboywhodied]

"We're roommates?" Cedric asked tiredly, slumping further into the cushions beneath him. The burn wasn't too bad, but it had a tendency to make him feel exhausted.

"At least that's one less stranger I need to acquaint myself with."

[holy_prankster]

"It seems so, yes~!" His voice was bright and cheery as he announced that. The tiredness had the kirin peering over with a smile. He could glance into the young wizard's thoughts, and he found it an interesting concept. Magic had never been draining on him, but it had been a few thousand years since he first trained to control it.

"You don't do well with strangers, Cedric-kun?"

[theboywhodied]

"I do, it's just...a little exhausting, meeting an endless string of people who leave after two weeks," Cedric said with a little sigh.

"I know no one knows who stays or leaves, and you could leave tomorrow, but I've never had a stable roommate. It's just...a little isolating, I suppose."

[holy_prankster]

He supposed that he could understand that to a degree. Well as much as he could given that he had lived as a hermit for the last few hundred years, but he knew that humans were social creatures unlike his kirin. They didn't function well without the support of those to grow fond and attached to - something that was so very human.

"We all must travel along then Wheel of Life. There are times where our paths cross and align together, and others where they must part ways," Sohki quietly murmured. His eyes opened in the next moment, and while they were dull and sightless, he looked directly over to the young wizard with a rare expression showing his age and wisdom. "Isolation is a state of the mind. Once you overcome that, you will discover that you will never truly be alone."

[theboywhodied]

"Then you don't feel isolated," Cedric guessed, tentatively checking the burn. It seemed to be sufficiently cooled now, so he dried up the cloth with another spell and tied his dressing gown shut. It would sting for a while, but hopefully it wouldn't be too bad. "What accompanies you?"

[holy_prankster]

"Yes and no!" To be more accurate, you simply didn't care about such things. So in a way, the individual in question did lose such crippling experiences, but that was because they no longer cared about such things. Hardly minding as Cedric finished tending to his burn, he knew what the wizard meant, but couldn't help but teasingly clarify. "As in me? Or just a 'you' in general?"

[theboywhodied]

"I mean you," Cedric clarified, snuggling into the couch cushions. "What do you think to keep yourself busy?"

[holy_prankster]

"You can't build what you need on my example," Sohki said to begin with. It was impossible given their differences. Kirin were solitary creatures, after all. Yet he knew that Cedric needed to hear something even despite it being impossible for the wizard to mirror. "I, however, travel and search for all of those flames that flicker out one final time to witness their passing and remember them. A single flame or the flame of an entire species."

The humans were destroying life faster than it could evolve to survive. He seemed to grow distant for amoment before coming back to his senses. Gifting Cedric with a cheerful smile, he said, "Although I did decide to entertain myself by visiting my darline Fuuto-kun before this world drew me here."

[theboywhodied]

"Fuuto-kun was a friend of yours?" Cedric asked, curious. He'd heard the name before, but not much else.

[holy_prankster]

"I am one of his guardian beasts," Sohki said in return. "He is the Holy King in my realm, and has twelve guardians protecting him. I am the first."

[theboywhodied]

"He must feel great about having you for a protector," Cedric teased gently, rising to return to the teapot. "He gets to feel safe and have all the tea he wants, right?"

There's got to be more to it than that. This is just Cedric fishing around curiously while he attempts to salvage the ruins of afternoon tea.

[holy_prankster]

Now that had him laughing lightly. He could only imagine how Fuuto would react to that, and the thought had him smiling. Fuuto did give him some of the best reactions.

"Garuda-kun looks after the young king," Sohki said in return. Oh he knew the fishing was there, but he didn't mind. The kirin was hardly bothered with his bond and connection to Fuuto and the other guardians. "I merely observe and protect the growth of his soul. The shell means nothing to me."

[theboywhodied]

"Then all this is just you doing whatever you fancy at the moment," Cedric wondered aloud, poking at his tea leaves. There was still enough water to use, so he heated it again with a quick spell.

[holy_prankster]

"Cedric-kun, even while around Fuuto I still did whatever I fancied," he said with a wide smile. It was part of what made the others so cautious and frustrated with him, after all!

[theboywhodied]

"What are you fancying now?" Cedric asked, now brewing once more. He withdrew the scones and biscuits from their waiting place and set them on the table, soon to be followed with tea.

[holy_prankster]

"Mmm I have yet to decide," he said showing a rare moment of honesty. The smell of the scones and biscuits was lovely on the air, and Sohki didn't bother hiding his interest. "Human matters are human matters, even if I have been brought to this world."

[theboywhodied]

"I won't bring up my matters now, then," Cedric decided, shrugging as he prepared the tea. It was hot again now---there, everything fine.

"But human food isn't such a problem, right?"

[holy_prankster]

"Your matters? Oh but I would love to hear them, Cedric-kun~" Sohki was genuine with that as he clasped his hands together and leant forward a little. "And not at all~ I just do not consume meat."

[theboywhodied]

"It's really not much. More friends of mine have returned home, but I need to be used to that. Everyone's going to go home eventually, and me---when I do, that's the end.

And friends of mine were recently sent out on a dangerous mission. I wish I could've gone. I'm trying to help people re-adjust, but it's a little overwhelming for them."

He raked his hands through his hair with a soft groan. "No monsters under the bed for them, I hope."

[holy_prankster]

He listened quietly to the young wizard's words. Cedric truly was far too kind in so many ways that it was no wonder that he was finding it difficult to adjust. It was just unfortunate that such kindness wouldn't be able to grow and flourish in this form, at least not in the world he was born into.

"The journey within this shell you're in will end, yes, but your journey is never over," Sohki murmured to begin with. "It can be, but you can only do what you can only do. Do not let that discourage you."