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𝔏𝔢𝔬𝔫 𝔅𝔢𝔩𝔪𝔬𝔫𝔱 ([personal profile] lamentedinnocence) wrote2019-06-17 04:50 pm
petcromancer: (recollection)

cw: mentions of child abuse

[personal profile] petcromancer 2025-09-01 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hector doesn't really like talking about his past, but he's tipsy and Leon is frowning at him, and the combination is making him pretty helpless to resist the probing questions.]

My father was an alchemist, obsessed with money and power. The villagers were already wary of my family because of his experiments trying to find immortality. But then there was me, a morbid child with an off-putting aura. The other children threw rocks at me if I got too close to them, and adults would cross the street and cross themselves when I passed by. So I made my own friends- found dead animals and used the principles from my father's books to rekindle the life in them, to be my pets. The only companions that would have me.

[He takes a long sip of ale.] My mother used to curse me and say I'd been born wrong, that she'd have been better off barren. My father tolerated my existence, hoping he could use my powers towards his own pursuits. He'd burn my pets and beat me each time I brought one home. That's the world I grew up in.

[Is it enough to put you off your ale, Leon? Enough to make you realize he doesn't belong here in this village, celebrating Saint Whats-his-name?]
petcromancer: (Tired)

[personal profile] petcromancer 2025-09-02 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hector shakes his head and pushes the bird leg back to Leon. He shouldn't have said any of that to Leon, who is too soft and bright for such harsh realities. But since he started the story, he needs to finish it. If Leon knows the truth, he should have the whole of it, not only the pieces that cast Hector in a pitying light.]

When I decided I'd had enough, I could have simply left and made my own way in the world. But I didn't. I burned down their house. They... were still inside.

[Yes, he'd still been a child, but he'd not been a helpless one.]

So, do not apologize for making me remember. You should have known all of this long ago. The truth of the man I am. I am what they say. 'Evil.' 'Cursed.' 'Wrong.'

[What a fun party they are having.]
petcromancer: (inner thoughts)

[personal profile] petcromancer 2025-09-02 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[There isn't remorse, only weariness. He wishes things were different, but they aren't.

He doesn't deserve Leon's absolution. But he's only human, given to greed, and he isn't noble enough to refuse the consolation Leon offers him.]


I don't think even a saint could walk upon this earth without getting some of its filth upon them. If your god would deny you for that, then that's your god's fault, not yours.

[With that casual blasphemy spoken, Hector drinks some more ale. Hmm, maybe he does want some food with it after all.]

Does walking beside me extend to sharing your meals with me? [Just a lil bite of leg. Getting all maudlin about his past made him hungry.]

petcromancer: (sideways glance)

[personal profile] petcromancer 2025-09-03 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
No, I did... [He ducks his head, a little shy in his tipsiness.] ...but I wasn't sure you'd still want to share, if you knew all that....

[Acts of kindness are rarely aimed his way, and when they do come, Hector is always aware that he doesn't deserve them.

But... the skin of the leg is glistening with oil and he can smell the seasonings in the roasted meat. It's making his stomach rumble. so now he's going to be the girlfriend who didn't order the fries and procedes to steal half from the boyfriend's plate when they come]


If it's what you've dreamt of, you should eat it. I can order my own.
petcromancer: (Hmmm)

[personal profile] petcromancer 2025-09-03 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[The gloom of their previous conversation cannot survive the ridiculousness of the 'bird toast'.

With as straight a face as he can muster, Hector bumps his bird leg to Leon's. An amused snort slips out as Leon breaks and laughs.]


I suspect... we both might be getting drunk.

[He's trying to remember why that was a bad thing. Leon looks pleased enough, flushed and handsome in the flickering lantern-light of the tavern.

Hector takes a bite, and groans happily. Leggy yummy. He's going to clean it to the bone.]
petcromancer: (headache)

[personal profile] petcromancer 2025-09-04 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
[Hector takes another long sip of ale to wash down the meat he wolfed down. Yes, it's definitely hitting him. He doesn't have the tolerance he used to.

He puts down his mug and reaches out to pat Leon's head. He's slightly off-target, and ends up stroking one side of Leon's hair with the motion.]


What a, a well-trained pack mule you are!

[It makes him unduly happy, that Leon cares so much about their purchases for his sake. Because he doesn't want to make Hector sad. Who in his entire existence has ever cared about Hector's happiness? Only Leon.]

I-I'll make you happy. I already have plans for you.
petcromancer: (S3 smug)

[personal profile] petcromancer 2025-09-04 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Since... the start?

[Leon asked for peach cake that night they met, after all. The rest, deciding that Leon needs a pet of his own, came later, but those initial plans have been there all along.]

Prepare to get happier. It's happening. You can't stop it.

[Unless Leon forgets the basket... or burns down the kitchen before Hector can use it, or something. So technically he could... Hector drains the last dregs from his mug as his thoughts wander down that rabbit hole.]
petcromancer: (wink)

[personal profile] petcromancer 2025-09-06 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
Wouldn't you like to know?

[Who will be more insufferable, the knight who wants to know what his special treat will be, or the smug forgemaster with secret plans? The jury is still out.]

Hmmm, perhaps I'm going to make you something. What, I'll not say.

[He doesn't want to ruin the surprise, but he does enjoy having something to lord over Leon teasingly.]
petcromancer: (Hmmm)

[personal profile] petcromancer 2025-09-06 06:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Would you like a drawing?

[He'll add a sketch to the list then... if he remembers come morning. Cakes, pies, sketches, creatures... anything his hands can make, he'll offer up to Leon like a cat leaving dead prey on its human's welcome mat.]

If you say so. You're the one who's carrying everything.

[He pauses, wrinkling his nose as he thinks.]

... are we going to have to ride the horses back?

[drunk and with a basket to carry?]
petcromancer: (soft boy)

[personal profile] petcromancer 2025-09-08 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
Then I'll have to prove myself, and protect my ability to critique others as ruthlessly as I wish. Except for you. I won't make fun of your drawings. You, my friend, get a pass.

[He's just sort of tipsily rambling at this point as he rises from his seat.]

I'm sure I'll be fine. [He won't be. That golden opportunity that was squandered this morning must be reclaimed.] Lead the way, sir knight.
petcromancer: (nervous)

[personal profile] petcromancer 2025-09-09 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
[Hector watches Leon yank the wheel out of the mud. He thinks of offering a hand holding the other stuff while Leon pulls, but he'd probably refuse anyways, stubborn, chivalrous knight that he is.

Hector puts a finger to his lips.]
Shhhhh, it's a secret, remember.

[He means it to be a whisper, but his voice is less discrete than he intended.]

I suppose we could bring it if we lash it to the back of my horse. [Oh no, looks like Hector will definitely have to ride with Leon now to make room for the pet toy!]
petcromancer: (puppy)

[personal profile] petcromancer 2025-09-09 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hector's overly cautious, especially with the biblical name he gave the creature. Even a stupid peasant might make the connection between the name of the sea serpent of their Old Testament myth and the snake in the lake if it were ever to be spotted.]

Yes, we love our fat dog dearly.

[There, in his tipsy state, he decides that will put them off the track enough. And it's an excuse to get a dog as well. He loves dogs.

He leaves the work of loading the horses to Leon and indeed gives both animals pets on their snouts and along their neck. He steers Alaric away from the basket, though. He has plans for that fruit! Alaric and Ophélie can have apples when they get home.]


Hmmm. You be in front. You know the way better than I do.

[And Hector is perfectly willing to plaster himself to Leon's broad back and lean his head against his shoulder, you know, if he must.]

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