( picture prompt meme )

[cocksocker]

the picture prompt meme

I — Comment with your character.
II — Others will leave a picture (or two, or three...)
III — Reply to them with a setting based on the picture.

IV — Link to any pictures that are NSFW, please.
V — Be aware that this meme will likely be image-heavy. That's kind of the point.

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[shadowstrikes]

[ooc: Shape-shifting cute-macabre aesthetic? Can't see how it'd be anything but a winning combination! I'm game :)]

[bergkatze]

( ooc: awesome! Let's do this! I found s nice setting )

setting

[shadowstrikes]

[For someone who grew up in the granite-enclosed confines of Ebonhawke, then spent a few years in and out of the port town of Lion's Arch, and finely crafted urban sprawl of Divinity's Reach, Hakkyuu often finds he as a real affinity with green spaces. It's probably all the time spent around sylvari companions--a humanoid plant race barely as old as he was, but already with a culture identifiable enough that they've left a mark on him.

The greenery surrounding him reminds him a bit of the Grove--the closest thing the sylvari have to a capital city--while at the same time the structures made from slate and rock sort of remind him of what he's heard Canthan architecture was like in the lands far south of Kryta across the seas.

The ground is damp from the rain tumbling down overhead, but despite the downpour the sun is bright enough for the white-haired man to need to raise an arm to shield his eyes against the gleam as he tries to get his bearings in his beautiful, but entirely unfamiliar, surroundings.]

And not an asura gate for miles, I bet... [He mutters to himself, mostly for irony's sake; he's not expecting to find a gate home for quite some time. What a pain.]

[bergkatze]

Oi, I'm still drenched!

[An unhappy groan could be heard nearby the bushes. A tuft of magenta peeks out from between the shrubbery as Katze fusses about his clothes.]

This planet sucks! Just 'Ew' all the way! What is with all the rain, huh? Too much of that crap.

[The huffy alien is desperately trying to wring the water out of his bushy hair. Still completely soaked from the earlier rainfall, Katze ends up sneezing a few times. He let's out a swear in-between sneezes.]

Fuckity-fuck-fuck! Ah! Someone better not be talking smack about me.

[ He fusses to no one as he continued squeezing the water out of his hair. His dark blue suit is still slightly dry but his hair is a fluffy mess. He almost looks like a giant pink furball with skinny long legs. It's kinda cute.]

Ah, screw it.

[Katze ties up his hair into a loose messy bun and just gives up on it. There's no taming these long wild locks. Even up like this, there's a dozen flyaways and endless curls all over the place.]

[shadowstrikes]

[Well, if there were any illusion about this being a tranquil, uninhabited area that has been completely shattered by the exclamations of discontent. As he turns his head to glance over his shoulder in the direction of the commotion, Hakkyuu honestly couldn't have predicted what he sees emerging grumpily from the undergrowth.

He stares for a good long couple of seconds, blinking slowly and trying to make sense of what he's seeing.

Definitely not human, but sort of human. Not... sylvari? Right? Right? No, definitely more human than sylvari, but definitely more sylvari-like than a human. But definitely not human. He closes his eyes for a brief second, shaking his head in a kind of disbelief before turning around fully.]

So. [And a slight pause because what the hell do you say to a tall, furious, flamboyant pink humanoid who's just appeared from the bushes all a ranting and a raving?] ... Not very water-resistant, huh?

[bergkatze]

[In mid bitching and complaining, Katze nearly jumps when some guy comes out of nowhere. The alien's black diamond tail shoots straight up as he revers back in fright.

Just how did this basic looking freak sneak up on him? Usually it's the other way around.]

Whaddya think, bub?! [He hisses. While he's very humanlike per se, Katze certainly doesn't seem very human. Those weird red eyes and sharp looking teeth give that away easily.]

Why you creepin' on me, huh? You like talking to strangers?

[shadowstrikes]

[Perhaps other humans would be startled by Katze's appearance, Hakkyuu appears entirely unfazed either the very strange crimson eyes the sweep his way, or jagged teeth... Though the tail does get a glance flickering to it for a half-second before he looks back toward the alien.]

Well, I was here first.

[Okay, maybe he wasn't, but he definitely wasn't creeping. Not on this particular occasion, anyway.

He shrugs a shoulder and tilts his head to meet it in a short, sharp gesture.]

And talking to strangers? Yeah, as it happens, I do like that. They're not always drenched and surly though.

You need a moment or something?

[bergkatze]

I'm fine! I'm just fine!

[So he says as his fancy hair bun flops to the side in messy unpredictable waves of bright magenta. A deep sigh leaves Katze as he comically slaps his hand to his face.

Life is definitely screwing with him right now.]

Okay, no. I need a frickin' towel or something.

[He fusses about his hair again before glancing over his shoulder with a huff.]

Got a name? You look like a tourist.

[shadowstrikes]

[Smiling to himself, Hakkyuu takes the eccentric frustrations in stride. Actually, there's something about this guy that reminds him of a sylvari engineer he knows. Not that he's going to voice that though, especially while he's being accused like that.]

Suppose I am. If everyone around here looks like you, I guess I must stand out as not from around here, huh?

[Oh yeah, he heard he was being asked for his name, but he's intentionally shelving that for the time being.]

[bergkatze]

Ha! I'm too unique for these plebs to imitate!

[Cue in a haughty laugh there. Katze's level of perfection is often mimicked but not duplicated.]

Most the folks around here actually look like you minus the good looks.

[Was that a flirty compliment? Maaaybe! Katze smirks a little.]

You're overall demeanor just screams noob. So, I guess I could be nice and show you around town, noob-kun.

[Since little guy here Wint give his name, Katze settled on a goofy nickname for now.]

[shadowstrikes]

[Talking to this guy is a bit like dealing with whiplash, which fortunately Hakkyuu is okay with, he's just usually the one dealing it out. The sharp aside comments about the other inhabitants, followed so casually by the throw-away praise for his appearance, then chased by the observation that he seems like a dick makes Hakkyuu hold his tongue until a real gap in the alien's speech lands. He then exhales his held breath in a chuckle, leaning forward a little as he does before straightening up and laying a hand on his hip.]

I've been called worse. Been called better too, just sayin'.

So you're the kind of tourist who's been around long enough to know your way around. And you're gonna be kind enough to show helpless ol' me around, hm? [He sucks a breath through his teeth, arms spread wide in a 'submissive' shrug.] Well, who the hell am I to reject that kinda charity, huh?

[bergkatze]

[Katze isn't remotely graceful when it comes down to his usual manner of speech. He learned Japanese and English both through whatever data he could collect off the world wide web and contributed all to speech. That's one of the reasons why he sounds just pain awful but don't sleep on Katze. He's known to change up on a person from time to time.

The alien is quite the intellectual.]

Helpless? Eh, you do look like easy prey but not that easy. [He laughs as he gestures for little man to follow.]

Boy, ya lucky to run into a nice Samaritan like me! Imagine what would happen if you waltzed your pale ass into town all willy nilly.

[The excitement in his tone is apparent. Katze is already having fun at the prospect of dragging this guy around town with him. He doesn't have any friends and his last plaything just went 'byebye'.]

[shadowstrikes]

[It's a little hard at this point to tell if his sarcasm has been lost on this guy, because to Hakkyuu's mind the very idea that he'd be helpless is utterly laughable. For now, he'll give the benefit of the doubt, though he blinks at the assessment that he'd be not-that-easy prey. He suppresses a chuckle into a little quirk of his lips, but in the end he doesn't mind any misconceptions about how he looks. He's weird-looking to most other humans, on the smaller side, and the length of his coat makes it hard to tell his build. All those things combined means he'd forgive the belief that he can't hold his own, and hell, those initial few seconds of confusion can come in really handy.

Not that he thinks he'll need to worry about that just now as he slips his hands under his coat at the small of his back and follows along.]

What, they have a problem with folks who could light up a dark room just by showing up or something? [Oh yeah, he knows how he looks, don't worry.] Because that could be a real pain.