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I'm looking for someone. [ no doubt, a tried and true phrase the lockets have played before. Connor tacks a piece of paper to the locket so that everyone can see his drawing of a demon. it's sketchy and messy, but a pretty good likeness considering he was being beaten up during his confrontation with it. guess he inherited one more thing from his father's side. ]

He's over seven feet tall and made completely out of stone. And he's mine. [ and by the look on his face and the tone of his voice, that clearly means MINE TO KILL >:[ !!!! but the sassmasters of eachdraidh are welcome to poke fun at him anyway. he lowers the paper, revealing the rest of him and the lovely decoration scheme caer scima's rocking. ] He'll try and kill you, but I don't have to really warn you guys about that, huh? From what I've heard of this place, that's what we're supposed to be doing.

[ killing each other!!! guess who hasn't been given the 'make love, not war' lecture of his life. there's no clear sign on his face that explains what he thinks of that exactly. He moves to turn off the locket and hesitates. ]

I want to know. [ how do I get out, who can I beat up right now, where can I find Angel -- ] Who's winning the war?

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Did you just say he's--it's--yours?

[ Wow that is not terrifying in the least. ]

[ kelsi, please!!! ]

Yeah, he's mine. [ TO KILL, says the brackets. ] From my world. Well, technically -- he's not really from mine, but he was there the last time I saw him.

[ pauses. He kind of squints at her, since Kelsi looks the farthest from someone trying to stake his kill. then again ]

You're not going after him, right? [ right ]

[ oh my god this is not the conversation she was prepared to have. You see that deer in headlights look? It's real. ]

No! No, no no, I'm definitely not--He, um. He's someone precious to you, it's only fair he stays.. Yours...?

[ good, good, good, wait A SECOND ]

He's not precious to me. [ he doesn't like this assumption you've jumped to, kelsi. ] He's mine to stab. I'm the person who's going to kill him.

Wh--I thought.. I mean, the way you made it sound like he was yours to sort of control or something... Like a lost dog?

[ she's not entirely wrong. he knows he has some kind of weird connection to the demon, he just doesn't like being reminded of it. tightly ]

He's a demon. They don't make great house pets. [ too busy killing everything, trying to blot out the sun, yadda yadda ] Do dogs in your world look like him or something?

Nnnnnn....No....

But I've also been brought into a weird universe where fairies and magic exists, so I just sort of--thought--you know..

Uh. Sorry.

...A lot of dimensions are different. [ he concedes, somewhat awkwardly. the apology helps a little, even if his shoulders are still tense ] So I guess I can't blame you.

[ she's leaving a very normal impression on him, which is surprising, because he hadn't expected normal things either in this place. so now it's his turn to question her, sounding curious ]

Where are you from?

Oh--well. I'm from a place that doesn't have... [ She trails off, motioning with her hands at Conner, as if that explains anything. ] Demons to track down. It's a place called Earth.

It's... It's not really interesting, compared to everywhere else.

[ his brow furrows ]

Earth has demons. [ somewhere outside the high school musical hemisphere ] If you know where to look.

I mean, there's Sharpay, but she's not a demon, she's just a little self absorbed--why would you wan to look for demons, though?

[ are you sure sharpay isn't a demon ]

I've been doing it my whole life. [ which technically really isn't an answer but ] They don't exactly stay put either. Better to put them down before they attack people.

[ No not really ]

So you're a hero?

[ a hERO........ He kind of ducks his chin down, embarrassed. ]

...No, not really. I've met heroes. I'm not really one of them.

[ he's not like angel.... he's not!!! he's not....?? he is probably ]

Chasing demons down is definitely a heroic act.

[ not saying just saying ]

[ omg kelsi. ]

It's not -- [ like that?? for some reason, he doesn't exactly want to explain to this cheerful girl about how he hunts demons because that's all he knows what to do, rather than from any reason. huffs ] Never mind. Look, if you see it -- or anything creepy, then just... give me a call, alright? Or whatever you call it through these lockets.

I will.

...How old are you?

Eighteen. [ he thinks... he hasn't really noticed his birthday passing but it must have ] Why?

Geeze.

It's just kind of weird to think that we're the same age but you've had to deal with, like... killing demons and stuff.

[ he's quiet in response because it's not as strange, to see kids his age with entirely different lives than his. it's not like he's ever resented them for having normalcy. he didn't know the life of a normal teenager enough to want it for himself. but sometimes, on those dark nights when he looked on those busy streets and saw normal teenagers coming back from restaurants surrounded by friends and family, he resented them just enough. ]

Yeah. Weird. [ stiffly, then he shrugs ] But it makes things like this -- getting kidnapped to another dimension -- seem tame. Can't imagine how it must be for you.

[ Kelsi's waving her hand in the air in front of her face dismissively, mostly because she disagrees with that, but also simply because she's a little startled someone's not only talking to her, but talking to her about her. ]

It's--it's okay, really, I just feel bad I can't help anyone. You have that power, and--well. Obviously you're using it.

[ She does lower her hand and give her best encouraging smile, though. ]

[ furrows his brow ]

You have power. That thing. The shard or whatever that's inside of you. [ he doesn't contest the fact that she's not the same as him, but ] And they think that's useful.

Unless there's power in song, there's--

[ Wait. Kelsi frowns. ]

..Is it true you can get power here, if you ask for it? I heard that somewhere.

...It doesn't sound impossible. People can get power anywhere. [ bites his lip. ]

I wouldn't trust just anybody who tells you that though.

Why not? [ And, after a pause: ] Even the courts?

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