fleshedout | DANNY CATCHALL

[ da ba dee da ba dai. ]

By making me look more...ghostly.

Ah.

And that's a bad thing?

When it's this ghost, yeah.

...

Hm. Worried you'll scare people off?

Oh. I...didn't really think about that part.

I just...didn't wanna be seen like this.

If you had another head, I wouldn't care. It's fine, Danny.

Hey, I don't have another head!

[ ...shoves a hand under his oversized hood to feel around and check. ]

Okay, yeah, I don't have another head.

...

[She's yanking the hood off.]

[ He makes a frantic choking noise trying to grab at it, but it's TOO LATE, he is EXPOSED

So in addition to being blue (da ba dee da ba dai), he also has: fangs! pointed ears! Red eyes! And flaming white hair! Yup, that's right, it's just a big ol' fuckin campfire up there. but white. ]

Okay.

[Just. Okay.]

Wha--okay?

Yeah. Okay.

[She is. Completely nonplussed.]

[ He just kind of...stares at her for what feels like way too long. Searching for any sign of her being dishonest, or some sign that this is a prank or something.

Eventually: ]

...can I have my hood back, then?

[There's nothing. She just seems totally, completely unbothered.]

If you want.

[Here!]

Thanks.

[ he puts it back on, but only partway, so his face is actually showing and he can see what he's doing. He unsticks the caramel apple from his robes, because he's still been holding onto that this whole time, and bites into it.

With a sigh: ] At least the fangs make eating this a little easier.

It's sticky, though. So be careful, I guess.

[A light shrug.]

Have you found anything in this fair here?

[ look around at the million stalls lining the path they're on, and just gives HP a Look. ]

You know what I mean. Anything specific you're into.

Hmmm...I mean, the jousting is pretty cool. And the axe throwing.

Have you thrown an axe before, Danny?

What? No. Why would I have ever thrown an axe before?

Would you like to?

I...maybe? [ wince ] I feel like I'd end up just hurting myself with it. Or worse, somebody else.

I believe in you.

[Unwavering confidence.]

...seriously? You have seen my arms, right?

[ holds one out, pulling up a robe sleeve to demonstrate how twiggy it is. ]

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