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[captain_by_the_book]

Warning: Violence, death, possibly torture in some threads, if necessary more specific warnings in the respective threads. Feel free to reply with prose or brackets.


A - Friday 13th, Nova City

It was just a quick errand in Nova City to get a spare part for his malfunctioning blaster that kicked off Cassian's week from hell.

Here you could run into a very confused and upset Guardian on the way back to the archway. His shirt shredded by the huge black leathery wings that had sprouted from his back when the transformation hit him, a pair of large horns on his head. He wasn't a happy camper as his wings kept smacking into streetlamps or other people. His tail twitched and curled with his mounting displeasure.

Welcome to incubushood, Cassian.



B - Attleton, outside, all week, Imperial Attleton

Being Guardian, the town being held in the claws of fears come alive meant more time than usual spent outside for Cassian. Patrolling, helping people who were being attacked by their fears, keeping order as well as he could and ensuring ruthless individuals wouldn't take advantage of the chaos.

Over the course of the week all that time exposed to his fears would be taking its toll on him more and more, leaving him ever more skittish, more prone to snapping at people, just all around closer to the inevitable breakdown he'd successfully postponed ever since his arrival in Genessia. Yet one might take notice that he looked strangely healthy and rejuvenated all the same, like he'd just had a good meal and night's sleep.

Whenever he was outside during the week, within eyesight range of him Attleton would change. Sweet, cheerful Attleton turned into his own nightmare version of a town ruled by the Empire's iron fist - Stormtroopers patrolling the streets and dragging people in tan or orange Rebel uniforms away, the townspeople looking fearful and cowed, Imperial flags flying everywhere and the Emperor's speeches promising destruction to the rebel scum echoing from all around you, and as the week progressed, ever darker atrocities.

They would be hunting Cassian, too, and so his week of doing patrols would be interspersed with manhunts and firefights.




C - Attleton, outside, hauntings

If you were particularly lucky, or unlucky, you could get a glimpse at Cassian Andor facing more personal fears.

At one point during the week he would run into a darker version of himself, one who delighted in killing and mocked all he stood for.

At other points, he had to face his dead companions, accusing him for getting them killed and only using them.



D - Guardian's office

Inside the Guardian's office was a sanctuary, where he battled smaller problems. Namely, his new body features. Better be mindful of these wings, he kept getting stuck on doorways or banging his horns against things, and the pokemon caused a bit of mayhem chasing his tail. When they didn't fight over the new majestic perches at the very tips of his horns, that was.




E - Dreams

Cassian had little interest in sharing dreams with anyone but Kay, but accidents did happen over the course of the week, ending with him in other people's dreams.

F - Choose Your Own Adventure (or ask for individual starters)

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Honeslty I need to hit all things so...| B - Attleton, outside, Saturday | CW: Violence

[k2so]

Most of Kay's fears involve the Empire as well and it always takes him far too many seconds to process which one of them is to blame for the way their surroundings look. Cassian's fears involve more stormtroopers and flags, Kay's are filled with scattered bodies of rebels soldiers and another version of himself, eyes red and looking for Cassian.

Kay lost count of how many times he has seen himself, the other KX droid, kill his lover by snapping his neck, gunning him down, stabbing him, throwing against walls like a ragdoll...the last encounter with his fear involved Cassian being killed in a particularly gruesome way, getting his chest stepped on by the other KX droid until his ribs cracked, puncturing his lungs. Blood gushed from Cassian's surprised open mouth, and he threw angry accusations at Kay, the real one, about how it was all his fault. Kay had tried to stop the other droid, had teared off his head in anger and watched as Cassian's body turned to ash and disappeared. It was all for nothing, if he stayed outside, it would happen again all over.

Sickened, he headed home, trying to move as quickly as he could. He had left Cassian alone for far too long as he went to get food, who knew what could be happening to him.

[captain_by_the_book]

[ Cassian is restless. Attleton has turned into a hostile place, their sanctuary having turned into a place which holds new horrors behind every street corner, and he hates that Kay is out there alone. Of course he's been out alone before since this started and so has he, they have to do their job, but he doesn't have to like it. Kay should be by his side, he should be protected.

His wings keep moving as he paces by the door and in the end he just can't take it anymore. He makes a grab for his jacket - aborted, when he remembers the wings - and storms out of the house.

As soon as he steps over the threshold idyllic Attleton changes in front of his eyes, the neat little family homes turning into uniform buildings in Imperial style, flower beds disappear, and oh yes, there by the corner a patrol of Death Troopers in their black uniforms is already approaching.

He walks quickly in the direction of the Downtown Market, but not too quickly so as not to attract undue attention.

It's just around the first street corner that he comes to a sudden halt at the sight of Kay, his Kay, and another KX standing over a man... He gasps. No, standing on the man, his chest caved in, blood bubbling out of his mouth.

He looks into his own pained eyes. ]

[k2so]

[It happened again. It just kept happening over and over, and it was making Kay so pissed off and nervous that his droid body would be shaking if he had the capacity.

When the other Cassian shows up, the real one, with his giant wings and matching giant horns, Kay is startled. He grips the bag he's holding with one hand tighter to his chest as he moves to stand in front of Cassian, trying to block him from the other KX droid.]

We should go, it's not safe.

[captain_by_the_book]

But...

[ He's still trying to look at the Cassian on the ground and the red-eyed droid, hard as it is with Kay standing between them. ]

Let me.

[ He steps to the side to get another good look.

His heart races. His knees feel wobbly.]

That's what you see? Always that?

D - Guardian's office | Monday afternoon

[k2so]

Things outside were just as bad as they had been from the first day but indoors they are able to take breaks from the Chaos. Relatively speaking.

Kay would be grinning if he had the capacity as he looks at Stardust trying to climb to the top of one of Cassian's horns (again). Cassian's long tail moves behind him and it takes a lot of Kay's willpower not to reach out and touch it. In the end, he gives into temptation and brushes the tip of his fingers over the pointy end.The other deputies are out, either helping people with their fears or already at home, so it isn't like they would be giving them a show.

[captain_by_the_book]

[ Cassian's tail twitches while the rest of him goes very still, even the constantly moving wings hitching up high and going stiff.

He slowly turns his head to face Kay, his expression carefully blank. ]

Kay!

[ Expression blank. But his face is turning pink. ]

[k2so]

[The blushing tells Kay more than the blank expression. He's not sure WHAT it tells him just yet but it's...definitely something. None of their pets or pokemon react that way when they touch their tails- thanks god- and the fact that in his from it seems to be embarrassing for Cassian is very interesting.]

Yes? [He reaches out to run fingers down the tip of the tail again.]

[captain_by_the_book]

[ His tail lashes and twitches away, the tip curling around Cassian's wrist like it's seeking to hide from probing hands. On his head, Stardust makes a soft chittery noise of protest when Cassian's sudden movements jostle his horns.

He fakes a cough and goes back to the pretense of reading a report.

And yet at the same time his left wing fans out a little more so the edge of it is brushing against Kay's frame.]

E - Dreams | Their House, night, Friday.

[k2so]

I saw Gale's post too but do you think we can trust what he says?

[Kay says as he closes the door of their bedroom. He likes Gale, the man's trolling tendencies aside, but he wouldn't trust him further than he can throw him. And when it comes to Cassian's new body, he doesn't want to take risks.]

[captain_by_the_book]

[ Cassian doesn't get up from the stool he had been sitting on while reading a book, he doesn't even look up, but his wings flutter and the tip of his tail curls happily at having his boyfriend here. Realizing this, he gives up his pretense of nonchalance and puts down the book. It's a library book about mythological creatures. ]

I don't know. He doesn't like me, but I don't think he would misinform me on purpose.

[ Oh. What the hell. He gets up and walks towards Kay, stopping right in front of him. He's not quite so tiny anymore compared to Kay now that the big horns curling on his head give him extra height and the wings broaden his stature. At the same time the wings dwarf him, and thus make him look even smaller.

His wings droop a little now. ] But I don't think he has the answers we need.

[k2so]

[Kay will never get bored of the tail. He finds it not only cute but real useful to read Cassians's mood. And he likes the reactions he can get out of Cassian when he casually brush his cold metal fingers over it.]

I'm not sure Gale likes anybody but himself. [OH hello, sudden boyfriend all up on his personal space. It's nice that Cassian is taller, even if it's an optical illusion.]

And? We made it this far without having the real answer for anything. [Kay reaches up an presses a hand against one of Cassians's horns.] We can find out the answers on our own.

[captain_by_the_book]

[ Yeah, and touching the tail is at least twenty different kinds of cheating, some of them possibly covered in a galactic law. Not that touching the horns is any less devastating, Cassian realizes when the gentle pressure seeps into him and does things to his spine to make him want to go boneless and slump against Kay.

All he permits himself is to let his eyes go half-lidded. His nostrils flare as he inhales long and deep. Focus, Cassian. ]

True. We can find our own answers. I just don't want to hurt you. I... [ He squeezes his eyes shut. ] You heard what Gale said. So you know. [ Another heartbeat. His belly feels like it flipflops. ] I'm hungry.

E - Dreams

[mortal_son]

[ Shinjiro was very deeply asleep this time - he'd been exhausted from fighting monsters into the small hours of the morning these last few nights.

So, this time, he didn't realize he was dreaming.

He's in a kitchen, grabbing stuff from a pantry and shelves, putting supplies on the counter. He's got a cookbook in front of him, but every time he looks in there, the ingredients he needs keep changing. In fact, he's not entirely sure what he's making -

Until Koromaru - somehow sitting on a chair at the kitchen table, barks twice, wagging his tail. ]

Right. Gotta make you a cake, Koro-chan.

[ But the oven keeps producing people food. He can't feed Koromaru a cupcake meant for humans! That'd get him sick! How does chocolate keep ending up in here?! Shinjiro pulls at his hair, frustrated.

The counters around him seem to accumulate more and more delicious baked goods as well as supplies to make more of them - but, try as he might, he can't actually get the recipe right for Koromaru.

The dog barks again, impatiently. ]

[captain_by_the_book]

[ This is not Kay's dreamscape.

Cassian looks around, taking in the kitchen and the dog, and then he finally notices a familiar face standing by the oven and tearing out his hair.

His large black demon wings make an unusually loud rustling noise as he steps closer towards Shinjiro and peers at the latest batch of cupcakes. ]

What are you doing?

[ Yes, he's still kind of trying to be logical about his dreamwalking gig. Poor him. ]

[mortal_son]

[ Shinjiro turns and looks at Cassian, puzzled. First of all, why was the guardian here? Secondly, why did he look like that?

But from the table, the shiba inu barks again, quite clearly saying - even if he wasn't talking in this particular dream, "I'm hungry!"

He pulls something from a drawer, and hands Cassian ... a white chef's apron. Matching the one Shinjiro is wearing. ]

I'm making Koro-chan some pupcakes.

So put this on.

D'you see where I put the peanut butter?

[captain_by_the_book]

[ He looks at the apron, blinks at it, and a moment later he's wearing it. ]

I don't know.

[ He tucks his wings close to his body, self-consciously. ]

I don't know what peanut butter is. Is it for dogs? I should feed it to Starky.

[ He rummages around, but the more he looks around the stranger the ingredients become, more and more from his home universe appearing. They also seem to be endless. ]

Do you think bantha jerky is almost the same thing?

E - Dreams

[aurabble]

[Cassian will find when he enters Jaune's dream that he's outside, in a forest filled with golden light. It looks, and feels like autumn, and the blonde is lounging on a bunny shaped couch with his head buried into an arcanine. Glancing up, he jumps.]

Cassian! Uhm. Well. This is awkward.

[Standing up, the arcanine runs off to Nora's voice, and Jaune holds up a hand to walk through a tree-]

[-And comes back wearing a sparkly spandex suit.]

That's better. What did you wanna talk about?

[captain_by_the_book]

[ Cassian blinks, his wings hitched high and close to his body as he battles this feeling of being very much out of his depth. ]

I don't think this is better. [ He looks pointedly at the glittery spandex suit. ] Now you've gone and made it awkward.

[ He looks around and focuses on one spot of grass. A wooden pillar rises up and Cassian gives a little hop. Dream logic lets him soar over with grace he doesn't possess in the waking world, and perch on it like a black-winged cloud of rain. ]

[aurabble]

[Jaune narrows his eyes at Cassian's reaction. Then he notices the wings.

Oh.]

I get it. [With a disappointed sigh, his spandex suit becomes a comfortable, light blue onesie with a bunny emblem on the chest and a hood that resembles gyarados. Running up the pillar because screw physics, Jaune stares at Cassian while perched on the side, before losing his balance, or suspension of disbelief, falling back on the ground.]

How many dreams have you walked in yet?

B - Attleton

[witchofsnakes]

Selina figured she might as well explore this city. She also couldn't be more amused at the situation that was currently going on. She didn't understand it but it looked interesting.

So the young woman seemed to just be walking around, eyes glancing over at various things. "I wonder if this city was always like this. I wonder what the story is behind it." She is just simply going to keep an eye on the situation.

[captain_by_the_book]

Cassian was running from a small group of Stormtroopers which had taken notice of him, a difficult task on Attleton's currently not very crowded street. He did like to hide in a crowd.

He cursed as a blaster bolt nearly took off his head and that's when he caught sight of Selina.

"Get out of here!" he barked as he fired back at the men in white armor.

[witchofsnakes]

Selina frowned slightly. Someone telling her to get out of here. She wasn't at all scared, but as she pondered the situation she figured she might as well use her own magic, rather than relying on the book this time.

So with her hands expended the stormtroopers might find themselves having snakes wrap slowly around their legs, creepily making their way up.

"I don't need to get out of here, but thank you."

A - Nova! Your choice if he recognizes him

[reachnotflexibility]

[The whole city has been transformed in an instant, so naturally Garrus is out making rounds to make sure people aren't freaking out too badly. Perks of being a gargoyle is that he has wings, so he can fly around... sort of. It had taken a few tries and while he's not a pro yet only having been turned hours before himself, he can get by alright. And one day he will be able to snipe and fly and he will be an unstoppable force of nature

He almost misses Cassian - there are a lot of winged creatures around - but he knew that grumpy face anywhere. He chuckles when his wing whacks a trashcan on the sidewalk before landing surprisingly deftly a few feet in front of him, not wanting to give the man a complete heart attack. The only indication that it's Garrus is his blue paint across his face and his Mantis on his back, though it doesn't occur to him that Cassian might not put two and two together.]

This start when you came to Nova or is Attleton getting this curse now too?

[He grins crookedly - it's weird how much more expressive his face can be now - when he notices how much his wings dwarf him.]

Nice wings, by the way.

[captain_by_the_book]

[ Having been busy cursing that trash can within the sanctity of his own mind, Cassian is still caught off-guard somewhat by the gargoyle that has landed in front of him.

The succubus's wings first flare out - smashing against the fallen-over trashcan again and sending it rolling away, spilling garbage all the while - before he tucks them in close to his body. His tail with the pointy tip keeps lashing around behind him in agitation. Cassian makes for a comical sight with the large majestic horns and looming wings, which both give him an illusion of being taller and broader, while dwarfing his slim frame. ]

Just Nova.

[ He sizes up the gargoyle, there's something strangely familiar about him except... not. It's like an itch at the back of his mind. ]

Do I know you?

[reachnotflexibility]

[Garrus is having a hard time keeping a straight face as he watches Cassian struggle; it wouldn't be nearly as amusing if he weren't always so grumpy. And if his body actually fit his new appendages. He had to be hating this.

His mirth vanishes when Cassian doesn't recognize him. He stares blankly at the spy.]

You're joking, right?

[Seriously, he thought they were bros! How can you not recognize - Oh.]

Sorry, forgot about this [he raises an arm] for minute. It's Garrus.