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Pal
Brilliant, charming, and the only other necromancer. His first friend and colleague: he taught John how to handle a bone. Not even in a sex way.
For months, Pal was the person John ran to with a new discovery. They pored over scraps of House lore. John can quote his least favorite bits of A Necromancer's Marriage Season. He's seen the ruined beach.
The Emperor fucked it all up. John didn't witness the bloodbath, but Pal now watches him with stiff, wary formality.
John misses him and tends to be a dick about that.
For months, Pal was the person John ran to with a new discovery. They pored over scraps of House lore. John can quote his least favorite bits of A Necromancer's Marriage Season. He's seen the ruined beach.
The Emperor fucked it all up. John didn't witness the bloodbath, but Pal now watches him with stiff, wary formality.
John misses him and tends to be a dick about that.
Gideon
Fierce, stubborn, loyal from the first. She has exactly the right sense of humor.
He thinks she's a Cohort soldier. She thinks he's some asshole necromancer, probably Fifth, doing a bit about being God.
The black rapier he'd been saving for AL was gathering dust in his closet. He offered her the sword if she would wield it in his defense. Now she sleeps in his room and walks at his heel like an attack dog.
He's just glad to have someone he can think of as his.
He thinks she's a Cohort soldier. She thinks he's some asshole necromancer, probably Fifth, doing a bit about being God.
The black rapier he'd been saving for AL was gathering dust in his closet. He offered her the sword if she would wield it in his defense. Now she sleeps in his room and walks at his heel like an attack dog.
He's just glad to have someone he can think of as his.
Cam
Steadfast, grounding, quietly funny. She's his model for what a cavalier should be.
They once spent an evening in a jail cell. She watched him bring Pal back from the brink, and she was there when he remembered the cows.
They've spent hours trading deadpan lines from A Necromancer's Marriage Season. For a little while, she was a friend he'd kill for.
The Emperor took her apart. Now she seems to be waiting for him to make a wrong move. John is so stung about it he wants to keep poking at her until she snaps.
They once spent an evening in a jail cell. She watched him bring Pal back from the brink, and she was there when he remembered the cows.
They've spent hours trading deadpan lines from A Necromancer's Marriage Season. For a little while, she was a friend he'd kill for.
The Emperor took her apart. Now she seems to be waiting for him to make a wrong move. John is so stung about it he wants to keep poking at her until she snaps.
Dax
Clever, expressive, charmingly stubborn. John may have fucked this one up.
From the start, she's been relentlessly kind to him. Gods are only gods if they're worshipped, she says: he could choose to be a person instead.
Her double wanted to eat him alive. He almost didn't survive the hookup. When he finally turned on her, she tricked him into targeting Dax instead. He didn't kill her, but it was a near miss.
Now she's afraid of him, he's ashamed, and it's profoundly sad and awkward.
From the start, she's been relentlessly kind to him. Gods are only gods if they're worshipped, she says: he could choose to be a person instead.
Her double wanted to eat him alive. He almost didn't survive the hookup. When he finally turned on her, she tricked him into targeting Dax instead. He didn't kill her, but it was a near miss.
Now she's afraid of him, he's ashamed, and it's profoundly sad and awkward.
Flynn
Earnest, stalwart, kind. John's number one cheerleader. The angel on his shoulder.
He eagerly retrieves bits of bone for John to turn into a menagerie with silly names. He laughs at every dirty joke even when he's trying not to.
He believes wholeheartedly in John's goodness, no matter who he was before. Says John can choose to be a different kind of god.
Really nice to hold hands with. It's not a thing if they simply never acknowledge it.
Also, his boyfriend is a dick.
He eagerly retrieves bits of bone for John to turn into a menagerie with silly names. He laughs at every dirty joke even when he's trying not to.
He believes wholeheartedly in John's goodness, no matter who he was before. Says John can choose to be a different kind of god.
Really nice to hold hands with. It's not a thing if they simply never acknowledge it.
Also, his boyfriend is a dick.
Aizawa
Friend, asshole, actual superhero.
Constantly on everyone's case. Made John swear not to use necromancy on anyone without explicit consent; John's compliance has been hit-or-miss.
Solid sense of humor. Deeply patient except for when he's not. They've been flirting since they first spoke, hooking up since the world changed.
John healed his blind eye, but only after the Emperor took both. He's John's trump card for when the Emperor comes back.
Constantly on everyone's case. Made John swear not to use necromancy on anyone without explicit consent; John's compliance has been hit-or-miss.
Solid sense of humor. Deeply patient except for when he's not. They've been flirting since they first spoke, hooking up since the world changed.
John healed his blind eye, but only after the Emperor took both. He's John's trump card for when the Emperor comes back.
Alec
Now here's a fucked-up kid.
He can turn people into puppets, which should freak John out more than it does. Mostly he's relieved there's another obvious supervillain in town, even if the kid looks like a tragic Victorian waif.
He's about a million times worse than John at pretending to be normal, which is deeply charming. John constantly wants to sit him down for tea.
His double was John's first kill. He didn't make it easy: he did not fight at all. John can't stop thinking about it.
He can turn people into puppets, which should freak John out more than it does. Mostly he's relieved there's another obvious supervillain in town, even if the kid looks like a tragic Victorian waif.
He's about a million times worse than John at pretending to be normal, which is deeply charming. John constantly wants to sit him down for tea.
His double was John's first kill. He didn't make it easy: he did not fight at all. John can't stop thinking about it.
Estelle
Beautiful cinnamon roll too good for this world, too pure.
She believes in him wholeheartedly, mostly because she doesn't know anything at all. Seems to think that raccoon bones deserve funerals. He can kind of get behind that.
Tried to seduce him, but she seems unclear on what seduction actually means. He finds this extremely charming.
She believes in him wholeheartedly, mostly because she doesn't know anything at all. Seems to think that raccoon bones deserve funerals. He can kind of get behind that.
Tried to seduce him, but she seems unclear on what seduction actually means. He finds this extremely charming.
Yuri
Friendly, loyal, chill until he's not.
John could write off the bathhouse cuddle, but then Yuri punched him in the face, kissed him, and publicly claimed it was all John's evil wiles.
Maybe it was just the mistletoe, but John doubts it. This guy wants to hatefuck him and should make his peace with that. John's cool with it. He's very hatefuckable.
The problem is that Flynn keeps expecting them to hug it out.
John could write off the bathhouse cuddle, but then Yuri punched him in the face, kissed him, and publicly claimed it was all John's evil wiles.
Maybe it was just the mistletoe, but John doubts it. This guy wants to hatefuck him and should make his peace with that. John's cool with it. He's very hatefuckable.
The problem is that Flynn keeps expecting them to hug it out.
Ariane
As fucked up as he is.
She gave him a poem from The King in Yellow, and he gave her all the words to Annabel Lee.
He could sit beside her in a wasteland, listening to the hum of meat and death, for a million years.
No one else has ever understood.
She gave him a poem from The King in Yellow, and he gave her all the words to Annabel Lee.
He could sit beside her in a wasteland, listening to the hum of meat and death, for a million years.
No one else has ever understood.
Loki
Charming, tense, in over his head. Fun at parties. Really good dancer.
John was the one to lead him into town, which is the first anyone's looked to him like an expert. He liked being the steady one.
They got a little carried away on personal baggage in the baths. They've spent the past few months wincing and getting drunk about it, which is kind of nice. Camaraderie among fuckups.
Terrifyingly good at doubling down when you put him under the mistletoe.
John was the one to lead him into town, which is the first anyone's looked to him like an expert. He liked being the steady one.
They got a little carried away on personal baggage in the baths. They've spent the past few months wincing and getting drunk about it, which is kind of nice. Camaraderie among fuckups.
Terrifyingly good at doubling down when you put him under the mistletoe.
Olympia
Gentle, trusting, kind. Remarkably fucked up for all that.
She takes Pool Jail too seriously and can't lie worth a damn. She doesn't want anyone to worry when she's fretting to herself about their collective coming doom.
She is also profoundly haunted. It's not her fault the ghost is a furious goddess with golden eyes. John is really trying to be chill about that.
But also her double should call him.
She takes Pool Jail too seriously and can't lie worth a damn. She doesn't want anyone to worry when she's fretting to herself about their collective coming doom.
She is also profoundly haunted. It's not her fault the ghost is a furious goddess with golden eyes. John is really trying to be chill about that.
But also her double should call him.
Emerald
A friend. Cool about pretending he's not a total wreck.
She was the first person to lead him through the desert, back when he first showed up and started crying blood.
Next time everything's gone to shit and he needs to pretend it hasn't, she's the person he'd like to get a drink with.
She was the first person to lead him through the desert, back when he first showed up and started crying blood.
Next time everything's gone to shit and he needs to pretend it hasn't, she's the person he'd like to get a drink with.
Daniel
Clearly trying his best to make sense of all this. Only flinched a little when the screaming started.
John likes the guy. He seems steady, braced for things to get weirder and worse. There's a set to his shoulders John recognizes: wanting to believe things aren't as fucked as they are, but gearing up to deal with it anyway.
John wants to keep this one under his wing.
John likes the guy. He seems steady, braced for things to get weirder and worse. There's a set to his shoulders John recognizes: wanting to believe things aren't as fucked as they are, but gearing up to deal with it anyway.
John wants to keep this one under his wing.
Alex
Completely insane, but so is he, so they're cool.
She believes that Wellstone is in her head and they're all her personal constructs. John is kind of impressed at the ego of that. If she didn't read thanergetically as a mundane human, he might even believe it.
Whenever she's horny she rounds on him like he exists solely to please her. Unfortunately this does it for him.
She believes that Wellstone is in her head and they're all her personal constructs. John is kind of impressed at the ego of that. If she didn't read thanergetically as a mundane human, he might even believe it.
Whenever she's horny she rounds on him like he exists solely to please her. Unfortunately this does it for him.
Cecelia
The fun police. A hater.
She's the town's best research asset after Pal, a rigorous recordkeeper, a disliker of antics, and the only person who would flat-out refuse to pet a skeleton dog.
He respects the hell out of her but wishes she'd stop that little flinch of distaste every time she sees him.
Also the claws were hot.
She's the town's best research asset after Pal, a rigorous recordkeeper, a disliker of antics, and the only person who would flat-out refuse to pet a skeleton dog.
He respects the hell out of her but wishes she'd stop that little flinch of distaste every time she sees him.
Also the claws were hot.
Qrow
Fantastic style, hot as hell. Astonishingly bad at strip beer pong.
He seems like a good guy with John's own coping mechanisms, which is bad news for their liquor supply and good news for John's sex life.
The town always seems hellbent on ruining his day. There's bad luck and then there's this.
Still: he's the guy John wants to party with when the world is ending.
He seems like a good guy with John's own coping mechanisms, which is bad news for their liquor supply and good news for John's sex life.
The town always seems hellbent on ruining his day. There's bad luck and then there's this.
Still: he's the guy John wants to party with when the world is ending.
Ruby
Stylish, chaotic, dealing with some shit. John wants to make her a cup of tea and sic her on his enemies.
Emerald is clearly over the moon about her, which is sweet to watch.
Fellow member of the Fuckups and Failed Heroes Club.
Emerald is clearly over the moon about her, which is sweet to watch.
Fellow member of the Fuckups and Failed Heroes Club.
Martin
Pretty quiet, honestly. John tends to forget he's there.
Still: he seems like a sweet guy. A little unnerved by John's spooky graveyard bone powers, but John's pretty sure he can win him over.
More importantly, he appreciates a nice cup of tea and some healing magic. And he's seen the bullshit this place can throw at them.
The mistletoe kiss was the kind of awkward that makes John want to double down.
Still: he seems like a sweet guy. A little unnerved by John's spooky graveyard bone powers, but John's pretty sure he can win him over.
More importantly, he appreciates a nice cup of tea and some healing magic. And he's seen the bullshit this place can throw at them.
The mistletoe kiss was the kind of awkward that makes John want to double down.
Min-Gi
A nice kid who could stand to relax a little.
He's afraid of being here, but more afraid of going home. John gets that. He's glad he didn't have to be the one to say it.
He's afraid of being here, but more afraid of going home. John gets that. He's glad he didn't have to be the one to say it.
Diluc
Long-suffering, elegant, and not entertained by John's sense of humor.
John shouldn't pick on him, but it's hard not to: something about Diluc raises his fragmented memories of being an emperor, and his impulses to be a dick with the throne.
John shouldn't pick on him, but it's hard not to: something about Diluc raises his fragmented memories of being an emperor, and his impulses to be a dick with the throne.
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