Husk
Fuck off.
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FLINS |
Husk. I'm not sure I know how... |
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FLINS |
Lottery Number, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth... |
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ZEVRAN |
Were you, by chance, aware that your beloved... |
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FLINS |
It is January 17th, 2025 CE |
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FLINS |
January 10, 2026 CE |
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FLINS |
January 3, 2026 CE |
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FLINS |
December 27, 2025 CE |
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FLINS |
December 20, 2025 CE |
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ALASTOR |
Good day, old friend! |
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FLINS |
December 13, 2025 CE |
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FLINS |
December 06, 2025 CE |
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SHROUD/HARU |
I was told you had a pest problem. |
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FLINS |
November 29, 2025 CE |
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ZEVRAN |
My dearest of furred friends! |
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FLINS |
For the sake of convenience... |
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FAMILY CHAT |
So we got a pig now. |
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LAPIS |
I know you don't want a big fuss... |
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EDWARD |
If you want to talk about it or... |
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DIARMUID |
I heard what happened. |
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CEREZA |
Knock knock, my little Sourpuss~ |
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CAMILLA |
Say, Husk, you wouldn't happen to have any recommendations... |
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LAPIS |
Father's Day |
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SAMPO/LAPIS/JINWOO |
Husker Agapov. On the next night in... |
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LAPIS |
Are you at your place right now? |
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EUNIE |
how's this month's mission mildred |
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wiseoldbartender
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Date: 2025-12-08 12:17 am (UTC)Perhaps you're right. I'd thought I'd just done it on a whim, to repay the Lightkeepers for finding me that day.
But I truly think this is my calling.
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Date: 2025-12-08 12:35 am (UTC)[ This really is fucking adorable, though. Husk makes a soft, amused sound, even if Flins can't hear it.]
Well. That sort of shit can catch you by surprise. You think you started it for one reason, but then it turns out you stick around for another.
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Date: 2025-12-09 06:08 am (UTC)Surely you didn't expect things to unfold the way they did.
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Date: 2025-12-09 09:33 pm (UTC)...Same with this city, really. I was only sent here to keep an eye on the mumblings of a rebellion. And then it actually happened and... I dunno. Guess I got attached to the people here pretty good too.
[ Husk you have literally adopted five of them. Five!]
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Date: 2025-12-10 12:15 am (UTC)That goes true for your previous life as well. Alastor put you there as an order, but soon..you took that control from him. You were there because people wanted you there.
Much like now. You are very wanted.
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Date: 2025-12-10 10:49 pm (UTC)Probably both. ]
...Well. It was always bullshit, dragging people into the ranks without a fuckin' choice in the matter. Forcing them into a fight they shouldn't have to have any part in, just so the fuckers up top could enjoy their little power trip.
[ Something about being wanted makes him feel... weird. He knows it's true. Lapis has told him as much time and time again. He understands it as a fact, even if he never quite gets their logic behind it. What is he supposed to say to that?? Thank you??? ]
...Yeah. So I keep getting told by all you insane fuckers.
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Date: 2025-12-11 08:24 am (UTC)That it was. All to simply keep employee retention up in an already questionable organization. The Lightkeepers kept their distance, understandably. I unfortunately attracted their attention and put them all at risk.
[It was very easy for the Black Order to figure out he was a fae.]
It still surprises you, I see. Well, with time comes understanding.
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Date: 2025-12-11 09:40 pm (UTC)You didn't put them at risk, Kyryll. The Order would have come for them either way, that part was always inevitable. You have them a safe harbour. You gave them a way out. You did the fuckin' opposite of putting them at risk.
[ Don't make him might you over this, sir, because he will fight you over this. ]
So they keep telling me. I'll let you know if it ever sticks.
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Date: 2025-12-12 07:24 am (UTC)[They could've been a lot more undercover if a fae wasn't their most guarded secret, and the Order sure found out about that.]
I do not regret my actions, though, and neither do they. We kept our oath and provided light for those in the darkness, as lighthouse keepers should.
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Date: 2025-12-12 09:13 pm (UTC)[ And Husk made all the correct "oh no, how sad, what a shame, oh well what can you do" noises until they picked up the scent again. He was a pro at that.]
Exactly. You all did really important shit. Trust me, it helped a lotta people from something pretty damn shitty happening to them.
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Date: 2025-12-13 09:24 pm (UTC)They've never complained once. They've always looked to me as their pride. Eternal gratitude and service is the least I can offer in return.
[As long as there were Lightkeepers, he would be there.]
If there is one positive to be taken from this, it's that we can mostly retire from that part of our jobs. We will be keeping an eye on the new Black Order, naturally. But for now...peaceful waters.
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Date: 2025-12-14 02:35 am (UTC)Course the did, ya dipshit. They saved you, you helped them by helping other people. What wouldn't there be to be proud of?
Yeah, I sure as hell don't miss all the goddamn missions. You're right, things are relatively quiet now. Sure the city goes to shit every couple months, but that's workable. I'm keeping a quiet eye on the New Order, too. Ain't done anything to make me concerned just yet, though.
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Date: 2025-12-14 07:12 pm (UTC)[He can't deny both Nikita and Husk saying that now. They were proud of him--he was their most kept secret and something they would all collectively hide from the Black Order as much as possible. Even now, he's reluctant to come forth to that organization with info about himself.]
You and me both. I want to have faith in the new heads of the Black Order, but too many lives have been uprooted, changed forever due to their actions. One does wonder why they didn't wipe the slate clean and make a new organization.
[Repairing The Black Order's reputation was going to be an uphill task, in other words. ...Flins' thoughts drift for a moment, before Flins is typing... shows back up on Husk's screen.]
Husk. If I had asked you to hide during one of those times you came to my door--to run away at that moment and escape with my refugees. Would you have done it?
[He realized that...he never made the offer to him. Maybe he knew that it wouldn't be that simple. But now that they have the time...]
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Date: 2025-12-14 09:58 pm (UTC)[Nor should he. Husk might not hold any ill will to the new organisation - but he still watches it carefully. Only time will tell if they don't go the way of the last Order. He isn't planning on giving them too much until he can be sure. And that might take years. Centuries. And that's fine, he's got the time.]
I think they still wanted to be held accountable. Jusis? The guy at the helm now... he's a good guy. I trust him, which ain't a thing I can say about a lot of people. He wouldn't want to scrub everything clear, that's not in his nature. He'd want to make good for all the shit that's gone down. He's got his work cut out for him, but we'll have to see how well it fares when he eventually moves on.
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Date: 2025-12-14 09:58 pm (UTC)And if he had... then he wouldn't have been able to be there for the kids foisted upon his care. Husk doesn't think much of himself at all, but he likes to think he at least made some sort of difference in the lives of the kids he mentored. That, even in the smallest way, he stopped the Order from completely hardening all their edges. Taught them that it was okay to be... fucking people. With flaws and wants and emotions, instead of just whatever weapons the Order wanted to aim at the world. What would have happened to them if he hadn't had been there? ]
Maybe if you'd asked me when I was still fresh, I might've been tempted. Before that place wore me down. And that would have put you all in a hell of a lot of fucking danger. I think, even in my idiot twenties, I would've realised that. I wouldn't have put you through that.
And after that? I had other people who needed me more. I ain't done a lot of good in this life, but I sure as shit hope Lapis and Anby's lives are at least... a little fucking better for having me in them. If nothing else, I wanna think I made a difference there. One I wouldn't have been able to make if I ran. Not with how the Order wanted to treat them.
The Order fucked me over real bad. 'Cause of them I got two lifetimes in fucking chains, being ordered about by the people on the other ends of them. But I still don't reckon I would've changed that. It is what it is and I am what I am. Think the best now is try to live what I got in the rubble of all of this much as I can. It ended better than I expected, so I'll take it.
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Date: 2025-12-14 11:30 pm (UTC)So far, the new Black Order had shown promise.
Husk's answer to his question is exactly what he expected and wanted to hear. It was not a decision that could be yes or no. It had layers, nuance. Had Husk escaped, he would've been free, but the thought of leaving Flins to the next collector was something to worry about. Flins himself wasn't afraid, he would've fought like he always had. But it certainly wouldn't have been as easy.
After enough time, Husk had to teach others, to be a mentor and a safe harbor himself. Both their tasks were ones they couldn't move from.]
A good answer. I like to think we were partners in our own way.
If you would like an outside perspective...Lapis and Anby are truly gentle and loving girls. They care about others, and they have a bright outlook on life. The light has not left their eyes.
That is your influence there, Husk. You kept that light alive for them. In a sense, you are their hero.
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Date: 2025-12-15 09:57 pm (UTC)It was a complicated, messy answer. The price of his own freedom would have like have been Flins, and Husk wouldn't have made a barter like that for anything in the world. That wasn't a fair bargain through any stretch of the imagination. And then not being there for the kids who he ultimately helped? No. Things in the Order had been hard, at times desperately miserable, but the slivers of good made the suffering not for nothing. ]
...I guess we were. When you look at it like that.
[ Even then. Jesus Christ, he really was oblivious, wasn't he? The rest of Flins comments gives him reason to pause. He's done his best to do right by those girls. He knows he hasn't been perfect. He's too rough around the edges to be some picture-perfect smiley holiday card dad. And they didn't need that anyway. The Order was cruel. They needed to be able to roll with that. They needed thick skin with those good hearts.
But it had meant... just about everything to him that they didn't lose that light. That the Order didn't have the ability to just... snuff it out. It took so much from them, but he didn't want it to take that. Unseen, his ears pin back, trying to sort through the emotions going on in his head. There was no small amount of pride to know someone else had seen that in those girls. That the light was blatantly there. There was comfort, too. Knowing he'd managed to do one thing right for them, if nothing else. ]
...Don't know so much about a hero. I was just doing right by them, best I could. They deserved that much. Still do.
But yeah. They're great kids. Tenacious with not letting... fuckin' everything the Order was take them down. I'm real proud of them.
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Date: 2025-12-18 12:11 am (UTC)[No, he doesn't really want to think on that. That delves into some feelings he can't properly articulate over text. He does know he's in deep trouble if true. This cat...thought about him just as much, didn't he.
He'll move on to the girls. Yes. They were the real focus.]
That is the very definition of a hero, Husk. To them, you were their savior. Their protection. Their mentor. And now their father. What more could you want in a hero?
I have nothing short of admiration for their strength. To come out of such a situation with bright outlooks on life. I'm truly happy for them.
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Date: 2025-12-18 08:12 pm (UTC)[ Husk will just confirm it for him. That, yes, he really had thought about him plenty. That if the option was between staying or risking innocent people... risking Flins being captured. Well. He would have chosen staying every time. And that's a fact Flins can let sit with him for a while. ]
I... don't know. I never really thought about it like that. I was just doing what needed to be done. What those kids needed.
...Yeah, me too. I know Anby's still there, and I worry about her with that. But she and Lapis still got a better chance at a life than they ever had before. I'm real proud to see them doing that - can't wait to see what they make of their lives now they got control of them.
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Date: 2025-12-22 05:46 am (UTC)[The fact that Husk stayed in the precarious position he was in to make sure he was safe...that was a dangerous line of thought he wasn't sure about chasing. It made his heart spiral out of control. Best to focus on the children.]
No doubt Anby will continue to be Anby. I'm still getting to know her, but she has a unique way of thinking. I'm glad she still has it in her to just be herself.
As for Lapis...you must be excited for her and Jinwoo.
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Date: 2025-12-22 10:23 pm (UTC)[ It's fine, they don't need to think about it. It's fine! ]
That's pretty much how it goes with her. If nothing else, I can always rely on Anby to be Anby. She's... quirky, but it's the good kind. She loves burgers, if you ever wanna get onto her good side.
I am. I wasn't keen on him at first, thought he was a fuckin' loser. But he's proven himself to be perfect for her. And she's perfect for him. I think they're real good for each other- makes me feel comfortable knowing they get to live the rest of their lives together. That I don't gotta worry about her so much, y'know?
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Date: 2025-12-24 08:45 am (UTC)Look at you, sounding like a protective father ready to give his daughter away after years of disapproval.
I agree. I saw the way they spoke to each other at Thanksgiving, and the affection between them was as bright and honest as the Northern Lights. You won't have to worry about them, in my experience.
Be proud, you helped her reach that point.
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Date: 2025-12-24 09:19 pm (UTC)Yeah, well. Lapis means a lot to me, and it ain't like she's my property or anything. I trust her judgement in her partner and... whatever.
But I also wanted her to be with someone who made her happy. Someone who wouldn't fuckin' hurt her. Jinwoo's that. I think he'd go through anything to stop her from ever being hurt again. He's... a good guy. I know they'll be fine, whatever happens.
...Maybe. I think she probably deserves the most credit. She was brave enough to let someone in after how much shit the Order put her through. That's ain't ever easy.