Eba 1st time serving on mass today as lector, on his 1st Holy Communion. #chatolic #firstcommunion #proudmom (at Gereja Santa Perawan Maria Yang Terkandung Tanpa Noda - Paroki Kelayan) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce-sv1mv59oulugk-h0Vp-3BeMndGuMDvRvc9U0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
The brain rot is so massive I'm now considering a fire watchtower au set in France, either late XX century or on the first half of the 2000s. Where vampires are of course still a thing. Mizrak takes the job as a fire watcher for summer after a conflict within his church, following Emmanuel's advice to get away for a bit. Olrox is already there working for reasons I won't share in case I ever write this. They are separated by miles, of course, their towers spread apart as they start talking in the evenings before the sun sets using walkie talkies (Olrox is on night shift, of course). Job related convos that quickly get personal. Mizrak the fools starts getting attached, maybe out of loneliness over rarely seeing other people (except the ocasional hikers or the park ranger, who would be Annette in this AU), maybe out of other desires. Olrox irks him, yet there's a weird pull in there, something he can't quite describe. Annoying as much as it is comforting. A voice, nothing else, yet what a voice it is. He wonders what body it is attached to. He starts losing focus doing prayer, ears always alert for the static of the device, the call of his name. He pretends it's because he doesn't want to be distracted in case a fire starts spreading.
Of course they have walkie talkie sex at some point before ever seeing each other, too. Long talks as well, because the show barely has them interacting yet I think their chats would be oh so fun to write.
But of course, vampires still exist. Mizrak slowly notices there are weird things happening in the forest. Something is not quite right, not quite normal. Eventually, he figures out Olrox is not quite right either.
Castlevania Nocturne is such a short show. Why am I wanting to write such a character heavy fanfic when we barely know these men's backgrounds.
I don't know if people outside predominantly Catholic countries know about this, but here older people and particularly superstitious ones tend to keep and gift little icons of the saints for protection and good luck.
What happens if you're not really a believer/think the Church is a sovereign state, but you also have two exams tomorrow (who, me? Nah), or you have to face any other deadline or tough time, so you wouldn't mind some extra protection?
This happens.
Get this on your dashboard so that Pedro can help you through tough times (I'm rambling).