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The Village People . Davell [1/2]

CHARACTERS: David Karofksy (@knockonkarofsky), Elliott Gilbert, with Debra Heartstone, Paul Karofsky, Joanna Karofsky, Ethan Karofsky, Sue Karofsky, Robbie Karofsky-there are a lot of Karofsky- Abbie Rohmer, Jarred Rohmer, Geoff Wynne and cameos of Alisha Viburnum the Brave and Will Iwas.

TIME & LOCATION: September 23rd, Karofsky’s village.

NOTES: Dave takes Elliott to visit his clan.

Content Warning: implied homophobia and suicide.

David gets out of the portal with the one and only Elliott Farrohk Gilbert himself, to a little witch town close to the forest that was his home. He was going to bring Elliott to met his clan, and he was very nervous. Both for wanting to cause a good impression to Elliott, and a good impression to his entire clan. He knows most of them weren't happy he was outside. But he had to show he was still following the clan costumes and rules, even in the city. He wore the clothes from his grimoire he only wear alongside the Karofskys. Black pants with many pockets, bright indigo buttoned shirt. He knew about the curfew the Aetherling and others had to suffer, so they came early in the morning to get the most of the day they could. You could see the mountains around, and a vast, immense green forest spreading into the landscape. David points at it. "Over there. Where we have to go." He summons his motorbroom from his grimoire. "We go on this or we'll never arrive on time. Sorry, the helmet I have doesn't have space for horns." He says, conflicted, helmet in hand. "Maybe I can make some holes first."

Elliott gets out of the portal after Karofsky, he looks around and takes it all in. He remembered when someone anonymously asked him what his perfect home was, and the views he imagined looked a lot of like this, that place already made him feel free, and they weren't even at the home with cool people yet. He took a deep breathe and enjoyed the pure air, his face lighting up with happiness. He was still wearing glamour not sure if he could already get rid of it, but a little bit insecure about possibly getting in trouble. He chuckles when Karofsky suggests he can poke holes on the helmet "It's okay, man" he shakes his head "I have my own shield, if something happened I will be protected, but thank you for offering" he says.

David gives him the helmet anyway. "What if you fall, and there's a holy diamond sword laying around in the forest just in the same spot. This will protect you." He says very seriously. "Maybe is not very probable, but if it happens you'll be safe." The motorbike helmet was protected by the loving touch of a caring mother, he was sure it would work against a diamond holy sword. He gets in the motorbroom. "Hold on tight on me, Ell." It still feels weird to call him Ell. It was too casual. Too close. He felt like he just broke into someone's house every time. But he keeps calling him by the shorter version, because everytime Elliott answered to it felt like he was being told he was welcome. He turns on the motorbroom, sound on for effect. He turned off it later, when they were flying over the middle of the forest. "Sorry for the noise. Didn't ask if you were a fan of it. Maybe you prefer to talk while flying." He say, wondering if he should give a tour of the totally different trees around 'em and in which ones he ever crashed his motorbroom. "I crashed the motorbroom there once." He says point at what he saw like a very distinct tree. After almost an hour of travel, the descended to inside the forest. It was all green and the leaves almost hide the sky, but you could still see it, light slipping through. He could see the offering mushrooms of the Karofsky’s growing on in some trees. They were close. "Over here." He says, walking. "You can get rid of the glamour. If you wanna. They won't bother you, whatever you chose."

Elliott grabs the helmet with a small smile, he can't stop himself from chuckling when he listens to Karofsky's impossible scenario, but he decides to accept the helmet if that makes him feel calmer "You are wearing one too, right?" he makes sure Karofsky is taking care of himself as much as he tries with Elliott. When they are sitting on the motorbroom he holds tight to Karofsky, both of his arms around the other man's body. Though he definitely is not holding as tight as he possibly could because that could kill him. He enjoys flying like that, he hadn't experienced it before, and he loves the feeling of being so close to someone in a supposedly dangerous experience. He felt like he could trust Karofsky and that made him smile, though the noise of the motorbike didn't really allow him to tell him how excited he was for the experience. When he turns off the sound it feels very quiet out of the sudden "It didn't bother me" he says "it sounds badass" he chuckles. Then he looks at the spot where Karofsky is pointing "Wait, really? Do you crash a lot? Did you get hurt?" he asks worriedly. As they continue chatting the flight passes by without even noticing and they arrive at a beautiful part of the forest. Elliott takes it in as he did before, it was so beautiful. He must have been lost in thought when he realizes Karofsky is calling him. Now that they are on the floor he takes the helmet off and messes his hair to put it back in place. "Oh... okay" he has to admit he is a little nervous, he doesn't want to think Karofsky is lying, but it is hard for him to believe that all those people would simply accept a Shedim walking around like that. He takes the glamour off anyway. May as well give it a chance, he was obviously ready with a baggy comfortable outfit that would still fit nicely when in his real form, which was taller and bigger.

David gets his own helmet on and knocks on it as an answer. He nods when Elliott agrees the sound is badass. "It is. I crashed a few times. When I was learning. Don't do that anymore." By anymore he means the last months. One is always learning. "Can heal. No problem." He says laughing a bit with fondness of the memory. In the ground, with the motorbroom keep in his grimorie. They walk for a while, from the green ground to a path, until they reach a familiar glade in the forest. David sees again his hometown. It's been a few months since he left them, but he still feel strange coming back to the place, filled with stone houses, making their place and fitting between the trees, all type of colorful fungi covering their trucks, he felt more in touch with this place that he ever felt in the middle on the chaotic, grey New York. The air is fresher and you can hear the birds instead of machine noises. He sees some people waiting at the entrance. Two old men and two old women. The men are dressing just like David, black pants full of pockets and bright indigo buttoned shirts, up close he can recognize it's his dad and Ethan, he was supposed to be in charge of Elliott's visit.

David told him it wasn't necessary, he could do it himself, but Ethan was still there. Next to her, always wearing a welcoming smile, there is Joanna, one of the elders of his clan. The Elder, more so. She has her hair properly collected in a bun, with a simple dress of the same indigo color that everyone in the clan wore, and a black apron with multiple pockets. And then his mom, wearing some metal band t-shirt he couldn't even read the name on, her long hair always loose, and wearing some worn out dark jeans. David waves at them, and his parents come to greet and hug him first, while Joanna welcomes them. "Welcome, welcome! Praise be to the Aether for blessing us with such a good company." The old woman cheerfully greets, looking at Elliott and David direction. "I'm so relieved to see your returning, dear David Hearstone. And you must be Elliott Farrohk Gilbert. May you enjoy our humble town." She says doing a little bow. "I'm Joanna Karofsky. Whatever you need, the Karofsky clan is at your service. How would you wish to be addressed as?"

Elliott follows Karofsky among the trees, he can't wait to see the town and meet everybody. He repeats to himself they all are great, he remembers what Karofsky said before, that they were all respectful and treated Lusus Naturae like any other person. However, when he saw the group waiting for them he got nervous again. He was worried about what their reaction would be when they saw an unglamoured shedim, but he was surprised by the lack of one. Those who he assumed were Karofsky's parents received him and an older woman directed soft and kind words to him as she bowed down. He felt very welcomed and his nerves flew away, these people seemed really nice just like his friend said, he had nothing to worry about. He bowed down as well thinking it would be traditional greeting or something "Thank you for having me, just Elliott is fine" he said with a smile.

David saw his mom sometimes, but his dad was another story. He shouldn't get out of the exile and go to the city, though he had done it before. They chat for a bit, but they almost talked every day by crystal comm, they know what's going on, and the visit is supposed to be for Elliott, not for him. Though, it was a little for him too. He saw Elliott bowing back, and then Ethan's nervous face of his internal conflict between 'Aetherlings shouldn't bow to us' and 'Aetherlings can do as they please", but Joanna just laugh warmly, as if she is just very happy with the people she had around. She tells Elliott the clan is the one thankful, and David goes back with him. "I'll go walk 'round town with Elliott. Show him the place. We can meet later for lunch." He says, and almost goes to grabs Elliott's hand to follow him. He stops himself in time "Come with me." he says, waving a see you later to the group. Inside the town, witches of the clan seem busy with chores, all of them wearing the same type of clothes, except his mom, of course. They stopped to wave at him or greet him. 'Heartstone, you're back!', 'Hello, Heartstone", 'Hope you're taking care of your health, Heartstone.' David was glad the welcome seemed friendly, but they still call him Heartstone, like he was one of the outsiders. He knew any conversation longer than two lines with anyone would end into a lot of questions about his life choices. He hoped to avoid that and just focus on Elliott. There's always a lot of Satyrs around town, and he can see some Lamias and two or three Faes in the distance. All of them unglamoured. He was still very weirded out by the senseless norm of the Aetherling and others having to be under the effects of the potion all the time, and felt more at home now.

They arrive to a square, and looks around to see something to do. He should had think this through better, prepare some activities instead of improvising. He looks around to see a group of little kids having a recess on a nearby school, and they're calling him.

'Mister Heartstone! Come here!'. On a bench around some tables, he sees Alisha Viburnum the Brave, Beloved Hero of the People and Guardian of the Forest. 'City boy, we must have a talk before you leave. No rush', the Fae says. Next to her, playing his guitar, there is Will Iwas, the Satyr who came from the city and stayed, town's favourite musician, though not David's personal favorite. He notices Ethan has been casually following them, and appears like and greets as if they casually meet again. 'What a coincidence, we ended up going to the same place.' He says, looking at Elliott. 'If you wish for a historical tour around town, I'm an expert' He's all smug and proud, talking like someone cared about history or facts. David is very unsure of what to do "Whatcha wanna do?" He asks Elliott.

Elliott walks beside Karofsky looking around and happily smiling back to all the people who wave at his friend. He then notices a group of kids called Karofsky but as many people did they called him differently "Why do they call you heartstone?" he asks curiously, as different people interact with Karofsky, though it seems his friend wants the final decision to be his. He isn't sure what to pick, he would love to know more about the history of the place, but at the same time he hears the kids calling out and laughing and having fun, and he feels something strange "they are not scared of me" he realizes thought he doesn't say it out loud "may-maybe" he suddenly says "maybe we can go talk to the kids" he looks at the children waving at them and he smiles waving at them too.

"They ain't gonna call me Karofsky here." David briefly explains. "It's my mom's last name." David hopes the 'no rush' really means 'no rush', and excuses himself to the Fae. "I'll go later without a fail, Alisha Viburnum!" He looks at Ethan, a little annoyed the older witch didn't trust him to do a proper guide. It was true, but he was still hurt. "Don't worry, Ethan, we're just chillin', we'll see you later." David could see Ethan knew he has been defeated by adorable little kids, and it wasn't the first time this happened. The older witch clenches his fists but still tries to appear polite. David instead of telling him to go away he goes to met the kids with Elliott. He knows all of them, and is happy to see they seem as energetic and happy as always. "Hi! You grow up so much since the last time I see ya! Except you, Robbie, you gotten smaller." David friendly jokes and bends a little to fist bump a little witch kid. The group of kids varies in age, the older must be eleven, and the youngest is around six. Most of them are humans, but there are two Lamia twins and a young Satyr boy. A bright, short, brunette human girl, holds the hand of a shy, slightly taller girl with black hair, trying to hide behind her. She looks up to Elliott. "Hello! Welcome to the town! I'm Sue, and she is my friend Vivi, nice to meet you!" she says while putting her hand up to shake's Elliott's hand, even when it was completely out of reach, so she gets into her tiptoes. Vivi whispers a soft "Hi."

Elliott chuckles "Oh, of course" everyone was Karofsky there, it would be weird to just call everyone by their surnames when it's the same, he supposed "And why don't they call you Dave?" he wonders as he moves closer to the kids. He smiles when Karofsky jokes with them but he is still a little worried that they may get scared of him. Then he notices the different mix of kids in the group, they all are growing up among each other, without difference. This is the normality Elliott wanted, that's what he fights for. When he notices two girls talking to him, he leans down and shakes the girl hand softly. He remembers humans are soft, human kids even more. "Nice to meet you Sue, and Vivi" he tries to take a glance at the other girl but she seems shy "My name is Elliott" he says happily "I'm so excited to be here today."

Sue looks at Vivi. "We heard you were coming, Mister Elliott, and Vivi prepared something for you!" The girl with black hair hesitates. "It's very bad." She says while getting what it looks like a really amateur colorful string bracelet, way too small for an adult hand. The other kids approach Elliott and start telling their names too, except Robbie, because David is carrying him in a piggyback ride. "I'm the tallest." the witch kid happily announces. The Satyr boy speaks. "I want to be the tallest!" and David, who cares about kids opinion about him and fears their disappointment as of any adult, picks him up too so he sits in his shoulder. David thinks Elliott looks even more handsome when he is laughing. "They say there too many David Karofsky in town, better to make a distinction." David guesses the kids aren't really bothering Elliott, or he would not have chosen to go talk to them. "Those are lot of names to learn." He warns the kids.

Elliott looks at the handmade bracelet and happily tries to put it on "It's beautiful" he says, but for the disappointment of both girls and his own, it won't even close around his wrist. However, before the girl who made it gets upset, he quickly tries something "I got an idea, though you will have to help me out" he sits on the floor in front of the girls "I think it would be perfect to decorate my horn" he says carefully leaning his head towards them "Do you think it looks good?" he asks the girls with a big smile. He always thought decorating his horn would be a wonderful idea, but he never expected he was going to get his first horn jewelry like that. Elliott looks up at Karofsky and smiles at him too, he looks so comfortable among those kids, and the scene is so wholesome "You look like a dad" he says out of nowhere, maybe driven by his own desire and thought of being a father himself someday "I mean... you seem to be very good with kids" he blushes embarrassed.

Vivi looks down, embarrassed. "It was for the horn..." She whispers, but Sue holds her hand again and encourages her to put it. "He likes it!" Vivi puts her present very carefully on Elliott's right horn, trying to not touch the horn with her hands. She nods to his question and goes back to look at the ground. Other kids get closer to bomb him with questions. "Elliott, do you like strawberries?" "Isn't the city scary?" "Do you bring sweets?" "My mommy says you're super strong!" "Can you play with us?" "Do you like card games?" David blinks in surprise with Elliott's dad comment. He was trying to go for the cool older sibling. He wonders if this is what Cooper felt when David called him Blaine's dad. Which means it wasn't too bad, he was blushing a little with the comment. "They're just tiny people. You get bad with kids when you think they're a thing." He can hear Robbie saying he is not tiny, and he heard Abbie asking Elliott if she seems to be good with adults.

"Ah, ah of course!" Elliott says embarrassed "It was my mistake, it was obviously crafted for my horn!" he blushes but he sees the girls seem happy because he likes the present "I love it!" he clarifies as he has his horn decorated by them. "Thank you" he smiles at them when suddenly he is bombarded by the other kids "Eh, yes I like strawberries they are tasty, though I usually cover them with chocolate, sugar or whipped cream so they are sweeter" he laughs "I don't think the city is scary, it can be totally different from what you guys have here, but it's fun too" he answers another kid "I always have some in my bag" he gets a bag of m&ms out of his bag and shows it to the kids "so you guys want some?" he smiles "your mommy is right" he continues "of course, i would play with you, what do you want to do?" he stands up again, until now he was sitting on the floor more at the kids height "I have no idea about card games, but you can explain it to me" he chuckles. Elliott nods noticing Karofsky's blushing and blushing more himself. Maybe it was dumb what he said. "Yeah, you are right" he says to Karofsky and then turns to Abbie "Yeah, I would say you are pretty good" he laughs.

The group of kids talks one over the other without much pause. "Elliott likes strawberries like me!" The kids say shocked about Elliott immense wisdom about how to eat strawberries. There is a big general "Oooh" from the kids to the news about the city, admiring Elliott bravery to find such a place filled with nothing but horrors fun. "You're so brave, Elliott, even Alisha Viburnum the Brave says the city is scary!" A little boy answers angry to the statement. "Alisha Viburnum the Brave isn't scared of anything!" The kids cheer when Elliott takes the candy, and put their hands up to get some. "Elliott we will explain the games to you, sit with us, please!" They say while preparing a strange deck of cards with strange rules they constantly argue about and change in the middle of the game. David sits with the kids and plays the game. It doesn't have winners or losers. There is no score. He always finds there was something missing when there wasn't any competition. After a while he warns the kids. "This is the last match, we gotta eat lunch. And you too" He stands up and offered his hand to Elliott. "Wanna go?"

Elliott smiles feeling so warm and happy to be surrounded by those kids, their cheerfulness is contagious and he feels welcomed. He sits among them on the floor and plays the complicated and confusing game, sometimes looking at Karofsky like "what even is happening" and laughing. Elliott feels so lucky, and so grateful to be there, it’s hard for him to remember the last time he was so relaxed and happy and it lasted enough for him to enjoy it. There is no anxiety or worry when you are in the middle of nature with such kind people. Elliott could just stand up by himself but he is not going to miss the chance to grabs a cute man's hand, so he accepts Karofsky's gesture and stands up with his help "I always enjoy eating" he chuckles.

Some adults came to pick up the children, the witches greet Elliott and then go to talk to their kids. "Time to go home, honey." A mother says. "But Moooom, I want to eat with Elliott!" A witch kid complains. "You don't want to bother him." She says, apologetic, and looks at Elliott. "Sorry, you know how kids are. I hope they didn't give you trouble." Most of the kids complain, and Abbie, the lamia girl, approaches the kid. "Leave it to me." She looks at the human mom. "Miss, I want to eat with Elliott, and my friends are invited! They'll come with me." The adult thinks for a while. "...We can bring the food to the open table. I'm not sure if it will fit." Abbie tosses her hair and looks at the kids, proud of herself. They cheer her. "You're welcome, the better for my friends.. Come with me, Sue." She says and grabs Sue hand to go. David decides to take care of this, and whispers to Elliott. "You tired? I know it's hard to disappoint kids, but they can take a no. Should learn, too." Whatever Elliott decides, when they arrived to the lunch place, there is a big wooden table near some trees, it could fit twenty sits, but they were supposed to be just six eating there. The ones who welcomed them at the entrance where waiting there. He could see the table full of different sweets and desserts, and there was a dozen of cakes. It was a free buffet of anything made of sugar. David looks at Ethan. "Ethan, told you not too much work." Ethan looks worried, and answers him. "Yes, I know, we crossed the line of not working enough. This is clearly not enough. Elliott Farrohk Gilbert, we can make more while you might enjoy our modest appetize."

Elliott waves sadly as the kids go, he was having fun with them, and he was starting to feel very comfortable, it was nice to see people just not being afraid of him even on his unglamoured form. He shakes his head to the mom "No, they are great kids, they don't bother me at all" he smiles. When one of the kids makes it possible for all them to stay, Elliott cheers with them, and goes to sit at the table as well, he has two kids holding both of his hands as they go there. Elliott is speechless when he sees all the sweets "Wow, look at that" he lets go surprised, but then he hears Karofsky and Ethan's conversation "Eh... no, no, if anything this is a lot, I feel bad you guys had to do all this for me or something..." he was feeling awkward "I told Karofsky I really didn't need anything" he points at his friend "It's pretty nice though, I'm sure the kids will enjoy them too" he smiles trying to be polite "Wait..." he realized as he let go of the kids who were already sitting down at the table "Did you say appetizer?" he looks at the two men confused.

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