The Hand That Mocked Them

Ljungtroll · 2022-05-20T03:53:14Z

Name: Hieronymus Heel Age: 10 years (mentally much older) Species/Race: Homunculus Appearance: Very large, swollen head that's quite soft and covered by a very loose gray knit cap, which is tied under a receded chin with a neat bow. Three withered arms, one of which grows out of his left shoulder blade and turns a wooden crank, which moves a pair of ingeniously crafted wooden leg prosthetics to compensate for his shriveled natural legs. The prosthetic device is steered by a series of strings tied to the fingers of his other two hands and is a four-legged structure, sort of like the carriage in the animated Beauty and the Beast. He has mismatched eyes both in size and color--the large one is brown and the small one is hazel. His body is very stocky but extremely emaciated, which emphasizes his severe scoliosis. Some of his teeth are growing out of the wrong parts of his gums, giving him a jutting underlip and making it difficult for him to close his mouth. His upper lip is almost nonexistent. He has two extra pairs of ribs, which makes it difficult for him to bend, and his limbs and neck are all double jointed. His ears are extremely undersized, as is his nose. He has no nipples but does have a very large scar where his belly button should be. He's about as big as a cat and, in addition, to the hat, wears a loose burlap skirt-wrap and a tattered shirt. He has extremely sensitive skin--sensitive to anything from the wrong fabric to the light of the sun to sand. It was nearly noon when Hieronymus Heel returned to The Bird's Helm, the inn in which he had reluctantly taken up residence. The sky that day was cloudless and threatened to burn Hieronymus's already itching flesh in the most horrible way, so he found himself huddled under a table waiting for scraps to drop from customers' plates. The day had been unproductive--this town had no books nor any alchemists or artificers to speak of, and there was only so much one could do even posing as a little person. Hiding his head and face was difficult enough without his legs and arm posing a problem, and he'd been nearly stomped on in several shops while making inquiries. He retreated early from his endeavors and resolved to save money by scrounging, which was more lucrative later in the day when the drunks could keep next to nothing on their plates. Hieronymus himself never drank; he was far too small and besides, drinking dulled the senses. A hounded creature such as himself couldn't afford to slip up. Hieronymus turned the crank sideways to bend and reached for a scrap of bread that had fallen from the customer's table and nibbled on it quietly, glancing around to gauge if anybody had seen. It seemed they hadn't, and so he crouched there chewing, a few crumbs falling to the ground from his mouth. (@TheMultiColoredCyr)

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Fri Jun 10, 2022 1:50 am

Teddybear says... · Fri Jun 10, 2022 1:50 am

Kivvien did so, making a couple of adjustments to the spell before testing it.

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Fri Jun 10, 2022 1:54 am

Ljungtroll says... · Fri Jun 10, 2022 1:54 am

It was successful. Laurean spat and stalked back to the worktable. Hieronymus stayed under the table.

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Fri Jun 10, 2022 5:42 pm

Teddybear says... · Fri Jun 10, 2022 5:42 pm

Kivvien put his wand away and went back to his own workstation to finish what he was working on.

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Fri Jun 10, 2022 6:46 pm

Ljungtroll says... · Fri Jun 10, 2022 6:46 pm

Laurean glared at him every now and then as he worked.

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Fri Jun 10, 2022 7:29 pm

Teddybear says... · Fri Jun 10, 2022 7:29 pm

Kivvien could feel his malicious gaze but he paid it no mind.

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Fri Jun 10, 2022 7:36 pm

Ljungtroll says... · Fri Jun 10, 2022 7:36 pm

Hieronymus ventured out from under the table to his master's side quietly to help.

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Fri Jun 10, 2022 9:31 pm

Teddybear says... · Fri Jun 10, 2022 9:31 pm

Kivvien completed the concoction and moved on to a different task.

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Sat Jun 11, 2022 1:05 am

Ljungtroll says... · Sat Jun 11, 2022 1:05 am

Laurean stayed on the same task.

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Sat Jun 11, 2022 1:32 am

Teddybear says... · Sat Jun 11, 2022 1:32 am

(skip?)(we can go for either 'the next day' kinda thing or skip forward even further to avoid repetition)

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Sat Jun 11, 2022 3:43 am

Ljungtroll says... · Sat Jun 11, 2022 3:43 am

(Sure we can skip to the samples maybe)

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Sat Jun 11, 2022 2:02 pm

Teddybear says... · Sat Jun 11, 2022 2:02 pm

(Sounds good)

Kivvien prepared to leave on the morning he was to collect the samples.

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Sun Jun 12, 2022 4:29 am

Ljungtroll says... · Sun Jun 12, 2022 4:29 am

Laurean had slept in, but Hieronymus was awake and alert in his loft.

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Sun Jun 12, 2022 12:39 pm

Teddybear says... · Sun Jun 12, 2022 12:39 pm

Kivvien moved quietly so as not to disturb the old man. There was no telling if he'd want to come with, and Kivvien didn't know if he could talk him out of it this time, what with all the tension recently.

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Sun Jun 12, 2022 1:46 pm

Ljungtroll says... · Sun Jun 12, 2022 1:46 pm

"Psst." Hieronymus peeked down from the loft.

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Sun Jun 12, 2022 1:51 pm

Teddybear says... · Sun Jun 12, 2022 1:51 pm

Kivvien looked up; went to him. "What is it?" he asked quietly.

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