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[justsomeshrimp]

Hello Grimm.
I hope I'm not bothering you, but there is something I'd like to speak to you about if you have time.

[She feels...ridiculous speaking to him through this considering she could simply go home and speak to him in person, but she doesn't think she'd be able to manage it otherwise.]

[text]

[hagrides]

I always have time for you.

Would you prefer to speak in person, or through this device?

text | un: fantasma

[teaserving]

hey
tomorrow evening work for you?

[hagrides]

Indeed it does. Shall I bring anything?

[instilled]

Grimm.

[ It is a rude opening, with no nicety nor finesse. It had learned better than that, and it would have to apologise for it at another time. However, it knew that if it didn't begin the message that it would convince itself not to continue.

And there it was. Sitting there, sent. Even if the Hollow Knight wrote nothing else, Grimm would eventually see it, respond back, and even come in person if it did not reply to him. It was there now, unable to be taken back.

So it begins. It's not easy. The Hollow Knight deletes many May we speaks and can this vessel ask a question of yous before it eventually settles on what it considers the most polite follow up it could manage, given its rudeness greeting. ]

Do you have time to spare?

[hagrides]

[For someone who had been taught not to be an offense, that its wants and desires were lesser than other people's - that it could not want and desire at all - that is a very rude opening indeed. But all that rudeness does is make Grimm concerned for them.]

I do.

Are you alright?

[Text; un: turntechGodhead]

[itsknighttime]

did you think just cause you already knew you werent getting the invite?
you thought wrong
unless you didnt think wrong
in that case you thought right

i hit up our homie HK and left it for him too but im not leaving you out
im gonna leave this with karkat and with my bro and see who we can scare up

[hagrides]

This is delightful. I want to frame it.

Shall we invite the Hollow Knight's sibling as well?

[audio]; early November.

[profanation]

[Ardyn had been told he had either a nice voice or a creepy voice. Either way, it had been a voice that had caused comment. People remembered it.

Nothing had changed about it that could easily be identified, and yet there was something deeply alluring about it now. It grabbed attention, seeming musical despite Ardyn making no attempt to make it so. It lilted and purred, each word presented like a gift.

Just a side affect of these new Sanguis changes.]

Hello there, Grimm.

I understand that you're a busy fellow, what with your child having only recently arrived... but if you have a spare moment, I'd like to ask some advice.

[hagrides]

[Ardyn's voice is delightful as ever, or perhaps more so. Then again, perhaps Grimm is simply in a better mood as of late, so that everything seems more luminous than before.]

How may I be of assistance?

action, let's say january 6th

[darkseal]

[Meeting with Grimm was Hubert's idea, and thankfully Grimm was quick to accept. So here Hubert is, sitting in the corner of an out-of-the-way coffee shop, keeping an eye on the coffee shop in general and out the window, since he's snagged a seat near it. He doesn't look particularly displeased or irritated today, but that might be because of the coffee, or maybe just because he's inside and out of the cold. He's swapped out the Officers Academy uniform for more traditional civilian clothes - which are pretty much exclusively in black, what were you expecting.

Anyway, he doesn't have anything particularly pressing to talk about today, but he does want to speak with someone who isn't from Fódlan about this place. He's early, of course, but it's not like he really minds the time to himself before Grimm arrives.]

[hagrides]

[Grimm arrives on time - making someone wait is terribly rude - and with perhaps an unexpected guest in tow: his child, fluttering near his shoulder. He spots Hubert right away and takes a seat across from him, while Grimmchild lands on the table.]

Ah, Hubert. I hope you were not kept waiting long.

[Grimmchild nyahs at him. Hello, new friend!!]

text;

[instilled]

Greetings to you in this new month in Lunatia, Grimm.
If you find yourself with a free moment, would you be free to speak?
Thank you in advance for taking the time to answer.

text;

[hagrides]

[He always has free time for the Hollow Knight.]

Greetings to you as well, my friend. What do you wish to discuss?

[gothard]

[On February 14th, there will be a box left at your door with a note attached. It's a box of relatively average chocolates, nothing fancy.]

Happy V-Day

I hope you have a great one, no matter how you spend it. And thanks for spending some time talking to me when I was down. It meant a lot.

-Kirishima

[hagrides]

[Grimm is relatively new to chocolate, so it's still fancy to him.

A text in response.]

Thank you for the chocolate: it was delicious. I am pleased to have been able to be of assistance to you, and would do so at any time.

[action]

[justsomeshrimp]

[Since Grimm's charity event Lobco has...had a lot on her mind. Fortunately it had largely been good things, but it has also been confusing and nerve wracking. It had taken Lobco some time to really figure out what she's been feeling but now that she has she's even more confused as to how she should proceed.

It's near nighttime and she's been lounging on the bed, trying to read but without much success. After the fifth attempt to read the same page she sighs and sets the book aside, sliding off and poking her head out her door.]

Grimm? Are you in?

[action]

[hagrides]

[Grimm is hanging upside down from the ceiling, but isn't asleep.]

May I be of assistance?

[just gonna carry on a conversation upside down no big deal]

text | un: doctorize

[doctorize]

[Danny really should have texted a lot sooner than he's finally doing now, given that he said he would come over for tea... two weeks ago, and not only didn't show up, but didn't send a message explaining why he didn't show up.

In his defense, he did have a bit of a situation on his hands, but once he's no longer thinking about Jyuto, or even Gray showing up in his life again, does he remember Grimm, and realizes that he actually feels some amount of guilt for having stood them up. Not surprised at himself for having done so, but nonetheless unable to let the feeling be compartmentalized as yet another tick in the box listing off all of the things wrong with him as a person and then moving on to making the next mistake of his life. The least he can do is apologize before doing such a thing this time.]

Hello, Grimm. This is Daniel Dickens.

Are you busy at the moment?

[hagrides]

[Grimm, for his part, feels... disappointment when it beomes apparent that Danny will not be visiting for tea. He would have preferred for Danny to decline outright, rather than say he'll visit instead and then never show.

Perhaps he was too pushy? Or too blunt in calling Danny out on his fake smiles?]

I am not.

Are you well?

prrrrobably a day or two after getting shot

[doctorize]

[Danny did seriously consider not saying anything to most people until he either healed up enough or was forced to make it public, but then he remembers that he had made plans for a date with Grimm sometime this month, so... yeah, he's got some sense that he should probably tell them about this.

The message sent is an audible one, because typing is tiring when you can only move one hand without sending pain up the rest of your arm, but then again, even his voice probably sounds just as tired and pained.]

Hey, um... I hate to ask, but would it be okay if we postponed our upcoming date by a few days?

[Or maybe even a week depending on how soon he can talk someone into discreetly changing his stitches for him.]

[hagrides]

[Concern: immediate. Danny doesn't usually (let himself) sound so tired.]

If you wish, that is fine with me.

Are you well, my friend?

action, pick a date time is meaningless

[darkseal]

[Hubert is - as always - dedicated to learning as much as he can about this world. So with the opening of the Inari Highway, it's not surprising that he'd end up here. He's been sticking to the shadows as much as possible, keeping away from most of the others as he watches and learns, gathering any and all information he can.

But naturally, Hubert isn't going to be left alone forever, and some very friendly and pushy people pretty quickly rope him into one of those get-along shirts and Hubert is left wondering how exactly his life got to this point. Why is it that ridiculous things always happen to him. He doesn't deserve this.

Anyway.]

Not exactly my preferred way of meeting up again, but good afternoon, Grimm.

[We're stuck together here which sucks, but at least it sucks less than being trapped in a shirt with a stranger.]

what IS time

[hagrides]

[Hubert has been on Grimm's mind since he brought him up with Constance before, so their meeting here is serendipitous. If a bit silly.]

Good afternoon, Hubert. I would bow were we not in such a position.

this is before or after the date whenever you want it to be time is an illusion

[doctorize]

[Continuing from here, once a time has been established to go Danny will arrive at the Cat Cafe he mentioned to Grimm and Grimmchild to meet with them there. Now, granted, Danny does have the slightest worry about the dangers of cat dander ending up in one's drinks, or god forbid, your eye, but he is willing to make an attempt today at offering something that will make Grimm and his kid happy.

And who knows maybe Danny can get talked into getting a cat so that his apartment isn't so empty--I mean.]

Do you know what you two want to drink yet?

[The question is directed at both Grimm and Grimmchild. Danny is already planning on getting coffee, but they likely have teas and juices if preferred instead.]

jazz hands

[hagrides]

[From their seat atop Danny's head, Grimmchild meows cheerfully. Luckily, Grimm is here to translate Baby.]

They would like apple juice, and I will have green tea.

[Text; un: turntechGodhead] *SLAMS ON IN HERE*

[itsknighttime]

so i know youre a badass
i know your world eats badassery by kicking the shit out of things
my question is how rusty you are at kicking the shit out of things and just how hungry you are

son!!

[hagrides]

I am as sharp as ever, my dear. Is there something you need defeated?

sometime in august time is an illusion

[doctorize]

[After... the shitshow last month decided to be with putting his beef with Zack and Rachel out there in front of God and the people he actually likes, Danny has been a lot quieter than usual. Not avoiding Grimm per-say, but he definitely hasn't been as talkative or interested in going out anywhere outside of his job or his apartment more than usual. As if paranoid that someone other than Grimm might have seen any of that shit that happened and he's trying to lay low until he's sure that no one is about to come busting his door down or call him out on the network publicly for getting stab-happy back in that place.

But today it seems like his self-imposed exile or whatever it was he was doing here has waned thin, as he sends Grimm a message.]

Would it be okay if I came over today?

[hagrides]

Of course. My home is always open to you, my beloved.

[Has Danny been self-conscious? Understandable - he did get his strength kink aired in front of god and everyone - but still... cute.]

november nightmares (cw: description of terrible murders)

[doctorize]

[He doesn't remember his name anymore, just that he was one of his former clients, a prisoner with disgusting eyes. He feels the weight of the other man over his back, elbow between his shoulders and other hand grabbing at his hair to jerk his head back after he had fallen from the electric shock of the baton.

Danny doesn't quite pass out like he did before the last time he fought this man; he's forced to nearly choke on his tongue when the prisoner suddenly starts jabbing the electric baton at his face, right where his glass eye is. He nearly bashes his head against the floor trying to get away, before he manages to jerk one of his arms up and grab the man by the wrist and pull, pull until their positions are reversed and he brings his hands up to the man's face. Danny digs his finger nails into the man's eye sockets, trying to tear his eyes out with little finesse, tear them apart into a pile of mush...

And then the man suddenly disappears beneath him, and before Danny can even figure out where he went, there's something cracking against the back of his skull, knocking him to the floor. As he pulls himself back up, he sees Henry attempting to grab at his face, crowbar prepared to swing down again.

This one, too, he manages to avoid death at the hands of, grabbing the crowbar in time before it can stab into his face. Turns the tables of Henry by knocking him to his knees and jamming the crowbar down his throat as hard as he can... before he too disappears, and is replaced by another, and another, and another person that refuses to stay dead as they should be. He kicks the chair over of some person who struggles for air as they are hung from the ceiling, shoves a gun against Lucy's skull, and... ah, there's the sound of someone running down the hall just outside this room, he needs to kill them too doesn't he? It's probably that girl with the freckles he had brought in the other day, but first, he needs to do something about Shin, who is currently attempting to swing a hammer at his hands and break his fingers...]







[What Danny doesn't realize is that in the waking world, he's been tossing and turning a bit in his sleep, making a noise that sounds like pain or just frustration with whatever it is that he's dreaming about right now. Enough so that it's probably being a distraction to his partner here, now that Danny actually lives together with Grimm here. Even being shaken by the shoulder or having his name called doesn't seem to rouse Danny all that much...]

[hagrides]

[Grimm does not usually intrude on others' dreams.

He is able to, of course. He is not called the Nightmare King for lack of power over that realm. It is as easy as breathing to him. But nightmares are intensely personal, the worst parts of a person's life on display - their fears and regrets - and he does not wish to enter without invitation.

Even with Lobco, who had nightmares frequently, he did not interrupt.

But then again, he didn't sleep in the same bed as Lobco. Not like with Danny, whose tumultuous nightmare is causing Grimm no small amount of distress himself. He's tried calling to him and shaking him, but nothing seems to work.

Grimm can't just sit and do nothing. He hopes, at least, that Danny will forgive him for the intrusion.






Ah.

Grimm makes his presence known to Danny by Shin disappearing in a burst of flame. He has complete control over this nightmare, if he so chooses, and he will not allow Danny to come to harm.]

Forgive my interruption, love, but you refused to wake.