[PRP] Doge (Erebus and Solia)

[Melodine Cantus]

Erebus had never been to the haunted house before.

He had heard about it from Xiu, along with the knowledge of the human hunters. There had been tail drooping when she had explained solemnly exactly what they were, but the both had still held conviction that not all of them were bad. Not when they had met some in that strange world back then.

But curiosity had finally overtaken him, and he had convinced himself that it wouldn't hurt to try and make contact with one of them. Maybe he would even run into Wilson?

He had not expected it to be this colorful on the inside, however. The boil blinked a few times in surprise before hesitatingly taking a few steps forward, only to notice a few small round balls rolling to his feet. Hmm?

Erebus stooped down to pick one up and tentatively gave it a sniff. It smelt extremely sweet and sugary. Huh. He wondered if it was safe to eat.

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[Melodine Cantus]

Huh? Ears pricked up as he picked up the voice of another, and Erebus raised his eyes to stare right at a ghoul armed with a bow. Was she a reaper or a Hunter? He had no idea; not having had any actual interaction with the latter out of the strange dream alternate world-- whatever it had been called.

"Uh, I don't live here, actually." He preferred the darker, muter colors to the vibrant pop of the walls all around him; it wasn't that he hated the bright colors, it was just that it wasn't his style. "Helldog." Erebus clarified. "Cerberus, actually. And you?"

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[Melodine Cantus]

If anyone had intruded into his room, Erebus would have been much more flustered; his table was a mess with books and papers scattered all over, and he had always thought it best to clean up if anyone wanted to drop by.

Solia? For a moment, he found himself wondering if it was a specific form of reaper, but then she clarified that she was a human. Ahhh. So that meant that was her name instead, right? "My name's Erebus. You're... what they call a Hunter, right?"

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[Melodine Cantus]

Trainee. Erebus wasn't really quite sure what that meant. He was still puzzling out whether hunters were a faction or a race of humans but trainee seemed like a word that would be used like how they referred to their year of progression in Amityville.

Xiu had only told him that there were few bad seeds within the Hunters, but quickly assured him they weren't all bad. But her words were vague, and he didn't quite understand what they were.

...Just like they didn't quite understand Cerberuses either.

"I suppose you're referring to the myth that the Cerberus had three heads." He said with a nervous laugh, not knowing what to do with his hands and deciding to shove them in his pant pockets instead. "My ancestors were really just three identical brothers that were glued to the hip; figuratively, not literally. Just like how I'm one of three. Middle brother of the current generation of the Cerberus triplets."

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[Melodine Cantus]

"You don't?" Erebus looked slightly distressed at the thought of not having siblings. "You mean, you don't bring your siblings along with you to um... whatever your academy is named?" Sure, some creeple had siblings that chose not to go to Amityville, but the thought of leaving his brothers behind and never being able to see them again was the saddest thing in the entire world.

"That's what they say." He said. The famous family story he had heard had certainly put the Cerberus brothers in the position of the guards of the Underworld, helping to guard the spirits that were held there. "We do live underground, though."

"...You've seen Amity? And the town too?" As far as he knew, only those certified were allowed to go over to the human world, but he wasn't sure about the specifics of humans coming over to Halloween Town.

...Was that even allowed?

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[Melodine Cantus]

"You've never met her?" Erebus' ears drooped. He couldn't ever imagine never meeting his brothers; his whole childhood had been spent at their side. That was so sad!

"Wait, so you guys have to leave your families behind because you see us?" At least that was what he had managed to piece together from the information she had given, but it didn't make much sense to him. After all, he technically had to leave his family behind when he came to Amityville, but it wasn't as though he would never see them again!

"Family history said my ancestors guarded the gates of the Underworld, and prevented evil spirits from escaping." At least that was the case, until the unfortunate incident that they had all heard about. "But we don't do that any longer."

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