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[mercurio]

prompto argentum

hey hey hey! can't get to you right now but i will soon as i get the chance! 📸

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[daemonized]

I can't possibly suggest that you wander into the woods all by yourself in the dark, even if you've done so before. At least take someone with you.

[Don't you know that's how all horror movies start.]

[mercurio]

[he'll take your niece]

[on a not date]

that's actually a good idea! i read a camping trip story gone wrong in the woods on one of those old /x/ sites a few weeks ago actually...

[daemonized]

[lord don't tell him that. rip prompto]

Eaten by bears? Fell into the campfire? Drained of blood via a swarm of mosquitoes?

Needless to say, I'm not much of a camping person, myself.

[mercurio]

not a fan of the wild fauna sir?
and actually more along the lines of some guys forcing kids to jump off a cliff into a lake at knife point
the real kind of dangers
*humans*

[daemonized]

That's a rather cynical way of thinking coming from you! I hope you're not speaking from experience.

Regardless, merely one more reason why you'll never find me camping out in the wilderness.

[mercurio]

[after the meat of this conversation, it's really a miracle prompto isn't all that more cynical about people in general to be fair]

nah generally i try to think the best of people
but you gotta admit there's some real messed up individuals around
still! knowledge is power so i keep my wits about me

[daemonized]

The most level-headed way to go about it, else you may go insane mulling over the propensity of terrible things humanity is capable of. You should read some of the cases I've studied over the years.

[mercurio]

i'm pretty sure some will keep me up at night
...but i'm a sucker for this kinda thing, so uh
if you pick out one or two i could read them??

[daemonized]

Ah, so you're a masochist, then?

[He teases.]

[mercurio]

isn't my whole life a clear indicator of it? hahah

[daemonized]

You would know better than I!

I'll send you some reading material if you're truly interested. I may be kind enough to not even require a summary when you're through.

[mercurio]

you know me, always aiming to excel
i'll take you up on those though
do they include your personal notes about the cases? i think i may have skipped the class where you tell your students your life story as a lawyer, so

[daemonized]

I'm not much of a sadist; I'd hate to put you through the torture known as having to decipher my scribblings.

Besides, can you read shorthand?

[mercurio]

pro..bably not
still, would have been kinda cool

[mercurio]

did you have any murder cases? like really gruesome ones that sent chills down your spine over how fucked up it was?

[his interest in the occult and the spooky and the worst in people is something else, considering how scared he gets]

[daemonized]

Are you that interested in the macabre, Prompto?

[Oh no... another... potentially shared interest, though Ardyn often keeps his dedicated to the horror genre of literature.]

[mercurio]

[they're both scorpio so]

unfortunately since i get spooked easily i won't even deny it
but i just can't help wanting to know

[daemonized]

Do you like horror stories? I have plenty of reading recommendations for you that exist in the realm of fiction, if you like.

But if you'd still prefer reality, then I can share with you some cases that are particularly disturbing; though I would not linger with them long. They're mentally taxing.

[mercurio]

can i have both?
i don't really have a lot of time for reading books but you never know when opportunity strikes for a good read
and don't worry i work at the animal shelter, i'll just lie down in the room with the cats and/or dogs and i'll feel better

[daemonized]

Very well. I gave you ample warning.

[A minute or two passes, and Prompto gets a short .txt document send to him. It's a list describing some of the more, ah, "interesting" murder cases he's studied before, and a link to the public records of the cases online -- only some are crimes of passion, most are pre-meditated. Given that he's referencing court cases, these will focus more on testimonies and evidence, but if Prompto is itching to figure out the psychology behind the motives, it'll only take a bit of internet digging to clarify.]

As for reading, may I recommend American Gothic, by Robert Bloch?

[mercurio]

oh! reading for just before bed! thanks prof
i'll see if i can find the book at the library or a store
i think the author sounds familiar? isn't that the dude from the psycho movie?

[so close]

[daemonized]

He's the author of the book Psycho, if that's what you mean.

[Close enough.]

[mercurio]

that's totally what i meant!

[daemonized]

Then yes, you're correct.

In any case, read my recommendation. Then if you'll be so kind, share what you think of it.

[mercurio]

not..another essay, right?