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[unpocoloco]

Héctor
UN: OLLIN

STATUS: Graduate Student / Teacher's Assistant

ACCOLADES: I write music, know how to play a few instruments, mostly la guitarra.

BIO: !Hola¡ Soy Héctor. Yo hablo español y un poco inglés. I've come to Daybreak to learn a little about all this magic stuff and help out around the Campus. If you need an odd job taken care of, I'm your guy! (Unless you are la policía. Or someone I have borrowed from. If that is the case, do not contact me, por favor.)

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[unpocoloco]

I appreciate that thought.

[But he doesn't have nearly the same confidence.]

Ah, I see I've confused you.
Or perhaps myself.

I'm not attempting another resurrection.
The arsenic lingering in my body would only put me back under.
If I tried again it would be for more time and only if I could find the means to deal with the poison beforehand.
But that's far from my focus right now.
I'm staying undead.

But, for getting skin back, that's another thing.
My kind can somewhat appear as our old selves.
It takes more energy and we don't appear perfectly alive or healthy, but we can do it.
When I said I'm "reset" I mean that according to my power I am, in a sense, "newly" undead.
It takes a while for new ones to draw on that part of their power but obviously, I have some advantage in already knowing how.
All this to say, using my own power is perfectly safe and I'll have it remastered in no time. Ideally before you stop to visit.

[awooligan]

[Arsenic... Yikes. He'd known about the whole murder thing, but what a way to do it. For as much as the guy fuzzy in Cliff's memories had pushed the blame on Héctor and Coco, he'd sure put in a lot of effort before reaching his "breaking points" to claim those as true crimes of passion. He'd hired people to kidnap and kill Coco, and where does someone even get arsenic? He's not really sure exactly what arsenic is, actually. Hm.]

got it
blight stuff is such a pain
too much to keep track of
anyway don't worry on the looking alive for my comfort, do it all to get the girl

[unpocoloco]

Jaja
I owe everything to blight.
A little complication sometimes is worth the price.

You rest assured.
I'm doing this entirely for that reason.
I will have that beso.

[awooligan]

yeah

[...Well. It's not like...Héctor wouldn't get it. It shouldn't fuck things up. And him being more comfortable with the wolf side of him would...make Coco happy. Right? Right. He types before his brain catches up with his fingers.]

same for me, I guess
I don't like being blighted but it's not like there's anything about it I hate or anything

cool
because unless it's going to be a pain, I want more skeleton tricks

[unpocoloco]

Oh?
[It is a bit of a surprise... but not that much.]
I hope you are being careful in that school there.
Kids fling around radiance like no tomorrow.
[Which wouldn't hurt a were too much but hey, he doesn't know what kind of blight Cliff has.]
But it's nice, isn't it? Just knowing that even if it's hard sometimes, that one thing might have led to more opportunities.


I would never deny skeleton tricks.

[awooligan]

don't worry about it

and it's not going to be a problem when I'm there, in case you were wondering
I wouldn't want to bother Coco and you guys with any of that

[unpocoloco]

I had not presumed it would be.
I understand a need for caution
Even I have had fears in the past.
But we are the ones who live with our conditions.
I trust you know what you're doing.
But, for the record, I doubt it would be that much a bother to us.

[awooligan]

yeah
Coco and Teto know already
and the full moon's a ways off
I'll almost be a normal human then

[unpocoloco]

[A were then. That does explain things.]

Almost.
Do you not think you're human now?
I think myself human.
I was born human.
I have lived human.
I may be undead now, but I don't know that that means I am not human.

[awooligan]

man, I don't know
I want to
but I'm not like my mom and brother anymore
they don't get it, they're normal
even human and even without Carl there, I don't really fit in

[unpocoloco]

Hmm.
You know, muchacho, that not fitting in is a very human condition.
There are always going to be things about us that others don't get.
Sometimes it will be those we love.
I think it's pretty understandable to be at odds with those we see as "normal" after we've been through the things that make us different.
I've had the same feeling, seeking out ghosts in graveyards over the living
As I've had seeking out the poor on the street because I couldn't relate to the wealth of the academy or in other places.
Does that truly make you less human?
Or is it more that you think you don't deserve to call yourself human?

[awooligan]

[aaaaa talking about it is bad, actually!! Even if he wants the validation from Héctor, who's more familiar with these feelings that the others Cliff would trust enough to share this vulnerability with, he doesn't like the opening up and trusting at all. Or having to think about what Héctor's saying, where the answer depended on the day. It meant there was a wrong answer.]

I'm fine
it just sucks to be different sometimes
it's not really a big deal

[unpocoloco]

If it wasn't a big deal.
It wouldn't have crossed your mind as something to worry about.
But it's true, it does just suck sometimes.
Having to think about these things and untangling it all is a tough time.


In any case, our household isn't a human exclusive one.
You don't have to be almost anything except what you are.

[awooligan]

[Stop calling him out like this, man... He really shouldn't have opened his mouth.]

I didn't say it was something to worry about

[...But then there's a thought that's crossed his mind before again, even though he keeps dismissing it. It's ridiculous! Especially right now! And during this conversation is really not the time for it to come up!]

yeah, besides you, you adopted a fae, right?
that hasn't been a problem with anyone?

[unpocoloco]

[Sure Cliff.]

Here? In this house?
No. That hasn't been a problem.
If it has been or will be a problem elsewhere I don't know about it yet.

[awooligan]

[listen,]

I just meant you guys and the rest of your family
though I guess it's hard to say with the old mage money Riveras? Coco hasn't said anything about them being around

[unpocoloco]

They're alive.
Coco, her mother, her Tíos, they all visit.
They love each other and they're a family and that's not going to change.
But things are strained with me and because of me.
I'm sure you can imagine why.
When it's the right time, we'll introduce Mili and Teto.
If things go well, they go well.
If they don't, then it doesn't change anything.
Mili and Teto stay with me and Imelda's not about to abandon or think ill of a child either.
In the end, it's a privilege to the other Riveras to have them in their life and if they choose not to open their arms, it's their loss.
That's what I'll tell mis hijos too.

[awooligan]

yeah
it's good that no one's been shitty about it
or if they will be, it won't really matter
I didn't really expect otherwise

[unpocoloco]

Sí.
And if I'm guessing right,
Mili will be very excited and probably won't notice even if something is wrong.
Which means I'll have to explain.
And, Teto will be terrified and assume something is wrong before we start.
And I will still have to explain.
But it brings in some predictability, which is always good.

[awooligan]

don't envy you if you do end up having to talk to them
moment you learn someone doesn't like you isn't really great
sort of nice they balance each other in that way
but they sound like they got serious hurricane potential

[unpocoloco]

Oh yeah.
Yeah it's going to be
Something else.
But you know, it's kind of exciting too.
I missed out on this part of parenting.
And I'll have a lot of help so I won't be too in over my head.

[awooligan]

I hear it's all fun and games until the troublemaker's on the other side of things
shitty silver lining to growing up pretty much on your own is that you won't have to be making any apologies to moms for screwing up, now that the shoe's on the other foot

[unpocoloco]

Trust me, growing up on my own spared me no amount of having to apologize.
A lot.

[awooligan]

but how often did you mean it?

[unpocoloco]

Okay, that's not important.
How often did you mean your apologies?