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livio

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Powers nerfed & gained

Self-healing: Nerfed on arrival from near-instant to delayed by a few minutes. Think 5-10.

Superhuman strength: Nerfed on arrival. Still super strong, but not to the same extent.

Dragon Blessing - Strength: Makes up for original nerf. Plus dual sets of horns, one pair curved down to frame his face, one pair curved back and up. Sharp and harshly angled, like his sunburst tattoos.

Dragon Blessing - Balance: Thick, alligator-like tail.

Deaths & Resurrection prices

Death - August 2024: Killed by a Corrupted Vash.
Price: Marksmanship skill. Can no longer aim a gun worth a damn.

Other permanent changes

Memory Loss - February 2024: In Razlo's heartspace, his memory of Chapel defending him to the other Masters was destroyed. He still recalls having been fiercely loyal to Chapel, but not why.

Scarring - March 2024: Scars in an enormous jaw pattern spanning from his thighs to upper arm, with teeth marks along both his chest and back.

Temporary changes

Hydra form - May 2025: from Event/TDM 24. A bunch of fungi made LR into some fun guys.

CODE

weasel's note: livio's handwriting is extremely neat and uncannily consistent. every letter is always the same exact size and shape. as if simply writing perfectly in times new roman was a humanly possible thing.

livio can commonly be found where he lives at vash's house or looking after the school.

plotting contact: PM // discord @ fuckweasel

Comments

[lupusxylem]

[Unhindered as it is, it means it really feels like a bear hug. It squeezes down on him tight from all sides, nearly enough to make it hurt to breathe, but still not quite. To someone else, it might be understandably frightening, and...honestly Wolfwood is a little startled by it, because it really just underscores the kind of strength Livio possesses these days.

But he isn't afraid. Nor does he try to shoulder his way out of the embrace.

No, he returns it. There's no way his own is as strong, but at least he's trying. He hugs Livio, resting his head heavily against his shoulder.]

...thank you, Livio. I'd be a lot more fucked up if you weren't here.

[livlaughlove]

[Livio almost laughs. Maybe one short chuckle does end up escaping.]

At least we can be fucked up together. Same as it ever was.

[That's followed by a sigh. He isn't foolish enough to think that any of this has made Nicholas feel okay, but so long as he isn't actively snarling or crying anymore, Livio thinks that's the most he can ask.

Otherwise, there's other things to check on. He loosens his arms enough that Nick can get away if he wants.]

Are you warmed up yet? You can keep the coat tonight if you need to. Or stay. Or... both. Whatever you need.

[lupusxylem]

[Same as it ever was...

Those arms loosen, yet he doesn't pull away. He just sags again in Livio's embrace, like a sad beanbag. He could really use more booze, or a cigarette, or something, but he's finding that being with Livio is better than any vice he could run to right now.]

I...I'm gonna stay with you tonight. If that's okay.

[He doesn't want to go back to his room. He knows that Vash is still in the same building- he can't avoid that, not unless he wants to sleep in the snow- but at least if he's here he won't have to confront him alone if he came by, much less anyone else.]

[livlaughlove]

'course it is.

[That's why he offered! He's here with the hugs as long as Nick needs it, or until it gets late enough that he seems particularly tired. Then he will just have to detach himself so that Nicholas has room to lay down.

No arguing. That thing can barely hold Livio alone, and splintering the bedframe in the middle of the night will only be inconvenient.

But Livio does task Nick with one important thing before he lays down on the floor. With a face that is as deathly serious as ever, he hands over a soft little stuffed lamb.]

Petunia sleeps on the bed. Take care of her.

[lupusxylem]

[You won't hear any outbursts from Wolfwood tonight, at least not anymore. He has thoroughly exhausted every ounce of energy he has, feeling both physically and emotionally spent. Even though he does feel bad forcing Livio to sleep on the floor, he is grateful to be allowed this space here. He wouldn't want to be anywhere else.

He decides to keep the jacket and everything on, since it's still bitterly cold and he has not fully recovered from nearly freezing to death in the Grove. He does pause, however, as he goes to lay down and sees that Livio is handing him something.

A little black lamb. A plush toy.

...

He takes it wordlessly. No smirk, no smart remark, even if he definitely thinks that Livio would have toted around something like this as a child, if the orphanage could have afforded new toys for them.]

...I will. You have my word.

[He will sleep with Petunia IN his arms, thanks.]