[OOC: Basil's canon dabbles in some heavy themes, so make sure to have a look at his Permissions/Opt Out if there are things you'd prefer to avoid! These topics will be avoided entirely for this TDM however, but details may come up in meta text depending.]
1) Arrival | CW: Drowning Mention
[It feels like a dream. Or, perhaps, one's life flashing before their eyes. The last throes of his subconscious as he struggles to get back to the water's surface, trying to make things a bit less painful as he succumbs. Whatever the case, when Basil wakes, he feels...deeply unsettled. Lost, scared. Too much to even bother looking into the satchel he's now carrying, at least at first.
But what is he to do but start to move?
The garden he's found himself in, if nothing else, inspires a feeling of calm in him unlike anything else possibly could. It doesn't matter that there are plants here even he doesn't recognize, at least there are some that he can. Mistletoe could be growing anywhere- it's a parasitic plant after all, so no way someone planted it on purpose- Poinsettias, however, are different. Unfortunately for Basil though, the existence of the Mistletoe grabs his attention more than the other, which is how he's ended up near it now.
...near you, reaching for your hand without thinking twice. The moment his fingertips brush with a stranger's, however, Basil seems to snap back to reality just long enough to jerk away like he'd been burnt, looking as confused and mortified as the person next to him probably feels.
Why did he just...?]
I- I'm sorry-!
2) Somnius
[Having a house fashioned in the shape of a mushroom to live in is what convinces Basil that he is, in fact, probably still dreaming all of this. It's a convincing one, that's for sure, and bizarre because he hasn't had dreams this...whimsical in years. He'll take this over the usual fare, at least, but that doesn't seem to stop his brain from coming up with all sorts of unique terrors to torture him with.
Such as it is with the angel sculpture that has just appeared in front of his home, literally blocking the door as he tries to leave. It's asking for warmth, which isn't something Basil can easily provide, and the very moment he tries to question it...]
Ah-!
[He jumps back, falling hard onto his rear as the angel draws its icy blade, attempting to plunge it in through the small door. Basil is damn lucky that it is as narrow as it is, because the blade gets stuck in the doorway, buried deep in one side of the frame.]
Basil | OMORI
1) Arrival | CW: Drowning Mention
2) Somnius
3) Wildcard