#lucjusz in himself is a warning

[whaleofatjme1920]

[Shay, Darkwood, 19, She/They, Platonic, The Wolfman/Lucjusz]

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Ahh,, I'm back at it again wolf boy. Actually is wolf boy even correct, you so fucking old. Maybe wolf urn?? Like dude should you be an crusty rusty bag of bones by now. My favorite bag of bones tho.

Anyways I got the letter, fun shit. Someone threw it at my window and I think I collectively saw the afterlife for a minute but ya know.

Glad to hear business is thriving, gotta be on the grind for the bag at all hours. I'm doing that and I think I collectively lose it when I do as well, just slowly desending into madness. It pays good though so like hey tution is getting paid somehow. To answer the burning question, yes there maybe an couple people relatively that have made me angry. Popped my rice krispie treats per say but I'm not telling you cause the last thing I need is to be booked for accomplice to homicide.

Ah yes the religious zealots that have almost everything closed every Sunday. It's an pain but I make do. But yes I'm supposed to be poking dead bodies down the line, right now just going through the crash intro to it all. I've seen pictures of the dead but nothing inherently exciting. I would take you up on the offer, do some grave robbing like the days of old. In your time I believe, that was the way to learn how to be surgeon. Bring your own dead body to class.

Anyways Communist Peepaw, hope this letter somehow gets to you. People are getting unreliable and at this point I think I may have considered summoning something to just take it over. Or I conned some guy into wondering in, either way there's probably food this time around, don't know how you feel about dark chocolate let alone if you can have it. Like your dog right? Maybe not, shit I might just have sent you poison esstiental. Have fun with it though! :)

- Shay

[Disclaimer: Letters To Those You Hold Dear (Valentine's Edition) is a special event I'm holding from February 13th - February 23rd 11:59 PM. Find the guidelines HERE so you can send a letter or two to those you hold dear <3.]

Привет Shay,

See, this time I gave you a proper greeting, and you still have the fucking nerve to insult me as you do. Fucking cryptid that can't even drive straight. You call me old, and then you call me 'communist peepaw'? You remember who you are conversing with, да? Still, there is admittedly a charm to your anomalous behavior.

I did not... Send anyone to throw the letter at you? Interesting, how people take my commands. I think I scare them to the point that they think if they do not follow my specific directions to the letter, I will come and devour them. I would do so with or without their insubordination, but-.

I have told you time and time again that the business I am in pays more than well because humans can be sick fucks. Have you ever considered an apprenticeship? I have contacts who are looking for underlings. Not me though, you stay safe. Please, by all means, tell me the names of the people who make you upset. I have been looking for fresh meat for a while, and I cannot keep eating clientele. It is bad for business. Very bad. I would not mind eating religious zealots though. I wonder if their belief in god makes them sweeter? More bitter? I should be taking notes.

Pictures do not compare to the real thing, we both know this. I could easily show you a real dead body, just name the time and place. I have been yearning for air that doesn't feel so stale. The woods cannot recuperate after that ugly fucker tried to set it ablaze, and while I enjoy the scent of burnt shit like anyone else, I have a headache. Maybe we should rob a grave, just for the hell of it. You are a witch, right? Can ward off whatever spirit gets angry at us for disturbing their eternal slumber. That would be fun, or do you still wish to be alone on a Friday night?

Party foul for the chocolate question. You should know me better than that.

опа!

- L.

[Attached with the letter is a bottle of Russian whiskey and a note tied on a string to its neck reading: 'I didn't know we even had whiskey here. Beer, sure. Champagne, yes. But whiskey?']

[whaleofatjme1920]

I’m like barley lucid but seein content for the Wolfman come in slaps and concerns me.

He’s such a horrible bastard and would genuinely eat you given the chance.

But like, I get it. Gods know I get it

[whaleofatjme1920]

Hi, it's me again with my second and final letter for the Wolfman/Lucjusz (Darkwood). A continuation or reply of my first letter. 20 yrs. old, romantic relationship.

I suppose I can’t blame you for not liking any of my suggestions for nicknames, kochanie. But that wouldn’t stop me from thinking of new ones, hehe. What can I say, I can’t help but tease you sometimes, but it’s good to know you always warn or stop me whenever I get too far; I know how bad your bite can get Lucjusz, but then again, we wouldn’t be together if you could have easily scared me off.

That and I know you wouldn’t intentionally hurt me. And I trust that my wits and charms would (or might) be enough to alleviate any of your anger or annoyance. Don’t worry, if you wish for my teasing to stop, then I’ll stop.

On another note, the sappy romantic in me couldn’t help but seep out of my heart at times. I know, I’m a hopeless romantic and all. I thought I had already buried that part of me a long time ago, but alas, there seems to be no getting rid of this part of me any time soon. Or ever.

Sorry to bring up bad memories of your time back when you were still in Darkwood, my morbid curiosity sometimes gets the better of me. Thanks for your concern about my studies, I’m hanging in there, and don’t worry, there’s no need to eat any of my classmates or professors (not yet anyways, hehe).

Maybe once you’re done with work, and after you get back, we can go out for some coffee or whatever while exchanging stories of random topics that come to mind. I find talking with you in person more fun and livelier, to be honest.

I’m also wondering what you would think of adopting some puppies with me.

See you soon (and be careful out there),

Faith~

(Attached to the letter are photos of cute puppies, with each one having a potential name written on the back)

Thanks so much for holding this event Elsie! Had a lot of fun with it and I hope you’re doing well!

[Disclaimer: Letters To Those You Hold Dear (Valentine's Edition) is a special event I'm holding from February 13th - February 23rd 11:59 PM. Find the guidelines HERE so you can send a letter or two to those you hold dear <3.]

[AN: Bit of a TW on this one, Lucjusz gets weird, and he in himself is a warning.]

Привет Faith,

You really, really test my patience, króliczku, and what a shame that, as I consider myself a more than patient man. You should be careful, mind your manners, and your step. I mean every word I write and say when you need to watch yourself and do not get too comfortable with me. You keep pressing me and well...

I am not above savoring your flesh like I did my Pretty Lady. She is a part of me now, did you know that? I ate the majority of her body in a singular evening all so I would never be able to lose her again, and now she is a part of me. Is that what you want for us too? I would never be able to lose you that way. Just one bite on your neck is all it would take. I can practically hear the blood rushing through your jugular. Feel it running down my tongue. I am almost hungry at the thought.

I am an animal, a predator, a wolf, Faith. You must never forget that.

I wonder deeply what kind of starry eyed gaze you hold now. If that gaze will ever leave your eyes. Time and time again you write and speak to me as if I am some love sick puppy, but that is far, far, far from the truth. I do not know my human age, not anymore. The woods have an odd way of blurring the months to years in the blink of an eye. Whatever I was before I became the beast I am today is lost to the woods saying so. We all bend to being's will eventually. I am almost disappointed you do not require my assistance with your professors. The offer still stands, both out of concern for you and I like easy meals.

As for coffee, that is something I can willingly agree on. Alcohol can only do so much. Perhaps I will be seeing you soon. Depends on how trading goes. Some people want coke, others want guns, I am almost certain someone asked for university text books because they are much too much. It is criminal what they have students paying to only use once, maybe twice, in a semester. If that is the case with you, I will gladly show you... something... to get around that cost.

Do not get too excited on the idea of adopting some puppies. You move fast, I do not. The very fact I let you into my life such as this is a miracle, and one I was not expecting. You are in a position no one has ever been in ever before. Do not squander it by rushing. Slower, much slower.

I will be seeing you.

Mind your manners while you wait.

- L.

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Letters To Those You Hold Dear

[Disclaimer: Letters To Those You Hold Dear (Valentine's Edition) is a special event I'm holding from February 13th - February 23rd 11:59 PM. Find the guidelines HERE so you can send a letter or two to those you hold dear <3. Further note: try not to submit a post, they get far too long. Not a dig on the asker, don't worry! Just a future note.]

1st Letter

Scenario note/context: me and the Wolfman have just entered into a romantic relationship. Writing to one another and all. Wolfman no longer lives in the Forest/Darkwood, but used to before the Stranger burned it all down. (p.s. you can delete this once you post it, hehe)

Name: Faith (pen name)

Fandom: Darkwood (specifically for Wolfman/Lucjusz)

Pronouns: She/her

Age: 20

Type of relationship: Romantic

            Hi Lucjusz! It’s nice to be able to write to you in this way, and I hope you’re doing well right now, wherever you may be. I hope to hear back from you soon, and I hope you haven’t gotten yourself into any serious trouble without me, hahaha!

            Anyways, joking aside, just wanted your input on any nicknames I can call you in the future, since we’re, you know, an…item now. Sorry, just getting nervous since you are technically my first real relationship and all. Who knew I’d find myself falling in love with the infamous Wolfman? Then again, I’ve never exactly pictured myself being with anyone else before you, and even more so now that we’re together.

So, for nicknames, how does Wolf and Luca/Luka (short for Lucjusz, but please correct me if I’m shortening it wrong) sound? And does “pup” sound good too? Though I’m guessing you would mind being called “pup,” hahaha. I’ll look up some Polish and Russian terms of endearment during my free time, though I wouldn’t mind hearing some of your suggestions.

            Another reason why I’m writing to you is to help ease the stresses from my college assignments and all. Don’t get me wrong, working in a group does have its perks, but really does suck all of your patience (and rationality) at times when one or more of your groupmates decide to slack off on you. That and some of my college professors can be veeery tiresome to deal with most of the time. Sometimes I wonder whether it would be easier to deal with things like these on my own.

            I remember you telling some short stories and anecdotes of your life before we met, back when you used to live in some dark and dangerous forest. Darkwood, was it? I remember you telling me the dogs you have found and took in were the only beings/creatures you trusted back then. Was it because you hardly trusted any of the other people there or you preferred the company of the dogs over people? Whatever your answer might be, I’m glad you were able to get out of that dangerous place in one piece; and I’m really thankful that we were able to meet one another once you did.

            Oh! Before I forget, Valentine’s Day is coming up. I never really celebrated it before, since I’ve never really cared nor put much thought into the holiday before. But this year, I decided to change things up by celebrating the holiday in our own special little way once you get back from your travels. Hope you’ll like what I’ve prepared for you, mój drogi~

            Yours Forever,

            Faith.

(the bottom-right corner of the letter has a dark red kiss mark on it.)

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Привет Faith,

You write with a type of bubbly I haven't seen in a long time, and no, you will not be calling me any such thing. Not in jest, not when we are together, or apart. Perhaps you've been looking for some fairytale romance with the wolf of the woods, but you are sorely mistaken. Were you expecting something sweeter? Something like actual lovers do? Were you expecting a mean wolf turned sweet just because he's been swayed by warm, affectionate feelings? No. It is a sweet attempt, but remember that my bite is much stronger than my bark, and I snap given the right provocation. Mind your manners, dearest.

As for working matters, some men require arms from me. It is no big deal, but I would rather they pay me with shit that actually is of value. I find human currency so fucking boring. I could take whatever I want when I want, but I suppose it is a good cover for the meantime. As for your studies being stressful, I am sorry. My education is largely kinesthetic, and living in the woods.... Let's just say my sense of education varies vastly than what you are doing. I could always eat your teammate that refuses to cooperate. I am not above the taste of human flesh, though I admit it is not my most favored type. If you think you can handle something better alone, then chances are you absolutely can. I wish to hear more of this when you can.

You do not wish to understand the cruelty that was the woods further than what I have already entertained to you. You do not wish to understand the pain I felt within. But yes, dogs were the only creatures I genuinely enjoyed. There were many things lurking about the dark, mutated beings that thirsted insanely for blood, for violence... I wonder if any of them made it out when those fucking brambles burned down.

What a silly holiday built for consumerism. Should I get you some flowers? Do you want a card? I think my presence is good enough.

Do not get too comfortable with me, króliczku

- L.

[whaleofatjme1920]

Being like Bros™ with Lucjusz??

I mean we have talked a little bit about me be absolutely on like homie level with Lucjusz but more headcanons pleaseee

The Wolfman, but He's Like Your Estranged Uncle

[GN!Reader]

[Warnings: Lucjusz in himself is a warning, language]

[AN: For those of you coming from the tags, I got really tired of calling the Wolfman from Darkwood "Wolfman" so I named him Lucjusz bc I was thinking of Poland but somewhere down the line me and the cryptid (asker above) ended up writing him more as Russian.]

Still in the Woods

He just kinda adopts you as his own??? No other way to say it. He sees you, makes fun of you, makes you question your religious beliefs and then adopts you. No one can make fun of you but him.

He pops in and out of your life in the most bizarre way. He does not care if you miss him or not, he visits you on his own time and whenever he remembers.

Lucjusz will go on rants in Russian. If you speak any of the languages he's familiar with (Russian, Polish, Ukrainian) he's much more prone to speaking those over English. He says translating everything to English is a waste of time and rather would not.

With that comes him wanting to teach you Russian because yeah. That's better. Learn his language.

Weirdly helpful to you. Your stairs broke?? He fixed them in the middle of the night.

Does not let you travel alone in the woods when the night comes because he knows how dangerous it could be. Either you stay at his camp talking about stuff well into the early hours of the morning or he takes you back to your home himself. Yes, he would risk going to the village just to see you home safe.

You can come to him for any advice and if it details another person he will offer to eat them. I mean that legitimately.

Depending on what you're doing in the woods, he'll get you special things you need through his time as a trader. There are other messed up individuals in the woods like him, and they all deal in similar, but different enough shady matters.

If you live in the village he'll hang out on your back porch will no one will bother the two of you. Or he'll come into your house, make some coffee and stay until that's done. Though, he never actually stays the night. Outright refuses it.

He protects you more than you could ever know.

Lucjusz has his sweet moments. They're rare, but you see parts of him no one else sees.

Lots of late night campfire talks. It's peaceful.

Always has coffee or tea ready. He likes coffee best, but whatever you want to drink he will too.

That does not stop his alcohol consumption though. He has freakishly high tolerance and does NOT get wasted unless he's drank an entire Binny's. That doesn't happen often.

His sarcasm and cutting vocabulary does not stop. In fact, it's even worse because he knows you'll put up with it.

He's a really solid friend though. People think he'd screw over his friends but the man is loyal to a fault and that's the most bizarre part of him.

Not in the Woods

In the out of the woods section, I tend to keep Lucjusz as a shady individual who deals in not legal things.

He's no longer in pure survival mode so the shenanigans go up ten fold.

He's the kind of guy to call you at 11 at night and tell you he's coming over only to honk the horn and say he's actually outside. Going with him to places and saying no to these excursions is not an option.

He also likes to go to really weird places that have even weirder people. They're always really fun and aren't that overwhelming!

Lucjusz will send you lots of memes throughout the day. He's actually not that big on texting because he finds it boring. Is more prone to video chatting/calling or just sending memes lmfao.

He is the scary guard dog. No one will get near you while he's around. He's protective by nature.

He's the definition of problematic without actually being problematic or holding problematic views?? People legitimately like to hate him and he likes hating them back too. It's just his thing. People ask how you're like best friends with him and you can't explain it but it works.

Because he's still dealing in not entirely legal things. he will sometimes gift you equally not legal things. Ranging from drugs to arms, it's like a reward.

He knows what tiktok is and finds it stupid. Does that stop him from making an account and sending you the most surreal memes? No.

Invites you over to his home a lot. It's somewhere on the edge of the city at the edge of the forest. He can't seem to leave it. The two of you spend a lot of time on the front porch in the summer watching the fireflies, pleased you don't have to fight for your life when the night comes.

He drives around with you a lot. He strikes me as the kind of guy to have a truck. So-.

Also his cooking is pretty good?? He will have you over for meals.

Yes, the two of you have gotten chased through a cornfield in the middle of Illinois at 3am by a farmer and their family wielding literal pitchforks it's called character development.

He uses snapchat. Hundreds of strangers follow him simply because his stories are insane. You ever see that guy Skweezy?? It's like him, but a lot meaner and a lot more swearing in Russian. You are part of those snap stories.