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Sam Erstwhile ([personal profile] primordial) wrote in [community profile] destinystrings2013-01-30 09:49 am

I've broken every law

Who: A very burnt Sam Erstwhile and YOU.
Where: Right at the bank of the river bisecting the city, in Gemini Ward
Summary: After horribly suffering injuries due to Anoli at the end of the Closing Ceremonies, Sam Erstwhile decides to crawl off and nurse his wounds at the river instead of going to the hospital. Because eldritch horrors in the disguise of guys don't go to hospitals if they don't want their secret to be found out.
Warnings: Mentions of serious burn wounds, as well as some body horror because secret eldritch abomination here, hello.

(Also, Sam won't be in the best shape, so he'll probably be relying on telepathy to talk to people who approach him- please fill out his permission post about that if you haven't done so already!)


It's hard to breathe.

The events that happened before seem almost a blur to him. He was running away, ready to escape, and then the world around him had burst into flames, and then...there was pain. Nothing but pain and fear and anger, and never before had the concept of death had come close to being real than in that moment.

But he had somehow escaped all that. And now he was here, near the only place which could distract him from the throbbing pain throughout his body: the river. Water had always been such a comforting thing for him, especially considering the fact that his other half had lived in a lake for millions of years. So, he sits on the bank, bare feet dangling in the water idly (or are those tentacles? It's hard to tell) as the pain flits through his shirtless chest every time he tries to catch a breath.

And people passing by might notice in just what sort of dreadful state he's in- first of all, huge patches of his skin are blackened, looking like burnt paper, some of it peeling off. If you take a closer look, you'll find its even more horrible than one suspected- there are tiny yellow octopus-like eyes opening up haphazardly on his body, blinking wearily, and some of them are even closed and wounded for good. And at times one can see his entire form shuddering like a plate of jello, for to keep looking human the way he is takes energy, and boy, does it hurt to do that. Surprisingly, there isn't any blood.

Sam lets out a weak cough. Oh, he was mad, he really was, but now was not the time for that. He needed to keep himself from letting his life slip away, and the only way to do that is to let himself heal far away from prying eyes...

Too bad some prying eyes might have found him like this already.
tyrantball: (Bzuh)

[personal profile] tyrantball 2013-01-30 04:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't mind Desco, random guy with tentacles, she's just curious about said tentacles. And the eyes. So she's just gonna hover a little bit closer to you, her red eyes wide and staring.

She is seriously wondering if you're related to her in some way right now.
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[personal profile] bolt_action_deer 2013-01-30 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Indeed, prying eyes had found Sam, but not intentionally.

Sophie had only just arrived in this city, but already she was realising that it was not a safe place! Tournaments of people with monsters leaping out of their bodies to do battle, terrorists blowing up said stadium and hospitalising people, attempted assassinations, shot secretaries and killed champions! It was a scary place!

She had no idea how to handle it. They were locked into the city, and there was no clear way out... and there was only so long she could sit in the room assigned to her polishing her rifle and performing constant maintenance on it.

So she took a walk along the river, just to calm her down. It was then that she came across a - a heavily injured man! She stopped and stared, of course, only to shake her head and cautiously approach, wrinkling her nose at the awful scent coming off of him.

Ew, it smelled like her oven when she hadn't cleaned it in months.

"Uh, um, excuse me...?" she tried, maintaining a safe distance from the, the er, man, leaning her body to one side in an attempt to catch his face. "Are you okay? Well, obviously not but, uh, you know, need a doctor, or something?"
tyrantball: (Bzuh)

[personal profile] tyrantball 2013-01-30 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Desco, naturally, completely ignores your request, opting instead to reabsorb her tentacles and sit down next to you, her long tail folded underneath her as a makeshift seat. The nictitating membrane briefly closes over the eye in her forehead as she continues to study you.

"Desco likes your eyes."
bolt_action_deer: (surprised)

[personal profile] bolt_action_deer 2013-01-30 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Sophie immediately yelped, stumbling back and promptly falling flat on her ass. Her rifle slipped off of her shoulder, but she quickly grabbed it and clutched it tight to her chest, her eyes wide and chest heaving in feared panic.

U-Uh-! What?!

"D-Did you- you just-?"
bolt_action_deer: (fidgeting)

[personal profile] bolt_action_deer 2013-01-30 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ohhhh..."

Sophie suddenly groaned, pressing her forehead against the side of the barrel of her rifle. "Great, you're one of those. The, the weird people with the, creepy eyes and, stuff, and, I dunno maybe you'll sprout tentacles like that weird little girl..."

Why was this city full of them? At least she didn't have to worry about standing out with people like those running about, but they made her nervous and jittery, and dear lord she missed home so much.

Suck it up, missy.

Nervously licking her lips, she lifted her head and slowly lowered her rifle, although she did keep it as a rather pitiful shield in front of her. "Well, uh, creepy guy you may be but, you know, you look like charred steak and, uh, you don't seem like, evil I hope, so... anything you need to, um, help?"
tyrantball: (Bzuh)

[personal profile] tyrantball 2013-01-30 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
She lets the tip of her tail soak in the water as she continues to study you. She does this in silence for quite some time before deciding on what to say.

"Do you know the name Kazamatsuri?"
tyrantball: (Bzuh)

[personal profile] tyrantball 2013-01-30 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Desco deflates a little at that.

"Oh. Desco thought maybe you were her brother."
tyrantball: (Bzuh)

[personal profile] tyrantball 2013-01-30 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Desco tilts her head to one side at the mental connection, the small earring-like eyes on her ears swaying as she does so. At your message, she nods.

"Desco understands that feeling."

A pause as she lifts her tail out of the water and hugs it to her chest.

"Desco was probably just made from something like you."
tyrantball: (FINAL BOSS POWER)

[personal profile] tyrantball 2013-01-31 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
She brightens up at that, rocking back and forth on her tail as she replies.

"Desco was grown in a vat from demon DNA to be the ultimate Final Weapon Girl!"
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[personal profile] tyrantball 2013-01-31 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
The eyes on the arm closest to you swivel upwards to stare at your face as she nods affirmation.

"Desco was created to fulfill Big Sis' dearest wish!"

...what kind of wish would produce something like her, though?
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[personal profile] tyrantball 2013-01-31 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
"Close!"

She closes her red eyes and casts her voice in a slightly different pitch, mimicking someone.

"'I want a little sister with advanced functionality who will help me take over the world!'"
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[personal profile] tyrantball 2013-01-31 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
She shakes her head, but she's smiling as she does so.

"Right now we are working hard to form our army of minions!"

A slight pause as she stares down at your feet turning into tentacles and back.

"...Desco really thinks she was made from something a lot like you. Does that make us cousins?"
tyrantball: (Bzuh)

[personal profile] tyrantball 2013-01-31 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
She technically has an honorary uncle, but he's in the hospital right now, and her faith that Big Sis will show up soon is starting to become a little frayed.

"Desco didn't think so."

She starts to gently gnaw on the tip of her tail, her serrated shark-like teeth not even leaving a dent.

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