greyerrant: (Confused)
greyerrant ([personal profile] greyerrant) wrote in [community profile] destinystrings2013-03-03 05:23 pm

The silent wolf is a hurt wolf.

Who: Garviel and you
Where: Aquarius ward, Later Saggitarius ward
Summary: Garviel works with Day care, and is generally hugenormous. Later on, he gets mistreated by the citizens of Hinoto-Ri
Warnings: Introspection

Within a day care in Aquarius ward, an 8 foot tall giant, in roughly-made white clothes and still scarred from battle, white and pink markings all over his face, livid and clear is functioning as a sort of human jungle gym. Children climb his legs and are lifted up in his arms, as the warrior serves humanity in quite a different way from his normal warlike work. He fusses over the children as they scamper away, or try to play games with him, his expression always somewhat distant, grey eyes very unreadable even as he gently makes sure everyone is safe and well cared for, sometimes carrying one, two, or even three children in his arms at one time to make sure they are safe and don't run off from the day care. He doesn't react poorly to having blocks thrown at him, or little children crawling all over him, he just faces it with the same stoicism that he faced everything else, from monster to the great daemon Nyarlathotep. It is all to the same to Loken.

Later on, he arms and armors himself once more, and walks in the Sagittarius district, seemingly looking for something even in his wargear, as if stalking a ghost of some sort. Where the children of Hinoto-Ri accept their huge protector and playmate without fear or resentment, this is not the case for the adults, hurrying away in terror of the war-machine, or pelting him with stones, or whatever else they have at him. Whispered words of "monsters", other similar comments are snapped at him, and he trudges on in a silent patrol, a vigil no-one cares about as he prepares to hunt demons. He walks on through it all, his shoulders slightly hunched forward as if in a storm, completely immune to anything they can manage with blade or gun, but hurt somewhat by their words. He has always wondered if he is monster or man, and these other men, these people he has chosen to protect, for whom he struggles to be pure, to keep his honor intact, have rejected him.
electricyousei: (SD Ruri)

Saggitarius

[personal profile] electricyousei 2013-03-03 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Ruri stares at the hulking man ignoring the jeers and rocks and shakes her head a bit, staring at the crowd with her usual deadpan and shaking her head.

"You know, the armor is probably what is driving them to do that."

[personal profile] justkeeprunning 2013-03-04 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
There hadn't really been a point to her being out other than her increasing restlessness, but she was glad she'd chosen to come by this district. She noticed the armored figure- it was hard not to -and although she hadn't noticed the words or actions at first, it soon became apparent that these people were hardly showing him any courtesy.

Femi stormed up to walk with him, drawing herself up to her full five-foot six-inch stature and glared at the bullies. "Hey, back off! Don't you have homes to go to?" She didn't like to yell, but in the defense of another, she would. She looked up to the, admittedly, intimidating, figure. "Are you all right?"
likescats: (MOST ODD)

I'm sure this will go well.

[personal profile] likescats 2013-03-04 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
[Death is watching and ends up falling in stride. Have a voice appear in your head from a skeleton. Any rocks seem to pass through him if they make it that far]

ARE YOU AWARE PEOPLE ARE THROWING THINGS AT YOU?
likescats: (A BISCUIT)

[personal profile] likescats 2013-03-04 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
YOU DON'T MIND?

[He's just curious because that seems strange. Also he's pretty sure he knows you from Mayfield, but apparently people don't have memories all the time, so this information is kept to himself.]
likescats: (QUITE ASTONISHING REALLY)

[personal profile] likescats 2013-03-04 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
YOU COULD OF COURSE ASK THEM TO STOP.
likescats: (NOTHING ODD HERE AT ALL)

[personal profile] likescats 2013-03-04 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
[He nods. Now that is something he knows all too well.]

I BELIEVE THAT IS WHAT YOU WOULD REFER TO AS, HUMAN NATURE. THEY TEND TO FEAR THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT, OR THINGS THEY DO NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND.
likescats: (NOTHING ODD HERE AT ALL)

[personal profile] likescats 2013-03-04 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Death looks back, empty eye sockets with pinpricks of blue light barely visible in the darkness.]

QUITE TRUE. I AM DEATH, FROM THE DISCWORLD.
photonicfighter: (Dakki upgrade - distant)

Saggitarius Ward

[personal profile] photonicfighter 2013-03-04 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
As a bit of an odd-looking one herself, Dakki is no stranger to the whispers and mutters and odd looks. Ones that seem more pronounced, since they've come back from being away. It hasn't quite become mundane enough to become background noise, but it's at least kind of normal... so Dakki isn't paying it much mind as she comes up alongside Garviel.

"Hello, Cerberus." ...it still doesn't feel right to be calling him that. "Do you have time to talk?"

She never had made too much effort to explain herself. Here was a chance to do that, maybe.
likescats: (CREATIVE)

[personal profile] likescats 2013-03-04 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
IF I KNEW WHAT IT WAS, IT MIGHT MEAN SOMETHING, BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, SO I SUPPOSE THE ANSWER IS NO.

[He's not really sure why you're asking about signs and numbers, but you're not one of his people so he doubts very much if he would know]

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU?
photonicfighter: (Dakki upgrade - ready and near)

[personal profile] photonicfighter 2013-03-04 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
Briefly. Okay. She could work with briefly.

"I haven't been very clear with you, about some things. I'm sorry about that. I'd like the chance to explain myself. With the way this city works, we may end up forced to work together again. I'd like to be friends. If that's not possible, I'd like us to at least be... professional with each other."

If he wouldn't strike at normal humans throwing objects at him, he wouldn't strike at the 'abominable intelligence' just wanting to co-operate. Right?
photonicfighter: (Dakki upgrade - restful)

[personal profile] photonicfighter 2013-03-04 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
She hesitates. "I'll count that as professional." Though technically, he has killed her, once before...

"I knew you, before. A version of you, at least. He went by the name Garviel Loken, and he could still trust. I see so much of him in you. He'd defend humanity in the same-" And then one of the various bold-feeling groups of thugs flung a half-full can of soda at her, not him. It reflected off her line shield, but the liquid still splashed against her white armor as it bounced off.

"...tch!" She stopped, she pivoted, she glared... and then set her jaw and ignored them, despite the anger rising within her. If Garviel could withstand it, then she could, too. No matter how unfair and infuriating it felt.
electricyousei: (Discouraged)

[personal profile] electricyousei 2013-03-04 11:25 am (UTC)(link)
"That's rather disheartening. I'm sorry that they are intimidated, people can be rather.... Stupid."

She shakes her head a bit and lets out a breath.
likescats: (CAN I HELP YOU?)

[personal profile] likescats 2013-03-04 02:00 pm (UTC)(link)
NO, I RATHER LACK THE FLESH FOR THAT.

[He doesn't seem very disturbed by the conversation, he's Death after all. You get more then a few people who'd like to destroy you in his line of work.]

AND I TEND NOT TO GET INVOLVED IN FIGHTING. I AM MERELY WHAT HAPPENS AFTER.

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