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i wish you would've told me - Zoey - Dec 27 2020 (backdated to like, october-november sdkfjsdl post dear friend as you know )
V-Zoisite-One had trouble figuring out when they were supposed to... When it would be okay to... When it would be appropriate, to interrupt their @Orthoclase-Alpha RE: i wish you would've told me - Orthoclase-Alpha - Feb 28 2021 This was a more functional Orthoclase, one of a different time. It milled about, flitting almost idly from task to task: patrol the fringes of the tunnel beyond Draco (because there was just one entrance to the cave, and patrolling any other part of it was moot); snare a few deer or none in the Endless Mile; check in with and observe any one of its wards; make a somewhat redacted, increasingly lackluster report to its Master. An ill dullness had yet to settle into its gaze, its mere existence, but it still carried itself with a modicum less an… obedient attack dog’s enthusiasm. Alpha did too good of a job hiding it. When it wasn’t presently involved in some seemingly Herculean social task, the brute rested (much like an useless layabout we all know) or—as it was now—paced the halls, thinking of nothing in particular with practiced ease. Putrescent gaze noticing an approaching figure too late to defend against an oncoming attack, the Overseer snapped to attention. It twisted to gaze down at its… creation, and shuffled to fully face it. Quills flared up once, more with a note of surprise than any real mockery of aggression (or even intimidation, as long as the zoisite had gotten over the cycles.) Giving the squat thing a visual scan, Alpha narrowed its eyes a bare smidgen, tilted its head, and indicated for Zoisite to It… was not often that it was approached, anymore. … and, it did not often wonder why that was. @V-Zoisite-One RE: i wish you would've told me - Zoey - Feb 28 2021
The heavy, almost-empty stare of the Overseer locked upon the smaller kaiju, and the response made every joint in their limbs feel tight. They lowered their head, their eyes shielding from the stare as they took on the more natural pose. Their quills quieted, hushing as the importance of the moment weighed on them like the whole world depended on this one, small interaction. @orthoclase-alpha has been given a preserved: RE: i wish you would've told me - Orthoclase-Alpha - Mar 01 2021 In the meantime, the Orthoclase stared with veiled interest at best—only for what this object could possibly be. Certainly not a living thing, if it had been jammed into that irritating mass of urticating hairs. Nothing too heavy, since it’d yet to fall out of the nettles. Pacing interrupted and conscience stuttered back into motion, it needed something to keep itself stimulated. It shifted its weight to either foot, idling motions cycling between a curling and uncurling of toes, and vague huffing. Quills would fluff up on occasion, or a nostril would flare. Either toxic light was emitted for just a few moments; it was barely perceptible to most things that weren’t kaiju fixated on every little cue. Out of the fuchsia depths came— —came a— It was a bristly thing, almost horrible with the lack of softness to it (the irony of the head being so delicate was lost on it, for the time being.) There was a putrid color to it, like a wedding dress left in a closet to be devoured by moths and mold. Whatever scent Orthoclase-Alpha missed the significance of it entirely; it was merely squinting down at the offering with a… honed-down indifference. Some would say that it looked confused by the presentation, and others would say it was downright wary, catching wind that it was an accursed gift. In any case, it was staring, terrifyingly still—like a mantis moments before that final decision between striking and fleeing was made. Its gaze drifted by a few degrees, looking past the plant and to the mandibles clutching with an impressive dexterity (truly—it’d seen what those were capable of; a rat’s head cleaved clean off its shoulders with lethal efficiency, even as a mewling, cowering grub.) It was not asking Zoisite to describe what a flower was. @V-Zoisite-One RE: i wish you would've told me - Zoey - Mar 01 2021
Unfortunately for the child, desperately staring in wait for reaction, they were given nothing for ages. Zoisite remained still. Together, one could have made a painting in the stillness of the moment and given it a title, perhaps sold it, before finally the Orthoclase offered them a sentence. @Orthoclase-Alpha |