Of kings and cuddle piles [open]

[notagiraffe]

Characters: Taiki and open
Setting: Room 2-20, room 3-20 and floor 38
Format: Starting in prose, feel free to switch
Summary: Gyousou has disappeared again, cue sad Kirin. Also demons are warm and Kirin/demon snugglepiles happen, come and be warm!
Warnings: crushing despair



[Room 2-20] The fire went out suddenly, one moment Taiki could feel Gyousou's presence in the tower the next it was gone and the tower became a colder, darker much more frightening place.

Taiki paused in what he was doing; painting wrapped tightly in his cloak, and began to cry. He should be stronger he knew, adult kirin didn't burst into tears all the time. But he couldn't help it, Gyousou disappearing like he had ceased to exist was jarring and like a weight crushing down on him, because he was gone and Taiki didn't know if he was coming back. Sanshi was at his side in seconds wrapping him in her arms as he cried.

[Room 3-20] Of course there was a way for Taiki to know for certain if Gyousou was ever coming back... And so anyone who happened to be in room 3-20 would be interrupted by a small child falling through the ceiling. It has happened before, usually in the middle of the night when he has woken from a nightmare and wanted his king.

This time he rushed to Gyousou's trunk after stammering an apology to anyone in the room and opened it. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Gyousou's belongings. He would come back...

It didn't make the darkness any easier to bare though...

[Floor 38] It was cold, even for Taiki who as a kirin had a higher resistance to cold than humans. It was getting colder, Taiki had no idea how to help anyone... People were ill as well, Taiki wondered if the heal spell that Aqua had taught him would be able to help them... But he was too nervous to ask anyone if he could try.

Floor 38 was safe, or as safe as anywhere in the tower was and it was somewhere where he could summon Gohran and Sanshi, so he did and changed forms himself, it was warmer in his kirin beast form and he laid down in one of the corners. Anyone passing through this floor would be presented with a kirin, a wolf and a woman who seems to be a mix of creatures curled up talking quietly.

Comments

[adorably_evilish]

"Oh? For someone I have never seen around you know little to nothing of my progress, beast" Veigar responded with a cocky grin.

"There's much I've done to aid the escape from this place but please let me know what you have added so I can take it to the group that's trying to do something." He grinned triumphantly, even if he knew that the group he was referring to wanted to take over the tower, not escape it.

All the same to him really, it meant the current owners got defeated.

[notagiraffe]

"You're a member of the fellowship too?" Taiki spoke again, assuming that was the group he was referring to as he didn't know about the other, and would be very sad to know it existed.

[isthatashortjoke]

"I'm a member of a group that's trying to make a difference." Generalization was always a good thing when dealing with others outside the group.

[notagiraffe]

The beast tilted his head at Veigar, "That's what the fellowship is...sorry..."

[isthatashortjoke]

Veigar raised a brow and smirked, "I suppose it is." Not that he really cared, there was much more important things to think about at the moment.

He looked around and narrowed his eyes for a moment, "So, what exactly are you creatures? Their animal bonding project?"

[notagiraffe]

"No... sorry..." Taiki changed forms, wrapping his cloak around himself and peaking through the opening.

"I'm Taiki... this is Sanshi and Gohran..."

[isthatashortjoke]

Ugh, a shapeshifter, much like Nidalee... He really disliked that crazed female.

"I take it you have been here for some time?" Not that he could tell, this would be the first time he's seen or heard of these creatures.

[notagiraffe]

Taiki nodded shuffling closer, "Yes... more than a year now... How about you?"

[adorably_evilish]

Veigar shrugged, "If I could tell you an accurate amount I would, but with what I've been through here and some time fluxes that have come to pass, I couldn't really tell."

He looked up and frowned as if scowling at the would-be owners of the tower before speaking again, "Could be a week, could be years, whatever the case it's been way too damned long."

[notagiraffe]

Taiki blinked and nodded, "Sorry... I think even a day would be too long here..."

[adorably_evilish]

"You don't have to say that twice." he grumbled in annoyance.

[notagiraffe]

"Sorry..." Taiki looked down at his feet, sad that he had annoyed the man.

[adorably_evilish]

"Stop apologizing! It makes you sound weak! Are you weak?" he asked in frustration.

[notagiraffe]

"No." Taiki's voice was quiet, strained. "Sorry..." He looked down. Sanshi always told him he wasn't weak but he often didn't believe it.

[isthatashortjoke]

"...." Veigar sighed and shook his head, turning away before looking over his shoulder. "I'll let you be minion... I have some magical orbs to catch..."

With that, he began to walk away slowly, not really understanding some of the choices the Tower made at times.

[notagiraffe]

"Sorry..." Taiki looked down, sad that he had annoyed the strange man and watched as he walked away before transforming back into beast form and curling up with Sanshi and Gohran once more.