[OPEN] Who let the dogs out? Woof.

[taiyoukai]

Characters: Sesshomaru, his bad temper, his worse manners and YOU!
Setting: Room 4-14, Meadow floor and around the Tower.
Format: Action, but I'll match you.
Summary: Having had a few days to adapt - for some values of the word adapt (read: stop feeling homicidal about everything ever), Sesshomaru decides it's time to explore a little and test a few theories.
Warnings: Testy inu daiyoukai with a tendency to melt things that annoy him with his poison claws. Also fluffy, angry dog in the meadow floor.

[Room 4-14]

[He hadn't much noticed the two boxes or the wreath in his trunk, when he first arrived, much more in a hurry to get out of that ridiculous suit - which was thankfully already melted and done for - and to seek out some answers, but today Sesshomaru takes the time to study them, before heading out to inspect the tower more in detail. He'd worked out most of his rage at the monsters in that perpetual night floor, but he hadn't come out with many answers over all.

So now there he is, sitting on his assigned bed - tch - arching an eyebrow at a box of his favorite flavor of pocky and a box, of all things, of dog treats. Sesshomaru did not find the joke very funny at all. It hadn't been funny when Kagome gave him them, and it wasn't funny now.

There's also a dried flower wreath on the bed, but he's not bothering to look or touch or acknowledge it, because something inside hurts a little too much when he tries to think about it.]

[Meadow floor]

[After some cursory exploration of the Tower, he decided this was the best floor on which to attempt this, and thus walked away from the staircase resolutely. A good distance away, he closed his eyes for a moment, before he opened them and began to gather his youki to transform back into his true form.]

[He succeeds, and he certainly doesn't look much like a puppy, but the size alone is infuriating. Barely eight, nine feet at the most, and certainly much smaller than he should be.

How annoying.]

[Anywhere else]

[After he's done with the meadow floor, somewhat disgusted by such a lackluster transformation and deeply infuriated by anyone who'd dare do such a thing to him, Sesshomaru stalks away towards the staircase, intent on exploring the tower more thoroughly this time.]

Comments

[taiyoukai]

...torturing you.

[Notice the lack of us. Because no one tortures Sesshomaru. Except Sesshomaru himself. Ha ha ha. Sob.]

[tohko_amano]

[Sesshy...]

No..I'm not the only one that gets tortured here. Almost everyone does, at some point in time. I'm sure you'll be involved too, sadly.

[taiyoukai]

[...what...]

And how exactly do you suppose that would happen?

[I mean, really. Who could torture him?]

[tohko_amano]

[Tohko sighed again.]

..In any number of ways. They could take away your free will, alter your memories and your body, take away your senses, give you psychological conditions, stick you in pods and experiment upon you..or any other method that I'm not thinking of right now.

[taiyoukai]

[ . . . W E L P . . .]

I see.

[So not impressed. So seriously unimpressed right now.]

[tohko_amano]

I know it doesn't sound like much..but trust me, it's pretty horrible once you start experiencing it.

[taiyoukai]

Perhaps you are simply weak.

[tohko_amano]

I'm not that weak..and people stronger than me have also been affected. Trust me, it's not about how strong you are. Sooner or later, the Administrators will mess with you.

[taiyoukai]

Whether one tries or not to "mess" with you, it is ultimately your choice on whether you allow it to affect you or not.

[tohko_amano]

[At that, Tohko sighed.]

..That depends upon what the Administrators do to you. Some things you can shrug off because of other things going on..and other thing you can't get over. There comes a point in time where you will be affected, I imagine.

[taiyoukai]

And that is where strength comes into play.

[Sesshomaru gives her a pointed look, and despite the fact he didn't move a muscle, it gave the impression he was about to arch an eyebrow at her.]

[tohko_amano]

[Tohko sighed again, missing Sesshomaru's pointed look.]

Emotional strength and physical strength. I've been able to hold up alright so far..but I'm pretty sure, eventually, I'll get smacked to the floor too. All they need is time and the right event. That goes for you too.

sdlfjgsdf I'm sorry he's so rude OTL

[taiyoukai]

That is, in itself, the very meaning of strength. You must simply keep moving forward until they cannot reach you.

[There's a pause.]

You are rather dense.

It's alright! Don't worry about it! :3

[tohko_amano]

[Okay, that earns Sesshy a small glare.]

I may be a bit dense, but if you think you can not be affected by all the experiments and tortures, then you're not the sharpest pencil in the box either.

And then there's this...

[taiyoukai]

...a what?

Which is always lots of fun.

[tohko_amano]

A pencil. It's a piece of wood with lead inside that you can use to write with.

|D hehehehehe

[taiyoukai]

[...oh, a brush from the future.]

I fail to see how sharpness has anything to do with that.

xD;

[tohko_amano]

[At that, Tohko sighed.]

It's a metaphor, Sesshomaru. It means that you're not the smartest person here if you think that.

<3

[taiyoukai]

It is a very bad metaphor.

[Because of course he's not dumb. What are you talking about!]

<33

[tohko_amano]

Really? I think it fits you perfectly right now.

[When even Tohko is insulting you, you're in trouble.]

[taiyoukai]

Woman, you are being unfortunate and you will stop it unless you wish to die.

[tohko_amano]

[At that, Tohko sighed. Sesshomaru, you were reminding her even more of Sephiroth. And not in a good way.]

First, while the insult was probably uncalled for, it is foolish to think that the Administrators won't be able to bother you if you stay here for long.

Second, I'm Tohko Amano, the book girl! My name isn't 'woman'.

And third, death is a bit much for something like an insult. Plus, I have told you that death isn't permanent here.

[taiyoukai]

[He would be offended by the comparison. He doesn't want to destroy everything. Only on Thursdays.]

The permanence of death should not be the root of the threat.

[tohko_amano]

[And Mondays. But it's not like she's going to talk about the comparison.]

And it's not. However, you're missing the point-that killing me over a small insult would be going overboard.

[taiyoukai]

But it would be effective in that I would certainly would not need to do it again.