towerofanimus | Paranoid Kirin [open]

Characters: Taiki and everyone
Setting: Floor 4 early afternoon
Format:Take your pick
Summary: An already paranoid Kirin realises that he cannot turn into kirin form while washing windows, he proceeds to panic
Warnings: Paranoia

All in all Taiki didn't usually mind washing the windows, being attached to a rope was no scarier than flying and as long as he was careful everything worked out alright.

But today when he had started to go out he had worried, he was already convinced the food was poisoned. After all it would not take much to poison a kirin, all they would have to do is sneak meat into the food and they would slowly poison him. How did he know they wouldn't cut the ropes, how did he know the others doing this job wern't working for the tower, and wouldn't use this opportunity to harm him. He was tired as well, he had stopped sleeping. After all even if he was in a room of his own it wasn't lockable, anyone could get in. They had taken those people to be experimented on at night. People just disapeared all the time.

About half way through the job Taiki, sure that the rope was going to be cut decided it would be better if he changed to kirin form, at least that way he could fly. However he couldn't... it wasn't like before, he knew how to now and it was easier than breathing, but something was stopping him. He finished the job as quickly as he could and the moment he was back in the tower he tried again. This time he changed easily, summoning Sanshi at the same time. He stood in the middle of the room looking around him.

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The black beast in the middle of the floor startled Spain, and she gasped, pressing up against the wall.

"W-what manner of trickery is this?"

Taiki was startled out of his panic by the woman who seems to be terrified. Taiki instantly felt bad, but he couldn't change back now. "Don't be scared!" Even in kirin form he looked like he was about to cry. "We wont hurt you." He should probably dismiss Sanshi so that there was one less thing for the woman to be scared of but that small voice whispered that that would just make him easy to hurt.

It spoke. It frigging spoke. Spain pressed further up against the wall, clutching at the cross hidden underneath her top. This must be England's doing, that crazy witch. The next time she sees that stuck-up blonde, Spain knew she's going to kick some English ass down the tower. Claiming to not be working for the captors? Filthy liar.

But first, she had to deal with the problem at hand. Taking a deep breath, she tried to calm herself down by reciting the Lord's prayer, eyes closed.

"Padre nuestro que estás en los cielos..."

Taiki stared, shocked at what he had done. It was enough to push the voice that whispered that everyone was out to get him to one side. "Sanshi go for a while, she's really scared!" Sanshi disapeared.

"I'm sorry! I really am! I promise I wont hurt you!" Keiki would probably be very disaproving of him right now.

"sino que líbranos del malo. Amen."

She finished the prayer, then opened her eyes. The female creature had disappeared, but the talking black creature was still there, and talking.

"W-what are you? Who are you?"

She continued praying and Taiki worried more. At her questions he broke, no longer feeling angry and suspicious but just feeling sorry that he had scared her so much.

Even though he knew it was a pretty bad idea Taiki changed back into human form curling up in a ball as he now had no clothes on. He reached over to where his clothes had landed and grabbed his under tunic pulling it over his head.

Tears were falling down his cheaks, "I'm sorry I didn't mean to scare you so much!"

The black creature turned into what seemed to be a human child, dark haired and pale-skinned. It made Spain's heart melt seeing how vulnerable he was, but she had to steel herself. Trickery, all of it.

"You appeared before me as a beast, talked to me, and now you're a human child... What are you exactly..."

Taiki tried to stop his tears but it was like stopping an avalanch. He felt so bad but at the same time part of him thought that she might have been trying to get him to change back. So he couldn't fly away. He shook his head.

"I am a Kirin," he whispered through his tears.

"Kirin..."

She might have heard of the word from someone before... Was it one of Japan's myths? But surely it mustn't be; myths don't appear suddenly and talk. Myths don't exist.

She rubbed her eyes and shook her head. "Are you here to eat me?"

Taiki's eyes widened in shock, "Eat you, why would I eat you!" He hugged his knees and cried some more, wishing that Sanshi could hold him, but Sanshi wasn't there and he couldn't call her because it would frighten this woman even more.

"I'm sorry," he apologised again, "I wont hurt you, Kirin don't eat meat never mind humans."

"How can I be sure you're not lying?" she whispered, steeling her voice even though she's scared stiff. She had to be strong...

"How do I know you aren't trying to make me feel sad for you so that you can hurt me." The paranoia was back and he shrank into himself even more, tears coming harder. It was so hard here, he didn't understand anything, he didn't know what was expected. He ended up upsetting people or making them hurt him.

"I want to go home," he whispered.

"I am not making you feel sad. I just want to know the truth."

His tears made her motherly instincts rear up, but she pushed them aside. Even though his human form's a young boy, he's still a creature, and she didn't know if he would hurt her or if he's telling the truth.

More tears came and Taiki was curled up in almost a full ball. "I'm a Kirin," he repeated, "From the Twelve Kingdoms... I can turn into my beast form, or be like this... I wont hurt you I promise. Kirin can't fight or be violent even to defend themselves unless there king doesn't command it..."

More tears came because Gyousou not being here made him feel really sad, more sad then everything else. "I wont hurt you!"

"You are speaking nonsense to me, little one..." she whispered, still pressed up against the wall. "I do not understand, but... I am still not certain that you won't harm me."

"I'm sorry!" More tears came, he didn't know how to explain it to her better, "I... I wont harm you, even if I wanted to or tried I cannot, my king is not here... but I don't want to either... I'm sorry..."

He pressed his face into his knees and scrunched his eyes shut, he didn't want to be here any more.

Spain bit her lip, closing her eyes. "Please... go away..."

"I'm sorry," Taiki lept to his feet and grabbed the remainder of his clothes and his shoes, not bothering to put them on but fleeing the room in tears. Once again he had managed to make someone scared and upset. He was a failure as a person, a failure as a kirin.

No wonder everyone hated him and wanted to hurt him.

Paranoid Kirin [open]

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