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towerofanimus2013-09-04 01:00 pm
infesting) wrote in towerofanimus2013-09-04 01:00 pm
you should smile, little thing
Characters: au kariya & open.
Setting: out & about. .. ngl he's probs lost.
Format: i action-spam, but feel free to reply in prose if that's more comfortable for you.
Summary: this is one upset little body horror.
Warnings: body.. horror via worm infestation?
[ waking up in a strange place when he'd just been with lancelot had been not only jarring, but extremely upsetting. he'd spent the first few minutes in a terrified haze, vainly searching the room for his servant. he can't sense him anymore, though the seal remains on the back of his right hand. so.. shouldn't that mean he's still here? he'd said he wouldn't leave kariya. he'd sworn it, that he'd be by his side as long as he could.
that had been before saber, though. before he realized he'd have to fight his king for the grail. that he'd have to choose between her and a little boy he barely knew. maybe.. maybe he'd made his decision.
there are letters, but kariya can't focus to read them right now. he's upset and frightened and he hurts. he always hurts these days. father says the pain is a good thing, that it means the crest worms are making him stronger, to take care of his family. kariya doesn't understand it, of course, but if it's what father says, then it must be the truth.
father isn't here. lancelot is gone, father is gone, and kariya is all alone in a strange place and he doesn't know what to do.
he has the presence of mind to fold up the letter, tucking it into a pocket. he slips out, then, little bare feet silent on the floor. he has no idea where he is, and there are rooms everywhere, and stairs, and-- he has no idea where he should go or where he should begin looking. surely, after all, this is a test. father likes testing him. so.. so he can't cry, because crying doesn't do any good. and anyway, it always makes father angry. instead, he takes a deep breath, picks a direction, and starts walking.
residents of the tower may later find a small, white-haired boy with an eyepatch and bare feet wandering the various halls and rooms. ]
Setting: out & about. .. ngl he's probs lost.
Format: i action-spam, but feel free to reply in prose if that's more comfortable for you.
Summary: this is one upset little body horror.
Warnings: body.. horror via worm infestation?
[ waking up in a strange place when he'd just been with lancelot had been not only jarring, but extremely upsetting. he'd spent the first few minutes in a terrified haze, vainly searching the room for his servant. he can't sense him anymore, though the seal remains on the back of his right hand. so.. shouldn't that mean he's still here? he'd said he wouldn't leave kariya. he'd sworn it, that he'd be by his side as long as he could.
that had been before saber, though. before he realized he'd have to fight his king for the grail. that he'd have to choose between her and a little boy he barely knew. maybe.. maybe he'd made his decision.
there are letters, but kariya can't focus to read them right now. he's upset and frightened and he hurts. he always hurts these days. father says the pain is a good thing, that it means the crest worms are making him stronger, to take care of his family. kariya doesn't understand it, of course, but if it's what father says, then it must be the truth.
father isn't here. lancelot is gone, father is gone, and kariya is all alone in a strange place and he doesn't know what to do.
he has the presence of mind to fold up the letter, tucking it into a pocket. he slips out, then, little bare feet silent on the floor. he has no idea where he is, and there are rooms everywhere, and stairs, and-- he has no idea where he should go or where he should begin looking. surely, after all, this is a test. father likes testing him. so.. so he can't cry, because crying doesn't do any good. and anyway, it always makes father angry. instead, he takes a deep breath, picks a direction, and starts walking.
residents of the tower may later find a small, white-haired boy with an eyepatch and bare feet wandering the various halls and rooms. ]
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[ cries into hands ][ another nod, shuffling his feet a little, toes curling against the floor. ]
Wh-Where's 'here'?
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[Waver knelt down to talk to Kariya a little more directly, uncertain of where he could even start.]
Do you know what Second Magic is?
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Of course. I-- I'm a magus. It's.. [ his gaze ducks again, fidgeting. ] It.. has to do.. with other worlds.
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the mention of lancelot brings his gaze back up, though, visible gray eye wide and stunned-- at least until waver finishes his thought. he seems to deflate, then, scarred hands going white-knuckled in his shirt. ]
.. Oh. Then.. I guess.. I'm alone.
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[Shrugging, Waver continued in a casual voice.]
This place isn't really ideal, but most of the people in it aren't too bad.
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.. I'm Kariya.
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But you're supposed to be little!
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It's been at least ten years since I was anywhere near the Holy Grail War, myself.
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[ still, it's good to know that. kariya was beginning to think he's blinder than he'd realized. ]
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Who did you contract with?
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[ a pause. ] My Lancelot.. is Lancer.
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[ the name earns a small tilt of his head. ] Is he really nice to you, too? I'm glad you have him here.
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He's.. okay, right?
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I'm glad. [ he sort of curls into himself, chewing his lip. ] Are.. Are there maps and things for this place..?
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[Waver made a note in the back of his mind to start carrying around a couple of those with him.]
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[ if he's on his own here, after all, he needs to be self-sufficient. ]
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