infesting: (reign over me)
matou ☣ kariya ([personal profile] infesting) wrote in [community profile] 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. ]
puppy_lancer: the-man-of-light@tumblr (And she smiled as she passed me by)

[personal profile] puppy_lancer 2013-09-07 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
...The Kariya I know is bigger.

[He holds a hand somewhere around his shoulder to indicate how tall Kariya is.]

Aren't you the same Kariya?
puppy_lancer: <user name=cu-chulainn> (But I was young and foolish)

[personal profile] puppy_lancer 2013-09-08 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
Until you're...oh.

[Then, slowly, his mind starts figuring out that there might be two Kariyas.]

Whoa, you're the third Kariya I've met here.

[Though he's sure the one with purple hair is no longer around...]