Recharge?

[animusmods]

Characters: anyone who signed up to be hooked into the machine for the Recharge? event
Setting: a void
Format: party style
Summary: Those who chose to hook themselves up to the machine find themselves wandering around a void...
Warnings: standard Animus warnings; please put anything specific in subject lines of threads

Comments

I know a king who would have issues with that :|

[notagiraffe]

[Taiki didn't know the man but he blinked at him as the man crouched in front of him and instinctively drew nearer to him. He didn't smell of blood, he was being kind. This place was scary. It was enough.] I do... I think we should go there... [It wasn't anything like the ouki but it was a definite pull]

Taiki [That's a lower voice, seemingly from no where and Taiki blinks, before nodding and the next moment there is a large red wolf stood next to him.]

He won't hurt you! Sorry... [Taiki realised he might have startled the man]

Unless the King is Gilgamesh, Diarmuid thinks he can take him... :-P

[oathshackledbird]

[Diarmuid is slightly startled, but he considering all the odd things that have been happening lately, the surprise passes quickly.]

Is Taiki your name? Mine is Diarmuid Ua Duibhne.

[He bows his head to both the boy and the wolf, before gesturing to the wolf. He's actually not sure if he should address the boy or the wolf.]

Is this your familiar or perhaps your guardian?

No Taiki will be sad :|

[notagiraffe]

Yes. It's nice to meet you Diarmuid Ua Duibhne [He stumbles a bit over all those syllables] Sorry... um yes this is Gohran... he is my shirei

Meep! No, no want sad Kirin! :-(

[oathshackledbird]

[Diarmuid smiles gently at the boy. Considering how young he appears, he actually did very well pronouncing his name. He then bows more properly to the wolf.]

I am honored to meet you, Gohran. I am sure you are a great comfort to Taiki in this terrible place.

[He then turns his attention back to the boy.]

How are you feeling? Are you in any pain right now?

[notagiraffe]

Thank you, it is an honour to meet you too. [The wolf spoke and then floated around, as if looking out for any danger.

Taiki blinked at the question]

I'm okay... it hurt before but it doesn't now... and there's no blood... I can't smell any here...

[oathshackledbird]

I am glad to hear you aren't in pain any longer. You are right, those nightmares were...terrible.

[It seems like an understatement, but he really doesn't know how else to state it. Diarmuid looks around them, alert for trouble, though without his powers he suspects Gohran will sense danger long before he does.]

You...can smell blood?

[Blood is a smell that people often learn to recognize, especially warriors, but Taiki is only a child. Surely, he has not been exposed to so much blood that he has already come to know the smell that well...]

[notagiraffe]

Yes... it makes me ill. [More of a sense than a smell, though his time in the tower meant he had come to recognise the smell quite well.] But there is none here... not like the tower.

[oathshackledbird]

It makes you ill?

[That was worrisome. Blood seems to be everywhere in the Tower, shed so often it might as well have been a building block in its creation.]

How...do you survive in the Tower? Are you often sick? Do...I smell of blood to you?

[Those who have shed a lot of blood often seem to carry its smell wherever they go, and Diarmuid, as a knight, definitely falls into that category of those who have killed a lot. He would hate for his presence to be making the boy ill. Still, Taiki had said that he didn't smell any here. Hopefully, that is a good sign in more ways than one.]

sorry had to check with the mods if he would or not

[notagiraffe]

I'm ill a lot... but it's okay... [He blinked concentrating and nodded nervously, there was a faint smell of blood, it was just so little compared to what he was usually overpowered with in the tower] You do... but just like a warrior... it's not like the blood in the tower...

No worries!

[oathshackledbird]

[Diarmuid seems relieved by the answer, but at the same time he can't help but wonder why Taiki is so very sensitive to blood.]

Would it be improper of me to ask why you can sense blood so strongly? We have just met, but I have known experienced warriors who cannot smell blood as well as you can.

[Sadness fills his eyes.]

Have you really seen so much war already?

[notagiraffe]

Oh... no I've not seen any war... sorry... [Luckily, Taiki would not want to see a war. Wars were awful and terrifying things] Um... I'm a kirin...

[oathshackledbird]

A kirin?

[Diarmuid is quiet for a moment as he tries to place the word, but in the end he can only shake his head.]

I'm sorry. I don't know what a kirin is...

[notagiraffe]

Oh... [It's always easier just to show, rather than try and explain. A moment later the child is gone and a horned beast stands in front of Diarmuid.] This is a Kirin...

[oathshackledbird]

[Diarmuid blinks at the boy...the Kirin in surprise. The information given to him by the Grail supplies a word--unicorn--to him, but his experiences supply a different explanation.]

You are a spirit of nature? One of the Fae?

[notagiraffe]

Um... [He changes back, and looks around for where his clothes are floating, pulling them on.] I'm not sure... I don't know what the fae are, but I'm a creature of the gods.

[oathshackledbird]

[Well, some Fae could be called creatures of the gods. Others, not so much.]

Do you have a special purpose to fulfill, then? Or are you just suppose to aid those who you can?

[In either event, it is a lot of such a young child to bear. Thankfully, he isn't alone.]

[notagiraffe]

Yes... Kirin find the king for their kingdom, and then serve them and help keep them on the right path [He smiled sadly] But my king isn't here... I am trying to help everyone though.

[oathshackledbird]

It is a noble thing you are doing trying to help so many you don't know. I am sure your king would be very proud if he were here.

[Diarmuid gives Taiki a confident look.]

We will find a way to get you back to your king. I promise.

[notagiraffe]

[He blushes and shuffles his feet, because he hopes so. He tried to do his best to help everyone because that was what Gyousou would want, and had done in the short time he was here.] I hope we all can get back...

[But first they had to find a way out of this dark place]

[oathshackledbird]

We will. None of us are going to give up until we do. But first we need to get out of here, don't we?

[Diarmuid stands up and looks around them. Finally, he stops, looking in the direction of that pull he has been feeling since he woke up.]

What do you think, little wise one? Will we find the exit if we go in the direction we are being pulled in?

[notagiraffe]

I don't know... [He blinked at Diarmuid] It feels like we will though, like we should go that way because it's important. But... [He blinked sadly]

This place is so bad... It might not be a good thing we go towards.

[oathshackledbird]

[Diarmuid smiles reassuringly at Taiki and reaches out for the boy's hand.]

That is why we will go together. If something bad is there, we face it as one and will be stronger for it. There is no reason for anyone to face this alone.

[notagiraffe]

[Taiki took his hand and drew close to him. He nodded at his words] Hopefully everyone will stay together... There's lots of people. Gohran can help protect everyone...

[oathshackledbird]

I am sure he will. And I will go my best to assist him should things come down to a fight.

[Diarmuid gives the boy's hand a comforting squeeze.]

Is there anyone you wish to look for specifically before we head off?

[notagiraffe]

[Taiki made a quiet whimpering noise at the idea of anyone fighting, but he didn't say anything just looked aroun] I don't know who came... just Enoch... and Tetra.