towerofanimus | ♉pen

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♉pen

Characters: The Summoner and YOU
Setting: Around!
Format: Action to start, but I’ll follow
Summary: Somebody's po’d about suddenly being not at home!
Warnings: None at the moment

[He’ll only stay in this room as long as he’s forced here, he resolves. Being caught so completely, staring up at an unfamiliar ceiling, is neither pleasant nor comforting. In fact, if he allowed himself these thoughts anyway, it rather terrifies him. Nothing like being dropped into an unfamiliar and likely dangerous situation with a body that won’t move. His mind reels as he waits: Gotta be a highblood plot, right? But how would they have found him… hmm. And what about his cavalreapers? Everything feels off-kilter and strange, and the very moment he can, he slips across the communal respiteblock floor, wings half opened, and tries the door]

[AND LATER he’s moving carefully through each floor, suspicious and irritated. His head is held at an odd angle as he explores, lowered slightly so he’s forced to peer up through his brows to see, but his horns carve a sharp, dangerous arc through the air, settled at just about goring level. It’s not really the best threat, but he’s made them work for him in the past when he’s been desperate. And hey, if this isn’t a desperate situation here, without his soldiers or his beasts or his weapons, then he doesn’t know what is! So yeah... watch out, guys… This troll fit to snap at the first thing that looks at him wrong…]

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[Fiddles with his gloves, a bit hesitant to answer because there's just a little bit of a stigma attached to being what he is in Gaia.] U-Um... I'm a... black... mage...

[Perks up quickly and resumes staring up at the troll, tilting his head this way and that to peer up at his horns.] You've got the largest horns compared to the other trolls I've met! Do they grow bigger as you grow older?? Are you older than Mr. Signless and Mr. Psi- [Frowns, trying to pronounce it right.] Ψiioniic?

[THAT MEANS NOTHING TO HIM!!! So he just ljsdf smiles and nods. Black mage, you say, how interesting...]

[Before he can ask though, there are all these horn questions!!! And at first he's sort of flustered. Most people just... don't talk about how ridiculous they are, but he supposes... this is a weird hornless alien so... they must be a new thing for him??? Weird!!!]

Um... yes they. Definitely get bigger over time, but my blood is brown. [So he can't be that old. This connection is obvious in his head ljsldjf] I've just always had big horns...!

[Sob, he does not even think to ask who Mr Signless and Mr Ψiioniic are. The Signless is the Sufferer in his time, and there are many many psionics in the world]

[VIVI KNOWS NO BETTER. FOR ALL HE KNOWS ALL THE TROLLS KNOW EACH OTHER AND THEIR WORLD IS FILLED WITH MAGIC AND RAINBOWS!

Tilts head in confusion. Yes, he's doing a curious baby owl impersonation.] Brown...? Does horn size depend on blood colour? [NUP, he doesn't get it at all.]

[LAWD. IF ONLY]

[But goodness, isn't that... adorable... even if his question doesn't make any sense. Whoever heard of someone not understanding the hemospectrum! D8]

Uh... no. At least I don't think that's right. I meant that um... I'm not that old? Which is a thing that's true for all... lowbloods. [Little figure quotes around lowblood. That is not a good word in his book! Still, he's confused... Do aliens not have a hemospectrum...? This is a sort of disconcerting thought, actually] Did you not know that...?

No... [Staring. Hard. He's got no blood and as far as he knows, everyone he met had red blood! Or at least, it was never brought up in conversation, so clearly it's not a big deal???] What's a 'lowblood'? Is it someone with low blood pressure?

[...WHAT. Wow, the idea that the hemospectrum is not a universal bullshit thing that everyone has to deal with is... kinda pissing him off! B( Frowns, though... not at Vivi. Just kind of... in general. He kinda wants to punch some things actually!]

No, it's. Hmm. [Irri... tated...] It means that the color of my blood is low on the hemospectrum. It's not a good word. You shouldn't uh... use it. If you can help it.

Ummm... sorry. I didn't know... [Looks like a scolded puppy. Staring at his gloves again.] U-Um... what colour is your blood then, mister... Uh... what's your name? Wait, is it rude to ask about blood colour?

[HE'S CONFUSED AND H'OH CRAP THE TROLL LOOKS KINDA NOT HAPPY-!]

[hhh... calm down Summoner, this guy clearly has no idea what you're talking about. Fine fine. Relaxes a little, though he's still obviously tense]

I'm the Summoner and... it's brown. [Little sigh...] What color is yours? Since we're asking...

[Nods his head, extending his hand up in offer for a handshake.] My name's Vivi! [Manages to reach Summoner's fingertips and shakes them before lowering his hand again.

Welp, that's an awkward question.] Um.................. [Adjusts hat.] I don't... have blood.

[Distracted for a second by the... finger shaking lksjdlfkj what was that. Except then Vivi... says... that, and the Summoner is just... staring incredulously!!! THAT IS NOT A THING THAT'S POSSIBLE OKAY]

Uh... it's okay. You can say whatever color it is. I doubt it uh... can be any worse then mine. [He's heard people lie about their blood color before, but to just say they don't have any at all...? WEIRD!!! ALIENS ARE WEIRD]

[Blank. Stare.] There is no colour. I don't have blood.

[.............]

Really?

[Nods.]

[He... doesn't believe you! But whatever, he'll play along]

Then you're lucky. You should appreciate it. [Blood is dumb. It's a dumb thing that shouldn't exist. Hnn...]

[Makes a face that, like all of his expressions, goes unnoticed under his hat.] Not really. It's just another point that makes me not human. Or... you know. A living orga- [How does the word go again?] Organisism.

Organism. [...wait lksjdfl what]

You're not alive...? Are you a robot? [Leaning down towards him a little, curiously]

Organism, right. [Adjusts his hat, meeting Summoner's gaze steadily.] I'm a doll. A black mage 'golem'. [The words are spat out with venom not normal to his childlike personality, but then, anything to do with his creation and Kuja's armies made him hissy.] Made from "the dregs of souls" to serve in an army. I woke up though, and I was never in the army. Not like the others.

[Oh... Oh. So maybe he's not sure about the mechanics of what he just said (black mage golem? the dregs of souls?), but the tone of voice is so familiar he actually... forgets his own irritation for a moment]

What did you do? When you got away...

[Scratches his head.] Actually... I don't know. I think my Granpa found me and raised me. Umm... he might have been planning to eat me actually, but still. He took care of me. But then he died... But after that I met Puck and Zidane and Princess Garnet and lots of friends so it's not so bad! [Perks up a bit, even if he's still got the niggling worry of what might have happened to them.]

[Hmm... Well at least it has a happy ending...! Gives him a little understanding smile]

Good. I'm glad... things turned out okay for you.

[Nods hard enough for his hat to flop and wobble dangerously before slumping again.] I'm just worried what might have happened to them... I mean, we were going after Kuja - uh, the guy who made the black mage army - but he was going to destroy the crystal and now I'm kind of scared he might have succeeded and that's how the world got destroyed- [Trails off and stares at the ground.]

[Shakes his head! Even if Vivi can't see him looking down like that! He sounds extraordinarily confident: ]

No one's world has been destroyed. It's just a trick, you know? Whoever's in charge is trying to uh... demoralize you. [Don't fall for it!]

[Looks up hopefully. Summoner, you've got the makings of a new fanboy in front of you, be warned.] R-Really? You think so?

D-Do you think we'll be able to get back someday?

There is absolutely no doubt, I think, that we will get back very soon...!

[...this may or may not be an exaggeration, but he certainly sounds that sure!!]

[He sounds sure enough that Vivi's eyes are BEAMING like headlights. Yup, fanboy acquired.] Th-thank you Mr. Summoner!

U-Um, you look like you can protect yourself... but the Tower can get scary so uh... if you ever need help, I-I'll do what I can, okay?

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