Back to Himself, It Seems

[adarkfallenstar]

Mundane, why?

Why, after your games would you make me remember that.

It wasn't bad enough that you made me...into that...that THING for a week, you made me remember everything that happened while I wasn't myself?  Everything from the Game?  Everything here? Well, while I am here, anyway.

And...and now you have the audacity to suggest that if I ever need wings, I'll be able to "bend" myself into my EVO form again?  Why would I ever do something like that?

You're a despicable lot, you Mundanes. 

As if canon hasn't humiliated me enough.

Why...why can't you ever give me what I want?

No, don't tell me.

"It is more fun this way," right?

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[bycupid]

How traumatizing was it now?

You were quite kind.

[adarkfallenstar]

L-lovely Tamara.
[He swallows, he is very glad to see a friend.]

It...it liked you. Perhaps it was smarter than I thought.

It...I had no control over it. It was a wild animal. It fought people and it kept someone in its den to use as its own personal juice box.
I felt like I woke up after...after I was cured, but I remember everything like I did it. Like I made those choices and I didn't...but..but some of them...I can't argue with.

[redbruiser]

.....Have we met before? I'm gettin' familiar vibes from you but I don't know why.

[adarkfallenstar]

I don't...

[Wait. From last week.]

I have the same feeling.

I'm Darkstar.

And what might your lovely name be?

[redbruiser]

[snort] First you say you don't, then you say you have the same feeling? Make up your fucking mind.

My name's Joey, but you should call me Rojo. And you're like the first person to use "lovely" to describe me. Better not make that a trend, pal.

[adarkfallenstar]

I haven't been myself lately, I must admit.

Well, Rojo, is there a particular reason I shouldn't?

[redbruiser]

'Cause I don't swing towards men who hide themselves beneath ugly metal masks.

OOC: Mun requesting permission to mana blast.

[adarkfallenstar]

[He gives an ominous chuckle, as though terribly amused.]

Perhaps you don't need to swing towards me at all.

Maybe you can just stay put.

OOC: Request denied. What good would that do?

[redbruiser]

Hey, if you're thinkin' about fucking with me, forget it!

I aint staying put, either. I've always got places to go.

Re: OOC: He would just be establishing his dickery

[adarkfallenstar]

Perish the thought.

Of course you do. That's why you're still here, right?

[There is a sting of sarcasm in his tone.]

OOC: Oh, his dickery is easily established. XD

[redbruiser]

Yeah, that's right!

Wait. Just what are you implying?

Re: :3

[adarkfallenstar]

I don't know.

[Eyeroll.]

You say that but here you still are.

[redbruiser]

Yeah. SO WHAT?

[adarkfallenstar]

Darling, people will start to talk.

[redbruiser]

Yeah? Well I say let them. Then I can blast their mouths right the fuck off.

[adarkfallenstar]

Oh?

Color me intrigued.

With what?

[redbruiser]

With my blaster, of course. Duh.

[bycupid]

Not the most hideous of crimes, merely the instinct of an animal.

By no means are any of us immune to it, I'm certain.


It's unfortunate that it frightened you so much though. Simply remember that it wasn't you. Whether or not it feels like it was.

[adarkfallenstar]

It just...feels so undignified.

So...base.

And I admit to be more than a little alarmed at how, when cut straight to the point, I'm not that different from it.

[bycupid]

No one is. Think about it.

If someone or something were to come between you and I, would the either of us hesitate to kill it?

[ She would've said 'you and your children', but she imagined it'd be a hard sentiment to replicate. ]

[adarkfallenstar]

[A future self of his that her future self has met would know that feeling keenly, however, this teenager wouldn't.]

No.

[He shook his head.]

We would not.

[bycupid]

Does that not scare you?

[ She thinks that it should; that he could overpower her as well given the circumstances, but it doesn't. ]

[adarkfallenstar]

Depends on the situation...and who or what is involved.

It does a little...sometimes.

[What if he intervened and it was pointless?
What if they both died? He would be a failure again.]

[bycupid]

It shouldn't.

[ She idly braids her hair. ]

Because it is our instinct to do so. It is not undignified, neither is it honorable. But it is what keeps you alive.

[adarkfallenstar]

[He eases down into a crouch beside her.]

It does, doesn't it?

It lets conversations like this happen.

[bycupid]

Precisely.

[ A wicked smile. ]

And I'd rather be the scariest in the world than not have our little chats. They're ever so grounding.

[adarkfallenstar]

[He nodded in her direction, easing his mask off. There are only so many people he doesn't mind being himself around. There is a hint of purple on his cheeks.]

The feeling is mutual.

It is refreshing to have someone to share things with.

Especially someone who truly understands where I am coming from.

[bycupid]

Perhaps not truly. But close enough.

[ She flicks a little water at him. ]

You need someone to splash you when you've gotten too deep in your loathing. It's a funny give and take.

[adarkfallenstar]

[He smiles and nonchalantly brushes the water off his exposed cheek.]

It appears I do.

[The whole snarling batbeast thing had gotten him down.]

I am glad it found your company agreeable, you know.

[bycupid]

You should be, or I'd have left a permanent mark of friendship on its face.

Which is something else I'd had to have consoled you about.

He was quite cute. On his own, probably a useful pet.

[adarkfallenstar]

I don't doubt you would have. I would have considered it a treasured souvenir, probably the best thing to come out of the whole experience.

Oh? In what way would a beast of the air be a useful pet?
[He is honestly interested, it sounds like he is.]

[rrbando_rambo]

Wowser! Bein' able to change sounds like a neat superhero type power!

[Pardon Dale's etiquette, superhero powers seems to have completely captured his attention. He can't see anything other than how cool it would be for the time being.]

[adarkfallenstar]

For some. For others, it is a little more nitty gritty than I would prefer.

[Double take.]

You...you're Dale, right?

[rrbando_rambo]

Sounds like I fit into the 'for some' category. It sounds like fun!



Right!

... hey wait a second! How do you know my name already?