Bookman Junior | "lavi" (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
bookpapers) wrote2024-06-08 07:15 pm
bookpapers) wrote2024-06-08 07:15 pm
KARLACHHHHH
one day ill have images prepared
[sticks em in the refectory... lavi will slide in across wherever Karlach is sitting, hi]
How's the shoulder?
How's the shoulder?
Like I said, doesn't even hurt.
[she says, cheerfully.]
How's your boy? [your child leash, if you will]
[she says, cheerfully.]
How's your boy? [your child leash, if you will]
[HIS BOY... he cracks a grin at that, stifling a laugh]
Still grumpy. Might get even grumpier if you call him that.
Still grumpy. Might get even grumpier if you call him that.
Good, he can grump all he'd like.
[she says, amused.]
He ever actually talk before he throws down, or was I a special case?
[she says, amused.]
He ever actually talk before he throws down, or was I a special case?
[he shakes his head]
He's never been the social type -- [this understatement] but talking's also dangerous in a fight. Doesn't take long for Akuma to transform and start shootin' at us.
He's never been the social type -- [this understatement] but talking's also dangerous in a fight. Doesn't take long for Akuma to transform and start shootin' at us.
Oh, that's the thing he mentioned. He asked me if I was Akuma and then didn't clarify.
I'm assuming it's demonic.
I'm assuming it's demonic.
[KANDA.....]
Yeah! Well -- Akuma are machines, but they're powered by human souls. They blend in by pretending to be human, which makes it easier for 'em to kill people. So we have to be on our guard all the time.
Yeah! Well -- Akuma are machines, but they're powered by human souls. They blend in by pretending to be human, which makes it easier for 'em to kill people. So we have to be on our guard all the time.
[there's
a pause, and then:]
... Well, I'm not looking to kill people, and I'm not human, but that doesn't mean I'm not a person.
a pause, and then:]
... Well, I'm not looking to kill people, and I'm not human, but that doesn't mean I'm not a person.
[he registers the pause, and then nods]
Yeah, you're a person and a tiefling, right? I remember. Are all tieflings as tall as you?
Yeah, you're a person and a tiefling, right? I remember. Are all tieflings as tall as you?
A tiefling, yeah. Some of them are, but not all of them. We've all got the teeth, tails, horns.
But we're not demons. Or devils. [insistent!!!]
But we're not demons. Or devils. [insistent!!!]
...You've been hassled by more people than just Yuu, huh...
[HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE CALLED KARLACH THE DEVIL...]
[HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE CALLED KARLACH THE DEVIL...]
[A LOT.]
It's not just here, it's back home, too.
It's not just here, it's back home, too.
-- Huh, back home too? [NOT THE FANTASY RACISM...] Do a lot of people not know what tieflings are?
They do, but that doesn't stop people.
[she... hesitates. it might not be smart to tell a demon hunter this, but she's got an intelligence of like eight, so you know.]
I look like what most people expect a devil would, 'cause we've got the ancestry. They just assume I'm there to eat their babies or whatever.
[she... hesitates. it might not be smart to tell a demon hunter this, but she's got an intelligence of like eight, so you know.]
I look like what most people expect a devil would, 'cause we've got the ancestry. They just assume I'm there to eat their babies or whatever.
[STOP LISTEN HE'S AN AKUMA HUNTER
at that, he grimaces, sympathetic]
...Sorry, that's total bullshit. I've met way too many people like that -- the kind who think you're responsible for everything your dead ancestors did or didn't do.
at that, he grimaces, sympathetic]
...Sorry, that's total bullshit. I've met way too many people like that -- the kind who think you're responsible for everything your dead ancestors did or didn't do.
[that gets her to smile a bit, anyway.]
Yeah, as if it's my fault some human in my family tree fucked a demon. [huff.] Anyway - I'm not ashamed of it. It's just what I am. And who I am is more than that.
Yeah, as if it's my fault some human in my family tree fucked a demon. [huff.] Anyway - I'm not ashamed of it. It's just what I am. And who I am is more than that.
[his eye crinkles at that, mouth turning up into a smile,]
...Think I already called you impressive before, but I'll say it again for a different reason this time.
...Think I already called you impressive before, but I'll say it again for a different reason this time.
[aww, the smile turns into a grin.]
Thanks. That's nice, from a mostly-stranger. [her tails wriggles back and forth.] But hey - let's be not strangers, yeah? You said your name's Lavi, right?
Thanks. That's nice, from a mostly-stranger. [her tails wriggles back and forth.] But hey - let's be not strangers, yeah? You said your name's Lavi, right?
Yeah! Or Junior, but my friends call me Lavi.
[kanda doesn't call him lavi listen it's fine]
Which works out, cause I wanna be friends with you too.
[kanda doesn't call him lavi listen it's fine]
Which works out, cause I wanna be friends with you too.
Yay!
[genuinely says yay like a dork]
Friends it is! That's easy. I gotta tell you, you seem way more fun than your buddy.
[genuinely says yay like a dork]
Friends it is! That's easy. I gotta tell you, you seem way more fun than your buddy.
[SHE SAYS YAY HELP that's so endearing wow]
That's cause I am! [thanks lavi] I like talking to people and getting to know 'em. But Yuu's always kept to himself since the moment I met him.
He's not a bad guy though. He's been a soldier for way longer.
That's cause I am! [thanks lavi] I like talking to people and getting to know 'em. But Yuu's always kept to himself since the moment I met him.
He's not a bad guy though. He's been a soldier for way longer.
[she laughs at him just agreeing.]
Oof, I get that, though. It's rough to turn it off. [she rubs at her chest, absently. where the glow is.] I had my fill of that in the Hells. So I guess I'm more like you.
Oof, I get that, though. It's rough to turn it off. [she rubs at her chest, absently. where the glow is.] I had my fill of that in the Hells. So I guess I'm more like you.
Edited 2024-06-10 03:43 (UTC)
[GLOWING? HER CHEST IS GLOWING????]
Hells? [WHAT a name....] Did ya have to fight in a war there?
Hells? [WHAT a name....] Did ya have to fight in a war there?
[HELP YES SORRY i should have mentioned this, her chest where her heart is glows. it like pulses, in and out.
also, congrats to lavi for being the only one who knows this so far:]
Yeah. Got conscripted for ten years.
also, congrats to lavi for being the only one who knows this so far:]
Yeah. Got conscripted for ten years.
[KARLACH'S GLOWY CHEST WHERE HER HEART IS..... which is very fascinating to look at, though his attention is diverted by the mention of conscription. which makes sense because WAR but that doesn't mean he won't immediately pull a grimace.]
...Long time to fight a war you didn't get a choice in.
[he knows there's longer but that doesn't mean ten years isn't long]
How long's it been since you got out?
...Long time to fight a war you didn't get a choice in.
[he knows there's longer but that doesn't mean ten years isn't long]
How long's it been since you got out?
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