forum The others were great, but third time's the charm! (Character Chat)

Started March 03, 2019 by Deleted user

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She brought the cigarette back to her lips but paused. "Neither do Caretakers. We jump all over place. Countries and worlds." She pinched her lips together. "We need more. Not enough numbers for work to do."

"I am human," Clove said.

He again shook his head. "Being attacked to magic like a Rune temple makes me traceable. And, to be frank, my past experience of large magic groups didn't go all that well."

Clove shrugged. "Caretakers hidden. Unknown. Protected by Runes. We not magic. Not normally." She sighed. "Can't believe I try to recruit demon. Suppose can't judge."

"I don't want to be called a fucking demon. I just wanna be Runner. When people find out, they don't look at me the same. Think I'm a freak." He shook his head. "I'm here to help Athena, and then be on my way."

Clove actually looked a little sorry. "Very well. Temple not far."

"If it helps, I don't treat you differently because of that; it's because you're turning out to be not very nice."

He turned to her, ticking the points off of his fingers. "The past 2 weeks, I've woken up in the middle of the ocean with no clue how I got there, had to fight a horde of fucking imps, had to fight my own father, find out I'm not myself, push a part of my out of me own mind, and escape 5 fucking gods that were breathing down my neck. So sorry if I've been short, but you don't have a clue. But you think you're so fucking smart that everything just bends to your will and everyone is gonna bend to your beck and call. Well, boo hoo, bitch, life doesn't work that way. I'm done. Tell your friends I said Hi. If you even find them." His fists clenched as he turned around and started following the path they had taken into the forest.

Clove grabbed the back of his shirt, stopping him. "Wait. You made promise. We promise to leave past alone. Just… Don't go."
It was the most sincere she had been towards him. Really, he had grown on her, and she didn't want to see him leave. Just like how Hero has left.

He turned around, nearly lashing out at her before, once again, his own voice came through his head. 'Calm the fuck down, you've been a dick and you know it.' He closed his eyes for a moment and sighed. "Alright, alright. Fine."

She offered a tiny rare smile. "Thank you."

"Only 'til her friends are found."

She nodded, then pushed passed heavy shrubbery off of the path. There was the Temple standing tall and proud. Its surface was smooth and unadorned to the naked eye, but as Clove breathed in her cigarette's smoke, Runes of all shapes and sizes were carved in it, glowing a dull blue. A man, perhaps in his early 20s, sat on the stairs again, messing with his double-sided battle ax, flicking it to fold it in half so it was only one-sided, then flicking it again to unfold it. He looked up at the emerging group, arctic blue eyes resting on Runner.
(Okay, side note: Hero doesn't know a lick of English, so everything he says is in Russian. Should I italicize so you remember?)
He smiled up at Clove. "These your new friends, Clover? An odd group." He looked back at Runner with a glint in his eye. "He's kinda cute. If you really squint."

(Yeah, that would probably help

He tilted his head. "What did he say?"

Clover just rolled her eyes. "Nothing important."

He shrugged, inspecting the runes carved into the stone with interest.

("if you really squint" I just busted out laughing and everyone turned and stared at me omg)
"Really, really squint," Athena added in English, just to confuse Runner.

(sorry my connection is not very good. Like, ever

((Hey, he ain't that ugly

((yeah ik and Athena knows too but making fun of him is fun

((And he's the dick
He was too busy studying the runes to really care, tilting his head every once and a while as he thought.

((she's discovering her mean streak and he just makes it really easy

((By just….standing there?