forum You'll See Just How Crazy I Can Be (rp with Icefire, feel free to stalk!)

Started July 08, 2020 by @ElderGodSwimwithGamers group

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Nik flinched a little bit, closing his eyes. He shrugged his shoulders, holding onto Smoke desperately.

"Words, Nik," Derlik chided. His hand on Nik's head tightened a little. "You'll earn shrugging eventually, but you need to use your words now."

Nik flinched. "Please stop touching me." He blurted, not looking at Derlik and still holding onto Smoke.

Derlik raised an eyebrow at that, but he pulled his hand away.
"See?" He said. "Just follow the rules."

Nik was still clinging to his kitten, not looking at Derlik. He seemed very small, curled on the rock with the kitten in his arms.

Derlik sat down by Nik on the boulder, pulling out a pack of cigarettes. He shook one out for himself, offing one to Nik.
"Want a smoke?" He asked.

Nik blinked at the cigarettes, shaking his head a little. "I-I don't…I don't smoke." he said quietly, looking down at the kitten again.

"Alright then." Derlik put the cigarettes in his pocket, lighting his. He took a long drag, glancing over at Nik.

Nik was quiet, looking so small and unsure, curled in on himself on that rock.

Derlik took the cigarette from his lips, blowing the smoke around. It curled around both of them, obscuring the area around them for a moment before drifting away.
"Why are you so scared?" Derlik finally asked. "I haven't even hurt you yet."

Nik shrugged a little bit, not looking at him. He wasn't about to tell this god his entire life, why he reacted the way he did.

"It's no use," Derlik said softly, not looking at Nik either at this point as he continued to smoke his cigarette. "I'll find out eventually. I could know anything about you I wanted to, just by looking."

Nik narrowed his eyes a little, but didn't respond, still clinging to the sleepy kitten in his arms. Smoke purred quietly in Nik's arms.

Derlik glanced at Nik.
"I'm not going to, though. Do you know why?" He flicked his cigarette, the ash floating down slowly.

(gtg sorry)

He shook his head slightly, eyes still fastened to Smoke. Smoke squirmed a little bit, kneading Nik's chest with his paws.

"It's because I've taken a liking to you, even before I brought you here. I don't want to hurt you." He looked at Smoke, cooing softly.
"But that doesn't mean I won't if you force my hand."

Nik closed his eyes, petting Smoke gently. He didn't respond to Derlik's words, didn't tell the god that Nik didn't believe him.

Derlik sighed.
"You're really not good at holding a conversation, are you?" He said, a little bitterly.

(not gonna be too active for the next few days, sorry)

Nik shook his head a little. "Not with gods who have kidnapped me." He replied faintly.

(ah, alright then! Thank you for the heads up!)

Derlik giggled a little.
"I suppose that's true. Still, it's not like you have anyone else to talk to. Keep going like this and you might just forget how talk all together."

(:D of course)

Nik shrugged his shoulders. Would that be so bad? He petted Smoke gently.

"And then you would be in a real pickle then," Derlik continued. "You see, you're here for whatever I need you to be for, and that includes companionship, just like Smoke here." He looked over, putting his cigarette to his mouth again.
"Besides, you're expected to use your words to respond to me, end of story."

Nik clenched his jaw a little bit, and didn't respond, still just petting Smoke and letting Derlik ramble on and on.

Derlik looked back to Nik, falling silent a moment. He blew this smoke at Nik's face, letting it envelop him a moment before drifting away.
"When you get like this, it makes me wonder if it would even matter to you if you had your voice taken away."

Nik coughed, waving a hand to dispel the smoke from his face. "When I get like this?" he echoed bitterly. "You don't know shit about me, so fuck off." he snapped, eyes still glued to the kitten in his arms.