"Ah, well, that must be tough. To be alone all the time, I feel like no one should be alone that much, especially someone who is so nice, I mean, you're just such a nice person I don't understand why people avoid you. I mean, there are other gods like the goddess of nature, Diantha.. but she is a terrible being and so cruel, yet people seem to like her, but you, you're so kind, and yet, people fear you so much, and well, I don't think you're bad, in fact you're rather nice." He said with a small smile, " But well, now it's not so lonely, now you have me, and most likely I'll annoy you with my nervous ramblings."
He nods slowly, a small smile on his lips. "Ah… so the others haven't gotten to you, hm?" He asks sadly. Some of the people here had been working for him for a while. Maybe of them knew the horrors that Kuro could commit. That he did commit. Kuro had gotten better, gotten a hold on himself. However, it was nice that for once someone did not fear him. He smiled, "I rather enjoy your so called 'nervous ramblings'. They're… actually rather refreshing. I'd rather have someone talk my ear off then deal with deafening silence."
"What do you mean, 'The other's haven't gotten to you?'." Cayenne said quietly, so he wouldn't wake up anyone who sleeping at the moment. "I know that the other's fear you, but why would they tell me things that aren't true or something like that?" He smiled a little bit though, "That's sweet of you though, I've been told been before though that my ramblings are sort of annoying."
Kuro sighed. "I made many mistakes in my past. I scared people, caused distrust…" He sighed and gently set Nyx down. "People who have been here for more than a few decades resent me. They've spent ages down here. Honestly I can't blame them… I'm only following rules." He sighed softly. He chuckles. "I think it's rather nice. Much better than the quiet of walking through the hallways alone at night."
"Oh, well, everyone has made mistakes before, right? But you can't just let that be what defines that person to you. Well, it depends though, if the person is really just that terrible, I remember when I first joined the battalion, there was this one boy who always bullied me, no matter what, but then one day he apologized, we started to hang out, and then we became best friends. So I feel like unless a person is extremely terrible, perhaps if they apologize, but then continue to do the same horrid things over and over and over, then they don't deserve to be trusted, or if they just don't realize what they've done is wrong." The dryad paused for a moment to catch his breath, "But you're different -I think- you seem to feel bad about what you've done, and I think you've made changes, I don't know I haven't been here long enough to know, but I think that you are generally a good person, but just a good person who has made some bad choices."
Kuro smiled faintly. "You have an interesting thought process. I'll give you that." He murmured quietly, his eyes gentle. "But some of the things I did were so horrendous, not even I can forgive myself for what I have done." He murmured softly. He places his hands behind his back and sighed softly. "But I will keep your kind words in mind." He smiled again, this time a little more genuine and happy. "Perhaps I can try." He runs a hand through his hair.
"Erm, thank you, Mr. Kuro?" The boy said with a slight smile, reaching down to gently pet Nyx on the head. "Yes, but have you ever done them again? Hopefully not, and I mean if you feel guilty and won't do it again, it should be fine, I guess? I think I'm rambling again." Cayenne said with a sigh, "I think that makes sense, please tell me if it doesn't, sir." He said looking up at the god.
Nyx leaned into him happily before looking up at Kuro and mewling softly. Kuro sighed deeply. "I can not make promises that I cannot keep." He murmured softly. "I remember why most people hate me. The goddess of disease had escaped from her confines, brandishing the Earth with a plague. I was ordered to collect souls. People hated me. Natural disasters… I am blamed for the deaths, not the gods that have caused such things." He turned his sorrowful gaze outside, and sighed. "You make plenty of sense… I suppose it is just difficult to make promises when you are a god of death."
Cai sighed, nodding to what the man had said. He remembered hearing something of that sort years ago in one of his history books, and from his family as well, stories or great dryads that had been brought down due to the disease. "I wish people would understand things like that. I mean our family lost quite a few members from the disease, but we did realize that it wasn't your fault, I guess?"
Kuro smiled. "Many people like to blame death, and then try to mess with natural order. That's why there are so many people here." He murmured quietly. "People can be quite dumb when they wish to be…" He cleared his throat before turning his attention to Cai. "So. Amity told me you had something to tell me?" He asks curiously, his eyes gentle as he gazes down at the other.
"That's why I'm here, my grandfat- well, you probably already know why I'm here anyways." He said with a shrug as they continued to walk. "Oh, uhm, it's nothing really, and well, I guess I'll have to thank Amity for telling you, but well, my sister will be married next year, and I would love to go, but I don't know if I want to. And that's kind of what Amity and I were talking about. She said that I should go, but going would leaving so much harder, because you know that you won't be able to stay. And then seeing everyone age while you don't, it's kind of hard to think about or even process."
Kuro smiled gently, his eyes softening as he turned his attention forward. "Amity always looks out for others here. She's been here the longest." His eyes narrow ever so slightly before he tilts his head and hums with thought. "Well… I'm sure that it would be fine. Just alert me if you choose to go or to stay." He smiled gently, placing a hand on Cai's shoulder. "Amity gives good advice but it is up to you to act on it or to make your own choice." He hummed as he lowered his hands and picked up Nyx gently, rubbing a hand through her fur as they walked.
"Yeah, I kind of get that sort of vibe or ambiance or something from her." He said with a shrug, "But I don't know, seeing them age and such, and well, I guess I'm just scared? But you might be right, well you and Amity might be right, but I guess I'll just need to think about it?" He said with a sad smile as he looked up at the god. "Anyways, I'm curious, how are god's made or something? Is it like a family sort of thing or are you appointed? It's never really been explained to me in a way that makes sense."
Kuro nods and smiles as Cai talked. "As I said, it's your choice." He hummed before glancing through the halls. "Well. God's can be birthed or chosen… It's a complicated process. Mother Nature usually choses. I was born from Mother nature, there is a reason they call her mother." He hummed with thought. "Aoife, my sister Life, and I were born from mother nature when the world began." He shrugged. "As for the minor gods, they were mortals who proved themselves worthy… they are approved and become minor gods of whatever they choose." He glances outside and takes a deep breath.
"Okay then." Cai mumbled fixing his hair a little bit. I didn't really want to talk about this to him, I guess I'll have to talk to Amity about not telling him this sort of stuff? Or maybe not, she did mean well after all, and nothing bad came from this talk, so I guess it was alright? He thought with a wry smile, before turning his attention back to the god. "Oh, so that's how it works? I never well, it still seems a little confusing, but I'm not going to try to become a god at all, so I guess it doesn't matter too much." Cayenne said with a shrug, as they neared the halls of the rooms. "Is this where we part ways?" The dryad said with a chuckle as they began to near his door.
The conversation had a flow to it, sure it had been awkward at first, but it was nice to have company. He had a gentle smile on his lips as they walked. Kuro shrugged after a moment. "Usually, yes. There have been some strange cases, but those were exceedingly rare." He glanced over when the other mentioned parting ways, noticing that they were indeed coming up to Cai's door. The God hummed softly and shrugs. "You should probably rest." He smiles gently and sets Nyx down. She wanders to Cai's door and wait's patiently for the two to catch up, licking at her lips a little bit.
Cai nodded, now as he grew closer to his room began to grow a bit tired. "Okay, Mr. Kuro, good night?" He said as he opened the door to his room, entering it, before turning around to smile at the god, "I guess I'll see you tomorrow at your office?" He said, his head poking out of the door.
Kuro smiled and nods a little. "Rest well. I'll see you in the morning." Nyx wandered into Cai's room, making herself comfortable on the end of his bed, curling up into a little ball. Kuro waved a little before returning to wandering the halls. It had been nice to have someone join him for once, even if the conversation had been a bit dreary. He walked around the house twice before finally settling into bed for the evening. It wasn't like he was going to get much sleep either way.
Cai sighed as he closed the door behind him, grabbing some pajamas and heading into his bathroom and washing up, closing the door, before coming out twenty minutes later dressed for bed. Now he was exhausted and falling asleep on his feet. He collapsed onto his bed, before crawling into the bed. He curled up into a ball, before closing his eyes and slowly starting to fall asleep.
Kuro stared at the ceiling for a while before shutting his eyes and relaxing slowly. He didn't know when he finally fell asleep. But the moment that he did, it was once again time to wake up. He grunts softly and stands as he relaxes into his bed.
In the morning he was up as usual, in his office by the crack of dawn working. Amity brought him his usual morning tea and he gets back to his usual files.
Cai woke up a little late, not hearing his alarm ring the first time, but twenty minutes later, he felt Nyx pawing at him, trying to wake him up. The man jumped out of his bed and quickly got ready for the day, not eating the breakfast that had been placed outside his door, and rushed to Kuro's office. He bumped into a few other people who were walking down the halls, before nearly running into Amity. The dryad apologized quietly, before pushing the door open to the office. "I'm so sorry I'm sorry that I'm late sir." He said as he headed over to his desk, watching Nyx pad in behind him.
Kuro worked quietly, humming along with the radio as he worked. He glanced up when Cai came rushing into the office and cracked a smile. "It's alright. Just try not to be late again, hm?" He tilts his head before smiling. "Hello Nyx." She mewled softly in greeting before she settled beside Cai's feet. Amity enters the room with Cai's breakfast. "Food does not go to waste and breakfast is the most important meal. You're allowed to eat in the office." Amity scolds gently before exiting the office, leaving Cai's breakfast on the table.
Cai nodded as he began to straighten his desk up a bit, "Yes, sir, I am so sorry about that." He mumbled, trying to move things around to make space for the food that Amity had left on the table. He really didn't mind not eating breakfast, after all, he normally skipped that meal at the center so he could sleep in a bit more. But he didn't want to upset Amity, so he began to eat as he went through the folders, marking the papers and files that the god had told him to mark the day before.
"No, it's alright." He chuckles softly. "I don't blame you for sleeping in a little. We were walking around quite late into the night." He smiles softly before glancing up at Amity and nodding. She waves and leaves, heading off to her usual job. Kuro worked quietly for a moment before saying softly, "How did you sleep last night?" He asks quietly, petting Nyx as she settled into his lap.
Cai yawned a little before answering, "I slept well, I guess I was just so tired that I crashed right away. But then having Nyx wake me up was a surprise, I guess all those days of Tonto and I just waking up late in the day are gone." He said with a small laugh as he began to eat. Oh god, I really miss Tonto, it's a shame I wasn't allowed to bring him here with me. But I guess if I had, he might distract me from my work and such.
"Nyx is a cat that enjoys getting up in the mornings. Before she got attached to you she was waking me up the moment the 'sun' rose." He laughed a little bit, humming as he places his finished files into a bin and sighed softly. He stretched a little bit and scratched under her chin as he finished off his tea.
"Oh, that must be nice. Tonto and I were always late risers, and well I guess it's not so bad to be woken up so early. I mean, besides the fact that I nearly had a heart attack to feeling something pawing at my face it wasn't that bad." He said with a chuckle, finishing up his breakfast rather quickly. "Just out of curiousity, how many cats do you have?"
"That does sound rather nice, sleeping in." He chuckles quietly into his hand. "Everyone working here is allowed weekends off. So they can sleep in. For me, however, I like working." He shrugged. "So waking up early has become my routine. As for the amount of cats, I have 12, and counting. Most of the times, strays come to live here. Most of them are ones I've saved. Nyx was the most recent one that likes showing herself. Many don't like appearing but they're here."
"It is, although I do struggle at times with deciding to get out of bed or stay there for five more minutes. where I'm from the wintertime is freezing, and at times I have to make the horrible decision of getting out of bed and going to work at the center, or just staying in bed for the rest of the day. Sadly, I normally end up choosing to get out of bed, but every so often, I sleep in, then get yelled at by the other's who work at the center with me." He said with a chuckle, now beginning to focus on his work more as he began to speak to the god a bit less.
Kuro chuckles. "There are definitely moments where it's hard to get out of bed and face the world, plus beds are so nice and comfy." He laughs quietly to himself as he finishes another file. "Well. Sleeping in is fine here, so long as you get your required work done. Some people are more active at night, which is why I leave the office open at night, of course, it's rare for them to wander the halls. As long as everyone is fed, and has slept, I don't really care for when they come to work." He shrugs and smiles a little bit, focusing on his work.
