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ɢʀᴀɴᴅᴍᴀsᴛᴇʀ ᴋᴜᴀɪ ʟɪᴀɴɢ | "SUB-ZERO" ([personal profile] paletteswap) wrote2019-06-21 11:39 pm
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Kombat will settle this.
callada: (se siente bien estar aquí)

[personal profile] callada 2019-12-25 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
[He's known for a while, he thought. Suspected, certainly, but the kind of suspicion that doesn't actually really need confirmation. It's sweet, though. Maybe bittersweet, given the circumstances.]

Wish I'd gotten to know him better while he was here, but he seemed to keep to himself. Not that I blame him. Dying isn't an easy thing.

[He refills his glass, and hovers the bottle near Kuai's. There's still whiskey if he wants it; otherwise, plenty of other things to drink at the bar.]
callada: (sit and wait a while)

[personal profile] callada 2019-12-27 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
I guess he would, given the nature of your world's Netherrealm, but yes. This is still different.

[And he can't imagine it ever gets easier. He's died three times himself now and only the second time was quick and painless. Wouldn't it be nice if they were all like that? But he doesn't mention it, not wanting Kuai to have to remember exact circumstances of his - ... boyfriend?'s death.

The world feels more appropriate for young people, but oh well. It's staying in his own head.]


Sorry, this probably isn't helping any. We all have people we miss, though, and sometimes it's nicer to think about those good memories than the things around us here.
callada: (just the usual heroics)

[personal profile] callada 2019-12-31 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
They were.

[He had braced himself for Kuai to ask about his own good memories from home and was already sorting through ones safe to talk about, or ready to invent new ones as needed, so it's a relief when instead he decides to focus on their current surroundings. Yes, good choice. Much preferred.]

Mary is a lot of fun to have around. One of the first things she did was insist we put our handprints in paint on the door to the room we share. Every time I see how much smaller hers is, I smile.
callada: (me abandonó sin avisar)

[personal profile] callada 2019-12-31 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
Does she? I haven't spoken to her in a while. I think I accidentally frightened her off. She's a good kid too, though. Smart.

[Maybe he'll have to message her sometime, see how she's doing. It's hard to keep tabs on every single person here, but if anyone's going to try, it's him.]
callada: (se siente bien estar aquí)

[personal profile] callada 2020-01-01 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
[Doesn't he fucking know it. Teenagers are something else. They can still be smart, though, but - yeah, moody, don't always make the best choices.]

That was months ago, though. If that's the worst she's done, then she's doing all right. Did you ever find out what happened to her? Why she was so intent on guarding it?
callada: (dress best in boldly-striped sweaters)

[personal profile] callada 2020-01-03 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Right, Kuai wouldn't. Too noble. If someone says not to do something, he just doesn't do it, apparently. Just how did the man become a leader of his caliber and stay there for so long? As nice as the thought of someone in charge being so kind is, he just can't quite imagine it usually works like that.]

She was too tenacious for it to just be something embarrassing. She has something she's afraid of us finding out. I wish I had tried harder to learn it when it was an option, in case it's something genuinely dangerous to us.
callada: (se siente bien estar aquí)

[personal profile] callada 2020-01-04 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[Right, shadow powers. He seems to recall having heard that some time go, but never really followed up on it. Coraline is hard to find, and it isn't as if he goes out of his way to look.]

I haven't seen her use them. What sort of things can she do, do you know?
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[personal profile] callada 2020-01-05 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
[Rosinante, meanwhile, is failing. It's hardly his fault - he's drinking at a normal enough pace, but he's just big. Probably should go harder. Got to match Kuai. Time to top off his glass again, and then Kuai's while he's at it. Would be rude not to.]

Formless, but they can interact?

[He's trying to picture what that means, but the alcohol has at least made his mind fuzzy enough to make that kind of difficult. Oh well - he shrugs, not actually needing a real explanation because a more interesting topic just came up.]

Explain his powers to me, instead, since you know them better.
callada: (lurk moar)

[personal profile] callada 2020-01-09 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
I see. Formidable and dangerous in a place full of darkness. You might not realize he's about to attack.

[So, point taken, he'll be extra cautious next time they have a run-in. Hopefully, the caution won't be needed, but the last time they spoke, Bi-han threatened both him and everyone who was asleep, and it's had him slightly on edge whereas before he simply found the man irritating.

He frowns, and levels his gaze at Kuai. Real talk, bro.]


What do you think the odds are that he would harm people here, directly or otherwise?
callada: (se siente bien estar aquí)

[personal profile] callada 2020-01-10 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
By you?

[He knows a thing or two about that. It's hard being the one to shoulder such a burden, but he knows in his case, he wouldn't have wanted anyone else to have to suffer through those long years of silence and feigned cooperation. He knew Doflamingo better than anyone - knew who he was, who he could be, not who those twisted, hideous followers of his wanted him to be.

Maybe it was naive, but he can see why Kuai would want to manage his own brother despite the potential risk involved.]


If you ever need any help, let me know. I'm sure I don't have his strength, can't compete with his powers, but if an emergency situation comes up, I wouldn't want to just stand by and let him do what he likes. Hopefully, though, he'll remain unprovoked.
callada: (sit and wait a while)

[personal profile] callada 2020-01-12 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
No, I'm sure. Nobody wants that.

[Surely that deserves another deep drink. Finally, he thinks, it's starting to hit him and he slouches heavily back in his seat on the pillow. Please be at least tipsy, he begs mentally to nobody in particular. It's been a long time since he really felt like he could forget what's going on around them.

Poor Kuai, though. Rosinante just isn't a very fun drunk and it's showing, it seems. He's just getting quieter and more frowny. Eventually he tops off his glass again, sloppily spilling some on the table - but that's just normal for him.]
callada: (protec my weird pirate son)

[personal profile] callada 2020-01-12 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Even when I'm not thinking about this place, I'm stuck thinking about home. What I could've done differently.

[There's no escaping those thoughts. Hazily, he regrets saying that too, for that's a subject he never brings up if he can help it, but alcohol does tend to loosen the tongue.

Six months here, now. Half a year gone by and every day he misses the kid. He's found people here he can somewhat trust, he has plenty to keep him busy and so much to work toward for all of them, but the heartache doesn't ever lessen.]

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