08-04-2018, 03:13 AM
[align=center][div style="borderwidth=0px; width: 55%; line-height:115%; text-align: justify;font-family: calibri;"]There was a schedule to a lot of Desperado's madness, a carefully and meticulously kept plan that kept him going when nothing else could. The mornings were spent for patrolling, as was mid-day and the evenings, but everything between that was left for other practices. Hopefully, during at least three of the days in a week, there was room in his schedule for the sleep he barely ever got... and that night, he was finally getting the shut eye he needed.
Until the bell, of course. At first he ignored it, tried to chase after the fading remnants of the empty darkness he had embraced, but eventually Gabriel's voice cut through any and all attempts at returning, and so he got up, obviously displeased until his head poked out of the hut. There was no smile, but he still carried himself with ease towards the two near the gate, wondering why he of all people got mail and, more importantly, why.
The answer was not one he wanted.
The moment he was close enough to see what was in Gabriel's claws, his tongue suddenly felt heavy in his mouth, which had proceeded to run dry the moment the pendant caught his eyes. For a moment he considered the logistics of grabbing the pendant from out of Gabriel's talons and flinging it as far into the water as he could (then probably himself) but figured that it would end up proving to be far worse than simply accepting it.
It was the one piece of jewelry he never wanted to wear.
"Did any of you see who brought it?" the question was more of a sharp command, eyes flickering from Gabriel to Junji in a way that was obviously panicked as he lunged to take the small item from out of the former's grip. No one else knew what it meant, of course, but that didn't stop him from being overly cautious and protective upon instinct. He was jumpy, anxious, very quickly bordering aggressive... and obviously far from the Des that anyone had yet to know.
He didn't dare place the necklace around his neck, however, placing it roughly on the ground under him as if it carried the plague itself inside of it's dark crystal.
Until the bell, of course. At first he ignored it, tried to chase after the fading remnants of the empty darkness he had embraced, but eventually Gabriel's voice cut through any and all attempts at returning, and so he got up, obviously displeased until his head poked out of the hut. There was no smile, but he still carried himself with ease towards the two near the gate, wondering why he of all people got mail and, more importantly, why.
The answer was not one he wanted.
The moment he was close enough to see what was in Gabriel's claws, his tongue suddenly felt heavy in his mouth, which had proceeded to run dry the moment the pendant caught his eyes. For a moment he considered the logistics of grabbing the pendant from out of Gabriel's talons and flinging it as far into the water as he could (then probably himself) but figured that it would end up proving to be far worse than simply accepting it.
It was the one piece of jewelry he never wanted to wear.
"Did any of you see who brought it?" the question was more of a sharp command, eyes flickering from Gabriel to Junji in a way that was obviously panicked as he lunged to take the small item from out of the former's grip. No one else knew what it meant, of course, but that didn't stop him from being overly cautious and protective upon instinct. He was jumpy, anxious, very quickly bordering aggressive... and obviously far from the Des that anyone had yet to know.
He didn't dare place the necklace around his neck, however, placing it roughly on the ground under him as if it carried the plague itself inside of it's dark crystal.
♔ — I want brimstone in my garden