09-11-2020, 04:55 AM
GOTTA TAKE SOME TIME TO REALIZE
THAT MY FRIENDS THEY COME
AND THE LINES THEY GO BY
Stranger.
May he had plucked from the ceaseless stream of thought populating crown adorned in faux regalia amusement would all the beast receive. Among rotting boards he had lived for a year, more if his calculations and poorly kept tallies had been corrected, not of them but an outsider. Befitting that for outsider along shore dwellers had he been as well, the lesser liked among trio, pitied and despised dependent on whose opinion one asked for. Here, at least, all were reduced to such, aside pushed until the outskirts claimed them where time had wrought its terrible consequences.
Slowed his tread with the ringing vocalisation, a sound heard if at distance, call not meant for him but that which scattered with stolen feast. Annoyance was brief, surfacing along severe curl across dark lips, the smoke hued feline already formulating a response. Words died upon tongue, however, fractional the widening of eyes as vision beheld the boss, as he cared to deem himself, known only by snippets he had picked up from those he met in passing. At the least somewhat his preparations for this meeting, one he knew was necessary in due time, but he had not thought he would be caught unawares.
"You got a healer hidden in all that fluff or are you just big boned." Poor may be the result of rather senseless joke, yet such was a more pleasant thing to settle upon than the creeping terror encircling constricted chest. Reminded of the prior transgressions downward diverted his attention, looked upon the sluggish stream crimson wove along pale flesh. "Had worse, comes with being an older timer." Punctured his words with direct contact, held if only for a moment.
Cruel the reconnection, time not the healer befitting the closure of all wounds as some had grown fond of deeming it, rather it seemed an accelerant, ever festering the deeply down rot.
Thoughtless the placement of once aloft held paw, tip of tongue caged to halt any further outburst that may arise alongside the agony licking along broken skin. Grateful was Toad, at the least, for the distraction as once more observed the sustained wound. Never enough time. Forced upon the flame hued feline his narrowed eyes, false the smile painted along dark lips, jovial the lilt he injected into ground out words.
"Long time no see, Rhine." Heavy sat the word for the brief time it lingered against his tongue, barely snuffed out the desire simply to leave as though he bore any right to such. "Funny seeing you here," empty chatter, something to push further back the need to explain even as words crept up his throat, attention flicking once more over to Vaas, an imposing intruder within a conversation he wished not to have. "Yeah, things… Didn't exactly go as planned." More was there Toad knew he must speak, apologises and lies building behind closed teeth.
"I can explain." No , he couldn't, but Rhine at least deserved an attempt.
May he had plucked from the ceaseless stream of thought populating crown adorned in faux regalia amusement would all the beast receive. Among rotting boards he had lived for a year, more if his calculations and poorly kept tallies had been corrected, not of them but an outsider. Befitting that for outsider along shore dwellers had he been as well, the lesser liked among trio, pitied and despised dependent on whose opinion one asked for. Here, at least, all were reduced to such, aside pushed until the outskirts claimed them where time had wrought its terrible consequences.
Slowed his tread with the ringing vocalisation, a sound heard if at distance, call not meant for him but that which scattered with stolen feast. Annoyance was brief, surfacing along severe curl across dark lips, the smoke hued feline already formulating a response. Words died upon tongue, however, fractional the widening of eyes as vision beheld the boss, as he cared to deem himself, known only by snippets he had picked up from those he met in passing. At the least somewhat his preparations for this meeting, one he knew was necessary in due time, but he had not thought he would be caught unawares.
"You got a healer hidden in all that fluff or are you just big boned." Poor may be the result of rather senseless joke, yet such was a more pleasant thing to settle upon than the creeping terror encircling constricted chest. Reminded of the prior transgressions downward diverted his attention, looked upon the sluggish stream crimson wove along pale flesh. "Had worse, comes with being an older timer." Punctured his words with direct contact, held if only for a moment.
Cruel the reconnection, time not the healer befitting the closure of all wounds as some had grown fond of deeming it, rather it seemed an accelerant, ever festering the deeply down rot.
Thoughtless the placement of once aloft held paw, tip of tongue caged to halt any further outburst that may arise alongside the agony licking along broken skin. Grateful was Toad, at the least, for the distraction as once more observed the sustained wound. Never enough time. Forced upon the flame hued feline his narrowed eyes, false the smile painted along dark lips, jovial the lilt he injected into ground out words.
"Long time no see, Rhine." Heavy sat the word for the brief time it lingered against his tongue, barely snuffed out the desire simply to leave as though he bore any right to such. "Funny seeing you here," empty chatter, something to push further back the need to explain even as words crept up his throat, attention flicking once more over to Vaas, an imposing intruder within a conversation he wished not to have. "Yeah, things… Didn't exactly go as planned." More was there Toad knew he must speak, apologises and lies building behind closed teeth.
"I can explain." No , he couldn't, but Rhine at least deserved an attempt.
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