without fanfare; action&voice

[mongoosegrin]

[GOOD MORNING. guess who's got feet enough to move again! and it only took, what. a week? good times. though Alex hasn't gotten to prowling yet; he's on the angled roof of the Gilded Castle, the story he'd been holed up in; his feet are dangling in Edel's window as he lounges, trying to...egh...enjoy this too-close sunshine

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[voice]

[demonicbookworm]

[oh, Ruca knows this voice.

though he wishes he didn't.

and he debates with himself for a really long moment whether he should say something or not. He really just wants to stay away from this guy for as long as it’s possible, but...]

Why...?

[ why did you do that? why are you talking as if nothing happened? there is a lot of questions behind that "why"]

[mongoosegrin]

[a beat.

ah.

heh. all that work, and all the things that were botched because of it...and he can't even kill one monster. thanks for reminding him!]

I hardly know. I do not make the rules here, do I?

[demonicbookworm]

I know about that...

[He takes a moment to think about what he's going to say next. it isn't easy to talk to someone who killed you few days ago!]

But... this is not what I mean...

[pause.]

...Why are you acting as if nothing happened? [especially that--] You've hurt so many people... Didn't you say you cut only monsters? Then why? I’ve heard that you attacked practically everyone in your path...! [he doesn't sound angry... he sounds more as if he's going to cry actually.]

[mongoosegrin]

[a beat.

he feels very disinclined to explain himself to this boy, and keeps his responses vague, but true:] Something changed.

[demonicbookworm]

[honestly, if you killed only him, he wouldn't say anything and avoid you for the rest of his life, but since other people were involved...]

Something...? That means what...?

[mongoosegrin]

It means something.

[demonicbookworm]

[sigh.

okay, he's giving up with no idea how to even talk to this guy.]

...I...I don't care if you think I'm a monster and I don't care how many times you would try to kill me... But you also hurt other people... and that is unforgivable.

[mongoosegrin]

Is it? [his heart: hear it breaking for Ruca's lack of forgiveness.]

[demonicbookworm]

[not like he actually expected Alex to ask for any.]

It is!

[pausing for a longer moment.]

Just... just what makes anyone a monster anyway?

[mongoosegrin]

Many things. It is a, eh...[a small sigh.] versatile word. Yes.

[demonicbookworm]

Is not being human one of those things?

[He sighs again.]

...But you still don't believe I'm human, right?

[mongoosegrin]

[a laugh. ha. HA.]

Then there are no human monsters, are there? How interesting to say!

[demonicbookworm]

T-then... um, why do you think I'm one? It... it isn't a strange thing for humans to be able to use magic, is it?

[well, in Ruca's world it is.]

[mongoosegrin]

I know your smell. [a slight pause, jabbing:] And I do believe you know yourself. Otherwise, it is...most unfortunate. But changes little.

[demonicbookworm]

Smell?... [so it wasn't like Kid's ability at all.] So that must mean... you think I'm a monster because of who I was... [he muttered that more to himself actually.]

[mongoosegrin]

I do not think. [WOW UNDERSTATEMENTS RIGHT]

I know.