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 Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:39 pm
Sibyl had a book, yes a real book, and this one didn't even have pictures. It had words, nothing but words. Okay, there may have been one picture, but that was all! She was being a good ghoul and reading.
She'd just gone swimming, too. It wasn't that she was soaking wet, the ghoul was mostly dry, but her pelt was dripping water onto the pages.
The ghoul didn't seem to pay it any mind, she was humming happily as she walked back toward her dorm..or she thought it was toward her dorm. Sibyl wasn't exactly paying attention, she was busy reading.
She had no idea where she was going.
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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:53 pm
Zar sometimes had moments when being shut in that damn room all the time was too much to take, times when he had to simply leave the paperwork and the strict schedule behind and simply walk. Hooves weren't built for sitting for days on end and it was turning into a necessity that he kept himself at least somewhat fit. His outing with Calder and Barth had only driven home the value of nimble feet and speed.
He was on his way over to the main building when he came across a ghoul heinously mistreating a book, as far as he was concerned, getting paper damp was the worst thing you could do for it, at least fire didn't leave it misshapen and malformed.
"What are you doing?" he snapped, tail flicking behind him angrily.
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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:10 pm
The sudden voice startled her and she squeaked, the book falling from her hands as she jumped back. Oh no! The ghoul scrambled to catch the book, managing to grab a couple of pages, but the poor thing was too heavy to simply be held by a couple pieces of paper and the book fell anyway...pages still in hand.
Oh no.
"I..I was reading! Oh no oh no.." She picked up the book, looked at the pages in her hand, and..tried to put them back. Sibyl smoothed them out as best as she could, checking the page numbers and carefully sticking the pages where they needed to be. "There! Good as new." The book was closed and hugged to her chest as she turned to this new boil with a huge smile.
"HI~! I'm Sibyl! What's your name, friend?"
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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:22 pm
Zar was about to give Sibyl some very stern words about her deficient standards of literary care when she fumbled and dropped the book. He ducked to try and snatch it out of the air but his claws closed on nothing but air, and as the page tore, he cried out as if the pages had been torn out of him, high pitched and panicky, wings flapping uselessly in surprise.
"No no no! That poor book!" he completely ignored her greeting for a few moments as he stroked the book in her hands with his claws as if soothing it, completely ignoring the fact she had it close to her chest and the gesture was probably misinterpretable. His glare quickly iced over and with pupils narrowed to mere slits he looked her over. "A pleasure Sibyl.", he all but hissed her name about the least friendly greeting he could muster. "I am Zar."
"And you are entirely unsuited as a book owner or caretaker."
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 12:04 am
Whoa! He was really upset about something? Was it the book? It was an accident! Really! She didn't want to ruin the poor book, it'd been really good! Sibyl agreed though, poor book. She frowned and looked down at the boil's hands as he pet the book she was hugging. He really liked this book...
He had cool eyes! All her sadness over wrecking the book was gone in favor of how awesome his eyes were. Her eyes couldn't do that! It was like a kitty cat! But this boil didn't look like a kitty cat. Weird! Maybe he was a new kind? "It's nice to meet you, Zar!" New friends! Yay! Sibyl was grinning, about to suggest they hang out and do awesome things together like best friends until he said something..kind of mean.
"Oh..well...I don't own this book. I took it from the library and I really liked it. I didn't mean to drop it. It was an accident." Sibyl looked down at the book and then up at Zar again. "Are you a book monster? That's so cool!" The light of the pumpkin sun reflected off the pearls and shells in her hair, making it appear like the ghoul was almost sparkling.
Ruined book? What ruined book?
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 6:41 am
Zar was absolutely furious, and though his expression was one of tight and unshakable control for the moment, there was definitely something frazzled around the edges about him. His tail was also decidedly reminiscent of a cat about to flip out and scratch someone's eyes out. "It's not even your book!?!" he gave her about the sternest look he could manage. "You were already dripping all over it! Even before you dropped it and ruined it." It was difficult not to just strike her to see if he could fix her like a broken skellyvision.
"No I'm not a book monster. I'm an incubus actually. I just... have a very strong affinity with paperwork and books." The force of his sheer not impressed aura was pretty far reaching. "Stop that." he snapped, waving a claw. "The overeager friendliness is offensive to my senses."
"But yes. You do not get paper wet, it ruins it and makes it ugly. And those torn pages are why you do not walk and read!"
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 9:25 am
Whoa, he was really mad! She ruined the book? Oh dear...he was right! She ruined the book! "But I put the pages back.." So that meant the book was fixed! Maybe if she used glue? Just so the pages wouldn't come out again. But an Incubus! That was really cool! She'd never met one before! Sibyl didn't meet many demons.
"That's really cool! Can you like, change into things? Ohohoh! Do you do naughty things with ghouls?!" The last question was said in an almost whisper, more like a stage whisper than anything. That was what an Incubus did though, right? Naughty things. That must get awkward sometimes. What if the ghoul didn't want to? What if he didn't like the ghoul but he had to because he was an Incubus? The snap to stop did surprise her, throwing her off her groove just enough. Overeager friendliness? But why? "But I'm just being nice!" Sibyl protested, looking confused. "It's how I was raised. Treat everyone nice and they treat you nice back! I like making friends with everyone~!" Everyone would love her just as she loved them.
"Okay! I won't walk and read anymore! I promise."
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 10:14 am
Zar gave the stricken book a dismal look. "That is like tearing someone's arm off and putting it back in their sleeve to call it mended."
He rolled his eyes and explained "Naughty things. I suppose. Ghouls and boils, and anything else in between. In theory anyway, I don't get involved in that messy business generally. I have trained those desires into other more constructive directions, primarily paperwork. And I can change into one thing. Not very interesting but useful. A human."
Even despite his instinct to answer with factual data, it didn't alter his opinion of Sibyl and the irritation remained as he narrowed his eyes. "I was raised to be aware that no one is nice without expecting some kind of gain in return. You are not getting anything from me."
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 10:34 am
"I become a human too!" Sibyl was smiling again, doing a little turn for Zar to show off her human appearance. The only thing that set her apart from a normal human was her freckles looking too large to be normal freckles, really. And her eyes were too blue.
Sibyl couldn't accept what Zar was saying. It just wasn't right. That wasn't how you treated people, treating them nice just so you could have something from them. "I just want to be your friend! I want to be everyone's friend, because everyone deserves to have at least one. And if I can be that one then it's all awesome and yay!" She paused, looking down at the book and then up at Zar again.
She held the book out to Zar. "A present for my friend!"
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 6:58 pm
Zar didn't look impressed with Sibyl's friendly statement about her very human appearance, it might even have been an edge of jealousy. "Well I had to work for it." he said bitterly, tempted for just a moment to demonstrate the form for her before self conciousness stopped him. Calder had said he had no style and wasn't attractive and he worried the kelpie was right, his human shape was meant to be his hunting shape, the epitome of what he stood for, and there was a good risk even it was terrible.
His nonplussed look didn't budge as he replied. "Someone who is friends with everyone, is friends with no one." Taking the book with a sad sort of reverence he explained. "It is like an Incubus who will love anyone for gain, as part of what he is. He'll never really love anyone."
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 12:09 pm
Sibyl was confused by Zar's words. Friends with...no one? But..that didn't make sense. She frowned, tilting her head to one side. That really didn't make sense. If she was everyone's friend, she was everyone's friend! She loved everyone equally! "But I do love everyone. And I want them to love me too." Because what wasn't there to love? Sibyl was amazing!
Friend Zar seemed sad. Maybe no one loved him. Well...then Sibyl would love him enough to make up for everyone who didn't love Friend Zar!
Sibyl's solution began with a sudden hug.
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Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 7:01 am
Zar was about to give Sibyl a lecture on the harsh realities of the world and how simply throwing friendship at people was not an effective tactic to actually make friends with when she hugged him. He froze up, under the suit surprisingly bony and emaciated and for just a moment was at a complete loss of what to do. Sibyl had essentially broken him temporarily.
When he finally got his brain going, he tried to pry her off. "Unhand me you soggy cretin!" he barked. "That is a form of assault I will have you know and I could send you a very sternly worded letter on the merits of personal space and the issues of contravening said space."
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Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 4:48 pm
It seemed Friend Zar would need a sandwich or twelve. Sibyl could help with that, she would bring Zar lunch every day if she had to! It was a burden she was willing to take on for love and friendship. The attempt to pry her off did not go unnoticed. What was a cretin? Sibyl didn't let go but she did look very confused. A sternly worded letter? Merits? "You say funny things."
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Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 3:21 pm
Zar got progressively more and most distraught and rattled the longer Sibyl held onto him, clenching his hands tightly in case he accidentally touched her. His tail though had entirely the opposite idea and gave her an enthusiastic hug. Maybe too enthusiastic given the strength in its coil.
"Oh for goodness sake, now you've gotten it started."
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Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 9:04 pm
The sudden press of being hugged did actually surprise Sibyl, but mostly because it didn't feel like hands and it was really tight. She almost couldn't breathe.. ...Okay, make that she couldn't breathe. Sibyl let out a breathless laugh at Zar's words, pushing against the boil to try and free herself from the hug. Gotten it started? Oh, it was his tail. Did he not control it? How weird. Owwiiiiies..! Baneful I'M SORRY I HAD NO IDEA YOU TAGGED QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ
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