recession | scawwy ✦ karlach cliffgate

I wasn't expecting to be.

[ 'What did you expect stepping in-between Vin and a BUSTER SWORD held by an AXE-CRAZY WOMAN' that's the problem he didn't think that through. Sure he knows monster possession means people go batshit but damn, he didn't think Aqua would just go off that hard. ]

...Thank you, for stopping him. It could've ended worse if you hadn't.

[huffs at the first part, but:]

... Yeah. I just - we can't all kill each other over and over, you know? It looked like a chain was going to set off and I needed to make sure.

That, and I love the little snot. I wanted him safe. [mathis is her sonboy boyson]

[ God. He's back to that thousand-yard stare again. Everything is so awful all of the time. ]

I'm glad you're still here. And you're there for him.

[it's very silly but this makes her very happy, and it's obvious.]

I'm glad I am too. That he's got people. [a sigh.] That's all I can do here. Can't rage, but I can give a mean hug.

[ He doesn't know how berserkers work so this just sounds like a funny sentence to him. ]

Well... yeah.

I'd prefer you to not rage. That's scary.

[ He's not above admitting the obvious. Aqua was already so much, fucking 7' ~~devil woman~~ tiefling tank raging out would be horrific. ]

[HELP she laughs at that.]

It is, actually! I'm a scary motherfucker. [she says sitting on the ground with her tail practically wagging like okay, you sure aren't right now] Maybe if we can figure out how to get free, you can unleash me on the cultists. They could use a good beatdown.

[ YOU CAN BE TWO THINGS. In another world where I am playing Marcoh against Karlach... ]

Okay, well. That's fine... probably.

I'm beyond advising against violence towards them anymore.

[looks him up like oh a boxer i'm a fan of punch wizards]

Serve 'em right for taking good people from us, over and over. [it's a little more somber, but.] Sometimes violence is the answer.

[i'm a good person but i'm about to start throwing rocks at people]

[ I love him, he canonically loves frogs/toads? This is important to me. ]

Gonna be nice and not answer that. See no evil, as they say.

[ Closes his eye (again). ]

[OUGH I ALSO LOVE HIM

snort. she sprawls a little further on her edge of the bed and the floor. famine called her "a dog that doesn't realize it's too big to sit in your lap" and i still think is the funniest thing in the world.]

It's not evil if you're getting rid of evil, but I appreciate you looking away from my various crimes.

...

Hardly my place to judge others on grounds of crime and violence anymore...

Sometimes you can't avoid it. You do what you've got to.

Really, though, I'd be screwed if you got mad about me ripping apart demons for ten years.

I'm not the law, or any sort of moral authority figure, Karlach.

I've practically participated in a bloodbath compared to what my father-in-law's done.

My judgment means very little.

Yeah, but I want you to like me, so that's important.

[she's grinning a little, not being like wildly serious.]

I'm not judging you either, for what it's worth.

Sometimes I wonder if it would be easier if you just did.

[her tail slaps at the floor.]

What's that about, huh?

...

Nothing.

You're just all... exceptionally tolerant and understanding.

[ This game really is full of nice guys. ]

Because most of us have been through some shit and can't exactly gotcha you.

Don't make me pep talk you, you'll hate it. [teasing!!]

Are you sure you don't want one instead?

[tail flick...]

You think I need one?

Just putting it out there that you always seem to be the one offering.

[she glances at him, and then closes her eyes, resting the side of her head against her folded arms.]

It might be nice to hear one instead of give one every once in a while, sure.

...

[ Well, he knows he said it but he never claimed to be any good at it. Still, he just lies down here with his eye closed, silent for a moment. And although his tone is its usual somewhat noteless delivery, there is a frank sincerity to it. ]

You've been doing well, Karlach. Things are rough, but... I really do admire your ability to find it in you to be upbeat, still.

Chin up, right? It's not over until it is.

[maybe he is or maybe he isn't, but a little encouragement helps more than she thought it would. she exhales slow, tail curling in to settle around her ankles.]

Thanks.

[small, and genuine.]

You're right, it's not over. I'm still going.

Thatta girl.

[ Just flops an arm over the edge of his bed that sort of pats her somewhere on the arm. There there. ]

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