He looks back at what he's sunken into, scooping his hands up through it. He lets a few of the balls tumble into the pile before looking at Zel again.]
I'm okay. It's... a ballpit? They're all over the bar.
[He shifts positions in the collection of balls, seeing if he can stand. Oh. It's... a little less deep here than it seems. They reach about his knees once he's on his feet. He sweeps his leg through them.]
It's supposed to be fun.
[He wades out farther, and the balls rise up a bit over the knees. He scoops some up in his hands and chunks them back at Zel.]
He watches Zel turn around to leave him (valid), only to slip and come crashing down into the bar ball pit. He startles. BUDDY... Quickly, he wades through after Zel.]
Hold on!
[It's just plastic balls, but he shoves both hands into them to get a hold of Zel and hoist him back up. H... HOIST....? HOOOOOOOOOOOIST. Oh my God, this bastard is so heavy. STRUGGLING. He's too nerfed for this.]
[amazing. gold star for trying, akira. zel was almost just going to stay there, lying at the bottom of this ball pit, thinking about where his life has gone... but it looks like he's getting hoisted up, and he might as well put in the effort to stand the rest of the way.]
... Yeah... I know. I'm one-third rock golem, so...
[well, so much for keeping his dignity and skipping the bar. he's like halfway to the bar counter now, so he'll wade the rest of the way through the sea of balls to pour himself a beer.]
[He stands there, debating on what he wants to say in response. It's familiar. It's familiar, and he is by far one of the most empathetic people here, so it gnaws at him from the inside.]
...Someone convinced me to be stronger to fight demons hiding on Earth. So I did. It turned me into something else.
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He just watches him go down... then sighs and crouches by the edge of the stairs to look down at him.]
... You okay?
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He looks back at what he's sunken into, scooping his hands up through it. He lets a few of the balls tumble into the pile before looking at Zel again.]
I'm okay. It's... a ballpit? They're all over the bar.
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[This is a new concept to this ye olde. He stares at it, his gaze tracing a path to the actual bar counter.]
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[He shifts positions in the collection of balls, seeing if he can stand. Oh. It's... a little less deep here than it seems. They reach about his knees once he's on his feet. He sweeps his leg through them.]
It's supposed to be fun.
[He wades out farther, and the balls rise up a bit over the knees. He scoops some up in his hands and chunks them back at Zel.]
They're plastic.
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Hmph... Doesn't look like my idea of "fun." If getting to the bar is going to be that much of a hassle, I'll just find somewhere else.
[He turns on his heel to leave, his cape swishing behind him. He's too cool for this.]
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His foot slides right out from under him and he immediately falls backward into the ball pit.
He just sinks right down into the sea of plastic balls.]
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He watches Zel turn around to leave him (valid), only to slip and come crashing down into the bar ball pit. He startles. BUDDY... Quickly, he wades through after Zel.]
Hold on!
[It's just plastic balls, but he shoves both hands into them to get a hold of Zel and hoist him back up. H... HOIST....? HOOOOOOOOOOOIST. Oh my God, this bastard is so heavy. STRUGGLING. He's too nerfed for this.]
You... weight... a ton...!
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... Yeah... I know. I'm one-third rock golem, so...
[Y'know. Heavy. He's up now, though.]
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R-Rock... golem...?!
[Thankfully, Zel does most of the work, so he heaves a huge sigh of relief after. It's so frustrating... to not be stronger...]
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[well, so much for keeping his dignity and skipping the bar. he's like halfway to the bar counter now, so he'll wade the rest of the way through the sea of balls to pour himself a beer.]
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He watches Zel wade to the bar, then follows after.]
So... you were just born one?
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N-no! Of course not.
[It's not necessarily Akira's fault if he doesn't know that you cannot (or really, should not) fuck a rock golem, but.]
... I'm human. I was turned into this form some years ago.
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Sorry. [No one believes Akira is a good boy, only a weird, feet-smelling one. But he apologizes.] ...I understand.
You didn't want it to happen...?
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... No.
I was presented with an offer of power, and it's true that I desired strength... but I didn't know it would come at the cost of my humanity.
I was a fool.
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[He stands there, debating on what he wants to say in response. It's familiar. It's familiar, and he is by far one of the most empathetic people here, so it gnaws at him from the inside.]
...Someone convinced me to be stronger to fight demons hiding on Earth. So I did. It turned me into something else.
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... Something else?
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A demon possessed me, but I overpowered him. So now I'm both. A demon with the heart of a human.
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That's... incredible, frankly.
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I don’t know how to explain it to you… other than I kept my heart, so I think that helped me.
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... Do you regret it? Being changed like that.
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...A little. I liked being strong enough to fight the demons, but my life and the ones I cared about were the exchange.
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My family, the people most important to me... They didn't make it.
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