i WAITED FOR YOU, i WAITED SO LONG,

[toreadorkabull]

Who: Tavros and Gamzee and ?? oh my
Where: The Island
When: 4/5
Status: Open


Tavros had waited.

For an entire day he'd sat in the plaza and waited, diligently and faithfully, for The Summoner to return. Even when the sun was high enough to start bothering him, the most he did was shift to follow the shade.

The longer he waited, the more frustrated he'd get, but he fought off the burning behind his eyes and was mostly successful. His lower half might be metal but by the time the night rolled on again his lower back and shoulders were aching from remaining mostly immobile.

Where is he?

Lysunder should have been back by now. Tavros was getting frustrated an impatient, until he forced himself back up onto his robot legs. He'd had all day to think and worry and fret and roll things around in his mind until they twisted in on themselves and didn't make sense anymore. A chorus of what if what if what if what if had become his constant companion, regardless of who came to talk with him.

What if he hadn't died? That could be why he didn't come back, right? What if he was still out there, hurting and needing help and he'd been sitting around doing nothing? He'd still hadn't eaten properly, to sick to his stomach, but he'd decided to head up to the island to search for his 'Dad', and no one was going to change his mind.

((ooc: feel free to poke at him while he's waiting around in the plaza, or whatever you'd like.))

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[420]

"Bro, wait up."

Gamzee understood it. He'd been there before; perhaps not in Tavros' exact place, but close enough. He too had lost people he cared about to Vatheon's capricious whims. Some only for a short time, but others had been pulled forever. So when Tavros hadn't come back the whole day, it got a dude's worry on. Especially without there being any sort of 'Yo, back' post from Summoner. And Darkleer had been continuously glum as well. A quick glance at the list had made the lack of Summoner's name there quite glaring, but you know what, fuck lists. Lists could be wrong. Miracles could still happen. Just cause he weren't on a list, weren't any sort of good motherfuckin' reason to give up. Besides, his bro looked like he needed him.

He jogged after Tavros until he could catch up with him, making sure to stay out of smack radius of those horns. "You wanna a fuckin' hand?"

[toreadorkabull]

Tavros hadn't looked at the list. He didn't want to look at the list. He knew full well that there was a chance Lysunder's name wasn't going to be on it, but if he didn't see it then it wasn't real. If it wasn't real then it would be easier to believe that he could find the older troll.

The most he did was turn his head to look back at Gamzee, but he doesn't stop, stomping along with a single minded determination. "I, uh... would appreciate it. We need to find him, as fast as possible."

[420]

Gamzee reaches over, laying one hand on Tavros' shoulder and giving it a comforting squeeze. He gets it, man. He does. "Aight, I hear ya. You gonna all like check at the motherfuckin' island?"

[toreadorkabull]

"That's w-where I'm going to start, yes." He appreciates the company, he really does. He's been more than a little out of sorts since Lysunder went missing. "He, uh... has to be, somewhere."

[420]

"Yeah! Maybe he just up and got fuckin' lost or some shit all like that." He drapes his arm around Tavros' shoulders, leaning close. "No worries, yeah. We'll fuckin' find him if he is to be fuckin' found. Maybe you can be asking the animals, yeah? They might be in the know on some stuff."

[toreadorkabull]

"I, uh.. I have been trying that, but none around here know anything. So I am going to try again, up on the island." In all honesty, he's grateful to have Gamzee with him. It seemed to make it just a fraction easier. "I think that maybe he, must be badly hurt somewhere."

[420]

"Maybe yeah. He wouldn't all be about leaving you to your motherfuckin' lonesome for any other reason." Well, you know, that or he is gone, but Gamzee figures it is better to just let Tavros slowly come to accept that himself. He knows what it is like. It is hard either way, but it is a little easier to just let the idea sink in slowly while trying to do anything you can than to just point blank be told. "Maybe if he got laid into, whatever beast what know been scared and hiding. We just gotta find them."

[toreadorkabull]

He knows. Somewhere deep down he knows but he's desperately trying not to be the kind of person who just sits back and takes it anymore, just accepts the horrible things because he can't do anything to stop it. He just has this tendency to overdo it when trying. "Birds and, uh... r-rodents, are the best at seeing and finding out hidden things. So I'll see, if there are any that w-will help."

do you kinda wanna gloss over a lot of their search? to keep things flowing.

[420]

"There's always a whole motherfuckin' bunch of featherbeasts up at the lake there. Maybe they be knowing some shit." Probably not, but you never know. Miracles could happen. You just had to hope for them.