tiir rumibul; oo8

[contemptibility]

Who: Bitty!Tiir & you!
Where: Somewhere on the streets.
When: Towards the beginning of the curse.
Style: [preferably sob]
Status: Open!

[Rather than what some of the other young children are doing, Tiir doesn't cry when he finds himself in an unfamiliar situation. Once it sinks in that he doesn't know where he is or how he got here (and why is he surrounded by humans?), he pauses—and then it hits him.

And once it does, rather than cry, he screams.

So, anyone passing by will likely see/hear the kid on his knees, eyes glowing red with him clutching his head and screaming as if it were the end of the world. Which it almost is for him, really.]

Why!? Why can't I—!?

[Why can't he hear it? There are humans everywhere, so he should hear the voice, telling him to devour them all—and yet his mind is empty.

Whywhywhywhy—]

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[asea]

[Walter is just about to pass this noisy child, his gaze stony, when a flicker of red catches in the corner of his eyes. He stops and looks down.

Black hair, black clothes, red eyes. Maybe an acquaintance. Or a kin.

And Walter is stepping around, circling the child and standing before him. His boots might come into Tiir's vision, but he says nothing yet. Just waits for the screams to die down, perhaps, or for his presence to be noted.]

[contemptibility]

[Even in Tiir's distress, it doesn't take him long at all to notice Walter's presence. You don't survive by being careless, after all.

His head snaps up, his eyes still glowing brightly as he glares at Walter, his expression a sharp question.

What do you want?]

[asea]

[It's a child's face, but the features are striking. Familiar enough. Whether it's resemblance or yet to grow into whom he knows . . .

Flatly:] How long are you going to sit there? That noise will attract more humans.

[contemptibility]

[Equally flatly—]

Then I'll kill them.

[There's a brief pause, before he adds:]

Why aren't you afraid?

[asea]

[If this child is anything like Tiir, that would entail mangling corpses and putting his mouth to them. Previous encounters had spoken for the act.

He turns aside.]

Feast on the natives if you're inclined to do that. They won't care.

[And he doesn't care what you do.]

[contemptibility]

Like you'd have a choice.

[Though he doesn't move and instead stares at Walter with a guarded look.]

[asea]

[A pointed stare back. Yes, he would.]

I'm different.

[contemptibility]

How?

[... There's no voice in his head, after all, telling him if this is a lowly human he should devour.]

[asea]

[How should he know? He doesn't know Tiir's exact standards.He doesn't care enough to dig that deep.]

Would you believe me?

[It's a slight accusation.]

[contemptibility]

[He just shrugs. He doesn't know of anyone else like him, after all.]

[asea]

[Another beat.

Shaking his head, more to himself than to Tiir, Walter draws back to leave. This is hardly worth anything.]

[booyaka_boom]

*Well, well, well, isn't this familiar? Only this time, Selphie can boot the little kid if she needs to, instead of getting kicked around. Course, she wouldn't really, would she? She stands in front of him, leaning down, trying to catch his eyes*

Hey! Hey, mister! You're gonna hurt yourself screaming like that!

[contemptibility]

[At that, he stops, giving Selphie a dark look, as his eyes continue to glow. His body tenses—ready to strike at any moment.

He might be young, but he's far from helpless, at least.]

What do you care?

[booyaka_boom]

*Selphie, as much as she registers those glowing eyes and those tense shoulders, remains as relaxed-looking as is possible*

You seem upset, is all. It's not fair for anyone to be upset.

[contemptibility]

[... Does she not realize? That he's not human? That he's a 'monster'?

Maybe she's just stupid. Or crazy.]

Like you know anything.

[booyaka_boom]

*Well, yes, she does. But this is Selphie, and all that is irrelevant. Sorry, mini-Tiir*

Hmm...lemme think about that. I'm not the cleverest person you'll ever meet, but I maybe know more than you think.

[contemptibility]

[Curtly—]

Humans always think that.

[booyaka_boom]

*Okay, iccle-Tiir. Selphie's just gonna play along now*

Yeah. I guess we do. We kinda suck, huh?

[contemptibility]

[... Wait. She's agreeing?

Weird.

... No, she's probably just trying to trick him—]

What do you want?

[booyaka_boom]

*Yupp. Sorry, Tiir, she's just going to keep on agreeing*

We-ell.. Apart from the boring usual human things to want like food and a hug.. I was wondering why you seem so angry. Is something wrong?

[littlescorpion]

[This child is just staring rather blankly at him, watching him. Why is the other boy screaming? But then screaming children are really something he hasn't seen before. Lots of children screamed back home at the Order.]

[contemptibility]

[He can sense rather quickly that someone's looking at him, and so his head snaps up as he stares back at Rolo with a glare.

He's far from unused to people staring at him.]

If you keep looking at me like that, I'll kill you.

[littlescorpion]

[Like that scares him. He just keeps looking.]

Why?

[contemptibility]

[Stupid little human. Tiir continues glaring, and rather than explain—]

Stop that.

[littlescorpion]

[Blinks]

What's wrong with looking at you?

[contemptibility]

[...]

If you want me dead, then just try and kill me already.

[littlescorpion]

Why would I want to kill you?

You are not my mark.

[tinyphoenix]

_{[Little Ruca gets startled by the scream of the other boy. It takes him a moment to getter enough courage to actually approach him and ask:]}

H-hey... w-what's wrong? A-are you alright?

_{[He's concerned.]}

[contemptibility]

[Unfortunately for Ruca, Tiir doesn't particularly appreciate the concern. If anything, he hates it.

He looks up, glaring.]

Stop that.

[tinyphoenix]

_{[Ruca takes a step back, looking worried.]}

Stop... what?

_{[He doesn't understand. Did he do something wrong?]}

[contemptibility]

I don't need your worry.

[tinyphoenix]

B-but...

_{[That doesn't change anything. He is still worried.]}

[contemptibility]

[He looks away—though he remains on guard.]

Leave me alone.

[tinyphoenix]

_{[He doesn't really want to leave you...]}

...Will you be okay? On your own?

[donotcomprehend]

[Gale is stuck in a child's body himself, but he hasn't changed mentally- as he sees it, he's just got to deal with a few more inconveniences than normal this week.

He'd been out trying to see if any of the others were affected when he heard the scream, and came running.]

Tiir? What is the matter?

[contemptibility]

[Oh, Gale. Tiir would be touched if he remembered who you were.

Sadly, he doesn't, and so at Gale's question he looks at him in a mixture of confusion and his usual contempt.]

... Who are you?

[donotcomprehend]

[He can be touched when the week is over. He's a bit surprised when Tiir doesn't recognize him, considering Gale himself is child-sized this week and remembers everything.]

I am Gale.

[contemptibility]

[Tiir just continues to stare suspiciously.]

I don't know you.

[donotcomprehend]

Because of the curse.

[Suspicious staring he can deal with. Mostly by practically ignoring it.]

[contemptibility]

[Well, have some more of it as Tiir raises his eyebrows in a questioning manner. Yeah, he's got no idea what you're talking about, Gale.]

[donotcomprehend]

[Gale gestures around them, and up at the bubble overhead.]

This city causes changes.