Out and About

[devwocean]

Characters: Orphaner Dualscar and open
Location: Pretty much anywhere you want, including his hive.
Time: During the day
Style: Any
Status: Open

[Dualscar's been mostly staying home for the last couple of days since the Grand Highblood arrived, but he can't stay in forever - for several reasons.

1. He's not a wiggler.

2. The Condesce is there and he doesn't want her to think he's a wiggler.

3. They need groceries.

So he ventures out for the first time in a while, striding purposefully through the streets with an eye out for anything big, purple, and hairy.

Not that he's scared, though. Oh no. Definitely not.]

Comments

Firsties... apparently?

[rebull]

[Grand Highblood? Sorry, not caring. Summoner's been out an about constantly, so it's not a surprise that he'd bump into Dualscar. He glanced his way when he landed, since, well, flying everywhere is a lot easier than walking, and he hasn't gotten it into routine to wear his enchanted earrings that much yet.]

[A glance in Dualscar's direction, he doesn't let the slight anger he feels towards the other bother him. Nothing would happen with Darkleer... right? Right, so no need to be hostile. Summoner will just acknowledge Dualscar's presence with a small wave of his hand and not too much hubbub. Then he'll just be on his way. Cordial, yep. No reason not to be. Plus the other troll seems a little tense.]

Hey, fish.

That works!

[devwocean]

[It's almost an affront to see the lowblood so easygoing and flying about when Dualscar is feeling the prickles on his neck. Especially since the Summoner is just so casual. It has to be designed to rub Dualscar the wrong way. Summoner has to know what Dualscar is feeling right now, since he actually knows what happened to him!

It's just what Dualscar needs in his current mood.

He changes course and walks towards him, baring his teeth a bit]

Not hiding wwith the others, filth? Or are you lookin' for him?

[rebull]

[Uh, yeah, it's just for you... No it's not, he's just being nice. He said he'd give you a clean slate, remember?]

[Summoner pouts a little, staring awkwardly to the side as Dualscar stalks over. Not really sure... why he's doing that. Why does this guy have to always be so dramatic?]

Uhhh... No. I didn't run the last time that indick fuck was here, I'm not going to now. And last time I even got a lance through him. [Smile and a shrug.]

It was pretty funny.

[Funny? Clown? Funny? Haha!]

And no, I'm just here, why would I be looking for him? I have other things to be doing with myself, you know.

[devwocean]

I thought maybe you wwere huntin' him at the orders a Karkat Vvantas.

[He is dramatic because romance is important, okay? And he's in a really bad mood. He pauses in front of the winged troll and looks him up and down. It's a bit public, but...]

Wwhere wwere you off to, then?

[rebull]

[Just an eyebrow raise at that.]

Uh... no. Where would you get that idea?

[That would men something if this was romantic. They're just casually talking, no hate here.]

Uh, ...somewhere. [Needed to get some alcohol for that new piercing on his septum. But... maybe he can get it later. Wtf is wrong with Dualscar.]

[grandhighblood]

[All that running around can really tire out a brother, and like any normal troll, he gets hungry. With the little information he received from the wary citizens of this silly little city, he decides it probably would be in his best interest to at least try it out.

But showing people his mark to receive goods is not something he really thinks about. Just taking shit it more his style, and he assumes that the mark is pretty visible enough as it is!

So despite what everyone thinks they know of the GHB, he's out in the open where he knows there's food, just doing his thing, not really caring if he knocks shit or even people over as he moves around. It's their fault for not moving the fuck out of the way when a lumbering giant approaches anyway.]

[devwocean]

[And Dualscar has just picked up a bag of groceries and exited a store, nearly bumping straight into the larger troll. He stops dead and looks up at the Grand Highblood, his lip lifting in a snarl, like a cornered dog.

He's not going to run. He's not. But he wants to.]

[grandhighblood]

[The highblood's reaction time is pretty quick today, seeing as he's sort of on edge. New town, new smell, new faces, new motherfucking shitty ass species......ah well, he can deal. But then when Dualscar bumps into him, his eyes swivel madly downwards, the yellow turning orange. A large hand whips out, regarding the cute little growl with a gleaming sneer of his own, and soon, the sea-dwellers head in trapped in a dangerous cage of sharp claws.]

Hey, motherfucker. Nice day, ain't it?

[devwocean]

[Oh god oh god oh god. Dualscar is frozen, head trapped in a huge hand and his arms full. His arms are full. He can't--

He drops the groceries, fruit and packages spilling out as they land at their feet. Now at least his hands are free, but it doesn't matter because before he could get his sword and run the demon through he'd probably be dead.

His voice comes out cold, and just a tiny bit breathless.]

Grand Highblood.

not gonna lie, I thought of doing this when I was writing the app

[lyrewings]

[There are so many prettily colored giants to land on around here! Butterfly has been flying around all day, singing and hassling meeting the inhabitants of this new place, and he needs a break. So when he sees a deliciously flapping purple cape, he flies over and lands on it, right between Dualscar's shoulder blades.]

I smell women, smell them in the air!
Think I'll drop me anchor in that harbor over there!

Oh gosh, my favourite musical

[devwocean]

[Dualscar can hear the singing, and he can't tell where it's coming from. He frowns and keeps walking, thinking to outpace it, but...

This is weird]

mine too! <3

[lyrewings]

[It's about to get weirder.]

[Butterfly keeps climbing up the cape, and remembers another snippet from the same song.]

Come on, Captain, you can wear your shoes,
Don't it make a change to have a girl who can't refuse?

[devwocean]

[What the heck? He looks around.]

Wwho is that?

[0_0]

[This child should have been up on the island by now. To be honest, nah... she wasn't going to go up for a little bit longer. She was still making sure everyone was off. ... Just... in case... Someone was missing from the group.

Thankfully for her, this time around she's been incredibly wary of where she strides, taking to the skies most of the time. For the moment, she was quickly going from one location to the next. There happened to be another troll on the streets, and one that wasn't the Grand Highblood.

Oh hai Dualscar! She isn't big, purple, or hairy, but she's going to approach him from the right.]

Hello!

[devwocean]

[He turns, stiffening at the call. For a second he thinks it's the Summoner, but as she gets closer he blinks in surprise when he sees it's a wiggler. Her symbol is unfamiliar, but the colour of her wings marks her as a rustblood]

Hello, there.

[0_0]

[Don't think she didn't catch that! Truthfully she really didn't, but she sliiightly caught it She continued to keep herself at least a foot off the ground, staying wary of the older troll.]

I see that you're one of the adults who decided to stay down here during this time.

[devwocean]

...Wwhat do you mean, decided?

[zelda_hylia]

[Zelda looks just about dead inside, sitting at the plaza and waiting for Sola to return. Even in this situation, though, her curiosity hasn't left her. Dualscar is the first troll that she's seen since the Grand Highblood arrived. She raises her eyes to look at him, but not her head.]

Hello, Dualscar.

[devwocean]

[Oh, it's his neighbour. He's starting to warm up to her a little, after their multiple meetings, and he smiles in a distracted way, his eyes darting from side to side before he moves towards her across the plaza. It's sort of an open area.]

Good afternoon, Zelda. [Belatedly, he realizes she looks pretty upset] Is somethin wwrong?

[zelda_hylia]

[There are no Grand Highbloods here, but there are probably traces of his hair left behind!]

Please, don't concern yourself overly much with it. I know that you all have a lot to worry about right now.

[It's difficult for her to admit out loud that she's not certain Sola will come back. He's not a person in the traditional sense, can he be revived?]

I have advised the other species in the bubble to avoid the situation as well, so you do not have to worry about that either.

[devwocean]

[He stiffens. Wow, he hadn't mentioned the Grand Highblood at all, and he's not sure if that's what she's really talking about, or if it's just his sensitivities.]

Wwhat situation wwould that be?

[nos_servabit]

[How about a change of face, Dualscar? For instead of a troll, you might bump into this man, who seems too engrossed in his book to tell what's around him.]

Oh, I'm sorry.

[He looks up, but he doesn't show any surprise at the fact that Dualscar is a troll. He just puts his book down and looks concerned that such a happenstance had to happen.]

Did I hurt you?

[ooc: I hope you don't mind filling this permission post as to what Jacob can know about Dualscar, sghdsdfgh I just really want CR with him because he is lovely. ;;]

[devwocean]

[Dualscar stiffens as the human bumps into him, reading a book and walking - well, that's just a silly thing to do.

But before he can get too upset about it, the man apologizes quite sincerely. Dualscar's fins are still a bit ruffled, though. He's having a bad week]

No, a little thing like that wwouldn't hurt me. Wwhat the fuck are you doin', wwalking and reading at the same time?

[OOC: I filled it out! I'm not familiar with Jacob but from what I read I'm totally excited adgkghad;a]

[nos_servabit]

Well, sometimes I find going somewhere with both my mind and my body is a rather interesting feeling.

[He smiles, though his blue eyes, which are surprisingly very ancient, pierce through Dualscar, as if he is looking through right to his very soul. But that piercing gaze is gone within a second or two, replaced by an amiable expression.]

Do you read much, incidentally?

[devwocean]

But then you cause a hazard for yourself.

[Dualscar meets those eyes and his own purple eyes narrow slightly. He feels that regard, but meets it boldly, and returns the gaze with a faint air of contempt, as if the human was measured and found wanting]

I read quite often, actually.