January 7, 2012 - 2:30pm — Rutilus
"I don't think I know what 'normal' means."
"It's alright. No-one knows. We're normal here, darlin'..."
The forest's gods have decided to bring the sun back, apparently. The temperature isn't really warm, though; pretty mild, in fact. She dragged me into the birches because it's warmer there, or so she says. I can't tell the difference myself. I don't really like the birches. All the gold, the orange, yellow...It's too bright, maybe. It reminds me of the desert near the Goblin Kingdom, where Sax and I fought once. Not goblins - they're just children that were wished away to the king - but trolls, imps, that kind of thing. They tend to be found around that kingdom because the climate's perfect for them and the habitat isn't too bad either. Maybe they know that any other king would have them all killed if he caught sight of them. Not that the goblin king - who isn't even a goblin, since a goblin could never rule a teapot let alone a kingdom - is compassionate. No. He's just lazy.
"So I've met 'Smiling' Jack. I can see why he got the name." I start, lying there beside her, my shoulder touching hers. For a while she doesn't respond. She's pointed out all of her enemies to me; the smiling white one, the large, grey skullfaced thing often seen around him, always with the same red antlers; the serpentine skullfaced one; the large bird-deer with bright orange eyes. I don't dare tell her that I've already met one of them way back, before all of this drama. I sat with Illrose at the pond a few times. I quite liked her, actually. "The...raven-type thing sat nearby for a while, and there was a young one with him. Juliet? It had a skull."
"Naw. Juliet looks pretty normal." Sax doesn't turn her head to look at me. For a minute I'm afraid I've pissed her off...somehow. She tends to snap at me for things that I don't construe as wrong. "How'd Jack treat you?"
"Civil. We didn't talk, but he let me sit nearby without trouble. You uh...seen your boyfriend lately?"
"Fuck off." She doesn't like that joke, at all. I'm not entirely sure why, but it's hilarious to watch her when she's pissed off, sometimes. As long as she isn't actively trying to beat me to the ground. "Last time I saw him he was fuckin'...havin' an episode. Y'know, sittin' with three people that wanna kill me, too. I thought they were his enemies, too."
She sounds...hurt.
What the fuck.
"Okay, so what'd you do?" I blink at her through the eyeholes of my mask. That's one thing I love about this place; I can hide my scars. I could wear a mask in the Otherworld, I suppose, but it'd hinder my vision, my sense of smell, muffle my voice, possibly affect my hearing. And in the human world, people would talk.
"Sat in the rain, obviously. 'Til some idiot wouldn't get lost and leave me be and Cyph got his chivalry on. And Migisi. She fuckin'...chased after the doe."
"I thought the bird hated you?"
"Well I imagine she does, but I s'pose she won't let anyone fuck me over either. I don't know. But yeah. If he tries to protect me again I'll kick him in the teeth."
"How's he gonna kiss you hello and goodbye if his mouth's all bloody?" I snicker. She snarls and headbutts me, which is incredibly painful with spiky little antlers like hers.
"Fuck off."
"And leave y'all on your own?"
"Preferably, yeah."
Oh.
"...Right."
Sax is just fun to mess with
Sax is just fun to mess with xDOh the drama :C