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Zinc ☠ Carla's a Goner ([personal profile] jemerite) wrote in [community profile] queenofheartsrp2011-08-12 09:03 pm
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[She has not moved from the place where the Labyrinth finally spit her out, lying in the grass curled into herself. The vine has come to investigate, now that she has been returned to the Garden. Where has she been? Has she learned her lesson? Perhaps.

She's filthy. Her hair lank and knotted, her clothes muddied and ripped. With her arms wrapped around herself, she claws at her skin with blunted nails, keening miserably. She has hardly ceased since the storm ended.

She rocks back and forth, her forehead pressed into the dirt, and as she falls onto her side, the vine follows curiously. Her face is bruised and crusted with blood, wounds she had not felt at the time, and truly she does not feel them now.

The vines slithering finally draws her attention and she makes a low whimpering sound. Her face is dry of tears, at least. The dead do not cry in such a way, even if her mouth is trembling.

She stares at the vine a moment longer before she draws herself up and tries to slink away from its gaze, but it follows her. She gives up eventually, sinking back down at the base of a tree and hiding behind her drawn up knees. That same piercing little wail eventually begins again, muffled from within her protective huddle.]

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[identity profile] existwithoutme.livejournal.com 2011-08-13 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
[More accustomed to the close company of monsters than humans, Kuja understands.]

It's your nature, isn't it? These foolish people don't comprehend things that are unlike them. Always taking things for granted and underestimating danger, when they're so weak, in the end, so easily damaged. [Unlike Kuja, her tone suggests.]

That you should be reprimanded for that... [Her expression darkens as her sentence trails away.] Who punished you?

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[identity profile] existwithoutme.livejournal.com 2011-08-13 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
What were they like, this someone? [If she can learn a little more about the Queen and those who work with her, she might know better how to deal with her.]

I have heard of it. The prison where they confine those who disobey. I wonder--how long did it take for them to take you away? [If there's a delay, that is of interest to her. She can accomplish a great deal in a short amount of time. Not that she's planning anything in particular.] Ridiculous to bring you there when you weren't even to blame.

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[identity profile] existwithoutme.livejournal.com 2011-08-13 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
Interesting. A matter of hours, perhaps? [Kuja doesn't think she'd try a direct attack, but it's something to consider. She doesn't fear weapons, but she's sure there's more to this servant than that.] Yes, you hardly caused any harm--I can see it all clearly. [Kuja says this as if she was actually there.]

Perhaps you shouldn't stay with these humans, if they can't understand you.

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[identity profile] existwithoutme.livejournal.com 2011-08-13 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
[It's easy enough to guess what Zidane would do in this situation. Zidane would help. She can't say why she even bothers thinking about him--so maddening--but he did help her, after everything she did.

It wouldn't be the first monster she'd taken in, oh no. Monsters can be useful, and Zinc makes such pretty pictures from the soil. She wants more of those. But she doesn't offer, yet.]


Then where will you go?

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[identity profile] existwithoutme.livejournal.com 2011-08-13 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
Then you may come with me, if you are quiet and well behaved.

Did I not say I would care for you?

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[identity profile] existwithoutme.livejournal.com 2011-08-13 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
[Shooting someone under Kuja's protection could lead to far worse consequences than anything Zinc is capable of.]

That's good to hear. Or not hear, as the case may be. I do take in lost little birds, if their feathers please me. [She thinks idly of the princess, though Zinc isn't much like her.] Shall I bring you home with me?

I reside alone. There are the children living nearby, but they're not ordinary children.

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[identity profile] existwithoutme.livejournal.com 2011-08-13 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
[Kuja doesn't offer to help, unsurprisingly.] You're lovely enough in your way. Will you heal, in time? [There are creatures in her own world that are similar, if different in many ways from Zinc. Healing magic injures them, so she doesn't attempt that, but she isn't sure of the details of Zinc's condition.]

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[identity profile] existwithoutme.livejournal.com 2011-08-13 04:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Vaccine. [Kuja doesn't know what that is, but she doesn't mention that.] Can you not use the soil to make some? You can't be expected to continue in such a state.

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[identity profile] existwithoutme.livejournal.com 2011-08-15 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
[Kuja also has no idea what an immunologist is, but she accepts this without comment as well.]

One can make so many things here--

[She breaks off when she sees the snake, addressing it pleasantly. The animals here are intelligent enough for her to converse with easily, like her dragons back home.]

Good day. You're a beautiful creature. What brings you here? [She reaches down to stroke its lovely serpentine head as she listens to its reply, then glances at Zinc.] Its burden is for your use, apparently.

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[identity profile] existwithoutme.livejournal.com 2011-08-15 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
Precisely what you wanted. The Queen can be accommodating sometimes, can she not? [Kuja says this with a trace of irony, no friend of the Queen's.]

These creatures are rather closemouthed and sly. I have the distinct impression they know something they're not telling us. [Yet she smiles down at the snake.] However, she's charming, so I can't fault her too much. [Kuja is fond of reptiles.] She appreciates your fine manners.

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[identity profile] existwithoutme.livejournal.com 2011-08-17 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, we do have serpents. We have beasts of many kinds, some quite clever and easy to talk to, and others less so. I've noticed that most of the people here come from worlds where humans are the only civilized race. That is far from the case in the world I am from.

[She eyes the vaccine, interested.] Will you take it now?

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[identity profile] existwithoutme.livejournal.com 2011-08-17 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
Too much medicine may become poison, yes. [She smiles.]

You'd like me to do this, I take it? My knowledge of human anatomy is extensive enough.

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