Garlean Multimuse

That night he kept tossing and turning in bed, knowing he was probably reading too much into the whole thing. Estinien shouldn’t let his thoughts wander, especially not to Gaius and the blossoming affection Estinien carried in his heart. It was no use. Not only that he was convinced Gaius would never be interested in a man like him, on top of that.. it was forbidden. That Estinien was even amusing the thought of what it would be like to kiss Gaius was enough reason for Halone to punish him. All Estinien could do was close his eyes, push those thoughts aside and force himself to sleep.

The next morning he got up early; he dressed and had breakfast, though it almost worried him when he noticed that he actually looked forward to seeing Gaius again. Urgh, how frustrating. He wasn’t a boy anymore, after all. He really had to get himself together.

Putting on a warm coat he left his room and made his way through Ishgard, avoiding to even look at the chapel and as he reached the stables Gaius was already there. Estinien forced a neutral expression on his face.

“Morning.”

He crossed his arms in front of his chest, gaze of gray eyes wandering around, first over the other’s form but then quickly to the side, to the large chocobo standing at the gate of the pen.

Then he heard @adamoenus say: ❝i didn’t expect you to show up. thank you for that. ❞

Estinien gave a little grunt in response and shrugged his shoulders.

“No big deal. We both need someone we can rely on, and I have nowhere else to be. So.. what do you want to do here? Just look at the birds?”

For a chocobo, she has a mean face, there's burnt off feathers, and they make bald patches on her neck, her chest, and one of her wings. She pecks at the hard cobblestone at her feet, having tossed her hay around, she sharpens her beak on the rough stone.

Gaius looks to Estinien, and back to the bird. "This one is mine." Gaius explains. "I did not train her, but her owner has passed." Or, Gaius assumed so, he didn't find much in the way of the living at the end of that fight.

Gaius suddenly stands at attention, boots hitting the ground, his shoulders squared, he faces the chocobo in her stable. He flinches, perhaps some old muscle memory to do a Garlean salute, but he resists. "Venīte hūc!" He barks an order, in a very militant voice, and makes a gesture with his hand, pointed to his feet.

The bird walks up to him, standing at the position he pointed to, and stills. Her eyes are large and black and glassy. He reaches up to her and pets the side of her head with his thumb. He brushes against the few feathers that remain on her face, and says to her, quietly, so Estinien almost cannot hear him. "Nemo mihi amicius quam tu."

He relaxes a bit, and turns to look to the dragoon. "Her name is Bell. Do not reach out towards her head. She will bite you." Gaius warns Estinien. "And she will break your fingers." He adds, to stress how serious he is. "She is a war mount. She has been in several battles. She was trained to break bones with her beak and disembowel with her talons. She cannot be around other creatures, her training makes her too dangerous." He looks to Estinien, for a moment, he wonders if this is a bad idea, but he hopes it wont be.

a selection of lines from the 2024 film nosferatu. modified for rp purposes.

you are not for the living. you are not for human kind.

do you swear it?

come here. there is nothing to be afraid of.

today is of the utmost importance for us.

it will be a great adventure for you.

why have you killed these beautiful flowers?

i must tell you my dream.

standing before me, all in black, was Death.

the stench of their bodies was horrible.

i had never been so happy as that moment, as i held hands with Death.

never speak these things aloud. never.

i wish you to have all you deserve.

it's worth celebrating your adventure. i envy you.

i fear their past melancholy is returning.

don't let them feed me to the monster!

remember, it's all for us.

you bring trouble with you.

beware his shadow. the shadow covers you in a nightmare.

you are late. the midnight hour is passed.

i fear we yet keep close many superstitions here that may seem backward to someone of your high learning.

they exhumed a corpse.

i might ease your wound.

come by the fire. your face shows you unwell.

why ever did you bring that here?

what can cheer this poor humor, my love?

do you ever feel, at times, as if you were not a person?

we all feel out of sorts, set apart, at times. small or alone.

you are fortunate in your love.

it is a black omen to journey in poor health.

no one. i am no one.

he loves the pretty ones best.

you are lost in his shadow.

remain here. his evil cannot enter this house of God.

soon i will be no more a shadow to you.

your spirit was never enough.

no matter. i miscalculated the stars.

hermes will not render my black sulfur gold this evening.

do not revel what is sacred to dogs.

does evil come from within us or from beyond?

this evil, what it it is, how it has been summoned - unleashed - i know not.

there is a dread storm rising.

your bond shall not survive me.

it is a force more powerful than evil. it is death itself.

i have wrestled with the devil as jacob wrestled the angel in peniel.

if we are to tame darkness, we must first face that it exists.

i told you, you are not of human kind.

i am an appetite. nothing more.

i cannot be sated without you.

remember how once we were?

you have never liked me.

nothing you can say will shake me - for there is a devil in this world, and i have met him.

don't touch me. i am not to be touched.

the grim reaper wields his heavy scythe with every change of wind.

your horror has rent our hearts, but you must hear us.

these nightmares do exist! they exist!

the monster left you to the wolves, and yet you prevailed.

we must know evil to be able to destroy it. we must discover it within ourselves.

i need no salvation.

you will put an end to all of this?

i feel his hold upon me this night.

i am ready. i bid you, come to me.

i relinquished him my soul.