HUMAN?

“ I’m not certain I understand. ” He spoke quietly and every movement, however subtle, was so very careful. So desperate to please, Bem was always so mindful of every last breath that escaped him. He wanted to trust everyone he met and so he generally managed to just that. The trouble was making them trust him in return. He didn’t truly know how to trust a person’s trust. They always panicked the moment they realised what he was. “ Am I doing something wrong? ”

“ I just happen to believe that... ” And he hesitates, scanning her features for any signs that his words might upset her, before continuing. Speaking out is not his strongest trait and he often leaves these matters to others. This is not one of those situations. The only one who can say anything is him and him alone. “ doing that would be a bad idea. Please don’t endanger yourself. ”

“ ...I apologise. ” His posture perfect ( too perfect but, alas, he doesn’t know it ) and his expression solemn, Bem bows his head. Whether or not he has actually upset her is unclear but, even so, he feels inclined to admit to some sort of fault on his own part. He is too kind for his own good, perhaps.  “ I did not mean to offend... ”

“ Bem... ”, he said, by way of admittedly strained self-introduction. He couldn’t recall ever having been called ‘ guy ’ before. It was strange, really, and much more casual than people usually were upon first meetings. Taking a brisk step backward, he offered her an almost frantic, but still rather deep, nod of the head. Bem knew he’d helped. That was all that mattered. It was only a small favour, nothing compared to the lives he’d saved, but every gesture, in his mind, counted. “ Please...try to be careful from now on. ” He supposed he was no good at this, at speaking to people. Humans were always so complicated and there were things he didn’t understand. At the very least, though, her reaction suggested that she didn’t know what he was. His safety was at least a little assured.

mun: time to point out another thing really quikc before i leave this blog alone for the night; i tried to hunt down a decent example of bem’s voice but i couldn’t really find anything that wasn’t an entire episode or this one interview where kame keeps switching back between his normal voice and bem’s early voice (which changes a little after the first episode). basically, bem actually has a pretty deep voice -- much deeper than kame’s natural voice anyway. maybe i’ll find a good example one day but, really, it’s deep. it’s not the booming sort of deep but bem has a very low speaking voice so, hey, if it helps you to keep that in mind!!

“ ...... ” He remained rather disinclined to speak, fingers curling tighter around his cane ( not that he carried it because he needed such a thing -- it was one of the few frail threads he had left that might connect him to the man who had created him and, besides, even Bem could admit that his had its own more bizarre uses ) as dark eyes washed over the woman stood before him.  “ You... ”, he said, at long last, the words finally coming to him, and he thrust his free hand out toward her,  “ ...dropped this, I believe. ”

mun: Oh, by the way, one thing I’d like to stress is that it’s very unlikely that I’ll be doing any dialogue-only one-liners on this blog. Bem has a very distinct way of speaking and, by that, I mean he’s incredibly formal but also relies primarily on one-word answers (unless a situation really calls for anything more). I don’t want to have a thread where I’m forcing someone to be stuck trying to respond to a reply that is literally the word ‘yes’ and nothing else. Hopefully, this won’t cause any issues but, really, Bem isn’t much of a talker.

One of three mysterious beings made as a result of a scientific experiment based around the creation of life, Bem is a being who isn’t quite human. In fact, Bem is something of a demon,  a yokai. For the most part, he appears to be as human as anyone -- all besides the silver hair, the horns on his forehead, the scaley skin upon his shoulders and, well, the vibrant green blood. However, with the help of a hat to keep his horns covered, Bem keeps his non-human traits well hidden -- at least until emotions overwhelm him, at which point he revelas a much monstrous form. With his siblings, Bela and Belo, he travels from place to place in search of the man who created them in the hopes he can offer them the one thing they truly desire -- the chance to become complete, to become HUMAN.