#hsf!vic

The happy thing is; They both end up finding a Mage, who is able to help with a Sister of hers. They aren’t able to fully Cure Jackal, but they are able to make him non-poisonous and able to give Vic a new arm replacement in the far future. 

After continuous attempts to try and find a cure in the Underground; Vic is just too tired and too desperate once he remotely hears that the Mage’s aren’t as affected by the plague as humans are, so he just-... Practically gets to the point where; ‘If This Isn’t Going To Work-... I’ll End Everything Myself.’ Route.

After everything is said and done; This boy royally chills out and unlike his past self, becomes so goddamn relaxed. He’ll be able to, he’ll be grateful to the Mage’s, and help around where he can due to trying to repay them. He’ll never be able to in his mind, but he becomes basically a Good Willed Veteran. He’s got a good nature, chill attitude, but doesn’t mean he’s one to be fucked with. Can still have his old self peek out if someone doesn’t watch themselves, but he’s also not fully good in his mind. 

Due to the undertones of the music, and the fact he’s a Monster, he can easily pick up the waves along with the instruments that most Humans can’t pick up on; Grinding of the strings, banging of the drums and stretching of the plastic which can make him recall of cave ins and other loud sounds of battle, and the intensity of the ringing of bells the aftertone leaves, it leaves his head ringing due to the sensitivity. And the huge hole in the back of his skull? You would think it wouldn’t phase him… 

Nope, quite the opposite; It just all echos inside his skull and grates on his nerves; All of it being that of nails on chalkboard. Think of it like… You’re on the top of a cliff and there’s a large array of other mountains around; One loud scream and it echos all back. To you; That’s entertaining and probably super calming! But for Vic? It’s like taking the world’s heaviest metal board and scratching it with the most rusty metals but twice as loud, perhaps enough to shake him to his own Core some days.

Certain tones of specific instruments even tend to bring back bad memories; Be it from Battles he’s endured, certain sounds he’s especially picked out to listen for, or whatever it may be can become almost like a trigger.

Now after he gets his happy ending and is able to get the pleasure of not being able to worry about anything anymore; Nature sounds would be the only exception besides from audio books. But he prefers words and others talking due to the fact he can’t easily allow himself to daze out or the fact that he’s so used to listening to nature in general; He needs something else to help keep his mind distracted.

However, songs from the vocals of the flesh or magic tend to mend his nerves and soothe him. They don’t carry how instruments do, they don’t damage his hearing even if one couldn’t sing. Vic would still be able to take that compared to instruments of any kind. He would love just listening to someone sing or even talking to themselves; Doesn’t matter what type of voice they have, he’d just watch or rest his sockets and focus on the words. He’s become instantly soothed, relaxing his tense magic down he has the habit of keeping up constantly.

If Vic can get someone to either sing or talk, he’d gladly take that over an audio tape anyday due to the fact he can hear the low hum of the machine as well. But it’s nothing compared to the instruments; He can handle machine hums!

If he does allow himself to daze off, he goes immediately to some very Dark Places; His Regrets, the ordeals that have Disturbed him the most up to that point in his time. However, that leads to another ordeal containing another topic~