#rouk

Rouk was sitting on a couch in the break-room of an Inquest lab. He was waiting for his next job to come. Just then an asura with strikingly bright green hair walked in.

“Hi there! You’re Rouk, right? Gotta be! You’re the modified big and strong muscle guy here!” The smaller asura grinned, twirling around the table in the room. Rouk looked at him with confusion. He had never seen this guy before, but could he be a superior here with a job for him?

“Right! My name is Rell! My job is to dispose of any unwanteds of the Inquest! Sometimes I just go dispose of some by myself just for fun too though. Anyway! I wanted to try working together with you, exchange some techniques. I wonder, are you strong just from the enhancements, or do you do muscle training as well?” He leaned closer to Rouk, examining his body with interest.

“No.” Rouk refused immediately. If it wasn’t an order from a superior, he would not get tangled up with anything messy. And this guy seemed very messy. He turned his head away, ignoring Rell.

“Oh, come on! Don’t you ever wanna let loose? Have some fun? Aren’t you bored? I’m very bored right now, and thought I’d find a kindred spirit here. Guess I assumed wrong!” Rell huffed, jumping on the other side of the couch, crossing his arms and pouting. Rouk was perfectly fine to ignore his antics though. The silence only lasted for a moment though.

“Augh! What are you doing just sitting here anyway? Is it not boring for you?” Rell grabbed Rouk’s arm, trying to pull him closer, unsuccessfully. Rouk shook his arm free with ease.

“Waiting for orders.” Rouk replied shortly, continuing to turn away from Rell.

“How about I give you some?!” Rell smiled with excitement.

“Not qualified.” Rouk shook his head.

“Hmph! Do you even do anything with your free time or do you just seriously sit around doing nothing?!” Rell raised his voice, slamming his hands on the table in front of them. “Ouch!” He immediately recoiled, rubbing his hands.

“... No.” Rouk remained firm.

“You’re seriously boring! Fine! I’ll go on my own to find something to do!” Rell huffed again. Just as he was about to leave, another asura caught his attention. He ran up to a blue haired asura who was just passing by.

“Hey, hey! You’re Nizz, aren’t you?! The one infamous for the kinds of cruelties you’ve committed? I’m Rell, and I was thinking-”

“Silence! Like I’d ever associate with the likes of you!” Nizz looked at Rell with contempt.

Rell fell silent, more so than the loudmouthed asura had been so far. Just as Nizz was about to continue on his way, Rell raised his arm, summoning fire to his hand.

“Ahaha! Is that so?!” He snarled, taking Nizz by surprise. Before either of them could act, however, Rouk had grabbed onto Rell’s raised arm.

“No fighting.” He looked down at Rell, his face even more terrifying than normal. The three of them stood there in silence for a moment, watching each other and considering what to do.

“...Fine! I’ll just go! You’re such buzzkills, both of you!” Rell extinguished his flame. Rouk nodded and let go of his arm. Rell stuck out his tongue at the two of them while walking away.

“Uh.. Thank you..” Nizz said quietly, looking at Rouk with a sullen expression Rouk wasn’t sure the meaning behind.

“Just doing my job.” Rouk replied.

“Um, well.. If you ever need help from me, just let me know.” Nizz offered with a half-smile.

“Huh… Okay..?” Rouk raised his brow in confusion.

“Alright, I’ll return to my duties now, see you around.” Nizz smiles once more before leaving the room, leaving Rouk alone in confusion.