On long winter nights mothers would tell this to their children, holed up in their houses all day, unable to sleep. They'd talk about a time when they had a kingdom and this kingdom had a monster, one that every person, even the very bravest feared.
In the deep of the night, along the coasts where the watches have been set up, they'd say in hushed tones that makes the children huddle near, the towers listen more than watch for fear that the monster might return. The monster eats everything, meat, bones, rocks, steel, wood, even entire cannons and these things it feeds on it can bring back out and create new, fearsome weapons with them. It only cares for itself, nearly destoryed our land and our families and our hopes and our entire island.
In the long winter nights, when the snow hides sound you must be the most careful. Because it'll come out of the night and eat you and turn you into mindless servants, monsters who only know how to follow its cruel orders.
And the story spreads from generation to generation, changing and warping and growing until the monster's name is some forgotten legacy, but his cruelty and voracious hunger will forever define him.
When Grimmjaw walks (when he does, which isn't often) people get out of his way. That is the way of the world. However, lost in thought, not paying attention, he almost doesn't notice when someone is standing directly in his path until he runs into them. He stops- just short of making contact -and snaps as he returns to the present, "Get outta the fuckin' way ya-" his words cut off with a click of his teeth.
"Grimmjaw." An eerily familiar face greets with a hidden smile. "Howarya then?"
"Ice Ringer? Ice Ringer, holy fuck it is you!" He claps a hard hand on the Hollow's shoulders. "Where've ya been? You just get back in town or what?"
"'bout a week ago. Yer an amazingly hard man to track down." Comes the amused reply. "These Arrancar fellows, they been treatin' ye nice?"
He snorts. "Treatin' me alright. I'm good, but I've been better." Grimmjaw steps back to look at his old buddy and he doesn't seem to have changed at all. "What about you? Christ, it's been years!"
Under his mask Ice Ringer's grin grows a shade darker. "Grand'n grander. Though what I've been hearin' that happened while I was away? That, I think, is worth talking about."
Yumichika's trying so hard not to laugh- or look like he's enjoying the entire situation overmuch. "I don't know why you're so upset now. If I recall, you brought this upon yourself. Besides, some things are just designed to be exposed. You should be proud!"
Fuming, naked and now drawing a crowd, Ikkaku holds out his hand. "I ran through the damned parking lot already, fruity fuck. Now gimme my pants before I start gettin' pissed."
It's quiet in Yumichika's apartment, not in the way it normally when Ikkaku's over. "So?" He asks the bartender, a mug of spiced tea in his hands. "Why exactly is it you won't go out with Nemu-chan? Don't tell me you don't want to, I'm not blind."
Ikkaku just scowls back. He doesn't know why he doesn't just up and leave at the questions, but he's still sitting there.
"Because." He says eventually. "I don't want to take advantage of her."
A fine arched brow raises. "Advantage?"
"You know what I mean. Nemu... she doesn't seem to know much about the world, or the people in it. She just... She just does what she's told or what she's expected because that's what she was told to." He shifts so his elbows are on his knees. "If I asked her to go out with me she'd say yes just 'cuz she thinks that what happens an' even if I really do care about her an' even if she really does fer me... I can't do that to her."
Yumichika sighs, sinking back in his own seat. "I believe you're looking too much into this, Ikkaku. She's a smart girl, she knows she doesn't have to."
"Does she?" Ikkaku's eyes come up. "Has she ever told you, when you wanted to do something with her, that she didn't want to?"
"And so then the mongoose says, 'But I don't have have any money', and the bear said, 'Rar, I shall eat you then' so the mongoose went and found the great hero Crunchbite!- who is your Daddy and went kablooie when someone blew him up -and said, 'Oh, great hero Crunchbite, I do not want to get eaten! Can you help me?' and so the great hero Crunchbite said 'Blarghhonk!' and-"
"I swear to fucking GOD, Caboose. If you don't shut the hell up, I am going to stick a bullet in your head."
Junior looked up at Church, the three sections of his mouth wobbling- upset that storytime had been interrupted. "Blargh!"
Church looked right back at it. "You too, abomination."
There's noise filling the Sky Flower. Kuukaku calls it crap. Shunsui calls it artistic expression. Kuukaku tells him she's the one giving him his pay so if it's crap, no amount of dressing it up is going to make it any less crappy. Shunsui says she doesn't pay him, she lets him drink for free and he's sorry that she lost her hearing and appreciation for music all those years ago. Kuukaku says if he doesn't like the free booze she can start adding up how much's he's drunk- with interest -and charge him for it. Shunsui says if that's the case he'll add up how much she owes him in backpay- with interest -and expect some income. Kuukaku says if he really wants to mess around with the IRS like that, be her guest. Shunsui says the IRS will have fun playing with her, too, for failing to mention an added employee. Kuukaku goes on to say if the IRS comes sniffing around here, maybe Shunsui can make their heads explode with his crappy taste in music. Shunsui, miffed, tells her that it's a classic with a modern twist. Kuukaku says they have a catagory for that, it's called crap.
In the end Kuukaku will get her way, but in exchange Shunsui is allowed to play whatever he wants before and after closing (and whenever Kuukaku isn't in the club, so long as she never finds out).
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Date: 2007-01-12 07:57 am (UTC)I can imagine that the only time the thugs toss around the L word is when they're drunk. XD
Okay, behaving again! *rocks* How about: winter nights?
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Date: 2007-01-12 08:45 am (UTC)In the deep of the night, along the coasts where the watches have been set up, they'd say in hushed tones that makes the children huddle near, the towers listen more than watch for fear that the monster might return. The monster eats everything, meat, bones, rocks, steel, wood, even entire cannons and these things it feeds on it can bring back out and create new, fearsome weapons with them. It only cares for itself, nearly destoryed our land and our families and our hopes and our entire island.
In the long winter nights, when the snow hides sound you must be the most careful. Because it'll come out of the night and eat you and turn you into mindless servants, monsters who only know how to follow its cruel orders.
And the story spreads from generation to generation, changing and warping and growing until the monster's name is some forgotten legacy, but his cruelty and voracious hunger will forever define him.
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Date: 2007-01-12 08:52 am (UTC)Try: good, but been better
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Date: 2007-01-12 09:23 am (UTC)"Grimmjaw." An eerily familiar face greets with a hidden smile. "Howarya then?"
"Ice Ringer? Ice Ringer, holy fuck it is you!" He claps a hard hand on the Hollow's shoulders. "Where've ya been? You just get back in town or what?"
"'bout a week ago. Yer an amazingly hard man to track down." Comes the amused reply. "These Arrancar fellows, they been treatin' ye nice?"
He snorts. "Treatin' me alright. I'm good, but I've been better." Grimmjaw steps back to look at his old buddy and he doesn't seem to have changed at all. "What about you? Christ, it's been years!"
Under his mask Ice Ringer's grin grows a shade darker. "Grand'n grander. Though what I've been hearin' that happened while I was away? That, I think, is worth talking about."
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Date: 2007-01-12 07:56 pm (UTC)IF this is still open, then here's another. If not, ignore! X3
Designed to expose
Shhh, it's the first three words that the t.v. said after i finished typing the first part of the comment.no subject
Date: 2007-01-13 12:49 am (UTC)Fuming, naked and now drawing a crowd, Ikkaku holds out his hand. "I ran through the damned parking lot already, fruity fuck. Now gimme my pants before I start gettin' pissed."
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Date: 2007-01-13 12:57 am (UTC)Nemu wants pictures.Ikkaku, Yumi, Tetsu, Renji + who has a girlfriend?
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Date: 2007-01-13 01:42 am (UTC)"Who has a girlfriend?"
"Nobody!"
"Total. Girlfriend."
"She's not!"
"Oi, Renji. Is that his girlfriend or not?"
"Her? Oh yeah. Totally your girl."
"No she isn't!"
"Yeah. She is."
"Wha- We're not dating so she can't be!"
"You go out with her, right? Yer dating."
"As FRIENDS! What the hell, does that mean everytime I got out with ANYONE I'm dating them? Does that include you guys?"
"PFFFT! Fuck no!"
"Yeah, first off we're guys."
"Secondly, that's sick, man."
"Third, ew."
"You guys are makin' no goddamned sense."
"She's your girlfriend. Deal."
"For the last time SHE'S. NOT. MY. GIRLFRIEND. Fer chrissake that ain't even a GIRL!"
Yumichika smiles brilliantly at the two housemates that are looking at him. "Hello!"
They exchange glances before looking Ikkaku up and down.
"....who knew?"
"You never can tell these days."
"Oh, fuck you guys."
"I'd like to see that."
"Stay outta this, Yumi."
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Date: 2007-01-13 01:55 am (UTC)Take advantage of
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Date: 2007-01-13 02:22 am (UTC)Ikkaku just scowls back. He doesn't know why he doesn't just up and leave at the questions, but he's still sitting there.
"Because." He says eventually. "I don't want to take advantage of her."
A fine arched brow raises. "Advantage?"
"You know what I mean. Nemu... she doesn't seem to know much about the world, or the people in it. She just... She just does what she's told or what she's expected because that's what she was told to." He shifts so his elbows are on his knees. "If I asked her to go out with me she'd say yes just 'cuz she thinks that what happens an' even if I really do care about her an' even if she really does fer me... I can't do that to her."
Yumichika sighs, sinking back in his own seat. "I believe you're looking too much into this, Ikkaku. She's a smart girl, she knows she doesn't have to."
"Does she?" Ikkaku's eyes come up. "Has she ever told you, when you wanted to do something with her, that she didn't want to?"
Yumichika opens his mouth. Then closes it.
"I won't do it, Yumi. Not to her."
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Date: 2007-01-13 02:33 am (UTC)See, this is why SHE has to make the moves on HIM.Really pretty though. And I always enjoy seeing the friendship between these two.How about~ stuck in my head
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Date: 2007-01-13 02:42 am (UTC)"I swear to fucking GOD, Caboose. If you don't shut the hell up, I am going to stick a bullet in your head."
Junior looked up at Church, the three sections of his mouth wobbling- upset that storytime had been interrupted. "Blargh!"
Church looked right back at it. "You too, abomination."
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Date: 2007-01-13 02:56 am (UTC)Ms!verse! And "face the music"
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Date: 2007-01-14 01:53 am (UTC)In the end Kuukaku will get her way, but in exchange Shunsui is allowed to play whatever he wants before and after closing (and whenever Kuukaku isn't in the club, so long as she never finds out).