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Belgarion of Riva ([personal profile] why_me) wrote in [community profile] reverielogs2018-05-24 08:31 pm

If you could only see the beast you've made of me

» WHO? Garion and you
» WHEN? just after he wakes up near the gym
» WHERE? Around (basically anywhere public is fair game)
» WHAT? There's a wolf walking around the station
» WARNINGS? None so far. Happy to use [ ] for any replies.


There is a wolf wandering around the station. A large wolf. A large white wolf with blue eyes.

Because he woke up in a chamber near the gym, that's where he's likely to be found, but he's wandering now, trying to sniff out something, anything, to tell him what's going on. Now, of course, he's not just a wolf. He's also a man by the name of Garion (or Belgarion, technically) but given that a wolf can cover distances much faster than a human can, that he'll have the advantage of a nose that can sniff out nearly anything on his muzzle, and the fact that between his teeth and his claws, he'll have more a weapon in that form should he encounter anything dangerous...

He's always scouted as a wolf. Really, this is no change. Or he tries to remind himself it's very little change, even though he can't sense his Aunt Pol or his Grandfather or even Durnik anywhere. Even though his wife is nowhere to be found and he can't smell her, not even on his own skin, not on the clothing he woke up in. Neither his wife nor his children and it's upsetting on two legs, but on four, it just gives him a sense of urgency.

So if you happen to see a rather large white wolf near the mess or the bar area or one of the crew quarters or just in the hallways, well...

He's as new to this as you are.
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[personal profile] lightduties 2018-05-25 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
It's in the hallways that Rhea'li encounters the wolf.

The wolf looks more fully furred than the lanky offerings he's used to hunting, but also much smaller. Still, he knows full well how dangerous wild wolves can be. So even though questions are running through his mind -- Where did the beastkin come from? -- Rhea'li's wary of the creature.

And so there is a short person who looks like a human, save for the feline ears crowning his head -- a brass ring piercing each ear -- and the long white-furred tail, staring down the wolf. There's no fear in Rhea'li's eyes as he waits to determine the wolf's disposition -- aggressive and prone to attack, or tame and familiar with Spoken company -- though a hand slowly inches towards a pocket in his jumpsuit.
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[personal profile] lightduties 2018-05-25 08:12 am (UTC)(link)
Rhea'li relaxes slightly, though he doesn't yet approach. That sort of body language...

"You don't appear to be wild..."

Trained, perhaps?

A hand goes to his chin, tail swishing behind him as he thinks. Training these sorts of animals are normally the realm of the beast tribes. But perhaps there's some similarity to how chocobos are trained? Sometimes their keepers would teach them key words, like...

"Home?" he tries. "Keeper. Master. Heel."
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[personal profile] lightduties 2018-05-25 12:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Definitely not a wild animal. Rhea'li tilts his head to the side, confused, but his hand is no longer going to the pockets of his jumpsuit, where the only spell he's had the chance to write is stored.

The wolf doesn't seem fearful. Did he confuse the creature? He's not quite sure what the circling and bark is supposed to mean, but the wolf doesn't seem hungry either.

Thoroughly bewildered, he lets the wolf back off.
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[personal profile] lightduties 2018-05-26 08:28 am (UTC)(link)
!!!

The surprise is clear on Rhea'li's face when he jerks back, as if scalded, ears and tail twitching upwards. He's seen many things in his travels, but never has an animal transformed back to a Spoken being.

Well. Quickly composing himself, he responds. "Hello, friend." A small smile spreads across his face. "You're a mage, then?"
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[personal profile] lightduties 2018-05-27 11:55 am (UTC)(link)
Rhea'li tilts his head. A mage but not?

"I know not, I'm afraid. Neither of how we arrived, nor why we were taken." He shakes his head. "When I saw what appeared to be a wild animal, I hoped to track it from whence it came."

He has no answers, unfortunately.
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[personal profile] lightduties 2018-05-28 11:21 am (UTC)(link)
"...Above the heavens," he finishes for the stranger, casting his gaze outside the same window.

He hasn't been here for all that long, but the lack of the sun on his face, the cool breeze of the night, and the feel of earth under his feet has been the most unnerving part of being here. Or, perhaps not that, but the lack of freedom to truly roam. The entrapment is stifling.

His ears droop slightly, tail still. "The only life here are those like us, hailing from other realms."
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[personal profile] lightduties 2018-05-29 08:30 am (UTC)(link)
Rhea'li shakes his head. Not as far as he knows.

"Should I spot them, I shall inform you."

Oh. But... Rhea'li raises the arm with the network device encircling his wrist.

"Do you have one?" He points at the device.

It's like a more complicated linkpearl as far as he's concerned. But the woman he met on the Observation Deck -- the one he forgot to obtain the name of after he unintentionally incurred her wrath -- did have a point that information flows through the device, so learning how to use the technology would be a boon.
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[personal profile] lightduties 2018-05-29 11:41 am (UTC)(link)
A blatant display of magic, yet somehow not a mage? A very odd man, this one.

He's... definitely not the best person to explain the wonders of unfamiliar technology. But he'll try, in the absence of anyone else more suitable at this present moment.

"I'm much the same," he admits with a wry twist of his mouth. "But this device can be used to communicate with others here. I was taught its basics, if you wish to learn."
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[personal profile] lightduties 2018-05-29 12:39 pm (UTC)(link)
A warm smile spreads across Rhea'li's face as he takes Garion's hand and shakes it. "If you've been rude, then so have I. Rhea'li."

His name sounds remarkably similar to 'really'.
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[personal profile] lightduties 2018-05-30 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
Completely unaware of the name confusion, Rhea'li lets go of Garion's hand and unclips his own wristband so he can demonstrate the device's functions on his. Prodding the side of the device, Rhea'li begins, "This will show you the conversations others are having..."

If he isn't stopped, he will launch into a basic rundown of the device's functions, starting with reading/listening/watching content on the network.
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[personal profile] lightduties 2018-05-31 02:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Rhea'li's hand goes to his chin. Usually that's the sort of thing that would be the Garlond Ironworks' members' realm of expertise. Or maybe even Stephanivien. Rhea'li? He just uses their products.

"Mayhaps the one who taught me would know." The... android? If he hadn't told Rhea'li he was mechanical, he never would have known. "His name is Nine Ess."
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[personal profile] lightduties 2018-05-31 02:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Belatedly, he realises that it would be hard to find someone if Garion doesn't know what he looks like. The least he can do is give some form of description, unlike many of the people who tell him to look for someone.

"His appearance is much like a young Hyur. Or... human, is the name he used." Apparently that's a more common term? "His hair is much like mine, though his face is without my markings."
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[personal profile] lightduties 2018-06-01 07:08 am (UTC)(link)
A pause. Somehow, it never occurred to him to actually contact someone else privately using the device. He's too used to people contacting him "Pray return to the Waking Sands."

A shake of his head. "He is like yourself in that regard."

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