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

[why_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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[why_me]

"That's about where I am, honestly," he says with a scratch to one ear, "which is certainly new for me. That and... space, to be frank."

He learned that word from someone. The whole 'stars around you' thing.

[tumang]

"You and plenty others around here," Amos answers, truthfully, shrugging a shoulder before punching a command in the food fabricator, for another protein bar, which are the more palatable thing the machines produce, as far as he knows.

"You'll get used to it."

[why_me]

As if his entire life wasn't getting used to bizarre and completely unreasonable things at all hours of day or night.

"It's not too hard to get used to. For the most part, it doesn't figure into things. There's something solid under my feet and walls on either side."

He shrugs.

[tumang]

"So you don't care that right outside these walls, there is no oxygen to breathe and the pressure will make your blood boil, if the temperatures don't freeze you up first?"

Amos tilts his head.

"You don't care that if any of the systems fail, even for a moment, we're all dead?"

[why_me]

"Not at the moment," he says after a nod or two, because he took that in. It's useful information. But-

"Because if I focus on that, I won't be able to get anything done."

[tumang]

"What are you trying to get done?"

Amos had to wonder what a guy like Garion could do. What was he looking to do?

[why_me]

"I'd like to know why we're here," he says honestly, "and I'm trying to figure that out."

He gestures around them.

"It seems as if we were all brought here. And the message indicated that they were trying to accomplish something. To me, I'd assume we were brought to finish the mission that they couldn't."

[tumang]

"Well done, Detective Obvious. With you on board, we're going to get to the bottom of this in a few hours."

Amos knows he's being an asshole, but he can't stop himself. He leans in a little closer, elbows on the table.

"Where do we go from here, then?"

[why_me]

If Amos was, say, his Aunt Pol or his Grandfather or even Silk, that barb might have had some sting. But given that Amos might as well have been a Tolnedran trade comissioner, as far as he's concerned... he simply raises an eyebrow as if to say that yes, it was supposed to be obvious, please, catch up. But he doesn't stick to it, instead moving on.

"I've been trying to figure out the purpose each one of the people here might be able to serve. And I've been searching to see what clues I can find, since I've been able to see things others couldn't before."

He tilts his head just a little at Amos, as if to ask if he had another question.

[tumang]

"Oh yeah? What can you see that I can't?"

He keeps going, because if the guy does have some kind of ability like that, it could be useful, and Amos is all about usefulness on this barge. So many people around are... well, useless.

[why_me]

"I can see something like a skin on everything around us," he says after a moment, "all the pieces of this place. Something that makes my power just... slide off of it, like oil and water."

[tumang]

"That, my dude, makes zero sense."

But then again the guy can turn into a beast. So what does Amos know.

"If there's a skin on top of everything, does that mean you're useless?"

[why_me]

"I suppose we'll find out," is all he says to that, though he doesn't sound concerned. After all- "Though I tend to find my misfortune in being useful as opposed to the opposite problem. There's more than one way to skin a boar, as they say."

[tumang]

Amos smirks, standing up and patting Garion on the shoulder. "Well, good luck. If we find a boar on board, I'll definitely call you. Gotta get back to work, now."

[why_me]

He looks down at the hand on his shoulder, doesn't seem offended by it, but he can tell that tone. Honestly, he finds it a little amusing. A lifetime of asking 'why me' and this is certainly a sort of just dessert, isn't it?

"And what is it that you're doing? Perhaps I could be of use with that?"

[tumang]

"Fixing the comms system around deck 6. Plenty of the computers are on the fritz and need to be looked into. That something you're familiar with?"

He's pretty sure he knows the answer, but. Who knows.

[why_me]

"No," he admits easily enough, "but if you explain a little about it, I can probably help."

He doesn't want to intrude, but it does tend to be true.

end scene?

[tumang]

Amos sighs. And here he is, again.

"Well, c'mon then. No time to waste if I'm going to have to explain everything. Let's go."

good to me!

[why_me]

Garion'll follow behind. And more than likely, be much more helpful than expected. It's his thing.