[closed] little baby me tryna play with my dollies

[nitropowered]

Who: Sandalphon, Vincent, Katsuki, Asuka
When: throughout the event
Where: The Family House
What: Catch-all for family nonsense! Feel free to use if you live in the house.
Warnings: TBA in subject lines



[OOC: Starters in comments!]

Comments

[prevail]

It suits me well enough, at least. What about your own goals for the future?

[ It's only fair that he ask in turn, surely. ]

[redheadcarrier]

...I don't know. I'm still thinkin' about them.

[ Or maybe she doesn't have any. Oops. ]

[prevail]

You have time... Besides, we're all necessarily delayed.

[ What with having to save their worlds. ]

[redheadcarrier]

I guess we are.

[ She doesn't sound that convinced. BUt she does drink her tea. ]

So do you not sleep or can you not sleep?

[ Maybe she's going in circles now. ]

[prevail]

I could sleep, it just doesn't benefit me if I'm undamaged.

[ So he sees little point in it. Why not do some housework during these quiet hours to lighten Vincent's load, he reasons. ]

Not to mention, it's...vulnerable.

[ Just as he was when Lucifer died protecting him. ]

[redheadcarrier]

So you don't need rest?

[ She is not touching on the "vulnerable" comment because it's not like she can stop sleeping. ]

[prevail]

[ Clark Kent had brought up rest too. Sandalphon considers it, folding his arms across his chest. ]

I find things like this restful. If I sit around doing nothing, I only have my thoughts to occupy me... And honestly, I spent a very long time with just that.

[redheadcarrier]

...but even if that's true, doesn't your body wear down?

[ She's gonna keep poking at this. ]

[prevail]

It doesn't, because it's only a manifestation.

[ Her reward is trivia. Strange, strange trivia. ]

[redheadcarrier]

...you mean it's not real?

[ Wait, wait. ]

[prevail]

It's real enough in that it's tangible, but I could alter it or demanifest it at any time.

[ Very normal of him, right? ]

[redheadcarrier]

...what?

[ She stares at him over the rim of her mug. ]

Explain that again.

[prevail]

[ Very patiently: ]

I could make myself several times larger than an airship if I were so inclined. My form is malleable.

[ Like he's explaining the sky is blue. ]

[redheadcarrier]

...you make less sense the more I know about you.

[ SIGH. ]

[prevail]

[ He shrugs with a given helplessness. By now, he's long grown accustomed to being an unusual case among their number. It's far more surprising when others understand or share commonalities with him than to find them baffled. ]

I'm not so unusual in the Sky Realm. Primals are numerous, and all can alter their shape or size.

[redheadcarrier]

...I guess I shouldn't be that surprised, but still. That feels way out there to me. Where's all the extra mass come from? Or go?

[ Look. ]

[prevail]

Lucifer was the one with superior knowledge in that area.

[ He presided over evolution and assisted in making others of their kind. He'd made Sandalphon on his own. Sandalphon, on the other hand, didn't have any of that on his primarch resume. ]

I assume it's to do with being composed of energy.

[redheadcarrier]

I'm gonna pretend that made any kind of sense and just say yeah, sure.

[ This is way over her head. Even with her smarts. ]

It's... something you can do. Fine. I'm not gonna question it.

[prevail]

Perhaps for the best. It's an unremarkable reality of my world.

[ As a result, he's ill-equipped to explain it properly to someone whose home must be wildly different. ]

I'd ask what those creatures you contend with are made of, but I know it's an unpleasant subject. [ He idly waves a hand, dismissing his own suggestion. ] I can assume they're different.

[redheadcarrier]

...I honestly don't know. Some of them were... flesh and blood, I guess. Others were different.

[ They all died, though. ]

Doesn't matter now, anyway.

[prevail]

I see. They remind me more of the Otherworldly beings my world has to fend off... Though they aren't so much large as numerous and calculated.

[ Since she answered, he may as well get himself a clearer image of her world when it's not being invaded... ]

Your world's population is human, right?

[redheadcarrier]

...well, yeah. Entirely human. Nothing like... I dunno... goblins or something.

[prevail]

But you have heard of goblins...

[ How very interesting.

He refreshes her cup when it gets low, mulling that over. ]

It's strange to think our worlds are so different, yet many of us have similar appearances.

[redheadcarrier]

Well, I've heard of them... but they're just stories!

[ Weird how that works. ]

I don't know. The universe is a weird place, apparently. And likes to make us feel bad.

[prevail]

I think...

[ He trails off, frowning deeply at the bitter taste of the notion. The impression has been with him for some time, now. ]

Our "hosts" must find it gratifying in some way. Some of these tests speak nothing of our realms or their worthiness, only imposing hardship on us.