Pierce -
God, I loved people! Well ... Y'know ... sorta ... some of the group's ... people ... I loved ... ish ...
Ah, whatever! Screw that idea, I didn't really love them, so much as I loved messing with them! Yep. Better.
I kept my solemn mask in place, with the occasional smirk, as I continued balancing the doors on Jake's head, as he spoke with Kasumi, Tamosu and Io watching like hawks. He was now much scarier than before, since he was in his lion form. For example, the waves of annoyance were much stronger, and his tail was flicking angrily...His bared teeth didn't help, either.
I wanted to laugh out loud, but I settled for lightening my stone stare; Kasumi had done quite a number on his patience! His perfect little composure was crackling and about to snap...After all, the baring of his...sharp...murderous teeth, was supposed to be a smile.(Okay--shut up! Lions are freakin' scary--just shut up!)
When he had ranted about Harmony to Kasumi...that had firmed my suspicion. He didn't buy any of this Harmony crap, his voice screamed it. He was in it for the ulterior motive, whatever it was to him.
I didn't judge him, though. For two reasons: One, I had no idea what his motive was, so I couldn't just put him down as a bad guy--and, two: I didn't believe in Harmony, either. How could I--when almost all I've seen of this world had been darkness before now?
Tch. Lion-boy was gonna screw over his own chances of fitting in if he kept up his 'Yes!-Yes,-I-believe-in-Harmony-you-idiots,-so-leave-me-alone-before-I-break-you' attitude. He was being watched too sharply to afford such a mistake. If no one noticed he was faking it, they were gonna unless someone told him to shape up!
I waited patiently for the door to fall from his head, and as I picked it up, I made it a point to whisper in his ear as I lent down to get the door, so that no one would notice I was talking--or even hear me.
"Listen, I don't know what you want--honestly, I don't care, either. I just know, you're not here for Harmony." I saw him stiffen slightly, "Hey, easy there, twitchy! Shh, okay? I don't believe, either. I have my motives, you have yours, just make yourself believable before they leave your hide out to decay with the rest of the useless carcasses in the world. No one will pity you, and you're already under suspicion for revenge. I will say this once, and once alone: If you are a traitor, I probably still wont care about what you do, just don't touch the little brown timber wolf. Maki is mine, and if another annoying animal tries to hurt her, I will kill them: in this case, that's you. So chin up, put your heart into the act, and do whatever you joined us to do. Hey, make some friends, enjoy the perks, relax, if ya do it right, you might have a good time. I'll always be willing to talk to you, and hey, who knows, maybe we'll be friends? Good luck." I said it all swiftly and precisely, pretending to look for the door to buy more time before patting his head and placing the door back on his head.
I watched him as turned his head and gave me a glare, my guess would be that he wasn't liking being bossed around or patted, but he wasn't going to say anything, so I guess he understood. My reply was to put another door on his head and grin good-naturedly, raising my hands as if to say, 'No hard feelings, I have nothing against you'. He looked away from me. Oh, well.
I looked around, and though people were staring at me (wondering what the hell the 'crazy cow halfer' was doing, no doubt) no one seemed to have heard what I had said to Jake. Perfect.
Kasumi, Tamotsu, and Io--the ones who I were most worried about hearing--were only shocked that I had gone as far as to smile at him and pat his head. Heh, they didn't know that I had no common sense. Hell, if you're going to be prey among carnivores, you had to be able to ignore your instincts.
I lost myself in frivolous thought, then. I began wondering about the sanity of sand. Why did it remain so commonly near the waters? What was it's excuse for sitting upon the rocky shores, constantly being worn away by the treacherous water that tore it apart even more with every caress?
Does it never tire of such an existence? Being known only in reference to it's abusive lover, the sea? Being walked upon and molded to another's preference merely because it can be molded? Why go through the constant torture, only for the comfort of the constantly changing ocean, who always expects and forces the changes upon the sand?
And to always be thought of as foreign when it was away from it's angry love! To be seen and scorned in the deserts, as a torture, as a punishment! All of this because it chose to get away from it's eroding counterpart! There's no respect for the suffering sand, who always will yearn for the sea, and when it does get it, is worn apart and changed until it's unrecognizable...Why? Why the poor sand? Why--
And, I was suddenly tackled by a very, very playful Ice. I fell to the lightly snow-covered ground, my eyes meeting the wolf's for a moment before I grinned, calling out, "Aha! Fine, Ice, it's on!" thusly proceeding to roll around playfully with Ice until he rolled off , his eyes bright and his tail wagging.
I grinned and laughed, "And what," I raised an eyebrow, "was that for?" I managed out between my laughter.
Ice grinned, too. "That, was me saving your life."
It clicked in my head what he meant, and whined jokingly, "Aw! That means Lion-Boy got away, huh?" I lowered my head, feigning sadness, but still laughing, "You think he was really gonna attack me?"
"Did you not see the look in his eyes? I knew he was going to!" He smiled.
I snickered, "Yeah, probably. But now I just have to hunt him down and continue." I gave Ice a mischievous grin before I looked up and saw Maki laughing quietly to herself. "Maaaakkiiiii~!"
Maki walked over, "Hm?" she smiled down at me.
"Help me up, Maki! It's cold and wet..." I gave her puppy eyes until she extended her hand and brought me to my feet.
"You're such a baby." she chided, brushing me off. "I swear, can't you take care of yourself?" Maki continued, still smiling.
I snorted, smiling, "Only sometimes."
Maki shivered, transforming into a wolf, "Geez...How can you stand being out in the snow with your outfit?! It's so cold!"
I hummed, "Y'know? I really have no idea. Being a cow doesn't do much against the cold, so, I'm sort of stuck, anyway." I shrugged.
"Uhm...H-Hello..." a small thirteen-year-old girl quietly walked up to us.
Maki gave me a very stern glare that said, 'do not torment her--she has done nothing wrong'. So I sighed. Feh. Boring.
Ah, well, whatver. "Hey." I raised one hand in greeting.
"Hello." Maki bowed, smiling shyly.
I left them to talk while I went to go bug Jake some more. I couldn't help it--it was too fun.
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Woo! Hope I got everyone's personalities right!Sorry about the long rant about sand--I just want to accentuate how completely eccentric Pierce's mind can get. XD
