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kaisou2025-01-21 09:16 am
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[treasure 8] it's black and white, this message is for you
WHO: Gilgamesh, Sampo Koski, and you
WHERE: Gemini
WHEN: endish of January
WHAT: in which Gilgamesh is only so good at waiting before his temper snaps and a few executive decisions need to be made. Payments arranged. Favors compensated. Please help.
WARNINGS: n/a
one. voice; un: AUO - to whom it may concern (and it should concern you)
[ Gil's tone is... strange. neither of his usual emotions--bored or smug--seem to be present in the tension that he speaks with, and he's trying to sound... neutral. overwhelmingly so. he is pulling a facade of calm into his voice that feels like it doesn't quite fit right. ]
I am quite tired of waiting for the pieces of a puzzle to fall into place, and so, I will see them seized for myself.
I need material ore. Whether it's tin, copper, gold, silver, tungsten, platinum, cobalt, or diamond itself--or some unknown to me magical panacea rock that exists only in an anomalous riftgate, I am in the market to purchase ore or information regarding ore.
If you know a deposit that can be pulled up, or have the means to put together a mining expedition if only you had the currency, I am paying for your services. If you need someone to keep beasts at bay while you collect the ore, I am available for the work, or I will fund your hirelings. Hook or crook, I simply need a stockpile of materials and I need it a month ago.
My. [ and that neutral, authoritative tone falters here; he takes in a breath, digs his teeth into his tongue and steadies himself again, though there's a noticeable shift and an unease in his attempt to sound like the boss of you. ] My partner has a crystal growing in his skin and the symptoms are getting worse. It glows constantly and he's lost the ability to differentiate temperature. He has a forgemaster on retainer, but they need materials to find one that can contain whatever the hell it is-- [ oops, that's an emotion, can't have those.
swallow it down. go back to neutral, even though it's cracked and his temper is beginning to show through. he's shifted to a sort of... resolved, unflinchingly firm calm. ] I will not lose him a second time. I don't care what it costs. I don't care if you think to bleed me dry. I'm available at the Auguries of Innocence during the day, and if I'm not there in the evenings, the Vogue.
[ a long pause. another slow breath. ]
I do not know what I will do if he's taken from me again. Therefore, I will not entertain the possibility. You may respond to this solicitation, or to me directly.
[ that's not a threat.
that's a promise.
a King does not break his promises.
and then, soft and so very, very tired. ]
... please.
two. action - with lightning in my heels and my heart on fire
[ and as he promised, if you have stuff to sell, Gilgamesh is outside of his teapot and ready to pull out his fancy golden wallet. he's given to the masculine urge to perch on the roof, standing on the Auguries bundled up in many, many layers of expensive winterwear because he was still born in a dry, desert climate, and this sucks, but he needs fresh air and to not be near people unless they're doing his bidding.
if you'd prefer a Vogue introduction, there's a certain particularly gothic corner of the party palace that he's sitting adjacently to, nursing a glass of wine and trying not to look like he wants to explode. the look on his face is dire--anger, concern, constipation. he's bottling things and it's fine; one day, like all proud rich and powerful men, he'll do enough cocaine about it that he'll probably explode and die. ]
three. closed to Sampo and close CR - and oh, I am so tired
[ and when he's not brooding and hovering over his phone, waiting for someone to come through with something, Gil is doing a surprisingly good job at avoiding the people who might be coming to see him just for him. he's running on a few anxious months of watching things get worse while Sampo laughs that it'll be all right, just let ol' Bladie work and then here it is.
not all right.
Sampo's skin freezing cold to the touch because he stood in an icy, unheated shower for thirty minutes, unaware that he'd forgotten to put the heat on. he's angry, he's tired, he'sscared and he's digging his teeth into his lip until he tastes blood as he runs through a hundred different contingency plans and keeps coming back around to what happens if the worst happens.
the King may have fallen apart in his grief for Enkidu
but Gilgamesh has mourned Samuel Kouvac once before, so all he has left is to get angry about it and that... feels like it won't end well for anyone.
so he does his level best to avoid the people who know him best. including Sampo. especially Sampo. ]
WHERE: Gemini
WHEN: endish of January
WHAT: in which Gilgamesh is only so good at waiting before his temper snaps and a few executive decisions need to be made. Payments arranged. Favors compensated. Please help.
WARNINGS: n/a
one. voice; un: AUO - to whom it may concern (and it should concern you)
in which a king needs to buy stuff like rocks and labor
[ Gil's tone is... strange. neither of his usual emotions--bored or smug--seem to be present in the tension that he speaks with, and he's trying to sound... neutral. overwhelmingly so. he is pulling a facade of calm into his voice that feels like it doesn't quite fit right. ]
I am quite tired of waiting for the pieces of a puzzle to fall into place, and so, I will see them seized for myself.
I need material ore. Whether it's tin, copper, gold, silver, tungsten, platinum, cobalt, or diamond itself--or some unknown to me magical panacea rock that exists only in an anomalous riftgate, I am in the market to purchase ore or information regarding ore.
If you know a deposit that can be pulled up, or have the means to put together a mining expedition if only you had the currency, I am paying for your services. If you need someone to keep beasts at bay while you collect the ore, I am available for the work, or I will fund your hirelings. Hook or crook, I simply need a stockpile of materials and I need it a month ago.
My. [ and that neutral, authoritative tone falters here; he takes in a breath, digs his teeth into his tongue and steadies himself again, though there's a noticeable shift and an unease in his attempt to sound like the boss of you. ] My partner has a crystal growing in his skin and the symptoms are getting worse. It glows constantly and he's lost the ability to differentiate temperature. He has a forgemaster on retainer, but they need materials to find one that can contain whatever the hell it is-- [ oops, that's an emotion, can't have those.
swallow it down. go back to neutral, even though it's cracked and his temper is beginning to show through. he's shifted to a sort of... resolved, unflinchingly firm calm. ] I will not lose him a second time. I don't care what it costs. I don't care if you think to bleed me dry. I'm available at the Auguries of Innocence during the day, and if I'm not there in the evenings, the Vogue.
[ a long pause. another slow breath. ]
I do not know what I will do if he's taken from me again. Therefore, I will not entertain the possibility. You may respond to this solicitation, or to me directly.
[ that's not a threat.
that's a promise.
a King does not break his promises.
and then, soft and so very, very tired. ]
... please.
two. action - with lightning in my heels and my heart on fire
cash for gold. or silver. or titanium. or rainbow magic rock.
[ and as he promised, if you have stuff to sell, Gilgamesh is outside of his teapot and ready to pull out his fancy golden wallet. he's given to the masculine urge to perch on the roof, standing on the Auguries bundled up in many, many layers of expensive winterwear because he was still born in a dry, desert climate, and this sucks, but he needs fresh air and to not be near people unless they're doing his bidding.
if you'd prefer a Vogue introduction, there's a certain particularly gothic corner of the party palace that he's sitting adjacently to, nursing a glass of wine and trying not to look like he wants to explode. the look on his face is dire--anger, concern, constipation. he's bottling things and it's fine; one day, like all proud rich and powerful men, he'll do enough cocaine about it that he'll probably explode and die. ]
three. closed to Sampo and close CR - and oh, I am so tired
when i'm alone, i fall apart
[ and when he's not brooding and hovering over his phone, waiting for someone to come through with something, Gil is doing a surprisingly good job at avoiding the people who might be coming to see him just for him. he's running on a few anxious months of watching things get worse while Sampo laughs that it'll be all right, just let ol' Bladie work and then here it is.
not all right.
Sampo's skin freezing cold to the touch because he stood in an icy, unheated shower for thirty minutes, unaware that he'd forgotten to put the heat on. he's angry, he's tired, he's
the King may have fallen apart in his grief for Enkidu
but Gilgamesh has mourned Samuel Kouvac once before, so all he has left is to get angry about it and that... feels like it won't end well for anyone.
so he does his level best to avoid the people who know him best. including Sampo. especially Sampo. ]
action
He turns back from where he'd been about to cross into the stable gate to Hyrule--his natural inclination to wander around alone crossbreeding with the itch in his hands to do literally anything other than continue to sit and wait. He tucks his hands into his pockets as if the cold were more than a passing irritation, since the last thing he wants to think about is the problem with one's body and changes being thrust upon it...
No, that'll get him thinking, and thinking will send him spiraling, and when he spirals he has to pick an emotion and he's tired of all of the soft emotions. He wants to go with anger. No one else wants him to go with anger.
"Shouldn't you be keeping warm, little Master?"
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Said with a pretty cheeky grin, to boot. Though as to that question, Ritsuka merely shrugged.
"Not really, if I go through the gate like I was planning on anyway." Technically not a lie, a trip to Hyrule was actually precisely what she'd been intending to suggest to Gil. That just outside the gate was where she found him was clearly serendipity.
"So, how about it? Two people are better than one, and all that." A pause, then a bit more somberly: "And besides, I think it'd be nice to have some company?"
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Though it's lacking his usual sardonically playful tone, it's not colored by actual anger or displeasure at having been followed so easily.
After all; the more things change, the more they stay the same. Gilgamesh craves the acquisition of all of humanity's treasures and seeks to appreciate the beauty of his Garden in all its forms. Hyrule is mostly untouched wilderland and untapped possibility. Of course it would bring him a measure of comfort.
"Hm. I seem to recall that it's next to impossible to change your mind once you've made it up, and your presence is not so reprehensible that I have reason to turn you away." Which is glowing for a review, really. "Did you have a particular trip in mind?"
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If Gil were truly displeased, he'd have no hesitation in making it known, in Ritsuka's experience. And she couldn't blame him for lacking his usual humor, considering everything.
"I was thinking of trying to scout out more places for people to try mining. If I can find them, I can bring people there, you know?"
Group teleportation was a truly amazingly useful trick. Though also, because it was cold in Kaisou, she started moving toward the portal as she spoke.
"Maybe check up on some other stuff while I'm there, that kinda thing."