there exists a tipping point between gods and monsters
First of all, you've been around for like three weeks, boy. And secondly, Jack used to be fucking that girl. So... there? Ugh.
They regard each other, each as calm as the other, though the storm roiling behind Jack's gaze is likely much more volatile than anything Vesper is feeling right now. And unbeknownst to the captain, the youth before him is almost equally matched when it comes to their mental defences.
Reaching out, the captain snatches the rubber duck from the air as it flies up towards him - it squeaks obnoxiously - and he sets it down behind him on the barrel. "You will," he says. "There's a demigod who can summon 'em. Torchline's full of ducks."
Slipping off the barrel to stand and feeling as though he wants to both shake the young man as if some thoughts might fall out but also put as much distance between them as possible, he lowers his sunglasses a fraction at his second question. "I don't, no," he drawls. "Not unless you're a new hire." Which he isn't, evidently.
They regard each other, each as calm as the other, though the storm roiling behind Jack's gaze is likely much more volatile than anything Vesper is feeling right now. And unbeknownst to the captain, the youth before him is almost equally matched when it comes to their mental defences.
Reaching out, the captain snatches the rubber duck from the air as it flies up towards him - it squeaks obnoxiously - and he sets it down behind him on the barrel. "You will," he says. "There's a demigod who can summon 'em. Torchline's full of ducks."
Slipping off the barrel to stand and feeling as though he wants to both shake the young man as if some thoughts might fall out but also put as much distance between them as possible, he lowers his sunglasses a fraction at his second question. "I don't, no," he drawls. "Not unless you're a new hire." Which he isn't, evidently.
- Secret Telepath
- Functionally Immortal (Forever 35)
- Two small star tattoos beneath his left eye
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