I'm n9t calling f9r a sec9nd chance

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

WHO: Kankri Vantas and anyone who wants to try to calm him down
TONE: sad. Wow. Sad.
RATING: PG, maybe PG-13?
WHEN: Monday, 1/10/12
WHERE: Divination Tower
WHAT: After waking up on Saturday abruptly dead again, Kankri has been sulking and hiding in the Divination Tower since. The problem being, classes need to be held there on Monday.
STATUS: Ongoing
NOTE: He is a ghost again, although some of you may have seen him around the castle during the event as a short, young boy around 15. This means he can neither touch nor be touched, which is pretty much the source of his pique.


Since early Saturday morning, the noises from the Divination Tower have varied between frustrated screaming and shuddering, muffled sobs. The source of these has hidden from anyone who tried to find him, but come Monday and the resumption of classes as normal the noises have resumed with an even more despairing tone. What began as sulking is bordering on a full-out temper tantrum, now.

Unchecked privileges everywhere.

Comments

[mightyandtall]

The silence was deafening, but Theo was sure that Kankri was around somewhere. He had to be. Of course, if he wasn't, he would feel foolish. But he knew he was just there--but then, how quickly could ghosts travel? Was it possible that he'd already left the tower and gone elsewhere?

Instead of dwelling on that too much, he clears his throat. He doesn't know where to turn to speak, so he just glances around as he speaks. He'd rather do that and chance looking in the direction that Kankri is rather than speaking to a brick. "I'm. I, uh. I'm sorry for what happened. This wasn't fair to you at all."

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

Theoretically, yes, Kankri could have actually left the tower and been long gone by the time that Theo spoke again. But like Theo was questioning whether Kankri was still there, Kankri in return was waiting for Theo to say something, waiting for another sign that it was really him before he showed himself.

When Theo finally does speak again, Kankri waits for a long minute before showing himself, silvery, transparent mop of hair slipping out of the wall. He can't bring himself to meet his friend's gaze. To be fair, the likelihood of Theo meeting his is slim to none anyway. "It wasn't fair to you, either. To Sal, or to anyone."

[mightyandtall]

Really, now that he knows there Kankri is, it's all he needs to know where to not look. Making eye contact with Kankri hadn't ever been a problem. Until, you know, he died.

He could agree with that assertion, to a degree. The idea of them actually completely agreeing on something was unheard of, and it wasn't going to start now. "Perhaps, but not to the same degree as it was to you."

[insuffera6les9n9rus]

Well, it had been a problem in that there had always been a pretty big height difference between them. But Kankri? Avoiding Theo's gaze? It never crossed his mind before. He slips entirely out from his hiding place, ghostly movements fluid as always, hovering about halfway between Theo's eye level and his own actual height.

When he finally speaks again, it's soft and almost inaudible. "I'm used to things not being fair for me."

Given the fit he'd been throwing, he's not as used to it as he'd like everyone else to believe.

[mightyandtall]

Finding the appropriate words for this moment was difficult. Given, he never had tact to begin with. Even still, he couldn't find the right words that were even acceptable for him.

He opens his mouth, closes it, and after a few moments of hesitation, he finally allows himself to speak. "Just because you say you're used to that," he pauses, shifting his gaze, "doesn't make the unfairness to you any less valid."

[insuffera6les9n9rus]

Kankri pauses and looks up at Theo when he says that.

"I suppose my only regret is that it wasn't long enough," he admits, not reluctantly but with hesitation. "But then, would it ever have been?"

He sighs. "It was...nice, to be more than just a busybody has-been, for a while."

[mightyandtall]

Theodore isn't sure that even an unlimited amount of time would be enough. He doesn't voice that, though. Instead, he tries to actually say something helpful.

"Maybe that's what you should think about then." He pauses. "It was nice for me too. But nothing is going to change how things are now." And even greater pause because this part is really hard to say. "We can't all be so lucky to... have an opportunity like that."

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

It doesn't need to be said, either. They're both thinking the same thing.

That last remark confuses him. It's been too long since he's either used or heard anyone use 'has-been' in a non-literal context, and he floats a little higher off of the ground, closer to Theo's line of sight. "...What?"