call me out v. 11.0

[misheard]

Call out one of the characters from my muselist with a starter, a prompt, a general 'hey can we do something with these characters' comment, a smoke signal, etc., and I'll get back to you with some kind of RP thread!

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[kingofsling]

Is that all you know how to say? "I don't think that's how that works"? You don't know how boring you are, I swear. Let me have hyperbole and dreams, you menace. I told you you're an old man at heart.

[David melts into the touch, craning his neck for a better angle. Sure, beautiful girls are always great, but when it comes down to it, David isn't picky...about gender, anyways. Anything else is fair game for his complaining and niche tastes, tastes that Kajii happens to at least somewhat fit. He won't acknowledge anything further than that.]

I might be childish, but I'd rather be young and handsome forever than get wrinkles from frowning.

[scrollofdarkness]

I'm a romantic except when I'm giving advice.

[And David is someone in desperate need of advice, which is why Kajii comes off as an old man to him. A very pretty old man who gives gentle hair pets, but old nonetheless.]

You're a Heroic Spirit, you'll be young and handsome forever.

[kingofsling]

Not if I get wrinkles from frowning all the time! It would ruin my complexion and handsome expressions if I had worry lines all over my face. They don't look good on me, I can tell you that. I've done plenty worrying for a lifetime, so I'd really rather relax and have a good time. With my sheep. And you, I suppose, if you learn to stop nagging.

[David reaches up to affectionately pat Kajii's cheek, already seeming to be dozing. He's not, of course--he has no real need for sleep--but he likes to pretend to be tired so he can get special treatment and not have to be held accountable for the things he says.]

I bet you don't know the first thing about sheep, too. You're pretty dead weight.

[scrollofdarkness]

[Kajii knows that David doesn't need to sleep, but he won't call him out on it. At least unless he has to carry David to the leyline himself while David pretends to sleep.]

I might not be much of a shepherd, but I'm a far better writer than you.

[yeah his novel is better than the psalms, what're you gonna do about it]

[kingofsling]

[Any facsimile of sleep vanishes instantly as David sits up to fix Kajii with an intense indignant look.]

That's not true and you know it.

[He will willingly concede to most attacks on certain work ethic and moral related traits of his, but he'll tolerate nothing about his writing prowess. It's one of the few things he still has, even in this younger, more limited version of himself.]

[scrollofdarkness]

[Kajii just smiles even more widely, like he's gotten the upper hand for the first time today.]

It's alright, we can't all be the best author. You have plenty of other feats to be proud of, so you can admit your loss.

[David is here as the hero who slew Goliath with a stone. If he was here as the writer of the Psalms, he'd be a Caster. Besides - Kajii has nothing else to his story but his stories, he can at least claim to be better than David.]

[kingofsling]

[David crosses his arms with a huff, deliberately turning away in a childish approximation of annoyance. Really, it's almost good that he's here as his younger self, because a grown man exhibiting this behavior would be even more pathetic.]

That's not how it works! I can be good at many things, you know. I'm a renaissance man.

[Thanks, Da Vinci-chan, for teaching this petulant king the phrase.]

If anything, I should be all the better for that. Having all the skills and feats I possess while also writing the best--generally conceded, of course--series of songs only reveals my talent more. I mean, um--it's all to glorify my God, but you have to admit that I'm the superior writer. Just for truthfulness.

[scrollofdarkness]

[Da Vinci-chan talking to David is kind of terrifying as a concept. Kajii is going to track her down later, after they finally Rayshift back.]

Of course I've read them, and they aren't bad. [Damning by faint praise.] But at the moment it sounds more like you're glorifying yourself than your God.

[kingofsling]

[David pales, shaking his head emphatically.]

Absolutely not! I won't take such slander of my character and spirit lightly, especially when you're saying it with insults to my skill. If I were king, you could be killed for such a crime as blasphemy.

[He seems to have entirely forgotten his spiel about how being younger is better, with a fussiness that reaches new heights, even for someone like him. He's insulted, of course, but more than that, taken aback that someone would even think to say that about him, despite his more than pompous attitude about his talent.]

[scrollofdarkness]

But you prefer being younger, you said, so today I escape with my life~

[Not that he would just let himself be executed. Besides, their Master might have something to say about them killing each other.]

[kingofsling]

[Haughtily, he settles back down, turning his head away in supposed irritation. Even if he is cranky, even if his partner is being awfully rude to an innocent shepherd, he still wants to be loved upon.]

Hmph. Whatever. You're lucky for that.

[scrollofdarkness]

[David can still get hair pettings, even if he's never been innocent a day in his life.]

If you were a responsible king, we wouldn't be here having this conversation. We'd have Rayshifted already.

[So the point is moot, except for where David's pride is wounded.]