[video post #11] Backdated to the beginning of the hunger event

[honor_tactics]

*Gale is seated outside, in a darkened corner of an alleyway. He holds a piece of broken glass in one hand, and has his other lifted to look over it in a kind of bizarre and intense curiosity. ...that particular hand is covered in bloody scratches, just as that piece of glass is covered in blood. Three guesses as to what he was doing.*....strange

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[whowillguardyou]

Gale?

[Roland starts to say something, but the sight of demon blood causes him to have to turn away and compose himself.

Let's try this again.]

I didn't... take you for that type. Where are you, Gale, and what are you doing?

[honor_tactics]

I'm...around.

*something would definitely seem wrong. He doesn't seem suicidal at all. He seems...mesmerized by the sight of his own blood*

I never realized how...easy it is.

[whowillguardyou]

...All right. I'm going to track you. Don't move.

[honor_tactics]

Track me?

*Gale smiles then, very eerily.* Why? Do you intend to devour me, Roland?

[whowillguardyou]

[As tempting as that thought is at the moment...]

I want to make sure you're okay. To be honest, that display is worrying.

[honor_tactics]

...I never realized just how fragile the human body is. *looking over the damage he did to his own hand* It doesn't take much to kill them, does it.

[whowillguardyou]

No. No it doesn't. But I would rather have you in one piece.

[walking out of the base as he keeps Gale on the line]

[honor_tactics]

...I don't know why. But I want to find out just how easy it is.

*pauses, apparently catching a moment of sanity in this.*

This isn't normal.

[whowillguardyou]

Of course it isn't normal.

[the blip on his phone is getting closer]

There's... some other force at work here, I think.

[honor_tactics]

There has to be. I would never...

*drops that piece of glass, now searching for something to tie his wounds with*

[whowillguardyou]

I'd offer to heal you, but I don't think it would be a good idea for me to change right now...

[And now he can smell blood, which causes his footsteps to falter. He covers his nose and mouth with one hand before continuing on.]

[honor_tactics]

...You're hungry.

[whowillguardyou]

It's not... normal, either. I've already eaten more of the supplements than I probably should have today.

[Oh hey, there you are. Pardon Roland as he promptly turns away from you.]

W-what about you? How are you feeling?

[honor_tactics]

*hangs up the Dreamberry as Roland comes into view* I can control myself. Our hunger cannot be controlled. *stands up, keeping his distance.* It would be best if you went into the desert and hunted the creatures there. They should be enough for Indra--the supplements are only to keep the edge off our hunger. Not subjugate it altogether.

[whowillguardyou]

[Coming after Gale might have been a bad idea, in hindsight. He slumps against the wall, still keeping his eyes averted from the blood.]

I was starting to realize that would be best, but... I wanted to make sure you were all right. You should... stick close to Cielo.

[Unless the other Embryon was having similar problems.]