[ stalking and shadowing is busywork, and it keeps Alex busy. Splendor is a big place, and it keeps being big and not completely explored
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[Jast likes to spend time at the ocean, talking to the fish and seagulls and watching others play in the water. He glances over his shoulder, however, as he feels someone come running towards the beach.
Not lookin' too happy there, bro. Jast blinks at him curiously for a moment before turning, ambling a little closer.
He gives an inquisitive little whistle, tilting his head.]
[Alex pants like an animal, jaw dangling as he gawks out at the ocean, blinking profusely and beginning to hunch as if to somehow separate his sweaty skin from the clothes stuck to it. his breath hitches each time the tide rolls close.
it takes a while for his peripherals to catch the humanshape and process it, and he does a triple-take between the tide and trying to lock onto the new thing without being completely caught unawares by one or the other.
Alex stares at him with some in-between expression of bewilderment and outrage, frozen in place and posture for a great deal of time before beginning to straighten, finding a bit of sense.
waves roll in and his gaze flickers, shoulders drawn up with his last breath.]
[Alex counters the move by stomping a food hard - the impact is hardly what he wants (sand), but his straight-backed posture gives no show of disappointment. his nostrils flare with his inhale, sucking in a breath so loudly it causes his saliva to gurgle with his hiss. all through a joyless smile, baring teeth.
it's a wonder his drumming heartbeat isn't rocking the crust of the earth.]
[He balks back slightly, a startled little bird, but... he has dealt with angry animals before. Jast's expression loses its uncertainty and he continues forward with steady hands.]
Let me kill you, scum. It can be a big help. The best. [heh, shaking his head.] No, but enough. Be worth iiih--![laughing off the heebie-jeebies at the sound of the water, wagging his head.
[bowed still, forearms pressed against his thighs and his head lifted just enough to see incoming shadows, be they incoming. he fidgets the one foot his weight isn't utterly pressed on, twisting it into the sand. ugh, sand.]
[Alex - nor his chains - won't find themselves going very far, seeing as soon as he makes his move, an unseen force knocks him straight out of the air, slamming him back down the the ground.]
Not lookin' too happy there, bro. Jast blinks at him curiously for a moment before turning, ambling a little closer.
He gives an inquisitive little whistle, tilting his head.]
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it takes a while for his peripherals to catch the humanshape and process it, and he does a triple-take between the tide and trying to lock onto the new thing without being completely caught unawares by one or the other.
Alex stares at him with some in-between expression of bewilderment and outrage, frozen in place and posture for a great deal of time before beginning to straighten, finding a bit of sense.
waves roll in and his gaze flickers, shoulders drawn up with his last breath.]
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Are you all right?
[He decides not to make this more difficult with his awkward English.]
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it's a wonder his drumming heartbeat isn't rocking the crust of the earth.]
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Hush. There is nothing to fear here.
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Awful smell-! Ha. Euch! Ha.
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You should relax.
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relax? Alex barks a laugh, wincing and leaning forward as if he's about to heave.]
Ha-! Stop, scum.
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Tell me what troubles you, and perhaps I can help.
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Let me kill you, scum. It can be a big help. The best. [heh, shaking his head.] No, but enough. Be worth iiih--![laughing off the heebie-jeebies at the sound of the water, wagging his head.
God he hates this place so much right now.]
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Come, you should be in the shade.
[He will herd Alexander there, if he does not wish to go on his own.]
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Any distraction you find in attacking me will be temporary. Come with me into the shade.
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Alex was already squatting, so all he has to do is spring up and backward, chains whistling with his speed.
NPC interference in 3, 2...]
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Please don't.
[His concern remains with Alexander and he crouches down alongside him quietly.]
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