Damn right. [Pokes his cheeks. He's adorable, and Marco is thrilled to be able to baby him again, because no one ever really babied Ikki enough. And despite being the oldest, Marco is babied whenever he wants. SO HE KNOWS.]
Deputy Guardian of Everglade. I set a building on fire and threatened another city when she was kidnapped. Honestly, that was completely restrained. I wanted to wage a war on five fronts, torture the hell out of some incompetent lowlifes, and start roughing up the police force or set it on fire until people started talking. But I didn't. [And carve letters into people's chests to send a message but...] Instead, I pulled on the strings of the universe trying to find her and make sure we were still secured together, pulled in Namur's crazy ex-girlfriend and Grell's friend: Rip, Dohko the Libra Saint possibly, Ash, an alternate timeline version of my son maybe, and I even warned Kitten -- Grell, that others might be coming. I was a bit freaked out. To say the least.
Grell's an immortal. [Finger over his lips and sly grin.] So before I got my head on right I was a bit panicked over who could even hold her away from me, eh.
The other people here will likely be a bit annoyed. And I was purposely antagonizing a lot of them to see what shook loose. So remember that before you go bragging about your allegiance.
[STILL SLY GRINS, as he leads Ikki towards drinks and food.] Kitten has her way of politicking, but it's never been my style. [His expression softens and dims slightly.] Well, my way is war and vengeance, so...
But this is good. It means I'm free to do as I please now. And I shall.
[He's still going to try to find a way to break the culprits brains' inside of prison.]
Besides, she's right to. I failed her. Not as a husband, but as a deputy. As her husband I let her handle everything, and took it for granted she could handle it all so I could just play enforcer. I'm already hiring someone to help me familiarize with the Everglade vampires and other non-humans, but I was being the ultimate phoenix again.
Never forget this Ikki, whatever universe and world you're in, it's always important. The most dangerous thing you can do as a phoenix is lay back and let the world slip by around you. You'll lose yourself. Even if you keep your family close to keep your centered, it's too easy to withdraw. I did after my Pops, Thatch, and Ace died. I was in another world and there was nothing to make me be human anymore or care about anything. Grell saved me. She needed me as much as I needed her, and she reminded me that being immortal doesn't just mean outliving everyone, you still have more you can do, more choices to make in that than anyone else.
But that's what I was doing. Too much. People asked me her enemies, and I couldn't tell, because I didn't know them all. Just that they existed, and I hadn't considered them worth noticing before. People asked me where she'd been, what she'd been doing, and I couldn't tell them that either. When I had to ask people in my own city what they knew, no one knew anything, including me.
But I'm going back to being a pirate captain. I will pay more attention to Grell's politics, but I need to be outside of it for that.
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Deputy Guardian of Everglade. I set a building on fire and threatened another city when she was kidnapped. Honestly, that was completely restrained. I wanted to wage a war on five fronts, torture the hell out of some incompetent lowlifes, and start roughing up the police force or set it on fire until people started talking. But I didn't. [And carve letters into people's chests to send a message but...] Instead, I pulled on the strings of the universe trying to find her and make sure we were still secured together, pulled in Namur's crazy ex-girlfriend and Grell's friend: Rip, Dohko the Libra Saint possibly, Ash, an alternate timeline version of my son maybe, and I even warned Kitten -- Grell, that others might be coming. I was a bit freaked out. To say the least.
Grell's an immortal. [Finger over his lips and sly grin.] So before I got my head on right I was a bit panicked over who could even hold her away from me, eh.
The other people here will likely be a bit annoyed. And I was purposely antagonizing a lot of them to see what shook loose. So remember that before you go bragging about your allegiance.
[STILL SLY GRINS, as he leads Ikki towards drinks and food.] Kitten has her way of politicking, but it's never been my style. [His expression softens and dims slightly.] Well, my way is war and vengeance, so...
But this is good. It means I'm free to do as I please now. And I shall.
[He's still going to try to find a way to break the culprits brains' inside of prison.]
Besides, she's right to. I failed her. Not as a husband, but as a deputy. As her husband I let her handle everything, and took it for granted she could handle it all so I could just play enforcer. I'm already hiring someone to help me familiarize with the Everglade vampires and other non-humans, but I was being the ultimate phoenix again.
Never forget this Ikki, whatever universe and world you're in, it's always important. The most dangerous thing you can do as a phoenix is lay back and let the world slip by around you. You'll lose yourself. Even if you keep your family close to keep your centered, it's too easy to withdraw. I did after my Pops, Thatch, and Ace died. I was in another world and there was nothing to make me be human anymore or care about anything. Grell saved me. She needed me as much as I needed her, and she reminded me that being immortal doesn't just mean outliving everyone, you still have more you can do, more choices to make in that than anyone else.
But that's what I was doing. Too much. People asked me her enemies, and I couldn't tell, because I didn't know them all. Just that they existed, and I hadn't considered them worth noticing before. People asked me where she'd been, what she'd been doing, and I couldn't tell them that either. When I had to ask people in my own city what they knew, no one knew anything, including me.
But I'm going back to being a pirate captain. I will pay more attention to Grell's politics, but I need to be outside of it for that.