@chrollolucilfer / cw death of loved ones

[bookofpowers]

I have recently discovered that a person I care about is deceased at home. I do not know the circumstances, as I had just spoken to them before I was taken to this place.

If you are aware of ways to find information about your home world, please do share.

(ooc note that i edited the post! i said two, but in fact, for his canon point, it is just one. an oopsie, happy new years guys...!!!)

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[bookofpowers]

(here is where he could lie, or be completely truthful. both of them have the same result, because while technically, yes, also, technically no.)

I could, but I lack something that is needed.

(a thief, even in abilities - neither the one that allows him to control the bots nor the one that would allow him to control people are his. shalnark's, which lies also in his book and confirms his status as alive, requires the boy's phone to type commands into, and the antennas to fix on the target. he has only the device, and nothing to use it with.)

Why is it that you ask?

[tinflower]

[ Gorgug isn't clever when it comes to people. He could be fucking himself over here, even though he's sure it's hard to fuck himself over by talking about this person. Or how much he doesn't want to work with them, but-- if there's a chance of getting one over of them, Gorgug would much rather do that than the alternative.

So, while there's a moment of hesitation, he looks back to Chrollo. ]

Do you know Tatianna? [ A beat. ] The woman handing out the eggs.

cw torture mention

[bookofpowers]

(great point - she could definitely know something of use, the problem here is how to get it out of her. he has plenty in his kit that could do quite some damage, pull the truth from pain, but there is also another route.)

Making her talk?

[tinflower]

[ It's slow, but he nods. ]

She knows what's going on. She's the same one who wanted information on everyone--she set up the tea that got people talking about themselves, or something like that. [ Which he didn't actually drink himself, so he only knows about it secondhand--still, the point of it is: ] I don't know what she can do, and I don't know how much she knows... but I think it would be easier if some of us got her to talk than to give her what she wants from the start.

[ A beat. ] Unless it's useful. She's new, but she's still getting her supplies, somehow.

[bookofpowers]

I fell for it myself. I thought I was being clever by not drinking the tea they brought and asking for a specific type, but I was narrow-minded. Now, there is no reason to hide.

(gorgug might have noticed that he no longer wears the bandana, the tattoo on the middle of his forehead visible and proud.)

I do not think it's a trouble for me to catch her. I can go unnoticed and I have a way to travel with her in my pocket. What is it that you mean 'get to talk'? A bribe?

(he's a kid, he's assuming a regular one.)

[tinflower]

[ Gorgug did notice, but Gorgug, thinking it was a cosmetic choice at the time, has not thought very deeply about it. Which is often his way in life.

Though he's having to be thoughtful right now, grimacing a little at being asked what he means, but--fuck it, he's already here. ]

Well...I was hoping for a way to read her mind, or to get her to tell the truth. I didn't know if you could do that [ since he's already got a cool move!! ] but, I know a few things...or might know someone who can help.

[ Unfortunately: ] I don't know how to bribe her. And I think with the info she wants, she needs to make a calculation--figure out the kind of people they're bringing in to know what they're doing here.

cw passing torture mention

[bookofpowers]

I cannot read her mind, and my methods of making her speak are gruesome, which I do not mind deploying.

(it's simply a fact, nothing big, nothing unexpected - for him, at least.)

If that is not a route we want to go through, I can help take her.

(that feeling of having someone nearby, a presence in the room, is simply gone. he retains his aura within his body. he can be seen, but he looks unreal, as if not even there to begin with.)

[tinflower]

Mmm... I think we should hold off on anything gruesome. [ He doesn't make any particular face about the fact. It is an option, but in this scenario, not necessary. ] I don't know that she'll like being grabbed, but I think she's-- if she knows stuff, and there's things she can do, it's better not to hurt her too much.

[ So, he nods. ] If you can take her safely enough, that'll work. I can introduce you to the other people I've talked to this about.

[bookofpowers]

It is a deal, kid.

(he's too desperate, so he's very much shooting in all directions in hope something hits. his hand extends, a handshake to seal the deal.)

[tinflower]

[ He looks from Chrollo, then the hand... and reaches out to take it with a gloved one--willing to shake Chrollo's it, but also being careful about not applying much pressure into any hold on his side. ]

The name's Gorgug.

[bookofpowers]

I know, you have said.

(look at that, not a handshake that he expected. he expected a weak one, unsure, but this is pretty good.)

Who else can you pull into these jobs?

[tinflower]

[ And he's going to keep saying it!!! ]

A couple of people--I'll ask us to meet. You can introduce yourselves.

[ So Gorgug doesn't have to!! ]

[bookofpowers]

Do you trust them enough for this?

(actually, sir, why do you trust chrollo for this--)

[tinflower]

[ Well.. ]

I trust them enough. They don't want to stop me, and they agreed to help. [ He pauses, then shrugs a shoulder. ]

It's hard to be picky around here.