— survival can be summed up in three words

[arrancar]

WHO: grimmjow, vincent valentine & others
WHERE: around stygia and the shadowlands
WHEN: month of october
WHAT: catchall for event / other prompts
WARNINGS: language, violence etc.

( ooc | planned logs for both grimm and vv only. plotting comment here. feel free to hit me up if you're interested in doing something with one of the boys. if we've already discussed a log beforehand, feel free to drop it below or i'll get a starter tossed up. )

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[arrancar]

( the day has been an odd mix of highs and lows.

he isn't satisfied by how the fight ended, but his list of prospective opponents have started to grow quite nicely, so much so that he doesn't feel the need to go out of his way to find more now. the one complaint he has is that this world keeps interfering with abilities, snuffing them out at the worst possible moment.

he's pretty miffed about it, but what can he do? he'll just have to wait for a better day.

anyway, it's impossible not to sense ichigo these days. even when they aren't in the same area together, he still feels uncomfortably connected to him. nonetheless, his smile broadens when he's greeted. look at this boy, finally coming out of his room to eat some food!

good. he shouldn't be cooping himself up so much. )

I found a new prey. ( he plops down right next to him unceremoniously as he leans forward to sniff at the assortment of food. ) He would've made a great meal if I had the chance to finish him off. ( a beat. ) Not that I was going to.

[zangetsu]

（ the fact that grimmjow clarifies he wasn't actually going to eat him makes him roll his eyes, but he does hold the plate out in case he wants to try something. the contentment he can feel radiating off of him is — look, it's endearing, okay? ）

Yeah? Who?

[arrancar]

( he looks over at the plate of food in disdain, reminded of the garblenut he'd tried a while back. )

Not telling you. ( he pushes the dish back towards him. ) Which of these do you like? ( he motions at the different cuisines spread out. )

[zangetsu]

（ it's okay, he can find out later. probably by loudly yelling about fighting. but ichigo does roll his eyes pointedly and gesture vaguely towards one of the chunks of dried fish. ）

That's not bad. The nuts are fine, reminds me of a carnival.

[arrancar]

( stop fighting people who aren't him!!! )

Nuts? ( he narrows his eyes warily as he scans the plates. ) How many of 'em did you eat?

[zangetsu]

（ he doesn't even want to fight anyone at all! his ideal day is a day where no one runs him through with a sword!

tall fucking order in his world, but hey. ）

Handful. Why?

（ this would be a hell of a time to learn they're poisonous... ）

[arrancar]

( WHO ELSE AROUND HERE IS TRYING TO RUN YOU THROUGH WITH A SWORD, KURASAKI?

tell him who they are. grimmjow will fight them for u. 👍👍👍 )

You're not feelin' weird?

[zangetsu]

Weird like how?

（ he feels good? it's nice, actually, not being weighted down by the crushing burden of all his failure. he's more relaxed than he's been in weeks, and he's actually got an appetite. but now he's eyeing all the things on his plate with a wary eye. ）

Spit it out.

[arrancar]

( he doesn't even know how to describe it. give him a moment to think on it!! )

Like... ( SHRUGS. ) you wanna be close to someone or somethin'.

[zangetsu]

'Close to someone'...

（ why did you have to say it like that, you weird cat. ）

No? I mean... I guess I'm... （ a blink down at his hands. ） I'm feeling relaxed. But that's about it.

（ he's... so repressed. needs more than a few nuts to really do the work, oop. ）

[arrancar]

( huh.

maybe he was mistaken then...? but no. that wouldn't explain his own behavior. )

Eat more. ( where are those pesky garblenuts? he's gonna find the plate and shove it towards him. )

[zangetsu]

（ que.

ichigo stares at the plate, and then back up at grimmjow.

something is not quite Tracking here. ）

You first.

（ he is DEEPLY SUSPICIOUS... ）

[arrancar]

( ........bitch gonna full on glower at him. )

No way. I ain't eating this. ( he shoves it back over to him. ) I don't eat human food. You got this, so stop being a fuckin' wimp and eat it!

[zangetsu]

All the more reason for me not to eat it, since if you don't eat human food what possible reason is there for you to be recommending it?

（ look, people forget he was sixth in his year.

boy may be dumb sometimes, but he's not stupid. ）

[arrancar]

I want to see if it'll make you feel weird.

( he can admit his sketchy motives!!! )

[zangetsu]

You think I want to feel weird?

（ why are you like this. ）

[arrancar]

No, but I want to see if you will.

( for science )

[zangetsu]

（ at least he admits it??? ichigo eyes the nuts as if they are now going to gain sentient form and murder him in his sleep. and gently scoots them to one edge of his plate. ）

Now I'm definitely not having any. Is any of the other food like that?

[arrancar]

( BIG SHRUG. )

I didn't eat any of the other ones.

[zangetsu]

But you tried these.

（ left that part out, did you, jackass? ）

And they made you want to feel 'close to someone'. Were you?

（ the idea of grimmjow cuddling up to anyone is... weird. it's weird, and he doesn't want to dwell on it too deeply, thanks! ）

[arrancar]

( it wasn't relevant at the time. )

I was. ( not too happy about it. )

[zangetsu]

Who?

（ and why is he instantly so jealous about it. that's a dumb emotion, time to throw it in the trash. ）

[arrancar]

Some human boy who talks too much.

( does it matter? )

[zangetsu]

（ wait — ）

Jonas?

（ only person he knows who... fits all those descriptions... ）

[arrancar]

You know him?

( what a small world. )