📜 Well, you see, when a trans man and a giant crocodile lady hate each other very much… Ace and Rook stumbled drunkenly, hurriedly down the hall of the ship, into the vacant guest quarters. Though their angled brows and venomous words for each other suggested a longstanding resentment, the blush on their cheeks and the biting of lips revealed that even though they weren’t each others’ biggest fans, the curiosity to see what the other had going on had been killing them. ...
[After a thorough cleaning, Rook replaces the saber back into his sword belt] [He removes a notebook from his back pocket, licks his thumb to flip through the book] Rook: Let’s see here… [He uncaps the marker with his mouth again after finding the name he was looking for] [As he lines up the marker with the name in the book, he looks up grimly, stares directly into the privileged glass box in the audience, at the attending administrator] ...
(I don’t know what leads to this, maybe they need 4 people to pull something off) Gus: But who? [Looks directly into the camera] Gus: Who could possibly be the 4th member of our motley space pirate crew? [Stella and Ace in the background look at each other, confused] Offscreen announcer: OUR NEXT FIGHTER… HERO PROTAGONIST! [The crowd cheers and whistles] [The fighter curtain raises to reveal generic anime hero man. He’s acting humble and shy, waving slightly at the audience and pretending to be blushing. He’s already kind of insufferable.] ...
The newbie fighter asks a coach. The coach fills a pail with some water and some soap. She turns the tap off, straightens up, takes a deep inhale, lifts the bucket and sighs. “Imagine being a field mouse. Really take the time to imagine it. You’re in the grass, foraging for seeds and berries and bugs. The sun is shining, so you are careful to stay as hidden as possible, but the field is great and you are small. Still, you can’t help but feel like you’re being watched. Then the feeling becomes unbearable. You sense something behind you, above you, upon you. You turn, and now you are aware that this is the last split second of your mouse life. ...
Savinien Rook “That look, fearless, jolted her. It was then that she recognized the tension for what it really was. It was certainty: the consuming, almost religious focus of someone who refuses to believe that the outcome will be anything other than what he desires.” I just think this quote applies to him really well Birthday + That makes him a Scorpio + "Composed and focused most times but also charming and attractive. They exert some sort of mystery and entice those around them. They are thoughtful and caring with those close but at the same time they set their own rules and turn in a complete reluctance when they are not being listened to." ♏ + > *A Scorpio who's healed: *becomes a healer, a panacea, a wise guide, and a conduit from the otherside + ~ [Astrolocherry](https://www.tumblr.com/astrolocherry/728219550499340288/an-aries-whose-healed-stops-seeing-persecution) + "a conduit from the otherside" 🤔 potential older Rook? + In his universe, he was born under the sign of The Arrow Nationality Rook isn’t from Earth, but he strikes me as being a mix of Peruvian, Algerian, and Catalan . ...