Backdated Bloodlust

[tryingitall]

Who: Balthazar and anyone who wants a piece of him.
Where: All over the halls, possibly the kitchen and/or atrium.
When: During the Bloodlust event.
What: Snark with a sharper edge than usual. Possible violence.
Warnings: None yet, if things get gory I'll add a note.

It starts small, just a feeling of restless irritation. He chalks it up to the loss of some of his hobbies, and tries to distract himself by mapping out the place, like he'd told Michael he would.

Of course, the place isn't amenable to being mapped, and the activity reminds him that Michael's here, and that makes him feel watched. Trapped. Like a college student who's been forced back into his parents' home to live, he finds he resents the idea more than he ever did before.

It builds from there, and before long, he's quietly vandalizing furniture--breaking chairs, picking panels off the walls, even drawing his sword to jab at various inanimate objects. He leaves a trail of damage in his wake, everything from bolts and screws to broken glass.

If anyone catches up to him, they'll find him in an empty room, balancing his blade in one hand to fling into the wall, embedding it halfway to the hilt, only to withdraw it and try the same trick again. Repeatedly. Swissshhhhh....thunk!

Comments

action, because i am a bad person

[hung_garian]

Heaven knows Gabriel isn't the most proactive of people or, for that matter, the most concerned about other people. But living in fairly close quarters with Balthazar has made it difficult to ignore all the destruction, and his brother is one of the few people for whom he's willing to drag his lazy ass out of bed. It's a slightly more touching gesture during this experiment than it normally might be, but he's relatively confident that Balthazar's not that angry with him - and it sounds like either Balthazar needs some help calming down, or (if the worst case scenario is true, which he's really hoping it isn't) some help with whomever it souds like he's gotten into a fight with. Either way, Gabriel's pretty sure it's worth the risk. Pretty sure.

Even so, it would probably be wise not to just pop up announced inside the room. He does it anyway. And, well, no one seems to be trying to kill Balthazar. That's a good thing, at least... though it does leave him now with issue of an apparently rather pissed-off little brother to deal with.

"Redecorating?"

[foundacause]

Well hey there, Balthazar. Fancy seeing you here. Easy with the angel blade, never know what you might hit and kill. Seriously, those things do a lot of damage to pretty little demons like Meg.

She's still a little shaken up from her encounter with Raphael, but she's alive and that has to be something to be thankful for, right? And she still hasn't given into the rage bubbling up inside her.

"Having fun there, Sugar?"