SotU

[of_glory]

Gaara

Looooool Lepus. Gaara is glad to be back, although he still feels a little unwanted and will probably avoid major team stuff for a while until he feels more confident in himself and his place there. He realizes he was trolled by Mirror, and yet he's still kind of upset that none of the rest of his team tried to stand up for him at the time.

Spending the night outside was not all that great for him, and not just physically. His memories of fighting so far prove to him that he's the biggest badass of anyone around him, except maybe Sasuke, but that's a little lost in the Crazy. So being in a situation where he truly was not able to defend himself the way he wanted was far more terrifying than anything that was actually happening to him. Buuuuuuut... he was nowhere near ready to go back after that.

Which is what brought him to Cygnus and kind of the root of the whole problem. Basically everywhere he went people were getting upset with him for leaving, which he thought was the most logical choice for him at the time, and he ended up annoyed with everything and everyone and limping (literally) back to Mono where he thought he would be left alone.

And that leads right into Mirror's penalty.

Gaara is now a narcoleptic, meaning that he will fall asleep under certain conditions without much warning. Alcohol is a big trigger, but not one that will come up often. Being stressed will trigger it as well, although how that goes in games, I'm not sure yet. But he knows it's a penalty, he willingly took it for the team and that makes him feel more useful and more like he belongs there.

That and the fact that Lily is insanely adorable, has no clue that anything was wrong with him and just wants to go pick flowers with him. It helps tons to have a completely non-judgemental teammate that he very much wants to keep safe to keep him from wanting to leave again.



Doumeki

Abides.

No, but seriously, it's been a weird time for Doumeki so far. Especially with the complications around Watanuki and his team.

Doumeki loves his team and will defend and care for them as best he can, it's just that other than in his actions, which have been kind of all over recently, he isn't really going to show it. He's just not that kind of person. But he will sacrifice himself for Ursa without a second thought and he only wants what's best for them.

That said, the fact that various people have questioned his loyalty to Ursa really got to him and he will be trying very hard from now on to show them how much they mean to him. Even if that means he has to get naked to earn some special treats for them.

The thing with Jake recently was upsetting mostly because there was nothing he could do about it. He was more willing to give Jake space and let it take it's course than the rest of Ursa was, but he was also totally behind their plan to get him. And now that everything is okay again, Doumeki is happy to just go on about his business as if nothing is wrong.

Stuff with Watanuki is more complicated and I will come in later and ramble more about that.

ETA: I said I would and now I am!

Doumeki had NO idea what to do with Watanuki when he first met him. He was lying and acting weird and yelling a lot and generally being spazzy and Doumeki wasn't sure he really wanted to know this person. But he was a good cook, and willing to make food for Doumeki without really questioning it, and that's very seriously the quickest way into Doumeki's heart. Well, that and booze.

But after being in Watanuki's heart and getting his own memory back that was pretty much nothing but him watching out for and teasing Watanuki he got the distinct feeling that there was more going on than he had guessed. That and the fact that he remembered hearing that Watanuki was important, he decided he needed to keep an eye on the Noodle. He also took it upon himself to try and fix Watanuki's heart since he felt partially responsible for breaking it. Not that he was, he just blamed himself for it because he was there when things went wrong.

Fixing the noodleheart made him feel much better, but it also got him yelled at a lot, which sucked. He ended up giving Watanuki a week of labor in exchange for everything he'd been eating and doing to take advantage of him while his heart was wrecked.

More memories, more CLAMP trauma, more looking out for Watanuki and feeling like he's an idiot who needs to be monitored. Now with extra team guilt because while he's trying to pay back his debt and not get them in trouble, they're feeling abandoned by him and he's working hard to split his time between them. But there's so little he can really DO for Ursa that he just ends up feeling worse about it and avoiding them.

And then he saw Watanuki kissing Aeon and things got weird, because doumeki does NOT like Aeon at all. Add nudity and a little badly timed temptation apple eating and now he's feeling pretty bad about everything that happened and everyone involved.

He's definitely going to be spending as much time with his team as possible. He really likes them, and wants to keep them safe, but he doesn't know how to show them besides physically being there. How do I feelings?



Roy

Roy is doing pretty well, considering! He's still kind of wondering about Uroboros and what he's gotten into being with them, but he's kind of getting used to it, and at least he's not part of Uraeus, who he's not all that fond of. But he hasn't really made any enemies yet, just met some people he doesn't like a whole lot but is still willing to try and get along with.

As far as Uroboros goes, he likes them well enough. Nishi is still something of a mystery and he will continue to poke at him from time to time. He doesn't exactly feel the "team spirit" beyond wanting to stay on top because he likes being able to say he's on top.

The Mirror game kind of tested his ability to stand up to this environment and he made it through surprisingly well. He hates himself some, but he was also doing his duty as an Ophiuchus and he can't feel THAT bad about it. He's definitely looking at the big picture, and the big picture for him is having a wish granted at the end that's worth everything he's gone through. Or at least that's what he's going to keep telling himself.

Having another Ophi he can talk with (mainly Kazuha) makes it easier to stay there and he's enjoying his position more and more. He hasn't made any real enemies of the Blanks yet, or at least, he doesn't think he has, so he doesn't feel bad at all wandering wherever he wants. He definitely likes the fact that he can order them around, that's a big plus. And he'll try to bargain more when he gets a better handle on how it works.


Questions? Comments? Anything I missed?


Also: Question Meme! For any of the above three.

Comments

[livandlearn.insanejournal.com]

Doumeki on Ice?

[eggspectant.insanejournal.com]

Ice is easy for Doumeki to identify with, except that he's much stronger. But Doumeki has already told Ice much more than any other Ursa about himself and his motivations, so there's a lot of trust there. He really does trust Ice to be looking out for the team where and how he can't.

Oh, and if Doumeki ever got a really awful memory that he didn't know how to deal with, he would probably tell Ice about it first. And possibly ONLY tell Ice.

Man, it's hard to come up with much to say for Doumeki because his motivations are so simple and straightforward.

Ice on Doumeki?