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king "#1 shitposter" gilgamesh ([personal profile] babbylon) wrote in [community profile] pawnstorm 2016-11-28 04:45 am (UTC)

[If there were any doubts Gilgamesh pressed for this on account of licentiousness or wicked means, they are at once erased. Gilgamesh doesn't look at her like some sort of prize or idol, but rather like a watchful guardian. His eyes don't linger for too long on the old wounds, instead registering them and confirming what he has in fact already seen on a matured body. She may not be frightened, but it is clear she bears shame, almost unthinkable given her attitude as an adult.

What changed? he would ask, but he knows. It's the same thing that always changes: innocence lost.

Gilgamesh rolls up his sleeve and shows her a bright red mark of his own on his arm.]


Do you see this? At first glance, it appears to be a tattoo, but it is actually a form of brand, carved upon my skin by the gods.

[They are prettier than hers, certainly, but a closer examination will reveal they're all but dug into his flesh.]

They are all over my body. They are part of me, too. But my enemies fear me for it; do you know why?

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