Abe Kelsey

[firethevengence.livejournal.com]

Mickey coughs theatrically. "'What is your name?'"

“I am the Sword of God. Fire is the vengeance where by the wrong shall be righted and the truth be told,” the man said. His voice was loud and ringing, filled with the confidence of a man who knew what he was saying was right. He didn’t move, but instead just gave Mickey a look with his one eye.

It wasn’t strange to him to see this being. He often saw them. This must be Satan attempting to talk to him through this creature, for God’s creatures were always more aesthetically pleasing.

"What is your quest?" asks the Cat. It's perched, suddenly, on the roof of one of the gate-stiles.

“My quest is to bring the word of God, and to right the wrongs set out upon the Earth.”

"'What is the average w..?'" Mickey frowns down at the notebook. "You know, I don't really see why that's important." He flips a page. "'If you could be granted three wishes, what would they be?'”

"Or," the Cat says, examining its tail with interest, "if you were a genie and someone you were trying to
give three wishes to was trying to trick you into giving him more, what would you say?"

“I would bring the wrath of God upon them, and have their trickery revealed!”

Mickey looks rather nonplused at the next, but reads, "'When the revolution comes, what skills will you be able to barter for food?'"

Abe said nothing, but stared the mouse down. “I have God’s Good Grace looking down upon me,” he said slowly, but powerfully. “I will need to barter nothing!”

The Cat rolls its eyes in a friendly (and rather disconcertingly out-of-sync) way, and asks, "Milk, dark, or white chocolate?"

Abe would have looked confused if God allowed such weak emotions to cross his face! “I know not what you are talking about,” he said.

"'Choose the two coolest: robots, pirates, fairies, bears, ninjas, monkeys, vampires, or humans,'" says Mickey, giggling a bit as he goes through the list. "'Explain.'"

“I shall not answer your foolish questions! God shall shed the light on your foul trickery! You shall not fool me, devil!”

"Great!" Mickey flips through the blank pages of the notebook at top, cartoon-y speed. "Well, I think that's just about it! Oh, and I'm supposed to ask, 'for your safety: are you carrying anything sharp?'"

Abe drew his saber. “I have this sword that God above has blessed, and I shall strike you down with it!”


((XD To be monorailed? I'm not sure if he's going to get especially violent in the app though, so if there's no good reason for Mickey to monorail him, I can just duck him or something right after. XD;

Abe Kelsey from the movie The Unforgiven.))

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[king-longshanks.livejournal.com]

Aragorn greatly approved of the way Carrot was handling the situation, and resolved to tell the man so at a later time. For now, however, he considered the problem of the man in front of them. He wondered if he could perhaps use the newcomer’s own words to manipulate him.

"Master Kelsey, I believe am correct in the understanding that to you this is no ordinary sword, but an instrument entrusted to you for a certain purpose," he says slowly. "Perhaps it may comfort you to know that we have some understanding of that."

He drew his cloak father back from his shoulders and turned his body slightly to display Andúil.

"This sword carries a fate also. By it and the doom laid upon it I am charged with the protection of the free world and the destruction of evil as long as I draw breath. Ever will I be loath to part with it, but there have been times when it was indeed necessary. Always it has been returned to me. I swear to you by this weapon that yours will be so as well.”

Everything he said was indeed true, though the words were chosen specifically to match those uttered by the man himself, as nearly as Aragorn was able to understand him. He doesn’t particularly respect him and he certainly doesn’t trust him, although his response to Carrot indicated a certain understanding of and respect for authority.

He glanced sideways at Carrot, trying to gauge the Captain’s own temperament in case Aragorn’s attempt at reasoning failed. If it did, they would have to decide whether it would be wiser to disarm the man physically or to let both combatants keep their weapons and trust to Carrot and Aragorn’s own abilities to deter any further violence.

[whistlingwizard.livejournal.com]

Fay nods at Kurogane, smiling a little, and then watches Abe. "Kuro-myuu put his sword down," he says pointedly. Of course, Kurogane is a brilliant fighter even without the sword. It's the principal of the thing.

He doesn't take his eyes off Abe as Carrot and Strider try to negotiate with him. Though he dearly, dearly wants to start talking about voices and how Sword of God-san is clearly a loon, he doesn't; Abe might attack anyway, and it doesn't need to look as if Fay provoked him.

So he just opts for staring at Abe and shifting his weight a little so he's closer to Kurogane, his hand running down from Kurogane's shoulder to his wrist.

[firethevengence.livejournal.com]

Abe hesitated, not moving for a moment until he seemed to get what he was waiting for. He gave a bit of a sigh, then nodded and placed his sword on the ground.

[kzadbhat.livejournal.com]

Carrot smiled as Abe put down the sword. "The Watch thanks you for your cooperation." He paused, looked around, and then glanced at Fay. He'd been the only one not fighting here, although he was clearly a friend of one of the men with the swords. Still, he'd do as a first witness.

"Mr. Flourite," he said, still with a friendly smile. "If you don't mind, I'd like to hear your version of what happened here. You said this man, er, Sword of God-san, attacked your friend--" Fay had called the man by several different names, befuddling ever Carrot's name memory. "--Kuro-rin?"

He glanced at Strider, trusting him to monitor the situation between the two men while he tried to determine what to do.

[whistlingwizard.livejournal.com]

"Well," Fay begins, and that should warn Carrot. Fay's gone into rambling story mode. Fear. "I felt the earthquake - kind of hard not to, it was a very big earthquake, don't you agree, Carrot-sama? Anyway. After making sure Chii and Mokona were all right at the cafe - Mokona actually enjoyed the earthquake, silly thing, but it's so cute we can forgive it - I went to see what the trouble was, because we can hear these arrival things over the. The. Int-er-com. If that's what it's called. Anyway. I went to see what the trouble was, and spoke to Sword of God-san. He said Mouse-sama - him," Fay waves a hand at Mickey, "was a devil, and I said no, Mouse-sama is a mouse, and then asked if 'devil' is a word for mouse in Sword of God-san's wor- country. He said no. Then Kuro-pipi arrived. Sword of God-san asked if we were brothers, for some reason, which I don't understand because we don't look a thing alike. Kuro-chan's dark and tall and handsome and I'm thin and blonde and pretty. We said no, we aren't brothers, and then he asked what we are." Fay pauses here, thinking. "Close, I guess. Anyway, Kuro-puu said it wasn't any of his business, which it isn't, really, because we've only just met Sword of God-san, and I asked if it really matters, which it doesn't - not to Sword of God-san, at least. Obviously it's kind of important to us two. Anyway, then Sword of God-san attacked us. And Kuro-koi was all brave and heroic and defended me and told Sword of God-san to back off and then you turned up, Carrot-sama. And that's about it. So," he says, finishing his speech, "as you see, Kuro-chii did nothing except defend me. Because he's wonderful like that."

He finishes and smiles brightly at Carrot. Hopefully the Captain will be able to make sense of whatever it is Fay said.

[kzadbhat.livejournal.com]

Carrot is a very attentive listener, so he actually is able to make sense of Fay's story, although he still isn't sure what Fay's friend's name is. Fay seems to be consistently calling him Kuro-something, but dwarfs really use endearments like that so he was still a bit confused.

"So this man," he indicates Abe, "asked you a personal question, and this man," he indicates Kurogane, "chose not to answer? Do you have any ideas what specifically provoked him to attack?"

He turns to Kurogane. "Kuro...chii? Do you have anything to add to the story?"

[vowtoprotect.livejournal.com]

"Kurogane," he corrects, but almost absently, because the majority of his attention is torn between making sure the man doesn't try anything again--sword or no, he makes any sudden attacks and he's ending up flat on his back--and... well, Fay. Despite the lack of danger. But until all of this is cleared up, he'll be half-watching his friend all the same.

"I've seen people like him," Kurogane says evenly. "He noticed that we," a glance to Fay, "are... close, and doesn't approve. I don't give a damn if he thinks it's wrong. That's fine, he can think that. But it's none of his business, and the moment he thinks he can draw a sword and strike us down because we're lovers" (he barely notices he said it, plows on anyway because it's said and probably necessary to the testimony anyway, and he's not done) "I am not going to allow that."

[whistlingwizard.livejournal.com]

Fay turns to look at Kurogane. "That's why?" he asks, genuinely baffled. "What's wrong with that? The us being lovers, I mean." His voice doesn't even catch when he says it.

Frowning, Fay leans his head against Kurogane's shoulder. "What's the problem?" he wonders aloud. "I don't understand." With that, he turns his head towards Kurogane, burying his face in his shoulder. It doesn't make any sense.

[firethevengence.livejournal.com]

"It is a sin against God. He has destroyed those who have commited those acts, and he will continue to do so until there are none left."

[whistlingwizard.livejournal.com]

Fay doesn't look up. "Who?" he asks, voice muffled.

[vowtoprotect.livejournal.com]

"Whatever deity he follows." Kurogane's hand rises to Fay's hair, other arm going around him, because Fay sounds honestly bewildered and he really can't help it. He's glaring at Abe again.

[whistlingwizard.livejournal.com]

"Sounds like a stupid deity," Fay replies, arms going around Kurogane and shifting position so he can be closer to the ninja. "Probably just jealous."

[firethevengence.livejournal.com]

Abe looked full of rage. "When you are buring in Hell, you will regret those words with your entire being!"

[whistlingwizard.livejournal.com]

"Where's Hell?" Fay asks Kurogane, looking at him and not at Abe. "I don't do so well in hot climates..."

[vowtoprotect.livejournal.com]

"It's an afterlife," Kurogane says. "Don't worry about it. It has nothing to do with you." It's not Kurogane's religion and certainly not Fay's, after all. And he's not going to believe tales about an afterlife coming from this madman.

[firethevengence.livejournal.com]

"It's where sinners go when they die to be tortured by Satan. They will feel pain like nothing they have ever felt before, and they will be unable to die."

[whistlingwizard.livejournal.com]

Fay listens to both of them, and of course goes with Kurogane's explanation. "Okay," he says, leaning his head against Kurogane again. "I won't. Sounds like a silly place. What afterlife do you believe in, Kuro-yaki?"

[vowtoprotect.livejournal.com]

"People don't really focus on it." Which is true. In Shinto, the focus is on life, not afterlife. "Some people believe when you die you become an Ujigami, a 'named god.' Some think you're reincarnated." The latter was Buddhism, actually, but the two religions weren't at odds, and could both be practiced at once, so they were a little tangled.

[firethevengence.livejournal.com]

"It does not matter whether you believe in Hell or not. You'll still be going to it." To Carrot, more enraged than ever at this 'becoming a God' nonsense, he says "Yes! And I would do it again to these filthy sinners! God wants them dead!"

[kzadbhat.livejournal.com]

Well, that was clear enough. "In that case, Mr. Sword-of-God-san, you are under arrest for attempted assault. Strider?"

He may not have been armed, but he'd need help ensuring he didn't try to escape.

He nodded at Kurogane. "I appreciate your cooperation, Mr. Kurogane. You may take your sword and consider yourself free to go. If I have any more questions, where can I find you?"

[whistlingwizard.livejournal.com]

"The Cat's Eye Cafe in new Orleans Square," Fay answers promptly. "With me. And I told you Sword of God-san started it all. Kuro-sama was just being heroic." He leans up to kiss Kurogane sweetly on the lips and smiles when he pulls away. "Because Kuro is nice like that."

[vowtoprotect.livejournal.com]

"Thank you." Kurogane reclaims Souhi with some relief; he doesn't feel right, being unarmed. When he straightens and Fay kisses him, he turns a bit red, but at least he doesn't explode. He just grumbles and turns away. "Like I should've let him skewer us?"

[firethevengence.livejournal.com]

Abe fumed, then ran at them. "You see that? Arrest them, sheriff!" he yelled. Homosexuality was a crime punishable by death, after all.

[kzadbhat.livejournal.com]

Carrot was a very patient man. "By your own admission, they didn't break any laws. I'm afraid you're the one under arrest."

He turned to Strider. "There's a jail cell in New Orleans Square that will hold him-- it's in an underground cave accessible by boat. I think the mouse is the one in charge here; would you tell him we're holding a man who tried to attack several people?"

[kzadbhat.livejournal.com]

Carrot has heard about enough of this. He isn't quite aware what the implications of Kurogane calling Fay his lover are. He's only vaguely aware such a relationship is possible between two men, so he's assumed Kurogane is referring to a close friendship. That doesn't explain why Abe's God is against their relationship, but that isn't his business.

"Sword of God-san," he says to Abe. "Does this mean you admit you attacked Mr. Kurogane and Mr. Flourite?"