#[ partner. — baragkusiga. ]

[starsasunder]

@baragkusiga, cont. from here.

       there's  the  light  pause,  a  soft  huff  as  he  ran  his  fingers  through  his  golden  locks.    ❝ …   i  still  got  things  to  do,  though.   nothing  feels  done. ❞

"And there will still be plenty of things to do after you rest," she admonished predictably, arching a brow at the king as she folded her arms across her chest, "but you will be able to do them all the better because of it."

[designedparadigm]

💜: i want to make sure you’re happy

💋: i want to kiss you!

💪: id fight someone if they talked shit about you

💭: i think about you a lot

👑: your blog aesthetic is lovely!

[eveniingstar]

That simple, huh?

It felt a little too easy, but Rin was never one to look a gift horse in the mouth. " Uh, alright then. " She rocked back on her heels, picking absently at the hem of her sleeve. Questions... She had plenty, but now that she stood here in front of a hero of old, she found that her mind was very much blank.

" I... didn't expect that to go so smoothly. Nothing ever goes that smoothly, " she said quietly, brows furrowing. " I suppose... I will start with my goals, I guess. Unless you can sense that already? I don't know if you can sense that. How much does the Grail actually tell you? " She had studied for years to learn her family's magecraft, how to summon a servant, and how to win the war, but nothing had actually prepared her for this now that she was here.

        it  makes  him  wonder  why  he  was  summoned  as  a  caster  rather  than  an  archer  —  unless  an  archer  is  already  out  and  about.   unless  this  was  the  type  of  war  that  allowed  various  of  the  same  class  running  about,  but  who  can  say  at  the  moment ?   the  sage  king  gives  a  nod  in  agreement.   and  he  hopes  his  master  would  work  hard  to  prove  her  worthiness  to  stay  his  master.   for  now ;   he  will  just  have  to  see  how  far  they  would  go.

          ❝ i  think  we  have  this  finalized.   i  am  your  servant,  as  you  are  my  master.   our  contract  has  been  formed,  so  your  command  spells  will  work  on  me  when  time  is  needed  for  it. ❞     which  hopefully  should  not  ever  be  the  case,  but  that  depends  on  what  they're  going  to  be  up  against.   there's  a  light  sigh  that  left  him,  more  directed  at  the  thoughts  pounding  at  the  back  of  his  mind.   they  bear  resemblance  so  closely,  but  so  far  they  are  different  people.   that's  …   that's  going  to  take  a  while  to  get  used  to.

        ❝ i'm  sure  there  are  more  questions  to  be  asked,  and  you  may  ask  away  while  we  get  adjusted  with  each  other. ❞     he  might  as  well  learn  to  adjust  quick  so  he  doesn't  feel  as  uncomfortable.

[starsasunder]

‘I do not sleep.’ <- man about to crash and pass out

"Yes, I've heard you say so before, my King," Inanna said, tilting her head to watch as he swayed in his seat. A steaming cup of tea sat before them both, the scent of rose hips drifting up from the cup. It was a clever disguise for the finely crushed poppy seeds she had added to the tea bags, meant to help induce slumber in those who experienced insomnia (or, in Gil's case, reckless defiance of sleep).

"I'm sure you'll be fine after just a short break. You at least have to eat and drink something, if you insist on staying up constantly."

[starsasunder]

what's wrong with it?

The necklace was far, far too nice for someone like her, Inanna decided as he finished tying it around her neck. Burgundy velvet formed the main body of the necklace, the ribbon tying snugly at her throat. From it hung a delicate chain of white gold which ended in an ruby enclosed in a pendant shaped like an intertwined sun and moon.

It was subtly luxurious, but expensive all the same. She knew only the finest materials would have satisfied him, and those were far beyond anything she could afford on a Chaldean master's salary.

"N-Nothing," she stuttered, hand drifting up to brush her fingers across the pendant reverently. "It's beautiful... It just - feels too nice. What if I lose it?"

( vaguely looks like this. but like. more expensive. )

[starsasunder]

i'll protect you all night. ( overnight mission. casgil being a good behaving servant for once )

An unusual yet reassuring promise, coming from the King of Heroes.

It gave Inanna pause, the plans she had been carefully formulating in her mind shifting to account for his offer. In his Caster form, he was the perfect choice for fighting off the assassin-type enemies who had been harrying them. And with his protection, she need not keep the other Servants summoned, in order to preserve her mana. She wished she could keep going - it would get them to their goal all the faster - but as Da Vinci had reminded her time and time again, she would be useless if she was exhausted.

"Thank you, King Gilgamesh. That's generous of you," she said quietly, silver eyes meeting crimson. She reached up to tug her long curls free of their tie, letting them spill over her shoulders as she readied herself for bed. Sleep would be difficult to find, but she had to try. "Try to get some rest too... A few of the others will patrol the perimeter in spirit form."

She knew that was unlikely, but she had to remind him to try. The bags under his eyes had been exceptionally dark lately.

[starsasunder]

Let us be greedy together; let us hoard. / to ur hearts content ✨

Glancing between the king and the entrance to the treasure room before them. Inanna sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose. "I hate to break this to you, my king, but I do not think the Rayshift is going to pick up all of this with me... Would you like to add it to your Gate of Babylon?" They really didn't have the time, but... Who was she to say no to him?

[starsasunder]

casually offers flowers and a box of sweets. what is he doing? his best.

Lips tilt up in a soft smile as the bouquet is offloaded into her arms, fingers tracing over the familiar violet petals and long stalks affectionately. Though the strain itself was different, the scent was well-known - lavender, bundled carefully with a length of twine.

"Ah, Gilgamesh..." She shifted the bouquet to one arm, making room to crack the lid on the box he had handed her. Chocolates... and the expensive kind, too. What girl didn't enjoy receiving chocolates and flowers? Especially ones as lovely as these. It seemed there was kindness underneath that brusque exterior after all.

Pleased with his offerings, she fished one of the chocolates out and popped it into her mouth. "Hm... well, I'll be. They're almost as sweet as you are."

[designedparadigm]

get you a partner like @baragkusiga who turns to you and goes "well looks like you got competition" when you see 'Problem Development' come up.

[starsasunder]

That brow just rose further into her hairline, thoroughly unimpressed by the display before her. "You would rest better if you would stop worrying so much about it being a waste of time," she huffed, regarding him for a moment more before striding over to join him.

Her gaze swept over the assembled tablets, her mystic code helping to translate the ancient Sumerian into something she could legibly read. "How about this? If you will allow me to help you finish the most pressing task on your agenda," a light touch to his arm, to emphasize her willingness, "I will ensure that there are no further interruptions this evening, so that you may rest after."

        said  king  looked  up  at  her,  brows  furrowing  to  sync  up  with  the  pout  he's  giving  inanna.   he  lets  his  bare  hand  fall  limp  onto  his  lap,  sinking  down  into  his  seat.   nothing  says  the  king  of  uruk  like  a  king  on  the  brink  of  throwing  a  tantrum  like  a  small  child.    ❝ the  faster  i  get  this  done,  the  more  rest  i  can  get  in  one  go.   it  sounds  more  promising,  doesn't  it ? ❞     it  absolutely  doesn't,  especially  the  work  he  keeps  piling  up  to  do  all  at  once.

          though  after  a  moment  of  thinking  about  it  a  bit  more,  gilgamesh  lets  out  a  little  sigh.    ❝ …   would  a  two  hour  nap  sound  good ? ❞