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[The SFC turns on, and it shows Jacob sitting quietly in the middle of his cabin, his black chocobo beside him. For some reason, she seems nervous, and keeps trying to jump up and run around, but every time she's stopped by his hand on her head and she calms down. The man himself seems to be staring off into the distance, not quite looking at the camera at all.]

If a person is made to change into something different...does this change them who they are as a person?

[There's an intake of breath from him, and then suddenly, without warning, the candles around the cabin go out, one by one, even though Jacob doesn't move a muscle. The man continues to speak as if nothing is happening.]

It's odd, really. You don't think that it would, but suddenly, you're seeing the world so differently, through someone else's eyes...

[It's now pitch dark. The chocobo lets out a nervous cry, and then the candles blaze ferociously on and off, showing the shadows of what seem to be two large wings coming out of Jacob's back.]

[And then the whole sight is gone as fast as it was shown. Jacob continues to sit, but this time he looks at his hands, as if making sure they're real. His chocobo, way too nervous by the affair, walks off screen, and Jacob doesn't stop her. When he speaks again, he actually sounds a bit uncertain, which is not a tone you hear Jacob use very often.]

I think...I think I'm an angel now. It's very strange. I'm me. But I'm not me.

I'm just something else now.

[ooc: Jaocb is a Supernatural angel for this curse, if you haven't figured it out by now. Here is all the info about them.]

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[That look isn't exactly comforting. Might want to work on that, Jacob.]

I was a type of hoofbeast last time this happened, but it didn't change me anymore than to let me know what flying and being quadrupedal is like, and give me a distinct longing to have actual fingers and thumbs again.

[He shifts uncomfortable at the staring, not really able to stop himself from it. The question makes him want to offer some sort of motion at him, but it probably wouldn't show in the camera view.]

You're an angel. Why else? The last time--any troll interacted with them, that troll's own idiocy aside, they wanted to kill anything vaguely troll-shaped that came their way. And they didn't exactly sound so good before that happened either. Did you even have any idea what your video looked like? All flickery candlelight and--and those wings, shadow-wings, whatever they are.

[You try getting used to being an angel for a week, Karkat, then we'll talk.]

Those are more physical changes, though. Your mind remains the same. In this case...[He makes a vague gesture as he tries to figure out how to put it into something that Karkat can understand.] I've been disconnected from something that made me who I was before.

[He's been disconnected from the Source, but he can't exactly quite tell Karkat that clearly, due to his duties of protecting it and all. Although he's powerful as before, he no longer knows everything about everyone. He's no longer the omniscient destiny-changing being he was before. It was kind of like he experienced a blackout in that certain area, like a part of his mind has been blocked off so he can't reach it.]

I'm definitely a different angel than the ones who come from your world, Karkat. And, I may have had an idea of what that looked like. I imagine it was only quite the limited point of view, though. What I am now is...much more than can ever be shown on a simple camera.

Uh... huh.

[He doesn't get it, not totally, but he'll take the words as they are. Jacob being mysterious as all hell is not even close to being new, even with the occasional side of dork Karkat's convinced he has.]

Way to reassure me. But so long as you're not ushering in the apocalypse I guess I can stand it until the week's over. Just don't come and...

[He pauses, looks at the camera more directly.]

What exactly do that type of angel do?

Edited (that was definitely not the icon I wanted) 2012-06-07 14:16 (UTC)

This type of angel? I think they're kind of like warriors. They're definitely not made to sit around and do nothing, that's for sure.

[WAY TO REASSURE KARKAT, A+ ON THE EFFORT, JACOB]

... Warriors.

[This face sure is the kind someone makes when they're reassured! He's not worried at all, no way, nope, not even a bit.]

What kind of warriors? You're not going to--to--

[He pauses, shifting.]

--What are you supposed to fight?

[He is clearly the best at all things.]

I'm not entirely sure. But I think I'm supposed to get rid of creatures like demons and such. Beings that threaten humanity.

...

But that's just my guess on what I've been feeling as of late, I could be wrong.

[Karkat swallows. He's human now, so that should make him safe. He's... pretty sure his friends wouldn't harm humans that much either, under normal circumstances. Let's hope they didn't turn into anything bad this week.]

... Right. So you're some kind of freaky guardian creature who looks... human still, but with big ass shadow wings and probably some creepy powers besides.

Good to know.

[He doesn't look like he believes himself.]

Edited 2012-06-08 19:59 (UTC)

Oh, no, what you see? It's a vessel. My true form is as tall as the dome that covers this city is.

[Isn't that a nice mental image, Karkat? Jacob doesn't even look perturbed, but then again, he never does.]

Don't worry. It's not like I'll use them all, Karkat.

[Karkat shudders visibly. He doesn't even know what his true form is, and that's still creepy as can be.]

Yeah, you know what? I think I have things to do. We'll--talk later. When you're not a giant demon-killer stuffed inside a human.

[Click.]

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