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[clumsyghostsenka]

(( I think Ariel is just cursed with the good christian bug...

Like, it's a part of his character that he cannot and will not force anything--even his own emotions--onto anybody. He's always wanted to travel but because his friends don't care for it he sticks around... But when it comes to other people, it's such a huge turnoff if they don't have some free will.

But when he sees someone and gets the feeling that they have nowhere to go, despite it being a small apartment (with one bedroom, bathroom, and an open kitchen-living space) he offers it up.

Well, it's really not such a big deal to him anyway. Ariel prefers spending time outdoors than indoors anyway, other than to sleep and build his things. ))

[clumsyghostsenka]

((

I don't roleplay Ariel as much as I wish I could, but I still have lots of moments where I'm thinking about him.

Like, I think about the fact that for half of his youth he was actually sickly before his powers kicked in. I think about the other people who in earnest have the condition, and hope I can at least write his experience as a child decently.

I think about how he felt when his mom passed away, how he felt about his dad, how his dad must have reacted. I think of Kestrel and how this affected HIM to becoming "Bob" so he could protect the last bit of Phoenix he had left...

I think about how not to make that creepy. Kestrel's kind of a creepy guy but that's to be expected with someone who used to be part of the villainous Telchines.

I think about how Ariel feels about this slightly older kid who's been standing up for him since elementary school. I think about the reasons he had to NOT travel though his heart longs for it and stay where Bob is, to work where Bob works, just because Ariel wants to stay with his best friend.

I think about what must have been going through his mind when he hurt himself on his powers. How alone he was, that he--a normally honest person--felt he had to lie so that his secret could be kept. How alone his powers had made him feel.

After all, there's no "school for mutants" or anything good like that in his world. If he was found out, it would be by a villainous group of people, because the world is darker than one would think. The group Kestrel's a part of, that Phoenix was also a part of... That group isn't sure Ariel has powers. They have to keep secret because they are a minority. The Telchines would crush them.

Ariel longs for there to be someone who could possibly understand him, to have powers as well. He found Marluxia, who had become very important to him. But it's been a long time since then, and now Ariel's once again lonely in a world that seems to deny him.

So, I really wish there were more people with powers who could help Ariel. Because Bob/Kestrel's not going to. That ass.))