Kim Dokja

[grigori]

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week 0; thursday

[grigori]

[ kdj will hear the frantic clickclickclick of claws against the pavement as suriel and their excitable fennec fox approach from the direction of the tower. ]

I'll always have time for you guys. What's up?

[afterword]

I appreciate it all the same, Suriel.

[ The arctic fox at his heels perks up and wags her tail in greeting. hello again friend!! ]

There are a few things I've been curious about. [ one being his gold coin that he holds up. ] There's more to this, isn't there? Someone else might not see it, but I see a spiraling comet on this side of the coin. I've heard that another could potentially show a clock to their person.

week 1; wednesday

[grigori]

[ dokja will receive a message to come to the solar! suriel is already here, glancing over the books but not touch, as if they're afraid do so might destroy them. but they glance over and offer a smile. ]

It's good to see you again, Mister Dokja! I thought you might like a room like this - there are a lot of stories here.

[afterword]

[ Ah, a spot Dokja has been visiting quite a bit lately! Lips twitch in a smile, Jin trotting in with her arctic fox form as she wags her tail in content greeting with a soft 'yip!' ]

Hello Suriel. I do, I've been coming here quite often, most of the books here have.. [ ??? language ] well, at least legible text. If only I could understand them all.

How have you been? After everything. [ He has his questions, he knows, but he focuses on them first. ]

week 1; saturday

[grigori]

Mister Dokja!

[ there's the telltale ruffling of feathers as they fly down to meet him, sounding harried. ]

You were gone for a long time - are you okay?!

[afterword]

[ Oh, that sign of worry surprises him, almost stuns him. His white-necked raven daemon fluffs in that surprise, one wing held a little more loosely than the other in the same fashion that Dokja holds an arm in a sling. ]

Oh, y-yes, I'm alright, Suriel. This isn't much, so.. [ Much, he says. Used to worse fates than this. Pushing on even after death. He doesn't want them to worry about him, there are so many more important things to focus on than someone like him. #negative ]

Yoo Joonghyuk had told me that the Watchers weren't aware of our whereabouts on Thursday... is that true? [ It's for the sake of confirmation, even though it might be clear that it's true by their words. ]

week 3; monday

[grigori]

[ they're sitting on the edge of the fountain as the sun rises, kicking their good leg back and forth. ]

I'm always happy to come see you, Mister Dokja. What do you think of the new place?

[afterword]

It's certainly lively, there are a lot more people compared to last week.

[ He joins them in sitting, tilting his head. ] How are your injuries?

week 3;

[grigori]

[ dokja can find shamsiel sitting on a cushion in the courtyard. ]

A story? What kind story are you looking for?

[afterword]

Your story, to be exact. [ He'll join them, sitting beside. ]

I asked Suriel a while back. Whether it's why you decided to help as a Watcher, what your world is like back home... whatever you're willing to share is fine.

week 3; tuesday

[grigori]

[ you get this one on tuesday, instead, since party games wound up popping off and they were enjoying the free entertainment. ]

That only took you four weeks. [ dryly, but they don't sound offended necessarily. just giving dokja shit. ]

[afterword]

[ THAT'S OKAY. ]

I hope you weren't too lonely waiting. [ A returning tease. He keeps a warm smile, looking curiously over Baraqiel's form. ] You all seem to be healing well at least. Did you have fun yesterday?

[ Come come, sit with him. Take it easy! ]

week 3; wednesday

[grigori]

[ tada! satariel will come to join dokja curiously, arms folded behind their back and between their wings, head tilted a little. their daemon, raven-formed, mimics the gesture. ]

What can I do for you, Mr. Kim?

[afterword]

[ On the account of Alphinaud letting him borrow the book, he raises the ever infamous adventures of Detective Robin. ]

I was wondering if you knew anything about this?

week 3; thursday

[grigori]

[ dokja is true to his word, and so is suriel! so they come to greet him with a smile as usual, but sure enough... that leg of theirs is still in a splint, and they still walk with the crutch. ]

We did promise, didn't we?

[afterword]

[ the boys stopped fighting. ]

We did promise. [ Looks to both the splint and crutch. ] And you haven't gotten healed yet. I'll do the exchange with you for it, Suriel.

week 3; friday

[grigori]

[ hello yes we are here, we are possibly queer? who knows. baraqiel is frowning instead of amused like they normally are, considering it's Friday, but, you know. ]

All done, then?

[afterword]

[ hate that I'm probably gonna make his Friday worse but we do it for the gay agenda. that and the smooch counter. ]

I appreciate you taking the time to see me, I would've come sooner but. [ Hands got full after Yoo Joonghyuk showed up "dead." ] Anyways, I've spoken with Sheba, Monika and Xie Lian with three different stories. With Sheba, I told her the story of someone who came from a broken timeline. Monika about a boy who was saved by a story and Xie Lian the story of how one became the 'Enemy of the Story.'

[ They aren't normal stories, rather that they are memories for some, but as a reader and someone that is literally made of stories, well... he sees everything as a story. ]

week 4; monday

[grigori]

If you kiss me again, I'm pushing you off the city edge. Even if Yoo Joonghyuk is miserable at kissing, that's your problem to deal with. Once was enough.

[ wow, say hello like a normal person, baraqiel? at least dokja should be used to that kind of greeting. but other than their ears swiveled backwards, they're not acting in a particularly threatening way, so, we guess there's that. ]

What exchange this week?

[afterword]

[ /flutters eyes at.

Dokja, for the most part, seems amused. His black-tipped white ears are perked up with a casual sway side to side of his tail. ]

Even with wings, I'd rather not chance being thrown off the edge. Don't worry, Baraqiel-nim, I won't kiss you again. Or think of that mola right now.

[ It's #complicated. ]

An upgrade to my Demon Transformation if possible.

week 4; monday

[grigori]

[ shamsiel will meet dokja in the library because obviously he likes stories and books. ]

I think I might enjoy listening to any stories that you might have to share.

[afterword]

Lucky for me that I have quite a few of those. Hmmm... there was a time where Yoo Joonghyuk and I faced a Constellation with the modifier that was < Spear that Parts the Boundaries of the Sea. >

Do you think you can guess which myth that is? [ Another Greek God! ]

week 4; thursday

[grigori]

Time for another dance already, Mister Dokja?

[ they kid, of course. ]

[afterword]

[ A chuckle. ] I think, after the Masquerade, I've gotten a lot of practice in so I might certainly be better.

[ But he is happy to see them! He gently pats their head. ] You can drop the "mister", by the way. Just Dokja is fine.

week 4; thursday

[grigori]

[ they'll meet them wherever it's most convenient to meet dokja. ]

Are you still worried about me? I'm fine, really.

[afterword]

[ Incoming!!! Gentle head pat. Dokja is just hanging out in the reception hall. ]

I believe you. [ Had to make sure. ] I also wanted to see you. [ He has plans to return the books he borrowed from the castle today, so he had a thought as well. ] I was wondering if you guys have managed to learn new anything about our situation.

[ He's certainly learned more from his reading but. More! More! ]

week 5; wednesday

[grigori]

[ baraqiel doesn't seem to be bleeding from whatever hidden injury has caused the blood to ooze slowly from underneath the watcher-mandated mask, but that means nothing this week. ]

Depends on the thanks. [ daemon tiger-shaped against the cold, it eyes dokja a little at its person's side. ]

[afterword]

For the feather, of course.

[ Watches the blood ooze beneath the mask... Hmm. ] Doesn't that bother you? ..Would you like a gauze to settle it?

[ hey remember how you said you'd give me a freebie for helping heal suriel a while back. well here it is ] Though, you'd probably be against removing your mask around me, huh? [ me throwing it in for the 3 for 3 mask reveal in celestials ]

[ Jin is playfully scooting up to the tiger, the arctic fox wiggling as she does. ]

week 5; friday

[grigori]

[ she comes to dokja immediately, wings held close to her body. ]

It's about the victims, isn't it?

[afterword]

[ A quick nod, giving a look of apology. ]

I'm sorry. I just wanted to at least confirm of Yoo Joonghyuk, he's a Temporal.

week 5; saturday

[grigori]

[ she'll come to dokja, wherever he is hiding out on this terrible saturday night. ] Is it something for the dead?

[afterword]

[ me trying not to cry over how cute my daughter suriel is. Anyways, it's the dining hall for now! Since, well, he has a box. Looks like a bento? All wrapped up. Dokja himself looks... kinda awful, like he'll collapse any moment (he has already, stares at my 1.) ]

Yeah, I was hoping you could deliver this food over to Sheba. Just some food to share. [ She can probably share with the others. It's a very big bento that would be impossible to fit into a bottle. /sweats. But also he seems a bit worried from the way he looks over her. ] Are you alright, by the way?

week 6; tuesday

[grigori]

[ i assuming this is before the booth nonsense but anyway, the mask is coming off immediately and suriel is just going to go hug dokja. their daemon will nuzzle jin if he can, too. they're sad ): ]

[afterword]

[ Dokja welcomes her with open arms, a hand resting to gently pat her head. No sad. ;_; ]

Everything alright? [ Clearly not, but he asks anyways, voice soft and light. Jin welcomes the other daemon with foxy kisses, nuzzling in return. It's okay.. there, there. ]

week 6; tuesday

[grigori]

[ well, if he's letting her choose then to the park they go! she'll have an ice cream in hand as she waits for him to find her. ] I hope you don't mind parks. I know it's kind of silly given how many different places that we've been to that have things like this—as wonderful as the city itself is—there's just something about a park. To me anyway.

[afterword]

[ The park it is! Jin seems to be out here in her white-necked raven form, hopping along the ground with a ruffle of her wings instead of perching somewhere nearby or flying around. Vibing raven.

Dokja smiles over at her. ] I don't mind. I'm someone that tends to stick to the same routine usually, it's just what's most comfortable.

What's it like to you? [ A park, that is. ]

week 7; tuesday

[grigori]

[ ahhhhHHHHH HE'S GETTING A HUG. ] It's good to see you again, Dokja. [ it hasn't even been that long, but the sight of him in that hospital room hasn't left her, even once. ]

[afterword]

[ SPINNING HUG. Laughing a little as he smiles at her. ]

It's good to see you too, everything is going well I hope?

[ He'll get to the exchange soon enough, because even if it hasn't been long.. he is always happy to see her. Wants to enjoy this moment just a bit longer. ]