[Fifth]

[midgardserpent]

[It's been two months and Jormungandr's patience has run out. The drones in his house have gotten on his very last nerve, and combined with all the anger and frustration that he's been building up over the town, his being brought there, the pointlessness of it all... well he's just had enough.

So bright and early this morning, he kills all the drones in his house. He knows it won't last, he's been told that death doesn't last here, but it helps. Relieves tension, as it were.

Anyone walking down Hastings Boulevard this morning will probably see Jormungandr. With blood on his clothes. Yup. He looks completely unperturbed by it.

By around midday he's managed to clean most of it off, but he's still walking around town with... strange red stains on his clothes and hands. Oh dear.

Dare you approach?]

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[brotherseyes.livejournal.com]

[Nina has the decency to be embarrassed by the eyeroll, at least. Enough to stop talking to him like a child.]

Right...

If you want, I could teach you. Do you think that would be easier than trying to speak?

[midgardserpent]

[He shrugs. Honestly the whole communication bit is frustrating in general. Learning to write might be as much trouble or more than trying to talk. But if she wants to waste her time and try to teach him he might as well give it a shot.]

[brotherseyes.livejournal.com]

[Nina beams.]

Great! I'll come over on the weekend, then. Maybe you could show me something, too.

[She is going to try, damn it.]

I'm Nina! So you know. Do you mind telling me your name?

[midgardserpent]

[Well she hasn't annoyed him yet. This might not be horrible.]

Jormungandr.

[He knows how to say his name, at least.]

[brotherseyes.livejournal.com]

[Nina looks surprised.]

The--The Midgard Serpent?

[That explains like a lot. Like why talking in a human body is difficult for him.]

[midgardserpent]

[An extraordinarily satisfied look settles on his face when she says that. Too few of the people here actually know who he is or recognize the significance of it. He nods.]

Yess.