pentacled: (form ⛧ 40)

[personal profile] pentacled 2025-12-01 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[ so he does feel the gaze on him, consistently; faquarl can't say he's altogether surprised when he looks like this. tends to draw some attention from humanoids, tends to be why his masters hadn't ever much appreciated it, even beyond causing them queasiness and fear. it doesn't yet cause him alarm -- he's a little too confident in himself when considering all the adopted of faerie. ]

[ but, when black cat, its teeth far too long and more suited to a tiger's jaws, jumps into his path, he checks the planes. ]

... Wonderful.

[ just his luck, is what faquarl thinks sourly. there's an uptick at one his mouths that indicates he's also, abruptly, intensely interested. whoever this might be, they're certainly neither human or or fae. he thinks this must be the creature that's been observing his going ons. ]

Before I answer that, [ he pauses. last he checked, alexander seemed more inclined toward privacy among acquaintances and friends. but among family... ] may I ask who, among his uncles, you might be? I'm no gatekeeper, but he did seem a smidgen avoidant of company.
pentacled: (form ⛧ 37)

[personal profile] pentacled 2025-12-12 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
[ faquarl doesn't pull away, instead eyeing the little cat with bemusement. hey, it may not be the terror he typically enjoys inspiring - but legitimate awe from a divine entity is certainly admiration he'd relish. he chuckles, complete with a little, self-satisfied hmf (if he were to ever take bartimaeus up again in idle chatter, this would come up as a bragging point). ]

[ when the tentacles no longer grasp one another, he flexes his own, its cups spiraling nicely. it looks like solid, strong muscle, thank you thank you. but he listens aptly: "sister" is an interesting choice, he muses. ]

I've heard tale of you, yes. Always did like what I heard.

[ ... okay, he could probably do without hearing of caelus being tortured via insects, as he does like caelus, but. it's the gall of it, or something. a few of his eyes narrow with the keenness of the distortion; his hearing is sharper than a human's, yes, but necessarily he works against any compulsion to flinch. ]

He's safe, last that I was able to verify. [ a beat. his gaze turns more meaningful. ] As safe as someone who's been kidnapped, like the rest of us, by a bunch of faeries that liken us to toys.