12-04-2025, 07:43 PM
Giovanni almost snarled, perhaps Gregorovich was a nobody. It was really no skin of his teeth if the man couldn't channel, but damn, he'd be a good one. The thought of this man able to unleash the god powers was enough to make Giovanni want to keep trying. But there was nothing there - no show of power, no feeling of threat from him. There was only his incessant whining.
Christ...shut the fuck up. he thought but didn't verbalize it. Giovanni though of stuffing a gag of air in his mouth, but thought better of it. No reason to antagonize the man farther than he already was, or farther than he was about to do.
Giovanni had considered different options to get him to use his power. The first had been to threaten the man himself. Force the man to defend himself. That wasn't working, but Giovanni had another idea. Zholdin had shown care for his crew. He had made the med staff check on them first. If he wouldn't find it defending himself, maybe he would find it defending one of his crew. It was one of the reasons he had ensnared them as well.
Giovanni had hoped his first plan would work. Zholdin was still an unknown and he wasn't sure how he'd take the whole situation after. If it turned out he could channel, Zholdin might see if for the altruistic reason Giovanni was doing it. He might not though. Giovanni had started his life as a channeler on the run from the Atharim. You didn't do that without gaining a healthy dose of paranoia.
He dismissed the ball of electricity in front of Zholdin, and began to pull on one of his crew members, moving him closer. The man had tried to walk in his bonds. Giovanni thought his name was Limon, but he wasn't sure. It didn't matter. The man said something - probably some expletive in Russian as he felt himself being moved away from the group. Then Giovanni summoned the ball of electricity again, this time on its way towards Zholdin's subordinate.
Christ...shut the fuck up. he thought but didn't verbalize it. Giovanni though of stuffing a gag of air in his mouth, but thought better of it. No reason to antagonize the man farther than he already was, or farther than he was about to do.
Giovanni had considered different options to get him to use his power. The first had been to threaten the man himself. Force the man to defend himself. That wasn't working, but Giovanni had another idea. Zholdin had shown care for his crew. He had made the med staff check on them first. If he wouldn't find it defending himself, maybe he would find it defending one of his crew. It was one of the reasons he had ensnared them as well.
Giovanni had hoped his first plan would work. Zholdin was still an unknown and he wasn't sure how he'd take the whole situation after. If it turned out he could channel, Zholdin might see if for the altruistic reason Giovanni was doing it. He might not though. Giovanni had started his life as a channeler on the run from the Atharim. You didn't do that without gaining a healthy dose of paranoia.
He dismissed the ball of electricity in front of Zholdin, and began to pull on one of his crew members, moving him closer. The man had tried to walk in his bonds. Giovanni thought his name was Limon, but he wasn't sure. It didn't matter. The man said something - probably some expletive in Russian as he felt himself being moved away from the group. Then Giovanni summoned the ball of electricity again, this time on its way towards Zholdin's subordinate.