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Who: Mirror Kaneki [

kuitai]
Where: All over the Real side of the Mansion
When: All through the event
Rating: PG-13-ish?
Summary: Kaneki's Mirror is hungry.
The Story:
After crossing over, Kaneki's Mirror spends his time wandering the Mansion and the grounds, searching for the sword without bothering to study the riddle. If it's where he looks, great. If not, maybe there will be a person there instead. That would be much better than finding the sword.

It isn't that he isn't looking for the sword or that he's anything but loyal to the Queen. That's not it at all. It's just that Kaneki's Mirror is so so hungry and he has no qualms preying on anyone from either side of the mirror. They'll come back to life on this side of the glass, right? So there's no problem.

[OOC note: With Kaneki's Mirror, anything between terrorizing and death are on the table. Unless injury/violence/etc. is requested, I'll keep it to terrorizing only. You can get ahold of me by PMing this account or via AIM at MadMadPhineas.]

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Kaneki tilts his head forward and to the side, his eyes narrowing. There's that certainty again. He really should have trusted the instinctive caution he'd felt when approaching Castiel. It might be too late to walk away now.

He wants to ask how Castiel's going to stop him, but that might motivate some kind of demonstration of a power he can't match. He decides to try stalling instead.

"You wouldn't take my word for it even if I said I would stop."

Castiel recognizes the stalling measure for what it is, and while it's tempting to completely disregard that and push his earlier point, he decides that there's no harm in calling the Mirror on its bluff, as the term goes.

"I won't take your word for it, but I will allow you to move on -- just bear in mind that I'll be monitoring you." The moment that the Mirror makes a wrong turn, Castiel will be there to make good on his own word.

It seems only fair, given how often the Mirrors get to eavesdrop on them. Turning that around is satisfying, Castiel has to admit, and he's doing so for a good reason.

"And if I do eat again?"

The question is obviously meant to help him calculate the risk involved. Although the Queen has closed the way back to his side of the mirror, he knows well enough that he can go weeks if he has to without another bite.

"I'll interfere, and then render you incapable of making any other attempts." Castiel delivers the words clearly and firmly -- it's a promise.

Whether he has to place the Mirror in some kind of cage or limit his powers with warding, he'll find a way to ensure that he's no longer a danger to anyone.

He's already being too kind by giving the Mirror a second chance. The Winchesters have definitely rubbed off on him in certain ways.

Kaneki doesn't try to hide his displeasure at the threat, but he resigns himself to it and swallows it like the bitter pill it is. His kakugan fades and his left eye returns to it's normal white and black.

He doesn't leave just yet, though. Knowing that such a powerful being lives here, he has something to clear up before he does.

"What about when I'm gone?"

What did Castiel intend to do when the real Kaneki was back on this side? Even ghouls who didn't want to eat needed to. It was a matter of urgency that they do so, in fact--starving humans didn't go on blind rampages looking for food when they couldn't stand it anymore, but ghouls could and almost always did. A ghoul's hunger and a human's hunger were so different they might have well been ruled by different laws of physics.

Unlike so many Mirrors, Kaneki doesn't dislike the Real thing. He doesn't especially like him, either, but he does feel a strong obligation toward him, a sense of protectiveness that he can't ignore anymore than he can ignore his loyalty to his Queen.

Instead of taking that moment to try and desperately fight back, the Mirror instead backs down as his eyes return to a more ordinary looking shade. He must realize the threat that Castiel poses and unlike so many other monsters, he's not so idiotic as to take that lightly. Good.

The question the Mirror asks actually counts as two, and so Castiel answers both in kind. "I have no way to monitor what you do on the Mirrorside," he says first. He can't see or sense what happens there, but if all the Mirror wants to do is devour his own kind, then Castiel doesn't see how that's his responsibility.

As for the Real, that's a more delicate matter. "If he makes an effort to control his hunger, then we should have no reason to be at odds." But anyone can slip -- Sam and his addiction to demon blood is proof enough of that. What if another event like the Famine one comes along?

"I'll offer him aid first, and warn him of what may need to be done if he loses control." Castiel doesn't intend to be discriminatory, but he has to be realistic.

Though he doesn't like it, Kaneki supposes that's the best he can expect. At least no one's going to hunt him down right away.

"...He didn't choose this and he doesn't have a choice. Just keep that in mind."

He turns to leave Castiel alone again. Strictly speaking, he hasn't promised anything to him, but he doesn't think that little technicality will get him out of anything he might decide to do from here on.

The Mirror didn't choose it either, Castiel can only assume. That's the case for most monsters, and some even end up turned against their will. He realize it's a struggle, especially for those who have strong cravings, but it's up to them to be vigilant.

He doesn't stop the Mirror from leaving. He's already made his intentions clear. He'll keep an eye on him and do what needs to be done, if he slips and attacks anyone.

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