Dodging the Bullet

[cityship]

Those who had decided not to undergo the rituals were given the option of staying near the observation deck, or in the small settlement near the edge of the trees.

The buildings of the settlement were made of the same stone as the wall, complete with the tribal markings, and people filled the streets, mostly consisting of those waiting for friends. Several more Moai could be seen, oftentimes around groups of Rapa Nui, dwarfing them in size. There were many more Rapa Nui scampering through the crowds, fixing things up here and there, or cleaning messes.

[Go forth and socialize!]

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[nottheglamour.livejournal.com]

"Nocturnal, huh?" She looked at him now, seriously. The wings, the face, the arms the legs... "...are you by chance a gargoyle?"

[not_the_philistine]

"Yes." Have a raised browridge, MJ. "You are familiar with my people?"

[nottheglamour.livejournal.com]

"Pretty much old folk stories I've read in books...and then other stories about strange things going bump in the night." She shrugged her shoulders. "You also have a remarkable resemblance to gargoyles that I have seen on roofs and buildings."

[not_the_philistine]

"Is Manhattan or Paris your city?"

Those are the only two cities he knows of that have at least some kind of gargoyle population that resembles him.

"Humans who know of us do not typically approach us without fear. I would have thought you knew more than mere stories."