The concept academically known as the Garrot Moment™ is a uniquely hazardous phenomenon caused by proximity to one Dr. Hruggarrot Murtakhor. They are classified by the magnitude of his facades, his plans, and his jokes and the desire to see them all through to completion, and the consequences of them overpowering his rational mind.
This is the third worst Garrot Moment™ in recorded history.
It is truly a bizarre experience to feel and see something coil around your neck, even though you know nothing is there; to feel your body and center of gravity be pulled down, when you are still upright; to watch and feel your body turn to stone, when it is not your own. Garrot's body, the animate one, it radiates with a heaviness and a burn, as if his muscles were pushed to their very limit while he was drowning.
But he knows what he has to do. What deserves to happen to Zafika.
As the assassin steps closer to him, all the negative emotion in their voice, Animate Garrot moves slowly, deliberately, as if he were breaking free from the petrification's hold. Because his body is halfway unconscious. He reaches a hand gently but powerfully, as if strength was the only way he could move right now, and clasps it on their shoulder.
Then there's a squeeze, the claws dig in just a little, enough to show he's serious, and Garrot starts to turn the assassin to face him, and only him, as he speaks through gritted teeth, "Look! At! Me!" It's forced out like a dying order, from a face that's shocked, torn, hurt, scared.
It isn't until Zafika directs their full attention to him that Garrot focuses everything he has on making that clone dissipate, sending a gentle burst of golden-bronze glitterdust... and regular dust into a surprisingly stable pile where the clone was before, like he just... fell apart.
And then suddenly, with the speed and precision of a highly trained martial artist and surgeon who has regained full use of his physical and mental faculties, Garrot just snatches Zafika up into a hug despite literally gasping for breath.
The thing about any severe Garrot Moment™ is that they usually end with him feeling terrible.
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This is the third worst Garrot Moment™ in recorded history.
It is truly a bizarre experience to feel and see something coil around your neck, even though you know nothing is there; to feel your body and center of gravity be pulled down, when you are still upright; to watch and feel your body turn to stone, when it is not your own. Garrot's body, the animate one, it radiates with a heaviness and a burn, as if his muscles were pushed to their very limit while he was drowning.
But he knows what he has to do. What deserves to happen to Zafika.
As the assassin steps closer to him, all the negative emotion in their voice, Animate Garrot moves slowly, deliberately, as if he were breaking free from the petrification's hold. Because his body is halfway unconscious. He reaches a hand gently but powerfully, as if strength was the only way he could move right now, and clasps it on their shoulder.
Then there's a squeeze, the claws dig in just a little, enough to show he's serious, and Garrot starts to turn the assassin to face him, and only him, as he speaks through gritted teeth, "Look! At! Me!" It's forced out like a dying order, from a face that's shocked, torn, hurt, scared.
It isn't until Zafika directs their full attention to him that Garrot focuses everything he has on making that clone dissipate, sending a gentle burst of golden-bronze glitterdust... and regular dust into a surprisingly stable pile where the clone was before, like he just... fell apart.
And then suddenly, with the speed and precision of a highly trained martial artist and surgeon who has regained full use of his physical and mental faculties, Garrot just snatches Zafika up into a hug despite literally gasping for breath.
The thing about any severe Garrot Moment™ is that they usually end with him feeling terrible.