QvQ I have so many things to write, but I’m procrastinating, this is revolving mostly around Cor’s time in the tempering grounds with Gilgamesh.
So Cor finds out about the trials of the blademaster through a late night convo between Clarus and Regis
“You’re not thinking of undertaking the trials, Clarus?”
“And leave my prince’s side? I think not.”
Cor is supposed to be sleeping, but he’s up in a flash when he hears about trials, throwing open the tent flaps and catching the two older boys talking by the fire
“What trials?”
Regis actually tells Cor about them cause Clarus doesn’t want to. “But only Clarus knows the way to the tempering grounds.”
Clarus brings Cor ‘Fight me’ Leonis to the tempering grounds begrudgingly and gives him the warning spiel
“Fuck off Clarus I know what I’m doing.”
“I sincerely doubt you do.”
Clarus watches wee Cor stomp into the tempering grounds.
That boy gets through the majority of the trials through spite alone
Spirits taunting him as he goes? “FIGHT ME”, reanimated corpses? “FIGHT ME” Blademaster, master of the blades, Gilgamesh? “FIGHT ME”
Cor was a 13 year old boy when he joined the crownsguard, and was only 15 when he traveled with Regis and his crew, he’s got a chip on his shoulders and something to prove.
So he finally comes up against Ol’ Gil and he’s so scared
But like, he’s also so mad that he’s this terrified.
“MOVE CHICKEN LEGS OF MINE” his body is denying his mind
He cuts off Gilgamesh’s arm and thinks he’s finally got the upper hand (lol get it)
But Gil is just “SURPRISE, GHOST ARM!” and continues to beat his ass as easily as he was when he had both solid arms.
Heck it’s even stronger
And Cor came into this with a bone to pick, he wants everyone to know he’s strong and that he deserves his spot in the crownsguard and as King Mors’ bodyguard.
and he’s pissed, and his pride isn’t letting him back down even with his knees shaking.
He’s not stopping until he’s dead.
But Gilgamesh can see his potential, and ffs the kid is still a kid, imagine what he could do with time to temper him
So he breaks Cor’s sword hand so that he legit can’t wield it anymore, and boots him out with a few words of encouragement, keeping his Genji blade.
Cor, little rageball that he was in his youthful days, in fleeing the trial chamber, JACKS THE SWORD FROM THE TRIAL CHAMBER DOOR OUT OF SPITE
Not just out of spite tho, he just lost his sword, he needs another or else he’s screwed.
But also so that no one else can fight Gilgamesh until he does
“FUCK YOU I’M GONNA STEAL YOUR ARM AND YOUR FANCY SWORD”
That’s why unsheathing his sword was the way to open Gilgamesh’s otherwise unopenable trial chamber.
He returns to the royal team and they’re like “Wow you really are immortal.”
and he’s just so mad “STFU GUYS.”
But they try to coddle him a little cause they were legit worried about him.
“Let’s take a look at your hand, it looks pretty bad.”
“You should see the other guy’s, it’s
lying on the ground
detached from his body.” Cause Cor does have a sardonic and sassy sense of humor let’s be real.
“So the blademaster…” “Is the master of blades, were you expecting something profound?”
and the gang is just like “Cor plz”
So now wee Cor’s getting into his own head
where as Gladio gained reassurance from the trials, Cor’s confidence was undermined.
get’s real grumpy
Cid: “What’s wrong, Kid? Missed your nap time?”
“Did you, you old coot?”
he just wants to get stronger now
“Clarus spar with me.” “It’s time for bed Cor.” “Clarus plz.”
Clarus hauls a practice dummy out of the armiger “Pretend it’s me”
He wakes up in the morning to find the practice dummy wearing his vest, thoroughly perforated with its’ head lopped off
“I pretended it was you.”
“You wound me, Cor.”
Regis passing by to go to the bathroom “He certainly would have if that was you.”
“Highness please don’t encourage his teenage rebellion.”
Cid: “He’s as rebellious as a baby coeurl in a paper bag”
Cor “Fight me” “The Immortal” Leonis
@goldslactuar sounds like the next chapter of The King Is Going To Kill Me 😉
Because Why Not? 