[ it's not as if he's any different in that regard, covered in a vast constellation of scars for the bloodletting. leaning forward, trying to catch his eye. ]
... Don't back down so easily. You were so confident before, yes? Scien said you were quite possessive of the cure for me, even.
[He glances up, seeming both disgruntled and embarrassed Scien just RUNS HIS MOUTH!!!!!
The look away to the side is the embarrassment, but he does end up looking back again.]
I wanted to be the one to do it, yes. To... help you. But... it's more important to me that it is done... in a way where you will be alright with as little pain as possible, and you will... be with me at the end.
[ he thought it was very romantic of him in a sort of fucked up way and the fact it was fucked up is even more romantic.
gesturing widely, still trying to keep his gaze, so he knows he means it. he is not always great at selling sincerity but he is trying to here. ]
Well, to that end, I want you to be the one to do it. I trust you more than anyone else here, and you seem to have a vested interest in keeping me around, so I imagine the choice you make will be the correct one. We'll do it your way, whatever way you choose that to be.
[ he's not afraid of the hex core if viktor isn't. ]
I dont know that a new body will solve everything for me. Death did not dislodge them. I believe they are attached to the soul, rather than the physical flesh. We'll need to remove them some way.
[ taking it, pulling it over so he can kiss the knuckles. sorry he is going to be gay about it. ]
I meant, we could get new bodies after we get the Eyes out. If you didn't want to be...
[Extra mangled? Mixed with yet another Eldritch arcane object? If he didn't want to be busted up and full of screws.
The kiss is gay, and it makes him shiver gently.]
Not... exactly. It was sort of numb when the Core wasn't active. When it is, you can feel the pressure of things and... the--I don't know, energy of... being alive...? It doesn't hurt.
I don't know yet... I just told them I would think about it.
[He straightens a little in the back. The kiss makes his face hot, and he thinks it's probably because Lucien makes a point to look at him while doing it. The iridescent, glowing lines in the flesh pulse outward gently.
He is stuck between being extremely gay about this and wanting to tell Lucien to stop kissing his nasty fucked up hand.]
I can feel it... It just feels... a little different.
[ a week, at least. he doesn't have to make a rushed decision about whether to abandon this body or not for the moment.
the iridescent glow doesn't seem to bother him at all, and hasn't before this either. if anything it might be a little strange if he didn't have it after all - he's used to it. he also seems to be enjoying himself finding the edge where he can be just slightly more intriguing than viktor's self-loathing. ]
[He hates... the idea of leaping into a new body right after sucking nine eyeballs out of Lucien and forcing Lucien to be mangled and tied to the Core. That seems like kind of an asshole move.
But he's not sure what would happen if he tried to touch the Core again without anything to help with the transmutation, and he doesn't know if Lucien is quite that insane to let him try another time.]
What? Like being ordinary?
[He bumps under Lucien's chin with his fingers which makes the lines flicker, but then keeps the hand there to hold Lucien's face.]
[ there are probably other ways of dealing with the eyes, such as waiting for the mighty nein to go murder the somnovem on their own once lucien just bounces to some other dimension with his boyfriend apparently. but they'd require a little patience.
and no, he is not so insane he would condone trying to raw dog the Core again. it seems that went very badly the first time and would probably go worse a second time? curing viktor's current body seems more difficult and complicated than making a new one, and leaves him with the problem of being bound to the core, but he won't pretend he doesn't have attachments. that said there's no part of him that wants him to be in pain.
lifting his chin with the fingers, keeping his eyes on him still - the movement obedient, but the expression a little challenging. ]
Don't think I know how. [ to be ordinary. ] Gardening and baking bread and dates and other such nonsense.
[ leaning up to meet him in the kiss, winding a hand into the front of his vest to hold him still for a second longer - grinning at him as he pulls away. ]
You might, you might. Been keeping up fairly well so far though, hm?
You like being busy. You'd go completely bonkers if you weren't.
[ there is no world in which he stops being into shit at every moment either. challenge level impossible. anyway he probably doesn't help the embarrassment because as soon as viktor starts saying something with implications he just starts grinning, tilting his head to the side and waiting for him to finish. ]
[Why does the cheek kiss make him more shy than if Lucien had actually smooched him?
He pushes on the hands, then loops that arm around Lucien's neck so he can hide his face in Lucien's hair on one side--as much as the horn will let him anyway.]
Sorry. [Said genuinely, but in the way of knowing Lucien is fucking with him.] I did say forget what I said.
[The forwardness makes him shy because he's a nerd, but it's nice to hear someone is definitely into you.]
[ HIS HORNS ARE SO BIG but he pulls him in, sliding his arms over his shoulders. viktor refuses to let go of his emotional support orb so that's almost certainly humming its creepy little void song into his ear but he can tune it out. he has gotten more Physical Touch in this week than the past like. year combined. it's kind of addictive. ]
Consider it forgotten, until you work up the nerve to hit on me again.
[you know what they say about big horns they sit on a BIG HEAD
He really won't let go of the staff, so it's just Lucien, his boyfriend, and his Eldritch hex staff. It's mostly because he isn't sure how to prop it up somewhere, but he's been about two seconds away for the last five minutes from dumping it on the ground.]
I meant forget I told you to stop, but... also please forget the worst attempt at flirting you've ever heard. Thanks.
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... Don't back down so easily. You were so confident before, yes? Scien said you were quite possessive of the cure for me, even.
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The look away to the side is the embarrassment, but he does end up looking back again.]
I wanted to be the one to do it, yes. To... help you. But... it's more important to me that it is done... in a way where you will be alright with as little pain as possible, and you will... be with me at the end.
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gesturing widely, still trying to keep his gaze, so he knows he means it. he is not always great at selling sincerity but he is trying to here. ]
Well, to that end, I want you to be the one to do it. I trust you more than anyone else here, and you seem to have a vested interest in keeping me around, so I imagine the choice you make will be the correct one. We'll do it your way, whatever way you choose that to be.
[ he's not afraid of the hex core if viktor isn't. ]
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He smiles, exasperated but resigned.]
Your arm will probably look like...
[Motions a little with the purple hand as if he thinks this is somehow going to be an issue for Lucien.
Who is purple already.]
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[ holding out a hand for the purple hand? give it here? ]
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[He shifts the staff to the other hand and moves to Lucien, offering the stupid purple hand out.]
We're trying to get it all out of you... I don't know if you will want to be connected to this after so much trouble with the Eyes.
Apparently, we could... both get new bodies. From the Relivers. Emotions included this time, I think.
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[ taking it, pulling it over so he can kiss the knuckles. sorry he is going to be gay about it. ]
Does touch feel the same?
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[Extra mangled? Mixed with yet another Eldritch arcane object? If he didn't want to be busted up and full of screws.
The kiss is gay, and it makes him shiver gently.]
Not... exactly. It was sort of numb when the Core wasn't active. When it is, you can feel the pressure of things and... the--I don't know, energy of... being alive...? It doesn't hurt.
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[ turning the hand over so he can kiss the palm, flicking his gaze up to look at him carefully. ]
So you can't feel this?
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[He straightens a little in the back. The kiss makes his face hot, and he thinks it's probably because Lucien makes a point to look at him while doing it. The iridescent, glowing lines in the flesh pulse outward gently.
He is stuck between being extremely gay about this and wanting to tell Lucien to stop kissing his nasty fucked up hand.]
I can feel it... It just feels... a little different.
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[ a week, at least. he doesn't have to make a rushed decision about whether to abandon this body or not for the moment.
the iridescent glow doesn't seem to bother him at all, and hasn't before this either. if anything it might be a little strange if he didn't have it after all - he's used to it. he also seems to be enjoying himself finding the edge where he can be just slightly more intriguing than viktor's self-loathing. ]
There's worse things than different.
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But he's not sure what would happen if he tried to touch the Core again without anything to help with the transmutation, and he doesn't know if Lucien is quite that insane to let him try another time.]
What? Like being ordinary?
[He bumps under Lucien's chin with his fingers which makes the lines flicker, but then keeps the hand there to hold Lucien's face.]
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and no, he is not so insane he would condone trying to raw dog the Core again. it seems that went very badly the first time and would probably go worse a second time? curing viktor's current body seems more difficult and complicated than making a new one, and leaves him with the problem of being bound to the core, but he won't pretend he doesn't have attachments. that said there's no part of him that wants him to be in pain.
lifting his chin with the fingers, keeping his eyes on him still - the movement obedient, but the expression a little challenging. ]
Don't think I know how. [ to be ordinary. ] Gardening and baking bread and dates and other such nonsense.
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He exhales a short laugh, annoyed how easily Lucien can amuse him, but liking it all the same.
His hand drifts away, but he leans forward on the staff at the same time to press a hilariously chaste, sweet kiss onto Lucien's mouth.]
You're really making it sound like I might need a new body to keep up with you.
[(fond)]
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You might, you might. Been keeping up fairly well so far though, hm?
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There's an airily laughed,] Barely. [Lucien is always into some shit at every moment!]
I'll tell you what... [For a moment, he trails off and doesn't follow up as if he's sort of embarrassed.] ...If I... do happen to get a new body...
I'll let you break it in for me...
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[ there is no world in which he stops being into shit at every moment either. challenge level impossible. anyway he probably doesn't help the embarrassment because as soon as viktor starts saying something with implications he just starts grinning, tilting his head to the side and waiting for him to finish. ]
Planning on it.
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Hush. I can not be busy. If, um, I'm ever asleep.
[He reaches up to gently push Lucien's face away by the forehead, even more embarrassed now. HUUUGH.]
At least pretend like you're not going to jump down on me from the ceiling.
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[ pushed away, snorting a bit. holding his hands up in front of himself in surrender. ]
I will pretend, then. See?
[ no touching. ]
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Nevermind. Don't pretend anything. Forget what I said.
[He will not admit he likes it. He was trying to be good like usual, but SOME people are really rubbing off on him.]
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I'm getting very confused signals here on what I'm supposed to be doing.
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He pushes on the hands, then loops that arm around Lucien's neck so he can hide his face in Lucien's hair on one side--as much as the horn will let him anyway.]
Sorry. [Said genuinely, but in the way of knowing Lucien is fucking with him.] I did say forget what I said.
[The forwardness makes him shy because he's a nerd, but it's nice to hear someone is definitely into you.]
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Consider it forgotten, until you work up the nerve to hit on me again.
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He really won't let go of the staff, so it's just Lucien, his boyfriend, and his Eldritch hex staff. It's mostly because he isn't sure how to prop it up somewhere, but he's been about two seconds away for the last five minutes from dumping it on the ground.]
I meant forget I told you to stop, but... also please forget the worst attempt at flirting you've ever heard. Thanks.