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Bradley Bain - K♥ ([personal profile] perfectpower) wrote2024-02-24 12:03 am
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Weekend 0: Friday

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-24 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
[ He's pulling Bradley into a clean stall and locking it behind them. ]

If you wanna check that bad, help me get outta this thing.

[ And if he says anything provocative Nero's going to lose it. ]
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-24 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
[ Nero's already blushing getting out of this stupid suit.

Don't. Say. Anything.

He gets his arm out so they can both check on it. Yeah, the Sage's Mark is still right there. ]


So it is still there.
perfectdistance: ([C] Specialized Infiltrator)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-24 05:24 am (UTC)(link)
[ He is not hooking up with his... Ex? Former ex? Former boss?? (complicated) In the stall of a very public bathroom.

Nero pulls the suit back on and waits to get zipped back into it. ]


Figured. We'll get home, deal with the Great Calamity and then kill Figaro 'n the twins.

[ Then Bradley will set him free of life for once and for all. Thank you. ]
perfectdistance: ([YT] Hurry up and play)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-24 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
Somebody said they were from Japan. So. I dunno where we are in relation to home.
perfectdistance: ([G] Concern 1)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-25 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
[ You can just grab Nero and sneeze, it does work... Or it would normally work. ]

Does any of your magic work here?
perfectdistance: ([YT] Hurry up and play)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-25 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
[ Frowns. ]

Don't remember making any promises?
perfectdistance: ([YT] How pitiful)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-25 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
If you sneezing away all the time doesn't count, this shouldn't either.

I can't use mine here. So... I don't think that's it.
perfectdistance: ([G] Concern 3)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-25 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
They don't want us breaking out...? Or is it something else?
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-25 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
Like you wouldn't.
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-25 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
You'd use it to break open a door.
perfectdistance: ([M] I'll never hope for anything)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-25 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
No fuckin' wonder they ain't giving us our magic.
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-25 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
I don't even wanna imagine either of them here.
perfectdistance: ([G] Concern 3)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-25 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
[ No.

Nero knows him far too well. Bradley will cause some sort of problem before the week is out. ]
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Weekend 0: Saturday

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-25 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
How's your roommate?
perfectdistance: ([G] Talk 5)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-25 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
He ditched the room. Said he didn't need to sleep.
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-25 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
Bring a nice red.
perfectdistance: ([4k] Chat 5)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-25 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
[ He's here and waiting for Brad to arrive. ]
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-25 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
Fair enough.

[He'll close the door once Bradley is in.

There's the desks and Nero takes a seat on one of them.]
perfectdistance: ([G] Talk 1)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-25 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
[He takes the glass and waits for Bradley to pour another before he drinks.]

Yeah? What'd you learn?
perfectdistance: ([YT] Hurry up and play)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-25 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I saw that contract too. Doesn't make sense for either of us.

Eight weeks of workin' here? Why would we agree to that?
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-25 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I didn't see anything like that in there. Just payment.
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-25 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Takes a sip. ]

Sounds like it's just money. You wanna follow up on that?
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-25 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll leave that to you. Need me to ask anything?

Tattoo on his neck? Don't think I've met 'em yet.
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-25 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, sure. [ It's so easy to settle into this sort of rhythm. Orders given and received. ] I've got an in with Thebe. They're the one that mixes drinks.

"That feeling". Looking at people like they're prey?
perfectdistance: ([M] So I won't be trusting)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-26 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
[ Nero knows what Northeners are like, he used to be one of them. He also couldn't stand it up there and moved to somewhere way less crazy. ]

I'll keep it in mind. Keep me posted.

[ Another slow sip of wine. ]

From what it sounds like, that Sora lady is a head of a school and a protector of a world. She's about as suspicious as Faust would be in a place like this.
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-26 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
[ A nod from him, yeah. That's the exact kind of energy Sora's got. ]

You mean Kazuki?

I dunno, he doesn't like bein' bossed around. [ Nero "Don't make me decide" Turner. ]
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-26 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
[ A laugh, warm and affectionate. It's just the two of them in this room, he doesn't have any reason to keep his walls up. ]

You're the most stubborn guy I know.

[ Which is somehow as annoying as it is comforting. ]
perfectdistance: ([YT] I won't be hurting)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-26 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
[ He'll keep their shoulders together, allowing himself the feeling of camaraderie it elicits.

Nero doesn't deserve it, but he also can't help taking what's offered.

After all, his life is Bradley's to do with what he will. ]


Do me the favor and keep yourself safe while we're out here?
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-26 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, so don't go disappointin' me?

[ Bradley will get yelled at otherwise. ]

We need to finish everything up back home.

[ And then Nero can finally die. ]
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-26 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
Appreciate it.

[ Please, he's promised you his life. He won't run away this time. ]

Earth? I'm pretty interested in seein' it if we could. Plenty of people seem to be from there too.
perfectdistance: ([G] Concern 3)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-26 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
[ If Brad asks, Nero won't turn him down. Not after the promise. ]

Wouldn't go that far. Work always feels like work. We'll have to see how it actually pans out.
perfectdistance: ([YT] Shoud I place a Draw Two)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-26 03:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Just a couple days.

[Sips]

Not as good as Shylock's but that's a high bar.
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-26 03:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Haha, aren't ya biased?
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-26 04:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[ A soft laugh. ]

Riquet would probably agree with you.
perfectdistance: ([YT] I don't want them to know me)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-26 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Just a little wine tipsy, not pulling away. ]

What am I gettin' outta that? You're getting breakfast and I get...?
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-26 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
How can ya just say that shit? I don't need to be protected.

[ He puts his wine down and links their fingers together in the privacy of the room. ]
perfectdistance: ([C] Laughing Together in a Circle)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-26 04:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[ If it was towards the beginning of being in the manor together, he would shove Bradley away and lock the door behind him. They've gone through centuries, and Nero's never really and truly hated Bradley.

Even when he was locked up, it was always something complicated.

A laugh, warm and affectionate. ]


It's not even that cold here.

[ Still not a no. ]
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-26 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He's really gotten bold... but then again, Nero's not kicking him out. ]

You're a real charmer when you actually try.
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-26 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[Laughs.]

I'll let you have them... sometimes.
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-27 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
That's enough, ain't it?

[It's not too overwhelming for Nero. Two times a week is enough.]
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-27 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
[ Cheers, as he takes another sip. ]
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-26 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Nero's pretty much always anxious, but that takes a backseat to the affection he feels.

There's a sense of nostalgia there as well. ]


It's early... Crispy egg on toast for you?
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-27 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ Steal food and get chased out of the kitchen.

Otherwise he's content to cook two portions. ]


You wouldn't starve.
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-27 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
I'd still cook for you, y'know.

[There's still a surge of affection.]
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-02-28 04:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[ There's two of them, they're likely amplifying it. He'd find it embarrassing if he actually listened to what was going on. ]

Gettin' too used to it?
perfectdistance: ([YT] Shoud I place a Draw Two)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-01 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
[ They still have a while before the next Great Calamity, but there's a distinct pang of guilt.

One day, he will die at Bradley's hand, after all. It's what he deserves. ]


I'll leave that up to you.
perfectdistance: ([G] Concern 3)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-01 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
Have you considered learning a little?

[ What are you going to do when Nero is gone? ]
perfectdistance: ([YT] Shoud I place a Draw Two)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-01 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ Thinks about Bradley's baking.... ]

If you put in the effort, you could do a decent job.
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-01 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
It's always meat with you. At least balance it out with fruit or something.

[Here's your breakfast.]
perfectdistance: ([YT] Almost everything)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-01 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
Citrus, like lemons.
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-01 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ The door opens up and Nero takes a seat at the desk again. ]

Yo.
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-01 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ Gently clinks their drinks together. ]

Heard you barely have a roommate either.
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-01 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
Huh.

[ Worse than Faust. ]

Doubt it'd be much of a change of scenery to visit your room.
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-01 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ A little guilt, a little affection, a little exhaustion. ]

It was fine. You looked like you did.

[ Minus the carrot. ]
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-01 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ There's no one else around, so he will allow it, taking a sip from his drink. ]

Yeah? Like you wouldn't be one of 'em?

[ Then again dares with magic do seem worse. ]
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-01 05:24 am (UTC)(link)
The kids would have fun.

[ If they could get Riquet to actually play, that is. It always feels like such a toss up. ]
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-01 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
[ Nobody else is around- ]

Truth.
perfectdistance: ([M] Even then I'll go along)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-01 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
Seriously-

[ Extremely strong embarrassment. ]

The... second...
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-01 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh, he's not looking, his face is so red. While he can move his head, Nero's resolutely looking away from him. ]
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-01 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
[ It is still! Embarrassing!

Not that he pulls away. It's always such a complicated mix of emotions. That's what happens after centuries of knowing each other. Positive, negative, everything in between. The strongest one is his hundreds of years of affection for this wizard. ]
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-01 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
Sh-shut up.

[ Another wave of embarrassment and affection. ]
perfectdistance: ([YT] I won't be hurting)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-02 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
Even after last time?
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-02 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
[A sigh.

The worst thing Bradley has ever given him. Nero's betrayed him so severely already, and yet. Here he is, putting himself back in Nero's hands all over again.

At least this time, Nero's life is fully under Bradley's possession, through his unprovoked promise.]


... Stay quiet.

[As he hooks his finger into the ring around his choker, pulling him into another kiss.]
perfectdistance: ([YT] Hurry up and play)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-02 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
[ Nero doesn't even wake up that late. He sits up in bed when Brad does and looks at the messages on his device.

Immediately awake, and on edge. ]


What happened?
perfectdistance: ([YT] So I don't act arrogantly)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-02 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
And they're writing it like that? [ It's so detached. Then again, that's how it works in a business, isn't it? ] That's Luke?

perfectdistance: ([YT] Should I not?)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-02 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
[ Nero mirrors the noise. Bad.

Two? Dahut and Luke?

What happened?

It's not like this is the first time they've lost somebody, but they usually know what caused it. ]
perfectdistance: ([G] Concern 2)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-02 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
What else would it be?

[ A strong sense of unease. Is it really just that? Or did something else happen? ]
perfectdistance: ([G] Concern 1)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-02 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
You really think those two are that clumsy?

[ That doesn't feel right to him. ]
perfectdistance: ([G] Concern 1)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-02 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
[There's a weird feeling, where he wants to go and look at the kitchen, but he also doesn't want to go and look at the body either.]

We cooked together, that shouldn't have been an issue.
perfectdistance: ([YT] Please be silent for a moment)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-02 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ A sigh, no. He shouldn't just send Brad out on a scouting mission alone. On the off chance it was something else then... ]

I'll come with.
perfectdistance: ([YT] Even then I'll go along faking)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-02 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
[ Nero will pull him out of the bed if he has to.

It's investigation time. (It's not.) ]
perfectdistance: ([YT] Hurry up and play)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-02 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
Get goin'.

[To check the galley. Nero shrugs his outer shirt back on before starting to head out.]
perfectdistance: ([YT] How pitiful)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-02 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
Ain't that suspicious on its own?
perfectdistance: ([YT] Almost everything)

Week 0: Sunday

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-03 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He's getting walked back to Nero's room. The vibrating buzzing anxiety that is always right there, under the surface is only getting more obvious.

Where does he even start? Puppeteer? So anybody could get puppeted? ]


... Let's plan.
perfectdistance: ([YT] Hurry up and play)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-04 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
If it does work here what makes you think it'd work there?

[ Anyway. ]

He talked about a puppeteer, remember?
perfectdistance: ([YT] Should I not?)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-04 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
[ A blip of frustration. He's worried about you, you idiot! ]

Brad, are you listening to me?
perfectdistance: ([YT] My thoughts spin in circles)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-04 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
Shit. We don't have any protection against that.

[ It's the opposite of ideal. Nero's not a Westerner, and he's given up his Northern status for years.

That doesn't mean he wants to be puppeteered around and forced to kill somebody he doesn't want to. Killing is fine, if he's the one making the decisions but if it's ripped out of his hands his whole being hates the idea of it. ]


... If it happens to you, just kill me. [ It's already something Nero's given him. His life has already been promised. This time Nero won't run away. Better him than somebody else on the ship. Right?

There's no guarantee this would even happen. ]
If I come after you, you should also kill me.
perfectdistance: ([YT] Ego never growing)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-04 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ The heartache is mirrored, but there's a sense of relief alongside it. There's at least some sort of plan between them that's something. ]

Thanks.

[ How grim is that? Thanking his former partner for a kill he may or may not be committing. ]

Don't think anybody's safe from this thing.
perfectdistance: ([YT] I'm thinking)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-04 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
[ You really should kill me.

If Brad dies no promises about what happens to anybody on this ship. There's one person he wants to protect with his entire life. Everyone else is nothing but noise. ]


Seems like things get unlocked when whatever it is begins to act up. So staying in a room wouldn't do anything.
perfectdistance: ([YT] Please be silent for a moment)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-04 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
[ Don't be stupid.

A tall order and he knows it. It's part of the reason Nero threw him into jail.

Even then, he doesn't think the cells in the ship itself are going to be good or protected enough for Thursday nights. They don't know if it'll happen again, but if it does, they'll need to prepare. ]


I don't know about that. Dahut seemed like he was fighting back with what he could. Tch. I need better utensils.
perfectdistance: ([YT] How pitiful)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-04 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
[ Idiot.

This stupid wizard that Nero cares about so much. ]


Better utensils. I didn't get mine when we got here.

[ Emotional support wheat save him.

Save him emotional support wheat. ]
perfectdistance: ([YT] Shoud I place a Draw Two)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-04 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ A squiggle of guilt. Now he does, but he didn't for a century and that's why Bradley ended up in wizard jail. ]

There's knives in the galley, but I don't know if they keep track of those. Might be better to take it from a planet.
perfectdistance: ([YT] Shoud I place a Draw Two)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-04 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
Just a matter of seeing what we can source.
perfectdistance: ([YT] Ego never growing)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-04 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Lets this happen and stares down at their hands. The guilt is back. ]

... ...

[ He feels like Brad will get through this. He's always been better at dealing stressful places. ]
perfectdistance: ([G] Concern 2)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-07 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
[ Bradley is the most frustrating person he knows. One moment they're having a perfectly good time, and the next he does something that's impossible to forget (derogatory). ]

... Did you make this?

[ Because it doesn't look like a normal bouquet directly from a store. ]
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-07 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
What am I gonna do with flowers?

[ He says that, but he still accepts the gift. ]
perfectdistance: ([YT] Even then I'll go along faking)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-08 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
[He'll let Bradley into the room.]

They'll look better on the table.
perfectdistance: ([M] So I won't be trusting)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-10 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
Is this because you're hungry or what?
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-10 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
[ Waits to get any more clarity. ]
perfectdistance: ([G] Disapprove 2)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-10 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
Take like five seconds to think before you say shit.

[ Not that Nero's successfully thrown him out forever... ever. ]
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-10 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
Don't say shit that makes me wanna throw you out.
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-10 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ It does feel good to have a little control like this. ]
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-10 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ The problem is he loves him, but he doesn't know how to do that in any kind of reasonable way. North does not teach anybody about healthy relationships even a little bit. ]

I'm forgiving you. This time.
perfectdistance: ([YT] I won't be hurting)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-10 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Sighs, and pulls Bradley into a hug. ]
perfectdistance: ([G] Concern 3)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-10 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Do we even have any clues to work with?
perfectdistance: ([YT] I'm thinking)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-10 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
We're stuck with them... Shit, are we gonna be stuck with them even when we get back?
perfectdistance: ([YT] How pitiful)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-10 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Who do you think could do that? We don't know anythin' about machines like this.
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-10 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't think they've worked with nanites before. They've never mentioned it.
perfectdistance: ([YT] How pitiful)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-12 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's not emotional share week, but there's a small wince at the thought of healing.

The last time Nero needed that...]
perfectdistance: ([YT] I won't give in to murdering)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-12 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ The only Reason Nero is still alive is because of Bradley. ]

Might as well.
perfectdistance: ([4k] Chat 2)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-13 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Looking forward to this one?

[ Challenge level: impossible]
perfectdistance: ([YT] I won't be hurting)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-15 03:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[Laughs.]

Just maybe?
perfectdistance: ([M] So I won't be trusting)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-17 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[...

These last couple of years with the sage sure have changed the wizards a lot, huh?]
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-12 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Think it's the right time of year for that?
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-14 02:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Guess it wouldn't be bad.

[ TN: "I would like to spend time with you." ]
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-17 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
It ain't blizzarding yet.
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-18 03:08 pm (UTC)(link)
You already checked this place out?
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-19 02:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[How can. you just say things?]
perfectdistance: ([YT] Shoud I place a Draw Two)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-20 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
[ A wisp of air escapes his lips and he notes how visible it is. ]

Feels a lot like North.

[ Even if they can't make contact with the spirits here. ]
perfectdistance: ([C] Laughing Together in a Circle)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-20 02:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[A soft laugh.]

Space Doc? Do you know their callsigns?
perfectdistance: ([G] Smile 3)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-20 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Guess they are over health. How much did you tell them?
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-22 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
Huh... I think it's been more than a century since I've seen it?

[ He doesn't miss North, but there are pieces of it that are beautiful. ]
perfectdistance: ([YT] I won't give in to murdering)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-22 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
The sky here's different.

[Just something off hand, that he's noticing, tilting back and looking up.]
perfectdistance: ([C] Listless Spearhead)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-22 02:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Kinda like the Iestrum.

[Less annoying, since it's silent.]
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-25 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
Kinda looks like a Minotaur.

[Pointing at one of the clusters of stars.]
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-25 02:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It's not exactly the same, but it's beautiful all the same. ]
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-25 03:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Gay.

Nero's looking up, enjoying the beautiful lights in the sky. ]
perfectdistance: ([G] Smile 4)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-25 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[They're alone enough Nero won't pull away.

It's a nice little night date.]
perfectdistance: ([YT] So I don't act arrogantly)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-17 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He's... He doesn't know where he's going, but he's not staying there. Not after everything they've heard today. ]
perfectdistance: ([YT] Even then I'll go along faking)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-18 03:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Brad.

[What are you doing?]
perfectdistance: ([YT] I'll say a joke or two)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-19 02:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[Nero's not heartless enough to pull away.]
perfectdistance: ([YT] Ego never growing)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-20 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
I know. [ It's hard not to know. ]

This place isn't kind.
perfectdistance: ([YT] So I don't act arrogantly)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-20 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
[ North is the way it is. And Nero left because he couldn't stand it anymore.

People just are the way they grew up, and whatever baggage that left them with... they live with. ]


No.

[ It'd be nice if there was a way out. Or even if they had their magic back, even if it was only on Thursday nights. They can't even pinpoint a reason for the murders that are happening here. ]

I hate it here.
perfectdistance: ([YT] I won't give in to murdering)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-21 02:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Your place or mine?
perfectdistance: ([YT] I won't give in to murdering)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-22 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
[ Lead the way, Nero won't let go of him the entire time. ]
perfectdistance: ([YT] Hurry up and play)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-20 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's a familiar memory, something that they both experienced... He never really got it from Bradley's point of view though. If it were him, wouldn't he be much angrier to see the person who tossed him in jail like it was nothing? Bradley is a much more positive person than Nero will ever be. But that's what it's like for an Eastern wizard, they're known to be gloomy for a reason.

You've been on the brink of death and somehow Bradley brought you back from the ledge. There's really something about him that makes his commands impossible to ignore. You're laying in bed, trying to heal from injuries that certainly would've taken your life if Bradley had arrived any later. It's guilt that keeps you alive, the specters of their past, and the weight of what you've done to people you could've called family.

Bradley's the person who deserves to take your life, after all the ways you've betrayed him and hurt him.

"Let's do it right now. You wanna deal with me, don't you? I get it. You've more than got the right to turn me to stone."

Bradley's silent, and even after all this time you can't quite read his face. For as expressive as he is, he knows how to keep his feelings hidden when he wants to.

"But... Can you wait until the Great Calamity hits? Once we're done beatin' it back, you can turn me to stone with your own hands." Finally... Finally you'll stop having to exist and bear the weight of all those lives lost, all the time Bradley's been locked away. You'll finally be a stone, and you'll have worth.

Bradley, doesn't believe you, and why should he? "You love sayin' whatever you want. But y'know what, Nero? You already ran away from me once. What makes you think I can trust what you say."

You're so tired. Living like this- despite what you said to Faust, you don't have all that much to live for. The least you can do is die to the person who deserves to kill you the most.

"I promise." With all the weight that entails of a wizard. You'll lose all your magic if you dare to run away this time. It's almost the same thing as being dead.

It's worth it to make Bradley believe you.

There's no reason to run anymore.
]
perfectdistance: ([YT] Ego never growing)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-20 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
Why shouldn't I?

[ It's not just about Bradley. It's about all the other bandits that he turned to stone through one action.

He knew that the only thing keeping them all bound together was Bradley, and he still turned tail. He still betrayed him. ]
perfectdistance: ([YT] Even then I'll go along faking)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-20 02:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Nero, who is an eastern wizard, and one of their worst flaws is simply never letting anything go looks at Bradley and thinks- "Why is it so much easier for you to accept me than for me to accept myself?" ]

I'll let you kill me when the time comes. You already knew that.
perfectdistance: ([YT] Almost everything)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-21 02:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm still alive, ain't I?

[You can lead an East to a good life, but god can you not make them live it.]
perfectdistance: ([YT] My thoughts spin in circles)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-22 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
[ Alive is about as good as you're gonna get in these circumstances. ]

That's how it is.
perfectdistance: ([YT] My thoughts spin in circles)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-22 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ He won't run away. Nero's spent so much of his life running away, and this time he finally has an ending. This time, it's something he can accept. No more watching Bradley crawling home almost dead.

Nero's finally getting his peace. ]


You'll kill me once everything's finished?

[ He doesn't need Bradley to promise him in return, but he wants him to at least say it. ]
perfectdistance: ([YT] Ego never growing)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-22 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
[ Bradley has hope for him, where Nero simply doesn't.

There's a small sigh, the slightest bit of relief- Nero drops his head on Bradley's shoulder.

It might not be anytime soon, but Bradley deserves to kill him. ]
perfectdistance: ([YT] I wonder now)

Week 3: Saturday

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-24 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
[ He is not letting go of Bradley after everything that's happened today.

Hellish. ]
perfectdistance: ([YT] Ego never growing)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-24 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
[ It doesn't matter which one they go into. Whichever one is going to be empty. ]
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-24 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
[ Tucking his face into Bradley's shoulder. ]

I hate this place.
perfectdistance: ([YT] Hurry up and play)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-24 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think who ya go after is in your hands when this place does what it does to people.
perfectdistance: ([YT] I'm thinking)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-24 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
Brad.

[What are you doing? What are you thinking about?]

Don't.

[Don't promise him anything, he's in this lopsided deal with you and that's the way he wants to keep it.]
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-24 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
[ His brain goes into a screeching halt.

Sorry.

What? ]
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-24 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
You want- You seriously want to get married here? To me?

[ He does love Bradley so much. There's no other reason he would put him in jail to keep him safe. That exact same fact is the reason he absolutely doesn't think they should get married. Bradley deserves somebody better than him. ]
perfectdistance: ([G] Blush 1)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-24 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ Always? How long as Bradley been thinking about this? Nero hasn't thought about this- never thought about marriage, never thought about the tie that binds a wizard down to another person, the way that any infraction upon that bond would force them to lose their magic.

Maybe when he was much younger, when he was still starry eyed and didn't understand the world nearly as well.

His face flushes.

His heart beats faster.

He's at a loss for words. ]


................

You know how dangerous a promise is.
perfectdistance: ([G] Concern 2)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-24 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
Huh? How long have you been thinking about this?

[ A ring?! ]
perfectdistance: ([YT] So I don't act arrogantly)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-24 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
[ Why are you thinking about getting married this much-

He doesn't meet Bradley's eyes, tilting his cheek into his hand. Nero feels like he's the more practical one out of the two of them. And... there's a part of him that wants to say yes- but the rest of him is so scared.

Nero's always been a coward, when it comes down to it. ]


Brad... I've been around the world and... there's nobody else like you. I'll always be willing to die for you. You know that, right?

... So... even if we do this, please... I'm begging you, if I try to kill you, you have to kill me.
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-24 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
[ Nero can say, with certainty, "I loved you", but "I love you" is harder. He doesn't think he'll ever love somebody the same way as Bradley, but he also knows how deeply he's hurt him in so many ways. ]

...

[ This is so tense for him. Bradley's giving him so much, and he really shouldn't. A shaky sigh. ]

... This really isn't how I thought anything would happen.
perfectdistance: ([YT] I won't be hurting)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-24 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
[ He laughs, it's soft, bitter and directed entirely at himself.

He's never been as brave as Bradley is. Never as decisive. Never as sure of the things that he says. ]


I don't know how you can be so sure of yourself all the time.

[ What is it like to live like that?

Nero's so conflicted all the time, about everything in his life. There's so little he's felt decisive over, and so many decisions that he's never let go. ]
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-24 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ There's a reason so many other wizards gathered around him. His little bandit group survived for longer than any other group of wizards had before him and since. Something about Bradley is simply magnetic, he pulls people in and makes them adore him.

Nero's no different in that sense. ]


...

I'm not gonna call you "Boss" again.
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-24 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ He manages to smile, just a little bit. ]

You're Brad to me.
perfectdistance: ([YT] How pitiful)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-24 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
... I don't think I'm ready to get married.

Not yet.
perfectdistance: ([YT] I wonder now)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-25 02:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sighs...

What's it like to be this confident in yourself?]
perfectdistance: ([C] 22 People Bonded by Fate)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-25 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Reaching out and taking his hand. ]

You wanna try it?
perfectdistance: ([C] The Wizard's Smile)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-25 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It's! Affection share! ]

Wheels? Sure you won't fall?
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-25 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
You're uncool so often.
perfectdistance: ([C] Delicacy of the Flowers)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-25 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's gonna watch you fall on your face.

(He's also gonna fall.)]


You think it's that similar?
perfectdistance: ([C] Inviting Fingertips)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-26 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ Immediately lets go of him and starts laughing.

Nero, you're a dick. ]
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-26 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
[ Kneeling next to him. ]

You really think that's gonna do it?
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-26 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He yelps as he goes down. ]

Hey!
perfectdistance: ([C] Flower Breeze)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-27 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe you should be less embarrassin'?
perfectdistance: ([C] Inviting Fingertips)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-27 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
[Embarrassing... but they're alone.]

Yeah, I know.
perfectdistance: ([YT] I don't want them to know me)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-27 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ Taking Brad's hand and pulling himself up that way. ]

Couple laps should be fine.
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-27 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
Brad--

[Down they go-]
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-27 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
We're gonna have so many bruises.
perfectdistance: ([YT] I won't be hurting)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-27 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Sure.

And I'll tell 'em that you suck at rollerskating.
perfectdistance: ([C] Chef's Sincerity)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-27 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe you deserve it?
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-03-28 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't care as much as you do.
perfectdistance: ([M] And so I won't be loving)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-04-03 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
Doubt he thinks I'm cool.
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-04-03 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
I can get along with kids without them thinkin' I'm cool.
perfectdistance: ([YT] So I don't act arrogantly)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-04-14 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ He doesn't resist, falling into step. ]
perfectdistance: ([YT] Ego never growing)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-04-14 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
I'm glad you stayed alive.

[Hugging back.]
perfectdistance: ([YT] Ego never growing)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-04-14 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
[ Nero had to do so much work to keep him alive at home.

But that's neither here nor there, and it's a fight he's not prepared for at the moment. ]


I know. You weren't there with me.
perfectdistance: ([YT] I won't give in to murdering)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-04-14 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
I was pissed, but it's not like I had a good reason to be. You hadn't done anythin' recently.

[There's some clarity now, at least.]
perfectdistance: ([YT] Even then I'll go along faking)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-04-14 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
[ Listen, he resents and he remembers and he's 600+ years old. ]

So it was the same sort of thing.
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-04-14 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
There were so many rats. I don't know why there were that many rats.

Also it was... fine? Weird things, but that's basically to be expected.
perfectdistance: ([4k] Chat 1)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-04-14 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
Vash? Yeah. He was there when I got there.
perfectdistance: ([C] Glittering Stars in Sweets)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-04-14 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
No, I think there's something else going on with him.

[Nero doesn't know because I was not as present as I wanted to be.]
perfectdistance: ([G] Concern 3)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-04-14 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
Vash was the original Callisto, but I don't know much more than that.
perfectdistance: ([M] So I won't be trusting)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-04-14 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
I dunno exactly, but if you look at the profiles it's still listed as Vash.
perfectdistance: ([4k] Chat 1)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-04-14 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
I dunno if there's anything we can do about it right now.
perfectdistance: ([YT] Shoud I place a Draw Two)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-04-14 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
Mine was working fine when we were dead.

[Says his spell words and floats up his cutlery... And then they shudder in the air as they fall onto the bed.]

Looks like we're on the same rules now.
perfectdistance: ([G] Smile 1)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-04-14 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ ... Heh. ]

Are you poutin'?
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-04-14 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
[ Cups his face. ]
perfectdistance: ([C] Chat in Front of the Bonfire)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-04-14 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
[ Kisses him, real quick. ]
perfectdistance: ([4k] Smile 1)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-04-14 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
Like you'd go poutin' all the time. What would the kids say?
perfectdistance: ([G] Concern 3)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2024-04-16 03:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't pout that much.

[Absolutely untrue.]