Mikleo | Luzrov Rulay (
nerdeology) wrote2016-01-19 11:57 am
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IC Communication
Use this to get in contact with Mikleo outside of the community posts.

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"This is Mikleo. I'll get back to you when I can."

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"This is Mikleo. I'll get back to you when I can."
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[That's about as noncommittal an answer as it gets, but Mikleo obliges in leaning against Sorey as he pushes himself carefully to his feet. He wobbles at first, pausing while he regains balance, but once that's sorted he starts moving forward, one slow step at a time. He feels like a toddler learning to walk, and it's so backwards- as the elder of the two, he'd been the one doing this for Sorey when they were babies.
Maybe this is some kind of weird, long-term karma. Whatever, at least it isn't Edna or something. That would be unbearable.]
Did you find something good?
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Sorey doesn't say a word, but his arm tightens a little.] You bet I did. It's a murder mystery that takes place at an archaeological dig. The summary sounded really neat.
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[He's not so sure how he'll feel about reading details on a murder - considering recent events, even that might hit too close to home - but the intrigue he feels about the setting makes it worthwhile. It isn't like murder is what actually happened, anyway.
He wobbles his way over and then wobbles into the chair, until finally he's comfortably seated again (and therefore less wobbly), looking at the collection Sorey brought over. He made it across the room without falling! What a pitiful accomplishment. And yet, he's glad for the progress... ugh.
Shoving aside his misgivings - coming back from the dead is probably not supposed to be convenient anyway - he reaches immediately for the books.]
Anything else?
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Mmm, a couple of texts, a book of poems; not much that we haven't already read. I think our own personal libraries are going to outgrow the one on Iskaulit soon.
[Sorey grasps the back of Mikleo's chair, leaning over him to peer at the books.] Oh- and I didn't know if you felt up to it, but those are mochi. A friend showed me how to make them...don't worry, these are ones she made. They're really good.
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The other options don't interest him as much as the novel, so he lifts that first, giving front and back a quick examination before flipping it open. Small text, his favourite.]
What's mochi?
[He tries to keep his tone neutral, but he already knows that it's food. Sorey's been patient, making offers but never pushing the issue, and Mikleo's quietly dodged it each time. He hasn't had anything to eat or drink since he woke up, and it's the longest he's ever gone without food in his life. He doesn't need it, sure, but it probably looks weird.]
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[Sorey rests his chin lightly atop Mikleo's head as he flips through the mystery. Mikleo's very slowly but very steadily improving. He's not as tired these days, staying awake for longer (though that could be out of sheer stubbornness) and managing to sit up on his own. He still needs help to stand and walk, but that he can do it at all is a vast improvement.
It's just...these visions he keeps having that are the problem.] So? What's the verdict? Does the book mystify and intrigue?
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At least Sorey's keeping well fed, with all the food people have been bringing for him. He does feel a little guilty, but at least it isn't going to waste.
At Sorey's question, he finishes the page and tilts the book up so it's more visible. Sorey's already hanging over his shoulder, so might as well share.]
I'm still at the introduction, so there isn't much intrigue yet. It's interesting, though. Should I read out loud?
[Mystery's still a bit of a new genre for them - there hadn't been much of it in Elysia - so he's not sure how Sorey feels about it yet.]
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He's not so much interested in the book anyway, more that he's interested in hearing Mikleo's voice. He can't get enough of it, it seems; the moments when Mikleo's awake are like oasis spots in a desert, and though Sorey wouldn't trade Mikleo sleeping and recovering his strength for anything in the world, he loves being able to talk to him and hear an answer.
When Mikleo turns back to the book Sorey's expression softens as it's often done since he came back; warm and grateful and just that small bit afraid, buried deep. He leans back against the desk and clasps his wrist in front of his legs to listen but keeps his eyes on Mikleo, on the way the light sits in his hair, the way his fingers slip between the pages, elegant and sure.]
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The attention does get distracting sometimes, though, so he makes it a handful of pages into the novel before he pauses, tilting his head sideways to glance at Sorey.]
Are you okay?
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Yeah, I'm not sure how trustworthy that character is. Isn't it suspicious that such an important archeological discovery has already become a tourist attraction? Where's their scientific integrity?
[He questions the legitimacy of this author's research and it's not even the second chapter. This is gonna go great.]
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Sorey snorts and turns away to eat the mochi, cheek puffed out so he can talk around his food.] Already tearing it apart, huh? Can't even give it one chapter yet...
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I see nothing wrong with being critical of anything I read, no matter how early. Anyway, it's a mystery. Isn't theorizing about the suspects part of the fun?
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See, this is why Rose was in charge of this sort of thing back home. What motivation would the man have to limit his profit for no reason if not to lower their guard?
[Also, you're getting mom'd now. Mikleo doesn't even give it a moment's thought before licking his thumb and reaching up to wipe off the flour.
Which he then cleans on Sorey's shirt. Carry your own mess!!]
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You know that most people don't just do nice things for the sake of doing them, right? It isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it's natural to have more than one reason to act.
[It's nice that Sorey still thinks like that - kind of a miracle, to be honest - but he's still an anomaly when it comes to that sort of behaviour.]
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Sure, more than one reason, but why's it have to be a bad reason? You haven't even read ten lines of dialogue from this guy and you're saying you've already got him pinned as shady. That's not fair.
[Look, just because you lose faith in yourself doesn't mean you lose faith in other people. Sometimes it even has the complete opposite effect.]
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[No one's even died yet...
BUT WHATEVER he's going back to the chapter, practically determined to prove Sorey wrong now. His narration has a decidedly challenging tone to it after that.]
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He grins and listens to Mikleo read it out, emphasizing the parts where the tour guide is acting suspiciously! To be honest he doesn't have much of an opinion on whether or not the tour guide is a suspect, but bickering with Mikleo is normal and is how they interact comfortably, and both of them need more of that in their lives, especially right now.
It isn't lost on him that Mikleo doesn't so much as even look at the mochi, but at least he doesn't need to eat or anything. As long as he's in Sorey's domain he should be getting plenty of rest, which is enough for now. Everything else can be addressed later.
There's going to be a lot of later conversations happening at this rate, though.]
Ahh, see there? See? He saved James's life! There's no way someone connected to the killer would go to that kind of trouble, he could've just let him fall off the bridge.
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HE
DOES NOT
CONCEDE]
You're still jumping to preemptive conclusions. One good deed doesn't negate all the suspicious behaviour from the earlier chapters! Anyway, there were witnesses on the other side who saw the whole thing. If he'd let James fall, someone would have noticed. He's just trying to get them off his trail.
[He glances around, then gestures to the small book on the edge of the bed.]
Pass me my journal, I'm going to start taking notes. We can compare once the story finally reveals the truth about him.
[This is a Very Serious argument that he is taking Very Seriously. In truth he's just glad to be arguing about something harmless and theoretical again- it's far more fun and familiar than how things have been the past several months leading up to what happened. He may look cynical about it, but he's kind of over the moon right alongside Sorey.]
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No matter how many times you try that joke, it still isn't going to be funny...
[Even if he can appreciate, on some perpetually-unspoken level, the nerdy nature of it.]
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Sorey's going to do that thing where he leans over and watches Mikleo write, though.] Should I be taking my own notes?
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You don't think I'll be neutral about it?
[He says, after a solid hour or so of arguing his bias.]
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