IC Communication

[nerdeology]

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."

Comments

[monolike]

If they already know the trick behind it, I guess it's all right. [this is absolutely an abuse of shepard powers. even though it's mikleo doing all the work. lailah would smack them both.] Would you rather earn money that way?

[nerdeology]

[if you can do it without being the shepherd then it's not an abuse at all!!]

It's just an alternate option, that's all. Something that could be entertaining with the right partner involved.

[monolike]

[WHAT SOUND LOGIC!!! the wisdom of the seraphim obv]

You mean with someone to ham it up? ...can I balance things on your head?

[nerdeology]

[Pffft.]

You could try.

[monolike]

Yeah, you're right. Your head is disturbingly round. [wow what does that even mean buddy]

[nerdeology]

[w h a t]

Heads are supposed to be round!

[monolike]

Maybe that's why your hair does that thing? Because your head is a lot rounder than mine?

[nerdeology]

"That thing"?

[Okay, but what does that mean.]

[monolike]

Y'know, the swooping thing. [Sorey gestures over his own hair, making waves with his hands.] Like this, like your hair is made from water. It's cool looking. It'd probably be more obvious if your hair was long.

[nerdeology]

[Mikleo half-reaches for his hair in a self-conscious gesture, stopping himself just in time when he remembers he's in the middle of baking. Cool-looking... swooping. He's not sure what to make of that.]

It would probably just get in the way more.

[monolike]

You could tie it back. [To be honest, Sorey is curious, but Mikleo's made it fairly clear that he wants hair that's easy to take care of. And after that disastrous attempt Sorey made at trying to style it, well, he's not allowed to have much of an opinion anymore.] But it's up to you, of course. I just thought it might look nice.

[nerdeology]

Hmm. I'll think it over.

[He probably won't give it too much thought, though. He's content with the hair he's picked for himself; any more than this would surely get annoying, wouldn't it? He has no idea how Lailah and Zaveid manage it. Even the armatus hair tends to flail around and would surely disrupt his aim if his artes didn't keep it behind their shared body.]

Do you like long hair, then? I never noticed.

[monolike]

I wouldn't say it's that I like it. I don't have a preference, really; I just think it'd be interesting to see what it looks like on you. [Sorey crosses his ankles and leans over to watch Mikleo work. Usually he gets chased out of the kitchen because he gets impatient and annoying. Rose encourages him, it's her fault.]

[nerdeology]

[Huh.

Mikleo's shoulders relax, and he pushes it to the back of his mind, focusing on the cooking again. It's not like Sorey's opinion is the be-all end-all of his appearance decisions, but he does like to look good. He can admit he can be a little bit vain sometimes. And Sorey's opinion is the one that matters the most to him.

He can't begrudge curiosity, anyway.]

Well, what about you? The armatus gives you quite the ponytail. Ever wanted to grow it out?

[monolike]

Hahaha! No, I don't think so. [Sorey scratches at his nose a little sheepishly.] I wouldn't look good.

[nerdeology]

Don't be ridiculous. You look fine with it.

[monolike]

It's all right short, yeah, but my hair isn't like yours, or like Lailah's or Zaveid's. It'd look silly. [One of the problems with growing up around people who you believe are so much more beautiful than you; you don't value your own looks.]

[nerdeology]

[Mikleo snorts.]

You think Zaveid's hair doesn't look silly? It ought to have birds living in all of those tangles.

[Beautiful the seraphim may be, but they're not automatically better than humans in the looks department.]

[monolike]

Yeah, but that works for him. He's a wind seraph!

[nerdeology]

Well, your hair works for you because you're you. The texture's really nice, and the colour fits your body and skin tone perfectly. It creates a good contrast with your eye colour as well. If your hair was longer it would just mean more of a good thing.

[MATTER-OF-FACTLY, like all of what he says is 100% obvious to anyone.]

[monolike]

"It's perfect because I'm me," huh? [Warmth spreads from his chest to his fingers and toes and Sorey smiles over at Mikleo.] All right. Maybe I'll grow my hair out. You can do yours too, we can try it together.

[nerdeology]

Hah, alright.

[He suspects that this experiment will last, like, a month or two at most. They'll either forget about it or it'll becoming irritatingly unmanageable and they'll both cut it short again. Growing hair is such a chore when it's just long enough to irritate his neck but too short to tie back, after all...

Anyway. Enough time has passed that the cookies are done, so he ducks down and rescues them from the oven. That same sweet scent from before is even stronger now, making the entire kitchen smell like pumpkin pie. He sets the tray on the stovetop, satisfied, and goes back to his mixing bowl. Time for the strawberry flavouring!

sorry Sorey they weren't pumpkinberry at all]