nerdeology | IC Communication

I woke up here a few hours ago, if that's what you mean.

Yo, Mikboy. Where is 'here'?

Have you looked out the window lately? You're in space.

[SURPRISE. though he suspects Zaveid already knows that enough of this situation is beyond abnormal- he knows that Dezel finds the empty space and lack of air uncomfortable. No doubt Zaveid has enough affinity with his element to notice the same problem sooner or later.]

No location in space, right? Just that feeling of nothing around.

[ Because there's no wind. There's no real air. For the first time in a long time Zaveid feels... Well, uncomfortable is a very gentle word for it, but it's more than that. It's like he's cut off from himself, and that's more than a little terrifying. ]

No one here know where we are. We've been traveling in a fleet of ships for a while now, but none of the places we've seen are familiar in any way, and none of the people we've met have been able to help us, either. We don't even know how we got here.

So we've just got to accept the crazy space kidnapping? Probably not the weirdest thing to happen to us.

For the moment, yeah, unfortunately. Until we can actually do something, we're waiting it out.

At the risk of sounding complacent, it's not all bad.

[ He could say something about running water and Mikleo having it, but instead he shakes his head and decides on something else. ]

Not all that bad sounds good enough for me. Sorey's here too, right?

[Yeah you've got air pumped through the ships, too- the water is about as lively as that. Recycled elements aren't much better than none at all.]

Yeah, he's on the same ship as me.

[He hesitates here- not because he wants to hide it, but because he's not sure what to expect as a result. Sorey had mentioned that Zaveid had a connection with Dezel, but the details overall were pretty sparse. And he doesn't know what Zaveid knows from back home, but them being on good terms to begin with means he's probably joined with them already.

Hm.]

Dezel is with us, too.

Edited (i forgot) 2016-07-14 23:29 (UTC)

[ There's a long period of silence, almost as if Zaveid has dropped off the edge of the world or thrown his device across the room - either one is possible. Eventually, though, a reply comes. ]

How.

I don't know. Even he doesn't know. But as far as we can tell, he's as alive as any of us, here.

damn.

Yeah.

[What do you even say, right? Ugh.]

I can give you his contact information, if you want.

[ Time to play this off like a real man! ]

Nah. I'll let it be a surprise - he probably doesn't wanna talk to me anyway.

[ Nailed it. ]

[Wow. So manly. Feels, why are they so inconvenient, right?]

Yeah, because what I know of Dezel tells me that he loves surprises.

Are you gonna tell him, then?

I'm not sure I'd feel right about lying to him if I see him.

[Remember how you're dealing with the purehearted losers here, Zaveid.]

Then tell him. I'm not really keeping it a secret, Mikleo.

[...Well, at least there's no pressure to follow through.]

I might not see him anyway. We've landed on a new planet, so we've been separated for the most part.

[Maybe he could just... not go looking for Dezel until the shuffle happens. That's not really lying.]

He'll probably find me first. He's like that.

[ Since they're both wind and all. It's natural. ]

What's the deal with you two, anyway? Why's he dislike you so much?

[It's true that they'd clashed enough times for a grudge to form, probably, but Dezel's vitriol had been so much more emphatic than the rest of them. Like it was personal.]

Mikleo, Mikleo. The confusing jealousies between men eludes you again!

I feel like this is going to be another one of those things I'm better off not understanding.

It takes years of hard work and dedication to truly understand the nature of men!

Aren't you afraid of coming across as a little sexist?

[He's pretty sure that women can have rivalries too...]

Mikleo! Did I ever say that the nature of women is any less amazing?

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