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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."

[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?

[Okay, fair enough.]

So how long does it take to understand the nature of women?

Centuries.

[THAT'S TOO LONG]

Is that why you never seem to understand them yourself?

Ouch! Mikleo! You know how to cut a man deep, don't you?

Just citing my observations.

This is gonna take a long time to heal...

Need a healing arte?

[Sort of fun to be on the opposite end of the teasing for once.]