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 Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 7:49 am
"God you looked for a moment like I just put a gun to your head..." He laughed more openly. "Hm... I'd make you wash those if I thought Sabine wouldn't take that over...and ask too many questions."
He glanced down at the arrested hand before admitting. "...I count pretty much everything we did ... last time you showed up as Dishonorable... I could probably make a convincing argument about cooties being generated from public displays of affection, or attraction... so I guess..."
He stopped and seemed, lost for words. "No idea..." He admitted before pushing slightly. "Shove over, you can lay in your mess, I'm not that small."
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Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 7:57 am
Ever couldn't help a little bit of a snicker at the words 'lay in your mess' -- but he moved, at least, tugging himself to the far side of the bed to make room. He really wasn't entirely faking. He moved stiffly, awkwardly, trying to hold that one shoulder as still as possible and to not bump his leg against Zac as he did.
At the very least, maybe he wouldn't be too dishonorable tonight. Not when he felt so battered, smaller bruises overlooked in favor of the worst ones, places where he and Orion had rolled over rocks...he made a small noise.
"If that was dishonorable, I dread what you might think of some things I've..." ...actually, that was a really bad line. Could scare Zac off. He changed course quickly. "I mean, that was practically virginal. Could still go unicorn chasing, after that."
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Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 8:19 am
"Don't joke... you watch we'll run into a senshi of Unicorns if you say that."
He paused and thought for a moment. "Though... if they could only be found by Virgins maybe there already is one...neither of us would have seen it in that case." He admitted though there was an odd tone to his voice when he said so. Regret? bitterness?
He tugged his fingers through his bangs as he carefully settled into a comfortable position, trying not to jar you.
"...I should have looked to see if I had any morphine free pain killers for you before I laid down..." he said and made a face. A small squirm was followed by a curse. "God damn it...you got it everywhere!"
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Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 8:25 am
More snickering; Zac probably didn't even realize how, well, suggestive that came across. Ever had to tip his face down into Zac's shoulder to smother a comment that would definitely send the younger man running back to his desk and his paper-in-progress...
His shoulders still twitched with the laugh, though, his eyes closed so that Zac couldn't read it in his expression.
"...could do comedy." Mostly to himself, it still held a strangled edge of amusement. Ever struggled to compose himself a little, working the grin away from his mouth. "Unicorns are for princesses anyway. And neither of us is a princess..."
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Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 8:34 am
"What.... What? What did I say?" Zac asked baffled but still trying to wipe the oily cream off his arm. "Tsh..." he made a disapproving sound and then wiped what he'd cleaned off onto Ever again.
"You are so cleaning this up... just because your laughing!" and then lay back down with his head turned to watch the amused shaking.
"... mmm... Sabine could probably fit that bill... or... well the Senshi have a few, that Chronos... she mostly hides in her shield though. Uranophane and I used it as a hamster ball in Elision..."
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Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 8:40 am
"Sabine doesn't really seem the unicorn-and-princesses type to me..." Which was true, to Ever's mind; Sabine wasn't Beth, and they hadn't turned out exactly the same. Or even close to the same, in some ways. Not that he'd known the girl before her transformation...he shrugged, carefully, and tossed an arm around Zac's waist again.
"Neither do the senshi, for that matter. None of them have come across as having proper court graces to me." That was dry, but it also drove the last of the laughter out of him: honestly considering it. "Mostly they act like self-centered teenagers."
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Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 8:46 am
"Mm.... that's because most everyone in this war IS... " Zac conceded.
"Most... have just enough faith left in true love and fairy tale castles to make them really dangerous..." His voice was softer, introspective almost but not quite.
"Not sure what scares me more... that some of them took a few weeks to systematically torture people I've grown to know better than my own family. Or the fact that most of them justify what they do by saying they fight for love, peace and -hope-."
The frown flickered across his features again, old before his time. He turned and carefully buried against Ever to hide from the world and all the things he saw there in his minds eye. "I'm sorry for dragging you into this..."
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Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 8:50 am
"Eh. Better to die in the light than live in the dark, right?" It was bravado, though; Ever really really didn't want to die, in a way that made him shaky, struggling to smother an instinctive reaction. Death, he thought, would be more unpleasant than being locked up in a room somewhere and tortured. At least that could end, eventually...he swallowed.
"...you changed your sister, right?" His arm moved awkwardly, he shifted uncertainly, trying to find a position that was comfortable. Not uneasy, just sore. Alas. This would have been easier if he weren't. "You can't do that more?"
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Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 8:58 am
"I..." He stared uncertain. "Tanza... The General queen changed her...." He said carefully. "Only... because she was my sister. If... I hadn't told her." He stopped, taking several deep breaths before continuing more steadily.
"I...can't do that on my own, the...sheer amount of energy I felt when she did it... I would have just died trying. The star seeds of senshi are... unnaturally bright, it takes a lot to overcome whatever it is that makes them that way. It... even tired Her I think... like when I pulled you over. It felt like... like I'd just run a marathon."
"Need me to move?" He offered and then sighed softly.
"... I am not going to let what happened to them happened to my team... not you or anyone else. I'd sooner... never mind..." he shook his head slightly. "I won't let it happen... that's all."
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Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 9:06 am
"Oh, please." It came with a huff of a sound, fingers shifting against Zac's side and head lolled back awkwardly. Yes, moving might have been nice, but if Zac tried it Ever was going to haul him back into place. For once, he didn't seem panicked by the contact...
"I think the rest of us are trying to avoid that, too, and your sheer force of will can't stop it from happening so -- have some faith, huh?" It sounded a bit like he was genuinely insulted. Maybe just a little. he didn't need to be put in a box and protected.
Or maybe he did, but he didn't want to be. Ever cleared his throat. "Though it would be nice if I had something other than duct tape to work with."
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Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 9:10 am
A sharp laugh. "mmm... when your captain it should change." He said "In the mean time...you'll have to deal with my force of will to make sure my team members at least make it TO captain. It's not that I don't trust you to be able to take care of yourselves... it's just..." He sighed.
"It's just I know how many senshi there are. We're outnumbered... at least here. I know we have people in other countries but... HERE... it's frustrating."
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Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 9:15 am
Ever made an agreeing sound as he thought about that, hunting for something helpful to say -- but, well, he didn't have answers to that problem. Nor would he ever, likely. Zac knew more about inner workings, senshi problems, lieutenants and star seeds, so he didn't even try. Ever was moral support more than anything else, and at least he knew it.
So instead he smoothed hair back up off the nape of Zac's neck, fingertips dipping in against his ear, and tried to figure out how much trouble he'd get in if he went for another kiss. Barely restrained himself. For the moment. "Did you eat dinner yet?"
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Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 9:32 am
Zac's eyes drifted shut for a moment at the soft touch of fingers brushing at his hair, and the edge of his ear... relaxing slightly into it before they blinked like the thought of Dinner never occurred to him.
"Ah... oh...." He said "Right... dinner..." a long sigh. "Damnit... I suppose that would be a good idea too..."
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Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 9:37 am
"You could buy me dinner, yes." He smiled again, easily, unapologetic, with the lightest scrape of fingernails against Zac's jaw. Ever, for his part, had probably hardly eaten anything today; not since last night. Slept in too late, and then didn't want to answer awkward questions. He shifted to look around.
"I'm guessing that they don't deliver to the Hillgate dorms, though." Which meant if they wanted to get something, they'd have to go out, and damned if he could figure out where his shirt had gotten to. Ever made a noise and resettled, giving up, maybe.
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Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 9:45 am
"No... they don't... but theirs a place I can walk to and be back... if I call it in it'll be ready when I get there, then you don't have to walk, I just have to get up. ...mmmm"
He sighed... "Alright.. I'm moving..." he said, but very much didn't for almost a minute. "I swear if I order extra and your gone when I get back..." He said rubbing his eyes.
Probably he'd been cutting back on sleep again, it seemed to be a habit with him, probably like forgetting to eat dinner. "Um... you're ok with like... steamed buns and s**t right?"
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