001 // too much time

[serpentis]

Who: DORIAN THE EXPLORIAN (Dorian Pavus)
Broadcast: Video, fleet-wide
Action: The Marsiva~
When: 1/21

[Dorian spends a fair deal of time poking around the ship before deciding to try out sending a broadcast. He's not entirely certain how he knows how to use the device, only that he does, and that almost unnerves him.

Still, his voice is pleasant, almost chipper.]

Well, if this isn't a curious little jaunt that I didn't exactly expect to take this afternoon. I do hope someone might be able to enlighten me as to where, exactly, I am...and when, for that matter. ...and where one might find passable reading material would also be appreciated.

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[serpentis]

[Dorian turns, nodding, and offered a small smile. Anything to keep up appearances as the unflappable Tevinter Magister, nevermind that sinking feeling in his gut that something was terribly wrong.

No, this was a mystery, one he could put his mind to in an effort to distract himself.]

And I was under the same impression. Dorain Pavus, and who might you be?

[magiktouch]

Clay. Nice to meet you mister Dorian. [ It seems like he ought to address him with mister; there's some sort of official feel to him. ] Did you wake here only recently? I didn't notice anyone earlier.

[serpentis]

Please, no need to call me mister.

[He smiled a bit, pleasantly, shoving aside his confusion for the moment.]

It would seem I've just arrived. You're just in time to be the first person to greet me in the flesh. I do hope you appreciate the dubious honor.

[magiktouch]

Is it one? An honour, I mean. [ he doesn't ask to be insulting; he's genuinely curious and only vaguely concerned with social statuses and the like, but he knows apparently they're a Big Deal in some places. ]

[serpentis]

I would think so. To see me over a...video screen? [How did he know what to call it?] ...is one thing, but in the flesh is entirely another.

[magiktouch]

Ah. Yes, I very much prefer meetings in-person... I get a much better feel for them this way. [ In Dorian's case, a much better "feel" means being privy to sensing all that magic inside of him. That's interesting. ]

[serpentis]

Oh? And what sort of...feeling are you looking to get, exactly?

[He steps back to the bed, sitting down and looking up at him.]

[magiktouch]

[ Well he had thought about getting a better sense of the strange, unfamiliar air of magic about Dorian...but his posturing has the Golem canting his head very faintly, lips quirked. ]

"Hands-on"...right? [ That's the proper way to use that phrase? He might be teasing a little. Mina hadn't much enjoyed it when he'd tried with her; maybe this would go better. ]

[serpentis]

Curious, and forward, but curious all the same. I'll consider it and let you know what I think.

[He smiled a bit, inclining his head.]

[magiktouch]

If you'd prefer something more blunt, I could tell you that from here, you "feel" quite interesting. I haven't come across anything like it before; I'm very curious.

[serpentis]

[Dorian tilted his head a bit, looking him over.]

And what are you, then?

[magiktouch]

Rather charming, I think. [ But he knows that isn't what Dorian means. ]

[serpentis]

Most don't wander about telling people they "feel" interesting. I wonder what you mean by that.

[magiktouch]

Simply put, you have magic inside you. Am I correct? [ He's pretty sure he's right. His senses are never wrong about this sort of thing. ]

[serpentis]

You are, now how can you tell so easily?

[magiktouch]

I'm good at that sort of thing--magic, I mean. You could say I have a nose for it. [ Technically speaking though that nose is just a projection. ]