ᴠɪᴅᴇᴏ/ᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ | stale air

[sylphystia]

Who: Dezel and whoever
Broadcast: Yes
Action: Yes, if you're on the Golden or the polluted moon!
When: April 2nd, various

[video; the golden]
[The feed shows what appears to be the Golden's main hallway, though there's no one in it. And yet there is audio. Someone is clearly talking.]

This is for everyone on the Golden and whoever might think about coming here. The second room on the left is off-limits. If I catch someone sleeping in here, I'm kicking you out. I don't care if you can see me or not. I can't see any of you, but I don't use your things or sleep in your beds.

[He scoffs and cuts the feed.]

[action; we like the moon]
[Dezel was given a mask, but he's not using it. It's hanging off his belt-- and it's decorated like a dog-- but don't you dare point that out. He's standing at the edge of the woods, arms out, little metal pendulums swinging from his fingers as he calls on his native element.

There's a wicked breeze afoot, tugging branches off trees and picking up dead leaves; anyone who can't sense seraphim will simply see a dust-devil whirling in place. But the important thing is that he's trying. And around here, the air actually seems breathable.

Before it's swept away into the unrelenting smog, that is.]

Ugh. This isn't working. [Damn it, trees. Do your job!]

[ooc: Dezel's sensing permissions are here. Over the network he can be heard but not seen, and in person, you have to have some kind of sensitivity to hear or see him. Shipmates who've been on the Golden for at least a month should be able to hear him either way, however.]

Comments

audio;

[forcesensitive]

[Oh hey, the Golden! That's Poe's ship! Finn's currently down on the moon but he responds anyway.]

You can't see us and we can't see you? How would you know if we're sleeping there, then?

audio;

[sylphystia]

I can read the wind.

[That explains absolutely nothing. Thanks, Dezel.]

Most humans can't see seraphim. There have been exceptions.

audio;

[forcesensitive]

What does that even mean? Reading the wind? Like you can smell us?

Okay, I get that. Do we need special glasses or something?

audio;

[sylphystia]

I don't need the wind to smell you. [What a stupid question.] The wind tells me everything-- the shape of something, if it's moving, if it has a color.

[He shakes his head invisibly.]

You need resonance.

audio;

[forcesensitive]

...Huh. Even the wind from the air purifiers? ["Wind" is a planetary phenomenon, according to his understanding of the weather. Then again, it's not like there aren't a ton of alien races with weird abilities, like seeing further into the infrared spectrum or something.]

What's resonance?

audio;

[sylphystia]

Yeah. I can control it.

[Seraphim are the very definition of a weather phenomenon.]

It determines how sensitive someone is to the presence of seraphim. [All the people he's met who could see him were a little odd.] Or other supernatural things.

audio;

[forcesensitive]

Sounds convenient if they ever break down.

What do you mean by "supernatural", though? Like having the Force?

video;

[notzubats]

[Well this sure is an introduction to his new crew! An invisible guy? That's...uh, new. But you know what? Sure. Why not. When you've been kidnapped into space, you learn to just..go with the flow.]

[Which man, the flow is very much indicating just to....not fight here, even if this guy is coming off as aggressive sounding]

Hey...alright. I'll keep out. Don't worry.

[Except wait...his augment. Crap. He has to clean places] Uh...are the cleaning bots supposed to stay out too?

video;

[sylphystia]

[Poor Sora. Being Enlightened shouldn't always mean dealing with ghosts and yet shit keeps happening.]

I don't care as long as you don't hang out in there.

[A pause.]

I guess no one's told you about me yet. [Hera probably does that on purpose.]

video;

[notzubats]

[Why Does No One Stay Dead: The Story of Sora's life]

Ookay, no hanging out. Got it.

[Very not friendly this guy is...]

Not really, but I just got here. [He waves at...Dezel's general direction!] I'm Sora.

video;

[sylphystia]

[He likes his privacy.]

Dezel. [He considers, and then...] I'm a seraph. Not a ghost. My kind are elemental spirits; that's why most normal people can't see us.

video;

[notzubats]

An elemental spirit?

Huh. Never heard of that before!

video;

[sylphystia]

Does your world not have magic?

[Worth asking.]

action;

[nerdeology]

[Mikleo isn't terribly surprised to see Dezel trying the same thing he's been attempting with the water- it's a natural thing for a seraph to want their element to be safe and clean. Even (as Dezel himself has said) a crappy seraph would at least try.

He's just in the middle of taking a break from his own attempts when he wanders into Dezel's work area. He watches quietly for a little while, but since he knows better than to assume Dezel won't notice him, he comes closer.]

You're going to have to be patient with this world, you know.

[sylphystia]

[Dezel is a crappy seraph, which is why he's not having too much luck with this. Or at least he thinks so. Clearly he needs to wear more gear with arte attack on it.

He glances in Mikleo's direction when he approaches, but finishes this round of purification first. The air is nice... but it dissipates like every other attempt. He's only one man. He can't do it all.

He straightens and dismisses his weapons.]

I've been doing this for two hours. I've been patient enough!

[... Dezel would never last at a part time job, would he.]

[nerdeology]

[Really, Dezel. Really.]

You're a seraph. Two hours is nothing to us.

[He's practically a newborn in seraphim terms and he knows that much, good grief.]

[sylphystia]

I could have spent those two hours doing something else.

[Like brooding. Or studying the wildlife. He turns away brusquely, forms a fist and sort of half-punches the nearest tree. He stands there with his fist against it.]

This is just a vacation for you-- but it's different for me.

[nerdeology]

Just how exactly is this a vacation for me? You think I'm not feeling what you're feeling right now?

[Have you seen the state of the water in this place!?]

[sylphystia]

[sharply] That's not what I'm talking about!

[The outburst is kind of rare for him lately, as he's been good and quiet and trying to keep his problems to himself, but the air quality has him bothered as much as the malevolence on his ship. And he doesn't want to involve Sorey for what he thinks is a stupid problem. He ought to be able to just... keep it under control.

But the truth is he can't. If he could bless the ship, he wouldn't, simply because of what happened to the Windriders.

He takes a deep breath.]

I can feel every second ticking down my back. When it's done, it's over for me.

audio

[pneumo]

...Still angry about that, huh?

audio

[sylphystia]

I don't want it to happen again. That's all.

[He likes his space.]

Re: audio

[pneumo]

If it helps I'm on a different ship! No more wandering, probably.

audio

[sylphystia]

What a coincidence. The air on the ship feels slightly more intelligent.

audio

[pneumo]

Hey--! [ DEZEL. ]

audio

[sylphystia]

I read the wind.

[Dezel's just fucking with him at this point.]