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Who: Velvet Crowe and You!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: aboard the SS Red Fish
When: right after the Shuffle

[Velvet had woken up in one strange tin can and had only just started to get her bearings when she was suddenly transported to another strange tin can. This isn't how she was expecting today to go.

She stumbles a little but manages to catch herself, oblivious to the fanfare that signals her arrival.]

Where--?

[She takes a moment to steady herself, shaking her head to clear it. She blinks, focusing on her surroundings, trying to make sense of things.]

...Is that pudding?

[Where does pudding fit into all this? And that's not even mentioning the confetti. Actually she hasn't even noticed that yet, or the fact that a lot of it has fluttered into her hair. She looks pretty festive for someone so cranky.]

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[The name's not familiar, but that doesn't mean anything.] And you and Zaveid are friends? How did a hellion- sorry, daemon, how did a daemon and a seraph become friends?

So, seraph is another word for malak?

[It's going to take awhile to get used to these language differences.]

He helped me out a few times, but it's probably more accurate to call him Eizen's friend.

Edited (Formatting ) 2017-03-30 05:17 (UTC)

[So they're called malak?? Is that their own name or another human t-] Oh! If you know Eizen too, you must be from the past! Who're the current reigning rulers, I could probably tell you how far apart we are.

Edited 2017-03-30 14:57 (UTC)

[She frowns a little at the conclusion he comes to. "If you know Eizen, you must be from the past." It's not wrong. But it implies Eizen doesn't exist in the future, doesn't it? She ignores his question in favor of her own.]

Something happened to Eizen.

[Though it's really more of a statement than a question. Her own conclusion. It could be wrong. She'd like it to be. But it wouldn't be that surprising considering the kind of life he chose for himself. It's still an unhappy thought.]

[Sorey stalls for a moment, trying to figure out if he'd said something-

But of course he did. He's just so used to- No, naturally, she'd pick up on that. If she's used to him being around, used to him being a person... Like Edna, sensitive to any mention of her brother, directly or otherwise. He should've been more careful.]

I'm- I'm sorry. I never knew him personally, so I just...

Don't. You didn't do anything.

[She speaks sharply, though not so much out of anger. She's just not great at feelings. All he did was speak a little carelessly, though. That's not something he needs to apologize for. At least, not in her mind.]

Right.

[Sorey goes quiet as he considers. She didn't ask for any details and he really feels like it's not his place to say, despite Zaveid telling him that he's an active participant in Eizen's demise. Or...the dragon Eizen becomes, anyway.]

Do you...want to know how it happens?

[It's a moment or two before she answers.]

Maybe not right now.

[It's not that she's not curious. She is. But there's a lot to take in right now. And she's not sure this is the kind of thing she wants to hear from a faceless voice over a strange communication device.]

Are you willing to meet in person sometime?

[Because he'll definitely want to give her bad news when he senses the amount of malevolence she gives off, right.]

...sure. Not a problem. [He's a little wary about it, but so long as he has Mikleo with him it should be fine. Besides, Zaveid went to meet with her. She can't be all that bad.]

[She hears the hesitation in his response and snorts lightly.]

It's okay if you don't want to meet face to face. I am a daemon, after all.

[She doesn't sound especially insulted by the idea. She knows what she is.]

I'm not afraid of you or anything. [He can handle hellions. .............even though he really doesn't want to fight anybody.] I'm just not sure you'd want to be around me.

[She almost tells him he probably should be, but thinks better of it. Trying to terrorize Zaveid's friend who is offering her information for free is maybe not the best plan. She sighs.]

You're some sort of exorcist right? [She's put that much together.] It's fine. I normally travel with one.

I see... [So Shepherds used to be called 'exorcists.' Allen was right, their jobs really are similar.] Well, you said you were meeting up with Zaveid, right? I'm sure there's plenty you two have to talk about.

Feel free to call me after you're done, and we can meet up to cover anything he might not have been able to answer. [Because Sorey has a very strong feeling that Zaveid won't be able to tell her anything about Eizen.]

Yeah. [Zaveid is mostly being overly friendly and kinda dumb, but that's fine.] I'll be in touch.

Alrighty. I'll keep an ear out.

[Some time passes. However much time is necessary for Zaveid to be dumb and her to actually figure out how to call people back on this communication thing.]

Hey. Sorey, right?

[Yeahhhh it takes some getting used to. Both the communicator and to Zaveid's dumbness.]

Yes? Did everything go okay?

[At least she has some experience with Zaveid's dumbness, though it's possible he's gotten worse in his old age.]

Sure. Zaveid couldn't shut up about you.

What, seriously? [Thaaaaat is so embarrassing.......Zaveid, geez...] He might've just been worried about us attacking each other and wanted to prevent that. I'm sure he'll come to me and talk you up as well.

So, did you want to meet?

[She raises an eyebrow at that (not that he can see it). If Zaveid is worried about her attacking someone he should probably be more direct about it. Also now she's really curious to meet Sorey.]

Yeah. Where's good for you?

The Iskaulit is nice and open, but seeing as you're new I don't mind coming to your ship if it's easier.

No, it's okay. Seems like I was given a pilot augment, I might as well try using one of those shuttle things, right?

They're pretty fun actually! Once you get used to docking, I mean. You'll probably have better luck with that than me, I always bump into something.

[.........okay] Um, anyway, I'll meet you outside the docking bay. See you there.

Yeah, okay. I'll be there shortly.

[It might take her a little longer than she expects because even though she has the information in her brain, applying it is a different story. It's not as smooth a ride as she'd like it to be but she gets there.]

[Sorey gets there long before Velvet does, because he makes a beeline and because he wants to check around for lots of people before she shows up (still unable to shake Maltran strolling up and with one fell swoop, destroying all his trust in her and instilling in a fear for Alisha's wellbeing) just in case. Zaveid's vouched for her of course, but.

Still.

And the second she enters his domain -or he enters hers, maybe, he's not sure- Sorey can feel it. Malevolence, seething, seeping, powerful and heady. It's not like Heldalf's domain, or even like that of a dragon but it's powerful and it makes him feel a little sick, sinking down into a crouch with his head hung as he swallows and breathes deep. He hasn't felt something quite like this since Greed, like the malevolence of a hundred souls all piled on top of each other, like the venomization crucibles back home. It's sickening.

Even when he hears her boots clicking down the hall, even when he can feel her as the source moving closer, Sorey doesn't quite get up. Maybe his reaction is a little more...visceral than usual. The last time he remembers being so close to so much malevolence, he was generating it himself.]

...H...hello, [he croaks, head still down, though he holds up a shaking hand in case she's the hand-shaking type.]

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