+1 tiny invisible child

[nerdeology]

Who: Mikleo, OTA
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Huntress, Iskaulit
When: Now-ish!



( video; )

[The communicator comes on with a shaking motion, revealing a captain-sized bedroom decorated with various nerdery; those who've been there will recognize it as Mikleo's. That fact is fully cemented when the camera zeros in on Sorey, asleep on the bed with the sheets half-kicked. The communicator is juggled around, then back again, zooming in and out as if being played with by someone who doesn't know what they're doing. It's quiet for a long moment until at last a voice speaks up- young, maybe six or seven, sounding incredulous and very confused.]

How long... did I sleep...

[Sorey stirs then, and the voice yelps quietly and rolls off the bed, communicator turning off in the process.]


( action; huntress )

[There's a little boy wandering cautiously through the halls, poking into rooms if the door is unlocked, gawking at just about everything he sees. He'll be initially shy around strangers, especially any non-seraph and extra especially around humans, but he's a curious sort, so expect to be grilled for information once you prove to be harmless.]


( action; iskaulit )

[At some point he'll make his way over to the other ship, courtesy of one of his shipmates, and that's when the exploring really begins. He'll get into everything he possibly can in this place- every open and available room, every nook and cranny, even the accessible vents, here and there. He's in the library (oh, the library), the garden, the interfaith center, his water room. He's clearly not afraid to poke around unknown places, either.

Just like on the Huntress, the presence of others will make him wary, and humans (or those who carry some malevolence) will get double-caution out of him, but curiosity won't kill this cat. That's the idea, anyway.

Sorey's probably nearby, being the hovery-protective sort that he is, but that's mostly so any malevolence doesn't cause a problem. Mikleo's no longer protected through the sub lord pact, after all.

He may also be accompanied by a baby pengyon, toddling along behind him. Just because.]


((ooc: so yeah mikleo's de-aged for a while, thanks to an augment glitch! he's invisible on camera and his permissions for seeing him in person are here! by now he should be visible to his whole crew. ))

Comments

[nerdeology]

[what the fuck velvet that's a terrifying way to tease a child]

Well-!! What if I was big and strong with lots of muscles!?

[because he'll totally be like that when he's a grown-up. definitely.]

[searingedgelord]

[This is the hand that reared your god.]

Not then either. I feed on malevolence and you seem pretty pure.

[At least she's honest.]

[nerdeology]

[not his god, exactly, but still pretty cool.]

Mmm... okay...

[That's weird, and kind of super-freaky, but fine. He'll cautiously accept that explanation, edging out a little more.]

How come you eat malevolence? Doesn't it taste bad?

[searingedgelord]

[Why she eats it is kind of a lot to explain, so she just focuses on the second question.]

I don't know. Probably. I can't really taste anything, though.

[nerdeology]

What, for real!? Not a thing?

[THAT'S THE WORST THING EVER, FOOD IS SO TASTY]

[searingedgelord]

Not really. Nothing good.

[She decides to show some discretion and not tell him the one thing she can taste is blood.]

[nerdeology]

[What the feck that's terrible. He doesn't even know what to say to that, so for a long moment he just ducks his head, shuffling his feet. He may not have to eat to survive, but he likes the taste of food- it's really good! Everyone should be able to taste stuff they like.]

...Sorry... that must be tough.

[searingedgelord]

It's kind of annoying, but it could be worse, I guess.

[It's true, honestly. It was annoying and kind of depressing but it was manageable. Losing one of her other senses might have been more detrimental overall. And it was what alerted her to Melchior's illusion in Aball.]

[nerdeology]

I guess...

[Nothing immediately comes to mind, but she's probably right.

Anyway, congrats, you made it to round 2 of conversation basics with the frightened baby.]

What's your name? I'm Mikleo.

[searingedgelord]

[She's not really surprised when he says his name, even though she still has no idea why he's suddenly tiny.

So, she is kind of bewildered, but willing to keep going with the conversation.]

I'm Velvet.

[nerdeology]

[Velvet... that's a nice name. It sounds soft and gentle, which is at a sharp contrast to her appearance (and that sickly feeling that surrounds her). Huh.]

Well... nice to meet you, I guess.

[He nudges awkwardly at the dirt with a bare toe. Is he bothering her? Maybe he's bothering her. Grownups are weird about that sort of thing sometimes.]

Want me to go?

[searingedgelord]

[She shrugs. She honestly doesn't seem to mind that he's there. Baby malakhim are good people.]

Not unless you want to.

[nerdeology]

...I don't. I like it here.

[He steps closer again, near enough that now he can circle around her if she lets him. Her hair kind of goes on forever, doesn't it?]

How long did it take you to grow all that?

[searingedgelord]

[It does. She has a lot of hair.

She tilts her head thoughtfully, considering.]

My whole life.

[nerdeology]

Whoooaaa...

[He doesn't know anybody with hair that long. If seraphim did that, would it get so long you could climb it down a cliff? There's a fairy tale about that, actually-]

It's pretty. Nobody I ever met has hair that colour, either.

[searingedgelord]

You mean black?

[She thinks about it.]

Yeah, I guess malakhim all have lighter colored hair, don't they.

[nerdeology]

Uh-huh. Usually it's silver or the colour of our element. Black and brown are human colours, aren't they?

[And daemons and hellions apparently.]

[searingedgelord]

Yeah. Humans can have red and blond hair, too, though.

[nerdeology]

Yeah, but those are seraph colours- fire seraphim and earth seraphim are like that.