driftfleet | +1 tiny invisible child

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. ))

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Aahh!!

[Mikleo flails, his cheeks going bright red - how dare!! how dare!!! - and tries to reach down to pull at Sorey's hair.]

Put me down right now! Not fair! That's not fair!

Hahahaha! This is what happens, Mikleo! Reap what you s- ow ouch! [geez what a grip

Sorey lowers Mikleo down to his lap but doesn't dare try to pull him away with his fists around his hair like that.] Okay, okay. I get it, no abusing my superior physical strength.

You better not.

[Mikleo puffs out his cheeks, giving Sorey the best annoyed pout that he can muster.]

It's weird, though... you're really a Shepherd now? No fibbing?

[Crosses his heart and holds up his arm for Mikleo to tap with his.] None. I really am.

[Mikleo lifts his arm to immediately bump it against Sorey's, the gesture so automatic he only thinks about it after the fact. He glances down at their two arms pressed against one another, his little hand side by side with Sorey's. He... has a lot of catching up to do. And Sorey's a Shepherd, too...

For a moment, he's torn on how he ought to feel, but finally he scrunches his face up stubbornly and nods.]

Right... okay, then! A Shepherd needs seraphim to help him, so now that I'm awake, I'm gonna do that.

[Goodness. Just like Mikleo. He stares his own perceived weaknesses in the face and just gets defiant about them. It's something Sorey's loved about him, admired in him, ever since before he can even remember. Whenever he felt weak or sad he couldn't help but be upset with himself, but Mikleo never folded like he did. Mikleo just dug in and made himself even stronger.]

Do you believe me about me knowing you when you're older? Because I do, and we travel all around Glenwood together, and you're the strongest water seraph there is.

....I'm what?

[Sorey had said that first bit before, sure- that he's supposed to be bigger, that this is some sort of anomaly - but the rest? How is that even possible? He can't do any fancy artes yet, he's never even left Elysia until now, and Sorey...]

But I don't... remember any of that. And I'm still little.

Well...hmm. [The problem is that there isn't even an explanation he can give Mikleo that makes sense to him. It's just one of those ludicrous things that happens and drives him a little crazy because he can't explain it.]

Think of it like...time-travelling. Like, maybe you jumped over a decade into the future, and that's how this happened.

...That's weird. You're weird.

[Which is admittedly just par for the course.]

You're not a liar, though, so it must be true somehow.

Thanks, [you little twit. Just believing him because he's a known terrible liar, that's so kind of you.] Either way, you don't have to worry too much. Just know that it's my domain that's safe here, not Gramps', and we're all good.

[To be fair, it's his overly-aggressive way of saying he trusts Sorey.]

What am I supposed to do, though? I can't do anything like this!

What d'you mean, you can't do anything? You've been doing plenty of something all day, otherwise I wouldn't have had to go tearing out of here after you.

All I did was look around the ship. That's not very important! Especially when you're the Shepherd- I have a ton of catching up to do!

[Oh.

Right, of course; even if he's older, of course Mikleo is still going to look at this the same way. He's been watching over Sorey since before he could even walk.] Well...you already combed my hair. And helped me get dressed.

That's baby stuff. You should be able to do that on your own.

[Though he's not really surprised that Sorey still manages to forget that sort of thing. He's always rushing around doing this or that, and his priorities are pretty unique.]

It's not baby stuff, it's very important. What would I do if I ran out of here without pants on again? I'd be a naked Shepherd! That's not very dignified.

[Okay, that's a pretty funny mental image.]

Uh-huh, that'd be pretty embarrassing. You better not come crying to me when that happens- there'd be no salvaging your reputation. All hail Sorey, the Underpants Shepherd.

And his faithful lifelong friend, Lord Meebo, who won't even help him comb his hair because it's not dignified. Look at that rat's nest upon his head.

That's what Meebo is!?

[EDNA WHAT THE HELL]

[YEAH GONNA JUST SLUMP OVER LAUGHING, omg edna thank u]

[WHAT THE HECK THAT'S RUDE

Mikleo climbs up to sit on Sorey's stomach, leaning in to lightly beat at his chest.]

Don't laugh! It's a dumb nickname!

[That just makes him laugh harder. Your tiny fists are so ineffective!] C'mon, it's not dumb! I think it's very cute. [sorey you shit you know he won't like that either]

I don't want to be cute! Nobody will take me seriously!

[oh my loooooords stop laughing!! you jerk!!]

Mikleo, I hate to be the bearer of bad news...but you never stop being cute. [he does not in fact hate to bear this news]

What!?

[he sounds utterly mortified.]

Not even when I'm big!?

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