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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Then you can wait to grow out your hair, yeah?

Mm... I should probably keep it short. If it gets in the way too much I won't be able to keep Sorey out of trouble.

I dunno. He might like it long.

[ He's a GOOD BRO, SOREY. ]

Isn't it more important what I like?

[HIS WORLD DOESN'T REVOLVE AROUND SOREY, ZAVEID, GOSH ~~yes it does~~]

Hey! I was just saying.

[ He leans over, ruffling his hair. ]

You do you.

[Mikleo reaches up and pats his own hair down, cheeks pink. Gramps liked to do that, too.]

Ummm... can I ask you something, Mister Zaveid?

Sure, if you promise to never call me 'mister' again.

Okay.

[THANK THE LORDS it's a stuffy title anyway, Gramps just says to respect his elders. bleh.]

What's Sorey like now? Since he's big... I'm not sure what to do with him.

[does he still like the same stuff? does he like reading, ruins, exploring? how much did he change!? WILL HE HATE BEING AROUND A LITTLE KID aaaaaaaaaaa

smol anxiety is a powerful thing sometimes]

I guess... He's the same as I've always known him.

[ Wait, that doesn't help - ]

He loves exploring. He has loads of books, too, and he's always talking about all these things he likes. Sometimes he doesn't shut up, y'know? [ But at least Zaveid is speaking fondly. ] He's kind of an idiot, too, but he's got a heart of gold and cares too damn much.

Edited 2017-08-02 22:26 (UTC)

[....what the heck]

He hasn't changed at all then. Geez...

Did you expect him to?

No... not really. I guess it's just nice to know.

[Not that he was worried or anything.]

He's matured, though. And he's braver, too, I bet. Stronger as well.

[ NOT THAT HE'S PROUD ]

[are you sure about that dad because you sound kinda proud]

He looks stronger. It's kinda weird- he was smaller than me, and kinda sickly, but now he's like-

[Mikleo spreads his arms out a bit, imitating a flex. So beefy!]

All grown up, right?

[ Zaveid just... Laughs. ]

He's done a hell of a lot. He's a big boy now.

[zaveid. zaveid. zaVEID YOU'VE TAKEN IT TOO FAR

hearing those words somehow just takes the wind right out of Mikleo's sails, like having them spoken aloud makes it click, and he sits right down on the floor and gazes up at Zaveid, mildly horrified.]

Grown up... and I missed it...

[he's going to cry you monster]

I - wait - hey!

[ Shit, shit, Sorey is going to ruin him, he made the kid cry-- ]

Look, hey, listen. Uh, you're gonna grow up at his side right now, right? You're gonna make loads of new memories! And - and hey, uh, think of all the stories he can tell you and all the high shelves he can reach now!

[he is trying SO HARD not to cry, he is strong and independent dammit but!! BUT!!!]

I don't want him to do that... I don't want him to take care of me, I was supposed to be his partner...

Hey, look at me!

[ Zaveid leans forward, in serious mode now. ]

Do you think he's gonna go anywhere without you now? He's not going to want you to leave his side, so you're gonna be partners no matter what. We're in a whole new world with a million places to explore! Who's gonna keep an eye on him if you don't go and make all those memories, huh? You think he can really take care of himself?