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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Dec 9, 2017 19:12:36 GMT -8
Well-worn, the couch was comfortable enough. It also had the vague smell of Nik that had lulled Orion to sleep on their reunion. Heh, how long ago had that been now? The hell was time anyways.
As Nik called over Lucy, however, Orion opened one eye only to close it again. Alright, yeah… that sounded nice, give his arm a break too. “Will try…” he mumbled softly deflating a little more into the couch.
Despite not crashing him immediately, the hypnosis would have a sort of lulling effect on Orion. His mind slowed a bit. Thoughts took longer to process, and he felt vaguely like he was ebbing towards some unknown event horizon. The feeling of Nik’s fingers through his hair and over his shoulders was nice too. Oh… that hum was nice too.
Orion’s breathing would even out. His body slacked a little more, and for all of thirty minutes, he would in fact cat nap.
When his eyes flickered open again, he felt weirdly heavy. “Mmmmmm Nik….”
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Dec 9, 2017 19:24:07 GMT -8
Ahhhh was he out? Nik thought so. He gave it another two minutes before whispering a 'babe?' just loud enough that he should react if awake, but not loud enough to register if he was asleep. Good, good. With that, he quietly thanked Lucy and repositioned again, pulling Orion's arm back into place and rubbing a bit more with the numbing agent on the unfinished side, giving it another minute or two to set in.
His first few strokes were slow and careful, fearing that alone would wake Orion, but when it didn't, he resumed a bit more confidence and just focused on the least sensitive areas.
When Orion awoke, he'd been working for about twenty of those thirty minutes, and seen a fair amount of progress during that time. When he felt Orion stir and met his eyes, he frowned a moment, but then smiled gently. "Was hoping you'd be out longer, but feel any better, love~?"
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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Dec 9, 2017 19:40:50 GMT -8
Mmmm? He’d been working on his arm? How had he not even felt it, heh? The power of a well-placed numbing agent and a state of exhaustion, he guessed. As Nik spoke, however, Orion half-laughed. “A bit…” was the truthful answer. If his body would've let him, he would have slept maybe an hour or even two, but of course here he was conscious again. “Had a dream kinda…” He sifted a little and rested his face back down again. “It was weird….” Well, actually, now part of it made sense considering Nik was etching into his arm and all, but heh. “Something about being home in Era or something…. You were there but littler…” He snorted softly before sighing.
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Dec 10, 2017 4:00:08 GMT -8
"Oh yeah?" Nik wondered how detailed the dream might be when he hadn't been out long, but then, he supposed he'd had 'what the fuck I was out for like 5 minutes' dreams a handful of times, huh? Eheh. "How much littler? Like was this a dream about the first time we were dating or was a certified smol?" The light change in inflection as he said that aloud made it very clear which way he was spelling it in his head, ehehe.
It also occurred to him Orion might not remember much more than that, but for whatever he did it'd be another good 'get engaged talking to keep your mind off your arm' thing, hopefully.
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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Dec 10, 2017 10:21:51 GMT -8
A small low hum escaped from Orion as he tried to remember exactly what the parameters of the dream had been. “Think maybe even before we were dating. You were wearing that old squid hat, heh,” he answered resting his face sideways to look at Nik. “Mom was there and younger then too.” Her hair didn’t have an ounce of gray in it then and was so much more vibrant for it. “Didn’t see Alex or Jakob or Dasha….. Don’t remember what we were doing or anything but …. There was a kite or something?” An airy laugh escaped from him briefly. “Dreams are weird…” Shifting a little, he deflated yet again.
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Dec 10, 2017 13:03:07 GMT -8
Oh gosh, that hat. That was one thing he definitely needed to find while they were unpacking, ha. Of course he was pretty sure both clearly marked boxes of Nik's Hats were already in his room, so it was just a matter of emptying them, but he still wanted to wear it again specifically soon.
And-- "Oh God, was it the kite?" Nik asked a little eagerly before realizing, "..Do you remember The Kite? From the first time you ever came to our house?" This was such a vivid memory for Nik that it hadn't even occurred to him until now that Orion might not share that, but it would make sense if he didn't, too, ha.
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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Dec 10, 2017 16:03:19 GMT -8
The kite? Orion glanced sideways at Nik with a clearly non-registering expression. The kite from the first time you ever came to our house had him frowning softly. “I don’t remember it specifically,” he admitted closing both eyes again and trying to draw up memories of being at the Laska house before actually dating Nik. Specific memories were hard to draw up now, but he remembered he used to play a console while Mom trained her two favorite pupils. He also kind of sort of remembered what Alex and Jakob looked like at that age as well as fleeting images of Nik and Dasha. The kite, though, was just a weird part of his dream. He “remembered’ it now only because of that. “Was it special or?”
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Dec 10, 2017 16:24:12 GMT -8
Nik almost felt like he 'should' be disappointed, but he was grinning instead at getting to share this now. "I can't even remember now how old-- or how young we were back then. I think I was like... twelve but maybe give or take a year?" How long had he even admired Orion before getting his attention? Ha.
"Your mom had come around a couple times but it was the first time she brought you. We were playing in the yard when you got there and one of our dumb asses got a kite stuck. I don't remember what it looked like past the vague design, or whose fault it was. All I remember is Alex getting pissed trying and failing to climb up and get it, until a taller kid in literally the most punk-ass clothes I'd ever seen in person came over and got it down for us."
He. could not. stop grinning. A--ah he was glad his hand quivering a bit wouldn't really show in coloring this area because he realized a second or two too late that he was a little jittery, haha. Probably a good time to set it down and clean the excess again anyway. "Even back then I knew it wasn't actually that big a deal. You just happened to be there and taller than us. But..." A small giggle bubbled in the back of his throat. "I was immediately fucking smitten. You were the coolest guy I'd ever seen and I started mimicking your aesthetic some, and getting excited every time Alex and Jakob had aura lessons hoping your mom would bring you again~"
His face colored almost as bright as the ink on Orion's arm. "I guess... I wound up wanting you to notice me ever since, ehehehehe~"
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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Dec 10, 2017 16:36:37 GMT -8
Orion’s eyes closed as he listened to the story. Twelve or thirteen? He would have been fifteen or sixteen then? Yeah, sounded about right. He snorted a bit too hard at his own description. Most punk-ass clothes I’d ever seen in person. Heh, sounded right too. Shit, was that around the time he was getting into makeup and piercings too? Or did that come later? Heh, he couldn’t even remember now.
As Nik spoke, however, his lips did curl a little more than necessary. A yellow eye flickered open and caught the color on his face. Heh, Nik was so damn cute. “Congrats, kohai, sempai noticed you,” he snickered softly. “Now you have to deal with the consequences including but not limited to taking care of him and dealing with his general bullshit.” His chest vibrated a little with unsounded snickers.
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Dec 10, 2017 16:53:23 GMT -8
Nik's face grew darker. "Pffffffffffffffssssssssssssss.........." Shifting a bit, he'd reach out and cover Orion's face with a palm. "Huuuush you." He'd lightly push his palm and vaguely rub Orion's face as if that was doing anything to quiet him.
As he pulled away, he threatened, "If you keep teasing I'm gonna have to jump you, and then your tattoo's not gonna get done or even wrapped up proper and then it'll get infected and then we'll have to chop it off and you and Mia can play mirror clones. Is that what you want??" Yeah, no, he was giggling too hard.
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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Dec 10, 2017 17:14:05 GMT -8
Orion grinned behind that palm. Even the order to hush only had him snickering more. And then Nik did that, and he was flat out laughing. “Well damn I guess I’ll just die then,” he laughed rubbing his face against the couch briefly. “If I lost that arm I’d never be able to do math again.” He settled some, eyes closed body lax. “Though I guess a prosthetic would be cool if it made me stronger.” Cyborg always did look pretty neat on TV. “Dunno if I’d put up with having to oil it or whatever maintenance is required for that kinda bullshit.” He probably should have known considering he knew Indiana Indigo in person, but here he was all the same.
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Dec 10, 2017 17:23:52 GMT -8
Nik should not have snorted so hard at 'guess I'll die' but here he was. "I'd offer to help but I can barely keep maintenance on flesh parts let alone mechanical ones," he only half joked. "But man I bet you could get a calculator built into your arm. Cuz you know, that'd be totez more useful than just carrying a phone." Man this was all too amusing.
Trying to force his laughter to settle, he picked up the needle again and insisted, "All right seriously gimme your arm or I'm never gonna get this done. You big fantastic dork♥"
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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Dec 10, 2017 17:31:12 GMT -8
“You keep good enough maintenance of my fleshy parts,” he sneered softly back. The thought of actually having a calculator in his arm was… vaguely interesting even if Nik was right. He practically had his phone in his hand or his pocket at any given moment and— ah he probably needed to check his messages here in a bit.
A small puff of air escaped from Orion before he shifted and set his arm back in Nik’s general location. “I think my arm went numb, I can’t feel a damn thing…” he snorted softly letting both eyes close again. “How much more ya got? Kinda blind at the moment.” Heh, his glasses were still on the table or wherever he left them, right? Eh, he’d look for them in a bit, no need to rush.
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Dec 10, 2017 17:57:09 GMT -8
Don't laugh don't laugh don't laugh don't laugh. Nik failed that battle but his war against it was really apparent at any rate.
As Orion asked about his arm though, Nik looked it over. "Ah... A decent bit still, but it's way downhill from here. I mean this is a fuckin' lot of ink, heh. And I'm.. probably slower than someone with a lot of practice. But it looks nice so far I think." He could see a few tiny places that looked a little inconsistent or where he wished he'd held back on the color just a smidge or the like. But they were things he hoped a less artistically inclined eye wouldn't even register, and even artsy people probably wouldn't notice easily unless actively looking with a critical eye. ...Maybe one or two were a bit more obvious if he was being honest, but even those were hopefully small enough to kind of get lost in the rest of the design, as much as was going on here.
"You want me to see if I can put you to sleep a little longer, or maybe to watch a movie to kill time or something?"
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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Dec 10, 2017 18:05:38 GMT -8
Way downhill from here sounded like a good place to be even if that still entailed a lot more work apparently. “Guess I should maybe rethink extending the sleeve any time soon…” he snorted softly. “Least until the other one’s done too.” He trusted Nik well enough with the artistic flare and let his eyes close again at that. “Mmmm….” Shifting a bit, he realized how uncomfortable it’d be to do basically anything else at the moment so… “Maybe put me out again if you can….” Catching up on sleep while also getting his sleeve done sounded entirely too good for reason right then.
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