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[absolute_npc]

Who: Everyone/Anyone!
What: Exploring the Casino, Take 1
Where: The Entertainment District
When: after this and this

Comments

Oh no I hope this is okay... /depressedcat.

[redeify]

[ dai's eyes flicked between albedo's - one, then the other, searching each steadily as his small, white hand pressed against dai's abdomen. and as albedo permitted dai's indulgent and somewhat dubious charms, dai permitted that. the firm, forthright bodily contact, and the sweet words that spoke of a clear attraction.

it was natural for the conversation to come around this way, for two people who lusted for power to commiserate on a common need. and dai's smile, always there, warmed as he slid his hand around albedo's. the metal of his armour was comparatively cold. ]

... Flattering me, as always. But I can hardly complain.

I've been quite lucky. This world is very plain in what it needs - so much so, I wonder how I meet so much resistance from the other magisters. My way... my goals... should be the most clear path for anyone.

When you have power, you're no longer at the mercy of everything. And isn't that where our suffering comes from? This helplessness?

Well... Never mind that, now. Because.

[ he bent at the waist, slid his arm up to albedo's narrow shoulder, his long fingers stretching around to his back. his nose bumped albedo's, and his dark cheek brushed his skin as he moved to murmur against his ear. ]

Time's up.

[ he pulled back, just enough to suddenly drag that narrow shoulder forward instead, and press his mouth against the boy's. it was a split second of contact, given firmly, held for a moment or two before it was over - delivered like some parting gift. he didn't look at albedo's face when it was over, just down, that smile gone.

along with the rest of him, when everything fell away. ]