[closed] Carpe: for Melou

[blindbomber]

Iggy is still feeling down and on edge so he's retreated to a spot on the roof of the Mansion to feed some of the larger birds in the area. He's got a bowl of raw meat he's sliced up and he's offering it to a trio of raptors

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[daddyissuesjnr]

I'm afraid you won't be enjoying yourself for much longer, Iggy.

Melou is out on the aforementioned large public balcony, being bored and doing nothing in particular. He's managed to find a small amount of amusement kicking rubbish between the balcony railings and watching it fall, but pretty soon he's run out of rubbish to kick.

Then he looks up and notices Iggy. He casts a quick glance around, and there's nobody nearby, which means there's nobody to intervene if he starts being rude and bothersome. And what could be more fun than bothering Iggy?

"Icarus!" he calls, perhaps a bit too loud.

[blindbomber]

"I keep insulting you because you keep insulting me and trying to physically hurt me. You're the one throwing crap at my head."

[daddyissuesjnr]

"That doesn't mean you have to insult me."

[blindbomber]

"Really? Being nice didn't work, so why don't you enlighten me as to what I should do."

[daddyissuesjnr]

"You could stop blocking the things I throw at you, for a start."

[blindbomber]

"Oh, so I let you abuse me and that somehow makes me better?"

[daddyissuesjnr]

"Yes."

Melou thinks that should have been obvious.

[blindbomber]

Iggy laughs at that. "Nope, sorry. I spent 14 years being abused and tortured. I'm done."

[daddyissuesjnr]

Melou snorts. "What's a little more, then? Surely you've grown accustomed to it by now."

[blindbomber]

"Nope. Not interested. Of course, in the grand scheme of things, throwing stuff at me is nothing compared to being locked in a small box. Or being cut open, burned, electrocuted, gutted beaten, hunted, blinded, or shot. You're small in comparison Melou." He shrugs as though it were no big deal.

[daddyissuesjnr]

"I suppose I'll have to start gutting you, then."

[blindbomber]

"No, been done. You'll have to come up with something new if you want to intimidate me." He snorts. "Oh, maybe you could set me on fire! Oh, no wait. Been done."

[daddyissuesjnr]

Probably best not to give him too many ideas, Iggy.

"Then you won't mind if I do it again."

He sounds angry. Very angry. Nothing he says is getting to Iggy, and that's infuriating.

[blindbomber]

"Not something I'd recommend. For being such a terrible freak, I've got a lot of friends that wouldn't take too kindly to me dying."

Blame the missing Nellas and the idea that he won't live long anyway.

[daddyissuesjnr]

"You'll come back," Melou says, dismissively. "They probably won't even notice."

[blindbomber]

"I think they would."