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[mercurio]

it's kinda like when noct summons the help of astrals his eyes have this electric purple glow to them for a while but i guess with you it's tattoos and lol a hair dye

do they literally live on you??

[MAYBE HE'S GETTING IT]

he did say something similar! but he doesn't have his powers here so it doesn't really matter
runes look really cool in any case

[verselet]

Yes. You could say that my tattoos are less tattoos, and proof of their existence made real on my skin. But as I said, I’m unable to call on them. It’s as if they’re locked down tight.

Do you know what the runes mean?

[mercurio]

do you feel them at all? [er]

i don't wanna say what it is

[verselet]

No.

[And maybe that’s what bothers him the most.]

Why not?

[mercurio]

oh

[is this a "sorry your pets are lost?" card kind of moment, or a "i'm sure they'll come back soon!!" kind of moment. either way: awk...]

just suffice to say that it's a written blessing from his behalf!
and it looks cool

[verselet]

[A simple truth for him. V knows they are... not lost, at least, as long as black is embedded beneath his skin. There's comfort knowing that.]

He did at least tell you what it said, correct?

[still doubt.png]

[mercurio]

yeah! i wouldn't just get a tattoo without knowing what it was about

[it's also a bit of a 'fuck you' to the astrals, as minimal and inconsequential as it may be. 'loki wuz here,' damn. really telling them.]

also, if you ever wanna talk about your...familiars, you know you could, right? i won't mind if you do
i know i don't get what a 'familiar' is like exactly, but if it's like having a pet, then i understand how that would feel to miss them and not have them around

[......so]

anyway, it was really helpful when you talked with me earlier when i wasn't feel too great and i want you to know that i'm happy to return the favor if you ever need to vent!!

[verselet]

[It's not an offer he's used to receiving. And he does appreciate it, as he says.]

I... appreciate it, but I'm fine. If I do have something I wish to tell you, I won't hesitate.

[The issue being that V is used to keeping all feelings inward, all deeper thoughts kept under lock and key. They spill during moments of duress, perhaps, but casual conversation with Prompto doesn't count.]

I don't consider them lost. Only sleeping. And maybe it's for the best -- one of them runs his mouth too much, anyhow, and I already have you around to do that.

[He's joking(?)]

[mercurio]

woah okay i see how it is, you want more loud talking and random topics of conversation?? you got it, buddy
there's no saving you from this one now that you've asked for it !!

[he gets that it's a joke, and he's throwing it right back]

but seriously
they talk?

[verselet]

You mean there’s more where that came from? I find that hard to believe.

Yes, one of them. Griffon is very opinionated.

[mercurio]

you realize that you are basically challenging me now, right?

hey! i know what a griffon is! it was in one of the pictures i showed you on my camera
we had to hunt one down because it was being a royal pain in the ass

is your griffon also huge like that?

2/2

[mercurio]

also pretty sure i am not opinionated

[verselet]

Do you share your opinion often?

[Ignoring the rest... as usual.]

[mercurio]

i guess so?? but i'm not pushy about it!

[verselet]

Maybe not, but now you're threatening to be pushy in your declarations of them?

[How far can he waylay this conversation? Prompto is so easily distracted.]

[mercurio]

i don't think i threatened anything... lol i don't think i know how to be threatening

i can give you a controversial opinion though

[verselet]

Please do.

[mercurio]

sandwiches are better when eaten by parts rather than as a whole

1/2

[verselet]

[verselet]

[Okay, just. Whatever.]

Blasphemous. I can't live with someone like you.

[mercurio]

told you it was controversial
were you expecting some deep statement??

[verselet]

With all the reading you've been doing? I thought I'd receive a statement that didn't have anything to do with sandwiches, at least.

[mercurio]

okay but i don't know enough context about the books and authors you suggested i read for me to make any controversial statements about them

i've been reading this shakespeare's sonnet 25 since last week and i think i've almost cracked its meaning
again: i think

the one that goes "let those who are in favour with their stars" (what's with the u in favor??)

[verselet]

You could've said something as simple as "William Blake is overrated" and that would have been highly controversial. Come now, Prompto, don't overlook what's always so obvious.

[It's mostly teasing. But the young man's mind is all over the place; V wishes he could instill a small amount of focus in that skull.]

'Let those who are in favour with their stars
Of public honour and proud titles boast,
Whilst I, whom fortune of such triumph bars,
Unlook'd for joy in that I honour most.'

Favour. Honour. British spelling, in accordance to Shakespeare being an English poet. It's a matter of region.

[mercurio]

okay but i don't actually think he's overrated? i like his poems, they sound nice
and i found a website that translates their meaning for us literary plebs and they got a nice message to them

[sorry, he's pretty open about his thoughts. not a drop of cynicism.]

so it's not only for like fancy, royal people? that's cool

hey you didn't answer my question about your griffon buddy