egodist: (✧ take my hand)

[personal profile] egodist 2024-07-25 10:13 am (UTC)(link)
I'm clarifying a point. I'm not someone who would go back on my word. And I've given my word to you enough times that I'm sure it's starting to get repetitive.

[ it's not about whether or not lucas is worried about him, it's just scien's own ego? but he'll keep puzzling away!! ]
rhine: (pic#17125797)

[personal profile] rhine 2024-07-25 12:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Pickles... I'm so sorry.

[ but not sorry about anyone else cursed, including the cursed person she is talking to right now. ]

At least you're all having fun.
faithkept: (it saps nourishment from)

[personal profile] faithkept 2024-07-25 06:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[Being turned into a plush fabric version of yourself is terrifying if you stop and think about it too long but he would rather be a nuimuppet than balded so he thinks this selective sentiment is fair.

He gazes at her at that...]


...It's a definition of fun by some standards...
faithkept: (all of my life all of my days)

[personal profile] faithkept 2024-07-25 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
It is.

[Said with a little SIGH as if it is so personally trying for him, even though the repetition is the only thing that will drill things into his crazy soup head.

But he glances up at Scien while he is busy puzzling and allows a tiny passing sentiment about how nice it would be to not be left alone.]
egodist: (✧ i'll even indulge in your selfishness)

[personal profile] egodist 2024-07-25 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[ lucas you tsundere you really got reclassified into a different route type

but he'll pick up a puzzle piece and then—pause. it is the last one. it's obvious where it goes.

he puts it in lucas's free hand like a cat bestowing you a gift ]
faithkept: (in water cool and cleansing)

[personal profile] faithkept 2024-07-25 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[HE FUCKING DID TAKE HIM BACK TO THE CAGE ROUTE.

There's a little look of surprise as he's bestowed this greatest gift of (the last melon voice) The Last Puzzle Piece.]


You don't want the honors?
egodist: (✧ let's set this world on fire)

[personal profile] egodist 2024-07-25 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[ putting scien in a cage? hysterical

but he—smiles? a genuinely kind expression that isn't mocking like their banter earlier? ]


I've solved plenty of puzzles as is. If this is your first, then you should enjoy the feeling of completing it with your own hands.

[ gives sincere gift... of puzzle.... he's so stupid ]
faithkept: (a world where roses bloom)

[personal profile] faithkept 2024-07-25 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[THINKING ABOUT THE AU WHERE THIS HAPPENS AND SCIEN IS JUST ANNOYED.

This is so funny though... SINCERE GIFT OF PUZZLE!!! But it's so easy to tell that he means it as a sincere gift NOT THE KIND SMILE. It's not the hilarious act of puzzle gifting that makes his heart feel a little lighter so much as the smile. Why does he keep getting these soft smiles. It's a nightmare out here.]


I see... Well. If you're certain, then.

[He will... click the last piece into place! And it is satisfying, though he thinks Scien would have probably enjoyed it more.]

It's finished.

[THEY DID IT AND NO ONE DIED.]
egodist: (✧ unwavering in his fate to persevere.)

[personal profile] egodist 2024-07-25 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[ WOW IT HAPPENED NO ONE DIED. IT'S ONE THOUSAND FUCKING PIECES

but scien looks pleased!!! he looks over the puzzle and his appreciation is truly less about the aesthetics and far more about the fact that they completed it together. ]


Well done.

[ he'll bring up their joined hands to press another kiss to the back of lucas's hand before moving on ]

Do you need food? Water? [ a beat ] Wine?

[ like looking after a pet because scien realizes other people need nourishment after four hours of brain time ]
faithkept: (to far-off destinations)

[personal profile] faithkept 2024-07-25 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[HE'S TRULY JUST THE :NYEH: EMOJI ABOUT THIS. Not as completely taken aback and startled as the first time but it's truly just the energy of like "why is this happening again" HE'S CONFUSED?? HE'S DISGRUNTLED!!! He doesn't know how he feels about this. It isn't terrible... A little well done and a little kissy...

WRANGLING HIS FOCUS AGAIN BEFORE HIS BRAINWORMS CAN START BITING right the food and water... He probably should after four hours of brain time. He always wants a glass of wine, damn. Though this seems to bring something to mind.]


—Can you even take your vitamins over here...? [HIS MACHINE.]
egodist: (✧ take my hand)

[personal profile] egodist 2024-07-25 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[ watching lucas's dokis defuse his brainworms in real time is truly so funny. but scien will nonetheless move to stand, keeping lucas's hand in his. he's just going to leave the puzzle behind apparently

he juts the thumb of his free hand over to the cart full of machines that will be disassembled for parts ]


I've been working on rebuilding it since I arrived. [ no sleep ] Death has your medicine prepared, but I still need mine. A few people have also asked me for favors, so I can finally make strides in answering their requests here.
faithkept: (oh young love young dear)

[personal profile] faithkept 2024-07-25 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[HE'S SO STUPID AND HIS HEAD IS SUCH A MESS. He glances at the puzzle like ARE WE NOT GOING TO PUT THAT BACK??]

We should clean up... [Even if it means dismantling four hours of work BUT HE GETS ON HIS CHILDREN'S CASES ALL THE TIME ABOUT CLEANING UP AFTER THEMSELVES.

Glancing over at the parts, though.]


Ah. [Ah. No sleep. Always doing things for other people, tch. ...] ...But you don't have it yet, then...?
egodist: (✧ there's nothing real)

[personal profile] egodist 2024-07-25 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ? ]

It's technically art, now.

[ IT'S NOT JUST PUZZLE! IT'S MONET! why would they ruin it.... ]

It's lower on my list of priorities. [ ofc it is ] But if I get food with you, I don't need the vitamins for now.

[ what about the painkillers, scien? what about those? no? okay ]
faithkept: (where soul meets body)

[personal profile] faithkept 2024-07-25 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
We should at least move it so the table is cleared.

[Just scoot it back into the box like a sheet cake... He also looks a little miffed at that even though he was leaning toward making the suggestion himself. HE'S SO STUPID.]

Then we'll go get food. Your pain medication, though...?
egodist: (✧ no need to imagine)

[personal profile] egodist 2024-07-25 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[ scien will let lucas do that then, cleaning up the table... he doesn't move to help i'm sorry some things never change

once lucas's hand is free again, scien will take it in his tho. handholdy ]


Hmm... I suppose I'll have to finish that tonight then, so I can fulfill your ask.

[ just to keep his word to lucas ]
faithkept: (father don't blame us)

[personal profile] faithkept 2024-07-25 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[Binch... It's fine he will safely bundle their finished puzzle away, close the lid, and then just TAKE IT WITH HIM. Their puzzle now. He also glances at Scien's hand as he holds his again, but it's a brief look before he moves along. He is truly so easily trained which is either a good or terrible thing depending on context.]

Please do.

[Binch. He thinks briefly about suggesting he just use Nehan's temporarily but decides against it because Scien is Scien, instead placing the puzzle box in his cart.]

Shall I lead the way, then?
egodist: (✧ i made a deal with the demons)

[personal profile] egodist 2024-07-25 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[ HE JUST BRINGS THE WHOLE PUZZLE!!! yea that's fair some people frame insane puzzles that they complete so good for him. it's their first date night memento.

he nods ]


I'll come back for this later.

[ so they don't need to give up handholdy on the way to dinner ]

We can eat whatever you'd like... I can eat anything that isn't too greasy.

[ what is he so fragile for ]
faithkept: (it saps nourishment from)

[personal profile] faithkept 2024-07-25 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[NOT THE FIRST DATE NIGHT MEMENTO.]

You aren't worried someone will take your things?

[He says it lightly because it's a joke but there are so many miscreants running around (it's Karma). But!! He'll just start to move over to the food court which is, at least, right across the way.]

There are plenty of things here that aren't too greasy.
rhine: (pic#17188914)

[personal profile] rhine 2024-07-26 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
[ help

she pokes him lightly. ]


Not even a little?
faithkept: (to reveal the brightest sky)

[personal profile] faithkept 2024-07-26 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
[If he thinks about his cursed plush body for too long it makes him feel insane. Places a hand on her finger.]

I don't approve of changing a person's body, mind or emotions without their consent.
Edited (COVERS THE WHOLE CURSE SPECTRUM) 2024-07-26 00:36 (UTC)
rhine: (pic#17227662)

[personal profile] rhine 2024-07-26 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ nods ]




You are so cute.
faithkept: (this is la vie en rose)

[personal profile] faithkept 2024-07-26 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
I've heard that more times today than I have in years...

[Is this a benefit? Unclear. He will pat her finger with both of his lil hands, though.]
rhine: (pic#17188751)

[personal profile] rhine 2024-07-26 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
Well, you're normally pretty cute, but now you're holdable.

[ so it's extra cute ]
unconsecuted: (pic#17214178)

[personal profile] unconsecuted 2024-07-26 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
[Thinks about everything that is happening right now currently in the graveyard with you and this idiot. Ok.]

...My mother is an Umavi. It's the title bestowed upon those who have experienced many lifetimes through the reincarnation offered by the beacons. She isn't... necessarily a scholar, but she is a leader. The leader of our den, Den Thelyss, and we are one of the top three dens in the Dynasty.

So I suppose my ambitions came from her. Definitely not my father, at least.
faithkept: (lost in the waves)

[personal profile] faithkept 2024-07-26 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
I wasn't aware that it was such a boon, in terms of cuteness... Rather, I didn't ever think to apply it to people.

[All fully grown adults are holdable to him.]