driftfleet_ooc | SUMMER TEST DRIVE

( a. MARKETPLACE )

[ There's something to be said about being stood in the middle of a marketplace where no one can see you, and generally speaking Zaveid is pretty okay with being invisible - it gives him a few perks that some people don't really think about, after all. Right now, though, hearing that this is supposed to be an affectionate planet that he's not allowed to be a part of? Well, that's pretty darn upsetting, and he's doing the best he can to get some kind of attention, just in case there's someone out there that can see him.

By flexing. And sighing when no one pays attention.]

All these pretty ladies and not one of them wants to look my way?

[ He tsks, crossing his arms over his chest and pulling his hat lower on his head. ]

( b. FORESTS & BEACH )

[ When he's not losing his mind in the market and getting grumbly about being invisible - which, again, usually he's more than happy about, given what he did with his time - he finds his way back to the beach or the forest and wanders around, content to walk around with his hands hanging around his waistline. At the beach he doesn't do much more than stand around, basking in the gentle breeze and tilting his head up, already dreading what it might mean for him to end up back on the ships, and in the forest, well...

He ends up in a tree, lounging around on a lengthy branch with his legs hanging off the edge, hat tilted down to cover his eyes. He's definitely not asleep, because that's not how his kind work.

Right? ]

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ARE AN UNBELIEVABLE EMBARRASSMENT TO SERAPHKIND]

Kind of wish you were invisible to me, too...

[ Well, that's DAMN RIDE. ]

Mikboy! Have you come to look for babes with me?

[ He is joking, mostly, but he does nudge at him, leaning over his body. ]

[Mikleo doesn't shove him off - he's sort of learned that Zaveid a persistent barnacle when he wants to be annoying - but he does tilt his head out of the way.]

I'm here for groceries. And if you want any food that doesn't taste like glue when we leave this planet, that ought to be a priority for you, too.

[ Which is probably in his favour, since it doesn't look at though Zaveid is planning on moving anytime soon, his hand petting at Mikleo's hair. ]

You say that like I have any idea where we are. [ He huffs.

But, still, he can be cheerful, right? ] Have you see the beach?

[Dude. Dude. Nobody touches the hair. Even Sorey's on probation with it half the time.

Thankfully Zaveid just said the magically distracting word, and Mikleo perks up immediately.]

I have! This is actually my first time away from it in days. Sorey and I have been trying to map out as much of the reefs as we can. Did you know there's an entire series of underwater caverns just north of where we landed?

[you'll be sorry you asked bro]

[ When has Zaveid ever obeyed the rules? He huffs a laugh, leaning back and tugging Mikleo with him, drawing the other seraph closer - oh, he knows just where they're going and it's not going to be heading back into the markets. ]

I didn't know, but I bet you're going to tell me all about it.

[ Oh, he has some regrets already... ]

Let's take a walk, huh?

[but groceries

BUT OCEAN

Also, Zaveid's interest is highly suspicious, so he's planning an escape route while they walk.]

Right... and I guess you need an explanation for what's going on, too.

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what a tsundere (still me, better account B])

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[As Zaveid lazes, the sounds of the forest loud and ever changing, an unfamiliar noise enters the mix - the soft scrunch of boots against the dense moss that covers the earth. Edna can't help it, despite the danger she faced earlier in the day with those dragon-looking creatures, she can't stay away from the forest for too long. Not when it's unspoiled and fertile...laden only with life and energy instead of malevolence and hellions. Each time her foot makes an imprint on the rich soil, she can feel the earth pulse under her sole. It wondrous, and hard to pass by, despite the dangers.

She doesn't notice Zaveid in his tree, quiet and under the familiar umbrella as always. Edna does, however, stop by another tree to lean against it, and removes her boots entirely. This is better - so much better - and her little sigh as her bare feet touch the cushy grass has a tinge of euphoria laced at the edges. An earth seraph, truly enjoying the feel of the earth under her feet, the sounds of the forest and its animals. Birds sing in the canopy, ants and other insects creep through the grass, and Edna can sense some type of herbivore grazing far off somewhere.

It's so peaceful here...]

[ But, of course, things don't get to stay peaceful when Zaveid is around - he's not exactly known for his silence, after all, but at least he doesn't do much more than perk up and tilt his hat so he can peek down to see who the stranger is. He does feel a little bit better seeing someone familiar, and he shifts forward, legs hanging over the edge of the branch as his palms lie flat, and then he huffs a little noise before he pushes himself up and off.

Poor Edna, she can't catch a break.

He lands in front of her with a little gust of wind, and then he's leaning down to speak to her, hands shoved into his trousers and his grin wide and wild, as it tends to always be in these situations. ]

Well, well! Look what I've found, a pretty girl just waiting for me to find her!

[Good feelings gone.]

[Zaveid sure is lucky he opened his big mouth as he swooped down on her like the unholy vulture he is, because Edna's grip on her umbrella had tightened significantly. She still remembers being blindsided by those big, scaly dragon-lizard...things. They don't have malevolence, so it's so much harder to sense them. They're just a natural occurrence here, not...something that makes her chest tighten at the thought. Haha.

And Zaveid here isn't helping make Edna feel any better at all. She can't tell what's on his mind other than pure drivel and the usual garbage, so...it's hard to open up and ask him some questions. Or reveal a few bits of information about herself and...about this place. Like how it seems to bring people back from the dead. Somehow. Edna really isn't sure what to make about that, or how to feel, so...yeah, we will file that away for later. Looking up at him with a sneer, Edna just sighs heavily.]

Wow, someone invisible to seraphim even, that's a true feat.

Ouch, Edna! Right through the heart!

[ The way it stands is that, really, Zaveid is trying to pretend that he really is one hundred percent okay. The sudden rush of new things, new people and old friends that should be dead... It's ruined what energy he has and that's why he was lounging around in a tree in the first place instead of exploring the new lands in front of him. He doesn't have the strength to go and see what else is out there, because... It aches.

He's afraid of literally running into Dezel and he's not sure he's prepared yet.

Instead, he huffs a noise and flops down to the ground, one leg stretched out and another bent as he leans against the tree. ]

You been having fun?

[It's strange how similar they are in that respect (though Edna would deny she's anything like Zaveid in any walk of life) - when things tend to bother either of them, they retreat...or withdraw into themselves and their thoughts. That may be why Edna isn't as frustrated that Zaveid is here too, though it does open up a new can of worms. How's is Dezel going to react? How is Zaveid going to react? That get together is going to be messy, which is an immense understatement. Not to mention everything surrounding Eizen.

Edna's toes curl into the soft moss, and she exhales quietly as her eyes close for a moment. She doesn't want to dwell on those thoughts. Thinking about what she left behind - an unfinished job - is just going to upset her. She looks up at the sunlight filtering through the trees - beams of light catching pollen and spores of the many odd plants and mushrooms - then looks back at Zaveid.]

Before or after you showed up?

[ The thing is that Zaveid really doesn't want to do this right now. He's definitely used to having his own agenda, and entering a pact with Sorey and Lailah hadn't been a part of it, not really, not even with how much he knew about the history of Shepherds and the way that the world had changed, but he's here now and there's no escaping it... But at the same time there is. He understands, suddenly, bleakly, that soon he might not be a part of their little gaggle of friends anymore because Dezel is back.

Selfishly, he doesn't want to give up his place. In his heart, however, he knows he was just a cheeky, poor man's replacement for what they had all lost together, for the friend they had all been mourning.

Looking down at Edna, he shakes his head and forces his gaze up to the sky. It's not as if he's going to sit here and tell her all of his problems, even if she might get it better than others. They're not best friends and most of the time he's pretty sure she'd rather see him dead than alive... But it's not as if he has anywhere else to go right now. ]

You're just going to break my heart even more, aren't you? I came all this way...

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STILL ME, BETTER ACCOUNT B)

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DIFFERENT NAME, SAME ZESTY FLAVOR /fingerguns (also you're a great Zaveid omfg)

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YOU KNOW IT (and omfg thank you i'm still so nervous ahh ;;)

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(shhh you're doing wonderfully!! ;w; I'm screaming about it on plurk /HUGE LOSER IT'S ME)

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now we're both screaming on plurk

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I'M SCREAMING RIGHT NOW

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YOU'RE NOT ALONE

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/GRIPS SHOULDER

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[Dezel is doing his usual people-watching thing as he invisibly drifts through the tree-city. Part of him is looking for people he knows. Another part is just enjoying the lack of choking malevolence. Though he's loathe to admit it, he enjoys the nature as much as any of the other seraphim, and he'd be right there with Edna shoving his toes into the ground if he had no restraint.

Then the wind is kind enough to tell him that another seraph is nearby. He might be blind, but he can tell exactly what Zaveid is doing, and it's embarrassing as hell. He stands there for a second too long in plain sight, and then he swiftly turns around and tries to pretend Zaveid doesn't exist.

But no. That usual anger of WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU HERE rises up, unbidden. He clenches his teeth and turns back around.]

What are you doing?

[ It's funny, really, how something entirely expected can be so unexpected at once. He'd been told, thank you Mikboy, that Dezel was back and around and he had been preparing himself for it, basking in the knowledge that it might actually be true, that the other seraph is here and not - well, dearly departed. He had been hoping that he might be able to work things around on his own terms, but that's not really how things have ever worked between him and Dezel, not in the last handful of weeks before the end, at least.

He doesn't get to pick and choose his moments; they come to him. That's what Dezel does, his voice angry and Zaveid can almost tell without looking that he'll have clenched teeth and fury etched on the lines of his face. It's almost a relief to see it when he turns, to look and notice that not all that much has changed - that under the fear and the trepidation there's a part of him so glad to see the other man that for a moment he's completely and utterly speechless.

It doesn't last forever, of course - silence rarely does when he's around, especially when he's doing his best to avoid serious emotions. ]

I am trying to find some babes.

[ It doesn't come out as jovial as he might have hoped, and slowly his arms drop to hang loosely at his side, expression tight before he huffs a low laugh, shaking his head. ]

It would be you that would catch me, Dezel.

[Meanwhile, Dezel hasn't had any warning whatsoever. Zaveid was only on his mind in the barest of terms when Dezel passed. On one hand, Zaveid's pistol basically saved Rose. On the other, Dezel has never been very mature with his emotions, and instead of being gracious and thanking the man who made it possible, he chooses to fixate on what annoys him the most at this moment.

It's funny when a twenty-something turns five.]

You're wasting your time. The natives don't have resonance. [What is this feeling? Oh, it's strangely-specific rage and he's never quite sure where it comes from.]

Most of them don't. Besides, it brought you here, didn't it?

[ It had been more than just flexing to begin with, not that he would let on to it, especially not to Dezel. There's a tension between them that's never going to go away, and admitting that he was showing off a little with his power to try and see who else was here - well, he's not going to stand there and not make a joke out of it, not when it's better and easier, not when the idea of admitting how afraid and uncomfortable he was...

No, better to joke, especially when Dezel's around.

Because Dezel's around.

Shaking his head, he steps over and pauses. There's a replica of the other seraph's hat on his head and for a moment he tenses, not sure what to do or say. This man was supposed to be gone, dead and gone, and Zaveid had risen up and taken his place in memorial because he had no chance of doing it alone. He's not sure what to do or say now, standing there as if he's lost his voice completely, suddenly wishing Sorey or Lailah was here to navigate the murky waters of feelings on his behalf. ]

Are you sure you weren't enchanted by me, Dezel?

[He growls a little under his breath. Sometimes (okay, most of the time) Dezel isn't much for conversation. He'd rather just stand there and not do anything, or maybe leave.

Then something occurs to him. Zaveid is quite obviously wearing Lafarga's hat, and that realization stuns him. Of course, there's probably a good reason for it, but-- well, Dezel immediately tries to punch it off Zaveid's head via pendulum.]

My hat!

[DEZEL, CHILL, YOURS IS STILL ON YOUR HEAD. Nope too late he thinks Zaveid took it.]

[ As soon as the pendulum comes at him Zaveid is moving, reaching out to let it wrap around his hand before he tugs gently. He knows the weaponry, he uses it himself, and last time this happened was a repeat of this moment; he's not stupid enough to let himself get tangled up in something he knew like the back of his hand. If this was anyone else he might laugh, but right now all he can do is shake his head. ]

You're wearing your hat, Dezel.

[ But, technically, so is he, and he can't lie about that.

His reasons for wearing the hat are complicated and he doesn't want Dezel to ask... But he doesn't want to give it up either. It prickles at him and he growls a little, frustrated and annoyed beyond belief, before he holds his hands up and drops his grip on the pendulum. ]

Take it. I don't care.

[ Oh, but he does. He doesn't let it seep into his voice, not really, but he's so tense and so on edge there's no hiding it, really. ]

IM LAUGHING SO FUCKING HARD IM SORRY HES A LITERAL TODDLER

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THEY'RE LIKE REALLY ANGRY CHILDREN

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and zaveid is like 49349324932 years old which makes it funnier

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OLD MAN FIGHTS SMOL CHILD

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HEY DONT BRING MIKLEO INTO THIS

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GONNA GO TELL ON YOU TO MOM AND DAD

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... YOU /ARE/ DAD THO HOW YA GONNA TELL ON URSELF???

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HE'LL TELL THE LESSER DAD, THE SMOL DAD, THE SOREY DAD

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/GASP/ NOT THE SMOL DAD!!!! YOU WOULDNT!!!!!

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YOU KNOW HE WOULD

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isn't that normal though

[just kidding that is the actual tag]

Zaveid, I mean...usually mortals can't see you. I don't think them being women has anything to do with it. [pat pat consolingly on the arm? sorry man, he doesn't get your deal with flirting with everything female with legs but he supposes it must get very lonely when the only women you know are so unimpressed with you.] If you need to talk to someone, I'd be happy to help out.

[ He turns at the sound of Sorey's voice, and there's no mistaking the way his expression brightens. He's definitely happy, and he moves instantly to lean over the other man, draping an arm around his shoulders as his teeth show from the blinding grin. ]

Sorey! You've finally decided to join me in babe hunting!

[ He lifts a shoulder, one hand in front of him as he motions. ]

Maybe this place was different than home. You never know, you know that?

[why would he want to hunt babies what is wrong with you zav]

Ah...yeah, it's true. There are a lot more people here who can see seraphim than back home. You know, I have a theory on that, if you wanna hear it! [zaveid you will be here for Hours]

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A, sorry this is late!!!

I ALREADY HAVE SO MANY EMOTIONS I'M SORRY

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oh my god

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OH MY GOD DEZEL

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