[it's nice to get back to the lab, the willful machine lab, given he's spent so much time either on their break or in sanctuary. better still that pal promised to come by to look things over, the thought enough to make viktor's lips quirk in an expression he would refuse to call 'besotted.'
(later it probably won't even occur to him there was some magic drawing him to palamedes like some fated love, given it really wasn't all that far off from what he usually felt. a little less melodramatic, of course, but the itch to see him, to be with him, that? that isn't new.
lately he's barely tried to hide it quite as much either. hm.)
he fiddles with a little device that almost looking like a lantern, though with no glass or light source, just machinery. it's a small side project, one he planned yesterday and mostly finished this morning. completely self indulgent, completely saccharine but... well, it was a corruption lowering method, to keep mental health low. yes.
rio glances at him from the table she's lounging on. he regards her back, unabashed.] It's only fair. He has that memory box, yes? And this is the closest I can manage.
[a thump of her tail and viktor shakes his head. he'll take that as support, thanks.]
for palamedes, july
(later it probably won't even occur to him there was some magic drawing him to palamedes like some fated love, given it really wasn't all that far off from what he usually felt. a little less melodramatic, of course, but the itch to see him, to be with him, that? that isn't new.
lately he's barely tried to hide it quite as much either. hm.)
he fiddles with a little device that almost looking like a lantern, though with no glass or light source, just machinery. it's a small side project, one he planned yesterday and mostly finished this morning. completely self indulgent, completely saccharine but... well, it was a corruption lowering method, to keep mental health low. yes.
rio glances at him from the table she's lounging on. he regards her back, unabashed.] It's only fair. He has that memory box, yes? And this is the closest I can manage.
[a thump of her tail and viktor shakes his head. he'll take that as support, thanks.]