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[Mizuki gets a text that has an image of a television. He figured out how to attach photos to messages! Look at him.]

Mizuki? What is this box? Is it a television? It looks different from the other televisions that play around the ship.

It simply appeared within my room while I was out.

Please help.

[ ???? Holy shit, Ebalon, are you dying? ]

uh, wow
take a picture of it??
i can be there in a minute!!
i just got some boxes that i am trying 2 find space 4
i guess i could just leave them on my bed…?

Edited 2022-06-02 10:58 (UTC)

I did take a photograph of it. It should be attached to the first message assuming I figured out how this phone works.

Are the boxes empty this time? :)

I'm kidding. Why not bring them over? If nothing else, you could store your extra things in the compass.

[Since they're pretty much always in there.]

[ He sure did I just can’t read. ]

oh!! ya myb i saw “help” and panicked a bit
u learn so fast!!
i also have a mild headache :( im not thinking clearly rn
anyway idk how u got that but that absolutely looks Terran in design?
but its just a tv. nothing special aside from its power source.

ok ok im coming over.
None of them feel empty?
So I don’t have to worry about the captain turning me into an actual sea jelly. Instead of an acre.
Aegir.
Voice to text is hard.
But I can’t type one handed. Lol.
Anyway that was a concern I had last time.

I’m outside by the way!

If you were turned into an actual sea jelly, I would put you in a nice fish tank and give you snacks.

[This message is supposed to carry an affectionate energy to it but it just sounds fucking psychotic because it's Ebalon. Onto more important things! Which are Ebalon opening his door and pocketing his phone and immediately saying:]

You can talk into the phone and it types for you? [You're not even gonna say hi? That's what you open with, dude?]

[ It is affectionate to Mizuki who doesn’t know better. He also chuckles a bit. He should probably point out that if he were turned into a full fledged moon jelly, he wouldn’t have a brain to appreciate what Ebalon did for him, but in this purely hypothetical situation, he doesn’t worry about it. ]

🦐🦐🦐🦐

[ Oh! Hey. Hi, Ebalon. Mizuki is casually balancing four boxes in his hand while his phone is in his other, shooting Ebalon a little smile. ]

Oh, yeah. There’s a little microphone icon at the bottom when you pull your keyboard up. [ He pulls it up and points it out. ] Then you just speak and it’ll convert that to text for you. Smart enough to know when you say “period” or “question mark” to use the symbol and not the word, but will occasionally get a few words or phrases wrong, so it’s not… entirely reliable. But overall, pretty handy.

I see. Ah— allow me to help you with those.

[Without waiting for confirmation, Ebalon picks up two of the four boxes and sweeps further into the room, setting them neatly on the mattress. Much less precarious that way.]

I can see why you were concerned about where to put these now. It seems Lady Friday has thought to give you half of the service desk.

[Whatever she keeps back there, Ebalon assumes there are more boxes with stuff she calls people to come get. In his case it's difficult to lug around furniture, but imagine his surprise when he walked up to the service desk and there was just an entire bed.]

[ Fortunately, all the boxes are pretty light! Sans the one Mizuki’s actively got in his hands at the bottom, which he will soon discover is filled with gaming consoles. A discovery for later, though, since for now he is failing behind Ebalon and also setting his boxes down.

He takes a seat himself to rest his head in his hand for a brief moment, aforementioned headache getting to him just a little. He’s fine, though! Hence why it only lasts a moment and he smiles at Ebalon sweetly after. ]

I think… maybe sometimes the Captain will box some of these things. My box of old photos from home had an empty bag of candy at the bottom. I don’t think Friday would do that…

[ He fiddles with his umbrella, laughing a little bitterly. ]

I imagine it’s because he want to illicit strong emotional responses.

Is that it? Nothing I've gotten has given me very strong emotional pulls.

[He was fairly interested in Denif's compass. The liquid Sun El was cool. The Seed of Life was also cool. Clamor's soul-ripping spell was a pleasant surprise. Furniture... is furniture, it's nice to have he supposes. The sword and shield sentries from Seven Tower were a cute reminder of the past? (Maybe it's because he doesn't normally feel particularly strong emotions over objects, though.)]

I suppose the theory makes sense, given everything we know thus far. It isn't necessarily a stretch... though, it provides me with more comfort to think that Lady Friday gives us these instead.

[Not like it matters. The Captain already knows he tried to seal the ghosts into objects with the Incubator spell, so regardless of where the spell came from, one of the two knows. That, and the Captain seems to know everything anyway. Sigh.

Ebalon sits down nearby.]

I simply think the Captain knows enough, is all.

Then you very well could have gotten them from Friday, if that's the case. But I recall someone mentioning that she picks up the stuff from our worlds that the Captain throws out. It got me thinking that he probably doesn't throw out some of the stuff, though...? It's just... something I was thinking about. [ That, or the Captain just wants to sow seeds of chaos. But Mizuki isn't going to point that out right now because he doesn't think it's all that relevant. ]

If he's full of weird voidy cosmic-y stuff, then he's probably not edible. Which is a shame. He's probably one of the evilest people I've met, he could do with a cleanse.

[ Mizuki uses a few tendrils to pull the TV over and start examining it. It's definitely Terran. Maybe Friday gave it to Ebalon because she knows they hang out a lot? Could very well be, honestly. ]

So, uh, this thing doesn't need to be plugged in like the cruise's TVs do. You could probably put this in your compass if you wanted. Just make sure it doesn't get too wet or anything.

Oh, but if you do eat him, can I watch? [Somehow, that comes out creepier than intended. Listen, Ebalon would like to go home, and if committing the cardinal sin of vore is the way to do that, then let's fuckin' go.

More to the point, he gets up for a moment to look at the TV from the back curiously. No cords, so no outlets... hm. For a moment, he conjures his spellbook and flips through it, looking for one particular protection sigil... ah! There it is. Ebalon holds his hand out and starts tracing the symbol on the page against the metal, muttering some ~magic words~ all the while. After a minute, he closes his book and tosses it up, at which point it disappears into the nebulous void of wherever the fuck he summons that stuff from in the first place.]

That should keep it plenty protected, in that case. You'll have to show me how it works later. [And with that in mind, Ebalon taps the sapphire of the compass against the TV, incants, and zoop! There it goes. Gone. Part of the small bedroom he has on that platform.]

Uh... [ Well, it's definitely the weirdest ask he's gotten. Most of the time it's "Mizuki, eat where people can't see you" or "Mizuki, you need to hide yourself so your team and enemies don't see you". ] I... am a pretty messy eater when it comes to those sorts of meals. [ He's not offput by the fact that Ebalon wants to see him eat a person (if that's what the Captain really is), but rather just… embarrassed that someone he sees so prim and proper would see him rip and tear away at someone like he's a wild animal instead of, well, himself.

Also, you don't have to watch the vore happen to make it work? Ebalon??? ]

Besides, I'm almost positive I can't. Which is frustrating. [ It wouldn't be so bad if his insatiable hunger wasn't amplified just thinking about evil like him. Ugh… ]

Anyway, yes! TVs themselves are pretty simple. But, uh, I don't think you'll be able to watch anything on it without videos or games and… um… [ He's distracted by magic. Again. ] …That's still so cool. Have I mentioned recently that you're really cool???

[No, no, he wants to see this for science. Like, straight up. If Mizuki eats the void he wants to be there to witness this because he's a fucking freak and everything must be observed under a microscope clearly.]

Oh? Should I put a spell on you, too?

[This is a joke, but Ebalon steps forward anyway and incants a magic word or two again, and this time his fingertip glows with moonlight and he boops it against Mizuki's nose in what can only be called horrible playfulness. Gross. Only Mizuki gets to see this side of him, a side which he'd otherwise only used on Noah when Noah was a child.]

Now, if all is according to plan, I believe you should fall in love with me soon enough. Let me know if it works.

[ You say this as if Ebalon wouldn’t watch him eat someone who wasn’t the Captain??? But you know, I would also watch Mizuki eat a person so maybe we’re all freaks here.

Mizuki looks mildly bewildered as Ebalon reaches a hand out to boop his nose. Is this another protection spell maybe? Does he not need his book for all spells? The moon magic is still cool to the touch, and, really, with that headache he has, it’s a little relieving even if Ebalon isn’t actually casting a spell on him.

…Ah. Oh no. Ebalon is a huge dork?? He’s so cute. Mizuki giggles. ]

Uh oh! Dantalion, you can’t cast that spell on me twice!! Who knows what’ll happen now?? Ehehe~.

[ The eldritch horrors are flirting. Send help. ]

Edited 2022-06-07 05:54 (UTC)

Oh, can I not? In the name of science, I believe it's worthwhile to see what the results will be, so I suppose I'll just have to observe, huhu.

[So he sits down next to Mizuki, since he's no longer casting spells on the television, and he waits patiently. Yes, what will happen? Will he get a kiss? Will he get a Lap Mizuki? Both? Something different? See, it's very important to watch the results. For science. Obviously. Not because he's flirting.

That would never happen. The eldritch horrors would never flirt.]

[ Mizuki very dramatically puts the back of his hand to his head and feigns a swoon into Ebalon's shoulder. ]

Oh dear, Dantalion. It appears now I love you too much!!! My heart... can't take it... anymore... [ He goes limp, accompanied with a Very Realistic Death Sound in the form of a "Bleeeeehhhhhhhhh". Ebalon's done it. He's killed the evil. ]

[Oh fuck he died.

Ebalon starts laughing, actually, at the dramaticism — covering his lips with his palm for a moment so that he looks more dignified than he actually is in the moment. It fails spectacularly, especially as he scoops the Limp Jellyfish into his arms and brushes hair from his face.]

Oh no, he's died. I get to take all of his Tetris games now.

[If that's not enough to coax Mizuki out of being Dead™, Ebalon will offer salvation in the form of a kiss. The sort they do in Disney films, honestly, where you kiss the sleeping person slowly and deeply for way too long. That's what he's doing.

Rise and shine.]

[ Mizuki doesn't react much to his threat. Because he's dead, you see. Fortunately, Ebalon apparently has life-giving kisses! As soon as they kiss, Mizuki opens his eyes very momentarily, shutting them again to return it and coil his arms around Ebalon. He's certainly the farthest thing from a Disney character, but he will never turn one of these down. Only once Ebalon starts to pull away does Mizuki chase after him in a rare moment of courage, spurred on by their previous playfulness, to give him a little mischievous lick against his lips.

Then he settles back with a smug smile like the gremlin he is. ]

All of my Tetris games? You fiend. You scoundrel.

[ He loves this moon mage a lot. ]

Edited 2022-06-07 10:30 (UTC)

[Uh-huh wait no fuck Tetris actually, if Mizuki is going to lick his lips like that all bets are off. He barely even registers the comment about Tetris, honestly; a stunned half-second leads to one (1) stupid blink before he pulls Mizuki back in and presses a much firmer kiss to his lips. Congrats, as it turns out Ebalon really is just a guy about stuff like this.

The forwardness is very appreciated. So is the smug smile. So is the everything else, honestly; whoops to the intentions of any of this being adorable. At least he somehow manages to control himself and not just flip them around to push Mizuki back onto the mattress, and at least he doesn't immediately go for a full makeout? Kind of — if Mizuki's going to lick his lips like that, Ebalon's going to do it back, with the only difference being he has a hungry gleam in his eyes. He's not not asking for that.

Hey remember how they were gonna do stuff with boxes and they got distracted haha oops—]

[ … Oh.

They absolutely did get a little distracted, huh? (At least this is happening before Mizuki goes ham on some eldritch flesh.) What’s a little makeout session before opening boxes anyway? Don’t all box opening videos start with it?

Playfulness now out the window, Mizuki does encourage this despite his initial flustered stupor. Lips slightly part and mesh a little better with Ebalon’s to allow his own nervous tongue to meet his. He’s still not… quite sure of himself here. Inexperience makes him hesitate. But he’s pretty sure this is new for Ebalon, too? So, then, they can just figure this out together. He just hopes his teeth aren’t going to be an issue…

Oh well, that’s future Mizuki’s problem. Current Mizuki is too enthused about this to let it bother him. ]

[...well. The things Ebalon has done to keep someone on his side is really between him and Henir, and even if it's been a long time, it's not... the first time he's kissed someone like this. Granted, with the prior people, it was because of his whole "going to any lengths necessary to keep someone loyal" thing, but none of that was anything real. At some point, it was what he thought of Mizuki, how if Mizuki wanted to pursue something Ebalon would play the part just to keep him, and now...

Now he's not playing a part and this is all very real, so perhaps the newness of mingling actual feelings with something more physical has him a little wound up. Mizuki in general gets him wound up in all of the weird ways a sadistic fuck like him shouldn't get to experience.

And here he is. Holding the man that now completely owns his heart and mind as close as he can, hand tangled with his hair, lips parted and tongue slipping into Mizuki's mouth almost experimentally. Almost. He's not too forceful, but he has an idea of what he's doing at the same time. Perhaps it makes this whole thing easier, lips moving together more like clockwork than they might've otherwise. And maybe now Ebalon is thinking about how Mizuki's lips feel against his and how they fit perfectly, and about how he tastes like he's trying to memorize it — but again, that's between him and Henir.

Also, when are those teeth ever a problem for Ebalon specifically? If he "accidentally" traces fangs with his tongue and hums approvingly, let him.]

[ Look, Mizuki still thinks Ebalon is 19 and new to this, and being inexperienced about it together makes him feel a little better about it! Which is probably the only reason why Mizuki isn’t shoving him away in some kind of anxious mess or, unfortunately for Ebalon, biting him out of nerves. His face is still quite flushed, but he does his best to not let it impede his movement. What kind of idiot would just sit there with their mouth open and not do anything about it? An idiot with intense anxiety, probably, but no, no, it’s fine, he’s got this.

Speaking of anxiety, the thoughts of “am I doing this right?” and “is my breath okay?” and “are my lips soft enough?” are all still very much there, but they take the back burner for right now. Mizuki is just enjoying himself far too much right now to either pay attention to them or just not realize they’re there. Instead, he’s brushing his tongue against the other to coax him into doing the same and occasionally closing his lips around Ebalon’s during the brief lulls.

He doesn’t have to worry about this being perfect or anything like that. It can just happen. ]

[ And then Ebalon hums against him and Mizuki just melts. Metaphorically, of course, but also physically, as he slips from Ebalon’s grasp more akin to water or putty and eventually ends up just entirely on the floor with a plop.

His hands eventually plop over his face when he earns his bones again and he just starts on his usual tangent if embarrassed giggles. That noise?? That noise. He likes it a lot. But it’s too much for a dumb little jellyfish who isn’t prepared for it just yet. ]

[Uhhh yeah he'll take his boyfriend 🅱️oneless, thanks.

Every time Mizuki just decides to not have bones anymore and melt, he thinks it's funny, honestly. He'd say sorry for humming against his open mouth like that but he's not sorry at all, actually. Mizuki is getting scooped up off of the floor once he regains the ability to not turn into jelly, where he will now become Lap Mizuki as mandated by Ebalon himself.

He gets a kiss on the cheek that lingers for a second or two too long. Congratulations on having bones, king, love to see it.]

Overwhelmed? [He asks, because he figures that's it, but also the giggling mess of jellyfish tells him that he didn't do anything too upsetting.]

[ Who needs bones, anyway? They're overrated. Sorry, Skulduggery.

He's at least easy to move, and as usual, shifts just enough to make himself comfortable as soon as he's placed in his new seat. His hands mostly move from his face, though one hand stays to cover that big, dumb, giddy smile he knows he has. ]

M-maybe a little bit...? [ There's certainly a lot of internal keysmashing going on right about now, so "overwhelmed" just about sums that up nicely, yeah. ] Not in a bad way~. I just... [ Beat. ] I-... I totally ruined the mood, though, didn't I? I'm sorry.

[ Nice going, Mizuki! And you were having such a good time with it, too. ]

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