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[personal profile] shortleash 2024-05-01 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
( He shakes his head. Nope, in this house we are meganeless. )

I got it as a reward from some job. From some humans, I think. I was going to toss them out, but I guess I decided to try them before I did... it feels stupid, in retrospect.

( As for the question, he shrugs. )

... I can't die, normally. I feel nothing when I lose limbs and stuff. Even when I'm drained of blood... ( He trails off - something does happen, but... ) ... it doesn't feel like death. It just feels like nothing, at best; hunger, at worst.

I had to die to become a vampire, so I know what death feels like when it comes. This felt like that.
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[personal profile] shortleash 2024-05-01 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
I guess I was right not to bother testing decapitation the other night...

( Yeah, if he hadn't stopped at his arm his head would've been next on the list at some point. Fortunately, Mika correctly judged it was too risky to try. )

As for the glasses... I'm not sure. I think they fell off when he attacked me, and I'm... not sure if they're still in the courtyard or not. I haven't really gone back there since then.

( Spoilers: Cid grabbed them off the ground so maybe he's wearing them or something, )

They're... black, narrow glasses without rims on the top part. Perscriptionless. They might be broken now, but I'm not sure.

... Do you think it could have something to do with hearing Khun's thoughts?
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[personal profile] shortleash 2024-05-03 06:38 am (UTC)(link)
( Jing Yuan is not the first to express relief Mika hadn't died, and he, possibly, would not be the last - and it settles weird in his chest each time, leaves an echo in the hollow where his heart's meant to be. It feels...

He thinks on the question posed, inspecting his memories carefully. )


... Just Khun's. Just when wearing the glasses. And just briefly. I had the glasses on when we started speaking, but I didn't hear his thoughts at first... but then it happened suddenly, which is when I told him about it. And he ended it pretty quick once I told him. It's part of why I thought it was a prank or something he was doing.

( This is all... such a headache. )

... Let me know if you find anything. I'll see if I remember more, too. ( And then, after a beat, just since Jing Yuan is a Westie, too: ) ... I'm not going to go after him, or anything, though. Not out of revenge.

( He'd only do it if he thought it would be a decent preventative measure for future indiscretions, but he's been thus far convinced out of that, so. )
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[personal profile] shortleash 2024-05-07 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
( A beat, and then: )

... Fine. If it ever comes to that, I'll expect you.

( AKA if he ever really wants to end Khun or someone else he will accept Jing Yuan's attempt to interfere... whatever that means. (It's just a sign of tentative respect, really. He's never going to be happy to have his attempts to kill someone stopped, but. Jing Yuan is better than anyone else, maybe.) )

I'll leave you be. ( Since Jing Yuan's clearly recovered and... fine with things, as surreal - and a little awkward - as it is for Mika to just ... get off scott-free. ) If you want something, you know where to find me.