darkest_evening | Overnight

There are things to do, of course, besides being Aya's cuddle buddy. Prime is usually quite busy, and now is no exception. Just because he's personally out of mana, doesn't mean he's utterly useless. His plane's got mages in it, after all - and many of them owe him favors or are amenable to being paid. And they need mirrors, for communication. After longer than was strictly prudent spent comforting Aya, he bids her goodbye and goes to handle the less glamorous moments of being him. That is, talking to people, asking for favors, paying favors, persuading them to say yes, they'll use some of their precious magic stores to make mirrors.

Ironically enough, the one thing missing when he's finished is the mirrors themselves. Easy enough to fix, with Revelation. But he'll take care of it tomorrow - he's tired, and it's been a long and complicated and emotionally exhausting 'day,' even if he doesn't properly have them anymore. Sleep, and then he'll get back to dealing with it all. The mirrors, first, they're easiest, then continuing to figure out what to do about Aya.

When he wakes, he goes to talk to a demon about that. Knock, knock, calling Inferno, is Revelation in?

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namesthesky

She nods.

"Did he say how long it took to adjust to it?"

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darkest_evening

"He did not. I'm sorry, I should have asked."

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namesthesky

"It's okay. I'd get more useful information out of Annie anyway, probably. Bells are non-numerical."

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darkest_evening

"Yes. And similarly, I think I got more useful information out of Aldaras than I would have gotten from Annie."

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namesthesky

Snuggle. "Well, you're not the one who's necklaced."

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darkest_evening

"I am not." Pause. "... Occasionally I wonder what would have happened if I were."

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namesthesky

"Instead of me or - too?"

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darkest_evening

"Too is an obvious answer," clarifies Prime. "We would never go outside. Instead of you, though, I have no idea."

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namesthesky

Aya shifts position slightly and doesn't say anything.

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darkest_evening

"... Sorry, I realize now that that was an unhelpful set of sentences."

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namesthesky

Aya makes a little noise that neither agrees nor disagrees, and squirms again, and puts her face on his shoulder and sighs.

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darkest_evening

"Sorry. I am genuinely trying very hard not to torment you."

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namesthesky

"I am pretty tormentable right now. I'm not sure if you're going to get anywhere with that plan in the long run without at least kissing me."

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darkest_evening

"Hm," says Prime.

Is that a contemplative look?

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namesthesky

Is it?

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darkest_evening

It's sort of hard to tell. She has the Adarin with the killer poker face. He just sort of - looks vaguely thoughtful. For a little while.

And then:

"Okay."

And then he tilts her head up to the proper angle and kisses her.

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namesthesky

Mmmkiss.

She flings herself absolutely into it, and - wrenches back into a more restrained posture when she notices she's doing it. But she's not going to be the one to break the kiss.

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darkest_evening

He's a bit more restrained about the kiss, but - yeah, he is actively kissing her. For a while. He is five centuries old, he knows how to breathe through his nose. Also: more than just theoretical experience kissing. He's got that, too.

"Did that help or make it worse?" he laughs when he deems that there has been Enough Kisses For Now.

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namesthesky

She giggles and nuzzles the side of his neck and says, "Does it matter? I'm happy."

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darkest_evening

Oh, look, neck nuzzles gets a reaction out of him. The reaction is a small hitch in his breath, and then he carries on as normal.

"Fair. All right then. Please keep being happy, I would like for you to keep being happy."