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Username: mockingbird vivant
Name: Hugo Vlad Ravenlock
Age: 35
Hometown: New Eridu
I'd much rather hang out with all kinds of people than fight monsters I can't even talk to. After all, there is nothing more complex and interesting than "people" in this world.
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art credit code creditName: Hugo Vlad Ravenlock
Age: 35
Hometown: New Eridu
that crew set is the nightmare blunt rotation
[ at least until season 3 then maybe the new zone is a whole new city instead of a district who KNOWS ]
But the more I learn about where (figuratively speaking) you're from, the more I realize just how difficult it must be.
[ It's not the first time he's had that thought about someone else's world, but usually he'd follow up with asking if they preferred it here instead. For Heinrix, though? He knows the answer. It’s been plainly obvious from early in getting to know him, and it’s a small part of why Hugo felt comfortable in their arrangement. The fact that they both hated this world and its circumstances was an important understanding.
There’s another question he could ask in its stead, a what if, but it’s little more than a fleeting thought. It’s too optimistic for Hugo, but more importantly, he knows that answer too. Heinrix isn’t the sort of man that would abandon his sense of duty and especially not for a relationship of convenience.
…Canines, he swears. So, swiftly moving on from that thought— ]
Is that why you’ve tried to cut things off? Because of becoming something else?
for the emperor /lights blunt
[ Like Heinrix is both restrained and not restrained. He has infinite freedom to move. Go where he wants. Where he needs. However, he is merely a dog with a long leash, in the end. He can travel as far as he wishes, but were the High Inquisitor to tug his leash...
He would return. Immediately. ]
Yes.
I can grow it back. I've lost parts before. As imperfect as my early attempts at regrowing my body were, they were more successful than my attempts now.
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[ As for the rest, well. Heinrix you're making it very hard for him to not care??? ]
I understand why you do much better now, certainly. Though it still worries me what you would, even if that might sound odd to you. I don't like you hurting yourself, you know?
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My very profession causes harm to me, as a part of the daily routine.
Besides, I can grow it back. That's hardly the danger one would think it is. It only hurts temporarily, before I shut the nerve endings off.
[ Y E A H ]
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...Admittedly, I didn't realize you had that fine of a control. I'm impressed and a little scared of what else you can do!
(Which is a joke, of course--I'm not actually scared of you, my dear.)
But I do suppose I wish you didn't feel like you had to. Or that your profession didn't cause you harm, for that matter... So nerve endings or no, I'm still going to worry about you. You can't escape it, sorry! ♥
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[ He's a fairly powerful psyker. Perhaps not in Idira's level, but...
Well. He's powerful enough to be useful without losing control. ]
I'm a warrior, of a sort. As much as I would rather the galaxy be at peace, I'm afraid that simply won't happen. Thus, I am willing to take that duty on myself to fight for the Emperor and peace, eventually.
[ It will literally never happen ]
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[ It’s also why he can’t open his heart any further. That loyalty and duty is a personality trait he finds intensely attractive, but… He’s already experienced how it goes when you’re secondary to it. He doesn’t begrudge it of Heinrix at least, because it’s not like they have a long, intensely emotional history that makes that fact sting. It’s just a simple fact that even if he gave all his heart away, Hugo still wouldn’t be as important as that duty. He can’t be someone’s second place ever again.
So, he changes the subject a little. This isn’t something they’re making any headway on today, he’s sure. ]
Though on a lighter note, actually…
I’d like to train with you together sometime if you’re up for that, Mr. Warrior~
I’d been keeping my skills sharp with Set and his “tutelage” [ mostly getting his ass kicked because set is a bully ] But since he’s gone now, I do need another!
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[ It's so true. Heinrix would always put the Emperor and the Empire above all else. (Until he does not.)
But Hugo changes the subject, blissfully. Thankfully.
He smiles, on the other side of the device. ]
I would be happy to. Training is best when there is an opponent, after all. Sharpening oneself against another competent warrior is the best way to become more adept.
[ And boy, he is happy for where they will lead. ]
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And that's what Set and I had been working on, in fact! The only things I ever (seriously) fought back home was Ethereals, and it turns out that it's a larger gap than I thought. I was very adept with dealing with even dangerous Ethereals, but when it comes to things here, well...
[ Normally, he would elaborate and say that it's how he died, but this is his attempt to lighten the mood, so! He can just share that little fact another time. ]
All to say, I'd appreciate your help~. And it would probably be fun, besides.
i almost sent this with silco's journal lskadjlkxcoi
[ THERE WEREN'T ANY HE IS NOT SPARRING WITH MARAZHAI ]
I'll look forward to your... payment. I think we can arrange some exchange.
[ jesus ]
LMAOOOOO kyaa mr silco 😖
You wouldn't tutor me just out of the kindness of your heart...? How cruel~
Why don't we work up a sweat the first time and see what strikes your fancy?
[ but secretly, he is amused that heinrix is the one that brought it up, because really... he figured things would go that way just because of his own predilections. it's fun that he and heinrix are so often on the same page! ]
silco voice: let's arrange an exchange
But... I can't say that I wouldn't be interested in recompense from you. It makes it all the more enjoyable in the end.
[ Yeah it's fun!! It keeps him from thinking about the horrors as he continues to transform. Dodging depression via sex is the right way to go. ]