07-31-2018, 12:45 PM
[align=center][div style="borderwidth=0px; width: 55%; line-height:115%; text-align: justify;font-family: calibri;"]The easy smile didn't slip off of Desperado's face, although his gaze visibly sharpened at the tone he received from Doktè, and he was glad for the man's own good that Kazumi seemed to step in before he could say anything snarky back. Sure, he could be laid back, but there was a very thin line between what pissed him off and didn't... and right now, the man was already teetering on that edge. Sarcasm never sat well with him. But it seemed his friend was far nicer, and his disappointed look actually made Des rethink his choices and almost regret coming over. Perhaps he had messed up something important, although he figured that it wasn't really his fault given they were at the border and could have done whatever it was they wanted to do long before here.
He knew enough about people to know when certain topics hit a nerve. Sometimes it was useful, as you could use it as blackmail or a means to getting an end without having to exert yourself too much. As sorry as it sounded, many had been spared from death after Des had successfully managed to cripple them mentally, and at that point continuing just simply wasn't fun anymore (it wasn't at all, anymore, but that was a subject for a different time. Not even he believed that he could change so drastically from who he had been.)
Therefore, he knew that the subject that Kazumi brought up quite visibly hit a nerve within Theseus, but if he noticed it he didn't point it out, oddly respectful of the statement. He'd take it at face value, whether it was real or it wasn't, for it wasn't his place to claim otherwise and he knew exactly how both denial and secrets felt like. "Duly noted," his voice grew far less light than it had been, bordering between serious and comforting to make sure that Theseus knew he was being sincere, but his smile never faded. "You both just buddies out to join then, eh?" - once again the statement wasn't patronizing, simply allowing them for an easy exit if they wanted to take it - "we've got a lot of the type coming in so you're nothing new, whether or not that's a comfort is up to you."
An deep, throaty laugh escaped Des' maw at Kazumi's statement, earning him a slight bump with his shoulder, and the smile that had been present on his maw turned into a full on grin. It seemed like he wasn't as good a judge of character as he thought he was, although Des couldn't blame him given that the two had just met. But no, despite both of his fathers being of the stoic type, the personality never sat well with Des. It was both a defense mechanism and a preference, for if people knew you were sad it was far harder to hide shit. That, and there was very little point in acting like there was a stick up your ass 24/7.
Seeing as Theseus was the nicer one out of the duo thus far, he found himself turning to him once again to comment on the accusation. "Oh yeah, get me drunk and I'll be out here talking about plans for entire space programs, trust me. I totally won't be serenading the nearest tree I find and then taking someone out to have a good time when they try to stop me," - the example was, quite literally, a true one... but hey, he'd lost his rights to shame the moment he had done it to begin with.
Plus, the less you hid the less people expected. It had become like second nature to him to give out whatever information he could so that it sounded important, while hiding everything with some sort of meaning deep within the confines of his mind where no one could find it and think anything of it.
"Anyways, all that aside, 's a pleasure to meet you both, whether you're both staying or not. Desperado... if you're keen on last names you can also attach 'break' towards the end of that but I won't be offended if you don't and decide to go out on a whim and call me 'that asshole' instead to spice shit up." Another soft chuckle left his jaws, and then his gaze settled on Kazumi briefly only to trail back towards the duo as he spoke up once more. "Hope you don't mind if I ask for your names in turn?"
He knew enough about people to know when certain topics hit a nerve. Sometimes it was useful, as you could use it as blackmail or a means to getting an end without having to exert yourself too much. As sorry as it sounded, many had been spared from death after Des had successfully managed to cripple them mentally, and at that point continuing just simply wasn't fun anymore (it wasn't at all, anymore, but that was a subject for a different time. Not even he believed that he could change so drastically from who he had been.)
Therefore, he knew that the subject that Kazumi brought up quite visibly hit a nerve within Theseus, but if he noticed it he didn't point it out, oddly respectful of the statement. He'd take it at face value, whether it was real or it wasn't, for it wasn't his place to claim otherwise and he knew exactly how both denial and secrets felt like. "Duly noted," his voice grew far less light than it had been, bordering between serious and comforting to make sure that Theseus knew he was being sincere, but his smile never faded. "You both just buddies out to join then, eh?" - once again the statement wasn't patronizing, simply allowing them for an easy exit if they wanted to take it - "we've got a lot of the type coming in so you're nothing new, whether or not that's a comfort is up to you."
An deep, throaty laugh escaped Des' maw at Kazumi's statement, earning him a slight bump with his shoulder, and the smile that had been present on his maw turned into a full on grin. It seemed like he wasn't as good a judge of character as he thought he was, although Des couldn't blame him given that the two had just met. But no, despite both of his fathers being of the stoic type, the personality never sat well with Des. It was both a defense mechanism and a preference, for if people knew you were sad it was far harder to hide shit. That, and there was very little point in acting like there was a stick up your ass 24/7.
Seeing as Theseus was the nicer one out of the duo thus far, he found himself turning to him once again to comment on the accusation. "Oh yeah, get me drunk and I'll be out here talking about plans for entire space programs, trust me. I totally won't be serenading the nearest tree I find and then taking someone out to have a good time when they try to stop me," - the example was, quite literally, a true one... but hey, he'd lost his rights to shame the moment he had done it to begin with.
Plus, the less you hid the less people expected. It had become like second nature to him to give out whatever information he could so that it sounded important, while hiding everything with some sort of meaning deep within the confines of his mind where no one could find it and think anything of it.
"Anyways, all that aside, 's a pleasure to meet you both, whether you're both staying or not. Desperado... if you're keen on last names you can also attach 'break' towards the end of that but I won't be offended if you don't and decide to go out on a whim and call me 'that asshole' instead to spice shit up." Another soft chuckle left his jaws, and then his gaze settled on Kazumi briefly only to trail back towards the duo as he spoke up once more. "Hope you don't mind if I ask for your names in turn?"
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