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Post by Mirage on Sept 6, 2009 22:34:40 GMT -5
Mirage has the good grace to look slightly embarrassed.
"No, love, I am afraid not. I simply set the simulation to provide a breeze once it was asked for. A verbal activation."
Mirage twists his head to try and nuzzle at Skyblast's thigh again.
"I hope you're not displeased with me over it?"
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Sept 9, 2009 22:36:44 GMT -5
Skyblast can't really see Mirage's face, because he's sitting on Mirage's shoulders.
He squirms a bit on Mirage's shoulders and bends himself over Mirage's head to peer at Mirage's face from upside-down. He looks curious. "Why would I be displeased?"
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Post by Mirage on Sept 10, 2009 23:29:22 GMT -5
When Skyblast peers upside down at Mirage, the spy brings up one hand to cup the small jet's cheek and pull him in for a sweet, prolonged kiss.
Never let it be said that Mirage wastes an opportunity!
When the kiss is done, Mirage will keep is hand on Skyblast's cheek, if he can. "Because, in retrospect, it might seem a bit too much artifice, too theatrical, too pat. And because you seemed to truly want the other."
He inclines his head toward the mobile. "What do you think of it?"
OOC: Kissing with permission
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Sept 11, 2009 22:01:58 GMT -5
Spider-Man, eat your heart out.
Skyblast puts his hands down on Mirage's shoulders and gives him a fond squeeze.
He then tries to lean forward into a hand-stand on top of Mirage, and he suggests, "Turn around, please."
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Post by Mirage on Sept 11, 2009 22:24:34 GMT -5
Skyblast succeeds in his handstand, and Mirage's hands automatically move to help steady the skypainter.
"You know, love, your flexibility is one of your more...intriguing aspects," Mirage drawls. He chuckles, "Though by far not the only one."
Mirage turns as directed to face the opposite wall.
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Sept 19, 2009 22:47:15 GMT -5
Skyblast sways side to side, and he finally determines, "This wasn't designed to be viewed upside-down."
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Post by Mirage on Sept 21, 2009 10:49:04 GMT -5
Mirage chuckles again, "No, love, I don't imagine it was. Come down here and get a look at it from a more likely perspective." Mirage reaches up to try and place his hands on Skyblast's sides. If allowed, he will pull Skyblast down into his arms, damsel style, and turn back around to face the sculpture. If not allowed, Mirage will pout at the tiny jet's stubbornness- completely in jest of course.
"I've always found it an exquisitely delicate piece. But then, I have always had a fondness for lovely things." He smiles down (or possibly up) at Skyblast.
"You mean quite a lot to me, you know."
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Sept 25, 2009 22:54:51 GMT -5
The daredevil damsel looks over the piece from the more likely perspective, and indeed, it is lovely.
But Mirage's smile is a disarming lead-in for that comment.
Skyblast, normally supple and flexible, stiffens, and he tries to push off Mirage, landing on his feet and looking the other way. He stutters, "I... I'm sorry."
Skyblast is generally aloof, holding himself apart, and he could die tomorrow, with his daredevil ways. Die today.
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Post by Mirage on Sept 26, 2009 1:12:54 GMT -5
Mirage doesn't try to stop Skyblast's moving away, but he can't help but blink, looking for a moment completely surprised. That is neither the reaction nor the words he is used to hearing after such a declaration. He recovers quickly however, and his look is more one of concern as he reaches for the tiny jet, fingers stopping just short of Skyblast's shoulder.
Skyblast moved away, after all. He may not want Mirage's touch, and Mirage...Mirage does not go where he is not wanted.
Mirage could say much here, but he finds he can only manage one word.
"Why?"
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Sept 26, 2009 12:57:40 GMT -5
Skyblst dares enough to look up at Mirage, after looking away, to meet those yellow optics, and he explains simply enough, "I'm the last person in the world to tell someone what he can or can't care about. But there's no permanence to me. Here today, gone tomorrow. Don't think I don't know that. I wouldn't want to see you hurt."
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Post by Mirage on Sept 26, 2009 13:42:15 GMT -5
Mirage looks down at Skyblast, brow furrowed, a slight frown on his face. The flighty artist if worried that his being, well, flighty will hurt Mirage? No. There is more to it.
Again his hand lifts, this time to be a hair's breadth away from touching the painter's cheek. "Love, of course there is no permanence to you. There is no permanence to any of us now, caught as we are in this conflict. Calm as today is, tomorrow could be an oilbath, and who knows who might be lost?"
The spy smiles then, the barest sad quirk of lips, "Were you lost, I would mourn you, as I have mourned others. I would remember you fondly and toast your memory with love as you deserve, and as I have done before. You would not, in that case, be the first lover I have lost to war." He sighs. "Were I to have any pains, any regrets, it would be only that I did not enjoy to the fullest the time we have had together."
His hand drops, "I don't believe in wasting an opportunity to enjoy life, Skyblast. Perhaps I do a disservice to my lovers, loving so easily as I do, and yet never committing to one."
"I am sorry to have distressed you with my words, sweetheart. So very sorry."
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Sept 26, 2009 15:03:59 GMT -5
Skyblast is no firebird. Today you see him crash and burn, and he won't be back tomorrow.
He smiles a bit wanly. "There's nothing wrong with enjoying today. Just don't expect tomorrow. I'm sorry for freaking out on you, like that. That wasn't right of me."
Admire Skyblast, yes. Get attached to him? He's not so sure he wants people going there.
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Post by Mirage on Sept 26, 2009 16:25:41 GMT -5
"Darling," Mirage starts, this time actually trying to cup Skyblast's cheek. Mirage is a tactile creature, and not touching, not giving comfort when it is needed is too hard for him.
"Darling," he repeats, "I never expect anything past the day. I don't want you to think that my caring for you means I am trying to tie you down. I have had many lovers, and I loved them all, still love them, really."
He tries to press a soft kiss to the top of Skyblast's helm. "If this is too much, if I ask too much, I understand. So long as you are happy."
As for attachment, well, it is a bit too late to stop that.
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Sept 26, 2009 17:42:44 GMT -5
Skyblast trembles under Mirage's touch and shivers at the kiss. He considers, and at last he remarks, "You set yourself up for hurt at every turn, then."
Skyblast will risk his neck, break it even, and yet-
"-I don't think I'm that brave."
Brave, foolish, reckless.
"But I wasn't worrying you'd try to clip my wings, no."
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Post by Mirage on Sept 26, 2009 20:37:03 GMT -5
Mirage isn't sure how to interpret Skyblast's shivers and trembles, not now. He hopes the reactions are not because his touch is unwanted.
"'Better to have loved and lost'," Mirage murmurs, "Cliche, I know, but true enough to me. No love lasts forever, no passion burns eternal. Long-lived as we are, we are not immortal. You think I set myself up for hurt; I think I set myself up for joy, for my memories will be full and varied."
Again, Mirage tries to just brush his lips over Skyblast's helm.
"Do you wish to end this?"
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