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knew_anyway[The feed clicks on to show Nat in his study- but unlike his public addresses, he's not sitting calmly at his desk, or even looking at the camera. Instead, he has his back to the device, reaching up to get a book from his top shelf.
His study is nothing short of painfully organized chaos. Stacks of books and loose papers seem to reach the ceiling. His walls are covered with chalk marks, very few of which are English. He has Japanese characters, foreign words, and even a hieroglyph or two- and of course, lots and lots of Latin interspersed, with dark, angry lines connecting words together or crossing sentences out entirely.
It looks very much like he's lost it, especially as he opens the book he'd just gotten, turning slightly so his face is profile to the camera. He hasn't slept in days, his hair is messy from the times he's ran his fingers through it, his shirt is untucked, tie loosened.
With a negative mutter, Nathaniel snaps the book shut and turns to cross out another line of foreign writing, letting the book drop to the floor by his feet in frustration.
He continues working tirelessly, unaware that he'd being recorded, until the feed shuts off.]
[[ooc: SOOOO to anyone who can speak a foreign language, the words he has written are all regarding names- names of deities in that language's culture mostly, but also little scrawls on statistics and probabilities and things relating to alternate worlds, dimension hopping, and Other Places.
I am JUST returning from being internetless as well, so all of Nat's, Rome's, and Regulus' tags will be done shortly <3 <3]]
His study is nothing short of painfully organized chaos. Stacks of books and loose papers seem to reach the ceiling. His walls are covered with chalk marks, very few of which are English. He has Japanese characters, foreign words, and even a hieroglyph or two- and of course, lots and lots of Latin interspersed, with dark, angry lines connecting words together or crossing sentences out entirely.
It looks very much like he's lost it, especially as he opens the book he'd just gotten, turning slightly so his face is profile to the camera. He hasn't slept in days, his hair is messy from the times he's ran his fingers through it, his shirt is untucked, tie loosened.
With a negative mutter, Nathaniel snaps the book shut and turns to cross out another line of foreign writing, letting the book drop to the floor by his feet in frustration.
He continues working tirelessly, unaware that he'd being recorded, until the feed shuts off.]
[[ooc: SOOOO to anyone who can speak a foreign language, the words he has written are all regarding names- names of deities in that language's culture mostly, but also little scrawls on statistics and probabilities and things relating to alternate worlds, dimension hopping, and Other Places.
I am JUST returning from being internetless as well, so all of Nat's, Rome's, and Regulus' tags will be done shortly <3 <3]]
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Date: 2011-12-30 08:03 am (UTC)Did they say why?
[It's easier to focus on this. Nat can't muddle through his emotions any easier than he can fly- but this? Spirits, tactics, politics, potential danger? He was an expert at this.]
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Date: 2011-12-30 09:16 pm (UTC)[She's quiet for a second or two as she keeps her eyes closed.]
I felt anxious around them.
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Date: 2011-12-31 08:46 am (UTC)[He glances off.]
It's their fault that everything is this way to begin with. I don't blame the Animus for feeling anger toward them.
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Date: 2011-12-31 03:40 pm (UTC)[Finally, Rei opens her eyes, but she's staring aimlessly at the wall. For as much Rei doesn't trust the scientists, or their goals, or what they said to all of them -- and for as much as she wants to punish them for the suffering they've caused -- something keeps sticking, in her mind.
They did not refer to the Animus as spirits, or gods, or creatures.
They kept referring to them as monsters.]
I'm afraid, Nathaniel.
[She doesn't quite mean to say that, but once she does, Rei doesn't take it back. Her fingers press together tightly as she lets out a breath, before her jaw sets.]
I need to see this through until the very end. I haven't been trapped here for a year and a half at their mercy for nothing. So -- when are you doing this?
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Date: 2011-12-31 05:32 pm (UTC)[He turns back, looking at her sharply. She'd just admitted that she was afraid, he knew that- he had to quell his bitterness and let it go. But still, her insistence to come along could complicate things, even if she did help him with the summoning.]
-I haven't found out its name yet. I won't know until then.
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Date: 2012-01-01 04:25 am (UTC)[Even stare.
She's going.]
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Date: 2012-01-02 09:12 am (UTC)Fine. But we need ground rules. This isn't some pompous djinn.
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Date: 2012-01-03 05:04 am (UTC)[At once, without hesitation. Rei is all business.]
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Date: 2012-01-03 07:38 am (UTC)You are not to speak to it. You are not to step outside of your circle. And if I tell you to do anything, it must be obeyed. Do you understand?
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Date: 2012-01-03 09:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-01-04 02:09 am (UTC)[His previous anger forgotten, Nathaniel is almost- pleading now.]
I can protect you to the fullest extent of my abilities if you do. Anything that harms you would have to go through me first.
[Nathaniel's eyes lower for a moment, and he reaches out, as if to touch her cheek, but loses his nerve halfway through, and merely brushes his fingers along her shoulder.]
-and I want it to be that way. Those are my conditions.
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Date: 2012-01-04 02:21 am (UTC)I agreed, didn't I?
[She still didn't look happy about it. But Rei's word was her word. She wouldn't break it, for however unhappy it made her. And the last summoning had gone well -- so there was no reason for her to be overly worried. Right?]
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Date: 2012-01-04 02:25 am (UTC)[He sighs, letting his hand fall back to his side but not quite pulling back.]
I'm trying to explain myself.
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Date: 2012-01-04 02:31 am (UTC)[And Rei pushes herself up to stand, crossing her arms in front of her, to look up at him properly.]
But they're your rules, and if these are your rules, then I'll accept them.
[Rei purses her lips together slightly.]
I understand them, anyway.
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Date: 2012-01-04 02:38 am (UTC)[He smiles, a little crookedly, looking down toward the floorboards and rubbing at the back of his neck.]
You don't- always have to be a soldier. I know it's a role, and it's an important one, and one that you will always carry with you, but it's not... everything that you are. Maybe- [He's starting to flush now, oh boy.] -maybe when this is over, you can show me a different part of you.
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Date: 2012-01-04 02:45 am (UTC)Yeah? Like what?
[She's deliberately torturing him, now.]
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Date: 2012-01-04 02:56 am (UTC)[He takes a small step back. Go ahead Nat, deep breath, man up, tell her-]
-I'm attracted to you.
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Date: 2012-01-04 03:06 am (UTC)Why?
[She doesn't mean to sound so -- guarded, but she sounds quietly curious, watching him intently, to gauge his reactions. His intentions.
The last person Rei gave her heart to sort of broke it. And while part of her is positively elated, the nasty pragmatic part of her is whispering to tread carefully.]
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Date: 2012-01-04 03:21 am (UTC)[He straightens his shirt a bit, takes another deep breath.]
But you are- rather beautiful. And I admire your courage and strength of character. [And she reminds him eerily of Kitty which, while that might have been a bad reason, was still very prevalent in his mind.] I understand if you don't want to persue- being with me, but I thought you should know. Before the summoning, just in case-
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Date: 2012-01-04 03:35 am (UTC)She steps forward suddenly to stand on her toes to press her lips against his, in a simple sweet kiss, before she lowers herself back down to the ground, hands still on his shirt, before she speaks quietly.]
Stop talking like this is a suicide mission.
-- please.
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Date: 2012-01-04 03:44 am (UTC)Yes- I mean, no. I won't. I'll stop, I mean.
[A suicide mission? The Animus were nothing. Right thèn, he helt like he could fly.]
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Date: 2012-01-04 03:56 am (UTC)You probably should. It doesn't really inspire a lot of confidence.
I don't date guys without a lot of confidence.
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Date: 2012-01-04 06:58 am (UTC)[He blinks.]
That- does that mean you'll be with me?
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Date: 2012-01-04 07:09 am (UTC)No, I kissed you because I was bored.
[Honestly, Nathaniel, what kind of question is that. 8|]
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Date: 2012-01-04 07:15 am (UTC)[He really doesn't. Don't they need to come to an agreement before they can sufficiently say or assume that they're together? Do they have to be together? Nathaniel knows that he kind of wants to be, and Rei- well, a kiss could mean a lot of things. Not that he'd know the first thing about any of them.]
I've never... really-
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